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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
In Defense of the toothbrush.

DIR. T. Benedict Furniss defends
the toothbrush, in Oral Hygiene"
from the attacks recently made upon
it by DR.. Bernard Feldman. Until its
enemies devise something better, he
says, it will not help matters to throw
out the best thing for cleaning the
teeth that we know anything about.
1T must be remembered that the
tooth bristles, bathed and saturated so
frequently with tooth paste ingredi-
ents more or less antiseptic, furnish
anything but a happy abiding for
germ pests, no matter how vital and
resistant they may be. So that if We
merely hang the toothbrush some
where in the sunshine after each wash
ing of the mouth. and teeth and buy a
new brush at decent intervals, We
need not get worrying about virulent
bacteria"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
STATE FISHING IMPORTANT
Total of 1s,27o,771 Pounds Taken Dur
ing the Past Year Valued at
Over 100000.

Madison = Wisconsin commercial
fisheries may not count high in the an
nails of the industry in the world, but
for an inland state it puts up a good
front, according to the record for the
year 1915, now being compiled by the
conservation commission in prepare
ton for it's annual report.
The record shows total of 1920,
III pounds of all kinds of fish taken
and the value is $72S,791.O9. Most of
the fish were taken in the waters of
Lake Michigan and Green Bay, but of
the above amount, 2,6Y0,710 pounds,
valued at $57,533.40, were from Lake
Superior.
The industry furnishes employment
to nearly 1000 men during the fishing
season and requires equipment valued
at nearly $1,000,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
WORKMEN TO LIVE IN TENTS
states the Building of Tenn
porary Quarters.

Kenosha-For the first time in his
tory Kenosha must ask factory labor
ers to live in tents. A big army of
men is setting up white city, on
Washington Island overlooking the
lake, and within a short time $50 men
employed by the Simmons company
will find homes in this colony. There
is park about the tent colony, which
is to be used for athletic sports, and
in the center of it will be built mess
hall which will feed $50 men at a
time. New men are being brought in
to the factories in Kenosha every day
and there is no place to house them.
The American Brass company is now
overhauling business bleck and con-
verting it into workingmen's lodg-
ing house.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
BIG BUILDING BOOM
IS ON At EAU CLAIRE
SEASON BIDS FAIR TO BREAK ALL
RECORDS IN CONSTRUc-
TON WORK.
PLAN MANY NEW HOMES
City Will Be Bonded for Ss5,ooo for
Combination Auditorium and Arm
ory-Many New Factories
Are Being Built

Eau Claire-Last month saw the be-
ginning of a seasons building opera
lions which bids fair to break records
for similar work in this city for sew
eral years past.
Chief among the factors which seem
ingly herald a new industrial era for
Eau Claire are the opening of the new
normal school, now under construction
next September, the construction of
a new $4,000 city hall, the foun-
dation for which was completed last
October; the bonding of the city
for $4,000 for a combined auditorium
and armory, and the acquisition of
several new factories and extensions
of the plants already in operation.
Present indications are that at
least 200 new dwelling houses will be
built this season. At present there
are absolutely no suitable residences
for rent in the city There is an ever
increasing demand for small modern
homes. At least one fiat building, the
proposed cost of which is $4,000, will
be erected in the near future.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
SUES FOR Sis, 900 DAMAGES
Secretary Sommer of Sheboygan Com
merce Association Alleges In
jury in Auto Accident.

Sheboygan-The trial of the action
OF A. L. Sommer, secretary of the She
boygan Association of Commerce, for
$4,000 damages against Oscar Loebl,
proprietor of the Milwaukee house at
Sheboygan, was started in the circuit
court here.
In his complaint Mr.. Sommer charg-
es that he was disfigured for life as
the result of an automobile accident
last summer. Mr.. Sommer was pas
senger in Mr.. LoebPs car when he
drove it into an embankment
The first two witnesses testified be-
fore the court that Loebl's car was go
ing at rate of fifty miles an hour.
Angelow Glass testified that he and
Gustave Huette were obliged to run
their car into ditch to avoid being
struck by Loebps car.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
WHILE WAITING TO ADVANCE
Soldier in European Army Describes
Sensation Experienced Just Prior
to an Attack on the Enemy.

Everyone was smoking-some calm
ly, some with short nervous puffs. 1t
was interesting to watch the faces of
the men, writes James n. Hall in the
Atlantic. One could read almost to
a certainty what was going on in their
minds. Some of them were thinking
of all the terrible events so near at
hand. They were imagining the hor-
hors Of the attack in detail Others
were unconcernedly intent upon ad-
justing a strap of their equipment, or
in rubbing their clips of ammunition
with an oily rag. Several men were
singing to a mouth-organ accom-
paniment. | saw their lips moving,
but not a sound reached me above
the din of the guns, although | was
standing only a few yards distant. 1t
was like an absurd pantomime.
AS | watched them, the sense of the
unreality of the whole thing swept
over me more strongly than ever be-
fore. This can't be true" | thought
Il have never been a soldier. There
isn't any European war" | had the
curious feeling that my body and
brain were functioning quite apart
from me. / was only a slow-witt ed
incTedulous spectator, looking on with
a stupid animal wonder. | have since
learned that this feeling is rather
common. A part of the mind works
normally, and another part which
seems ones essential self, refuses to
assimilate and classify experiences so
unusual, SO different from anything in
the catalogue of memory.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
VICE CHARGED TO MOSQUITO
Natives Of Tropics Can't BE Moral, IL
Argument Made by Sons
Missionaries.

Those who complain of mosquitoes
here ought to be thankful that condi-
tons here are not the same as in Cen
traI America" a returned traveller
said AS soon as a man sets foot
in the wilds down there he is intro
duced to Ibis Unsuitable pest The
mosquito will cling to him in waking
ana sleeping hours. testing all his pow
ers of endurance and leaving him so
thoroughly SCARED that many a mis-
sionary acquires the appearance CT
one who nas barely emerged from the
throes Of some deadly and pern1cious
disease.
In the annual report of the Ameri-
can Bible society, which is now be-
ing prepared for publication, many
Bible distributors testify 70 the suffer
ing caused Dy contact with mosquitoes
in the not belt countries. The In
sect, not neathenism. is the mission
aries worst enemy. Even the natives
are engaged II constant battle with
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Monuoose Rat-catcher.

Accidentally | found the chemists
method of dealing with the rat. His
shop was-one presumes-full enough
of poison to send the whole street to
the cemetery. But he pinned his faith
to a small animal, which was taking
siesta on the best chair. A mon
goose. he explained. as he carefully
stroked its tail. Now how many mon
geese (if that is the pluraD are re-
quired to deal with how many rats?
And where do you get a mongoose,
and what do you feed him on-if he
wants anything but rats?-London
Chronicle,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
GLASS OF WATER
Upset Her.

People who don't know about food
should never be allowed to feed per-
sons with weak stomachs.
Sometime ago young woman who
lives in Me. had an attack of scarlet
fever, and when convalescing was per-
mitted to eat anything she wanted.
Indiscriminate feeding soon put her
back in bed with severe stomach and
kidney trouble.
There l stayed" she says, three
months, with my stomach in such con-
dition that could take only few tea
spoonfuls of milk or beef Juice at a
time. Finally Grape-Nuts was brought
to my attention and ! asked my doc
tor if | might eat it. He said, yes,
and l commenced at once.
1.-The food did me good from the
start and was soon cut Of bed and re-
covered from the stomach trouble.
have gained ten pounds and am able
to do all household duties, some days
sitting down only long enough to eat
my meals. l can eat anything that
one ought 10 eat, DuL / sui COHJIHuS
to eat Grape-Nuts at breakfast and
supper and like it better every day.
Considering that l could stand only
a short time, and that glass Of water
seemed so heavy am fully satisfied
that Grape-Nuts has been everything
to me and that my return to health
is due to it.
q have told several friends having
nervous or stomach trouble what
Grape-Nuts did for me and in every
case they speak highly of the food"
There's a Reason" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
SEAL WAS HIS SIGNATURE
BabyIonian Stamped Documents and
Letters Instead of Going Through
the Formally of Signing Them.

Practically every man of any stand
ing in ancient Babylonia had a seal
cylinder or seal, the impression of
which upon the document or letter
served the purpose of his signature.
Thousands of these have been found,
cut out of all kinds of hard stone.
which had been imported from distant
lands, for Babylonia is an alluyial
plain.
AS a substitute for a seal the indi-
vidual would make his thumb-nail
mark upon the soft clay or impress
upon it a portion of his ziziktu, which
was a cord attached to an undergar-
ment. This in all probability is to
be identified with the zizith mentioned
in the Old Testament (Num. Is: 49,
39), and even at the present time
worn by orthodox Hebrews.
In all periods scribes are very nu-
merous. This is inferred from the
fact that in some periods almost every
document is found to have been writ
ten by different scribe In the AS
syrian period women are known to
have belonged to this profession. The
scribes wrote the legal documents, as
we'll as the private letters of individ-
uals. They even placed the seal i'm
preston upon the legal documents, in
proximity to which they wrote the
name of the person to whom it be-
longed, usually the obligor or the wit
ness.
In the time of Hammurabi (about
1000 B. c. there was at hand an Off
Ger called the burgul, who was pre-
pared to cut temporary seals upon a
soft material for those who did not
possess them. This is the custom in
oriental lands in the present day.
In Constantinople, for instance, the
curhs of certain streets are lined with
scribes prepared to write for the il
liteTate. An occasional man among
them is provided with little blank
stamps in soft brass, and with an en-
craving tool is prepared to cut the sig
nature or initials of the man upon one
of them while he waits. The impres-
sion of the stamp is affixed to his let
ter in place of his signature.-Prof. A.
T. Clag, in National Geographic Maya
zine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
RESTHAVEN GARAGE BURNS
plies Damaged to the Ex-
tent of $4,000.

Waukesha-A fire of unknown orig
in damaged the Resthaven garage,
Hartwell avenue, fifteen automobiles
and stock of tires and accessories to
the extent of about $4,000 The fire,
as far as can be learned, started in
the stock room and was not discovered
until it had gained considerable head
way, There was no one in the garage
at the time.
Fifteen cars were damaged, a num-
Der of them being machines that were
stored in the building. Stock in the
garage was damaged to the extent of
$500, and the damage on cars will
probably reach $4,000. The building
belonged to E. ]. Foster, who is in
California at the present time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
WIND STORM VISITS WAUSAU
Gale Blows Forty Miles an Hour and
Factories Close as Measure
Against Blazes.

Wausau-A heavy wind storm, with
velocity of forty miles an hour, pre-
vailed here. Many factories closed
down as precautionary measure
against fire. In several places about
the city windows were blown in and
other damage sustained. In the town
of Easton several barns were blown
down
Forest fires south of Rib mountain,
famed by the high wind, reached Sc
riOus proportions, sweeping over
swamp and cutover lands. Large
fires are reported south OF Hatley and
Rothschild, and several smaller fires
threaten to grow and endanger prop
erty.
Several minor fires in Wausau were
eXtinguished with a small loss.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Boy Loses Life in Storm.

Superior-SuperioT was cut off from
wire communication with the outside
One life was taken and thousands of
dollars damage was done by the most
violent wind storm in the history of
Superior. Swapping of power wires
put the traction system industries out
of commission for hours and the pa
pers went to press with practically nc
telegraph news. Joe Kantarik, IS
years old, was attempting to cross Su-
perior bay in a row boat when the
craft was overturned by wind and
waves. He sank to his DEATH
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
FOND DU LAC MAYOR DIES
Robert Haentze, First Commission
Farm Mayor, Is Victim of
Kidney Trouble.

Fond du Lac-Mayor Robert Haent-
re of this city is dead. Every business
house, manufacturing institution and
public school in the city closed while
the funeral was being held. Mr..
HaentZe was the first commission
mayor here. He was AZ years OF age
and native of Fond du Lac. A COM
plication of kidney trouble which re-
suited from exposure when suffering
from grip last winter. brought about
his death. His determination to per-
sonaIly superintend the construction
of skating Kinks for the children of
the city was the cause of his illness.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Ii you Suffer from Backache, Lum-
bago, Kidneys or Rheumatism,
Take Hot Water and hANURlC"

American men and women must guard
constantly against kidney trouble, be-
cause we eat too much and all our food
is rich. Our blood is filed with uric
acid which the kidneys strive to filter
out, they weaken from overwork, be-
come sluggish; the ehminative tissues
clog and the result is kidney trouble,
bladder weakness and general decline
in health
lead. when your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment. or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three times
during the night. when you suffer with
sick headache or dizzy nervous spells
acid stomach, or you have rheumatism
when the weather is bad. get from your
druggist-"ANURIC." Because Of uric
acid in overabundance in the system
bsckache, pains here and there, rheuma-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
There Mlaht Have Been.

Boston minister who always
breaches to latge congregations made
sanctimonious, psalm singing, pro
fessed Christians who have no real
religion in their makeup a target for
his wit. A little boy who heard him
remarked after he returned home
from the morning service: Mother,
l shouldn't have thought Doctor Blank
would have spoken that way about
Christians this morning. There might
have been some of them in church. -
Exchange.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Hold Carriers, Strike Ends.

Sheboygan-The strike of bod car
riers here was ended by the men ac-
cepting compromise proposition of
35 cents an hour for old men and 80
cents for green hands, instead of the
35 cents fat The building trades
council however, refused to let the
men work on any job where the car
penter contractors have not yet signed
the scale.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Game Refuge Is Planned.

Superior - Several varieties of
pheasant, grouse and game birds will
be liberated for propagation in the
Billings game refuge to be established
in the southwestern section of the
city, along the st. Louis river. The
Douglas County Fish and Game Pro
tective league has appropriated 500
to buy eggs, from which young birds
will be Matched.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
CUTICURA COMFORTS BABY
Suffering From itching, Burning
Rashes, Eczema, etc. Trial Free.

Cuticura Soap, using plenty of Soap.
Dry lightly and apply Cuticura Oint-
ment gently to all affected parts. In.
slant relief follows and baby falls into
a refreshing sleep, the first .erhaps
in weeks. Nothing more effective.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold every where.-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Rioht About Il.

DR. Frank Gunsaulus declares that
Americans think in blobs, and"
He is right about til" interrupted
the Old Codger. The man who differE
with me as to how to stop the war,
y no attempts 10 o1se. my theories on
politics. religion and me weather. who
hasn't any more sense than to call
a wet moon a dry one. who sails 20
share my apprehension OF the awful
abyss toward which this country is
drifting: In short. anybody who don't
agree with me merely thinks IN Dlobs.
and the blobs are very lar apart. Doc
WHAT'S nis-name is correct! "--kans'
City Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Gentle Reader.

John Ragland. lie four-year-old son
of Floyd C. Ragland, county superin-
tendent of the schools of Vanderburg
county, gave his mother a geranium
as a birthday present.
Now, mamma, when you get angry
and feel like spanking me- he said,
you will look at that flower and think
how good / was. Then you won't feel
like spanking le."-Indianapolis
News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16

tism, govt, gravel, neuralgia and sciatica
result. 1t was DIR. Pierce who discovered
new agent, called .Anurie," which will
throw out and eradicate this uric acid
from the system. DIR. Pierce believes
"Anuric" to be 81 times more potent
than Atlia, and consequently you need no
longer fear muscular or articular rheuma-
tism or govt, or many other diseases which
are dependent on an accumulation of uric
acid within the body. Send DR.. Pierce,
Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N Y, Zoe for
trial package or sl.OO for full treatment
"Anuric."
DR.. Pierce's reputation is back of this
medicine and you know that his Pleas
ant Pellets" for the liver and his ia
vorite Prescription" for the ills of wom-
en- have had a splendid reputation for the
past 90 years. Adv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
conuicts to Work on Roads

Madison-Two crews of convicts
will be placed on county road work by
the state board of control within
few days These crews will consist
of ten honor men each and will work
on the roads of Fond du Lac and
Dodge counties. This is the first time
that the state has leased convicts to
counties for this purpose.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
coIored Man Dies at 117.

Madison - The mortuary record of
Francis Davis, colored, 1T years old,
was filed with the state bureau of vital
statistics. He was a farmer by occu-
patton, and for eight years, up to the
time of his death, was an inmate of
the Rock county almshouse. Old age
was ascribed as the cause of death,
and doubtless medical opinion was not
divided on the point.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16

Winter Dell Tollard, the hard
luck constable, has been freed in
court. ToIlard's home burned and his
son died in the flames. This happened
while Tollard was taking a prisoner to
jail and the prisoner escaped. On his
return Tollard himself was arrested
because, it was charged, stolen goods
were found in the ruins of his home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Plan Fair Week Festival.

Milwaukee--Plans for an elaborate
harvest festival to be held in Milwau-
kee during state fair week, we're
brought nearer completion when the
committee to have charge of the fest
ival composed of representatives of
the atty government and members of
leading organizations was announced.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16

In a New Zealand town one OF the
municipal candidates, a Seotchman,
had received a present OF huge Scot
fish thistle. ehieh at the moment hap
pened TO be lying on the table OF his
committee room. A friend, entering
withdrew suddenly. with the remark
I beg your pardon; : did not know
that YOU were at luncheon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
". N. u. MILWAUKEE,. NO. 2o-1s1s.

the pests. They prevent sleep. they
infect the food. they carry in their
trail microbes and germs OF destruc.
ton.
Many missionaries believe that the
mosquito Is actually responsible for
the vicious and deceptive traits OF
character which prevaiI among the ma.
tives. They cant possibly be happy
or moral under the continued assault
OF such an enemy TO physical comfort,
it is argued
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Road Bids Beino Received.

Sheboygan-Bids are being received
for building the second concrete road
between Sheboygan and Sheboygan
Falls, eight miles away. When com
pleted the county will have parallel
concrete roads on either side of the
Sheboygan river.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Recommends Summer School.

Manitowoc Superintendent of
schools Zimmers has recommended
the establishment of a summer course
at the local high school for the bene-
fit of students who may desire to make
up work and who are now compelled
to attend Oshkosh or Milwaukee Nor,
NAL to do so.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Convention Opens June is.

Superior - The national convention
of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran
church will open here June Is. Sew
eral hundred clergy viii come from all
over the United States, but principally
from the northwest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Catch 81 Pound Catfish.

Oshkosh-Five boys, fishing off the
breakwater at Menominee park at the
shore of Lake Winnebago, here,
hooked a catfish weighing thirty-seven
pounds. They were unable to land the
monster fish until several of them
waded into the lake and pushed the
fish up on the bank.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
rRECKLES
..,.s Time to Get Rid of These
" U - MT

Ugly spots.
am asgar The slightest need OF
~ i,s ~ Of your freckles, as the
- 5,h.ns-d0u5le Strengths
~. IA remove these HON ,y spots.
D., an ounce OF oth,0"-dOuble
-s.n YOUR druggist. and apply
Irr.g5, and morning and you
,..,- g. hat even the worst treckles
- n disappear while the lighter
=. g,,,s1,i entirely. II is seldom
=. y. ,sl, one ounce Is needed to COM
lear ,hs skin and gain beautiful
rgsroH ,,, -.-.,,
7. 4, ,1i, IS sold under guarantee OF
nkfi, falls to remove freckles.-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16

4 t,r Graz, sweet Powders for Children
q Ir.-,11e,,. Headache Bad Stomach,
IA. Disorders, move and regulate the
ms ial destroy worms. They break up
srga5gr, They are SO pleasant to take
y sa lAs them. Used by Mothers for %
4 IS Al Druggists pc. sample FREE. Ad-
E g. Es5sfJ 4y Co., Le Roy. y. Y.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
UnurammatieaI.

We recently heard a remark by an old
Kentucky farmer, which seems worth
entering for the ungrammatieal sen
tence prize. To visitor he observed:
Them three Miss Perkins is three Of
as pretty a gal as ever I see."-Boston
Transcript.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
Guilty of MansIaudhter.

Cumberland-Alfre Kringle of Mi
kama was found guilty of manslaughter
in the fourth degree at Barron. 1t was
charged Kringle was intoxicated while
driving a car from Campia to Mikana,
running into ditch and killing two
women.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-16
His Offering.

James" said his mother. did you
put your money in the collection plate
at Sunday school today?
Nom" said james, Il didn't.
why didn't your"
Well. you see, when l got there l
found out all the other boys had two
cents except me and Freddie Brown.
so we matched for EN- and Freddy
won"