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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
CHEAPER DYNAMITE
TAKES OUT STUMPS
LOWER GRADE EXPLOSIVE is
FOUND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE,
SAYS C. D. LIVINGSTON.
FULLER MEN. COOPERATE
The Modern Improved Methods Of
Land Clearing Reduces the Cost
and Labor on Cutover Lands
and Woodlots.

Madison-The use of low grades OF
dynamite, at a considerable saving
over old methods of using high per-
centage dynamite for farm purposes.
and the use of the explosive in COM
b1nation with stump pulling machines
instead of explosives alone, is advo-
Gated in a technical study Of land
clearing and cutoVer forest lands and
woodlots, issued by the University OF
Wisconsin.
The report which advocates these
entirely new theories for the develop
ment of agricultural land, is written
by Carl D. Livingston, agricultural en-
gineer of the university, who was in
charge of the land clearing special
trains which for eleven weeks last
summer touched nearly a score of
counties in northern Wisconsin, and
is not mere compendium of theories,
but a technical abstract of the COM
parative results achieved in all meth
DDS of clearing cutover lands. The
Livingston report, because of its rev.
dictionary though authoritative advo-
cacy of new methods, will be classic
among agriculturists in the lano which
was once covered with forest, now be-
ing converted to farm uses. Special
trains, which were out for weeks in
charge of Mr. Livingston, had the
double purpose of educating the farm
er and of investigating and tabulat-
ing results of all kinds of land clear
ing experiments in all types of soil.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20

Breslau has paper chimney which
Is 80 feat high and proof against Gre.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
BILL ASKS FOR SANATORlUM
Institution for Upper Part
of the State.

Madison-ProviSion for the building
of a state tuberculosis sanatorium in
northern Wisconsin is made in a bill
which Senator Baxter of Superior is
preparing to introduce in the senate.
Senator Bakers bill provides for
the location of the institution north of
the center line of the state, and that
it shall be known as the Northern
State tuberculosis sanatorium. It is
proposed that the hospital be equip
ped for the treatment of pulmonary
tuberculosis, especially for cases in
the incipient and moderately ad-
vanced stages. The selection of a site
and erection of the building is left to
the state board of control. An appro-
priation of $4,000 is asked.
This is something northern Wis
consin needs pretty badly" said Sena-
tor Baxter. Eat present if a person in
the northern part of the state, afflicted
with tuberculosis, wants to go to a san
atorium, he must go all the way to
Wales, near Milwaukee. This is the
only state tuberculosis sanatorium,
outside of the one at Tomohawk lake,
which is more or less an institution
for convalescents.
1.-THE need of this sanatorium is
shown in the fact that many tubercu-
lar patients are unable to get treat
ment at present. The state has wait
ing list of more than one hundred, and
this doesn't take into account those
who haven't applied,e because they
know they can't get in"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
CALLS WOMAN WEAK SISTERS
Good Looking, but Physically Unfit, Ia
the Assertion Made by Aged
Viennese.

American women are good looking
and clever, but not very strong physl-
cally, according to the verdict passed
upon them by Mrs. Charlotte de Coli
ere Davenport, who spoke before the
Woman's club here. Mrs. Davenport
Is in her ninety-fOurth year. has a son
seventy-four years old, and is the
mother of 20 children. She was grad.
uated from the University of Vienna
as a professor of hygiene, which, she
Says, was great distinction, as 1.-The
German universities are hard on
women"
1t was in teaching the women of
port became impressed by their physi.
cal weakness, and warns American
women, In consequence, to build them
selves up physically.
That women are not thinking very
earnestly was another assertion of the
visitor. She believes in women pos
sessing strong individuality, of being
original and independent as thinkers,
and her short, informal talk encour.
aged women to cultivate such ten
denotes.
"All are supposed to have 4va
Senses" the speaker said, "but some
women do not seem to have any. In
stead of subtracting from that num-
Der, they should be adding to them two
more. The sixth sense is to know
yourself, and the seventh sense Is to
know human nature in general--to
know humanity" Mrs. Davenport said.
New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
SAMUEL S. SIMMONS DIES
Head of Kenosha Evening News
Passes Away in Chicago Hos
pitaI After Long illness.

Kenosha - Samuel S. Simmons, At
years old, publisher of the Kenosha
Evening News and well known
newspaper man of Wisconsin, died at
the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago,
as a result of an illness which had
extended over many months.
Mr.. Simmons was born in Kenosha,
on Feb. 4, 1870. He was educated in
Kenosha and at Cayuga, New York,
and later was teacher in the mill
tary school at Manlius, N. Y. For
several years he was cashier at the Of
fees of the Chicago Gas company and
he returned to Kenosha in 1901 and
joined with the late Eugene R. Head
in the publication of the Kenosha
Evening News. He was president of
the company at the time of his death.
He was editor of the paper for more
than fifteen years.
Mr.. Simmons was member of the
Wisconsin society of the Sons of the
American Revolution and the society
of Colonial Wars. For many years he
had been president of the Kenosha
Humane society. He was a charter
member of the Kenosha lodge of Elks
and a life member of the Chicago
press club.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
indian and FireWater.

The Indian is by no means a stupid
fellow and many of them, although not
signing the pledge, are in their own
way protecting themselves when under
the influence of liquor. In Miami, Fla,
(among other things a trading post for
the Seminoles), the story is current
that these Indians always paddle down
the Miami river in pairs; that they do
their trading, deposit their surplus cash
with a certain merchant of tried hon
esty, and then go off for debauch, one
on the first day and the other the next,
the sober fellow refraining from even
a drop of "firewater" until his brother
has finished his fun. When both have
had their day, under the guidance and
protection of a sober mate, they re-
claim their funds from their merchant
depositary and paddle away to their
homes in the Everglades.-Case and
Comment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
1916 STATE TAXES ARE BIG
Total on General Property Amounts
to S47, 443, 576-Increase of $4,o77,-
az Over Preceding Year.

Madison-The total value of all
taxable property in Wisconsin in
1916, according to figures compiled in
the state tax commissions Office, was
S3,426, ,220, or an increase of Ala
per cent over the 1915 valuation.
The total tax paid by all railroads
in the state under the 1917 assess
ment, according to the same author
ity, was $5,32S,47660, an increase of
1907 per cent over the preceding year.
The 1917 assessment of the leading
Wisconsin railroads is shown to be as
follows: Chicago and Northwestern
railway, $129, 100000; Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul railway, $685.
100000; Chicago, 81. Paul, Minneapo-
lis and Omaha raj way, $3S,25O,O00
Wisconsin Central railway, S45,000,-
900; 500 road $13,750,000; Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy railway, s22,-
100000, or a total of 1851, 100000.
The total taxes for 1916 on general
property in the state amounted to SAT-
443,576, an increase of $4,077,937 over
the preceding year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20

ther his full salary the first OF every
month, and that the church receipts are
TO be turned in to me. And if they
do not pay up, my lawyer can do lit
tie investigating! Little Connie earned
that five dollars, for she taught one
trustee a sorry lesson. And he will
have to pass it on to the others in self
defense! Now, run along and get the
coat, and If five dollars isn't enough
you can have as much more as you
need. Your father will get his salary
after this, my dear, if we have to mort
gage the parsonage !"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
VALUE OF OUTDOOR LIFE
Only Those Familiar With Freedom of
Woods and Fields Enjoy Com
plete Happiness.

Too many people are merely on
speaking terms with nature. Too many
are unfamiliar with the wonderful adj
vantage of outdoor. Too many cherish
heated comforts. They forget that
their ancestors did not know what q
steam-heated house meant. 1t is time
to broaden our views and to get closer
In touch with the great health-giving
life of the open air.
There died not long ago a natural
list, John Muir, who had lived the bet
ter part of his life with nature. He
loved the mountains and the natural
life of all outdoors. lis existence
was a happy one. He died amid the
surroundings of peace, happily, with
q contented heart.
1t is only those who know the free
dom of the woods and the health-giv-
Ing tonic Of the open air who really
enjoy complete happiness.
1t is related that a sickly mother,
not a great many months ago, carried
sickly baby to Doctor Evans, who
looked the boy over and smilingly adj
vised the worried parent to turn her
boy loose in the parks, '1et him live in
the open air." he advised, sit is the
only medicine that will do him any
good"
This same advice can be applied to-
day 10 thousands of cases. On incle-
ment days it is unwise to expose one
self. But when the sun shines and the
air is keen and crisp, is filled with the
germs of life, one is extremely foolish
not to take advantage of it.
If parents would only see that their
youngsters are warmly clothed, that
their shoes are sound and that their
little legs are well protected, and then
turn them out Of doors and tell them
to stay there, they would find their
doctors bills growing less and the
health of their children growing bet
ter. They will also see glow OF
rosy health in the young cheeks which
is q certain indication of expanding
youth, Of glowing blood, of the creation
of good health.-Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
LUMP SUM FOR STATE FAIR
S125,0oo for Next Exhibit-State
to Take Receipts.

Madison The finance committee
will recommend State fair bill
which will make a fiat appropriation
of $125,000 to conduct the fair, and
provide that all receipts be turned di-
rectly into the general fund of the
state.
Heretofore the State fair has oper-
ated on neutrality-suspicious. basis. 1t
accounted for it's receipts and expend-
itures, but they were administered by
the board, and the effort was made
each year to sustain it on it's own rev.
enues. The state made an appropri-
alton to cover the premiums, as is
done for county fairs. This appropri-
alton will disappear this year, and
everything will be covered in a lump
sum. The new policy will act as linn
itation on possible expenditures.
Without other available funds the Off
Gals will be compelled to keep strictly
within the S125,000 dead line. This
amount is said to be slightly less than
was expended on the fair last year.
The last fair increased its revenues
SO per cent over its predecessor, and
another such year will make it
money Garner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
Feminism.

Peminism is the first attempt since
the days of chivalry to think clearly
and talk straight on this woman bust
ness, to call things by names that shall
square with the facts and not with the
appearance of the facts. 1t is woman
suffrage with the bark off, for while
woman suffrage wants us to change
our ways Of doing toward women,
femininism demands that we change
our ways of thinking about women.
Feminism is the crust ON the loaf OF
mans daily bread, and the loafef who
knows on which side his bread Is but
tered will eat crust with crumb. 1t is
the lemon on the peach tree in the gar
den of love, and wise is the man who
has sense enough to give that lemon
AIDE. 1t is the lantern Of Diogenes to
search out and find an honest man,
even under his wife's washtub.
Feminism is the acid test of mans
chivalry and Of womans sincerity
L. Brooke in Pictorial Review.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
new HIGHWAY BILL
IS BEING PREPARED
MEASURE PROVIDES FOR BETTER
ROAD BUILDING THROUGH
OUT THE STATE.
FEDERAL AID is ACCEPTED
A System Connecting Every County
Seat and Every City With
Population of 5000 or More
Is Contemplated.

Madison - The new highway bill,
over which the members of the spe-
cial highway committee of both
houses of the legislature have been
working for weeks, has been drawn
and is awaiting the finishing touches
and some slight changes before it is
introduced.
present highway laws and creates
eight new sections. This will give
some idea of it's scope and the work
which has been necessary.
The opening sentence in the bill de-
clares that the state of Wisconsin as
sents to the act of congress which
provides aid for state highways, and
the power of entering into contracts
with the proper national authorities
is conferred upon the highway com
mission. The state pledges its good
faith to make good funds equal to
the contribution of the national gov
eminent, which will aggregate some
thing over $5,0O0,OOO in FIVE years.
The highway commission is ordered
as the first step in the construction of
the trunk line highways, to lay out a
system of main travelled roads con-
Meeting every county seat and every
city with a population of 5000 or
more, it being provided that the sys-
tenn shall not be more than 5000 miles
long.
The road may enter villages of $500
population or less, but the system is
to be laid out exclusive of every street
or road in a village except those
where houses are divided by spaces
Of more than 200 feet.
A special legislative committee, con-
sisting of three members of the lower
house to be appointed by the speaker,
and two members of the senate to be
appointed by the committee on COM
mittees, and to be confirmed by the
senate, is to act with the highway
commission in all the preliminary
work of laying out the trunk line sys-
tenn. While doing this work they are
to receive SIS per day and their actual
and necessary expenses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
CHAPTER VII.
A Burglars Visit.


"Pruei"
A small hand gripped Prudence's
shoulder. and again came hoarsely
whispered:
"Prue!"
Prudence sat up in bed with a
bounce.
What in the world?" she began,
by the moonshine, and seeing Carol and
Lark shivering beside her bed
Ssh! Sh! Hush !" whispered Lark.
There's burglar in our room!'
By this time, even sound-sleeping
Fairy was awake. "Oh, there is !" she
scoffed.
"Yes. there u.s." declared Carol with
some heat. 'We heard him, plain as
day. He stepped into the closet. didn't
he, Lark?"
"He certainly did," agreed Lark.
Did you see him?'
mo. we heard him. Carol heard
him first, and she spoke, and nudged
me. Then 1 heard him, too. He was
at our dresser, but he shot across the
room and into the closet He closed
the door after him. He's there now"
you've been dreaming" said Fairy.
lying down again.
1--WE don't generally dream the same
thing at the same minute" said Carol
stormily. II tell you he's in there"
"And you two great big girls came
off and left poor little Connie in there
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
SYRUP OF figs FOR
A CHILC'S BOWELS
1t is cruel to force nauseatinu,
harsh physiC into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found-
ed Their tender little ''insides'' are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only DELI
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
OF California Syrup Of Figs which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown.ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv. r.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
Blind Children Learn.

Here is an orig Aal method used to-
teach a little blind child her alphabet,
that hope may help other mothers
who have little ones afflicted with the
same handicap. Use the raised letters
from old felt pennants and paste ON
four pieces of cardboard. Dividing
the alphabet into four parts prevent
the child from trying to learn too many
letters at once. When the alphabet is
mastered, the letters can then be made
into words and put ON small card
boards. The little ones touch soon
learns to distinguish between letters
and it Is interesting to note how soon
1t grasps both letters ana words.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
CLEAR LAND FOR POTATOES
New Settlers on CutoVer Ground Find
that by Using Dynamite Stumps
can Be Removed Easily.

Tomahawk Lake-A very consider
able amount Of stump land is being
cleared throughout the northern
counties of the state. A number of
new settlers have taken hold of cut
over ground and find that clearing it
by the use of dynamite proves COM
paratively easy, much more so in fact
than by any other method. Much of
the newly cleared ground will be
planted in potatoes, and it is expected
that the northern Wisconsin crop of
tubers will be materially. increased.
A determined effort is being made to
induce older residents to follow the
example of the new corners and ap-
ply dynamite to the stumps so as to
raise potatoes while the price is high
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
SYMBOL UNTOUCHED BY WAR +
Lion of St. Mark Has Escaped De-
struction, Though Hand of Time
Has Been Heavy on It
The lion of St. Mark still stands.

The lion of st. Mark still stands
Curiously enough, while utmost pre-
cautions have been taken to preserve
the edifices and monuments of Venice
/ against the ruthless hand Of the avi-
ator, this symbol of the republic, one
of the chief artistic and historical glo-
ries of the city, still poses on its col
umn in the PiazZetta with never a
Sandbag, masonry shield, or wooden
covering to guard 1t from harm.
The lion of ST. Mark long has been
an interesting relic. source of some
speculation and an endless amount OF
historical legend more or less authen-
tic. There is a tradition that when
Napoleon carried 1t to Paris there
were diamonds in its eyes. They were
really white agates. faceted.
1t is conjectured that the lion may
have formed a part of the decoration
of some Assyrian palace centuries be
fore it became the symbol of the Vene-
tan patron saint, st. Mark. The head.
except for the crown. the pane, and
the larger part of the body and legs.
except the claws, are much older than
other portions OF the figure. The wings
and paws are of a much later date.
while the rump part and the tail are
RESERVATIONS executed after the lion
had been sent back from Paris early
in the last century.
The lion is in condition that care
Is required even under ordinary eondi-
tons TO prevent its disintegration,
There are rents and assures through
out the body, and the portions are held
together by iron rivets that have rust
ed away. Many initials mark the metal,
presumably engraved by artists en-
ployed in various reStorations.
The Lion of St Mark could be de-
suoyed with little effort II has sur
vived the chances Of war to the pres
ent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
NEW RULES AID WISCONSIN
Regulations Supplement Laws
Now in Force in State.

Madison-Notificatio has been re-
ceived from Washington of several
amendments to the interstate quaran-
tine regulations which effectively sup
plement rules and laws now in force
in Wisconsin. AS adopted by the
treasury department, rule will be ap-
piled requiring that water supplied
for drinking or culinary purposes on
any conveyance in interstate traffic,
including vessels, shall conform to
the meteorological standard fixed by
the government. Another amendment
adopted forbids travel on any public
conveyance in interstate traffic by
any one knowing he is in the commu-
nicable stage of any of the dangerous
diseases.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
NEW ROAD PERMIT REFUSED
Petition of Capital Interurban
Railway Company.

Madison-The Wisconsin state rail-
road commission has dismissed the
petition of the Capital Interurban
Railway System company for a per-
NIT to build a line of railroad from
the town hall in the town of Bloom
ing Grove, Dane county, two and one
half miles southeast of Madison, to-
Janesville. A permit has previously
been issued to the Wisconsin Interur-
ban railway system to build an inter
urban road from Madison to James,
vile, and the capital company wanted
that permit revoked and one granted
to it instead.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-20
Unrelated Potatoes.

Sweet potatoes have not much in
common botanically with their moro
familiar namesakes. They have long
been cultivated as food in tropical and
subtropical countries, and were actu-,
ally introduced into England at an,
earlier date than the common potato.i
The two tubers' were often confound-
ed by writers of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, but the sweet
potato won more popularity than its
rival. STEPPED in wine or made into
sweetmeat, it was regarded as an
excellent invigorator. Swedish and
agreeable to the taste, its flesh-form-
Ing qualities are considered equal at
least to those of the common potato