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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
FORTUNATE OF EARTH
ARE THOSE WITH WHOM Chill.
DREN ARE CONFIDENTIAL.
Probably the Most Precious Gift That
the Fairies Bestow and II Is Not
Given to the Majority of
Mankind.

1t is very likely fairy gift, and if
you haven't it there is little hope of
your ever getting it. If you have it.
however. you are the most fortunate
sort of all sorts of fortunate folks.
You are the sort that the children talk
to in the street. And the reason that
the person the children talk to in the
street is so very fortunate is that
they tell him things that nobody else
ever hears, and very good things to
hear. at that. From that fact it is
easy to understand that this talk of
theirs is no more good morning" or
hello sort of conversation. 1t is real
talk about real things. although, to be
sure, it is only the fortunate person
who hears it that can really under
stand it.
They begin very abruptly, these chill
dren, and the beginning may be in the
middle or at either end of a thing.
1t does not matter. The talk may
start something like this, entirely I'M
expected or unsolicited on the fortu-
nate persons part: You'd think
they'd fall out anyway, if you did think
anybody growed on the moon wouldn't
you?" And it may lead anywherel
Sometimes it is much more personal
than that. You may meet a small boy
armed with toy gun and sword and
he may begin, You'll have to run for
1t" meaning the street car but if
you amt got any better luck than me
you'll miss ii anyway. | bet got the
worst luck of anybody, and bet I've
found the most horse shoes. If / had
good luck I'd been a girl and then
wouldn't have to fight all the time"
And this is probably from the terror
of his neighborhood, a boy who is
supposed by teachers and neighbors
and parents. to exist solely for the
Joy of battle.
If you are the fortunate sort of per-
son, you will be stopped and consulted
about everything the children are do
ing. 1t may be cold and almost dark,
and you may be hurrying home to sup
per, but if you are the right one, the
little girl who is contemplating the
snow woman, plump stylish creature
with full skirts and hat with feath-
er, will call to you without doubt OF
your sympathy, to know whether or
not you don't think she is just a lit
tie cross-eyed."
It's the newsboy's fault" she ex.
plains. "he poked her in the eye and it
amt been right since. could take n
/ couple of buttons off her waist, they're
only walnuts, and make her some 9TH
er eyes just to match, but she is get
ting so slippy."
They may run after you to tell you
bit of gossip about their friends"
imaginary friends that nobody else
ever heard of. They may trot along
with you repeating the most astonish-
ing conversations that they have had
with squirrels or bears or stars or
policemen. And it is all true. II is
all because they believe it, and it is
the expression of theiTsqueer little
selves
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28

learn quickly. Steering l picked up
easily, but running aloft to the cross
trees and swinging my whole weight
by my arms when l left the ratlines
and climbed still higher, was more
difficult. This, too, 1 learned, and
quickly, for felt somehow a wild de-
sire to vindicate myself in Wolf Lar
sens eyes, to prove my right to live
in ways other than of the mind. Nay,
the time came when took joy in the
run Of the masthead and in the cling
ing by my legs at that precarious
height while l swept the sea with
glasses in search of the boats.
l remember one beautiful day, when
the boats left early and the reports OF
the hunters guns grew dim and dis
tant and died away as they scattered
far and wide over the sea. There
was just the faintest wind from the
westward; but it breathed it's last by
the time we managed to get to lee
ward of the last lee boat One by
one-I was at the masthead and saw
the six boats disappeared over the
bulge of the earth as they followed
the seal into the west We lay, scarce
ly rolling on the placid sea, unable to
follow. Wolf Larsen was apprehen-
sive. The barometer was down, and
the sky to the east did not please
him. He studied it with unceasing
vigilance.
IF she comes out of there" he said.
hard and snappy, putting us to wind
ward of the boats it's likely there1l
be empty hunks in steerage and
fo'c'sle."
By eleven o'clock the sea had be-
come glass. Slowly the whole east
ern sky was filled with clouds that
overtowered US like some black sierra
of the internal regions. And still we
rocked gently. and there was no wind.
We ate dinner, a hurried and anx-
ious meal for me with eighteen men
abroad on the sea and beyond the
bulge of the earth and with that heav-
enrolling mountain range of clouds
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28

moving slowly down upon us. Wolf
Larsen did not seem affected, how
ever, though l noticed, when we re-
turned to the deck, slight twitching
of the nostrils, perceptible quickness
of movement Once, and unwilling
that he did so or that l saw, he
laughed aloud, mockingly and defiant
ly, at the advancing storm. l see him
yet, standing there like pygmy out of
the Arabian Nights" before the huge
front of some malignant genie. He
was daring destiny. and he was I'M
afraid.
The whispers of wind became puffs.
the sails filled. the Ghost moved.
Wolf Larsen put the wheel hard up. to
port, and we began to pay off. The
wind was now dead astern. mutter-
ing and putting stronger and stronger,
and my head-sails were pounding lus-
tily. My hands were full with the fly
ing-jib. jib, and staysail; and by the
time this part OF my task was accom-
plished the Ghost was leaping into the
southwest. the wind on her quarter
and all her sheets to starboard. With
out pausing for breath, though my
heart was beating like a trip-hammer
from my exertions, l sprang to the
topsails, and before the wind had be-
come too strong we had them fairly
set and were coiling down. Then l
went aft for orders.
Wolf Larsen nodded approval and
relinquished the wheel to me. The
wind was strengthening steadily and
the sea rising. For an hour steered,
each moment becoming more difficult.
l had not the experience to steer at
the gait we were going on a quarter
ing course.
Now take run up with the glasses
and raise some of the boats. We've
made atleast ten knots. and we're go
ing twelve or thirteen now. The old
girl knows how to walk"
| contented myself with the fore
crosstrees. some seventy feet above
the deck. as l searched the vacant
stretch of water before me, l compre-
hended thoroughly the need for haste
il we-sere to recover any of our men.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
MORE THAN EVER
Increased Capacity for Work Since
Leaving of Coffee.

Many former coffee drinkers who
have mental work to perform day af-
ter day, have found a better capacity
and greater endurance by using Pos
tum instead OF coffee. An Illinois
woman writes:
Il had drank coffee for about twenty
years, and finally had what the doctor
called coffee heart was nervous and
extremely respondent; had little men
tai or physical strength left; had kid
ney trouble and constipation.
The first noticeable benefit which
followed the change from coffee to
Postum was the improved action OF
the kidneys and bowels. In two weeks
my heart action was greatly improved
and my nerves steadier.
Then / became less Respondent.
and the desire to be active again
showed proof of renewed physical and
mental strength.
Il formerly did mental work and had
to give it up on account Of coffee, bne
since using Postum / am doing hard
mental labor with less fatigue" Name
given By Postum Co, Battle Creek,
Mich.
Postum comes I'm two forms:
Postum Cereal-the original form
must be well boiled, 15c and Csc pack
ages.
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly ia cup OF hot wa
ter. and, with cream and sugar, makes
Il delicious beverage instantly. zoe and
soc tins.
Both forms are equally delicious ana
cot about the same per cup.
"Thera's reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28

Dr. n. A. Cobb. an authority on
zoology, declares that there must be
hundreds of thousands % species Of
nematodes, or threadworms. more
than nine-tenths of which are still I'M
known to science.
Herman kimball Of Trevett. Me,
has curious carrot: this carrot is OF
the large. wedge-shaped variety; on
one side OF it is the face of an old
man. apparently asleep. The skin is
perfect around and over the scar,
which looks as il it had been cut
out of a vegetable
An Indiana woman has invented a
kitchen table with mirror set in one
leaf so # can be turned up against
a wall TO convert the table into a side
board.
The removal of tar from gas by
electricity is the subject Of a patent
recently granted TO an inventor of De
troit, Mich The operation consists
essentially of passing the gas through
an electrical field Of alternating polar
ity between receiving and discharging
electrodes. II is asserted that the
particles Of tarry substances in the
gas then coalesce and are deposited
on the receiving electrode-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
SeST SEEN FROM A DISTANCE
~';s -- nails Sur Is Valuable. hut
1-30ntance Is Not Thing
20 Sc Desired.

->..s-st from a safe distance, the
.. rs sketch is a very inter
..-- ~."-- The closer you get to
u. Acre interesting he becomes.
-s OF his habits and appear
N'rs or less uncommon. for
~s--. perhaps. that those per
.. '.S. acquainted with him don't
80. 3. .~.a about him. Hes very in.
's.-aS. asverthsless. He is called
,.. strictly an American animal.
-.-S1 20 -ational songs have been
~. '.- A2oat him. He isn't a fighter.
81 ". he could whip a lion If a
rs ever a-,acked him. His weapon
SO IS an offensive odor which
lA'-a. history writer of former
~. -.$.-5el like a fox. but ten
'--7s Stronger
a.--. lie sleeps BY day and prowls
s-. '7 night His tsr is blaekish
.- N-. yellow sEripes down his
-7 S4s a hushy tail. The
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

The great war loan recently brought
out by the German government was
taken up by 2.133,22O individual sub
scribers. thousands of whom bought
securities to the amount of S4S or
less.
The meeting house in Bolton. Mass,
is to be reshingled for the first time
since its erection in 1893. Some Of
the shingles are still in a perfect
state of P; e5ervation after l21 years
service.
A patent has been granted a Michi-
gan inventor for an umbrella. with cleo
tric lights in the handle and al the
tip and ends OF the ribs, all fed by a
dry battery.
The extent of freight congestion on
the railways in the East is evidenced
in the statement that President FL
lott OF the New Haven railroad re-
Gently telegraphed TO every railway
head east Of the Mississippi to Dor
row locomotives. He was. it is said,
able to obtain only three freight 10
comotives as a result He has now
askez ne Canadian Pacific railway
for help.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
Artificial Pearls.
FOR a cat

Large artificial pearls have been
made by filling thin glass bulbs with
solution OF fish scale nacre and they
are very clever limitations. An easy
way to detect them is to note the
spot where the bulb was sealed. Liese-
gang has now made artificial pearls by
another method. The glass bulb is
coated on the inside with ten per cent
gelatin solution. allowed to dry only
partially and then q small amount OF
sodium phosphate added and the coat
ing dried very slowly. The rides
cenee is an optical phenomenon caused
hy minute wrinkles. parallel. formed
On the gelatin.-Scientihc American
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
SYNOPSIS.

-.---4~sy Van Weyden. critic and dilet-
H-i-t.. ,LrcRr into the water by the
tan, ferryboat. On coming to
s.HA-.- ne finds himself aboard the
us .,rarrer Ghost, Captain Wolf
ST. f-la5 10 Japan waters Ihe cap,
- fuses % put Humphrey ashore ana
~ a., -... cabin boy for the good OF MS
ma. f.. l.g11s to learn potato peeing
- df-- .r-.I..E under the cockney COOK,
1ll1...,-55ga .luDs quarters are changed
~ Ef.g-t.ys seals his money ana
t-ose- .#- H.au accused OF II. Later ne
-..z-- r. --.s give his idea of hfe-"like
-7, ..-t &c the big eat the little
r.. Jealous Of Hump and hazes
l. -r.- ..les u seaman and makes it
80 halle s.. mother philOsOphic discus
@ En-. F.u0 Wolf entertains Mu-
.-- ..s,aui0, wins from him at cards
-....a-. W. Ole from Hump, and then
,.s ....-- . is is. VOLTS, by right Of
,.'ga- C...v and Hump whet knives at
..'- r.re- Humps intimacy with Wolf
,[.-a-e. and Wolf sketches the story of
SIC n.- Pa. Hump Wolf discusses the
p.rIa H.. omar with Hump and Illus
'-a,.s -ar instructive love of life by chok-
,-l Ffg.r1 nearly 70 death. A carnival Of
t-7,aH-- freaks loose in the ship and
U.Gf D. -s himself the master brute.
we j. .c.ked overheard at night.
r7r--z rx aboard by the logline and
wins r-.- % q tight in the forecastle.
II.r- . as- VOLTS wounds and, despite
r.s or -aet IS made mate on the hell-ship.
v- g.. '. yd~r tries to learn his duties
IS rs.- HoIf hazes the men who tried
tJ E.. ..-s
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
Gift for the Invalid.

The china painter will be interested
in q very useful cereal set designed
for an invalid and fitting compactly
and safely together into one On the
bottom is gracefully shaped, shallow
bowl with a handle at each side and
cover TO keep the contents hot The
cream pitcher fits into a circular ridge
at the top OF this cover. and the little
sugar dish fits very closely into the
top OF the cream pitcher The set
thus takes very little space on the
tray, in spite OF its four stories, and
may be made very ornamental by .
pretty border.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
CFEFTER XIV-Contlnued.

7 had rtarished a hope that his vic
Tins wauld find an opportunity to
escape while filling our water barrels,
but Wolf Larsen had selected his spot
we'll The Ghost lay half beyond the
surf line Of a lonely beach. Here
dsbouched a deep gorge, with precipi-
tous. volcanic walls which no man
could scale And here, under his d.
rect supervsion-for he went ashore
hlmseIf-Leach and Johnson filed the
small casks and rolled them down to
the beach. They had no chance to
make break for liberty in one of the
boats
Late that afternoon we hove up an
Choir and got away. Nothing was be-
fore Us but the three or four months
hunting on the sealing grounds. The
outlook was black indeed, and went
about my work with a heavy heart.
An almost funereal gloom seemed to
have descended upon the Ghost. Wolf
Larsen had taken to his bunk with
one u his strange, splitting head
aches Johnson l found lying full
length ON the fOrecastIe head, staring
at the troubled churn of the forefoot,
and / remembered with horror the
suggestion Wolf Larsen had made. It
seemed likely to bear fruit. | tried
to break in on the mans morbid
thoughts by calling him away, but he
smiled sadly at NE and refused to
obey.
Leach approached me as I returned
att
Il want to ask a favor, Mr.. Van
Weyden." m said. "If it's yer luck
to ever make Frisco once more, will
Won hunt up Matt Mccarthy? He's
my old man. He lives on the hill.
back of the Mayfair bakery, runnin'
a cobbIers shop that everybody
knows and yoJH have no trouble.
Tell him lived to be sorry for the
trouble brought him and the things
/ done and-and just tell him God
bless him. for me-"
/ nodded my head. but said, Wen
al. win back to San Francisco. Leach.
and you'll be with me when 1 90 to
SEQ Matt Mccarthy"
I'D like to believe you" he an
sworad, shaking my hand. but I
can't Wolf LarsenU do for me.
know it; and all l can hope is he'll do
it quick"
And as he left me I was aware of
The sam- desire at my heart. Since
was TO be done, let IL be done with
dispatch. It was a cheap and sordid
'liTg after all. this life, and the
sooner over the better. Over and
0'he with. |, too, leaned upon the
rail and gazed longingly into the sea,
WIN the certainty that sooner or
4'er ! should be sinking down. down.
through the cool green depths of its
oblivion
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28

skunk's fur is valuable. and recently
skunk farms" have been established
to propagate them for commercial
purposes.
In spite OF his powerful weapon of
defense. the skunk is clean in his
habits. and his worst damage is to the
farmers poultry yard, which he visits
to steal both eggs and chickens The
animal is about the size of cat.
But woe unto him who mistakes him
FOR 8 cati
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28

this way--and he proceeded to state
the truth as he saw it. Henry Ward
Beecher stood listening 10 his father
with an expression on his face which
blessed the listening. wondering con-
gregation more than many a sermon.
And when Lyman Beecher had con-
cluded. he paid lovely tribute to his
fathers influence upon his own life
and then resumed his sermon where
he had been interrupted. - From
Charles r. Browns Bible Class in the
Congregationalist
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
One Good Shot

Bill-Yes, fred my rifle at the bear
twice.
Jill-But you said you only had one
load of ammunition in the gun?
That's right. | missed him the
first time, but hit him the second"
But thought you had one load of
ammunition"
That's right. ! threw the gun at
him when | hit him"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28

Four-year-old son was told to I'M
dress and go to bed without any toys,
for he had been disobedient His
mother concluded: 1T hurts me just
as badly as it does you when have
to punish you" Son quickly replied:
"All right, mamma, let's trade places"
Exchange
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
One On Pa.

Ny wife asked me II a young man
We know was still keeping company
with a young lady we know also |
said: Il guess the only way he will
ever get her to stick TO him Is TO usc
hypaper.~ My little boy said: is
that how you got mamma Tex.
change.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
Many Children arn SlckIx.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Break up Colds in "a hours, relieve Feverish-
ness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teethinx
Disorders, move and regulate the bowels, aud
Destroy Worms. They are so pleasant to take
children like them. Used by mothers fora Syears
All druggists, 25c. Sample FREE Address,
MOther GraN Co. lie Row. N Y
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
An Exemplary Life.

One must have lived greatly whose
record would bear the full light of day
from beginning to its close. Sc
Iected-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
Iarue Sum for Holste.n Bull.

Oliver Gabana, the "Holstein king. !"
paid $4,000 for a bull at public auc-
ton sale He has the greatest col
lection of Holsteins in the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
Sure Way 70 Failure.

Our idea of sure way to bring
about a dismal failure would be &c
marry a man because be was
dreamy dancer"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-08
+ + + + Il. i. X +. T. + + i.
sSATHS
Walter Il. ThavAr
+ + i 4 + :. 4 i. X + !

Walter H. Thayer, a well-mown
barber Of this city, died at his home,
4O5 North West street, at IL o'clock,
midnight, Sunday after an illness of
two years OF liver trouble.
The deceased was 46 years of age,
having been born in Mt. Vernon April
3, 1869. On April 20, 1890, he was
united in marriage to Miss Nellie NJ.
Staunton, who survives him, and also
one brother, George Thayer.
Mr.. Thayer was a member of Timon
lodge, X. of p, U. R. X. of p, B. p.
o. Eelks, F. o. E., and the BARRIERS
union. He also represented the Sixth
ward az councilman several years
ago.
The funeral Wednesday afternoon
at o'clock at the home, conducted
by the Rev. ]. A. Long. Interment in
Mound View cemetery.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-08

gave them a farewell party, as NJ,
and Mrs. Hunter are soon to leave for.
their home on the Newark road. An
came with well-illed baskets. Games
and music furnished the amusements,
until a late hour, when all departed
for their homes.
Those present were: Mr.. and MIRA
Marvin Purdy, Mr.. and Mrs. Franh
Poulton, Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Thayer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Ewalt, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Fred Carey and son, Mr.. ande
Mrs. Harry Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Dav-
Id Cline and children, Mr.. and MrA.
Charles Brown and children, Mr.. Hnda
Mrs. Hugh Brown and children, Misa
es Goldie and Beryl Poulton, Edna.
and Ethel Bebout, Edna Bricker and,
Alice Ewalt.
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Corporate Activity Furnishing
Additional Evidence
OF The Good Times Prevail
ing In The Land

Columbus, o., Feb. 7-Ohio has rea-
son to be jubilant over the share of the
general prosperity that has come to
this state within the past year. Pleas
ing illustration of what the state has
been enjoying is found in the rate of
gain over the record for the cores
ponding period of the preceding year
which is given in the list of bank clear
ings in the larger Ohio cities for the
last week. While there is plenty of
evidence in other sources this compari-
son is Illuminating.
Akron reports the almost unbeliev-
able increase of 126 per cent in the
rate of increase of bank clearings.
Youngstown comes next with 8S per
cent increase. Canton has an increase
of &C per cent. Toledo shows 60 per
cent gain. Dayton's rate of gain is 40
per cent. Cleveland has 46 per cent
rate of increase. Cincinnati is well up
In the list with SO per cent and Colum-
bus boasts an increase of 35 per cent.
These quotations prove not only
that there is the greatest activity in
industry and commerce in the history
of the country but they prove that Ohio
Is In the lead in things of material
progress.
There is food for satisfactory refiec-
ton also in the record of corporate ac-
tivity in Ohio in the month of January.
There were chartered 248 corporations
for profit, a gain of approximately 20
per cent over the average. The total
authorized capital amounted to $13,-
486,500. The January increases reach
ed SIT 7,133,000. OF the new corpora
tions Cleveland had seventy-nine, Gin
cinnati twenty-five, Toledo twenty
two, and Columbus ten.
The people of Ohio are having their
attention called in no uncertain man.
ner to the deal pulled off between Sec
retary of State Hildebrandt and State
Senator Wickline in the matter of the
contract for automobile tags, said to
be violation of the general statute pro-
hibiting state official from engaging
in contracts for profit with the state.
Senator Wickline is the head of the
Davis Manufacturing Company, of Ak
ron, nominal holder of the contract.
Here is news dispatch from the
Cleveland Leader, Republican, which
speaks volumes:
when informed that many Ohio
automobile owners are impatient be-
cause they have not received this
years license tags, Secretary of State
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-08
CONCERT AT DANvILLE

Danville, Feb. 7-Those who failed
to attend the concert given in the
Opera House at Danville last Friday
evening missed one of the best pro-
grams of the season. The concert was
in charge of Miss Helen Moore, as
sistant teacher of music in the public
schools.
The piano and vocal solos by Miss
Ahrendt and Mr.. Gorsuch of Mt. Yer,
non were of a high character and
were thoroughly appreciated and en-
joyed by all.
The numbers furnished by the pu
pills Of the public schools we're choice
and showed the splendid musical abil
ity that the schools possess. OF
course, the selections by the Danville
orchestra were excellent.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-08

Deeds Filed
Ray b. Bishop to Dan Brown, parcel
in Fredericktown, $84.
Ethel Neiderhouser to Selora Nei
derhouser, 55 acres in Union, 81.
Selora Neiderhouser to Edith Nei
derhouser, so acres in Union, 81.
Selora Neiderhouser to Robert Nei
derhouser, 60 acres in Union, 81.
Peter Paul to Matthias Darr, 1Ot
acres in Jefferson, $500.
A. G. Scott to Robert Cochran, par
Gel in Mt. Vernon, $1,000.
Maude Elliott to Robert Cochran
parcel in Mt. Vernon, $3.50.
Isaac A. Bell to c. A. Clutter, /.
acres in Morgan, 81.
Joseph b. Parker to Ida M. War
man, parcel in Clinton, 81.