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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Beef gospel die not stop here. how.

Beef gospel die not stop here, how
ever, but has continued Its spread into
many small towns and villages in the
sections of the state where this INDUS
try Is most likely to develop with the
best chances of success. The medium
used for this purpose during the win
ter season has been the Farmers in
stitutes. Walter L. Houser, Mondovi,
has af-sffYas conductor at these spe-
cial htf6y beef institutes. Besides the
valuable addresses and discussions by
experienced men, the visitors have
had the chance to observe the points"
in prime beef animals, both from the
breeders and the butchers standpoint.
Plans for a stirring baby beef
"drive" next season have been pre-.
pared by a special committee of the
Wisconsin Live Stock Breeders asso-
citation. The campaign win include an
increased number of local contests, a
state roundup at Madison, with big
cash prizes, and probably more insti-
tutes to follow.
Official figures give Wisconsin's to-
tai beef production for 1915 as worth
$33, 680.000. A total Of 1,216,O00 beef
animals are recorded on the farms of
the state in that periok
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

quires special skill and training.
Many people do not seem to under
stand that in any case complications
may arise which can be met safely by
prompt and skillful scientific care, but
which at the hands of an unskilled at
tendant will cost the life of mother or
child or both.
Doctor Meigs admits the difficulties
of making accessible to every mother
in the United States these essentials
of maternity care, but she says
when women and their husbands are
convinced of the need of such care,
and when women demand it, physi-
clans will furnish It; medical colleges
viii provide better training for physi-
clans; and communities, rural and ur-
ban, will see 10 it that mothers are
properly protected"
The difficulties are perhaps greatest
In rural districts. The Children's bu-
reau has had letters from mothers who
are is, 25, 30 and even 65 miles from
physician, and for whom any trained
nursing has been utterly impossible.
Other countries have been at work on
this same problem, notably New Zea-
land and Canada. from their expert
ence and from the experience of those
American cities In which special ma
ternity work is being developed. Doc
tor Meigs has drawn up the following
suggestions for unit of service to
meet the needs Of mothers in rural
districts:
The unit would provide a center for
a rural nursing service with visiting
nurses especially trained to recognize
dangerous symptoms in expectant
mothers. At such a center mothers
would be able to obtain information as
to the proper care of themselves and
of their babies. If a suitable general
hospital is too remote for use, the
county center should include q cot
tage hospital for difficult maternity
cases and for the care of normal
cases when it is convenient for the
mother to leave her home for confine-
ment. In general, skilled attendance
should be obtainable by every woman
in the county.
Little has been done as yet to show
women that much of the waste of
mothers lives and health is:unneces-
sary. Even less has been undertaken
by communities to provide protection
for motherhood. Many communities
which have, studied their typhoid and
tuberculosis death rates and have I'M
dertaken, costly measures to reduce
them have been needless of the death
rates among mothers. 1t is not
strange, therefore, that since 1900 the
typhoid rate for the country as a
whole has been cut in half, and the
rate from tuberculosis has been mark
edly reduced, while the death rate
from maternal causes Aas shown no
demonstrable decrease. But maternal
deaths are largely preventable, and
Baby Week should mark the beginning
Of definite work for their prevention.
Doctor Nfeigs' report on Maternal
Mortality may be had free upon re-
quest, from the Children's bureau,
Washington, D. G.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

Locust eggs, treated with sulphuric
acid and lime. are used for fertilizer
In Sicily and other Mediterranean
lands where the insects are common.
The surface of roads are planned.
scarified, rolled and made ready for
use in a single trip over them of
machine that a Pennsylvania has In
vented.
Selling seaweed is one of the func-
lions of the Philippine fishermen. The
native women make use of 1t In the
preparation of a dessert much like
gelatin
Owing TO the continued high price
of coal, the Honduras National Rail-
road has abandoned this article as
fuel and is using wood cut along the.
line of the railroad.
At Eureka, CAL. a millionaire plant
grower is proving that bulbs and
plants heretofore Imported from Hol--
land. Belgium and Japan are inferior
TO those grown In California.
The springs of Palestine, though for
the most part short-lived. are remark
able for their abundance and beauty.
especially those which fall into the
Jordan and its lakes throughout its
course
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
THINGS WORTH KNOWING

Waste molasses is now used In
Hawaii as fuel for furnaces that pro-
duce steam power.
Camels were early known to the
Egyptians, though no representative
of this animal has yet been discoy-
cred in the hieroglyphics.
The real estate mortgage is the old
est of all investments. Money we
know to have been lent on mortgages
as long ago as 200 years before
Christ
For propelling boats Frenchman
has invented paddle wheels which
may be attached to any boat and re-
volved by a man pulling at oarIike
handles
The most striking feature In the
Biblical notices of the horse is the ex-
elusive application of it to warlike
operations and not TO ordinary loco
motion or to agriculture
Fleas are abundant in the Orient
and afford the subject of many pro-
verbal expressions. This insect is
only twice mentioned in the Scrip
lures In Samuel 24:14. and in the
same book. "a 20.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
WAS DETERMINED TO ENLIST
Applicant, When Found Too Old for
Regular Service in Navy, Declares
He Will Go as a Pearl Diver.

Many humorous incidents have
marked the rush for recruits which
have been made at the army, navy and
marine corps enlisting stations dur
ing the last few days. says the Indian
apOliS News. One day at the navy sta
tion in the federal building a big. raw
boned fellow applied far enlistment
as an apprentice seama-.
On examination, the officers at the
station found that he was just a little
over age for this class of service. He
then offered to ship" az cook. He
was asked whether he had any recon-
mendations for that sort of work
II haven't got any recommended
tons" ne said. But If you order some
ham and eggs 1 will show yo' what i
can do along that line"
That didn't seem to satisfy the Off
GERS and the man appeared to be up
against IL.
We'll, I won't ship as fireman." he
said. "that sort of work is too tough
for me. If you won't have ME as a
cook guess 1 will have to enlist as
pearl diver"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Do You Neglect
Your Machinery !?

The machinery of the body needs to
be well oiled, kept in good condition
just as the automobile, steam engine or
bicycle. Why should the human neglect
his own machinery more than that of
his horse or his engine? Yet most peo-
pie do neglect themselves. To clean
the system at least once week is to
practice preventive measures. You Will
escape many ills and clear up the coat
ed tongue, the sallow complexion, the
dull headache, the lazy liver, il you will
take a pleasant laxative made up of
the May.apple, juice of the leaves of
aloes, root of jalap. and called Pleasant
Pellets, You can obtain at almost any
drug store In this country these yege-
table pellets in walls for 25c-simply
ask for DIR, Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
There can be no counterfeit If they
have the DIR. Pierce stamp. Proven
good by so years use.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
THOUGHT 1T IRREGULAR TALK
Little Kindergarten Attendant Is Very
Much Surprised When Told That
She Can Speak English.

Proof positive that each one of us
Is for himself the center of the uni
verse, that what "our folks" do is the
proper thing, and all else mere eccen-
tricity, is seldom lacking, but it comes
out most engagingly in childhood.
"She can speak French most beau
tifully!" concluded Elsies big sister,
Sara, after having described at length
to the family at the supper table the
charms and accomplishments of new
friend, a girl who had lived several
years abroad and had come recently
10 Sara's school.
81 know a girl" put in Elsie at this
point, with an air of Importance. land
she used to live in England. She's in
my kindergarten, and she can speak
English, guess"
'Well, what of that?" demanded
Sara. $50 can you speak English"
mo, can't; don't know how
Why, of course can't speak English"
Elsie appealed from the laughing faces
now toward her. "can l, mother?"
Certainly you can speak English,
child; IT'S what we all speak; we're
speaking it now"
"What? Is it English we're talking
right this minute? Is it truly.
mother?"
''of course. my dear What lam
guage did you suppose it was that we
'talkT"
''Why, mother, didn't suppose 1t
I thought it was just regular talk. OF
course"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Waste Of Mothers Lives and
) Health Altogether Unnecessary
Prepared BY Children. Bureau. u s. Department. Of Labor

More women fifteen to forty-five
years of age die from conditions con-
nected with childbirth than from any
disease except tuberculosis. Some 49,
600 mothers lives are sacrificed yearly
to ignorance and improper care. In
connection with Baby Week, the Chill
dren's bureau calls special attention to
these facts, for three reasons:
1. The life and health of the mother
are essential TO the health and we'll
being of her children.
2. The majority of these mothers
lives could be saved.
3. The number of deaths among
mothers Is merely a rough index of
unmeasured preyentable illness and
suffering.
Just how adequate care for mothers
10 to be assured depends. Of course, on
local conditions, but DR.. Grace L.
Meigs Of the federal Children's bu-
reau. whose special report on Ma
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

ternal Mortality was published re-
Gently, believes that the first essen
sial everywhere is better understand
Ing Of what mothers need.
Few women seem to realize, for ex-
ample, that a mother needs special
care before the baby comes. And yet
the principles of personal hygiene
which have been worked out by mod
ern sciance are Of the utmost import
ance in preventing complications for
the mother and illness or weakness for
her baby. Further, the expectant
mother should be under the super
vision of physician, and she should
have certain periodic examinations by
which any symptoms of complications
may be discovered and treated while
they are still controllable.
And the mother needs skilled at
tendance when her baby is born. Doc
tor Meigs emphasizes the fact that a
difficult maternity case is one of the
gravest surgical emergencies and re-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Something Wrong with Child Who
Does Not Come Up TO Standard
Prepared BY Children. Bureau U. s. Department Of L.bo.

The average weight of girl babies at
birth is slightly more than pounds
and that of boys Tis pounds. The as-
erage baby will weigh twice as much
at the fifth or sixth month as at birth.
and three times as much at the end OF
the first year. AT eighteen months
girls viii weigh about . pounds and
boys "a; at two years boys viii weigh
- pounds and girls 20 pounds. The
increase in weight thereafter VIII be
slower. The normal gain OF a healthy
child. according TO Doctor Holt, is
about l6 pounds during the second
year. about ; during the third, and
about the fourth. girls remaining
about 1 pound l!ghtec than boys all
the way along.
A baby begins to laugh aloud at some
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

without getting his sleeves and the
front OF his clothing wet. A stool or
hassock, or even a low box on which
he may stand, will save much trouble.
After the baby's high chair has been
discarded the child should be provided
with dining chair which is high
enough to bring his elbows about on
level with the top of the table, and he
should have a stool or a footrest. An
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
FOR SKIN TROUBLES
That Itch, Burn, Torture and Disfp.
ure Use cuticura-TriaI Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. They
usually afford immediate relief in itch
ing, burning eczemas, pimples, dandruff
and most baby skin troubles. They
also tend to prevent ntrle skin trou-
bles becoming great If used daily.
Free sample each by mali with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Marital Gr2t

Nose Johnsing will be yo'r
charge 70 marrying me and Melindy
tomorrow?
Parson Jackson-Two dollars
Nose Johnsing-Well, say, just
charge her five and send me de differ
ence to Lake Squeedunk, whar we's
gwine on de hopeymoon.-Puck.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Should Use Judgment.

Teacher-"When little George Wash
ngton told the truth about cutting
down the cherry tree his father for.
gave him. Now, Henry, what lesson
does this teach us?" Henry-'Tt
teaches us that we should learn when
to tell the truth"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Something Like Ii.

In going down the elevator at no.
tel the other day little tot was being
taken TO the basement barber shop to
have her hair trimmed. A man got on
at one of the floors and accosted her
cheerily with the remark:
well, Isabelle, and what are you go
ing to do this morning."
I'm going down to the cellar to
have my hair-hair-to have my hair
=" the word would not come, so she
finally concluded with. ito have my
hair sharpened."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Pure Air.

Pure air is blue, because. as New
ton tells us, the molecules of the aiy
have the thickness necessary to reflect
blue rays. When the sky is not per-
fectly blue the atmosphere is blended
with perceptible vapOrs, and the diff
fused light is mixed with a large pro-
portion of white.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Relieved Her Feelings.

One warm summer afternoon little
Helen was on the porch with her
mother. She became quite restless !;
up and down and around she would
walk and finally, with big sigh, she
seated herself in her little rocking
chair and said: "Oh. darn the good
ness. gracious"
Her mother said: "Why, Helen,
what made you say that?"
ION, | Just had to say or do some
thing"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Busy Correspondents.

MY constituents are beginning to
contribute with unusual liberallty to
the government" said Senator Sor-
ghum as he anxiOusIy inspected his
mail
"Cashy'
Not exactly cash. But they never
bought SO many two-cent stamps in all
their lives"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
looked as Il There Miami Be

There is no royal road to learning"
said the Wise Guy. ~ don't know
about that" said the Mutt. ibid you
ever notice the number of liverled
equipages that wait outside of a pri-
yate school in fashionable district
around letting-out tins? '--Buffalo Elk
press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
There Many Years.

A woodsman in northern Michigan
found horse collar growing in tree.
Experts declare that the collar might
have been the top of sapling which
encircled the base of the larger tree
Popular Science Monthly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Batting Mother.

IF l had two cents" said Charlie,
I'D buy something that would make
your mouf water"
whats rhat?" asked mother.
''Gum drops" said the scamp.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

no relief. / began taking DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription and three bottles
cured me. was feeling splendid,
could eat and sleep well and gained
in strength and weight. l also gave
it to my daughter. She was weak and
had fainting spells and the medicine
cured her. We also used DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets; there is nothing to
equal .ilem."-MRS. r. d. JENKINS,
los S. Vine Street, Mssgshfeld, Wis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
FIGURING on a Necessit..

'You ought to be happy, with wheat
at 81 bushel."
'Tm not" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. 'I'iH not any happier than I'd
be If the springs were going dry for
season and water was worth 81 gal.
lon"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

In Italy process has been invent
ed for making sidewalk tiles of screen
ings from old brick pavements.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
interruption.

when we were interrupted" he said,
with world of meaning in his voice,
81 was just going to propose"
"Yes, yes, go on"
THAT is-er-to propose that since
the evening Is so fine we might take
a little stroll"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

time between the third and fifth
month he begins to reach for his toys
from the fifth to the seventh month !;
and at the seventh or eighth month he
is usually able to sit alone and hold up
his body. At the end of the first year
he viii stand up by chairs. and by
about the sixteenth month he can usu-
ally walk alone.
Az the end of the first year the baby
Will be saying a number of words. and
at the end of the second year the aver
age child is putting them together In
short sentences. If child is making
no attempt 10 talk at this time il may
be that something Is wrong.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Hardly Complimentary.

Nov. If you have it in your head"
said the professor, who had explained
theory to his students, you have It
all in nutshell. Boston Tran
script.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
falth2

ITS mistake" said Uncle Eben,
ito imagine dat faith consists OF
knockin' off work an trustin' to luck
Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Revenge TO the Point

She-Alas, Algernon, my fathers
remarks about you were very bitter.
Helm glad Of 1t, because I'm 60
ing to make him eat bis words.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Aliens Foot Ease for The Troops,

The antiseptic powder to be shaken into the
shoes used in the foot-bath. Young men in
every community are using Aliens Foot-Ease
In their drills for Military Preparedness. Used
by the Allied, French and English troops be-
cause it rests the feet, takes the friction from
the shoe and makes walking easy.-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
stu an Amateur.

'Have you ever loved before7-
mot enough to affect my amateur
status, dearest" he replicd.--Kansas
City Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
YEAR 1916 MARKS
BEEF PREVAIL

Perhaps the most notable farm cam
paign of the past year in Wisconsin
has been that Of the baby beef en-
rhusiasts. As a result 1t is certain
that more boys on the general farms
of the state have become interested
In the raising Of early maturing beef
animals than at any previous time.
Beginning with several local and
county fair associations, held during
the late fall and summer, the cam
paign came TO climax with the Wis
consin Boys Baby Beef Show at the
College Of Agriculture, Madison, in
November. Credit for managing the
affair rests largely with the Wisconsin
Live Stock Breeders association, as
sisted by individuals.
Then, to make the Badger beef rails
ers still more confident, a final victory
was won at the international EXPOSE
ton, when a steer raised and fed by
a Sauk county boy secured high hon.
ors In competition with the ''best of
tbs corn belt"
Queer Things You Hear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

Send ten cents to DIR. K liner & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size bot
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
GETTING Even.

Surgeon Ito auto agent-Don't wor-
~, the operation win be as safe and
easy as that last car you sold me.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Guaranteed HARNESS

what does this chap do for liy-
ing?" asked the secret service man.
Writes musical comedies
Pass him along. He never had any
thing to do with a plot in his life"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

Los Angeles county has the largest
olive grove in the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

Take day Off occasionally and let
the rest of the crowd do the worry
Ing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

Some men like 10 talk of their BUSH
ness successes. and the rest would If
they had ever had any.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

AuOul III teen years
a & o / developed
quite a severe
case of woman's
weakness. / was
very miserable,
could not eat, lost.
in weight and
strength until I
was almost a
walking shadow.
I took medicine
prescribed by the
doctor, but got
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
A WALKING SHADOW

Humbug is a bug which preys upon
the unwary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
GREAT SUCCESS FOR
KIDNEY MEDICINE

Your medicine has proved valuable TO
my patrons for the past seventeen years
and they always speak words of praise in
behalf of the merits of the preparation l
believe DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is
splendid remedy, for cannot recall sin
gle instance where it failed to do all that is
expected of it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

II man could discover why a wom-
an is a mystery she wouldn't be.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
PAlN7 NOT A Bit
LIFT YOUR C0RNS
OR CALLUSES OFF
No humbug! Apply few drops
then just lift them away
with fingers.

This new drug is an ether compound
discovered by a Cincinnati chemist. 1t
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

ordinary kitchen table or common sew
Ing table with the legs sawed off about
half way will afford untold comfort to
the children at their work or play. II
should be painted white and should
rest firmly on the floor. Low chairs
should also be provided. These may
be pine kitchen chairs with the legs
sawed off. Added to this, there should
be some shelves with drawers where
work and playthings can be kept with
In easy reach. Such an equipment as
this, In a sunny, cheerful room, with
plenty of fresh air, and warmed In
winter to IS degrees, viii provide an
amount of happiness to the child quite
out of all proportion to the cost.
Happy hearts and happy faces,
Happy play in grassy places,
That is how in ancient ages
Children grew to kings and sages.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

Any man who doesn't want what hs
hasn't got has all he wants.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

One OF the best Of slogans for moth
ers is Keep the Baby Well."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01

Esyour duty before blaming others
for not doing theirs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Queer Things You {

Queer Things You Hear.
<he Small One Ca benedict)-You
should marry, old top. A bachelor is
but half a man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
Prove What Swsmp-RoOt VIII Do For You

NNII II o UINOU EN- 7 OfNIUM,
Succrs. to Smith & Leisenring.
Oct. z, 1916. Pont ac, Michigan.