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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07

Few people really understand how
rain is measured We often read in
the newspaper that so many inches
of rain have fallen during certain
period, but ii is difficult to realize
wnat an inch OF it actually means.
The British Rainfall association have
years records of rainfalls in all parts
OF the United Kingdom They have
reports from several thousand sta
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
Navajo Women Own Property.

While the Navajo men and boys
take care of the Aocks and herds. the
women OWL the property. It is the
Navajo woman who has the final say
as to the disposal Of sheep and cattle.
This is not the result OF any recent
movement in behalf of equal suffrage,
but has obtained among the Navajos
since time immemorial
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07

son-having neither to weigh thoughts
nor measure words. but pouring them
all right out just as they are, char
and grain together, certain that a
faithful hand will take and sift them.
keep what is worth keeping and with
a breath of kindness blow the rest
away.-Dinah Mulock
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
coprete Work.

plaster large aeas. A little expert
ence and patiaEe makes the matter
easy.
A good watEproofng mixture is
made as FOLLOW: Concentrated lye,
one-third pound; powdered alum,
three-fourths pund. which should be
mixed in one gllon of water at least
one hour befoe using. All of this
mixture is usedto one sack of cement.
and is poured n at the same time as
the water usedto temper the mortar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
Eel. the stino Of Failure.

What" asked the hunter who had
mistakenly shot guide, bending down
eagerly. SIS your Nance" Smith, .
gasped the guide. with his last breath.
The hunters face FELL And / came
up here" he exclaimed, ruefulIy, in
pursuit OF rare game!"--Puck.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
VALUE OF THE DRILL SYSTEM
Question Most Frequent in Discus
sions on Wheat Raising Is An
swered by Many Farmers.
CBy L. c. BURNETT.l

The value of the drill is the ques-
ton most frequent in discussions on
wheat raising. The results of four
years tests in Iowa are found to be
AZ bushels of winter wheat gain per
acre when the grain was drilled, over
that which was broadcasted. This,
figured at 70 cents per bushel. the
average price OF wheat for the time
covered by the experiment, shows a
balance of 1896 per acre in favor of
drilling.
The opinion OF farmers in all parts
Of the country seems to be about the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
Story of the Corn stalk.

The corn stalks that were left In
the field this fall are going to pro
claim the farmer more extravagant
than ever before Shredded fodder
makes good bedding. and II the corn
was cut when It should have been
there would be lots of good feed for
the stock.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
Work fpt Spring Garden.

A good way TO insure good gar.
den next spriI is to thoroughly pre-.
pare the plot II the fall 80 that 1t VIII
be subject to the chemical action
brought about by freezing and thaw-
ing. II will nike the soil all the
more workabiel In the spring. and will
tend to insure better and earlier crops.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
FANla'a
GARDEN
MOLE WORKS DURING WINTER
Little Animal Keeps Busy Where
Ground Is Not Frozen Too Hard
His Strength is Marvellous.
CBy T. H. scHEFFER.)

The mole, like the pocket gopher,
is more or less active at all seasons
of the year, but it is during the rainy
period, when the soil is moist, that
his work is pushed most vigorously.
Shallow runways are then rapidly ex-
tended in all directions and old run
ways repaired.
When a mole makes up its mind
to so in certain direction, nothing
but concrete or stone Wiil stop him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
What Constitutes Man.

Il seems TO me that the wit OF man,
strength, his grace. his tendency. his
art. is the grace and presence of God.
Emerson
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
Thorouoh FARMING.

See 10 it that today's work is done
so well that it won't have TO be done
over when tonaorrow's work is in
progress
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07

Oh the romfoTt- sse inexpressible
comfort OF feeling safe with e per
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07

for five or six years those of them
who have been in the. house that long
have been virtually as progressive as
are the followers of Theodore Roose-
welt in the last campaign, and who
gave up MI further thought OF call
ing themselves Republicans
If the Progressiye-Republicans shall
refuse to caucus with the Republicans,
and shall caucus by themselves, there
really win be three parties in the
next house of Representatives. in ad-
dition to the fourth majority party, the
Democracy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15

~ EVENLY EIGHT years ago
- died Karl Wilhelm Won
Humboldt. man who,
though eclipsed by his more cell
ebrated brother. Alexander Won
Humboldt, wrought. nightly in
his time for the promotion of the
Great Human Advance.
Born at Potsdam, Prussia, in
1867. Humboldt received as fine
an education as the world at that
time could give, and while his
academic honors were still fresh
upon him the Government sent
him as Minister Plenipotentiary
TO Rome.
For nearly twenty years Hum
boldt remained in the service OF
his country, and would have re-
manned much longer but for the
fact that he possessed a con-
science and a strong devotion to
principle.
In opposition TO the will and
purpose of the men up higher"
Humboldt, at that time flliRg the
important post of Minister Of the
Interior. demanded a new con-
stitution. which should combine
local seif-sovernment Of the
provinces with parliament
chosen by direct election. He
also attacked the Carlsbad de-
crees, which aimed at a censor
ship Of the press and the sup
preston OF all liberal opinions.
As might have been expected.
this manly and courageous stand
for Democracy and the freedom
Of speech and printing was i'm
medistely followed by the Min
ister's dismissal from ONCE.
Humboldt shed no tears over
his forced retirsmeRt. and with
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
Wilhelm Humboldt
BY REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

light heart he turned from poll
tics TO literature. in which con
genial avocation he was TO Spend
the remaining sixteen years Of
his life.
1t was Humboldt who first as
ISOLATED the science OF compare
tive philoiogy with history, and
other collateral studies, and gave
it universal significance. 1t was
Humboldt who first clearly laio
down the idea that the "charse-
ter and structure OF language
express the inner life and knoWi-
edge of its speakers. and thsf
languages must necessarily dinei
from one another in the same way
and to the same degree as 90
those who use them"
II is upon this great general
zation that all the achievement
in pathological science rest, aho
TO have discovered it Is, OF itseI
alone. glory enough for any man
It was said long ago by SONG
philosopher that Gin the |or'o
there is nothing great but Man
and in Man there is nothing grea.
but Mind" Now it is by anu
through Language that the g.eS'-
est thing in the world makes lts
powers known, muitipiies ara sA-
tends those powers, and IN man
fold ways wins fits grand VIC
tories over the blind forces Of '''
material world.
To have been a pioneer ih74'
fore. in the Science OF lang-ss.
to have been among the nTsl-
not the very hrst-to help Us
understand the origin and elAl
acter OF this marvellous tn.Is
to merit a large and lasting ca.
upon the respect and era ..--''
OF Mankind.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
Precaution Against Lightning
Indoor Safest PaceShun Trees Umbrellas and Wire Fences
(SEE EDITORIAL.)

place Of the charged conductor
is taken by an electrified cloud,
and the earth beneath serves as
the object which draws its fire"
But the strength of the dis
charge depends upon the density
of the charge on the conductor.
The charge resides upon the sur
face, and if more and more cleo
IRRIGATION is given to the same
conductor the density increases
until the strain upon the sur
rounding air becomes so great
that 1t can no longer be borne.
and then a discharge takes place
through the air which instantly
relieves the strain by lowering
the pressure.
Now, on a thunder cloud. which
is composed of billions upon bill
lions of minute PARTICLES of vapor.
each Of which has contributed its
electrical charge to the common
stock, the density, or potential
becomes enormous. and. when the
discharge takes place. the flash
may extend several miles through
the air.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
BY GARRETT P. sERvIss.

LADY writes me that she
"A narrowly escaped being
struck by lightning some
years ago, and now she is in NOR
tai terror every time the season
for thunderstorms approaches
and she wishes to know what pre-
cautions one ought to take in or
der TO avoid danger from this
source
AT the same time man writes
that ne and his family like to
spend the hot months in the coun-
try near a small body of water,
but, having heard that water at
tracts lightning they are nervous
about il. and much of their sum
mer pleasure is destroyed by fear
of thundersturms.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
The Idols in Our Midst
BY JACOB j. LEIBSoN.

~VMIZATION is proud. She
boasts among her conquests
the overthrow Of superstition
the passing Of darkness from
the mind and idoIatry from the
heart. We walk erect in the
knowledge that we no longer seek
favor from fetiches or grace from
gargoyles. The idols are. indeed.
broke in the Temples Of Bsal"
Astarte and Moloch are de-
stroyeJ. Chemosh is no more,
And now. do we not worship a
living Cod The very thought of
idols repels as, and the horror Of
idol-worship. with its unspeakable
outrages. arouses adherence and
pity.
When the last of their temples
were destroyed and their priests
put 20 the sword there was much
rejoicing among the righteous.
who believed they saw the death
of hearheuism. But alas, Baal
though unhoused. lived. on and
Astarts lived on. CheWosh still
lived and Mploch as well-in the
hearts of men. u was there they
had their origin. From Cruelty
they srrsug and Vice nurturcj
them. And there tHey continue
Go live. To-day their spirits >tHI
walls boldly abroad iu tho lauI
uumo'e~ted. for we are they that
have eyes but Sse mott
Uu, uI these .aH~isis Hu human
greed Wise itot DE H3- never
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
Clouds Act as Conductor.

wanted for devotees. Greater
than an the rest is he now. more
powerful more eNacting. His
temples are many. of wood and
stone. of metals fine and marble.
many cubits high. His priests
are in the high places. surfeited
with luxury and CARRIED like
princes. His aeolytes swing their
censers of droSs and raise their
voices IN his praise. And most
propitiously he pours into their
laps GOLD.
cruel as of old. he still demands
on his affairs the immolation of
human beings. the lives of chill
dren. And what is so cheap as
the life of a child? ASH this
grinning idol MOLOCH. We call
him CHILD LABOR.
The shameful sacrifice goes on.
Thousands OF his voJaries suffer
little children 10 come unto MIN.
but not AS in the days of a Semi
tic heatheniSm. For they send
not their own children. but the
children of others. the children af
the poor BLESSED ARE THE
POOR
So MuI0ch ,huye~ Co our shame.
au f1rsetfuI of his days of dam
ser and adversely. when Josiah
ded'sd Topheta and the way 1T
CARA idol was haal pH, for anoth-
rr Josiah to dciIe "a modern
Tap1.tu trtI Uu mans son or
daughter SHAH hc nsde -tu pass
through the FIRE ~ MoLOCH."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
From House to Earth.

The small discharge from an
electrical machine will burn par
ticles of dust. or demolish minute
objects. II Will also produce
severe shock in the human body.
But the gigantic discharge from 4
thunder cloud will instantly XIII
men and larger animals. tear Of
the branches. or reud the trunks
of great trees. hurI down CHM
ueys and towers. destroy roofs.
melt iron rods and chains. and set
fire to buildings and haystaCks.
It was not until Franklin in
vented the lightning rod that men
knew any way to ward of the
strokes Of lightning. The light
ming rod does its work by provid-
ing an easy road for the electric
discharge. When properly con-
strueted iy may even prevent too
great an accumulation Of poten-
tial in the clouds above by grad
ually drawing off their electric
charge
According to Professor O.. p.
Barker an effective way to proc
te,r an ordinary house from light
ming is 10 run galvanized iron
telegraph wire cup an the cor
uers. along all the ridges and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
"Tailor to the King
Bv EBERT HUBBARD
Copyright, 1918. International News Service

TINE fallacies connected with
the business of merchant
tailoring are exactly on "A
par with the fakes of alchemy,
astrology. theology and medicine.
All minister to the vanity of
the Individual who thinks he is
different, peculiar, unique and re-
quires a special ministration.
So with the theological and
medical faker went the sartorial
faker. and we spoke feelingly and
with pride Of my tailor" We
made excuses for not attending
this or that meeting because we
had an engagement with my
tailor"
l can we'll remember how my
heart was filled with pride when 4,
/ stood on a PLATFORM kind Of
improvised throne--and a tailor
took off his coat and made ready
for a great and serious opera
ton.
With a tape measure around
his neck and an adviser standing
by, he went at me. And way
back in the dim recesses OF the
store at a desk sat a man with
pencil in hand.
Taking His Measure.
The call was given, "All right"
and then the tape measure was
put over my manly anatomy. II
was pleasing to my sense of APP
probation to be thus ministered
to. The man measuring me and
the man looking on consulted
from time TO time.
They called OF the measure
ments thus: "Thirty-two and a
half; twenty-one and three
quarters; sixteen and a half"
Then the tape measure was again
applied the second time, and the
call was given, Make that six
teen and seven eighths," and the
man in the dark recesses OF the
store echoed back the numbers.
These were repeated to see that
they were all down correctly.
was told to call in week,
and I did, and tried on the par
TALLY completed garments.
Grave Consultations.
There were consultations. the
tape measure was applied again,
chalk was freely used, pins came
into service. diagrams were made
and further consultations held.
l was padded UP here, hol-
lowed there, hunehed, punched,
smoothsd out and sent away with
the request that l would call the
second day. II was like being
treated for this, that and the 9TH
er by a specialist with pointed
whiskers.
1t took time to get a suit Of
clothes. But was I not getting
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15

How can any but a brute and an ignoramus
deny that this woman, the mother of children has
a right to share in the making of laws?
1t is not favor that woman asks when she
demands the vote
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15

SHE SIMPLY ASKS HER RIGHT. She
ought to have it and she WILL have it. Shame
on the man who thinks his own mother unfit to
vote.
(SEE EDITORIAL)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15

a suit made to measure, and was
not this man my tailor?"
All. yes! I didn't know it, out
was dating back to day when
only royalty had its tailor. Tailor
to the King!" 1 was being min
istered to by a specialist-tbe
man who had studied nv casa
and understood it. was to shin.
in society.
1t was long years before knew
I was a part of unconscious fax.
cry. Certainly, the tailor wa,
not a hypocrite. Perhaps he was
a little of a Jesuit and figured IT
out that the end justifes the
means.
Observed of Observers.
But 1 am quite sure Of this
that my tightly fitting suit new
er quite adapted itself to nv
anatomy. was so well dressed
that I was conspicuous. Ny
bumps, hollows and imperfections
were obvious. Instead of having
me clothed so we'll that did
not attract attention l was the
observed of the observers. I held
the center of the stage.
We work from the complex to
the simple, and the obvious is the
last thing we know.
1t is only within recent times
that the discovery was made that
men, in their bodily measure
ments, fall into four or FIVE class
es; that clothes properly made
for one man will 1T any other
man in the same class. Easy,
smooth, well-fitting clothes that
do not exaggerate any Of the
minor physical peculiarities that
a man may possess.
The old-time custom tailor in
the country town was like man
learning to ride bicycle; he ran
into the very thing that he sought
TO avoid, and the peculiarities
that he tried to conceal he
brought out.
First to Adopt System.
At that time, any man who
wore "hand-me- down" clothing
was socially taboo. The ready
made clothing business was in
the hands of the bashi- bazooks
Haggle and barter were supreme
and the methods of booth and ba-
zaar reigned.
Behold, however, when things
get bad enough they cure them
selves,
The retail clothing business was
the first TO adopt the one-pries
system. This means truth in
business. Quality and fit were
guaranteed.
And, behold, now, clothes ready
to wear represent. in a business
way. the very acme of honesty
directness, simplicity and right
intent.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15

tablish an efficient connection
with the ground"
These wires should terminate
above in sharp points. elevated
several feet. The object Of all
this is to furnish ready ways for
the electricity to travel between
the clouds and the earth. Travel
it will, somehow, if it takes a fan
cy to go in that direction. and If
the way is not open it will open
it by force, But it will usually
follow an iron wire, if it has no
sharp turns, as obediently as a
led child.
There is danger. however, in
being near a lightning rod when
a discharge takes place through
it. because the human body is
fairly good conductor, and an
overflow current from the wire
would be apt to leap to it.
As to personal protection, with
out regard TO lightning rods, the
safest place in a thunderstorm is
in a house. Keep the doors and
windows closed. Avoid the neigh
borhood of stoves. chimneys and
freplaces, especially if a fire is
burning in them. Remain in the
center Of the room. Do not car
ny large metallic objects in the
hands. and keep away from such
objects in a room.
Franklin. who knew as much
about lightning as any man that
ever lived. advised sitting in
chair. in the middle of the room,
and putting the feet up in snoth-
er chair But the best protec-
ton Of an. according to him, is
to have "a hammock, or swing
ing bed, suspended by silk cords,
equally distant from the walls on
every side, and from the ceiling
and floor"
Some Things to Shun.
If you are caught in a thunder
storm i'm the open. do not carry
an umbrella, and do not take shell
ter under a lonely tree. or
small group Of trees. Keep away
from wire fences. Many cattle
have been killed by lightning
striking. or following, such fences.
There is more danger near a
body of water than i'm the midst
of dry land. but BY keeping in
doors one may feel secure even
on the shore of lake or river.
Statistics in an countries show
that the number Of men killed BY
NEntninC Is far greater than the
number OF women. and the reason
undoubtedly is that the latter are
less apt 90 DE caught out OF
doors by "a storm.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
Was YOUR MOTHER Unfit to
Vote? If She Was, We Are
Sorry for You.

But That Is No Reason for Your Trying to Keep the Vote
Away from Women Better Than Your Own Mother Hap
Pened to Have Been. Pity the Man Who Despises omen
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15

Everybody knows phople who
are almost paralyzed by terror
whenever a thunderstorm is rag
ing about them, and since the sea-
son of such storms is not far off.
and there is no way known to
science Of preventing their occur
renee. it is worth while TO recall
some of the facts that have been
learned about them.
Clouds Act as Conductor.
A fash, a bolt, of lightning is
simply a discharge of electricity.
resembling that which may be
produced, on a small scale. by ac-
cumulating charge on the con-
ductor Of an electric machine,
and then bringing some object
near, 10 which the electricity viii
leap like cracking thread of
flame
In the case of lightning the
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1913-08-19

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fpnnen mir ms san3 benz 8efiible
po~IIitdnSigen Sfubes binseben."
9ie Sbee, uniere 8unbesIolbaten
ebenfaIs fir einen Seruf a~ns3ubilben.
1T aiisse5eifnet unb perbient. alsses
fibrt 5u perben.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1913-08-19
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