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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
Amusing instance of Efforts to Stop
Terrestrial Commotion Comes
From Mexico.

While an earthquake is a phenom-
enon Of nature not likely to be treat
ed with discrespect, still less with in
dignity, an Englishman nevertheless
tried, "a hours after his arrival in In
dia, to kick one. He was writing at a
table one afternoon when he became
aware of an annoying unsteadiness in
the furniture. Thinking that this was
due to the rubbing OF a dog against
the leg of the table. the Briton kicked
at the beast several times, and il
was only when he looked under the
still shaking table and saw nothing
there that he realized his inability
TO stop terrestrial connections.
An American woman who resided
for some years in Mexico also had an
experience with an earthquake. She
was the mother of two lively small
sons. One day they had been especial
ly obstreperous and did not grow
quieter as the time for her siesta and
theirs approached After rousing her
from her nap two or three times by
their antics. she gave them fair warn
ing that If there was any further com.
motion severe punishment would
result.
Again she dropped or into sleep.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
2KAlIAROUN
ne 1sHOUSE

Potato water is good to take mud
stains from cloth.
A root-bound fern soon indicates its
condition by dropping fronds.
Sunfower seeds make better Lait
than cheese for the mouse trap.
1t Is better to wipe off meat with a
wet cloth than to let water run over it.
Jellied veal can be deliciously sea
soned with lemon juice and celery
salt.
Equal parts of milk and lukewarm
water are excellent for sponging
palms.
A pinch of borax in cooked starch
will make the clothes sitter and
whittier.
A bread pudding may be deliciously
favored by a few slices of candied
orange peel.
To place ferns upon the window sill
means thea death, as they cannot live
in cold draught.
Dried lemon peel sprinkled over
Goals will destroy any disagreeable
odor in the house.
When blowing out candle, hold it
high and blow upward to keep the
grease from running.
Hot biscuits, generously buttered
and spread with currant jelly are de-
licious served with game.
A better iron rest than the ordinary
metal stand is friedrich, as it does
DOT cool the iron so rapidly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
RULES FOR SUCCESS.

No human being can remain station
airy; he either advances or retro
grades.
Napoleon said of the failure of the
Bourbon family: They never learned
anything aid never forgot anything. -
You must develop.
From day to day you must bring to
bear an ever increasing wisdom-the
application of lessons learned.
Every incident of your daily toll
should be made an educational incl.
dent
The average young man does not
learn, until perhaps too late, that IT
does not pay to fritter and idle away
bis time
Make a study of those who have
gone to the head; ascertain what they
did in any given emergency.
In any emergency a mans conduct
is the result Of the way in which,
from earliest youth. he has met the
obatacles he encountered.
Thomas A. Edison says: DO not
watch the clock; do not chase aside
after rainbows; keep everlastingly at
and master the task of the time be-
ing"
The truly successful man recog
nizes that, from time to time. he WI
receive setbacks. The man who over
comes these is the man of achieve
ment and of eventful success.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
A TROUBLE MAKER
Coffee Poison Breeds Variety Of Ills.

A California woman who didn't
know for twenty years what kept her
I'll, writes to tell how she won back her
health by quitting coffee:
y am 81 years old" she says, have
used coffee all my life, and for 20
years suffered from indigestion and
insomnia. Life was a burden and
drag to me all the time. and about
once a year my ailments got such hold
upon me that / was regularly sick in
bed for several weeks each time.
Il was reluctant to conclude that
coffee was the cause OF my trouble, but
l am thankful that / found out the
truth
Then ! determined to use Postum
exelusively-for a week at first-for
doubted my ability to do without cof-
fee for any length of time. made
the Postum carefully, as directed, and
before the week expired had my re-
ward in perceptible increase In
strength and spirits.
Seeing the good that my short ex-
pertinent had accomplished, 1 resolved
10 GDMLluuS tic A51 VI IO1tl4uS
out the coffee entirely. This / did for
nine months, finding, daily, increased
cause for qualification at my steadily
improving health. Ny indigestion grad
ually left me, my sleep returned, I
gained IS pounds in weight, my color
changed from salloW to fresh, rosy
hue and life became blessing.
"Then ! thought / would try coffee
again, and did SO for few weeks. The
punishment for deserving my good
friend, Postum, was a return OF my old
troubles.
That taught me wisdom. and / am
now and shall be al my life hereafter
using Postum exclusively and enjoy
ing the benefits it. brings me-" Name
given b. Postum Co, Battle Creek,
Mich.
There's reason. - and It is explain
ed in the little book. The Road to
Wellyille,' In pkgs.
Ever read the above Ietfe<s rev
ere appears from time fo time. They
IRE genuines true, and full OF haraaa
lnteKcEt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20

The percentage Of college graduates
listed in Who's Who in America"
climbed from So per cent. in the l903-5
volume TO IS per cent in the 1901
volume.
According to the 1911 statistics, the
total number about whom educational
facts are given, II per cent have had
college training, 5S per cent. are grad
yates of colleges or schools of college
or university grade. 16 pc. cent. ended
their education with secondary
schools. that is. high schools. acade
mics, normals or seminaries; 9 per
cent. received only a common school
education. 3.S per cent. were privately
educated. but, most important OF all,
as contradiction of the critics, is the
fact that only two-tenths of l per cent
Of all these men and women were self
taught Worlds Work
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20

century ago. However, the Alexandria
church boasts the possession OF
its first Bible ard church service, the
Bible having ieen printed in Edin
burgh in the yelr 1867 OF the latter
day contributors to the contents OF
the historic ediEce there may be men
toned the silver plate bearing a rep,
resentation Of the autograph sigma
ture of Robert z. Lee and the twir
mural tablets set in place in 1876
which are inscribed in memory OF
George Washington and Robert Ed.
ward Lee. These various objects are
of sufficient interest to attract a con.
tinual stream e visitors to the old
church. and While (unlike historic
churches abroad, the edifice is not
officially open OF. week days, the sex.
ton can usually be found or the prem.
Uses and will obligingly open the doors
on request and without demanding
the inevitable "tip" which is besought
by caretakers of similar institutions
abroad
Quite as interesting as 'old Christ
church itself or any of it's historic
contents is the graveyard which well
nigh surrounds the edif1ce and is en-.
closed by a quaint wall and fence.
Here are buried many of the close
personal friends and neighbors OF
General Washington-men and women
whose names are well known to his.
tory-and the inscriptions on the an.
cient tombstones seem decidedly odd
in the eyes of modern visitors Christ
church is not located in the most fire.
quented section of the ancient town
of Alexandria, but its lofty spire, or
rather tower, renders it easy for the
stranger to identify and find his way
to the time honored brick edifice and
on Washington Birthday anniversary
he has, indeed, but to follow the
crowd"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
Veteran Who Has ''Been Through
the Mill" Gives Good Advice
to Young Men.
STAND ON YOUR OWN FEET
Generous Start From Those at Home
VIII Not Always Land One in
High Position Oesired-"Toll
Upward" is the Battle
Cry That Wins.

In bis book, Getting On In the
World. Drummond gives some very
good advice to young men Probably
The best of all he advises is that
every young Taan should stand on
his own feet; that is, depend on hin
self just SO far rs possible, which he
sill do if he is made of the right
Kind of stuff Young men who stand
on their own feet" are under obliga
tons to no one, and therefore possess
an independence of thought and ac-
tico which is ofttimes most valuable
to hem.
OF ceurse, Mr1Drummond wrote his
book when social conditions were diff
ferent from what they are now. Com
petition was not so keen. The law Of
the survival of the fittest was not EN-
phasized so fully. But his advice is
as pertinent today as it was then,
and, perhaps, more so. when so many
young men depend on others to give
them their start in life The young
man who stands on his own feet to-
day possess advantages that be could
not have secured a generation ago
1t is true that not every young man
who is given start in life becomes a
chronic dependent on others for aid
and assistance Some of them make
good, yet the majority of them are al
ways depending on some one or other
70 do them fayors, and thereby place
themselves under so many obligations
that they are unable to think or act
without consideration of obligations.
They do not get on in the world as
they should, and as they would if they
possessed that freedom properly to
meet situationt In the professional,
business and industrial world.
In strong contrast to the most sue
cessful of those who have been given
who cut loose from home, friends and
all that they held dear, strapped their
belongings to their backs, and alone
and unassisted made places for them
selves in this world. They are our
great lawyers. physicians, clergymen.
AioAiOlCAo anu OdhhSlS, lnNSAlOiS
managers, merchants and craftsmen,
and their life histories differ only in
unimportant details. They asked no
favors. no assistance, simply opportu-
nifty, and the most Of them made OPP
portunity. They have been under OBJ
legations TO no one except those that
have naturally occurred and have
been as naturally discharged. They
have stood on their own feet and to-
day are conspicuous examples of the
wisdom of Drummond's advice to
young men,
Young man, are you standing on
your own feet? Are you asking as
sistance from father when you ought
to be helping yourself? Do you ex-
pect to be given a start in life, or
to strike out and blaze your own
path? Do you want always to be I'M
der obligations to somebody. or be
Independent enough to do as you will,
regardful, Of course, of the rights of
others? These are important ques-
tons to every young man who has
reached the age when he is capable OF
doing something for himself If he
is made OF the right kind of stuff he
will answer them by standing on his
own feet
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
INSTEAD OF DARNING
Hcw USEFULNESS OF STOCKINGS
MAY BE PROLONGED.
Does Not Pay to Spend Much Time in
Mendino Hosiery-Are Useful in
making Rugs for the
Nursery.

In these halcyop days of guaranteed
aosiery-at a very moderate price, toe
lit can be said with emphasis that it
does not pay to spend much time
iarning stockings. When they have
really begun to give out, the putting
Of whole hour on large heel hole
is nothing less than wicked. The
9nsible householder prefers TO put
ty the ragged socks and stockings
aud to buy new rather than to spend
On proIonging the life of couple OF
pairs for two more wearings the time
that would suffice to make a new out.
Ing shirt or simple tailored waist.
But there is no need to throw old
black stockings in the rag bag for
want of ways to use them, First OF
ell, well worn black sock is one OF
the best things to be had for use in
sponging off dark clothes with house
hold ammonia or other. cleaning fluid
It leaves no light colored lint, and is
soft and absorbent to handle. A sup
ply should be always in some conven
lent place if the men of the household
have a way of wearing black or dark
blue suits for everyday.
Woven rag carpet is 70 longer a
thing despised. Through the winter
many home lovers return to the old
fashion of sewing carpet rags, to be
woven into serviceable rugs for nur-
sery and sitting room, as well as for
the furnishing of the summer bunga-
low The touch of black is most desir-
able to set off the brighter stripes,
and for this purpose old black stock
ings cnt around and round in spiral
fashion, or as an apple is peeled, to
make long strip, will be found use
full to the very toe.
One notable housewife uses stock
lngs in the mop that she polishes
floors and wipes up with, as they are
softer than the mops usually sold.
Wherefore, save the old stockings.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
TO THINE OWN SELF
LATE INVENTIONS.

The length of a telephone CONVEX
sation can be measured by a recently
invented meter
toothbrush with reservoir on the
handle to make it a fountain affair is
novelty.
An invention which viii stop leaks
in submarine craft automatically is
claimed by the French navy.
To heat an electric car evenly new
apparatus utilizes an electric blower
TO send air warmed by coal or coke
stove through tiues
A switch by which blocks of ice slid
ing down runways can be diverted to
the right or left has been patented
Louisiana man has invented a
magazine sandpapering machine which
carries number of sheets of paper
he outer of which may be removed
with knife when it, is worn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20

80 years of age, was among the first
vestrymen chosen when Fairfax par
ish, TO which the town of Alexandria
belongs, was created about the year
1865. 1t was a couple of years later
that the congregation decided to build
church and the edifice was not fin
ished to the last detail until a few
years before the firing of "the shot
heard round the world" From that
day to this the exterior of the church
has undergone practically no altera-
ton. At one time some alterations
were made in the interior. but later
this was wisely decided to have been
a mistake and the church was re-
stored to the style of Colouial days.
Some of the original fittings, notably
the sounding board and the wine-glass
pulpit. had disappeared in the course
of the transition, but these were re-
placed by fac-similes of the originals.
Many of the most interesting OBJ
jects in Christ church are the gen
uine originals which were here in
Washington's time. For instance,
there is the elaborate crystal chande-
lier of solid brass with its twelve can
dlesticks typifying the twelve Apos-
ties Nor, indeed, is this the only re-
hinder of the days when the church
was lighted by candles, for on the pill
lars one may yet detect under the
paint the marks of the finder boxes.
The chancel rail and mural tablets of
the Lords Prayer and the Apostles
Greed. which always arrest the at
tention of visitors. are relics of the
days when George Washington was a
leading member of the congregation,
and so likewise are the communion
table. reading desk and chairs. Aft
er ALL however, perhaps the most
curious of these mementoes of by
gone age are the long-handled purses
which were used in Washington
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
Held the Monopoly

with him, and when there was a death
In t. amily their first thought was
to call him up. He had become &.
habit, sort of half-humorous. bun
Cling, but wholly kindly institution.
They recognized his faults, but they
went to him as matter of course
Meanwhile dust settled on the new.
comer's shiny black hearse and he
soon saw that what looked like a
splendid opening was no opening at
all. The quicker he came to this con.
clusion and moved away the less
money he lost.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
The sacredness of Work.

All true work is sacred; in all true
work, were 1t but true hand-labor.
there is something of diyineness. La
Dor. wide as the earth, has its sum-
NIT in heaven. Sweat Of the brow;
and up from that to sweat OF the brain,
sweat of the heart; which includes ell
Keplef calculations, Newton media.
tons, all sciences. all spoken epics, all
acted heroism. martyrdoms-up to
that agony CT bloody sweat" which
all men cali divinel Oh. brother, IL
this is not worship" then ] say. the
more pity for worship; for this is the
noblest thing yet discovered under
Gods sky Thomas Carlyle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
Incident That Shows How Per-
Sonal Equation Enters Into
Business.
ALWAYS TO BE CONSIDERED
Up-to-Date Competition Cannot Be
Guaranteed to Win When Con-
fronted With the Close
Friendship of Many
Years.

The man who fails to take into ac-
count the personal equation in sizing
up business opportunity is likely to
drop some money There was fur
niture dealer and undertaken in a
small town who had been there since
the place was a mere water tank.
That man didn't have an enemy in
town, but he was a poor furniture
dealer and worse undertaken He
never carried anything in stock except
the out of date and the never could
have been. His hearse lacked polish.
He never actually lost the deceased,
but he did almost everything else to
him.
Yet he was the only furniture man
and undertaken in town of $500, and
had all the business of three smaller
adjoining communities that did not
go to the mail order houses-and the
mail order houses do not conduct fu-
nerals.
Here seemed chance for a good,
live competitor. In the years that old
or so strangers came into town with
invoices of furniture and shiny new
hearses and set in to wake up the
town. They brought up to date tables
and chairs and collins and methods.
Several of them were bright young
men, above the average of country
business men. But they always failed.
They had failed to count in the per
sonal equation. 1t was true as appear
ed that here was big field in which
an incompetent and old fashioned man
had No competition. They argued that
shiny new hearse and a few brass
beds would be met at the station with
silver cornet band. But they were
wrong
They did not consider that the old
chap was an institution. People laugh
ed at him, occasionally they swore at
him-behind his back, and taking
pains that he did not hear. But they
we're proud of him after a fashion.
They remembered the long cold miles
no mud driven over the prairie to flu
nera,s, and the babies and mothers he
had buried-and forgotten the bill, per
haps, when a family found It a strug-
gle to meet living expenses, let alone
death expenses.
When they wanted new sofas they
patiently went over the catalogues
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
GETTING RIGHT START
LOCATION OF BUSINESS is OF
FIRST IMPORTANCE.
Always Advisable, If Possible. to Sc.
gin Where One Has Acquain.
lance With Customers

Before locating a new shop II Il
necessary to study your town or the
secti0n of your city in which you. wish
to do<5usiness One advantage TO con
slider is in opening up where you are
known Your friends will be your nrsl
customers and. if you are runnins Your
store right. their friends viii follow
you less to get started than il would
in strange place.
In considering a location two things
are essential-to pick out the real cen
ter where people will be most thrown
in contact with you and to estimate
correctly the nature of the people,
among whom you are about TO locate
Study the people carefully What sort
Of goods sill they be most likely to
buy? a .Uggist in an expensive resi-
dence section would. for instance
carry a line Of toilet articles. These
would be absolutely useless in a com
munity OF foreign laborers- What is
the wealth and social condition OF the
PSOP+S III YUuE lTdQS tSlFlNOFE - Are
they foreigners or Americans? IF in
a small town. are the farmers wall to
do? Do they come into the town you
have in view or do a good number OF
them go to some other market Is the
country OF the city neighborhood
thickly populated, enough so to carry
store or an additional store in your
line? On what industries does the
town or the neighborhood depend fcf
its prosperity? Do these furnish en-
PIGMENT all the year round? Give
plenty Of time to an inspection of the
banks and stores as to their appear
ance of business, the number of clerks,
customers, loafers.
Don't go into town or a neighbor
hood until You know it and are salts
fed there is a place for you Then be
sure to get building in a good loca-
ton with bright, modern windows and
an attractive appearance both inside
and outside
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
mufaed Knocks.

why must you go. Mr. slocum? /
was just beginning to ersjoy your
cal"
How much younger you look. Mr..
Winchester. since you've hegun to dye
your hairi"
And you're positively handsome to-
night. Miss Tooue; ! really didn't
know you at first"
How cleverIy you can disguise your
style at times. BoFusi That last story
Of yours quite interested me"
Mr. Smythe, Ike your independ-
ence. even II the other boarders do
laugh at the way you handle your
fork"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20

Unit"
"or do you think Taft win be the
mann"
"Humph,"
What do you make of things any
way9~
UNI"
Excuse me. sir" said the INQUIRER
but didn't know that you had an in.
trinity.
Nor !, either vas the reply.
But have asked you a number Of
questions and have had no direct re
ply. / took il that you were hard Of
hearing and didns understand
"oh, I heard all right enough ~
you had taken It THAI was holding
down a tat Job in the custom house
and didn't propose to talk politics and
bounce myself out, you'd have hit the
mark. Try me on broiled lobster am
III talk &c you By the hour.-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
Homemade Vinegar.

Save all your apple parings and put
In crock or granite pan and cover with
water, let stand a few days, then
strain through a thin cloth. A large
salt sack will do-and squeeze, but
not hard enough so the parings will
come through Rinse all your syrup
pals and pitchers and put in the
juice, or you can put in little brown
sugar. Then set where it is warm
and let work. If you will have any
mother from old vinegar put that in,
but it will make its own mother. This
makes good vinegar and saves buying
at stores.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
British Mines Employ Vast Army Of
Laborers to Delve for BLACK
Diamonds"

A return issued by the London
board Of trade, showing the produc-
ton and consumption Of coal in the
British empire and the principal for
slyn countries. brings Information
concerning the number Of persons who
would be rendered idle by the closing
down Of coal mines in this country
end the effect which strike would
nave upon production The figures
for 1910 are extremely interesting II
the present 5ancture. for they show
that. while the number OF persons en-
uloyed in and about coal mines in
the United Kingdom for the first time
exceeded 100000. The amount of
coal wen per head was smaller than
IN any year save 1898
The amount OF coal produced In the
mother country has only been ex-
eesded ouce--in 1s07-whlle in value
fhs years 1870. 1907 and 1905 surpassed
1910. In CeSmauy and the United
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
To Join Black and Caspian.

Swiss engineers have convinced the
Russian government that 1t is per.
fectly feasible to bore tunnel
through the Caucasian mountains near
Tilflis. In order to join tie Black and
Caspian seas. This will be a tremend.
Gus undertaking. as the tunnel will be
about sixteen miles in length. and the
Russian government had practically
decided that it was beyond the limit
of reality However, the Swiss experts
have reported that the tunnel could
be built within seven years without
much difficulty. but at a great ex-
pense. A Paris firm of bankers. it is
understood, is supporting the enter
prise which viii be put into execution
about the early part of 1918.