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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
FOUR CORNERS TO HUSBAND
They are Ability, Reliability, EnduN
ance and Action, WcuId-Se
Wives Are Informed.

Girls of today would make better
and more practical marriages if they
were taught to study the qualifications
of the men they meet and to consider
them in the same light as they do al
zebra problems at school, was the
statement made by Mrs. Frank De-
chant at the Parents association
meeting in the school of practice at
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Dechant drew a square on the
blackboard, its four corners indicating
what, she said, were the four neces-
sary adjuncts to good husband
ability, reliability, endurance and &C
ton. To discover whether man has
these qualifications, she declared, was
the problem every girl has to solve at
least once in her lifetime, and she
should be as carefully trained for it as
she is for her school examinations.
She advocated mothers talking over
with their daughters the characteris-
tics of the young men they knew, not
only to gain their opinions on the sub
ject, but to give advice and counsel to
them for their future life.
Every girl, she said, should be sure
that the man she chooses has an
abundance of the four qualifications
before she makes up her mind to mar
ry him, and she can only be sure if
she has been taught and trained be-
fOrehand in a calm, dispassionate man
ner.
She also advocated talks on home
making, division of income and prac-
teal methods of housekeeping as a
part OF all girls education, whether
they are working girls or not.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
How to Be Happy.

There are two ways of being happy;
we may either diminish our wants, OF
augment our means-either will do
the result is the same; and it is for
each man to decide for himself, and
do that which happens to be the
easiest. If you are idle, or sick, OF
poor, however hard it may be to d.
minish your wants. it will be harder to
augment your means. If you are active
and prosperous, or young, or in good
health, it may be easier for you to aug
ment your means than to diminish
your wants. But, if you are wise, you
will do both at the same time, young
or old, rich or poor, sick or well; and
if you are very wise, you will do both
in such way as to augment the gen
eral happiness Of society.-Benjamin
Franklin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
RBOR day has now become as
ISOLATED all over the United
- States with patriotic and es-

~ lOOIl hdg A4do nun OO~OAAO S@O
n ISOLATED all over the United
l. ~ States with patriotic and es-
thetic as well as economic
ideas. 1t is at once means Of doing
practical good to the community and
an incentive to civic betterment. The
planting of trees by school children is
accompanied in every case by cere-
monies intended both to impress upon
those present the beauty of trees and
their effect in improving the appear
ance of school grounds, streets, parks
and homes.
AS a patriotic festival it partakes of
the nature of Fourth of July celebra-
tions or the observance of Washing
tons birthday, and in the South, where
the season is propitious, it is in some
states observed On February %.
The originator of Arbor day certain
ly had all these aspects of the day in
mind. But it was chiefly as q means
of inducing the people to cooperate
in an attempt to supply the state of
Nebraska with the trees necessary for
shade, farm protection, and fuel and
timber for neighborhood use that the
plan of setting aside a certain day of
the year for tree planting was adopted.
ArbOr day has been celebrated in
Nebraska with enthusiasm from its
very beginning in January, 1872, to the
present day. Tree planting was no
new thing there when the Arbor day
plan was originated by Mr.. Morton, for
found that the lack of trees was a
serious drawback to farmers and they
had already made some attempt to sup
ply the deficiency.
Every farmer needs wood and fence
posts, neither of which he can afford
to import from a distance. Just as
imperative is the need of protection
for orchards, field crops, and build
ings from the winds that sweep un-
hindered over that fiat country.
Before 1872, however, planting had
been haphazard; and only those farm
ers who were willing to take a good
deal of trouble to find out ways and
means of improving their farms by
windbreaks and groves did any plant
ing. The adoption of the Arbor day
plan meant the organization of the
work in the state AS a result near
ly a billion trees have been planted in
the state since the plan was first adopt
ed 1t is estimated that more than
100000 acres have been planted in
trees in Nebraska
Nebraska Needed Trees.
Kansas and Tennessee followed the
lead of Nebraska in 1878, and the next
year Minnesota fell into line. In Kan
sas the same conditions as in Nebraska
made the plan of immediate economic
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18

The general staff of the Cuban navy
has appointed a committee to study
designs for new uniform for the off,
GERS and enlisted men of the navy.
The present uniform, which is almost
exactly like that used by the United
States, is said to be TOO expensive for
Cuba. New equipment also will be
sought by the committee for the Gu
ban naval cadets.
The mission fathers brought the
olive and the date from the Mediter-
ranean regions and gave California
one of its most important crops
Platinum has recently been discov-
cred in the mountains about Ronda,
in southern Spain between Algeciras
and Gibraltar. The Spanish govern
ment has taken possession Of the
ground on which the discovery has
been made, and has arranged for de-
veloping the mine under the direction
of the Geological institute. An ap-
urouriation Of $4,000 year will be
made for the necessary drilling, ma
csinery and other expenses.
AS a preventive against fire Austrian
laws require dwellings and business
houses to be built throughout Of solid
materials.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
Let,r Nj Obcorvp Arbu, Day
There's a very good roa9on WY
We 56oudmaEe friends with the trees
(BY THE UNITED STATES FORESTRY BUREAW

and do better. a slovenly town is apt
to mean slovenly inhabitants. The
celebration of Arbor day may very
well be the turning point in the atti-
tude of a community toward its civic
duties and by consequences toward its
social life and its manner of conduct
ing business. Nothing so helps to
beautify a city or town as trees, and
nothing so educates the people in pub
lie spirit and foresight as the care of
trees.
The celebration of Arbor day by the
planting of trees is the assumption of
an all-the-year-round responsibility.
The planting and care of trees will
inculcate in school children patience
and foresight and will impress upon
them the desirability of making the
best use OF the resources of nature
both economically and esthetically.
In the past the planting of trees on
Arbor day has usually been in school
grounds or parks. Recently it has be-
gun to be used as q means of stirring
uD 1uLSIGSL III IOdu0IGS pIdAIl1G, IA oS
in cities and then in rural commune
ties. The city of Newark, N. j., is do
! ing model work in this line. There is
a special shade tree commission, which
| issues map of the city on which are
| shown the streets that are in their
care and the variety of trees planted
on each, a leaflet giving directions for
the planting and care of trees along
the streets and a general Arbor day
| pamphlet. In one year nearly 3,177
trees were planted on 46 streets. Many
other cities are now organizing the
work of tree planting on the streets,
and in every case Arbor day is used
as a means of arousing public inter
| est.
In 1913 the United States bureau of
education issued a bulletin entitled
| Good Roads Arbor Day." in which
were set forth the advantages of plant
| ing trees along the highways, Not
only should we build good roads, we
should also make them attractive ard
comfortable to travel over. In many
European countries this is done by
planting the roadside with rows of
trees. This tree planting by the road
side has not yet become common in
this country, as it should.
Observing Arbor Day.
Some objection has been made to
trees along the roadside on the ground
| that they hinder driving out after wet
weather. This holds good if the road
is poorly built; but trees are actually
an aid in keeping well-built road dry
if they are not planted too close. The
roots by constantly taking in water
assist in drainage, and the tops by
breaking the force Of driving rains
! prevent washes in the roadway. The
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
Vegetation as Index of Land Value.

Vegetation as Index of Land Value.
When it is proposed to bring tract
of land under cultivation for the first
time, information as to the soil and
climate is always an urgent desidera-
tum, in order that the farmer may Sc
lect the crops and methods Of culture
best adapted to the locality. In the
absence of other information under
these heads, the types of vegetation
growing wild on the land are obviously
of much significance. In recent years
the United States bureau Of plant in
dustry has been developing along sci
entific lines an 'indicatOr-plant" meth
cd of classifying lands in the arid and
semiarid portions of the United States.
During the last fiscal year work of
this character was carried on in south
western Utah, southern Nevada, south
ern California and southern Arizona.
In all these regions the native vegeta-
ton was found to be indicative of
whether the amount of alkali present
was sufficient to injure crop plants
under irrigation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
WHY HE FELL FROM GRACE
Altogether Complimentary to
Ex-President Taft.

John Cottonwood had not been
he had given the Indian agent in
charge many promises of a better life.
Finally a Jail sentence of ten days at
hard labor had a wholesome effect.
The effect was not permanent. Cot
tonwood was brought in to the agent,
if not red-handed at least very red
eyed Il am ashamed of you. John.
How did it happen?" asked the agent.
Have l your permission to EXPLAIN"
courteously inquired the prisoner at
the bar in musical voice. Go ahead"
"It happened to me that my wife sent
me to town with rs cents she had
earned washing that | might buy some
groceries" "Wen?" II was walking
down the street thinking how now
was able to pass the bad place where
liquor is sold by the one-eyed Japanese
at the back of the poolroom to In
dams" Yes" when l arrived at
the busy part of town l saw great
crowds. l hurried to find why the
whole city had come out upon the
streets. l came to the steps of the
First National bank which were
crowded. l saw friend there stand
ing. l asked of him why so many
were collected. He explained that this
was feast day for the reason that the
Great Father from Washington, Presi-
dent William H. Taft, was to pass that
way this day. Many had been assem-
bled since early morning. | was a
happy man. All my life had | wished
to see the Great Father l Joined the
throng and waited. All the day we
waited. 1t was very hot. Many auto
mobiles passed The dust was like
thick smoke In the middle of the day
came a great shouting. The music OF
the bands was loud. My heart stopped.
My eyes were to see the Great Father.
An automobile came up. then another,
In the second one was an awful bulk.
l trembled. No l said to myself, that
shape cannot be Great Father from
Washington But it was. | could not
endure the pain felt. The next thing
l knew was nothing. ! am here.
have no more to say" sOrrowfully con-
cluded the culprit.-Kansas City Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
Novel Weevll Remedy.

4 droll report comes from Birming
ham, Ala, of the success Of a certain
planter in producing a cotton plant
that smells 80 strongly Of asafetida
that all insects avoid 1t. The result
was obtained by sprinkllng several
generations Of the plant with nu1
yomica. It is hoped that the new plant
has solved the boll-weevil problem b.
depriving the weevil of its food.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
Lies Cost Dollar .

Flirting with tbo Word n
T tber w at atlantic daIl City 81 rd, so
OF disorderly conduct 'f IN 70 aAS
court Al Russell was dis 'r recoas
melting Julia Hill on Ros.o,O'e'ed ~
early in the morning loat aps'
taken in custody by Patr 1,,u OOA \
Turner. After he had t toIs Sd NJ
they were given a cbaro ,a Dis "a
their defense. "''ce to N.
I'm not guilty at ALL s...
ed Russell. ''oully asa,
mo. sir; I'm not, ethan
Julia. Chine
"A dollar a word" s,;s
Gaskill, and both were Io5 5' EeCes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
It's Red DYE Now.

So the red dye is all gone, and we
cannot put any more red stripes on
the flag nor wear red neckties. What
about beet juice as a coloring fluid
But just think The war has been in
progress a year and a half We have
known about this dye shortage all the
time. Are American chemists so poor
and American capital so short and
American enterprise so lacking that
somebody has not by this time begun
to see red in some plant?-St. Louis
Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18

most important use Of trees by the
| roadside, however, is the prevention
of dust. Dust is the cementing ma
terial in macadam roads, and if it is
| loosened and blown away the breaking
up Of the road is fastened.
What the trees do for the roads they
| also do for the forested hillsides.
Wherever there are no forests on the
| hills and mountains the rain and melt
ed snow rushes off in a torrent, dig
ging out great gullies and carrying
away the fertile soil.
Where there is a forest, the trees
protect the soil from the beating of the
rain. The roots lead the water deep
into the ground to be stored up there
and gradually fed out by springs all
the year round. The leaf litter absorbs
and holds the water like a sponge.
! The trunks and roots prevent the
rapid runoff of the water and bind the
| soil together The forest is of ire
mendous benefit in preventing both
| floods and drought 1t is in reality a
/ natural gatherer and storer of water.
1t is imperative, therefore, that the
watersheds of navigable streams and
| those upon which towns, cities, irriga-
ton projects and water-power plants
depend for their supply should be for.
| ested.
The greatest value of Arbor day lies
in its effect upon our attitude toward
the trees that are already growing. for
manifestly there are thousands of
trees of natural origin to every one
planted Oy man. The average citizen
/ is only now beginning to care for these
trees. having never before considered
/ that they needed any care. Farmers
/ have been in the habit of turning their
cattle in TO Craze on their woodlands,
! where they break of and destroy the
young growth. trample and injure the
roots OF the larger trees and pack the
/ ground hard. thus not only DESTROYING
/ the future forest but shortening the
/. life OF the trees that are already grow
/ ing. The Arbor day student who has
been taught to plant and care for trees
will in after years. no more think Of
I turning cattle into his woodlot than
into his CoTnfeid.
turer; and. accepting the invitation
they got more than full value for tbei-
money. and more than full compenss.
tion for their disappointment '-Was+.
/ minister Cazerra
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
SWeden's Stock Ev.L

The present members,;n
stock exchange in Sweden co, " y
sixteen banks, eight banking ,I s,s
free brokers. and five broken,
ordinary sense OF the term. S, ~
tial stock exchange buildioo.' lug
been erected in both Stool. N
Gothenburg. The annual yor.
business amounts to about SlM@
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
No Knockout

Maud-Is it true, dear. that v,,.
gagement with young Gotroy i sI~
off? "N
Ethei-True? Holds ONT bo.,.
You can see for yourself that ! am '
In the ring.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
Gold Dust by Mail,

A WATERFOWL IN. W man has just
received a bag Of gold dust, mailed to
him from Klondike in 1889, three tags
with 20 addresses showing the lengths
TO which he had gone to prevent that
filthy lucre's 0vertaking him. The
flight of the average man from such a
peril would make a glacier look like
q Fokker aeroplane.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18

4 understand 81 Simlin is an officer
of the law"
Yep" replied Farmer Corntossel.
81 amt got no auto of his own, so
he's got to git his fun arrestin' people
till he kin save up enough money to
buy one"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18

But the more a baby is ,o,.
provided 1t is comfortabla % tbs
the better for its Deryss ana VI
sleep many long hours in a. =
air, and, of course. if it is ue b
stimulated. it will not want 1' !, 3
down to its daily nan. NOV ~. 10 ~
after a rOmp. will it want Oe''lo
sleep alone and in tba da Sl
proper food, Quiemess and a. a. Ss
are the things needed 70 "Vsa
good nerves in a child. ''''A2
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18

Mother" said Kittie. Who had been
at school with her big sister, "is
Miss Morton tongue-tied?"
Not that l know Of" said the moth
er, why do you ask"
she said beg pawdon,' and I
thought maybe her tongue was tied
so she could not say it right"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18

Mother Gray's sweet Powders for Children
Break w Colds in "a hours, relieve keverlsh'
ress, Headache, stomach Trou bles. TeethInS
Disorders. move and regulate the bowels, anc
Destroy Worms They are SO pleasant 70 take
children like therz. Used by mothers forss years
All druggists, sc. Sample FREE ADDRESS
Mother GRAY Co, lie Roy, n. "
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18

I wonder if all women are fcl,la -,
queried the bachelor who had Iowa
and lost.
II they are al Ike nv wife tbsr
are, replied the benedict. I'm AFRAID
10 leave any money IN ny pockets o.
ing to her tondness for change
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
The Realistic Anrni..

First really realistic novel =.
read"
What's so realistic about IL"
Didn't you notice? Tn, b,,,
does about six times as much nG,
as the hero"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
From Different Viewnoint.

I'm SO sorry you don't like my new
gown" said Mrs. Growell. Everybody
else says it is perfectly lovely"
oh, its easy for others to pay COM
pliments." replied Growell. but have
70 pay the bills"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
Much More Refinad

DC you mean to say the fDrs,
suspicion is pointed at Mrs Ga5sy
"Oh, dear no! That is never /,
in our set. But when she anna
there is a perceptible lifting Of !
brows."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
Irresistible.

q shouldn't give so much advice If
I were you"
''The fact that you offer that advice
shows how irresistible the habit be-
comes"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
Alarmed.

How do you think the voters liked
my speech?" asked Senator Sorghum.
Some Of the things you said we will
never forget"
You alarm me. l don't want to be
tied down to one set of opinions all
NY lifetime"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18

I'd like TO see that girl get along,
but she hasn't enough warmth to make
q success as q saleswoman
Take her away from the ribbon
counter and put her on refrigerators. 50
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
TENDER SKINNED BABIES
With Rashes and lrritations Find
Comfort in Cuticura. Trial Free.

Baby's tender skin requires mild,
soothing properties such as are found
in the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Cuticura Soap is so sweet, pure and
cleansing and Cuticura Ointment so
soothing and healing. especially when
baby'S skin is irritated and rashy.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. I,
Boston. Sold eyerywhere.-Adv,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
Daily Thouqht.

He who loses wealth, loses much;
he who loses a friend, loses more;
but he that loses his courage, loses
EIl.-Cervantes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
The LAST Man.

Little Lemuel-Say, paw. who do
you suppose will be the last man on
earths
Paw-Some shoemaker. probably.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18

When q married woman begins 10
juggle dumbbells its her husbands
cue 70 cultivate the acquaintance OF a
divorce lawyer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18

To keep clean and healthy take Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and ssomach.-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18

to stay at h'i
from work and q
fer a long tn.
One day a WON
came 20 our boz
and asked q
mother Why v
suffering. Noal
told her tlaI ~
fered every mo-
and she said, vi
don you bll,
Lo+pa of t.vds .
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
Social Inanlties.

She-YOu. know. Mr.. Jones, l
thought you much older than you are.
He-Oh. no: not a bit. I assure you.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
Other Things, Though.

Bill-Didn't your ocean trip tahI
of the ginger out of you?
Jill-Ginger? | didn't eat any
gers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18
Girl. could
NOT WOR|
How She Was Relieved ftci
Pain by Lydia E. Pinkhan'
Vegetable Compound

Taunton, Mass had painSinH'
sides and when my periods came y
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-18

Importance. In Minnesota the white
pine forests were being destroyed
with alarming rapidity and no provi-
sion was being made for replacing
them. After 1875 there was for some
years a check in the spread of the
Arbor day idea, and it was not until
1882 that two more states began to
celebrate the day, North Dakota and
Ohio.
Two new elements were introduced
into the Arbor day plan when Ohio
took it up: the way was made school
festival and the practice of planting
memorial trees and groves was inau-
gurated. These new developments
were largely responsible for the ex-
tension of Arbor day over the rest Of
the United States Tree planting be-
came a festival combining pleasure,
utility, and instruction, and one of the
greatest benefits of the observance of
Arbor day has been its effect in i'm
pressing upon the minds of the young
people the value of trees and the
AACNGSSlls VI 6OAtS0A ms GA A4AS Luz
ural resources of the country.
AS q school festival the observance
Of Arbor day has spread not only
throughout the whole United States
but far beyond its borders. In 1887
the education department of Ontario
set aside the first Friday in May as a
tree and flower-planting day. In 1896
the plan was adopted officially in
Spain. It reached Hawaii in 1905. and
is now in vogue in all the dependen-
c1es of the United States and in Great
Britain. Australia, the English West
Indies. South Africa. New Zealand.
France, Norway, Russia and Japan
They Know the Value.
The time of the observance Of Arbor
day varies greatly in different states
and countries. being determined some
what by climatic conditions. In gen
eral the date is early in the year in
the South and is set further along to-
ward summer in the more northern
states. beginning in February and end
ing in May
A clean and beautiful town is .
source Of pride to its citizens and a
constant incentive TO them 10 so on
Lord morley's Audience Of Six.
T. P. O'Connor recalls how Lord
| Morley was announced on one occa-
sion TO address q meeting in a hall in
/ Manchester which could comfortably
/ seat 1900 persons. Just six men
turned up. ard some OF these had trav-
/ eled a long distance There were some
/ moments of grace given by the chair
man. bat the six men remained SIX
/ and il was decided TO adjourn the
meeting. But the faithful six were
/ invited into the anteroom TO have s
/ private chat with the deserted lse