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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
OCCULT ADS FOR statesmen
"Inspirationa" System Of Today May
Be Well Said to Suggest Hindu
Mysticism.

A vast amount of 'inspirational" lit
erature for business men is appearing
nowadays. 1t takes the form of
treatises and leaflets, series of articles
| in newspapers. publications by
| schools" of upersalesmanship and
so on. 1t is addressed to agents and
commission men and commercial tray-
! elers-to anybody, in short, who has
| anything to sell. But the surprising
thing about it all is it's method, re-
marks the New York Evening Post.
Instead of being exhorted in the old
crude way to hustle and git thar"
he is taught how to release the dyna-
mic energies hidden in his breast, how
to make selling shirts or hats an ex-
ercise in transcendental philosophy.
Specimens of the sort of mystic pro-
auctions we mean have been appear
ing in Philadelphia newspaper They
seek to convey, not advice, but stimu-
lus. They are not instruction, but thrill
ing messages. The goal is not merely
moneymaking, but man building"
The man is to be built very much after
the fashion of a Hindu ascetic wrapped
in contemplation of his inner self-ex-
/ cept that here the concentration of his
gaze upon his own faculties is to be
under expert direction His mentor
stands at his elbow to shout in his ear
from time to time:
Live in the will atmosphere;
Eliminate doubt and 1T can't be
done';" Keep a true focus on the
world" Sell to yourself first" Keep
your dynamo working"
We have no wish to decry these sol
emn views of business. Earnest and
even fierce preaching of energy and
determination may serve to stir up
those qualities in some laggards. And
it has always been true that exalted
motives are a good thing for even
lowly work.
But there is, clearly, a novel ele-
ment in all this modern injunction to
statesmen to lift themselves by their
own moral boOtstraps. 1t links itself
with the vague ideas current about oc-
cult, psychic powers dormant in man.
Sometimes, it is believed, they may be
Weakened and used for healing disease,
sometimes for unrolling the book of
fate, sometimes for piercing the veil of
death. The singular thing is to find
all this order of thought-or emotion
seized upon in the endeavor to en-
able people to sell more buttons and
tape.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
FROM ALL OVER

Western Africa has small species
of hippopotamus not much larger then
a pig. 1t has been proposed that this
animal be brought TO the swamps Of
Louisiana for cultivation as a salts
factory substitute for beef The big
species would break down fences.
AT the present rate of copper con-
sumption Of about 100000 tons a
year, the present visible supply would
last considerably longer than twenty
years.
AT a recent golden wedding recep-
ton of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Willard
OF West Freeman, Ne, Mrs. Willard
wore a brown silk skirt which her
mother wore at her own wedding "A
years before. Twenty-four years ago
Mrs. Wizards parents. Stephen and
Susan Rowe Peary. celebrated their
golden wedding in the same house in
which Mr.. and Mrs. Wizards was
held.
A railroad and wagon bridge in Ar
kansas has been so built that any span
can be utilized as the lif, s0an should
the channel OF the river that it crosses
shit
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02

at the rate of from 20 to 80 tons to
the acre of well-rotted manure is very
satisfactory. This should be applied
after blowing or working with a spade,
and distributed evenly over the sur
face and later worked in with a hoe
and rake. On many soils it is ad-
Visable to apply commercial fertilizer,
especially phosphate, in addition to
the manure. An application of 300
TO COO pounds of acid phosphate to the
acre is usually sufficient If addition
al potash is needed, which is often
the case with sandy soils, this may be
economically supplied in the form of
wood ashes. If the wood ashes are
nnleached they should be distributed
over the garden, using 1000 pounds to
the acre. If they have been wet, or
leached. 1000 pounds should be used.
An application of 100 pounds to the
acre of nitrate of soda may be used in
the spring to start the plants before
the nitrogen in the manure has become
available 1t should be borne in mind
that commercial fertilizers will not
yield good results unless the soil is
well supplied with humus. Sod or
other vegetation which has overgrown
a garden spot may be used to advan-
tage. 1t should be turned under with
a pillow or spade and will aid in light
ening the soil and providing humus.
Small Garden Plan.
In the plan illustrated all the vege-
tables named are planted in rows
across from the inside lateral rows
of strawberries. AS rapidly as each
kind of peas natures and the crop is
over kale is planted in its place. The
ground to be used for tomatoes is first
planted with onion sets, and these
onions are used as rapidly as needed.
When the time comes to set out the
tomatoes, some of the onions are dug
to make space for the tomato plants.
When the tomato crop is over, the
ground is occupied by spinach as the
third crop. Spinach is also planted as
soon as the bulb onions from the side
are gathered. The beans, carrots, and
peas are succeeded by late cabbage,
and between the rows of late cabbage
''potato-onion" sets are planted. Late
beans are planted between the rows
of parsnips after the radishes and let
tuce have been gathered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
When the Dean demonstrated.

The Manchester Guardian says this
is a true story from the front: Two
Tommies wandering on a part of the
line with which they were not famil-
lar found on many of the trenches
neatly painted signs displaying the
names with which their occupants had
labeled them. They came to a trench
marked The Deanery." 'Ello," ex-
claimed one of the Tommies, ''hif ere
amt a d deanery!" At that in
slant a head popped out of the trench
and the chaplain retorted: Yes. my
man. and I'm the d dean, so please
moderate your language"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
THE MAGIC WASHING STICK

l am perfectly delighted with the
Magic Washing Stick. 1t makes the
clothes so pretty and white and it
saves time and labor. would give it
for nothing | have ever used. can
recommend it highly as labor saver
as you don't have to rub the clothes
at all, writes Mrs. M. A. Graham, Dus-
tin, Okla. Guaranteed to contain no
I've, acid, alkal. or any injurious in
gredient. A truly wonderful article.
Three Magic Washing Sticks for Csc
Is washings 25c. Sold by all grocers
everywhere. Roundy, Peckham &
Dexter Co., Milwaukee, Wis, Distribu,
tOrS-AdV
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
CHASTITY.


Superintendent Clabaugh of the Chi
cago department of justice was talk
ing about the nationwide anarchist
plot that was exposed last month.
1T was as CHASTITY a thing" he said
well, was as CHASTITY a thing as the
fishing story.
"A mother came home from class
and found her little boy of four bend
ing over the cistern with a piece of
pie fastened to the end Of a cane.
What under the sun are you do
ing?' the mother asked.
Why said the four-year-old, Z
dropped baby in here and I've been
tishin' for her moren an hour, but l
can't even get bite!'"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
KEEP GARDEN BUSY
Small Plot VIII Produce Enough
Vegetables for Family.
II Land Was Not Plcwed Last Fall It
Should Be Broken in Spring as
Soon as Frost Is Out-Manure
Is Best Fertilizer.
from the United States Department of

From the United States Department of
Agricultural
Even the smallest back yard may
be made to yield a supply of fresh
vegetables for the family table at but
slight expense if two or three crops
are successfully grown to keep the
area occupied all the time, according
to the garden. specialists OF the de-
partment People who would discharge
a clerk if he did not work the year
round will often cultivate a garden at
no little trouble and expense and then
allow the soil to lie idle from the time
the first crop natures until the end of
the season. Where a two or three
crop system is used in connection
with vegetables adapted to small
areas, a space no larger than % by 70
feet will produce enough fresh vege-
tables for a small family. Corn, mel
ons, cucumbers, and potatoes and 9TH
er crops which require a large area
should not be grown in a garden of
this size. Half an acre properly cul-
tivated with careful crop rotation
may easily produce 800 worth of vari-
GUS garden crops in a year.
When to Work Soil.
If the garden was not broken in the
fall, it should be plowed in the spring
as soon as the frost is out of the
ground. Small areas may be worked
with spade, pushing the blade in to
its full depth and turning the soil to
break up the clods. Heavy soils should
never be worked when wet. Overzeal-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
fearful Note.

The Texas onion crop will be 1871, 220
bushels short of the 1915 crop, though
there has been an increase of II per
cent in acreage, according to the esti-
mate of the department of agriculture
just made public here. The depart
ment predicts that the state will pro
duce 1,935,972 bushels this year, about
So per cent of normal. The total
acreage of the state in 1915 was S,943
and this year is 10,057.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
SEPARATE YARDS FOR GRAIN
Feed for sheep Should &c Distributed
in Clean Troughs Before Animals
Are Admitted

Corn or other grain should be fed in
\ separate yard. The feed should be
distributed in clean troughs before the
gate is opened. The gate should be
sufficiently large 10 allow the sheep
to pass through rapidly so as TO reach
the grain at the same time. In this
way every sheep has an even chance
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02

and then dipped In the powder. This
polish gives a soft yellow color which
is very lasting. The brass polishes in
the market have oil and rottenstone
as basis, but usually contain either
an acid or an acid salt which acts on
the surface Of the metal Their use
should be followed by polishing with
whiting Study Course in Home
Econnmics, University Of Wisconsin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
THE WONDERFUL
MAGIC WASHING STICK

The Magic Washing Stick, the
greatest helper woman ever had with
her washing, and l have been singing
it's praises to my neighbors, writes
Mrs. Mollie Martin, Route ), Apache,
Okla. 1t is truly wonderful article
saving all the washboard labor on
washday. Is washings Csc. Sold by
all grocers everywhere. Roundy,
Peckham & Dexter Co., Milwaukee,
Wis, Distributors.-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
HOW TO REMOVE DANDRUFF
itching and Irritation of the Scalp
With Cuticura. Trial Free.

On retiring lightly touch spots of dan
druff, itching and burning with Cuticura
Ointment. Next morning shampoo
thoroughly with Cuticura Soap and hot
water. These super-creamy emollients
do much to keep the scalp clean and
healthy and to promote hair growth
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
ROTATION IS BEST PRACTICE
Interesting Experiments Conducted at
North Dakota Station on Three
Different PIats.

One plat at the North Dakota expert
ment station that has been in wheat
for Is years has produced 206 bushels.
A similar plat that has been in corn
one year, followed by wheat three
years, and so on throughout the 16
years has produced 233% bushels Of
wheat.
Another plat on which the corn was
MANFRED and followed by three crops
of wheat, produced 1924 bushels of
wheat.
The total returns for the three plats
were: for the first, S1O9.39, for the sec
ond, $1,000, and for the third, $4,000
or nearly twice as much as from the
first one.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
A New Remedy for
Kidney, Bladder and
all Uric Acid Troubles
Dear Readers

Dear Readers:
/ appeal to those of you who are
bothered with kidney and bladder
trouble, that you give up the use of
hars5h salts or alcoholic medicines and
in their place take short treatment
of "Anuric." have taken many of
DR.. Pierce's medicines for the past
twenty-five years with good results. l
suffered with kidney trouble for some
years. I recently heard of the newest
discovery of DR.. Pierce, namely, his
"Anuric" Tablets. After using same
am completely cured of my kidney
trouble. A doctor pronounced me a
well preserved woman for my age, all
due, l believe, to DR.. Pierce's aid.
MRS. MELINDA e. MILLER.
II you suffer from backache, lum-
bago, rheumatism, get "Anuric" now.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
SpraYinu Pears.

Pears require. usually, but little
spraying If scale is present they need
the winter treatment; If not. it can
be omitted. If eodling moth is bad
they need to be sprayed just after the
bloom falls, as for apples. Usually
these two treatments are enough, but
il blister-mite or pear psylla. or thrips
are present. you should consult your
experiment station for advice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
After Grip
Winter Colds
Bad Blood

You are pale, thin, weak-with little
vitality. Your liver is sluggish and
the bad blood causes your stomach
muscles to lose their elasticity and be-
come flabby-then Indigestion.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry, purely vegetable and free from
alcohol or narcotics. is the great and
powerful blood purifier of today. Elk
tracted from American forest herbs
and roots. Contains no alcohol In
gradients printed on wrapper.
Taken as directed it will search
out impure and poisonous matter
throughout the system and eliminate
it.-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
DAIRYING ON A LARGE SCALE
Number of Unpleasant Surprises Are
in Store at Start-Start With
Few Cows and Grow Up.

The man who starts dsirying on a
large scale by buying the whole dairy
herd is in for a number of unpleasant
surprises. The best way to get into
the dairy business is to grow into it,
starting with few COWS and selecting
and culling as experience dictates. 1t
is a slow way to be sure, but it is a
safe one. Only those who have been
through the mill know how hard it is
to set out and buy good mich COWS.
The endeavor of every dairyman is to
sell off his poorest animals and keep
the best.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
German Tower With History.

Said to be the first place in Ger
many where cannon were mounted,
the tower Of Ehrenfels, built in 1910 by
Philip Won Bolander. governor of
Rheingau. has been a dismantled ruin
since 1859. 1t is one of the romantic
features of the Rhine near Bingen,
with Bishop Hatto's mouse tower"
opposite.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
DOUBLING VALUE OF MANU- RE
Treatment of Acid Phosphate Is Sug-
gested by Ohio Experiment Sta
tlon-Cost Is Small.

A suggestion that seems worth while
comes from the Ohio experiment sta
ton. 1t is this: Treat your barnyard
manure with acid phosphate and dou-
BILE its value
Manure is good fertilizer, but it is
not sufficient on the older farm lands
which are deficient in phosphorus
The expense of treating the manure
to make it well-balanced ferti-
lizer is not great, only 40 pounds Of
the acid phosphate being used to the
ton of manure
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
Clever Deduction.

That fellow evidently quit smoking
q short time ago" Doctor Watson
gave Sherlock Holmes an attentive
ear and proceeded to his part of the
player-up. ''Why?" He is getting
so much enjoyment out of that cigar
he is smoking now"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
BEGINNING of Trouble

It is one thing to hatch 9 lot of
chicks and il is quite another TO raise
them to maturity. The trouble has
just begun when the chick kicks its
way out Of the egg shell and begins tc
peep.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
Women Now Belong.

For the first time in its history the
British Royal Astronomical society has
admitted women to membership.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
ExceIIent Chicken Feed.

Corn is an excellent feed for chick
ens-part Of the time. They need oats
and wheat and clover hay OF alfalfa
as well. II the weather turns sud
denly, sharply cold, however, feed
corn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
stuntsd Corn Never Recovsrs.

Remember in planting corn that the
corn plant once stunted never fully re-
covers from the effect, so that care
should be taken TO plant under as "a
vorable conditions as possible.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
Two Facts.

While it is true that the love We
give to others makes US happy. there
is no denying the fact that the love
We receive gives US a good deal OF
satisfaction
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02

Now LIS the Time To Get Rid of These
UI

There's longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed of your freckles. the
prescription othine-double strengths
guaranteed to remove these homely spots
Simply get ounce of othine-doubie
strength-from your druggist and apply a
little of ii night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely II is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed to com
petely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
BE sure to ask for the double strength
othine. as this is sold under guarantee of
money back II IL fails to remove freckles.-
Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
Price of Stupidity.

''Dubwaite is always making expen-
sive presents to his wife
He must think a great deal of her.
No. It's because she isn't mentally
alert"
How is that?'
If Dubwaite were a better strate-
gist he wouldn't have to spend half as
much as he does on peace offerings"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
% >STR4WSERRES
EXCLAMATION q. GRASGS
o CLyTR4nZSS
Plan for Small Garden.

Gus gardeners, ready to seize the first
warm spell as a favorable opportunity
| to go out and work the heavy clay
soil before it is dry, are not only vast
| Ing their energy but are doing dam
| age to the soil from which it will take
years for it to recover. To determine
when heavy soils are ready for plow-
ing, a handful of earth should be col
| lected from the surface and the fng-
ers tightly closed on it. If the ball
of compacted earth is dry enough for
cultivation it will fall apart when the
/ hand is opened.
A garden spot near the house is Of
| ten more desirable than plot which
| is in better filth but located at an in
! convenient distance. A garden which is
| near the house will receive many a
| spare hour of care from adults and
children which would otherwise be
wasted. Where there is ample room
for the selection of a garden site, the
| slope of the land should be carefully
| considered. A gentle slope toward the
| South is most desirable for growing
early crops, while it is a decided ad-
| vantage to have the plot protected on
| the north and northwest by either a
hill, a group of buildings, or a board
| fence.
Drainage of the garden is of great
| importance. The land should have
sufficient fall to drain off surplus wa
ter during heavy rains and yet not be
so steep that the soil will be washed
/ or quilted. The surface should be
nearly level so the water will not stand
/ in hollows. Where the natural slope
of the land does not provide sufi-
cient natural drainage, bitches may
| be dug or a tile drain put in. This
will prevent waste water from the ad-
| joining land from washing over it.
Such water may carry weed and grass
seeds into the garden, which are later
culled out with difficulty.
How to Fertilize.
The soil in the average back yard is
not only lacking in plant food but also
has been packed until it is hard and
unyielding To loosen up such soil
and make it suitable for garden prod
uce requires that careful attention be
given to its preparation. After spad-
ing the Enclosure thoroughly. the up
per three inches should be made fine
with the use of hoe and rake. Stones
and rubbish sho1ld be removed and
clods of dirt b:oken. The surface
sbould no made sven and as level as
possible. II ma then be marked off
for planting in conformity with the
general plan of she garden.
Barnyard or stable manure is the
best fertilizer because il furnishes both
plant food and aumus. An application
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
The Trouble.

Those soldiers don't look natural.
It's a fake film"
mo, it is not. The soldiers are real
soldiers. Not being versed in acting,
of course they don't look natural"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02

Drinks thinks he knows it ALL"
You're mistaken there. Whenever
he meets one he says; Well how's
everything"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
Avoiding Competition,

Competition in farm products holds
prices down. One way to dodge COM
petition is not to follow the crowd.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 30 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels.-AdV.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02

This should be done at the same time
each day. They viii know when the
time comes, II lying down, they will
not often get up one minute ahead of
time. but they viii be ready on the
minute If you are prompt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
ne MAGIC WASHING STICK

ne Magic Washing Stick is just
Il did just what you said it
i 3lo. and the clothes were SO nice
l5tte with all that hard rubbing
a writes Mrs. Sarah GCodale,
ven. Texas. The Magic Washing
E6B not a soap nor a washing
rr Fifteen washings 25c. Sold
HI grocer everywhere. ROundy,
i liam d Dexter Co.. Milwaukee,
distributors ADV.
1J postage began u England in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02

If girl in love becomes thinner it is
a case of loved and lost"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02

In the neighborhood of Reading.
England. there are three army horse
depots stated entirely by women.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
|AIabasGir
U,,f Beautiful Wall Tint

/ n when you consider that you
~ h. most beautiful, mellow,
!, co.os, viz, sot; Bluffs, delicate
t., and exquisite blues, or an,
y you wish by combining shades
| .,Ieiae, then you'll kn070 why
l..,,-,. IS one Of the most popular
|, J.co,a.ions with millions OF
-rr and Householders, Decora-
|,m5Wonsnfolk, who take a pride
/. i, homes the wide world over.
The AIabastine Co.
t1.P5 Grand Rapids, Mich
A.. ,.l --9. and circle are on each package o
h, Al5l,u1e sold BY most druggists
- jar. nd pant rorss egeywhere- II your
go. A,5,s,iae. axe 10 substitute. write Us
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02

The apple plants roses in the cheeks