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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19

to the realization that there is no one
to fill the empty pocketbook, romance
falls out Of the window. Intatuation
on both sides is likely to trin to dis
like
Then there is the seasoned bachelor
of fifty who marries very young girl
and lives to rue it and fight it out for
years. But by far the most foolish
of all is the widower that has q house
full Of children who marries a widow
with bakers dozen because she is a
good housekeeper. When the pitched
battles occur later on and he and his
wife take opposite sides, he knows
he should have let well enough alone.
The man or woman who marries for
a home and finds that the roof and all
under it has been carefully decided
away in case of remarriage finds it
has turned out TO be a case of Rey-
aard and his game. She thought he
was rich and he supposed she had
money SO he could afford to take the
o.unge.
There is another instance of the
foolish love affair deserving of atten-
tiOn-that of the woman who falls so
desperately in love with the all-around
ae'er-do-well that she is willing to
marry him and try her band at the
reform game. OF course, she loses !;
ever after supping sorrow with the
spoon of grief. Few pity her, saying
she should have realized how it would
turn out. There We're plenty to tell
her She asked advice of all her rela-
tives and friends, but ended by doing
as she pleased.
Then there are the maiden ladies
who marry men whom they wouldn't
have looked at in their girlhood days,
simply because they would write Mrs
before their name. The cradle may
have been cheated by their refusal
TO wed in the past years. They stick
to their motto, better late than new
err"
1t has been said that for every we'll
mated pair there are half dozen i'll
mated ones. Yet it is best to close
ones eyes as to this. Marriage ought
to be considered benefit, in some
way, whichever way you look at it..
When man or woman refuses to wed,
who can blame the world at large for
believing that they have dabbled into
more than their share of foolish love
affairs, have been wOrsted. or are still
thinking the possibilities over?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19
Two Wants to Be Filled.

"Sit down, Mr.. Stylo," said the emf
nent publisher to the tattered scare
crow who had just entered his elabo-
rate sanctum. Il have read your man
uscript, and think shall publish it."
"Ah" cried the starving genius. DO
you really mean that?"
Eyes. 1t seems to me a good book,
and think it will fill long-felt want"
I'm glad to hear you say that. And,
by the way, could you advance me
two dollars and half on account of
my royalties?'
"Oh, / think SOL think so. But
why do you want two dollars and "a
half?'
Il want to begin filing that long-felt
want you spoke of"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19
SWISS REBUKED BY KAISER
Germany Declares That Country Has
No Ground for Interfering With
Events in Belgium.

Paris, Dec. 13.-Germany's reply to
the Swiss note regarding the deporta-
tons in Belgium makes it clearly
understood that Switzerland has no
ground for interfering with events in
Belgium unless her own interests are
affected.
Berlin, Dec. u, by wireless
Switzerland's minister at Berlin,
while in conversation with Chancellor
Won Bethmann-HOllweg, says the
Overseas News agency, declared that
rumors of trouble between Switzer-
land and Germany growing out of
the transportation of Belgian work
men to Germany had impressed the
Swiss population.
The chancellor stated that the gov
ernor general at Brussels would re-
spect the wishes and interests of neu-
trails while carrying out the deporta-
ton measure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19
Dryer Than the Camel.

The wild COW" of Arabia, in reality
an antelope, the Beatrix oryx, is said
never TO drink, which is probably cor
rect, for unless these animals can de-
scend the wells they can find no drink
ing water for ten months in the year.
There is no surface water, and rain
falls but precariously turing the win
ter. Only once during my journey did
find a pool of rain water, caught in
hollow rock, and even this 1 should
have passed by without knowing of it's
existence had not my camels shifted
it from distance and obstinately re-
fused to be turned from going in that
direction. These antelopes, however,
are provided by nature with a curious
food supply, especially designed as a
thirst quencher. This is parasite
which grows on the roots of the desert
brushes and forms a long appendix full
of water and juice. Antelepes dig
deep holes in the sand in order to get
at these.-Wide World Magazine.
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WITH CUPID AT THE HELM
Sample of Conversation When En-
amored Couple Set Out on Voy-
age Over True Loves Course.

The enamored couple were sitting
entirely 100 close together for comfort
and security on the lamp, and the sofa
was turned low.
He kissed her on the very tip of the
nose, place he had never kissed her
before.
Archie she reproved him roguish-
ly, don't be foolish-goolish."
And then, by the frown on his low
but natural forehead she knew that
Arches feelings rad suffered.
ooh, my own big bibby-baby" she
cried. 81 have hurt you"
mo, lii goldfish" he replied fool
ishly, "the hurt I feel is because
know it hurts you to feel that you have
hurt me-"
mo, no, Archie-starchy. Do not let
that hurt you for q moment. My hurt
is because l know it hurts you to feel
that l have hurt myself by hurting
you"
my sugar-coated angel! My hurt Is
because you are hurt over feeling that
l am hurt because you feel that yOu
have hurt me and-Oh, kid let's go to
the movies"
Which they did, and acted like a
pair of goops.-Detroit Free Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19
War and Health.

The effect of war conditions upon
the health of the poorer classes is
noted by DIR. L. A. Davies, medical off
Ger of Woolwich, England, in his an
nual report. Improved working CON
ditions in that munitions region count
10 some degree favorably, but the emo
tional strain of grief and fear more
than overbalanceS clean floors and
good ventilation. The increased use
of alcohol may be traced to such emo
ton. Accidents have occurred as u
result of the dark streets ordered as
protection from air raids. Poor VEN
tilatiOn in cellars, where hiding be-
comes necessary, may, Doctor Davies
considers, account for the increase in
respiratory diseases. Fear and shock
have doubtless shortened also the life
of those enfeebled from old age. They
have caused many complications in
childbirth cases.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19
FROM ALL OVER

Frank A. Vanderlip, president of
he National City bank, in New York
city, is machinist by trade.
British sportsmen are out now to
provide a fleet of 100 ambulances at a
cost of 10000 ($2o0,OOO).
During the kaiser's visit to Mitau
two Russian airInen flew overs the
town and dropped a number of bombs.
Beer has been raised in price in Rio
de Janeiro. Foreign beers cannot COM
pete.
A new Office ruler can be used to
weigh letters, as it is provided with
a clip at one end to hold them while
marks along one side indicate their
weight as it is balanced on pencil.
1t requires on the average about 125
watt-hours q ton mile to operate a
car in city service, says the Electric
Railway Journal. Translated into a
more comprehensive unit. this is 1G6
foot-tons. That is, the same amount
Of energy is required to move the car
one mile on the lesel as would raise
it vertically 166 feet. All of this en-
ergy goes into heat, part of the loss
bsing preventable. the rest otherwise.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19
TO SUCCEED JOFFRE
GENERAL PETAlN, HERO OF YER
DUN, SLATED TO SUCCEED
FIELD MARSHAL.
NEWS SENT TO WASHINGTON
France May Have Cabinet Similar to
the One Just Formed by Britain
BRAND Begins Formation of New
Body at Paris.

Washington, Dee. 13.-Private adj
vices from Paris received here on
Monday telling of the secret proceed
ings in the French chamber of deputies
during the last week confirm previous
reports that General Petain, the de-
fender of Verdun, is to succeed Cen
eral JOffre in supreme command of all
the allied forces on the western battle
front, as the first result of radical
changes in organization which are to
follow concentration of management
of the war in q small council, as has
been done in England.
The hero of Douaumont and the
savior of Verdun, as General Petain
has been called, is not defensive
fighter, in spite of the fact that his
late reputation was gained by one of
the most remarkable defensive feats
in the history of the war; 1t was as
an offensive leader, as a driver of
men so powerful that his reserves
could not keep up with the success
fully smashing attacks of the first
line, that Petain won his first promo
ton out of the ranks of unknown
cOlOnels shortly after the war be-
gan.
1t was at Dinant that, revolver in
one hand and whip in the other, he
led his regiment in d charge that won
for him the rank of brigadier. This
was in August, 1914, in the blacklist
days of the war.
A year ago last September General
Petain, now commanding great
army, surpassed even his former rec
ord when, in "a hours in the Cham
payne offensive, he advanced more
than four miles and captured $4,000
men.
When Petain became the hero of
the French army there was rush of
applications for positions on his staff.
His reply was Characteristic:
'The officers l require on my staff
now are either expert cyclists or
trained runners. l have no use for
ornamental brass hats"
Premier BRAND has begun formation
of a new French cabinet, Ambassador
Sharpe cabled the state depart
ment.
An earlier cablegram from Ambas-
sadOr Sharpe had said Premier
BRAND had rendered his resignation
to President Poincare and that it had
been refused. The later message said
in effect:
Premier BRAND is recognizing his
cabinet. l was misinformed regard
ing his resignation"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19

1t is the notion of many a young
as she pleases. A single girl may not
do this or that without causing the
world and his wife to raise their eye
brows and frown her down. If she
has Mrs" before her name, that is
quite another matter. She believes
she may entertain her old beaux with
impunity. As long as her husband does
not object if she dimes with this one,
attends the theater with that one, when
his business prevents his taking her,
it is none of the business of the world
and his wife. They can look on or
look out, just as they please. She can
even fiirt outrageously at a ball with
some gallant army man, or accept in
Titations often from her good-loolling
single family doctor for spin through
the park afternoons in his spick and
span new automobile, without causing
comment. The young professor of
music, an acknowledged male heart
breaker, she has no heSitancy in invit-
ing to dine every other evening to
make the dinner hour pleasant when
her husband cannot be present. She
thinks there is no latitude to her free
dom of speech, or following her own
inclination after wedlOck.
Such wife wakes up with a sud
den jolt. She discovers to her dismay
that people are of the opinion that
che should let her old lovers alone
to go their way and find other sweet
hearts after she has become a welded
wife, and selected one from among
MI others. Nor is she expected to
make practice of riding with single
men, dining or attending dinners or
theaters with them if she would keep
her reputation untarnished. If her
husband cannot accompany her, there
are always elderly woman friends
whom she can fall back on for that
purpose. Single men are expected to
devote themselves to single women,
not to married ones. Even the men
who are favored with the smiles and
companionship of married women are
puzzled to know just how to place
them-whether they are merely inno-
cent frivolous women or women who
might be reckless with friendship.
Everyone loves the woman who is
bubbling over with joy and good hui
NOR. But everyone secretly holds to
the notion that her smiles, blandish-
ments and coquetry should be reserved
for her husband, not for other men.
The fairest of regulations can be
smirched by breath. One little sus-
picion may, like SNOWFALL, become
huge as it rolls along. The wife finds
herself talked about. though she meant
no harm. Even though married, a
woman may not do as she pleaSes. She
still has her reputation to guard quite
as much as though she were single.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19
SAYS KAISER BROKE PLEDGE
State Department Announces "Clear-
Cut" Offense in Case of the
Marina.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Annonnce-
ment was made at the state depart
ment on Monday that complete infor-
nation now at hand covering the case
of the British horse ship Marina, tor
pedoed with u loss of six Americans,
makes II appear to be ''clear-cut" vi
Olation of Germany's pledges to the
United States.
Full information on the case of the
-,rabia will be awaited before the next
move is made, which is expected to
take the form of new note intended
to clear up what appear to be differ
ences of Interpretation on what Ger
many'S pledges in the Sussex case ac-
tually covered, especially with refer
ence to armed ships.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19

When | am called upon TO settle a
dispute of this kind: Which do men
find the most attractive. blonde or
brunette? I find myself wishing
had the wisdom of Solomon to make
answer. Today's mail brings me two
letters from the sunny South. Both
are penned by young girls. One writes,
'Our church is TO give fair. A gold
bracelet is TO be awarded. The young
men of the town are becoming greatly
interested and are buying up the votes
for their favorite. The choice seems
to lie between another girl-a very
handsome brunette-and myself
Rlm blonde. Now which do you think
the young men will admire most and
consider the prettiest in this beauty
conteSt?" This query to me is hardly
a fair one. If both girls were entire
strangers to these young men it would
be Il question of which type appealed
to each individual man. But as all APP
pear to be friends that alters matters
considerably.
1t is Il well-knov-n fact that nine
men out of ten are more attracted to
a woman of opposite type from them
selves-the dark-complexioned man
seeing more beauty in the blonde than
the brunette The fair-haired, blue
eyed young man fairly raves over the
dark, sparkling beauty of the brunette
maiden. So there you are, The man
who is a firm friend Of either girl will
want to see her win the race, irrespec-
tive of her type of beauty.
It's not like a race for wife. you
know. In that instance, man would
have to dive deep INTO his own heart
to decide which girl he liked best if
he were uncertain whether to make
love to blonde or to her chum, bru-
nette. But in these vital cases he
takes into consideration something
more than the color of her eyes or
hair. 1t is the girls sweetness of dis
position, her modeSty, her personality
in general For this reason. instead
of choosing oppoSites, many men mar
~ women of their own complexion;
and, as the story-books say, live hap
py ever after. In the beauty test for
the possession of the bracelet il should
be the popularity of the girl among her
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19
|URlOSITY KILLED A CAT"
but in This Instance It Brought Nick
els to a Very Lively
Salesman.

out Of a shop entrance he dashed
n th a small length of cane, with
Nhich he manfuIly attacked a rain
.ape.
3 lie struck it repeatedly, then thrust
Il upward as far as 1t would 20. Next
noment the passer-by heard the IA
4iIar squeaking of an imprisoned rat,
Women fcarfully ran away with up
lrted skirts; men and boys gathered
'pund. The man prodded and prodded,
lnd the Squeaks became Shriller.
Carts drew up by the curb and ad-
Pee came from all quarters.
Get long stick, matcw
Bring Il deg. someone"
Let him come out and we'll get
bun
Hut the hunter took no notice. He
peant 20 catch that rat in his own
fay. At length, whom crowd of
bout leo had gathered ne turned
pund and produced Il Tiny whistle
rom his mouth.
Ladies' and gentlemen" he cried.
he funniest toy of the age. AmuSeS
'oyS end girls for hours. Initiate every
Pr every known. rs well rs mice and
'AtS, RoarS Of laughter when used NJ
mixed party, One nickel each. gen
lem1n N-New York Glnh.-
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w. N. u, MILWAUKEE,, NO. s1-1s,t


In London church tower there is
clock which strikes the hours and
quarters but has no dlals nor other
visible evidences of the time.
Revolution indicators for aeroplane
motors have been invented by an Eng
lishman TO enable an aviator to esti-
mate roughly his speed and distance
travelled.
A Frenchman has invented a smoke
consumer for kitchen ranges that adj
mits air, superheats il and, combining
it with the coal gas and dust, causes
them to burn.
The British government has requisi-
toned leather. and served notice that
sale, removal or secretion without
war Office consent constitutes an Of
Tense"
In Jewish marriages the bride al
ways stands at the right hand of the
groom with every other nation of the
world her place in the ceremony is al
the left
To protect the bases Of telegraph
poles against decay a new French prac-
tice is to surround them with earth
enware pipes and fill the pipes with
melted resin and sand, which solidiess
and becomes waterproof.
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sand lucerh, they have been found
more resistant to cold than other COM
mercial varieties or strains and are
therefore recommended for sections,
where winterkilling occurs frequently.
Peruvian alfalfa is not resistant to
severe cold and can be grown. success
fully only where the winter tenpera-
ture is comparatively mild, as in the
southern and southwestern states. I'm
der favorable conditions it outyieldS
any other commercial strain.
Arabian alfalfa is not satisfactory
variety because of its tendency to be
short lived.
AS a result of numerous experiment.
al tests the adaptations of the various
varieties and strains of alfalfa have
been quite definitely determined.
1t is highly advisable that the farmer
should learn to distinguish good from
poor seed Plump seed of an olive
green color almost invariably germi-
mates well, while shriveled or brown
seed generally terminates poorly. The
presence of any appreciable quantity
of weed seeds or other impurities in
dicates a poor quality of seed.
Owing TO the fact that alfalfa does
not produce seed satisfactorily under
humid conditions, there is little use in
trying to grow it for seed in the east
ern states.
Breeding work with alfalfa offers
great possibilities, but the time and ex-
pense involved are so great that a
farmer cannot affordNt undertake it.
Proportion of IntertilIed Crops Affects
Farm Yields.
Farm management specialists are
recognizing that there is fairly de-
finite relation between the proportion
of farm devoted TO intertilled crops
and the yields from the farm as a
whole. The problem is stated in this
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19

way by the U. S. department of agri-
culture:
Given Il hundred acres to be devoted
to crops in general farming, what pro-
portion should be devoted TO corn or
other intertilled crops in order to Sc
cure the most favorable effect on crop
yields?
The department believes that the an
swer TO this question can approximate
ly be determined, locally, for any Civ
en- type of farming on any given type
of soil. Recent surveys conducted by
the office of farm management indi-
cate that for Chester county, Pa, and
for the corn belt of Illinois it is about
thirty-seven acres, and that for Lena
wee county, Mich, it is about thirty
two acres. 1t was found that farms
devoting to intertilled crops areas
ranging from 80 to 81 per cent of total
crop acreage realized, on the average,
higher yields for all crops than did
those farms upon which either larg-
er or Il smaller percentage of crop area
was devoted to corn, potatoes, and 9th
er crops of that class.
In making this investigation the
''crop index" was used as a measure
of efficiency in the maintenance of crop
yields. The crop index indicates the
standing of a farm in percentage of
yielding power, the yield of the aver
age farm of the prOun SIlrVaved ranra-
senting 100 per cent. 1t was found
that the crop index went up uniform
ly with an increase in acreage of in
terrified crops until that acreage
reached a point above 81 and lower
than 3S per cent of the total crop area,
and then declined uniformly as such
acreage increased above that limit.
In explanation of the falling off in
yield of all crops after the area in in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19
How to Estimate Men and Women.

Too much Importance cannot be Civ
EN- TO the necessity of getting math-
ematical basis for reckoning human
capacity, and such system of ac-
curate rating it is purposed to outline
here. The essentials of personal eff
cheney must be either mental or ply
steal, or both. The essentials for any
particular job are limited. 1t is the
business of the STANDARDIZED to find out
these requisites, and TO find the CORE
spending mental and physical quail
ties of the individual who VIII be most
fit for that particular job.-Industrial
Management.
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CONSTRUCTION OF FEED BOX
Directions Given for Making Rack
Sufficiently Large to Feed Twenty
Head of Cattle.

A plain box rack "a feet long is suf-
ficient for feeding 20 head of cattle.
Nail Pinch boards at the bottom, then
a good 6-inch board, then a good 2 by
6, then leave space to put the heads
through. then good 2 by at the top.
The boards below can be left a little
up tight. If this rack is kept clean
and the hay pressed down when put
in so the cattle Will stick their heads
in above the most CT it there will not
be much waste. There are many other
forms of racks which are in favor
among western feeders, but this one is
substantial and economical in con-
struetion and utility.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19
TORTURING SKIN TROUBLES
That Itch, Burn and Dishgure Healed
by Cuticura. Trial Free.

Battle with plenty Of Cuticura Soap
and hot water TO cleanse and purify.
Dry lightly and apply Cuticura Oint-
ment to soothe and heal. This stops
itching instantly, clears away pimples.
removes dandruff and scalp irritations,
and heals red, rough, sore hands.
Free sample each by ms il with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l..
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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friends which would count and win
the coveted prize for her. The de
feated candidate, whichever it should
be, should not lose heart and consider
herself one step behind in attractive
ness. 1t takes so little to pull girls
pride and spirits down. Last, but not
least, do not approve of a beauty
contest, especially in church. 1t re-
suits in one bitter heart burning, dis
enlargement and memory that may
haunt a girl for many long year af-
terward.
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Farm Yields.
AVERAGE DRESSING OF HOGS
Percentage Is rs, While That of Cattle
Is So and Sheep 48-Difference
Due to Figuring.

The average dressing percentage Of
hogs is IS. while of cattle it is So and
of sheep IS. Part of this difference is
due TO the method Of figuring. In the
case of the hog the hide. head and feeT
are included in the carcass weight
while in the case of cattle and sheep
the head, hide and feet are not in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-19
Careless Pedestrians.

Leaving home for his place of bust
ness, a man of calculating mind will
discover that valuable time is lost in
want of consideration by others for the
commonest rights of thoroughfare. A
friend of mathematical bent has calcu-
lated that hundred years of actual
working time are lost every day on
the streets Of New York by thought
less people who take the left of the
sidewalk instead of the right, who are
negligent in crossing the streets and
hold up traffic or become inmates of
hospitals by inviting accidents.