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GEORGE BEEBE.
One of The First to Realize the Agri- cultural and Horticultural Possi-
 bilities of Santa Cruz County.

During many years the gentle man who is thesubiect'o this sketch has enjoyed wide experiencein the great Southwest, and in his time he
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
AS A RULE, THE AMERICANS CON-
sISTENTLY OVERWORk.
And Nervous Diseases Are on the In
crease Because of This, Says
Professor Quackenbos.

Prof. John d. Quackenbos is one OF
those who see cause for alarm in the
mental and nervous strain which is
one of the conditions Of life In the
business and in the social world. Or.
Quackenbos is an authority on nerv-
GUS and mental diseases and has writ
ten various works on the subject.
in view of the constant increase
in the tension under which the peo-
pie of the United States live is it to
be expected that nervous and mental
troubles will increase rather than d.
minish, thus adding to the death
rate?" DR.. Quackenbos was asked.
Functional nervous diseases are
markedly on the increase, represented
by brain flag and nervous exhaustion
in general, owing to stress and
strain"
What is the remedy for this con-
dition of American life?"
The reply was brief but emphatic:
The remedy is less work and more
exercise, less food, eat more slowly
and take two days of rest instead Of
one. Those business or professional
men whose circumstances make 1t pos
sible will find it wise to leave their
Offices Friday afternoon and motor to
a farm or other country homestead,
where they can have absolute exemp-
ton from the constant worries and
strife and noise and nerve racking in
fluences of a large city,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
FIRST SELECT A MODEL
ONE OF THS STEPPING STONES
ON ROAD TO SUCCESS.
Hours of Painstaklno Endeavor Also
Big Factor, Is the Opinion
of Graham Hood.

Before the carpenter starts tc build
a house he gets his plan; before the
sculptor makes his statue he prepares
a model. and every creator whose
work is to put the ideas of his brain
into tangible form that others may
make use of them is compelled to pur-
sue very much the same course.
In this respect, shaping a career is
like painting a picture or building a
house. If the right kind of progress
is to be made, it must De preceded by
working model-a Plan that can be
followed with satisfactory results
Hours of painstsking endeavor,
sleepless nights. months and years of
careful planning. still more years OF
thorough study-these are the factors
that make for success. and there is
no other way to win the victory.
Moreover. back of it all. there must
have been plan, for without well de-
fined effort genuine success was never
yet attained.
Examine the methods pursued by
any successful man, and you will find
no difficulty in recognizing the rela-
tive Importance of the plan in all the
affairs Of life. Study the unsuccessful
man and it will not take long for you
to discover that it is his helter-skelter
way of doing things that is chiefly re-
sponsible for his failure-Graham
Hood
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
CANADA'S PROSPERITY.

The New York Times of March %,
1912, in an article dealing with Cana
da's progress, says:
AT the present moment eight ship
loads of European immigrants are
afioat for Canada, while there are
signs that the outward movement
which is customary with us during
labor troubles will be marked this
year There is no such startling rec
ord Of our loss to Canada Our citi-
zens quietly slip over the border in
groups or trainloads, but their going
is not advertised.
There is no mystery why Canada
is the good thing the United States
used to be. 1t is because Canada is
following in its neighbours footsteps
that 1t is repeating the fortunate ex-
perience which its neighbor is envy
ing, even while deliberately turning
its back on the teachings of the past.
A fortnight ago the Dominion budget
speech reported the unprecedented
surplus of S39,O00,000, and Oh Thurs
0dg tAO 0ONCAAtLShl. PdoSN0
the Committee on Supply credits Of
SSS,000,000 for railways and canals.
With this assistance the railways
themselves are both enabled and COM
PEELED to increase their facilities. Ac-
cordingly we find single road allot-
ting ten millions for work of its own.
Naturally the Canadian newspapers
contain announcements calling for
Efty thousand men for construction
work. This influx is apart from those
Americans who go with money in their
pockets obtained by cashing in their
high-priced American lands.
"a st. Paul dispatch says that with
in fortnight two Thousand carloads
of farm animals and machinery have
passed toward Canada, the property
of men who expect to pay for their
farms with the first crop"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04

stance, known as honey dew" of
which the ants are very fond For
this reason the root lice are very well
cared for by the ants, and especially
by one kind of ant known as the Tit
tie brown ant" In the fall the ants
take the eggs of the root aphis down
into their nests and keep them there
throughout the winter. The next
spring, when the egsg hatch, the ants
place the young root lice on the roots
of the common smartweed, or some
other common weed, where the lice
begin to feed. Later on, if the ground
be planted to corn, the ants transfer
the root lice from the weeds to the
corn roots
So the ants care for the root aphis,
and in order to fight the root aphis
the farmer must fight the little brown
ant
"A deep, thorough stirring C the soil
on old corn ground will tend to re-
duce injury by the root louise. This
stirring of the soil breaks ZIP the
nests and scatters the ants. Conse-
quertly the ants cannot give the lice
the proper care. The burrows Of these
ants do not often reach to a depth Of
more than six inches. II the ground
is stirred at that depth, the attempts
of the ants to recover their property
and reconstruct their nests are rem
dered largely fruitless
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
BANKING FUNDS ON INCREASE
Gratifying Growth of Accounts in the
Various Financial Institutions
of the Country.

Although the national banks have
shown a great increase in the last
ten years, the other forms of banking
business also have been hurrying for
ward. According to figures that have
been compiled by the government, the
aggregate resources of state, savings,
private banks, loan and trust COM
panies more than doubled in the Pc
riod between 1900 and 1910. The in
crease amounted to S6,712, 037 ,006.04.
And this has been an accumulative
increase, one that has grown larger
every year. The biggest year, or
course, was 1910, when the increase
was S27,525,24S45.
In the apportionment of the various
increases, capital stock saw jump OF
121 per cent. in the ten years. Sur
plus and profits increased by the
same ratio. Loans increased 134 per
cent Bonds increased so per cent.
Individual deposits increased 109 per
cent. and the aggregate deposits
showed an average OF lis per cent.
The most notable increase, according
to the report, was in cash holdings,
which increased 1853 per cent. In the
ten years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04

or bricks should be packed tightly OF
the inside of the lower ends, says
writer in the Popular Mechanics. This
construction will make a substantial
brace, which will be out of sight and
will effectively prevent the posts from
spreading.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
foung Man Who Would Succeed
Should Beware Of an Ex-
cess of DiffiCienCe.
CONSIDER WELL, THEN ACT
Experience Which New York Mer-
chant Prince Tells About Is an Elk.
ceilent Case in Point-Meant
Wasted Time That Was
Hard to Recover.

One of the most successful yet mod
est men of New York city. so modest
that his name seldom appears IN print,
was recently conversing with his as
sistants regarding his experiences In
life. He was in a reminiscent mood
and took them back to his school
days, telling them that the one SEN
tence in his reading book which had
most to do with his life was. Nothing
venture, nothing have" an adage with
which almost every one is familiar.
He said that this adage was at first
not appreciated but, after bitter ex-
perience and disappointment, the full
force of its meaning appealed to him.
He told the following story:
Sometime after l left school
found myself compelled to earn my
own living. wanted to get into the
mercantile business and sought an
opportunity was reading the ad-
vertisements and my eye rested on
one that read something like this:
Wanted a young man with common
school education to learn the whole
sale dry goods business. Apply with
reference to so and So Immediately
went to the establishment, which was
large one, made known my business
and was directed to the office. ] fol-
lowed my directions and stood before
the door, but to summon up enough
courage to open that i could not.
do not know how long | stood there
but finally turned around and left
the establishment. Going home hap
pened to pick up my old reader and
In few moments my eye caught the
old adage, Nothing venture, nothing
have which / applied to myself. Co
Ing directly back to the establishment
I opened the office door, walked In,
stated my business, and was politely
yet firmly told that the position had
just been filled. 1t was months before
had a similar opportunity-long
months spent in search Of employ
ment, of an opportunity to begin
business life, and strange as it may
seem, l found t.at opportunity in that
same establishment, yet ! always
counted those moment lost time"
The "reminiscences serves to illus
trate the truth that we have under
taken to place before the young man
and women this week-"The tim1d
seldom win" This is almost as much
an adage as that which the merchant
prince chose as his motto. Indeed,
it is in a certain sense his motto re-
versed, and should constantly be kept
in mind by those who are bashful, in
clined to hesitate, or lack self-reliance.
True, one should not venture with
out reason, precaution and careful
consideration; but. on the other hand.
one should not hesitate when reason,
ordinary precaution and self-reliance
argue that timidity is against them
ALL The natusally timid should sub
NIT dif1lidence to each and all Of these
tests If he does so he will soon rem
edy the defect.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
INTERESTING BITS

Last year. British shipyards turned
out more than 1.750.000 tons of new
shipping.
There are eleven White" rivers in
North America
E;naras recently sold at seven for q
penny in London's Covent Garden
Women take the place of newsboys
in many of the streets OF Spanish
towns.
About 1000 tons of coal are
burned every week in London
or the coal produced in England,
one ton Cut Of three is exported
The weight Of one inch of rainfall
on an acre of land exceeds 100 tons.
Our railroads kill 10000 per year.
More than half of those on this list
are trespassers on the tracks
The electric companies OF all the
larger cities reaped a harvest during
the past winter by thawing out frozen
pipes.
The government printing Office last
year turned out 73,424,000 postage
stamps.
In England there is a chalk which is
very cheap and can be burned in a
CRATE with coal.
In France it will soon be obligatory
to provide automobiles with mud
guards to protect pedestrians.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
WHITE PLAGUE LESS DEADLY
Decrease In Death Rate From Tubercu-
losis Means Saving of $1,000
Lives In Ten Years.

In the decade from 1901 to 1910. the
death rate from tuberculosis in the
United States declined from 1869 for
each 100000 persons living 10 1903.
decrease of 1877 per cent, while the
general death rate, including all causes
of death, declined only one-half as fast,
or at the rate of 81 per cent, from
1850 to 1858. according to figures
given out by the National Association
for the Study and Prevention OF Tu-
berculosis. The figures are based on
data distracted from the reports OF
the United States Bureau OF the Gem
sus, and cover the registration area
in this country. According to the
statement, the tuberculosis death rate
has declined steadily since 1904. when
it was 201.6 On the other hand, the
general death rate shows fiuctuation
downward in general trend, but not as
steady as the tuberculosis rate, The
decline in the tuberculosis death rate
in the last ten years means a saving
of $1,000 lives at the present time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
Simplest Way of All.

The following story the Saturday
Evening Post says is told of Col.
George w. Goethals, who at the time
it took place was an instructor in en-
cheering at West Point.
One day, in a recitation he gave out
this question TO class of cadets:
The post flagpole, sixty feet high,
has fallen down. You are ordered by
your commanding officer to put it up
again. You have under your command
q sergeant and ten privates of the en-
gineer corps. How would you get the
pole back into placer"
Each cadet, after long consideration
and much figuring over the derricks,
blocks, tackle and so on, evolved a
different method.
NO." said Goethals, you are all
wrong. You would simply say: Ser
geant, put up that flagpole!'"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
GARDEN ana
FARM NOTES

Give the earth good seed to work
with
A silo built of concrete will pre-
serve silage well.
Truck farming in this country Is
not yet being overdone.
Rye may be cut for hay and used
for all classes of livestock.
Most experienced melon pickers can
tell a ripe melon from the looks.
Plant enough lima beans for home
use. They are healthy and delicious.
4 bushel of wheat weighs, on the
average, 60 pounds, and oats from 3S
to 40
The tool which usually follows the
pillow in the course of tillage is the
harrow.
A ten-oent bolt now may save dol
lars worth of time when the rush OF
work comes.
With the exception O. the pillow, the
harrow is perhaps the oldest of tillage
instruments.
There is no reason why potatoes
should not be cultivated with a riding
corn cultivator.
Frequent stirring of the soil is said
to be a good preventive az rust form
ing on the cultivator.
A liberal application of ashes TO the
soil where cabbage plants are grown
is a preventive of clump root
II the soil leaves the plowshare
shiny and wet, wait a day or two.
Wet blowing makes cloddy ground.
In seasons when drought prevails a
better stand OF clover can be secured
by sowing the seed without q nurse
crop.
When Eoss creeps into the meadows
and pastures they need to be broken
up and the soil exposed TO the sun and
air before rsseeding.
Teams, wagons or stock passing
over the meadows when they are soft
and spongy cut the life out OF the sod
and lower the profits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04

AS in the case of our national birth
and death rates, We have unhappily
no accurate official information about
Industrial casualties. But our fore
foremost authority on this subject,
Frederick l. Hoffman, statistical ex-
pert, computes the number of fatal
accidents among occupied males in
the year 1908 as between 10000 and
$4,000. These figures are exceedingly
conservative. They take account OF
only & few more than $4,000. 900 per
sons in population estimated at only
$1,000, 900. They omit from considers-
ton our 100000 wage earning women
and they do not include the millions
OF casual laborers, who, while not reg
istered as employed, are not infre-
quently exposed 10 industrial hazards.
Reviewing Mr.. Hofman's estimates
IN the light OF later information. w. J.
Client. a most scholarly student OF our
Industrial conditions. declares that the
annual death roll Of American indus
try cannot be much below $4,000
Both authorities are agreed in placing
the annual total OF nonfatal accidents
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
Doesn't Even Hesitate.

'Porters in sleeping cars are often
the subjects of satire and abuse" said
friend of the observer. They don't
deserve it. Their efficiency and cooi-
ness was proved in the recent wreck
of the Twentieth Century Central
train. But the true glory of the pal
ace or sleeping car attendant, his
pride in his train, its magnificence and
speed, is most strikingly manifested
in the south. Take trip some day
on a swell special and watch the tall,
Nubian-like figure and mien of the
porter in his dazzling white garb.
Then bark as he strides through the
aisle. his full. baritone voice pro-
claiming this pean: Memphis special.
gen1men! This am de Memphis spe-
cial; get your tickets ready. This
train doesn't even hesitate between
Charlottesville and Memphis!' New
York Daily Mail
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
Substitute for Third Degree.

laughing gas as substitute for the
police third degree. He believes that
this, the least dangerous of anesthet-
les, lays open what already is in the
mind, unconscious of the search for
its secrets. He believes that If
crime should be questioned about it
during a certain stage of recovery
from nitrous oxide, or laughing gas
anaesthesia, he would not only reply
and truthfully, but half minute later
he would realize fully what he had
said.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
Antidrudoery Club.

Six women in Chicago have organ
ized club to lessen household cares.
The club is the possessor Of an cleo
trio vacuum cleaner, one electric wash
ing machine, two electric irons and
fan for drying the washing.
The only dues are those required for
the upkeep of these labor savers, and
this amount has been estimated to be
about three cents a week. The initia-
ton fee consists of the price of the APP
paratus divided into six equal parts.
The members arrange their work so
that small boy may take the appara-
tus around to each in turn. They live
in one neighborhood, so the affair IS
easily arranged. How practical; how
easily the idea could be explained to
take in any number of housekeepers.
What help it would be in solving the
servant problem.-American Club
Woman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
Bacteria for Alfalfa Soil.

Alfalfa needs certain kind of bac-
terra in the soil to give the best re-
suits. These bacteria live on the
roots of the plants. and give off as a
by-product the nitrogen which the
plant needs. This is an example of
cooperation in nature.
In the soils where sweet clover has
grown, these bacteria are usually
present. If they are not, it is some
times necessary to get soil from some
field where alfalfa is growing, or
some sweet clover soil. and scatter it
over the alfalfa patch. This is called
"inoculating the soil"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
OFFICE NO PLACE FOR STYLE
Clean Linen Collars Rather Than lnl-
tation Pearls, Advises Writer Who
Knows the Subject.

Why does not the business girl, the
young woman who for one reason or
another is employed in the great world
of downtown, wake up to the RESPONSE
bility of appearing f1ttingly attired
while she is at her work? Consider
moment which would you rather have
as your fellow-worker, says a we'll
known woman writer-the girl with
the simple frock, skirt Of modest
length ard width, collar OF decent
height and sleeves reaching TO her
wrists, or the girl with skin-tight
short skirt, exaggerated Dutch neck
and elbow sleeves? Which of these
girls would have the better chance of
getting a position if both were to ap-
ply at the same time and their expe-
riepce in the work was practically the
same?
The office is not the place for
style" But it is the place for neat
ness.
The office is not the place for elab-
crate dressing. But it is the place
for modest dressing.
The ONCE is not the place for
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
FIGHT LITTLE MELON APHlS
Best Way to Fight Pest Is to Burn
Infested Vines Where They Are
Same for Cucumbers.

Melon growers around Rocky Ford,
Colo, where canteloupes are grown
extensively, find that the best way to
fight melon aphis is to burn the in
tested vines just where they are. At
least every other day they get over
their patch of vines and look for the
very dark green color and swollen,
watery appearance of the leaves OF
the plants. A little later the leaves
and vines take on a black, powdery
cast that no one can mistake. The
leaves curl under, but do not begin
to wilt sometimes for days.
BY keeping careful watch and de-
stroying the plants as they show the
presence Of aphis, one can usually
control the pest. Scatter straw over
the infested hill and burn at once.
To attempt to carry the vines to the
edge of the field will simply spread
the insect.
After burning a hill keep careful
watch over adjoining hills, to see that
the insects have not spread. OF
course, the same treatment is recon-.
mended for cucumbers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
BARGAIN SALE WINS A JOB
Gives the Bosses an Opportunity to
Get a Line on Those Who
Do Good Work.

Special sales held by the big depart
nent stores are stepping stones to
good jobs. For these sales 1t is neces-
sary to employ a deal of extra help
The bosses watch the extra hands and
aote their capacity.
A young man eighteen years old
went to New York about the end OF
The holidays. He tried to get place
In several stores, but failed until he
applied to an extensive concern in
which an immense midwinter sale was
on. The goods he was expected to
handle belonged to his line, and he
WAS taken on at the rate of S12 a
week. At the end of one week he was
given a task of slightly greater i'm
portance, and when two more weeks
rolled around his manager told him
that thereafter he would find an ad-
ditional 50 in his envelope.
More than that, the boss looked as
If he was pleased with this worker,
and that meant a better future.
The eighteen-year-old worker is still
holding down the same job, although
scores of others were let out when the
sale ended.
One day, when the worker thought
1t was safe to draw out the overseer,
that functionary told@him one of the
reasons why he kept him was that he
did his worok the same way all of the
time, that he was not constantly cast
Ing about to find an easier Il not bet
ter way of doing a thing. If 1t had
been better as well as easier to per-
form the task in a different way that
would have been different
1t is these characteristics n the
human worker that come in for close
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
PRETTY FLOWERS IN GARDEN
Great Beauty and Fragrance of Sweet
Peas Make Them Most Popular
Must Have Support.

Sweet pea vines must have good
support Brush branches suit them
better than anything else, but these
are not always easy to get A good
substitute for brush is very coarse
meshed wire netting.
AS soon as the plants begin to
bloom begin to cut from them. The
more blossoms you cut Of the more
you will have. If care is taken to
remove the blossoms as soon as they
begin to fade, the plants will continue
to bloom until frost comes; but if
seed is allowed to ripen, you will have
but few flowers during the latter part
OF the season.
In cutting sweet peas give the flow
ers as long stems as possible. Never
crowd them in vase or bowl. Just
bunch them loosely in the hand, and
then drop them into whatever is to
hold them, give it a shape, and 10,
your flowers will have arranged them
selves to perfection.
No garden should be without some
sweet pea vines. The great beauty
and fragrance of the blossoms make
them one of the most popular of flow
ers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-04
New Idea IN Candles.

A unique wax candle, some eight
inches long, is so nodded that the top
is much larger than the bottom, with
the idea that as 1t takes the flame
longer to consume the extra wax the
length as well as the life Of the can
die will be prolonged These candles
give a bright, steady light, which is
restful to the eyes, and gay designs
in red, blue and yellow make them
decorative 1t is claimed that al
though they sell for rs cents apiece,
they are more than worth it, and that
another batch cannot be duplicated at
this bargain figure.