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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-10
Spencer Items
Athens Items

The Ladies Auxiliary will meet
Thursday, October II with Mrs. Joe
Bell.
The Ladies' Aid of the Presbyterian
church will meet with Mrs. Fred Han
sen Thursday.
H. Poupahl and wife and G. Perske
of Wausau, spent Sunday at the Frank
Grunewald home.
Joe Bauman, F. H. Eisold, Misses
LaFrenren and Emma Behrendt au-
toed to Wausau Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bauman autoed
to Wausau Sunday Mrs. John Bau-
man and daughter, Luella, returned
with them.
Dr. Lewis Frick left for Madison
Tuesday evening to be present at the
meeting of the Wisconsin State Medi-
cal society.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-10
How Catarrh is Contracted

Mothers are sometimes so thought
less as to neglect the colds which their
children contract The inflammation OF
the mucus membrane, az first acute,
becomes chronic and the child has
chronic catarrh, a disease that is sell
dom cured and that may prove life's
burden. Many persons who have this
lOathsome disease will remember hay-
ing had frequent colds at the time il
was contracted. A little forethought.
a bottle Of Chamberlain Cough Ram
edy judiciously used, and all this trCu-
bic might have been avoided. Obtain
able everywhere.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-10
BEN kUERLER IMPROVING

J. N. Kuebler returned home from
Madison on Sunday. He reports his
son. Ben, who was operated on for
appendicitis last Tuesday, as improv-
ing. Mrs. Kuebler will remain with
her son until fully recovered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-10
GREAT BASE BALL SERIES

The great base ball series of the
world is now in progress between the
Boston Americans and the BROOKLYN
Nationals. The first game was PLAYED
IN Boston on Saturday and won by
Boston by score of 6 to 5.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-10
Fer a NuSdv Camnlexian

Take Chzmberlain's Tablets s,5
adopt diet OF vegetables and earas1s
TAKE outdoor exercise daily sp5 -
conapiexlon viii Be greatly imnrovs5
win lew months. Try it Ohta;r
able everywhere. oo'ain-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-10

9Afo,OA .oU
Petitions were presented asking for
better school facilities in the Sixth
ward for sewers and for street lights.
Louis C. Leak Henry ]. Mckay and
Emil F'latter were appointed COM
mittee on recreation.
C.-E. Turner was reelected mem
Der of the water commission.
1t was voted to call for bids to con-
struct a sewer from Sixth street to
st. Mary's hospital.
The city attorney was instructed to
draw up an ordinance regulating the
erection of bill boards in the city.
The matter of providing a sinking
fund for a new school building, asked
for by the board of education, was re-
ferred to the finance committee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-10
BARBER WORK

Shave, Zoe; hair cut, zoe, on Satur-
days, 25c. Corner Fourth and Jackson
streets. o3-W4
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-10
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE
MOsinee Items
Mosinee Times.

Mrs. Karl Kronenwetter spent yes
,terday afternoon in Wausau.
Mrs Louise Myska of Wausau, visit
ed with friends here last week.
Misses Agnes Robicheau and Edith
Brown were Wausau visitors Monday
Karl Mathie spent several days of
last week at Sartell, Mimi. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Mathie.
Mrs. and Mrs. Anton Smudde, of
Sartell Mimi, are guests this week at
the home of Karl Mathie and family.
A. H. Skies of Wausau, representing
the Wisconsin Valley Electric COM
pany, was here on business last
Thursday
Invitations have been issued for the
marriage of Miss Mary Lobos and
Joseph Eiter, of this place, which will
occur next Tuesday, Oct. 10, at st.
Paul's Catholic church.
Mrs. Amelia Henke, aged sixty-nine
years, passed away at the home of her
son, Albert Henke, in this city last
Friday afternoon, after an illness of
about five days, from apoplexy.
DR.. D. ]. Ryan and wife of Rice
Lake, arrived in the city today for a
short visit at the Karl Mathie home.
From here they will accompany Mr..
and Mrs. Anton Smudde to Appleton,
the trip being made by automobile.
Spencer Items
Spencer Record
DR.. and Mrs. F. A. Soles left Tues
day evening for Madison, the doctor
attended the meeting of the State
Medical society.
Tuesday morning at $50, Alfred
Trumbull and Lillian Harrington both
of this city, plighted their troth at the
NJ. E. parsonage at Marshfield.
Work has been begun by the Globe
Electric company in the village on the
electric lines to supply the village
with street lighting and current for
private use
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-15

vast number of building materials
which are today open for the selec-
ton of the perspective builder have
eliminated the necessity of holding to
some few types of construction, and
when any particular material selection
is made it represents the personal
preference of the owner, who may be
inclined to judge either from a stand
point of appearance or utility.
J A wise selection of materials will,
however, necessitate the basis of judg-
ment upon desire for both beauty and
permanence. The home is usually
considered as something permanent
and must be built to meet this require
ment. This does not imply that every
home should be constructed of solid
stone masonry, for proper construc-
ton methods and a reasonable atten-
ton to maintenance will give wooden
structure long life. Some people do
not object to the occasional trouble
Of repainting a frame house and are
inclined toward this type because Of
the possibility which 1t offers for treat
ment in various color combinations.
Others prefer the type which, If once
erected, needs no further attention and
can be relied upon to hold its original
appearance for long period of years.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-15
THE SONS OF SORROW.

The most trifling incident may affect
your own destiny and the destiny Of
those who come after you. History is
hull of stories illustrating this fact,
and none of them is more remarkable
than the story of Charles Samson de
Longval, who sacrificed everything for
love. One day, in the year 1862, he
was thrown from his horse; and as a
direct result of this accident he and
seven of his descendants, for a period
of 200 years, were Stunned of men,
as though they were lepers, bearing
upon them the word "unclean."
Charles was the descendant of a
once illustrious house. His forbears
we're knights and soldiers under the
dukes of Normandy, and had distin-
guished themselves for valor upon div
ers fields. They took part in William
the ConQueror's little basket picnic in
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-15

The happy medium is found in q
which may be considered as included
in the first class and partly of some
more endurable material which falls
into the second class. Even then the
selection is not limited one, for there
are many pleasing combinations of the
natural and manufactured stones with
the various forms of wooden material.
A design is illustrated which may be
placed in the happy medium" class.
The exterior of this substantial story
ard-a-half home is finished in rough
natural stone up to the tops of the
first floor windows, from which it is
carried up with shingles under the
gables. The chimneys are of brick
capped with rough stone. The broad,
gracefully sloping roof is shingled. The
rafters have their ends exposed and
the projecting ends of the purlins are
supported by heavy triangular brack-
cts. A large number of windows
break up the wall surface and add to
the general finished appearance of the
exterior. The useful porch, set back
under the roof, with it's solid stone col
umns, is a pleasant feature. The en-
tire exterior is well balanced and can
be made very beautiful by properly
trailing vines and planting shrubs.
In walking through the various
rooms of the house one is impressed
in much the same manner that obtains
upon viewing the exterior. Good sub
stantial construction Is evident in
every detail. The door leading from
the front porch admits the observer
into hall from which the stair to
the second floor leads off to the right.
A feature of this hall is the long seat
built along the wall next to the stair
case. This seat will be found very
convenient and may be built to hold a
large quantity of stored books or
music in its lower part, thus relieving
the living room Of the clutter of this
material.
On the left of the hall, through a
cased opening, is the large living
room. The fireplace is seen against
the opposite wall upon entering. Ex-
posed timbers in the ceiling finish are
in keeping with the general plan.
Three large and four smaller windows
furnish ample light for this room. At
the rear of the living room are two
handy tiers of bookcases built into the
distinctive entrance to the dining
room.
This dining room is really model
Of colonial design. Exposed timbers
cut the ceiling up into large and small
panels, furnishing the possibility of
unique arrangement of the lighting fix
lures. A large buffet extends across
the entire end wall of the room. Three
easement windows are placed over this
buffet and three more windows of
larger size are set into the other wall
Double doors are placed in the en-
trance to the living room and to the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-15
CHANGES IN COLOR SCHEME
Complete Alteration Of Signal Indca-
tions Has Taken Place on the
Pennsylvania Railroad.

A complete change in the color
scheme of signal indications will be eff
fected on the entire Pennsylvania rail-
road system, both east and west of
| Pittsburgh, as soon as the necessary
materials can be obtained. Orders for
the required material are now being
placed.
White lights are to be eliminated
altogether as u signal Indication,
Green will replace white for clear
or proceed" while bright, distinc-
tive yellow, visible at great distances,
will be used for caution" Red will
continue to mean "stOp."
The elimination of white from the
signal color scheme has been rendered
desirable by the increasing use of
white lights of various kinds in build
ings, driveways, roads and streets
close or adjacent to the railroads right
of way.
The Pennsylvania railroad system
however, was unwilling to proceed
with the change until yellow glass
could be obtained for the caution
! signals which would give a bright
| light at long distances and still would
not be liable to be mistaken for white
and so confused with other lights
along the line CT the railroad. Prog
ress in the art of coloring glass, after
years of experiments, has resulted in
the production Of such glass.
Adoption of the new signal system
will mean the changing of hundreds
of thousands of colored glasses and
lenses This will require considerable
time for completion, especially as slow
deliveries are to be expected owing to
industrial conditions resulting from
the European war.
The proposed signal system has been
tried out on the extreme eastern end
of the New York division and has been
found to work satisfactorily. 1t is
also being adopted in portions of the
country off the Pennsylvania railroad
lines, so that desirable uniformity will
be obtained.
No change is to be made on those
short portions of the Pennsylvania
railroad lines which are protected by
position light" signals, in which the
various indications are given by rows
of electric lights showing against a
black background in the various posi-.
lions of the semaphore arms.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-15
Natural and Manufactured
Stones Used With Wooden
Material in This House.
NEW TYPE or CONSTRUCTION
Its Beauties, Noted at a Glance, May
Be Added To by Vines and Shrubs
--Interior Arrangement Shows
High Ability Displayed
by the Designers.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1927 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, and only enclose
two-cent stamp fos reply.
The idea of permanence in house
construction dates back to a period
which had passed long before the ex-
istence of the new world was even
thought of. 1t is very probable that
other considerations were of govern
ing importance at that time and the
quality of permanence was obtained
more as matter of necessity than
as a matter of desire. The materials
out of which buildings were made in
the early days We're the materials
which could be taken from nature and
converted into their final form with
the least possible necessity of any
process being performed upon them
which would resemble what would to-
day be termed a manufacturing opera
ton. 1t was early found that if stones
having fiat faces were gathered in sutfi-
cient quantities they could be piled
one on top of the other with some
form of plastic material to fill the
cracks, and the resulting wall could be
built to form an enclosure with a rough
covering Of thatch, animal skins or
even huge slabs of stone. Thus it
happened that the natural way was
also a permanent way to construct
houses.
In every age since it's advent into
the field Of building materials stone
has found place, If reasonable facil-
tiles for using 1t have been at hand
and sufficient supply obtainable. At
the present time it is used in a much
different sense than it originally was
found necessary to consider it. The
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-15
CLAIM RECORD FOR SAFETY
American Railroads Occupy Proud Po-
sition, According to Figures Civ
en- Out by Bureau.

That American railroads are now
the safest for passengers in the world,
is the cheering assurance drawn from
the figures for 1915 put forth by the
Bureau Of Railway News.
The fiscal year to June 80 passed,
for 325 railroads with two-thirds of all
our mileage, without killing a single
passenger. On all railroads, with $780,
600 miles and more of track, the pas
senger deaths were 1885, They were
265 in 1914, and 403 in 1913. In 1905,
of little more than half as many pas
sengers 533 were killed.
The latest returns from Europe, COW
ering 207O15 miles, all but small
fraction, and showing 700 deaths, are
not fair test because of war. More
passengers were killed in Great Brit
ain than in the United States, but 157
were lost in single troop-train disas-
ter. In 1913, 124 passengers were
killed on $4,000 miles of British track.
Their number of passengers, 1928 ,000,-
600, was greater than ours last year,
but by passenger miles our 1915 rec
ord Is cleaner than Britain's in the
last year of peace.
Fewer employees also were killed
in this country In 1914 than in Britain
in 1913, in proportion to passenger
train miles and freight-ton miles. But
in the list of trespassers and others
slain on the tracks we continue q
shocking tale.
Let the praiseworthy efforts of our
managers to check this drain upon life
be crowned with success and the rec
ord of American railroading will no
longer require apology. 90.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-15
TESTING Ball BEARINGS.

An experiment of unusual interest is
the test of the real efficiency of ball
bearings on freight cars, as underta-
ken by the electric state railroad car
rying ore from the great Kiruna mine
in northern Sweden. The line operates
under exceptionally regular and uni
form conditions, and, having 80 new
ore cars equipped with ball bearings,
two trains of identical makeup and
load-one with ball bearings and one
with plain-will be compared. The
power consumed by each train will be
recorded from day to day by means of
watt meters. \
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-15
made RECORD time
ENGINEERS PROUD OF SPEED IN
BRIDGE ERECTION.
Putting in Place of Structure Over
Chicago River Claimed to Be Most
Remarkable Achievement in
Railroad History.

One hundred and sixty passenger
trains and 35 freight trains daily are
now crossing the large new bascule
bridge of the Northwestern railroad
between Deerlng and Clybourn, just
south of Fullerton avenue, over the
North Branch Of the Chicago river, as
the result of the successful completion
Of one of the greatest achievements
claimed by the operating officials of
the Northwestern in the history of that
company. The work that has been fin
iShed included the removal of the old
bridge after it had been cut to pieces,
and suburban patrons over the Mil
waukee division watched with interest
the work of taking away the pieces of
the structure over which they were
carried for many years.
Traffic on the old bridge was sus-
pended at u :23 Sunday morning and
the new bridge was in position ready
for trains at six o'clock Sunday eve
ming, the period Of interruption to traf-
fic being less than 10 hours. The
schedule of work provided for the re-
moval of the old swing bridge in the
center of the river, as the new bridge
could not be lowered for service before
the old one was out of the way, and
putting into place considerable num-
Der of parts of the new bridge that
could not be put in while traffic was
maintained or until the bascule span
was lowered.
Immediately after the last train had
crossed the bridge the structure was
opened and the ends were blocked up
on the timber fender. A scow derrick
pulled up on each side of it and be-
gan removing the operating equip
ment. At the same time eight oXy-
acetylene torches were set to work
cutting the old structure in pieces
small enough to be lifted by the der
ricks. BY 7:3O in the morning the old
bridge had been cut to pieces and the
middle portion removed, leaving the
way clear for the new bridge to be
lowered.
During the time the old bridge was
being cut apart erecting crews were
rapidly setting in place for the new
bridge those parts which could not be
erected without lowering the struc-
ture. Promptly at S:15, the time fixed
in the schedule, the new bridge was
lowered to within few feet of the
closed position.
The new bridge contains 1925, 800
pounds of structural steel. To coun-
terbalance the weight of the span, con-
crete CONFERENCE.-The containing $4,000
cubic feet were nodded the total
weight Of the two being 100000
pounds. Holes in the CONFERENCE.-The
were left to add weight in the form
of pig iron or more concrete, but it
was found unnecessary.
From the time the first earth was
turned for the foundation until the
first train passed over the completed
bridge was only eleven months.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-15

hall, and double-acting door leads to
the kitchen.
The culinary department Is made up
of a generous-sized kitchen, particu-
larly handy pantry, and the rear porch,
which may be considered an extra
room during the warm part of the
year. The refrigerator is arranged
to be iced from the outside. Every
convenience is included in the design
of this part of the house.
The second floor is well arranged
and contains several interesting fea-
lures. A large hall is centrally located,
from which all of the rooms on this
floor, and the stairs to the first floor,
may be reached. Two large bedrooms
are placed ON either side of the hall.
Each has a dressing room, two clos
cts and little nook attached to it.
A sleeping porch Is built at the for
ward end of the hall and the bath is
placed at the rear end of the hall.
These sleeping quarters are capable
Of providing perfect comfort for a
large family.
The type of house illustrated in this
design Is very good one for the aver
age American family and 1t is coming
more and more into use because of it's
finished materials and general utility.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-15

| fiicted and Inundated by his present
course.
give up this girl, crush down this
insane infatuatiOn," said the marquis,
land you'll have all your friends again
AS 1t is, you are disgracing the regi
ment."
Charles drew his sword, and broke
it over his knee.
"Then l belong to the regiment nc
longer" answered he. "Tll tear up my
commission at once"
And he did. That night he went out
to the cottage to ask Marguerite tC
marry him and go to the new world
where they night begin a new life
All the visits he had paid were with
out the knowledge Of her father. And
now he went to the door on tiptoe, and
knocked gently-a knock she under
stood. There was no answer, and he
stood listening. He heard q moaning
sound, that came from the direction OF
an old shed back in the garden. He
stole there quietly, and saw that there
was light in the shed. The moaning
continued, soon rising to Shrek. He
looked in through a crack, and saw
Marguerite strapped on leather
couch. Her father, his eyes glowing
insanely, was subjecting her to the tor
ture Of the boot. He held aloft ham
mer, was crushing her limb.
Confess that you love him" he
was saying.
Then the door flew in as though
struck by q thunderbolt and Charles
was in the room. He knocked the ole
rnan into a corner and then tore the
engine of torture away from the girl
The father, half crazed with his men
tai sufferings, had heard that the Cir
was planning to elope with an officer
For the sake of her lover, the girl
denied everything, and he was trying
TO force the truth from her.
Then Charles outlined his plan, but
the girl would not leave her father
who was worse than alone in The
world. And the father would not con,
sent to her marriage unless Charles
agreed to adopt the old mans grue-
some profession. Charles did not hest.
tate, and under such strange conditions
he and the girl became engaged, and
were married few days later.
Alas that such devotion as that of
Charles should have so poor reward
His young wife died in less than a
year, leaving him son destined for
his bloody trade. Charles thus estab-
lished the Samson family of execution
ers, who were the official headsmen of
France for two centuries. The last of
the line was dismissed from office In
1S47, when he changed his name and
disappeared, and no man knows what
became of him.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-15

coming, and they told his relatives.
cousin of high estate hunted him
up, and said:
"You surely know who the girl is
you are visitingT
81 don't even know her name" sai6
Charles, "but 1 love her with all my
heart"
Come with me-" said the cousin,
end Charles accompanied him to a
large public square, where two GRIM
inals were about to be executed.
look 1T the executioner," said the
cousin.
Charles looked as directed, and of a
sudden fell so weak he had to lean on
his cousins shoulder. His host of the
little dark cottage was the executioner
of Dieppe. Had the cousin been wise,
he'd have said no more, but would
have let the lesson sink in. But he
felt it his duty to preach awhile, and
in the course of his remarks he made
some sighting remarks concerning
A'Aoh uSiitC cOudhAC, luC SAcCullOlleI D
daughter. Charles strength came back
as promptly as it had deserted him.
His sword flashed in the sun.
defend YOURSELF" he cried; you
are speaking of the lady I lover
Then there was quite duel.
Charles was a great swordsman, and
the cousin was in parlous case, when
,, friend came to his rescue. Charles
wounded both Of them, and sent them
away bleeding and writhing.
The next day when he appeared on
duty all his old friends of the regi.
ment met him with averted faces. His
fellow officers looked all round and
past him, and couldn't see him. No.
body responded to his greetings and
| people were silent when he asked
questions. He understood it all well
enough. His comrades knew that he
was in love with the executioner's
daughter, and he was a pariah. For
many days he endured this ostracism
and he began to realize what such O
love as his would cost him.
Then the commanding officer sum
moned him to q conference. The
commanding officer began by telling
him how everybody in the regiment
loved him, and how everybody was af