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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
Perseverance viii Bring Results
if One Will Only Retain
His Confidence.
SUCCESS FOLLOWS FAILURE
History Full of Instances Of World
Leaders Who Refused to Be Dis
couraged When Their First
Efforts Did Not Meet
Approval.


The romance centering about per-
listory; It is the statesman's brain.
he warriors sword, the lawyers
.oga, the inventors secret, the schol-
4r's open sesame, the driving force
which enables the human engine to
-each the Grand Union Depot of Sue
cess.
Daniel Webster, the most eloquent
defender and expounder of the Ameri-
can constitution, In his first effort at
defamation in Exeter academy was
failure. Embarrassed he burst into
ears.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, one of
angland's foremost orators. in his
maiden speech, hopelessly broke
iown, but muttered: Its in me, and
viii come out" 1t did come out.
Disraeli. in his first attempt to speak
n the house of commons, broke down.
and when he was ANONYMOUSLY hoct-
I'd he shouted. The day will come
when you will hear me-" The day
came, and for 80 years he was one of
The controlling powers in European
politics.
Theirs, the great French statesman
and orator, said: u have been beaten.
but not cast down" after making a
complete failure of his first speech in
he. chamber of deputies. He de-
clared, defeat is as useful as a
victory"
Darwin spent "A years collecting his
'acts on the action of the earth worm
n the formation of the mold.
Carlyle went 20 times over the con-
used records of The Battle of Nase-
oy" 20 be quite sure as to the topo-
graphy.
Gibbon rewrote the first chapter of
The Decline and Fail of the Roman
Gmpire" ten times and spent 20 years
On the whole work.
George Eliot said of her work upon
'Rcmola." | began it a young WON
an, finished 1t an old woman"
There is no royal road to success.
Perseverance is the old and sure
route. Howe lived on beans be cook
~ hiAuSClA WHtle COulpteli1S MS uTSI
sewing machine in London. He bor-
-owee money to send his wife to
America. He sold his first machine
'or five pounds and then pawned his
etters patent to pay his expense
home.
No man ever lost in the battle of
life, until he lost faith in himself
Columbus, in his journey day after
lay. wrote: This day we sailed west
ward, which was out Of course" No
matter what happened. he constantly
steered for the west-through sun
shine aud shower, with leaky vessels
and lnutinous crew, he stuck. until
he glad cry of Land ahead" rang
in his delighted ears.
every great truth, every great man
has had to fight the way to public
recognition in the face of detraction.
calunsny and persecution, even against
the opposition of the most progressive
men. Heine says: Everywhere that
A great soul gives utterance to ITS
thoughts there is also Golgotha."-D
Madison c. Peters.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
Man Aged rs Returns to Pioneer Life

r LDORADO, KAN.-Not many men
l. are pioneers at the age of seventy
five This Kansas town presents one
who is just as active and as anxious
to penetrate desert and jungle as
were any men who located in the west
fifty years ago. He is William |. Jo-
seph
This interesting Kansan was born
in Morgantown, W. Va, came to Kan
sas forty years ago and located a
homestead ont near Potwin. in Butler
county. He aud his wife passed
through all the Eardships of the from
tier. rearing 2 FAMILY OF two sons and
one daughter. AS Mr.. Joseph pros
pered he bought land until he was
owner of thousands of acres. Fifteen
years ago Mrs. Joseph died and then
the old pioneer spirit began to assert
itself In this successful stockman and
farmer.
Ignoring his age. he sold some OF
his interests and. with his only daugh-
ter. Alice, started for Africa, having
heard of the possibilities of the land
there. Arriving IN Salisbury, RFo-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
Coat collars in MANY stxles.

The new models of coat collars DO
not show the regulation sailor effect,
for several of them are made with the
new shaped sailor. which almost reach
es to the waist line. but is considerably
narrower than the old style. Large
round collars are also meeting with
success.
Hoods and hood effects are popular
Some of the coats have the collars
made SO as to have an adjustable hood
which can be used to cover the head
when desired. When unbuttoned it
forms sailor collar.
Double collars. consisting Of deep
cape collar coming over the shoulders
and small rundown collar. usually of
another material. are seen on some
coats.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
LETHBRlDGE, ALBERTA,
SECURES DRY FARM
ING CONGRESS-
FOR 1912.

The term, "dry farming" does not
Indicate all that might be implied. II
does not mean a system of irrigation.
but enc where all the rain fall and
precipitation is stored up ard con.
served in the soil, to be drawn upon
by scientific and sane processes when
it may be required to forward and in.
crease the growth of grain.
In certain sections of the Canadian
West as we'll as In the American
West, there is a portion of the coun-
Try in which the soil is the very best
Tor the growing of cereals, but the
geographical locations and relative
position to the rain avenues. do not
give the advantage that other parts
possess in the matter of precipitation
Agricultural science. however, has
been making rapid progress during
the past few years, and ii is now as
certained that it is not altogether the
number of inches of rain that is es-
sential to the growing of crops. but
lts conservation, and that is the
meaning of Dry farming" DRY
Farming" may we'll be applied to dis
tricts where there is a heavy rain fall
and better results will follow. The
education of the public into these new
methods, not new exactly. but such
as have had satisfactory demonstra-
ton, is not alone the purpose of these
dry-farming Congresses. One idea is
to bring into life and into operation
the great areas of splendid land lying
within what might be termed semi
arid, without placing them under the
restrictive and expansive process OF
irrigation.
The Congresses are attended by
thousands and they bring representa-
tiyes from all parts of the world. The
Province of Alberta, and also of Sas-
katchewan. has taken vital interest
in the Congresses which have been
held in the past two or three years
The Province of Alberta has made
provincial exhibits. districts have
shown their products, and last year.
several hundred dollars were taken in
prizes; this year the Province OF Al
herta took prizes ten to one in excess
of any state in the Union Alberta
has won eight out of twenty special
cups, that province taking one, Leth-
bridge one, Arthur Perry six, and
John Baxter, Edmonton, carrying off
one sweepstakes. When it came to
matter of location for the Congress
for 1912. the City of Lethbridge
which had, put up a splendid fight for
it, secured the Congress by unani-
nous vote 1t is expected that the
Lethbridge Congress will be the larg-
est yet held and will be the biggest
convention in the history of Western
Canada. In emphasizing his invita-
ton to Lethbridge, one of the speak
ers said he had just received a tele-
gram from Magrath tnear Lethbridge)
stating that of one thousand acres o.
wheat just thrashed Hethershaw md
Bradshaw had thrashed $4,000 BUSH
els.
Literature sent out recently by the
Canadian Government Agents, which
will be sent postage free on applica-
ton, tells of hundreds of splendid
yields in all parts of Western Canada
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02

A recent searching investigation in
dictates that the claims made for the
average high wages paid in this coun-
Try are not well founded on fact. In
a book just published. Wages in the
United States" the author, DR.. Scott
Nearing, the economic writer OF the
University of Pennsylvania, who has
made long and systematic study of
the subject, says that a large proper
ton of American workmen are unable
to maintain an efficient standard of
living Three-fourths of the adult men
and nineteen-twentieths of the adult
women, he says, actually earn less
than $500 a year. Or to give his con-
illusions more in detail, one-half of
the pen are earning less than $500
year, three-fourths less than $500,
nine-tenths less than $500, while less
than ten per cent receive more than
that figure. OF the women, one-ffth
earn less than 5000 annually. and
three-fifths less than $3.50, while only
one-twentieth earn more than 5000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

Cigars are part of the daily ration
81 an Italian soldier.
Pneumatic hammers have been de
signed for cutting asphalt pavements.
Australia and Argentina together
PASTURE one-third OF the worlds sheep.
The application of horseradish to
the temples is said to relieve neu-
ralgia.
okIahoma's oil and gas fields are
expected 10 be productive for az least
century.
Urugusy's meteorological service IS
being reorganized by the minister OF
public instruction OF that country.
The United States produced 30.3O5.-
$50 barrels of salt last year. according
20 recently issued official figures
A solution of 10 per cent. borax and
s per cent. resin is driven into wood
by electricity in France to preserve
II.
Engineers have figured that one
waterfall in iceland can be made to
yield 60.o0O-horse power and another
so 1000.
IL two nuts are run on a bolt SC
that the square sides face each othe.
they will serve as a wrench in an
emergency.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
MAKE CONTRASTS IN LINING
Fur Sets of One Kind Are Matched
With Another, in the Latest
Idea of Fashion.

Many of the fur sets these days are
lined with a different fer, or with
satin of a color that is sharply con
trasted with that of the fur. This lin
ing is made as conspicuous as pos
sibls by having the ends fiaring out
In the muf. or even by having the
edges turned back into deep cuffs and
having the scarf trimmed with the
lining fur or satin as the case may be.
One novel set is OF seal lined with
civet. The brightly marked fur forms
deep cuffs on the two ends Of tie
nluff. and is revealed again where the
small scarf is tied into a bowknot.
White broadcioth and sealskin arc
another unusual and very effective
combination seen in a set displayed
in New York shop The mur has a
small central portion and wide central
ends. tined with the broadcloth and
down one side Of the stole is a plated
section CT the cloth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
Hidden powers 81 Man.

1t is quite certain that most of us
are Willing away our days in occupy
ing positions far below our possibili-
ties. We are making use of only part
of our existing mental and physical
powers and are not taxing them be-
yond their strength. Increased ac-
complishments and heightened eff
them, would waken the latent powers
and tap hidden stores of energy with
in us, would widen the fields in which
we labor and would open up to us
new and wider horizons of honorable
and profitable activity-W d. Scott
in Increasing Human Efficiency in
Business"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
CARING FOR THE BACK
IMPORTANT CONSIDERING PRES
EMIT STYLE OF EVENING DRESS.
That Portion of Beautiful Feminine
Anatomy Just Now Needs Special
Attertion-Expert Massage Is
Especially Recommended.


Since il has become the fashion to
wear evening dresses cut very low in
the back, that portion of feminine an
atomy has been the object of more at
tention than it has heretofore claimed
Every woman who wears evening
dress sees to it that her back makes
as good an appearance as her face
her couture or any other part of her
person. Unfortunately, many women
who wear decollete are not blessed
with beautiful backs. How may they
AID nature and attain through their
own efforts this desirable feature?
Several beauty culturists have made
a speciality Of treating the back, and
this is what one of them has to say
90 the subject:
'sfhe back should be rather fiat in
shape, with just the right curve, for
beauty. Although a woman may not
be made after these lines, she may;
help her back to beauty by few ar
tificial aids First in Importance is
the color, next the way it is polished.
Back polishing restores a certain
luster to the skin. 1t makes it shine
with the softness and freshness OF
youth. To have a Well polished back
means as much to & woman as to
have face which shines with the
natural bloom of youth. 1t takes
years off her age.
Expose the back to the air for a
short time each day. Try to get the
skin so that it does not have the
shriveled look that comes from having
been too long covered up.
Give the back the Russian mas
sage daily by having cold water
sprayed upon it, The Russian woman,
messages her skin, not with oils or
with the hand, but with needle
spray. She has it turned upon her
back until the flesh tingles as though
it had been gone over with an cleo
trio sponge.
Turkish massage is also necessary
TO remove the yellowness of a neg
iected back. 1t calls for a very rough
towel and for strength and courage
in operating it. The back is tough
aud one can seesaw the Turkish towel
a long time over it without injury.
The velvet pad is about the best
back polisher known. 1t is small in
size, fitting conveniently in the hand.
When dipped in oil it is the best kind
OF food for a rough and tired looking
back Channels skin is also good. 1t
may be dipped in powder and rubbed
on the back somewhat more vigorous
ly than one would dare to powder the
face. The makeup of the back is not
so very dissimilar from the makeup
of the face, but it is more strenuous.
For back bleach never forget
peroxide. Lime juice is a good back
bleach. Cream of tartar slightly mois-
tened makes a good back lotion 1T
is necessary to use an acid as a
whitener"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02

must say to you tonight that which
have said about you upon many other
occasions -aattsring you WITH that
frank truth-speaking than which (
could offer you no sineerer tribute
When | have read from time 10 time
If religions MONDAY meetings held in
shops and factories for the wage earn
ers. have ~entured TO observe tina,
the important thing is not so much 10
bring religious uinistration to the
daily toilers-the soldiers of The com
mon good-as to bring il to the cap.
tains of industry and commerce. which
YOU are. For the conscience OF this
nation, after all. will be that which
YOU make IL: yours is the high and
solemn duty not only of registering.
but in large part OF determining the
character OF the conscience Of the ma
ten. What this nation is 60 be will
be determined not by the CELSIUS OF all
heads, bat by the conscience OF the
real leaders. a. II in turn viyifes the
ronscienee of 1 e multitudes.
& Nc SpAsssl of lie can conscience
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
KEEPING AT WORK
GOOD DRESSING AS AN ART
incident in Chicago Office Which
May Prove of Value to Those
Able to See the Point.

There are two fellows in our Office
clothes. One OF them. Billy Will
liams. manages his clothing appropria-
ton in business way, while the 9th.
er. called Bubble. spends more
money and gets results that make him
look like a side show spieler William
bought a suit FIVE months ago He
paid $35 for it. and selected a high
grade. ready made serge suit. He has
wo-n the suit every day for the FIVE
months except Saturday afternoons.
when he has 1t cleaned and pressed
1t looks about as well today as 1t did
the day he bought 1t.
Bubble" bought a suit the same
day Billy aId He picked out a nov
city affair with check that could be
seen for eight blocks 1t fitted we'll
enough them. but was too flimsy TO
hold its shape Bubble" paid s9250
for It, He wore it a month. then threw
it away, looking all out of shape and
color.
Since then Bubble has had two
other suits. making three in the five
months. And notwithstanding this he
has never looked we'll dressed and
we'll groomed for day. as does Billy
with his two suits year Billy is al
ways freshly shaved each morning, his
shoes are neat. and his hair is brush
ed and trimmed. He may have no
ticed that the boss doesn't like peg
top trousers and "Willy-boy" hats
Anyhow he doesn't wear them.
He illustrates the moral of good
business dressing. He buys his clothes
and shoes and hats of good material,
but of conservative pattern and de-
sign He keeps his suit young by
pressing it often. His linen. includ-
ing his handkerchief. is fresh. 1t isn't
so much what a man wears. as the
way he wears it that counts.-Chi
cago Tribune
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02

HICAGO-A man in a raglan over
~ coat and carrying grip came
along Clark street the other evening.
His hat was pulled down over his
brow to shield his face from the driz-
cling rain, and he seemed in a great
hurry Suddenly he stopped in front
of No. 2o4 with 4 scared look on his
face Then he began to dance. The
proprietor of the place at ga rushed
out, protesting.
Here he said, you can't do that.
You'll ruin my business
He seized the dancer by the shoul-
ders. You'll have to-" he began,
but the words died on his lips and
gave way to the same scared look Of
the first man. He started dancing
too.
A crowd gathered. Some OF them
began to jeer. A street urchin pushed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02

The woman of today--be she mis-
treSs or maids not necessarily less
in earnest over her housekeeping
than her grandmother. NOR more lazy
and Intellectual than her Predecessors.
just because she claims less drudgery
and more free time. She has. with
her modern ideas. discovered that
household drudgery is. so far as II can
be avoided or mitigated. but mis-
guided martyrdom-in short. she has
learned. or is fast learning. TO mix her
Housekeeping with brains. so that she
may enjoy the leisure OF the expert
Instead of the saH work and no play
existence OF the amateur.
Every one knows the ideal OF the
happy worker. In the daytime we
work but in the evenings. messieurs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
rae Travelino Season.

On a long distance By rail hat bag
made of soft black percaline and clos
ed with draw string viii be appre-
ciateG.
1t has an advantage over a paper
bag. which often IS used, as it does
not rustic nor crack and when not in
uss can be folded and tucked away in
the corner Of ones handbag
In travelling on sleeper it is usual
ly a problem what to do with a heavy
cloth dress or coat good scheme
is TO turn them wrong side out and plr
securely TO the curtain
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
Some System of Pensioning Has
Become Imperative.
Is a Hard One, Though a Besin-
ming Has Been Made.

If any practical plan can be devised
and carried into execution for pension
ing aged, poor and infirm working
men without injustice to any class. n
condition of affairs will be established
that can not fail to result in blessed
alienation of sufferings and in pleas
ant anticipations on the part of hon
est toilers that old age Will not be a
time of constant fighting to keep the
wolf from the door, writes Col. NJ. A.
Aldrich in the Chicago Journal.
The soldier and sailor, leaving the
government service after years of
faithful devotion TO duty. are given
pensions. In some OF our states the
admirable system of pensioning aged
school teachers is Incorporated in
laws. What general principle applies
to the deserving soldier. sailor or
teacher that does not bear with equal
Justice and force on the case of the
deserving laborer?
Such reasoning may be denomi.
mated as socialism by those who OBJ
iect to it. Some critics may regard
it as something even worse than that.
Nevertheless. it looks good" TO the
laborer.
In the coming session OF the British
parliament, efforts will be aade 70
secure favorable action on the labG-
insurance bin introduced last May by
Lloyd George. Success in such eff
forts is not assured. Although a ms.
jority of the labor party will support
the measure, strong and seemingly
determined minority will oppose It
This opposition is directed against the
feature of the bill bearing on ''unem.
ployment." tne provision that no work
ingnsan shall profit from the workings
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02

desia. which is 300 miles inland and a
Portuguese possession, Mr.. Joseph
looked around and soon had bought
$4,000 acres of land at so cents an
acre. They lived under the same
conditions which prevailed in early
Kansas days.
After spending few months there
Mr.. Joseph and his daughter returned
20 their home in Butler county. But
the wanderlust still was not satisfied,
so year ago he gathered up all his
family and they made the second trip,
the old pioneer leading the way to
the promised land. This time the
party STAYED during the summer, and
when they came home brought Kat.
fir boy with them
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
Old Age Provisions

or the measure who is out of work
because of any labor dispute directly
affecting him
Again, the influence of the medical
men of the kingdom appears tc De
solid against the measure-they claim
ing that adequate provision is not
made for their recompense for profess
sional services and medicine
Even the most earnest supporters
of the whole plan are forced to admit
that the Provisions in regard to the
''unemploy ID" and to the health in
surance' are complicated
Ii does not appear likely that par
Lament will agree to the measure
without important compromises. But
in the very fact of the Introduction of
such bill is an element of hope for
the workingmen
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
Rabat Rucs and carpets.

The best carpets are made at Rabat
and have some similarity In appear
Cance to Smyrna rugs. but in the for.
mer the woof anil warp are OF q
much looser composition and OF a
somewhat lighter body. The FREEDOM.
mating color of Rabat rugs Is red
and the patterns are sometimes In.
geniousiy geometrical. but the col
ors. although frequently exhibiting
baauliful blends. are often of a more
hectic cast than is pleasing to the
most exacting European taste.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
Street Goats.

The long. enYelopipg, luxurious
wrap overcoat. be it in fur, velvet,
plush, cloth or what not, is dominating
everything in the way of outdoor COW
erings. and it will be something of
question how the actively disposed are
to take their walks abroad weighed
down by some of the magnificence
which is destined for street wear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
Steel tuberculosis.

"Redmanite" is a yellow substance
like sulphur. and named after its dis
eoverer, which, 1t is said. may prove
a preventive of steel tuberculosis. "
Steel tuberculosis" it seems. is the
name of the chemical process which
affects the frames OF skyscrapers and
viii cause the tallest and migatiest
of them TO crumble and totter within
fifty years. If cheerful scientific
prophets are 10 be believed. Red
mantle" may not do all that is claim
ed for it. but st present there are
high hopes in Kansas. where its dis
coyerer. young Mr.. Redman. dwells
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
n. eest Of Life.

While Of life itself or Of its origin
or destiny we know but little. we do
know how we may have II abundantly
and make the most and best of It, II
we do that. not only shall we have
done our entire duty. but we shall
have given ourselves the highest
present employment OF which we are
capable, and we may be certain that
IL there be a future for US beyond
these scenes of earth. such life Is
the best prenarstion for 1.-THE Gin
cfnnat Enquirer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
aa.,,. ~ sahlne pass.

The story Of the battle Of Sabine
Pass is history. not fiction. though. it
must be confessed. 1t sounded far
more ike the latter than the former
You win find the full accounts OF the
aght IN the RECORDS Of the Rebel
Hon and a very interesting history OF
the AFFAIR IN the second vAume OF
The Rise and Fall OF the Confederate
Government" by Jefferson Davis
page 2s7. References to the battle
may also be found in Battles and
Leaders OF the Civil war publishet
- ts-A Century company