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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
WORTH KNOWING

The Young Woman's Christian asso-
citation has world membership of
SOC, 900.
According to exhaustive tests by
two German scientists, one coat of
paint or varnist protects iron from
corrosion better than two or more
coats.
The determination of mosquitoes by
bats has proved so successful that one
Texas Clay has prohibited the killing
of the animals.
Turkey is the only country which
does not use the Red Cross to denote
its hospital corps. 1t is allowed to
use red crescent IN Difference to the
religious scruples OF its soldiers.
The worlds best cork comes from
trees in Spain and Portugal that are
allowed to become forty years of age
before the bark is cut, and then it is
removed only every other eight or ten
years.
A gold engagement ring, set with a
diamond and containing an inscrip-
ton, was recently found tightly
fastened around the neck Of a par
fridge shot near Gaschowitz. Bohemia.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
If GIRLS WE'D ON BIRTHDAYS.

There are two births-the one when light
First strikes the new-awakened sense;
The other when two souls unite.
We must count our life from thence
When you loved me. and 1 loved you.
Then both of US were born anew
cannot understand why it is that
As days after a very ardent admirer
has paid court to a girl a hasty pro-
pOsal sprung to his lips, with the un.
usual entreaty added: It's not a Bit
of use waiting too long for the knot
to be tied. Six months, do you tell
me, before | can claim the dearest
girl iii this wide world as my own?
Tut! tut! you are not very anxious to
exchange your beau for a husband, /
imagined"
His sweetheart was quite diplomat
for one of her age. Those tender
words were all in all to her. What
young woman. in such ideal moments
as those in which he had popped the
question and asked when the mar
riage day was to be in one and the
same breath, could have summoned
up courage to lift her rosy face to one
which bent over hers and tell him the
reason why?
There never was girl who had re-
ceived a double heart offering at one
and the same time whose head was
not a bit turned. and the wish found
Judgment in her mind. that she should
have good times while single, fitting
butterfylike, among her girl chums
at gatherings. and least, but by no
means lastly. having birthday party,
the last one she expected to give out
invitations for before leaving her
mothers roof for another.
There are quite a number OF roman
tic girls who rather prefer fuss and
jOllity made over their birthdays.
which all their mates could enjoy.
than 20 have 'iresome, brilliant mar
rage thai his friends and hers could
dance at her wedding and enviously
comment that they were soaring high
er than they could afford. The mat
ter-Of-fact lover has no such longings
20 edge into the happiest time of his
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

"Jitneur" is the French-soundins
word now being used to signify the
driver of jitney, and as "jitney Is
said to be slang originally from the
back country of Louisiana, It may Do
quite appropriate.
On June l of this year the num0e'
OF automobiles in the United states
for the first time reached 2,OOO,OV0
Figuring on an average of four per
sons to each car, which is very coz
sentative, there are 100000 people
in this country in daily enjoyment o.
motoring.
San Francisco's debt to the Panama
canal Is indicated in the statement
that in three months that city's trsos
with Europe increased 100 per cent
and with New York and Atlantic porIs
$50 per cent, while the number o.
steamship lines which use the po''
has increased from three to sixteen.
In consequence of the decrease o.
drunkenness in Russia, due to the pro
hibition Of the sale of vodka, hrs'
have largely decreased.
There are 100 varieties Of m0'
quitoes in the United States.
Toronto last year sold s15,OOO'V"
worth Of municipal debenturea
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
Waste Mica Now Used.

Mica mining in the United States
began in 1903 with the opening of the
Ruggles mine, in Grafton county, New
Hampshire. Until mica mining began
in North Carolina, about 1867, New
Hampshire furnished the entire output
of mica in the United States
In 1914 North Carolina ranked first
in the value of it's mica output, and
New Hampshire second
Mica is still obtainable in consider
able quantities from the dumps of the
old mines in New Hampshire, at which
material for small sheets was thrown
away thirty or forty years ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
TESTING DUCK EGGS is EASY
At Certain Stage of Incubation They
Present Strange Appearance
Shells Are Very Thin.

Duck eggs are very easy to test, be-
cause the shells are, as a rule, very
thin. At a certain stage of incuba-
ton, duck egg presents a rather
strange appearance especially to one
who is not familiar with such mat
tiers. If the shells appear to be nearly
half empty. don't get excited. That is
the way they should be. If they are
very dark at one end and very clear
at the other, rest assured that they
contain ducklings. 1t is during the
last stage or rather during the latter
part of the Matching period that a
duck egg appears as described above.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

the best of the hard time she has
they encourage her to look about hel
and marry early-and be sure not to
miss a good chance. Some time age
she met a man who paid constant at
tention to her. He never invited her
to accompany him to places where it
would cost him much money, though
he heard her mention how well she
would like to go to places now and
then. Moonlight strolls, boat ride
or a picnic was all that he showed an
inclination to take her to.
She could not master courage to
find out where the fault was, in keep
ing her away from a few costly en-.
joyments, which all her girl chums
participated in. She blushed when
she told these many companions that
she didn't care rap about going out
many nights in the week with him.
Merry-goers know better. They laugh
ingly taunt her with either being a
prude. or not much interested in
young men and girls whom she used
to chum with. How could the love
she had for him endure, when he did
not appear to be concerned about her
pleasure, If cost figured in it?
Yet she would have married him
had it not been for one reason. That
he insisted a man who would marry
wisely, should start in with a wife
who would fOrego all expenditures, ex-
cept those absolutely needed. That
they should begin their welded life
with love in a cottage" That the hus-
band should be aided by the wife in
holding on to the family purse strings;
while the married woman, who never
had very much money to call her own,
was happier than one who enjoyed a
palace, and was spoiled by luxurious
habits and gay fashions that Slapped
her life in idleness.
Should she break with this wooer
who was manly enough to teach her
the humble, yet better way to start on
matrimonial life? Or, was it wise to
hint that the best part of her days
she would give to washing dishes.
sweeping and busting the floors. with
no servants hand, all for the sake of
a dear little cottage and the love of
the man she had wed
No. don't hint that! her conscience
told her. If you do. the poor heart
tortured lover would run far and away
from you. Instead, girl-like she fol.
lowed her best impulse, stood beside
the man who had told her the truth
and looked straight in his eyes, say
ing in low voice: You have taught
me the true feelings of what | ought
to do, to become a real helpmate"
He had won her by not giving her
sentimental words and airy promises,
but by true persuasion that made her
heart beat with delight at the pros
pect of beginning their love in cot
tage," with surety of happiness
ever after
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

7 cannot tell the spell that binds thy
| image
| Forever in my heart;
/ only know that of my existence
| It's very vital part.
There is nothing that is more inter-
esting to men, in the course of CONVEX
sation, than to listen to the ways in
which many of the working girls have
advanced themselves, unaided If she
has lover, how to pass the time with
him, making the hour lively instead of
regretting the time passed, is a sub
| ject which is not apt to enter the pref
ty head of the average single girl.
1t is a matter of considerable mo-
ment to the young man whose posi-
| ton is not very lucrative whether he
seeks the company of a sensible work
ing girl to share his summer jaunts
or girl of high notions, in her COM
Portable home, who expects her es-
| cort to dance attendance upon her and
spend his money for her every within
in reckless fashion.
Many high-spirited young men like
~ dppCd1 lADGl al WuSn IucF take q
young woman on an outing He is in
luck if she is prudent companion,
who does not crave too much. And
greatly to be pitied is he if she is
selfish, extravagant and puts him out
all she can.
If he invites ladylike interesting
working girl for an afternoon stroll
at seaside or inland resort, she real
ICES that with his limited means she
must, before leaving her home eat
hearty enough lunch to last her till
shutdown. She is different from her
stylish sisters who imagine that they
are hungry half an hour after reach
ing the pleasure grounds and as they
pass by inns. Another lunch they will
accept with a smile a little later His
heart sinks. as well it NAV when his
extravagant companion selects the
costliest viands on the bill of fare.
The young woman of this type is in
the habit of getting thirsty 100. He
has to go down in his pocket for quar-
tiers every half hour for ice cream
the pleasures going; rides on the Fer
ris wheel, on the merry-go-rounds,
chutes, elevators, etc. Eagerly she
stops for him to spend money on cor
ners where he is solicited by popcorn,
peanuts, candies of the vendors. She
may tell her neighbor girls what fine
time she has had. but the young man
feels crestfallen, while in his hall bed
room. under the hot caves in a board
ing house, as he counts over the
meager Dittance left him from his
weeks pay envelope.
The working girl does not forget
that a young mans expenses are a
certain amount a week, and as much
for clothing, laundry and carfare. AS
well, she advises him to lay by little
for a rainy day. The helpful working
girl tries her best to reduce the
amount which she should permit him
to spend for Ter pleasure to as little
as he can afford They enjoy them
selves here and there in the summer
bloom and sunshine. They may miss
treats and expenditures. but he will
appreciate her with hopes o. becom-
ing nearer and dearer. Ere the win
ter evenings have come and gone the
helpful girl has proved herself worthy
of the engagement ring he places on
her finger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
The Wav IL Goes.

While a boy is boy he is ruled by
a certain philosophy. Many of the
things he sees around him are abso-
lutely beyond his comprehension. The
ways of humanity are past finding out.
A boy cannot possibly understand
them; so why wreck his intellect in
trying? After he has reached man
hoods estate and has shuffled along
therein to where gray hairs and bald
ness are fighting for the possession
of his head, he again reaches the con-
clusion that the ways of humanity are
past finding out, and such being the
case it is not worth while to waste
any more time trying to do so.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

Mounted on a horse, Art" Davis,
appearing in the film version of Car
men," rode off precipice SO feet high
into Au Sable chasm in the Adiron-
dacks. The wild leap terminated in a
pool of water dotted by sharp crags of
rock. Both horse and rider struck
the water together, turned two COM
plete somersaults, and one of the five
cameramen assigned to cover the dar-
ing scene tainted as horse and rider
fell. Davis received a broken leg and
many bruises and decorations. The
horse was uninjured and swan ashore.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
Eattenina Range Hens.

The fattening pen for the range hen
must be large enough to allow lit
tie exercise. but not enough to him
der her taking on flesh. 1t is placed
away from the old runs. so the fowls
will not fret for their liberty. They
need both shade and sun and & good
place for a dust bath. The fowls in
either the pens or crates are fed regu-
larly: as early as they awake in the
morning and just before going to
roost. They are given only as much
feed as they clean UP readily.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
His Xoice-Rox DESTROYED.

In a collision with a trolley car
Louis Grazorollo, sixteen yee S old, of
716 Kater street, was knocked to the
ground from bicycle he was riding
and received injuries which have per-
manently destroyed his vocal cords.
He was removed to the Howard hos
pital. There the physicians we're 1T
first puzzled over the boys condition
and later were amazed when they
found that his voice-box had been
struck so severely that he will never
talk again.-Philadelphia Record.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
Monument for Hindenbura in the Alps

Monument for Hindenburg in the Alps.
The Liskelle mountain in the Cari1-
THAN Alps, near the present Austrc-
Italian theater of war, has been re-
named ''Hindenburg Height" On the
summit of the mountain, one Of the
highest of the Carinthian chain, an
obelisk will be erected in honor of
the victor of Tanneberg and the Ma
surian lakes. The work has already
been started under the direction of
Architect Arnold Of Hanover. The
dedication of the monument is to take
place next summer and Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg has promised to
be present at the ceremony with his
WIFE
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
BE ECONOMICAL IN FEEDING
Policy for Farmer to Give Fowls Such
Grains as He Has on Farm, Thus
Eliminating Cash Outlay.

With regard to feeding poultry it is
always wise to be economical and yet
give sufficient of the right food. It is
policy to feed such grains as one has
on his farm, anc supplement with Ger.
tain feeds which can profitably be pur-
chased for the fitting of the birds for
market.
By thus doing we eliminate any
heavy outlay in cash, may utilize in
ferior grain and only purchase those
which in better growing and fitting
will be incorporated into the foods
and make the balanced ration.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
FARM MANURE is NEGLECTED
When Properly APPLIED to Soil II Gives
Good Returns-increased Corn
and Wheat Crops.

Farm manure is one of the prod
uets of the farm that is often neg
lected. Manure when properly applied
gives good returns. 1t has been found
at the North Dakota experiment sta
ton that manure has given a return
OF sl.40 per load and that was on the
heavy Red River valley soils To Sc
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
Business of Livinu.

The business of living is made of
daily venturings. To live means to
nave ventured for profit each day; for
profit of the spirit-indeed, for hap
piness.
They who are successful in their
ventures bring to their trade of living
steadfastness of heart and purpose.
cheerfulness and devotion. To have
lived well, means to have ventured
much and we'll. to have come triumph
ing through great joys and great des-
olations. For in both JOY and sorrow
are the profits of happiness to be
found-Kansas City Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
Rouah on the DOG.

Here is another way of wheedling a
too tender-hearted public out of the
living you are too lazy to work for.
This is the trick: A shabbily dressed
man, with a clever dog as a confed.
crate. suolls along a crowded street
and losses into the gutter piece OF
stale bread The next minute YOU see
both the man and the dog rolling in
the dirt and apparently lighting saw
agely for possession of the bread. The
crowd that assemblies showers small
coins upon the supposed starving man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
Stark Realism

An advance agent for a theatrical
production was speaking to a newspa-
per man with reference to the wonder
full powers of the leading woman. do
you know" he said. enthusiastically,
that in New York when she appeared
as the dying mother in the last act
an insurance man who had written
her a policy for $4,000 actually faint
ed in the theater."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
Umbrella with Fan Attachment.

To circulate air below the canopy
of an umbrella a patent has been is
sued on the invention Of Sylvester
Onyskow of Jenkins, KY, in which
fan with folding blades, so that it can
collapse with the umbrella. is ar
ranged directly below the canopy and
a suitable motor battery and switch
mechanism for driving the fan is also
carried by the umbrella.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
Patient RESIGNATION.

Can't you persuade your husband
to work."
Il s'pose could" replied the weary.
looking woman. But he couldn {
work to suit anybody. ! might as we'll
keep him home and find fault with him
myself as turn him over to st sngerA
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

OppOl IuAAIiCo 40
to turn to love
and matrimony,
while their hearts
are tender and
easily impressed.
More than one
W b o S e school
days are over are
forced into the
knowledge t h a t
they must start
in to go to work.
or get married.
Keeping h gu S e
for the father
and mother is
not to their lik-
ing. If she is
a sunny-hearted
girl. and makes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
SAVING Something.

The sunshine had suddenly given
way to a perfect storm of rain.
What terrible downpour!" sighed
girl to her male escort.
"Yes," replied the man, and l am
afraid that my umbrella is hardly
large enough to cover all your picture
hat"
What a shame" mourned the girl;
but, anyway, see what you can do
for the pink plush rosei"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

cheney indefinitely To get the best
results, however, they should be in
stalled by experienced men.
Drainage.
Provision should be made for thor
ough drainage. In houses that have
the floor below the level of the ground,
sufficient drainage usually can be OBJ
tanned through the soil, especially if
the soil is porous. 1t may be neces-
sary, however, with clay soil, to ex-
cavate foot or two and fill in with
cinders or gravel, and to place a g.
inch porous tile under the floor. This
drain should be properly trapped or
| sealed to prevent warm air from enter
ing the building through the floor. In
| place of the tile satisfactory drain
may be constructed in houses having
ground floor by digging a ditch I'M
der the floor of the house and filling
the ditch with broken stone or gravel,
we'll packed into place This drain
should be led ort with sufficient fall
to carry away the water.
All floors should be sloped down
ward toward the center of the room
to prevent the ice from falling against
the walls of the building and in houses
| having water-tight floors to carry the
water to the drain.
Ventilation.
There is bound to be more or less
melting Of ice, no matter what the
construction of the building may be,
and this will cause moisture to settle
on the walls and ceiling of the room.
If the building is of wood construction
the moisture is absorbed by the wood,
and rot and decay follow. Therefore
wooden houses should be provided
with means of ventilation which can
be controlled at will. The ceiling of
such houses should be sloped up to
the center in order to assist the circu-
lation and carry the warm, moisture
laden air to the ventilator. In those
houses in which some form of COM
mercial insulation is used that will
take a cement finish on the interior
no ventilation is considered necessary.
The building should be so constructed
that there will be a circulation of air
through the outer walls and at the
caves to the ventilator on the roof,
as these air currents tend to break
up the heat radiation through the
walls and roof
Waterproofing.
It is of the utmost importance that
brick, concrete, and wooden buildings
be waterproofed. Brick and concrete,
work may be rendered waterproof by
painting the outside of the wall with
white lead and oil or by coating the
walls with preparation of paraffin
or asphalt, or by some of the patented
compounds. The preparation contain
ing paraffin or asphalt should be ap-
piled hot, and the walls should also
be heated previously to application.
There are on the market several wa
ter-excluding paints and compounds
for preserving wood. Creosote is con-
sidered one of the best preservatives,
provided the wood is thoroughly i'm
pregnated with it, but on account of
its odor it should not be used in
houses where food products are
stored.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
Line Drawn There.

Joy Rider stopped by rural con-
stable)-"Haven't we got any rights
left in this country? Doesn't the Con-
stitution guarantee us life. liberty and
the pursuit of happiness?" Constable
1T don't guarantee no man the pur-
suit of happiness at 80 miles at hour"
Judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
Convicted by Small Thlnos.

The character Of covetousness ia
what a man generally acquires more
through some niggardiness or i'll grace
in little and inconsiderable things.
than in expense of any consequence
A very few pounds a year would ease
that man Of the scandal of avarice-
pope.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

Has your summer tan worn OF.
Jack?" asked one boy of another.
1T sure has. but dad gave me a fall
tan last night thatll stick for some
time"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

cure this result it was applied to a
corn crop which it increased as well
as the wheat crops that followed it
Had it been applied directly to the
wheat these good results would likely
not have been secured. In fact. 1t
might have brought in the first crop a
decrease instead of the % per cent
increase.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

who sheds copious tears OF gratitude
The dog gets lost in the shuttle. but
soon rejoins his owner and the two re-
peat the performance as often as may
be necessary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
Daily ThouQht.

After all. it is not what is around
us. but what is in US; not what we
have. but what We are. that makes
US really happy.-Geike.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

God intends no man 70 live iii this
world without working; but be friends
every man TO be happy in his wosk.-
Ruskin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
its Quality.

"A shoemaker ought by his calling
to be an ethereal sort of a creature"
Why. there's nothing so prosaic
as shoemaking. Why should shoe
maker be ethereal?"
Because it is his business to de-
velop an affinity for sole mates"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

Good horses are in such demand
now that il will pay any farmer with
good horse-sense to sit UP and take
notice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
shortened Lerath Of lance.

The war lance OF the middle ages
was ABOUT sixteen feet long. the pres.
ent-day lance rarely exceeds eleven
fe~s-.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

The greatest man is be xho has de
served most OF his fellow creatures
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

LOVE IN A COTTAGE.

Today love Is ours
Why should we carelessly lose 1t?
This life shines on lovers
Just as we weak mor6als use it.
IT'S time enough when its flowers decay
To think of the thorns of sorrow,
In our tomorrow
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

The only solace for young women
who have missed their girlish golden
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09
HELPFUL WORKING GIRLS.

7 cannot tell the spell that binds thy
image
Forever in my heart
/ only know that of my existence
It's a very vital part