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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
OSHKOSH STARTS
COMMERCIAL FUND
BUSINESS MEN MEET TO RAISE
100000 TO AID INFANT
ENTERPRISES.
$4,000 NOW VOLUNTEERED
Industrial Promotion Company viii Be
incorporated TO Make Loans %
Manufacturers-L.C c. SShriber
Is Chairman.

Oshkosh.-Fifty representative bust
ness men of this city met at banquet
to further promote the industrial fund
of 100000 to be used in loans to aid
infant industries of this city.
At a previous meeting a short time
ago called by R. c. Brown, who start
ed it, the movement met with so much
enthusiasm that the last meeting was
nearly trebled. The meeting will lead
to incorporation Of the Oshkosh Indus
trial Promotion company, and will
make loans to home manufacturers
when legal restrictions bar banks from
making such loans.
Louis c. Schriber, banker was elect
ed chairman of the finance committee.
He said it was the sense of those pres
ent that this was the first proposition
of real merit that Oshkosh business
men ever had put before them and
that the proposition was in capable
hands to ultimate success; that al
ready $4,000 had been volunteered
before any one had known if the plan
would be gone any further with.
Another meeting will be held on
Feb II, to further the association and
its purpose.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
INCREASE is SHOWN
WHooPING COUGH ATTACKED
2,31s IN STATE LAST YEAR.
State Regulations Prescribe Thorough
Precautions During Existence
of Malady.

disoB.-Whooping cough, consid-
cred by many as an innocent disease
of childhood, attacked 2,318 persons
in Wisconsin last year. This, the rec
ord shows, is a marked increase over
other years. Much satisfaction is af-
forded, however, by the conspicuous
decline in deaths from this disease.
The mortality in 1915 was 1O7. Twenty
four of these were in Milwaukee. In
1914, when there were 1,121 cases,
deaths were only S. In 1913 there
were 211 deaths, and in the preceding
year 232.
Wisconsin, according to census fig
ures, is one of the states in the regis
tration area having a notably low
death rate from whooping cough-7.4
per 100000 population.
The state rules require that whoop-
ling cough must be reported to the To-
cal health officer within twenty-four
hours; that the house be conspicuously
placarded; that the patient be isolated
until after the whooping stage (about
six weeks; that children having it
may not leave the premises, and chill
dren other than members of the fam
lily shall not enter or remain upon the
premises while the home is placarded
The infected rooms and contents must
be thoroughly disinfected after the
death or recovery of the patient and
before the placard is removed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
WISCONSIN CHEESE
BRINGS HIGH PRICE
GENERAL LOTS SELL ON SHE
BOYGAN AND PLYMOUTH
BOARDS AT 10 CENTS.
RECORD ECUALED BUT ONCE
Increased Demand From Abroad Is Re-
sponsbie in Large Measure for
the Big Advance
in Price.

. Sheboygan.-The price of cheese on
the Sheboygan and Plymouth dairy
boards last week averaged 1871 cents
per pound although several lots sold
at 10 cents the highest price ever paid
on the call boards, and the indications
are that all records will be broken
in 1915.
The steady increase in the price of
cheese since last November has been
due to the heavy buying of the English
government for her soldiers
On Feb. 1, 1915, the ruling price for
Longhorns on the local call boards was
149s cents per pound. The cheese
dealers were overstocked and many of
them were facing heavy loss
About that time, however, the sup
ply of Canadian cheese became ex-
hausted and agents for the British gov
eminent came to Wisconsin to secure
their supplies, and last spring more
than 100 cars were shipped from She
boygan county direct to Liverpool, and
the price of cheese went up.
The higest price On record on the
Wisconsin boards was paid on March
26, 1912, when the ruling price was is
cents per pound, due, it was stated at
the time to general shortage. How
ever, the price soon dropped and in
May big break came in the market
and cheese dropped to 10 and then
down to II cents per pound.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
MANY DIE FROM PINE U MONlA
Led All Ailments for Mortality in Wis
consn During the Last Quar-
ter of 1915.

Madison.-Pneumonia, which causes
10 per cent of the deaths in the Unit
ed States, led all diseases in Wiscon-
sin mortality during the last quarter
of 1915, as we'll as throughout the
year, showing a large excess over tu-
berculosis and cancer, its next rivals
in destructiveness. Pneumonia caus-
ed IT'S deaths in the three months,
cancer ass and tuberculosis 1872.
Deaths for 1915 were as follows:
Pneumonia, 3,O57; tuberculosis, g.
2S6; cancer, 1873.
Seventy 'er cent of all cases of
pneumonia occur between December
and May, its victims being rendered
more susceptible during those months
by exposure, facilitating influences
and the presence of predisposing in
fections. The presence of other dis
eases is the great predisposing cause
of pneumonia. The increased incl
dence of pneumonia at this time is
largely due to the epidemic of grippe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Didn't Have to Pawn Her Rinq.

A woman called at the loan agency
of the board of public welfare and of
fered cheap ring as collateral for a
small loan.
Il pawned my ring here last sum-
mer; l wonder whether you still have
1t 2" she asked the clerk.
How much was lent on it?" the
clerk asked.
"One hundred dollars. l simply
couldn't get the money together to re-
deem it."
1--WE sold your ring at auction the
other day for $125. You have s25
coming"
Ralph Jerry, attorney for the
agency, paid the woman the balance
due her. She didn't pawn the cheap
ring, and went away surprised and
happy.
About two hundred other patrons of
the agency have balances due them,
ranging in size from five cents to $3.50.
The last auction was held last Mon
day and Tuesday. All unredeemed
pledges were sold, and in cases where
the sale brought less than the amount
loaned, the agency stands the loss
Kansas City Star
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
EAU CLAIRE CHIEF is DEAD
Was One of the Oldest Police CfficerS
in United States-On Force
SO Years.

Eau Claire.-Chief of Police La
fayette Elliott, for thirty-eight years
a member of the Eau Claire police
force, died here after an illness of a
few weeks.
The death of Chief Elliott, known
the country over as "Chub," marked
the passing of one of the most pic
turesque and, from the standpoint of
length of service, one of the oldest
police officers in the United States.
He had served continuously on the Eau
Claire police force since 1873 until
a few weeks ago, when he was stric-
ken with his last fatal illness, and
in that period of time were crowded
many exciting and dangerous expert
ences.
He was II years old, but despite
his advanced years he actively filled
the Office of chief of police up to a
few weeks ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
They Could Get AIonn-

Hank O'Day, the old National league
umpire, was working a game single
handed one afternoon, his partner
having met with some accident. 1t
was very warm, the players were I'M
usually quarrelsome, and Hank was
quite peevish.
Hey, Hanki" yelled Heine thinner
man from the third base coaching
line, as a batsman hit a foul up
against a concrete wall, and the ball
was tossed back into the diamond,
take look at that ball, Hank. Take
a look at itl'
What for?" demanded Hank, surl.
lily.
Why. 1t may a-got cracked against
at wall" said Heine. I'VE cant play
with a cracked ball"
Well. dunno" said Hank We're
going along pretty well with lot
of cracked ball players"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
AGENTS MUST HAVE LICENSE
gist, Warns Against Nurserymen
Without Certificates.

Madison.-"Many unlicensed nur-
sery agents are on the road selling
stock and people should look out for
them" said Prof. J. G. Sanders, state
entomologist.
The law, Prof. Sanders said, requires
that every agent shall be possessed of
certificate from the department of
entomology and that persons purchas-
ing nursery stock should beware of
agents not so provided if they would
guard against the possible Importation
of nursery pests.
Prof. Sanders had on exhibition a
lot of specimens of the work of the
orchid weevil that were procured in a
Milwaukee greenhouse, several hun
dred valuable plants being ruined by
the pest. Their work shows the great
chances of neglect in importing plants
that are not carefully looked after.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Passed Up Hot Coffee.

1t was bitterly cold. The woman,
standing in her warm kitchen, where
the thermometer registered 70, and
looking out at the man putting load
of coal into her cellar, shivered. She
noticed how red his face had grown
from the incessant slapping of the
wind; she saw he wore no overcoat,
that his throat was not bundled about
as it should be, that his gloves were
poor, cheap affairs. Pity for the man
filled her heart and when he had fin
ished shoveling in the last of the coal
she opened the door and spoke to him.
you must be very cold. Don't you
want to step inside by the kitchen fire
and get YARN. and let me get you
sometl89ggnot? / will give you a cup
of ste hot coffee"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
GOOD REASON FOR STOPPING
Youthful Angler Not Out of Patience
Eut of Something That Was
Quite as important.
Exact Copy of Wrapper

The old man was an enthusiastic
fisherman To him there was no sport
like sitting dangling a bit Of string at
the end of a pole. He set off in pur-
suit of this hobby one afternoon, and.
just before reaching the river. met a
lad coming hack, his fshing-rod hang
ing Imply over his shoulder.
What's this, sonny" exclaimed the
man, in good-natured reproof Surely
you are not giving UP so soon? The
fishing will be better still in an hour
or two
Il know" replied the lad. sorrow
fully. but Pm going home for all
that"
You're quickly tired" scoffed the
older angler. Next time you come
out, bring more patience with you"
'Taint that, mister" the lad an
swered. Il brought plenty of patience,
but not enough bait"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
NORMAL FUND QUESTIONED
Contended That II Would Leave
Emergency Fund Open to
Any Demand.

Madison.-It will take some stretch
ing of the law to allow the emergency
board" to appropriate $4,000 to COM
plete the work of rebuilding the ST.
perior normal school building de-
stroyed by fire, the efficiency bureau
points out. The bureaus report says
the emergency law gave power to
make the appropriations for. operating
expenses" while this is an expendj-
ture for capital" The board of edu-
cation has asked the appropriation, on
the ground that the school cannot be
operated without it. But the bureau
points out that if this theory is upheld
by the attorney general, it will virfu-
ally leave the emergency fund open TO
any demand which the judgment Of
the emergency board approves. TIE
board consists of governor, secretary
of state and attorney general.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
"CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiouSneSs,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.

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-never grippe, sicken
or cause any Inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Roethe Announces Candidacy.

Milwaukee.-H. E. Roethe of Fenni-
more has announced his candidacy on
the republican ticket at the primaries
this fall for state senator from the
district composed of Grant, Crawford
and Richland counties. Mr.. Roethe, as
a candidate for governor, attracted
wide attention by reason of his ''leg-.
omobile' (walking) campaign of the
state. His name was presented to the
republican state convention as a dis
trict candidate for delegate to the ma
tional convention
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
OLD BILL GOT THE BIRDS
Truthful Person Comes to TIE Front
With Story of Really Remark
able Shooting.

Speaking Of good Shots" said
Truthful. the best shot | ever saw
was Bill Slivers. who used to hunt out
here in the early days. Bill learned
the gunmaker's trade when he was
young and | want to say that he was
some mechanic when it came to that
He invented a gun which he made
himself that beat any of these here
modern guns for long distance and &C
curacy. He might have made for
tune out of it If he had put it on the
market, but Bill just naturally didn't
care for money and just made one gun
and quit at that
"ODe day there was a. flock of
pigeons flying across the country. In
those early days there was a terrible
| lot OF wild pigeons. There amt any
more OF them now, but people who are
able to recollect back 40 years remem-
Der when there were millions and mil.
! lions of them. This flock was flying so
| high that they weren't visible to the
naked eye, but Bill used long-distance
field glasses when he shot with that
gun. The fellers in the camp said they
would like to have a mess of birds and
Bill said he would just go out and
shoot a dozen or so.
"As I said, this flock was flying SO
high that the birds weren't visible to
the naked eye and when Bill said he
would shoot dozen or so the cook
gave a derisive laugh and said, You
| dOggoned fool, there amt no pigeons
within thousand miles of here
Bill didn't say nothing in reply
Just took his gun and field glasses and
began shootin' in the air. The cook
looked at him a minute and then said
| to the other fellers, 'Ol Bill has sure
been film up on loco weed and gone
plumb crazy. Just look at the old fool
out there shootin' holes in the air.
Bill paid no attention to the re-
marks OF the cook-went right along
shootin' until he had fired IL shots
then he came in and put up his gun in
the corner of the shack. That was
Just about seven o'clock in the morn
Ing. At a quarter past eleven the
birds began to fall. There was II of
EN- and every one of 'em shot through
the head. They was so high when they
was hit that it took 'em just four hours
to hit the earth.
All the cook said when he picked
up the birds was, or Bill wasn't so
burned crazy after ALL Farmers
Mail and Breeze.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Scarcity of Wire Rope in Russia.

Scarcity of Wire Rope in Russia.
1t is reported by the AL arican con-
sui general at Moscow. Russia, that the
petroleum producers of the Baku dis
trict are experiencing considerable in
convenience from the scarcity of steel
wire rope Previous to the war wire
rope and wire to be made into rope by
Russian manufacturers were imported
principally from England. At present.
in consequence of the limited exports
of steel goods from England, steel
wire rope of British manufacture has
almost disappeared from the local
markets and its price has arisen from
300 to 400 per cent. At a conference
held in Baku to discuss this subject,
it was proposed temporarily to sub
stitute for steel-wire ropes, hemp
ropes, which it may be possible to OBJ
tain from India. Il was stated that
Swedish wire rope had been found sat
isfactory for the local requirements OF
the petroleum Scientific
American.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15

Ever since the discovery of uric acid
In the blood by Scheele, in 1775, and
the bad effect it had upon the body,
scientists and physicians have striYen
10 rid the tissues and the blood Of
this poison Because Of its over
abundance in the system it causes
backache, pains acre and there, rheu-
matism, govt, gravel, neuralgia and
sciatica. 1t was DR.. Pierce who dis
covered a new agent, called "Anuric,"
which viii throw cut and completely
eradicate this uric acid from the sys-
tenn. "Anuric" is 81 times more po-
tent than Hthid, and consequently you
need no longer fear muscular or ar
hcular rheumatism or govt, or many
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
GRAMMAR IN DECAY
MODERN CARELESSNESS OF DIS
TINcTIoN is CRITICIZED.
Vocabulary Has Become the Despair
of Dictionary Makers, But the
Proper Usage of Words Is
Little Considered.

Whether our speech is to serve US
as mitten or as a glove depends on
the pains we are willing to take with
distinctions like those in should" and
would" what" and that" the
boys" and "of the boy" writer in
the Boston Herald observes. For our
thought, both in seeing things and in
mulling them over. is far subtler and
more finely shaded than the CORE
spending string of words that we ad-
dress to our friends; in such express
sion as we can reach, we depend on
the trim distinction OF our grammar as
directly as The typist on the distinc-
tons of her keyboard or the wood
carver on the differences of his gouges.
To lose from good usage even one
well-based grammatical distinction IS
to lessen by just that amount our
means of matching our thoughts with
our words.
Unhappily our careless use of the
mother tongue is confusing forms and
dropping distinction that even COLO
quail wording can i'll spare. Cur enor-
nous vocabulary grows faster than the
and new edition; but our grammar,
/ like an aging tree, is decaying at the
tips. Take for instance would" and
should" Here in New England the
distinction fingers. In the middle
West and beyond would" has hope
lessly merged with it's own service
that of should The smoother
phrases II would like" and Il would
be grateful" already appear in formal
writing, and only the verbalist is
vexed. The distinction of who" from
that" for all the good examples in
the talk of street and shop and in the
common version of the Bible, is as
good as gone from our modern books.
In "a running fight by running
race" Il saw John running" Il saw
Johns running" how many of US can
tell apart, as adjective, infnitiye, par
ticiple and verbal noun, those four
''runnings"? Is it any wonder that we
are letting slip the good distinction
between Tie didn't like Tom inter
rupting" and He didn't like Toms
interrupting" A graver loss has
come OF our laziness with subjunctive
forms Our school children think us
quaint when we say, IF he were" or
Wherever it be-" Shades of Demos
themes and Cicero! What could even
the orators have done had Rome and
Athens dulled their stilettolike sub
junctiyes into blunt indicatiyes?
Language is the worlds oldest won
der. No one really knows how it be-
gan or how it attained its structural
perfection. The Greek grammar was
finer than the Roman; the Sanskrit
finer than the Greek. Language is the
one taking argument for a prehistoric
golden age. It's laws have been studied
and named and marveled at by men
like Grimm and Mueller am our own
Whitney as if human speech had some
mysterious life of its own. The least
the rest of us can do is to pass it to
the next generation with the least
possible damage from our own using
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15

other diseases which are dependent on
an accumulation of uric acid within
the body. Send to DR.. Pierce of the
Inyalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, n. z, for a pamphlet on
"Anuric,' or send 10 cents for a trial
package OF "Anuric" Tablets.
If you feel that tired. WORKOUT feel
ing, backache, neuralgia, or If your
sleep is disturbed by too frequent
urination, go to your best store and
ask for DR.. Pierce's "Anuric."
DR.. Pierce's reputation is back Of
this medicine and you know that his
Pleasant Pellets" for the liver and his
"Fayorite Prescription" for the Ills of
women have had splendid reputation
for the past fifty years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
lnculcatlna Morals.

Mr. rolns9n-I'I teach de young
I'm +. lie. He said a fish got
rav from MIN in de millpond today
q az 1ss as big as de fish dat got away
s,om me down dar last week.
wr Jackson Wal, p'raps OATS de
trufe.
Mr. Johnsou-Nonsense! Oar amt
~ sacb size fish as dat in dat mill
ro1d. an dar neyah wuz!
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Child Sleeps Week and Dies.

Marinette.-After sleeping continu-
ousIy for over a week, Augustin Beau
champ, 6-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
August Beauchamp of Escanaba, pass
ed away. The malady which the lad
suffered remains mystery to the med
ical profession. Every effort to arouse
him was without avail. He grew weak
err from day to day, owing to inability
to take solid food.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
CHURCH WILL USE ENGLISH
Sheboygan Congregation Drops Nor
wegian Language After Fifty
Years-Name Changed.

Sheboygan.-After over fifty years,
during which time services have been
held in the Norwegian language, I'm
manuers Norwegian Lutheran church
became Our Savior's English Lutheran
church. The change was made at the
earnest request of the younger ele-
ment. many of whom never hear the
Norwegian language except in the diff
ferent church services.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
,ronressive Oanpness.

"YOung Twobble first decided that
he wanted to be a lawyer"
Yes"
But he thought the law was too
dry, so he decided to become a doc
tor"
But even that was too dry. so he
opened drug store in a dry town. and
now it's the wettest place you car
find in a days walk"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
RED, ROUGH, SORE HANDS
May Be Soothed and Healed by Use
of Cuticura. Trial Free.

Nothing so soothing and healing for
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
Soak hands on retiring in hot Cuticura
soapsuds. Dry, and gently anoint hands
with Cuticura Ointment A one-night
treatment works wonders.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold eVerywhere.-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Dire Threat.

NO. Lena" said the mistress. Il
You are lazy, incompetent and sloven-
ly, and it wouldn't be right for me to
give others the impression that you
are a good servant"
Listen hare, Mrs. Yones," cried
Lena, shaking her fist in the ladys
face, IF you amt bane giving me das
recommendation Ay bane stay here till
you do"
She got it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Old SafIinu Vessel.

Dischargiug a cargo at West Hartle-
DooI recently was the Danish sailing
vessel De Tvende BrOdre, which is the
Oldest ship trading in the North sea.
It was built at Merstal and is one hun
dred and twenty-nine years old.
Owing TO the demand for ships of all
kinds. it is doing a brisk trade.-Lon-
don Chronicle
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Mioht Be Different.

Our romance began in most ro-
mantle way. My wife saved me from
drowning. She's magnificent swim
mer, you know"
Il notice you don't g. out very far
now"
mo. ! don't know if she would save
me again
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Payment Declared Illegal.

Madison.-The attorney general has
advised District Attorney c. H. VIE
gand of Eagle River that it would be
unlawful for a county board of super
visors to allow compensation for med
ical or surgical services rendered to
the county by a person who was not
licensed to practice medicine or sur
gerry
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
RECIPE FoR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add OF. Bay Rum, a
small box of Barbo Compound, and N or of
glycerine. Apply to the hair twice a week
until it becomes the desired shade. Amy drug
gist can put this up or you can mix It at
home at very little cost. 1t will gradually
darken streaked, faded gray hair. and re-
moves dandruff. 1t is excellent for falling
hair and will make harsh hair soft and glossy.
1t will not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off.-AdV.