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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14
MAN WHO AVOIDS WOMEN.

Known mischiefs have their cure;
But doubts have none,
And better is despair than faithless hope
Mixed with a killing fear.
Because a man apparently has no
inclination for the society of women,
it is libel upon him to intimate that
he is a woman hater. He may be a
very noble character, who reasons it
out that it is unkind for a man to put
himself in the way of impulsive wom-
en-, who might be attracted to him
when he cannot reciprocate their lik-
ing.
He is one of the kind of men who
do not believe in platonic friendship.
His creed is that man either has
affection for a woman or else he is
entirely Indifferent toward her He
has stricteT notions than other men
probably have. He does not believe
in having the romance of heart dead.
ened by a thousand frivolous fiirta-
tions. He does not believe in offer
ing the one woman who will some
hiiCA q 0OAhC NAlAC SlOSo hlo paul. a DdJ-
tered, WORKOUT, patched-up heart. He
has keener insight perhaps into wom-
ans heart than most men have If a
young woman were to fall in love with
him he would feel himself in a most
awkward position. He would not be
the man to wreck a noble woman s
life. believing that the personal run of
women love once and for all time
There is another class of men who
avoid women from selfish motives. If
they are men of wealth they do not
intend to be tied down to any one
woman, but to enjoy the life of free
lances. They are mems men, jolly fell
lows at bin and board; at their best
at their club or hunters camp, spin
ming yarns or taking a crowd of their
fellows on long pleasure jaunts,
where never petticoat crosses their
path. Married life TO such a man
would be irksome because he could
not come and go as he pleased or en-
joy the companionship of men most
agreeable to him.
The bachelor of very moderate in
come who avoids women often does
so for reasons quite as selfish. His
small income keeps him in compare
tive ease. If he were to wed. wife
would have to be supported out of it.,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14

and an agreeable smile are passports
to her favor. He can walk roughshod
over the good, honest youth who is
to bashful to say his soul is his own
and who couldn't utter compliment
to save his life, no matter how he
yearns to give the girl notion as to
how dear she is to him.
To the bashful youth going to call
on a girl is a dreaded dilemma to
face. When there he does not know
what to say or do. He is pitifully
conscious of his own failure to en-
terrain. The old folks like him. They
know that their girl is safe in his COM
pany. His reverence for the maid is
so great, so sincere, that he would
cut his right hand off rather than to
offer her the slightest caress. Her
parents do not feel the same conf
dence in the dashing fellow who has
had no enc of sweethearts ever since
he was out of his swaddl1ng clothes,
broken hearts by the score and was
always ready for new conquest, ever
captivated by a new and prettier face,
winning affection only to fling it aside
like flower that is faded-a love race
that has been won, and that is the
end of it. Worldwise parents know
that this is not the kind of young man
for her to be brought into contact
with too often. They endeavor to dis
courage her with him. When that
fails they set their foot down against
his coming, thus censoring her would
be beau.
Some girls take this parental cen
sorship as an affront They either go
into Mysteries or sulk over it, Very
few girls have the rare good sense to
realize that whatever father and moth
er decree is for the best, bowling beau
tifully to their will.
Some people think that parents
should not interfere with their chill
dren's love affairs. If they didn't
there would be no end of mischief
done in a number of cases. It's not
only the right, but the duty of parents
or guardians of young, unsophisti-
Gated girl to censor her friends, both
male and female. 1t is not the par
ents who bend the twig in the way
it should go, but the girls companions
who set the pace she travels. The
wild youth will not call constantly up
on girl he does not care overmuch
for if her home folks give him little
or no opportunity to have her alone
by himself to make love to. There
will be no regret or tears for the girl
whose sweetheart meets with her par
ents' approval. Girls should have
gay and merry yOuthtime but parents
should censor the companions of their
daughters.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14

the midst of it the Kanaka reused. He
awoke as gently as he slept. There
was no movement of the body what
ever. The eyes, only, moved. They
flushed wide open, big and black, and
stared, unblinking, into our faces.
Wolf Larsen put his finger to his lips
as a sign for silence. and the eyes
closed again.
In the lower bunk lay Louis, gross
ly fat and warm and sweaty, asleep
unfeignedly and sleeping laboriously.
While Wolf Larsen held his wrist he
stirred uneasily.
Satisfied with the honesty of his
and the Kanaka's sleep, Wolf Larsen
passed on to the next two hunks on
the starboard side, occupied top and
bottom, as we saw in the light of
the sea-lamp, by Leach and Johnson.
AS Wolf Larsen bent down to the
lower bunk to take Johnson's pulse, |,
standing erect and holding the lamp:
saw Leach's head raise stealthily as
he peered over the side of the bunk to
see what was going on. He must have
OWNED Wolf Larsen's trick and the
sureness Of detection, for the light
was at once dashed from my hand
and the forecastle left in darkness. He
must have leaped, also, at the same
instant, straight down on Wolf Lar
sen.
The first sounds were those of a
conflict between a bull and a wolf
1 heard a great, Infatuated below go
up from Wolf Larsen, and from Leach
a snarling that was desperate and
blood-curdling. Johnson must have
joined him Immediately, so that his
abject and groveling conduct on deck
the past few days had been no more
than planned deception.
l was so terror-stricken by this
fight in the dark that l leaned against
the ladder, trembling and unable to
ascend And upon me was that old
sickness at the pit of the stomach
caused always by the spectacle of
physical violence. In this instance
could not see but l could hear the i'm
pact of the blows-the soft. crushing
sound made by flesh striking fOrcibly
against flesh. Then there was the
crashing about of the entwined bodies,
the labored breathing, the short. quick
gasps of sudden pain.
There must have been more men in
the conspiracy to murder the captain
and mate, for by the sounds l knew
that Leach and Johnson had been
quickly REINFORCED by some of their
mates.
Get a knife, somebody" Leach
was shouting.
Pound him on the head! Mash
his brains Quit" was Johnson's cry.
But after his first below, Wolf Lar
sen made no noise. He was fighting
grimly and silently for his life. He
was sore beset. Down at the very
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14
Lucky Girl.

Young man." inquired her father
sternly, will you give her a home
like the one she has been used tor"
NO" replied the truthful sutton. for
there will be no grumpy father 10
come home and make everyone mis-
cradle by kicking over trifies and
swearing at matters in general. There
will be no mother to scold her from
morning till night for wasting time,
merely because she wants to be neat.
There will be no big brother to abuse
her for not doing half of his work and
no little brother to make enough noise
to drive her crazy when her head
aches. There won't be any younger
sister to insist on reading some trashy
novel while she does all the work. She
Will not have with me home like she
has been used to, not if can help it :"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14
SNAPS THIEF AT HIS WORK
Automatic Device That Photographs
Burglar While in the Act of
Plying His Trade.

For the fellow who would rather
steal than work, life is getting harder
all the time, says the Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Take the case OF the thief who
broke into a Photographic studio in
Belleville. H.. the other day. Prom
the viewpoint of the prowler, photo
graph shop ought to be quite safe Tor
the plving of Eis trade. Nothing more
DANGEROUS than the chemicals would
be expected in such place-and like
wise little of value to any save tie
photographer would be found there
But the owner of the studio in Belle
vile had been fearful of robbery for
some time. Therefore he installed an
automatic device to photograph the
interior of his studio at stated inter
walls. the device being operated oy
ordinary burglar alarm apparatus.
Now the photographer is out consid
srahle Photographic supplies, but he
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14
CUTTING OUT WASTE MOTION
Unnecessary Fatigue May Be Avoided
and Much Greater Amount of
Work Accomplished.

There is no waste Of any kind in
the world that equals tie waste from
needless. ill-directed and ineffective
motions. and their resulting unn ICES
sary fatigue"
This remark was made in a talk be-
fore the American Academy of Poll
teal and Social Science by Frank B.
Giibreth, the man who discovered lost
motions in hricklaying ami who has
since devoted his time to scientific
motion study.
Devising ways Of preventing this
waste is now occupying great deal Of
attention. and bringing to economy of
labor the application OF scientific prin-
ciples has caused a readjustment OF
working conditions in many indus
tries. The application of so-called eff.
cheney methods in business means
simply showing an exact regard for
the relation OF labor TO a given task
Sc that there shall be no waste effort.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned TO Drink Coffee When Boy.

II parents realized the fact that cof-
fee contains a drug-caffeine-which
is especially harmful to children, they
would doubtless hesitate before giving
them coffee to drink.
When 1 was child in my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table, mother used to give me
sips Of coffee And 80 l contracted
the coffee habit early.
Il continued to use coffee until l was
81, and when I got into Office work 1
began to have nervous spells. Espe-
cially after breakfast was 30 nerv-
Gus / could scarcely attend to my cor
respondence.
AT night, after having had coffee
for supper, I could hardly sleep, and
on rising in the morning would feel
weak and nervous.
"a friend persuaded me to try Pos
tum.
Il can now get good sleep, am free
from nervousness and headaches. I
recommend Postum to all coffee drink
ers."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereaI-the original form
must be well boiled, 15c and Csc pack
ages.
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly In cup If hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar. makes
a delicious beverage instantly. 3oc and
Soc tins.
Both forms are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold By GrocerA
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14

which would mean cutting of most of
his comforts. He avoids the entire
sex rather than perchance meet and
fall in love with the one woman who
would tempt him to swerve from his
set notions.
But, taking all in all, no matter
how much a man may avoid fair WON
en-, he is but tool in the hand of
fate. There is a destiny which
shapes our ends, rough hew them as
we may" People meet where hills
and mountains don't. The clasp of a
hand, the glance of pair of eyes, and
he follows blindly where she leads
him, when once he would have turned
and fed.
There's no use of attempting to be-
guile or push the man who is deter
mined to avoid women into matrimony
He must learn his lesson from the
book of love, in his own time and in
his own way.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
Ia'.t0rnia Syrup of Figs" can't
n3rm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

avery mother realizes. after giving
Ge' children California Syrup of
rs that this is their ideal laxative.
because they love its pleasant taste
, p, thoroughly cleanses the tender
.,..e stomach. liver and bowels with
or Ecr.-r
"-,- ,.'ss. irritable. feverish. or
C,5@'1 IS bal. stomach sour. look at
.-. ,'as-'. mother, If coated, give a
,-->. '1'.-. @. this harmless fruit
en-. 3at in a few hours all the
49,. .,-s.7H-ed waste. sour bile and
SEQ food passes out of the bow
a-~ you have well, playful child
e, When its little system is full
..3. tAroat sore. has stomach-ache.
S.-.'-'sa digestion, colic-remem-
s.- sod inside cleaning" should
w.. .s --5 -rSt treatment given.
'7s @. mothers keep California
,..t g, .isS' handy: they know a
- .---- today saves n sick child
~. NV Ask At the store for a so
-. 'l.'-5 Of "CaIifornia Syrup of
49,. - Which has directions for babies,
-. -, o. all ages and grown-ups
.--'- OF the bottle, Adv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14
'CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiOusness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver.
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-fever grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache. Biliouspess, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14
nPINR HOT WATER
RI 8crORE BREAKFAST
CIV, you really feel clean. SWEEP
"'' an: nd fresh inside, and
are seldom i'll.

accustomed to wake up
Il you a.. tongue, foul breath or
with Nv headache; or II your
dull .o ----I and turn into gas and
ne3 al [ s1-' have a real surprise await
1g you. .u,~r.ng Immediately up
Ton3. -1 drink a glass Of hot water
OF aI.1- .-l5s'-r1onsul Of limestone phos-
with q IL ,'a IL This is intended to first
F1a,s . ~ and then wash out Of your
Hs1--a-.--r ra- Kidneys and thirty feet
s.ol -....res all che indigestible waste
o. I --,, sour Tile and toxins thus
pois0-5, srae-aning and purifying
c-s'l .o-.-s sltneutary canal.
tls 5. e. sgbtect TO sick headaches
me- u.s.. tHlgrs attacks, constipation
ta'1--- farm Of stomach trouble, are
OF ll' a. oar O. quarter pound OF lime
L's7- s,s-rara from your druggist or
iio-5 store an5 begin enjoying this
a' - f-slde-baLh. It is said that
A0--'.- - rrouan who try this become
d.. L'-.ss-.c and keep it up daily. 1t
s-.' -.rarJft health measure for it is
i o -t---o-rarl 90 keep clean and pure
--. IT, +--.5s than on the outside, be-
~ ..a skin pores do not absorb i'm
90 into The blood, causing dis
as. uaas the bowel pores do
n. arrct--e Of bathing inside is
new. as Millions Of people practice
-'' --a as hut eater and soap cleanse,
~ anil r. shln the skin, so hot
L-'.. and q -.aspoonfuI Of limestone
rf9.-l... a.- Oh the stomach liver
l..-s.s OIL. bowels. Limestone phos-
-... +. -a responsive white powder
almost .as-e.ess.-AdV.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14

cause of confusion. They blocked
their own efforts, while Wolf Larsen.
with but single purpose, achieved
his. This was to fight his way across
the floor to the ladder. Though in total
darkness. l followed his progress by its
sound. No man less than a giant could
have done what he did, once he had
step, by the might of his arms, the
whole pack of men striving to drag
him back and down, he drew his body
up from the floor till he stood erect.
And then, step by step, hand and foot.
ne slowly struggled up the ladder.
The very last of all, | saw. For
Latimer, having finally gone for Ian.
tern, held it so that its light shone
down the scuttle. Wolf Larsen was
nearly to the top, though l could not
see him. All that was visible was the
mass of men fastened upon him. 1t
squirmed about, like some huge many
legged spider and swayed back and
forth to the regular roll of the vessel.
And still, step by step, with long in
tervals between, the mass assembled.
Once it tottered, about to fall back.
but the broken hold was regained and
it still went up.
"Who is it?'' Latimer cried.
In the rays of the lantern ! could
see his perplexed face peering down
Larsen" l heard a muf1ed voice
from within the mass.
Latimer reached down with his free
hand. l saw a hand shoot up to clasp
his. Latimer pulled, and the next cou-
pie of steps were made with a rush.
Then Wolf Larsens other hand
reached up and clutched the edge of
the scuttle. The mass swung clear of
the ladder, the men still clinging to
their escaping foe. They began to
drop off, to be brushed off against the
sharp edge of the scuttle, to be
knocked off by tho legs which were
now kicking powerfully. Leach was
the last to go, falling sheer back from
the top of the scuttle and striking on
head and shoulders upon his sprawling
mates beneath. Wolf Larsen and the
lantern disappeared, and we were left
in darkness.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14
A Druggists FavOrite Kidney
RemedY-Cured Himself

Fifteen years ago ] had an attack of
acute kidney trouble. | consulted
physician who gave me medicine which
,r.v relieved me for a time. After dis
continuing his medicine my trouble re-
turned as severe as before.
Having heard of Swamp-Root l gave
il trial and can honestly state that
three dollar bottles cured me, never hav-
lHG ans sickness IN fifteen years. l have
ot Dr. kilmers Swamp Root as a
druggist for many years and can give it
tbe very best of recommendations at all
times.
You arc at liberty to use this statement
1ny time you wish.
Respectfully,
W. G. SUMMERS,
1870 Central Ave Kansas City, Kan.
With Grand View Drug Co.
State Of Kansas
County Of Wy7ndotte !
On this llth day of August. 1909, per-
sm..r appeared before me. W. c.. Sum-
re-, wa. subscribed to the within state
mem and made oath that the same is
t.u. n substance and in fact.
CHARLES WILSON,
Notary Public.
Prove What Swamp-ROot VIII Do For You
Send Gem cents TO DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Er-lru.un. y. Y. for a sample size bot
te. Ii WH convince anyone. You viii
also receive q booklet of valuable infor-
nation. telling about the kidneys and blad-
t.r When writing. be sure and mention
ts 1pr- Regular tfty-cent and one
DOLLAR size bottles for sale at all drug
s,ores-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14
CAUSE FOR REAL REGRET
u.-.-s-.s4 Father Thought He Saw
H5atee situation Might Have
Eeen Differet

~rar rr-a travelling peacefully
,ara .s their numbering market cart,
rt.a from tla shadowy hedge there
r.r+ ta unEempt forms. No time
-.s waste. in useless talking. In a
t-..r.s,ltEe manner they rihed the
ro.sa+s of Farmer Jones. and his
laughter. turned them out of the cart,
and drove Off in it themselves.
Dear oh. dear" walled the poor
a. man. here's a nice today! Horse
and cart and money all gOne!"
Not the money, father" broke in
tra daughter # had the purse in my
mouth"
I'm vour mouth, lass?" replied the
old man. fecbIy. Good for you! But
what pity your mother wasn't there,
then We might have saved the horse
and cart
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14
Wood ar,

Wood tar, known also as Stockholm
and as Archangel tar. is principally
prepared in the great pine forests Of
central and northern Russia, Finland
and Sweden. The material chiefly EN-
ployed is the resinous stools and roots
of the Scotch fir and the Siberia larch.
A large amount of tar is also prepared
from the roots of the swamp pine in
North and South Carolina, Georgia and
Alabama, in the United States. The
process can be effected in two ways:
ID by stacking and firing as in the
manufacture of charcoal; this method
is wasteful as it is impossible to re-
cover the valuable by-products; and
(2) by distillin; from retorts, ovens
or kilns. While he second is the
more economical method, it is hardly
practical except on large scale for
manufacturing purposes, as it involves
the installation of an extensive plant,
retorts, condensing apparatus, etc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-14

IT'S often seen adoption strives with ma
ture;
And choice breeds
A native slip to us from foreign lands.
Shakespeare,
The fame of New York bachelor
has sprung up like a mushroom in the
night, because of his declaration that
every bachelor, be he wealthy or even
OF moderate means, should adopt war
baby. Its proper maintenance and edu
cation should be carefully attended to.
Every whit as much attention should
be given to the wait as though it were
kith and kin.
The sentiment was a noble one But
the bachelor who rnshes to carry out
his theory should think twice over the
laudable undertaking. Great errors
seldom originate but with men of
great minds. As has been said: In
all science error precedes knowledge.
TO care foT a weak infant, thrown up
on the world, is one of the greatest
charities which the mind can con
ceive. There are two sides of the
question to consider ere a man signs
his name to the written instrument
which gives stranger the right to
place in his home and all that he
may have tOiled hard to accumulate.
A man may be a care-free bachelor
today, at the time he adopts a war
baby, but the question is will he al
plays strange pranks with human be-
ings. No single man knows the day
or the hour when he shall meet the
one woman of all the world who is to
make his life complete by marriage
Is it quite fair to her that there
should already be an adopted heir in
his home? To most wives children
are given. There are some to whom
the blessing is denied.
If perchance the war-baby was en-
throned in such home complications
might arise. Love which its little
heart hungered for might be denied
it. All of which goes to show that
the bachelor in thinking twice, might
VIII SOOu JuoSLhChC OOHIl oCI W PM
vide for a war waif from his store of
plenty, provide a certain amount for
it's maintenance and education, until
such time as it was able to face the
world, armed with knowledge suf!i
cient to help itself. There his obliga-
ton could with all propriety cease.
The aged man could not be expected
to toll on denying himself and the
wife of his bosom necessary comforts
to launch much younger man and a
stranger in business, or surround him
with a fortune without a tie of blood
which would entitle him to it.
He who ponders well over both
sides of the situation is wise.
Another set of bachelors have hit
upon a different plan-that of found
ing a school for the war-babies, in
which they will be we'll housed, pro-
vided for and educated until of age.
While his interest is still with the
child his liability ceases. This renders
it so that no child can lay claim to
any of these noble, charitable bache-
lors. No wife could find fault with
such an arrangement. The husband s
interest is divided among many in
stead of centered upon one.