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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-21
Edu.ators Ar, Reelected.

Manitovoc. = Superintendent OF
Schools P. ]. Zimrners and Prof. C. J.
Stankel of the high school have bee-
reelected by the board o. education
for a term OF three years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-21

Perhaps poets may be born. but liars
are self-made.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-21

Why it does can't be explained, but II
you do it, look out for row. Per.
haps the beasts think that thunder
shower is coming.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-21

Once in while you will see girl
who carries as much special scenery
as big theatrical production.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-21

Or. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
90 years ago. They regulate and invigorate,
stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated
tiny granules. Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-21

A man likes to pose as pillar OF
some church when he Is candidate
for Office.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-21

A small but practical electric rail-
way has been installed in Parii
sewer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-21

Don't imagine the world Is all wrong
Just because your liver Is.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-21

Putnam Fadeless Dyes viii .lst un,
I'll the goods wear out ADV.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
UNION PACIFIC TO
CUT HUGE MELON.

The executive committee of the
Union Pacific Railroad company an
nounced In New York, Tuesday, that
'it would recommend the distribution
among its stockholders of the Balti-
more and Ohio stocks owned by the
company. par value $50 1000. 600. to-
gether with So per share in cash.
Estimated on the present market
value of Baltimore and Ohio stock.
this is equivalent TO a dividend of 33
per cent.
The executive committee econ
mends that II this distribution is ear
ried into effect the regular annual
dividend be correspondingIy reduced
that is. from 10 per cen to s per
cent. The company's statement fol-
lows:
THE executive committee de-
cided to recommend to the board of
directors. which meets Thursday, to
distribute among the holders of the
common stock of the Union Pacific
Railroad company, the Baltimore and
Ohio stock owned by ii, together with
SO per share In cash. 1t Is proposed
to distribute 10 the holders of each
share OF Union Pacific common $12
par value. In Baltimore and Ohio pre-
ferred. now yielding at 4 per cent As
cents. and s22.50, par value. in
Baltimore and Ohio common, now
yielding at 6 per cent $1.35, and 80
In cash, say at 6 per cent per annum,
Is cents, or a total of $2.Ol.
THE executive committee also
recommends that. If carried into eff
feet, the regular annual dividend be
correspondingly reduced-that is,
from 10 per cent to s per cent per
annum.'
The effect of the distribution Is TO
decrease the earning power of the
Union Pacific 2 per cent. The in
vestment on which this 2 per cent
was earned now becomes the proper
" of the individual stockholders.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
TO MAKE HENS WORK
DOUBLE SHIFTS

The prayer for increased efficiency
In the hen coop offered by the House
wives league has been answered, ae-
cording to a dispatch from Cleveland
Ohio. A scientific device has been
discovered which will double the out
put of eggs in the United States. The
inventor claims his device will make
hens lay two eggs daily.
Superintendent Leonard of Mans
field Reformatory and ]. II. Darling
head of the institutions poultry de-
partment, have been making expert
ments and say the plan works.
The plan is to divide the day oil
t~wenty-four hours long, with SIN
twnty-four hours in half and make
the hens day twelve long. with sis
hours of light and six hours OF dark
ness. The hen-coop is a huge steeI
box. we'll ventilated and Illuminated
by electricity.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
PASADENA BRIDGE BEAUTI-
Full WORK OF ART

The huge concrete bridge at the
head of Colorado street, Pasadena.
California, is the longest and highest
bridge In the southwest, and by all
odds the most beautiful. The road
way is 100 feet above the channel of
the Arroyo Seco, q stream flowing
beneath the finest residential section
of the city. and already highly i'm
proved. The nearly completed strue-
ture is quite in keeping With its
beautiful surroundings. and the fact
that ii is built on a curve adds to its
grace. The length is 1.46S feet, link
ing Colorado e n and a splendid
boulevard by a roadway 2S feet be-
tween the curbs. This will be paved
with asphalt and aanked by two five
foot sidewalks. No car tracks will
cross this bridge, making 1t a perfect
pleasure drive with wonderful views
up the Arroyo to the mountains, says
the Scientific American.
The most striking feature of the
bridge, aside from its long sweeping
curve, is the series Of noble arches,
the largest of which Is 233 feet from
center to center of the piers. while
there are two spans Of 151 feet and
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11

p1ons commit suicide by sting
Ing themselves to death-at least not
In Mexico. in fact. they seem immune
to their own venom. Two we'll
matched specimens will battle to
death II confined in a jar, singing
each other repeatedly yet the victor
does not die. He tears his antagonist
into small pieces with his claws and
voraciously devours every trace of the
vanquished foe, and the cannibal
thrives on the diet.
Some scorpion bites cause little
more than burning pain and numb
ness in the part affected for a few
days. But the more poisonous vari-
cites cause death, and that speedily.
especially when they sting young
children or debilitated old people.
The lower classes of people suffer
more than the well to do, because of
their custom of going about half
naked most of the time.
In serious cases the local numbness
and pain or burning extend over the
body in a few hours. Then follows a
feeling as of a ball in the throat, the
victim elutehing his throat as
though choking on a foreign body.
Prompt treatment at this stage will
usually save life.
II not treated the mouth soon be-
gins to froth and the eyes become
Redeemed and representative to light.
Within an hour or two the breathing
grows shorter and more difficult, the
body turns blue. the pulse fails and
commissions set in. The commissions
recur frequently during several hours
but complete relaxation usually
ushers in the end.
Fortunately Inconsistencies de-
yelops early, so that the victim does
not suffer the tortures of dying from
lockjaw. The average time required
for a scorpion sting to cause death is
twelve OF fourteen hours. This is
calculated to make some American
rattlesnakes ashamed OF themselves.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11

six 113 feet each. The arch spans
consist of two continuous. elastic
arch ribs, carrying spandrel column
and in part spandrel walls. These
support cross beams with cantilever-
ed ends. The massive piers rest upon
the boulders and gravel of the stream
bed and are tested to 1900 pounds
10 the square foot.
Work has been in progress for
more than a year, but a few weeks
will see the completion of the i'm
portant link in the California high
way system. From 40 to 100 men
have been constantly employed.
Cement to the extent of more than
10000 barrels was required for the
concrete. which is reinforced with
corrugated bars of the strength of
from $4,000 to 10000 pounds.
The cost will be 5000. 900. half of
which is borne by Los Angeles coun-
and half by the city of Pasadena.
The designers of the bridge are
Messrs. Waddell & Harrington of
Kansas City.
Unusual skill has been used in
designing a graceful as well as a
%utilitarian s%tructure; in fact, it Is one
of the few of this sort that can
properly be classed as a work of art
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
THE SCORPION
MEX|C0S PEST
EorR THOUSAND PERSONS SAID
1o DIE ANNUALLY FROM THE
POISONOUS STING Or The
INSECT

Mexico is a land of troubles. Per-
ennial revolutions ravage the people
and bandits pillage and murder when
soldiers are not about. But whatever
the limitations placed upon life ex-
pectancy in that country In these
restless days the Mexican scorpion
attn holds the record as official exc
cutioners of the republic. Four thous-
and persons are reported to die each
wear in Mexico from the stings OF
scorpions.
There are several varieties of scor-
MONS in Mexico, some of them ex-
reedingly yenomous and others little
feared. In the neighborhood of Teplc
the virulent e%enturis gracilis abounds
but it is little known about the more
northern states or Sonora. 1t is one
of the most m creatures in
the world.
In the small City of Durango o
pions are perhaps more plentiful and
more dangerous than anywhere else
in the republic. Here the climate Is
humid and torrid-it is in the TERRA
calients"-and 1t is estimated that
more than 10000 scorpions are
killed each year. with no appreciate
effect on their numbers.
A scorpion resembled a diminutive
lobsted. Some specimens are eight
inches long. though the average
length is from WI to foul inches.
The claws closely resemble a lobster 5
and with them the scorpion brushes
it's prey after disabling 1t by means
of a sting.
The body of a scorpion consists OF
several segmented joints, the last five
or more narrowing down TO form the
tail, which curls up forward over the
body and terminates in the sting. d.
This b~usinesslike appendage is a
horny. sharp spine containing two lit
tie openings. which eonnec with the
venom gland within the cell Of the
last segment. In striking the scorpion
gives the tail a rapid flashing motion
forward in advance OF the body and
literally administers a n%ypodermic in
lection of poison or rather several in
jections, for 1t usually stings re-
peatedly when Ii does strike.
In color scorpions vary according
to environment. One ordinarily
colorless or translucent will assume a
brown or blaekish shade In dark sur
r~oundings. Scorpions live In the
cracks of the sun-baked clay. under
stones. In the ehinks of the adobe
huts and In the cracks in the plaster
OF old frame houses. They prey upon
spiders and other night marauding In
sects. A spider stnng by a scorpion
may be observed undergoing con-
WILSON'S just before death as animals
or human beings do.
Unless sleeping cots are well
screened and the supports immersed
In AM of kerosene or earbolic acid
water evaporates too rapidly-the
prowling scorpion may find Its way
beneath the bed covers and sting the
restless child. By nature IL Is a noe
turnal pest. In Mexico every one
takes a peep In the toe of his shoe
before dressing in the morning to
assure himself that no undesirable
citizen is hidden there.
Contrary to common belief. scor-
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11

900 a year OH the Panama canal, and
we have spent $25, 000, 900 a year on
the rivers without any definite plan
and in an ineffective way. Devoting
$60,O00,0 600 a year to an effective de-
velopment of international water
ways looks like a big program, but
the sooner We enter on 1t the better
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
Before and After Marriage.

Hands were made to squeeze,
Cheeks were made to blush,
And lips we're made-oh, hush!
Scranton Times.
Ewes were made to flash,
Tongues to utter scorn,
Fingers to pull poor hubbys mar
when he crawls home at morn.
Boston Transcript.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.
II Is a Great Tonic. After a Life Of
Physical Inactivity.

In several respects mountain climb
Ing Is peculiarly wholesome form OF
athletic sport for the large number OF
persons whose vacations are sedentary.
The indoor life which these persons
commonly lead and the protection
from even the slightest rigors OF eli
mate which their mode OF housing and
places OF work afford them are more
than likely to render them oversensi-
tive TO the extremes OF weather. 1t Is
for precisely such unexposed persons
that an occasional trip TO the high
lands and an Alpine excursion has most
refreshing recuperation and stimulus
I'm store. according to physicians.
The heart Is called on to exert Itself
to n degree which. I'm an otherwise
healthy subject, will be followed only
by the IMMIGRATION characteristic Of
most exercise. The advantage Is not
confined TO "A single organ, for the re
spiratory mechanism, the entire mus
culature OF the body as well as the
cardiac and circulatory apparatus. aud
the general metabolic processes ar.
parently benefit In ways not readily
de6nable in scientific terms. In addi.
ton 10 au ndelnable feeling Of well
being considerable skill Is acquired in
certain OF the performances Of noun.
tain climbing or other feats OF alpine
SPORT. The combination has shown its
wholesome and inelgoratng influence
on many an individual suffering from
the flag" of a life OF physical mac.
tivity.-Journal OF the American Medi-
cal Association.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05
BRAVERY M BATTLE.
After the Fighting Has Begun the OH.
GERS Give Few Orders.

An officer Ia our regular army who
saw lighting in the Spanish war point.
ed out the other day that most persons
had very wrong conception OF how
soldiers fight In modern battles
After regiment has wheeled into
position 10 attack the foe and the ac-
tual lighting has begun" he said. ''the
officers really have little TO do with the
proceedings. There IS so much noise.
Tor one thing. that commands cannot
be heard and for this reason whistles.
In many armies. have been substituted
for bugles. because their shrill blast
carries better than the heavier notes
OF the brass. Beyond giving the signal
FOR the charge the officers can do little.
The men, once they see the line OF the
enemy in front OF them. know what Is
expected OF them and carry out their
work with surprisingly few orders.
"Skirmish drills In times OF peace
have taught the troops how 10 act 10
gether, and IL is amazing 10 see how
quickly the men adapt themselves TO
the conditions OF actual battle. Ii Is
the corporals and sergeants who are I'm
the line with the men who are the real
steadying influence i'm fight. They
know the characteristics OF the indi
vidual private I'm way that the com.
missioned officers can never know them
and are prepared to give calming
word TO this or that one when the
emergency arises.
I'm my own experience have
known a private who had served three
enlistments TO take charge OF a com
pany In charge. and the officers and
noncoms were very glad TO leave IL 10
him. After the scrap was over he be
came a private once more. but while
that row was on, so far MS actual in
fiuence with the men was concerned.
he was OF a great deal more Importance
than his captain. The way that man
could wriggle into cover was a reveal.
ton, and he went through three cam.
paigns without a scratch. His example
I'm the regiment was big asset
Bravery In battle, according 10 my
experience, is very much matter OF
temperament Some men are carried
along by sort OF ecstasy, others hold
themselves TO the work by sheer force
OF will, while others-and these are the
best-go through a fight with n sort OF
grim interest as IL IL was a highly
amusing though somewhat dangerous
sport they were engaged In, like polo
or football. York Times.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05
De WET, B0ER REBEL,
GIVES UP TO BRITISH
Man Who Led Two RevOItS Is
Finally Taken Prisoner.

LONDON General Christian
De Wet, leader of the rebellion in the
Union OF South Africa, has been cap.
tured, according to a Pretoria official
dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram com
pany He was captured by Colonel
Conrad Brits last Tuesday on a farm
at Waterbury, a town OF 100 miles
east of Mafeking, in British Bechuan-
aland.
De Wet has long been considered
the greatest OF soldiers developed by
the Boer war of, 10000 His military
career was largely that OF guerrilla
chief, but he attained distinction as
commander I'm chief OF the Orange
Free State forces. He was credited
with doing more damage TO the British
army than any other half-dozen men
In the Boer campaign. Lords Kitch-
ener and Methuen were personally ac'
tive I'm efforts 10 check his raids In
that war. but failed. After the war he
was made minister of agriculture, in
1907.
General De Wet was opposed TO the
governments action in regard TO the
present war in Europe. Early I'm Octo
Der he attempted to speak at a meet
inc I'm protest, but was prevented 10y
followers OF General Botha, premier
OF the Union OF South Africa. Near
the end OF October the rebellion broke
out. with De Wet its chief leader.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05

Among authors there are some who
take but the slightest interest in social
or political questions. So far ms pub
lie questions are concerned they are
hardly better informed than Dante
Gabriel Rossetti During the French
revolution one Of his friends burst into
Rossettis studio with the Incredible
news. Louis Philippe has landed In
England" HAS hey" said Rossetti
calmly what has he come forY'
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05
TURKS YIELD TO MORGENTHAU
Fear OF His Demand For Passports
Causes Order For British Departure.

LONDON Charles Tucker. a
refugee from Constantiuople, writes
from Athens TO the Chronicle glylnt
an account Of the difficulties the Brit.
ish met In leaving the Turkish capital
The authorities had promised Henry
Morgenthau. the American ambassa.
dor. TO permit the terrified English
people TO leave az a given time, but
after their arrival at the station re-
fused 10 let the train go.
Mr.. fuckers story continues: Mr..
Moreenthau was determined TO have
his own way. The treatment he wit
messed provoked his anger and stimu.
lated his determination TO make the
Turks respect his wishes. Next morn.
ing Il was learned that he had form.
allv advised the Turkish government
that unless the British colony was al
lowed 10 leave that day he would de-
mand his passports and take every
one away on his special train as his
private guests. The Turks immediat9.
~ Welded 10 the ambassador"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05
Arrest Caused by Appetite.

ESCANABA, MICH. The linn
It in gluttony was revealed here IN
the arrest OF Johannes Olsen. a woods
man. Olsen ate four suppers without
asking permission OF the owners. The
suppers he ate in each case were for
four or more persons The limit was
reached when Olsen offered 70 eat the
baby in one home, which he en-
tered.
II is estimated that Olsen ate in
the neighborhood of thirty pounds Of
food on his rounds.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05
REAR.ADMIRAL MAHAN DIES
Noted American Naval Expert Passes
Away at the Capital.

WASHINGTON - Rear Admiral
Alfred 7. Mahan. retired. naval ex-
pert, died here. Burial will be al
QGogue, L. l., the admirars old home.
Admiral Mahan was born at West
Point, n. Y. Sept p. $40. and was
graduated from the Annapolis naval
academy in 1859 lie rose through all
the grades UP 10 captain and was Ia.
tired at his own request In 1896 as n
rear admiral He served in the ma y
forty years lie served a term IN
congress.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05
Bay City editor RurIed.

BAY CITY, MICH. - The funer.
al OF Edwin d. Cowles, dean Of Sag
NAV valley journalism, was held
here. The body was carried from the
residence, 4l5 Tenth street, TO a spe.
cial interurban car which conveyed
II to Brady Hill cemetery. Saginaw.
The services were conducted by Rev.
Roland Connors, former Unitarian
minister OF Saginaw, a lifelong friend.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05
NEWS OF THE STATE
One KilIed. Three injured.

'DoWAGIAC. MICH. - When
bridge leading from the second story
OF the Bishop hardware store to an
otter building gave way, Burr Means.
forty.hye years old, was killed and
three other men were badly injured
The men were moving boiler across
the bridge when it fell Means fell
under the boiler. lie leaves fam
ily
The injured men are: William
Men, Arthur Witt and Samuel Gar.
rett
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05

to the coast.
Upward of 100000 Germans are dc.
claied to be on the front from the
seq TO Ypres. Heavy re-enforcements
are reported south of Ostend. During
the last few days 100000 German re-
endorsements are reported to have ar
rived.
May Prove Felnt.
II Is believed, however, that the APP
parent concentration on the western
end OF the line may prove to be a
feint and that the full force OF the re-
newed attack may again fall within
the User region. Fresh troops OF the
second British army have relieved the
French in this district in anticipation
OF the new drive.
A Flanders dispatch to the Daily
News reports the return of Queen
Elizabeth of Belgium through France
to rejoin King Albert.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05
cnrls Aalr: Mav be- blind.

oWOSsO. MICH. 49, Miss Gladys
Beard, eighteen years of age, of Mod
rice was curling her hair preparatory
TO going to a party when the curling
iron slipped and scared the pupil and
bail Of the left eye Doctors hope to
save her sight
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-12-05
GERMANY GETS BILLION MORE
Vast Amount Given For War; Only
One Dissenting Vote.

BERLIN - With only one dis.
senting vote, that OF Herr Liebknecht.
Socialist. the reichstag voted new
war credit OF ST $50 900 900
The president OF the chamber az
the opening OF the sitting dwelt In
speech on the unity and patriotism
o. the German people and commented
approximately on the large number OF
members of the reichstag who are
nov serving at the front.