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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13

VA along new variations OF the
old theme are shown in the
florists art. This year, for
example, q solid heart Of small pink
rosebuds, through which a miniature
gilt arrow is thrust, is a new kind of
flower valentine. Floral envelopes
made of violets, showing a tiny flap,
in which the message is TO be con-
cealed, are sure to be popular. There
are also gorgeous boxes of satin, MORE
ard even filet lace and gold braid, tied
with the richest of ribbons and the
filmiest of tulle, to contain the punches
of violets, orchids, lilies-of- the-valley
with violets, or corsage bouquets of
Killarney roses and mignonette. A
white satin box with gilt monogram Is
lovely container for bouquet of jon
quils, maiden-hair ferns and lilies-of-
the-valley.
The quaint little Old-time bouquet of
roses, pink or red, finished with frill
of paper lace or of the plated silk
lace, is always acceptable.
More durable valentines are plants
and ferns arranged in odd tin-lined bas-
kets. These also, filled with damp
moss, will continue to give pleasure
weeks after J ebruary IA. Long brown
baskets with assorted ferns and prim-
ing, as are the low, square, enameled
wicker baskets In various colors. hold
ing several shades of hyacinths, ported
together.
There are also lovely round, white
porcelain bowlswith raised flower deco
rations in Dresden colorings which are
to be filled with rare forget-me-nots
and the tiniest of pink rosebuds for
valentines.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
DAY LONG OBSERVED GIFTS IN PROPULSION
For Centuries the Nations Have
Been One in Paying Honor
to st. Valentine.

N 7 WAS custom among the Ro-
mans to celebrate in the month we
call February the Lupercalia, or
feasts in honor of Pan and Juno
Pan, the god of hunters, shepherds,
and country folk; Juno, the Great
queen of nuptial rites" During these
feasts, as preventive of sterility, it
was usual to strike people with thongs,
called februa. The feast itself was
called Februalis, and the day Dies Feb
ruatus-thus our word and month Feb
ruary.
An important ceremonial at this fes-
tival consisted in the drawing by lot of
young girls by young men. AS the num-
Der Of each sex participating in this lot
terry was equal, each youth secured a
mate. In course of time, however,
the pastors OF the Christian church, to
abolish paganism, substituted at these
drawings the names of saints. AS to
this, Butler In his Lives of Saints"
writes: "To abolish the heathens'
lewd, SuperstitiouS custom of boys
drawing the names of girls in honor of
their goddess Februato Juno, on the
18TH day of February, several Jealous
pastors substituted the names OF, saints
In billets on that day."
But the people soon returned to the
heather practice. and it was still OBJ
served in Rome in 1876.
Its true origin could not have been
solely in commemoratiOn of the loving
and charitable st. Valentine, for SINH
lar custom existed among the northern
pagans of ancient Europe. The festival
was, in its beginnings, a kind of mar
riage fair-day, held annually, always in
the spring when youthful fancy Eight
ly turns to thoughts of love-" a time
Of year when youth, like a giant re-
freshed with sleep, wakes to the thrill
Of budding manhood and womanhood.
a period when the love or mating in
stinct Is almost overpowerfng. Sir
Henry Wotton thus expresses the idea
Of st. Valentines day:
This day dame Nature seemed in love;
The lusty sap began to move;
Fresh juice did stir tn embracing vines,
And birds had drawn their valentines.
1t was a day of lovers meetings, FOR
choosing mates, and the male on the oc-
casion was known as the valentine"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
"CASCARETSS' FOR
LIVER, BOWELS
For sick headache, bad breath,
Sour Stomach and
constipation.
Get a 1O.cent box now.

No odds how bad your liver, stomach
or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable and uncomfort-
able you are from constipation, indiges-
ton, biliousness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with Cascarets.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take
Cascarets tonight; put an end to the
headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv.
BUSINESS. sick, sour, gassy stomach,
backache and all other distress;
cleanse your inside organs of all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
A 10-cent box means health, happi.
ness and a clear head for, months.
No more days of gloom and distress
IL you will take a Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't
forget the children-their little in
sides need cleansing. too. Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
ARE YOUEFF.cID|
HERE is A TEST WHlcu
OF INTEREST.
Anyway IT'S One Which ".
Persons Find 1t Easy to ~.
So Don't Be Distresses !. y
Should Fail. =

Are you efficient? The sw,,
refuses to down. The cloct,
the fiat wheels in the suhwa.
1t, the INCREASED curves Of 4
waited screech it. If you arr :
business fogy, the question h.
the eye of every plying sM,'
You find your wife meosrT,p
distance from the range IN a,
en cabinetand your son comnns
power necessary to propel
In the lowest are. The telepbo,.
pany advises you to give yon,,
instead of saying Hello
Blessed be the concrete Of A.
If not of heed. COncretepass
you to see just what the a.
master mean. One of them m
Fretz Kemble, tells in M
Management "How to Test Yam
ployees." OF course, every ma
reads 1t will first test his M,
portant employee, his fathe,
Watch with pad and pencil !
that is needed to acQuaint y,
with your virtues and faults
seconds answer as many of hes
tons as you can:
Give the name of veVps
metal, an insect, a reptile,
man, Il woman, an ocean, a
town.
If at the end of the half
you have written only bee
flea, adder" you are pretty M
You have also put down
Hughes, Pickford, Atlantic" \
up to human average Of eS
swers. If you feel that you
beyond ten answers, you may
the color of water, tea, beg
the sky, grass, milk, chalk, n
skin. But men who 60 bga
answers In 80 seconds are RN
should have secretaries, limOuS
big black cigars.
Next try to answer five ID
questions In 20 seconds,
; I. Who is the greatest llyr
eral?
Lucky for you If you are
"Joffre" or 'Haig" is written
more quickly than "Hindenb,
"Mackensen."
2. What is the most pOwertt
in the world?
Perhaps love isn't, Dus ltSa
word than militarism.
3. What is the greatest moi
coveryf
Quick, man! Radium win
A. What is the greatest neCa
commerce?
Secretary Redfield probably
not answer that In less than
words. You perhaps will write
or railroads" and pass on
last:
5. What is the cheapest food
human racer
Bread, unless you are D
lentils or employed by the nd
fluted Oat-corn. But you Ough
swer three of these questions u
onds, says Mr.. Kemble. II you
fewer, tt indicates 'slOwneS
liberation In thought"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
LINCOLN EVER KIND
Tenderness of Heart Evinced at
Times When He Was Under
the Greatest Stress.

Y EFT me present another aspect Of
Lincoln's many-sided charac-
ter. During the momentous
week when Grant was hammer
ing ut the gates of the Confederate
capital, the president, feeling in every
fiber of his being that the end was
near, took passage for City Point, in
order that with his own eager eyes,
weary with long watching, he might
see the last act in the drama of war
and, I doubt not, that he might check
any overt and unseemly act. should
occasion require, writes Johnson Brig
ham, state librarian of Iowa. in the
Youths Companion.
Late one afternoon, while he was
resting from his writing on the gun
boat River Queen, he observed several
little kittens, hardly able to stand,
blindly crawling about the floor. He
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Tributes to Lincoln.

"a man of great ability, pure pa
triotism. unselfish nature, full of for
giveness to his enemies, bearing malice
toward none, he proved to be the man
above all others for the great strug-
gle through which the Nation had
TO pass to place itself among the great
est In the family of nations ~. s.
Grant.
ITO him, more than to any other
man, the cause of the Union and lib
erty Is indebted for its final triumph"
B. Hayes,
''He was one of the few great rulers
whose wisdom increased with his pow
er. and whose spirit grew gentler and
tenderer as his triumphS were multi
piled. flames A. Garfield.
I'm the broad common-sense way in
which che did small things. he was
larger than any situation in which. life
had placed him. benjamin Harrison.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
u. s. CRISIS AVERTED
ANTiALiEN LAND BILL WITH
DRAWN FROM OREGON LEG.
lsLATURE BY SPONSOR.
OBJECTED TO BY JAPAN
State of Feeling at Tokyo So Serious
Statesmen Friendly to u S. Fear
Situation may Get Beyond Control
Idaho to Kill Bill.

Salem, Ore, Feb. 5.-Oregon's anti
alien land bill was withdrawn from the
legislature here by Senator George K.
Wilbur (Dem.), who introduced it, be-
cause, as he said, he did not wish to
handicap President Wilson with pos
Sible japanese complications during the
present international crisis.
Washington, Feb. 5.-Japan's repre-
sensations to the United States against
the antialien land bills pending in the
Idaho and Oregon legislatures, although
made informally through her embassy
here, are considered no less serious at
this critical juncture of international
affairs than were her protests against
the California laws four years ago.
Absolutely nothing had been permit
ted by the administration to become
public until the protest was disclosed
delegations in congress to use their in
f1uence at home to prevent passage of
the bills at this time
The state of feeling in Japan, prob
ably much disturbed by the recent
crisis in the government, has been rep
resented to the state department as
being so serious that the Japanese
statesmen who wish to preserve friend
ly relations with the United States fear
the passage of legislation in this coun-
try directed against their country may
force the situation at home beyond
their control.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 5.-Antialien lead
ers in the Idaho senate decided the
antialien land ownership bill, passed
by the house, would be killed by In
definite postponement in order not to
embarrass the United States govern
ment during the, present international
crisis.
A telegram was read in the senate
from United States Senator Borah in
which he asked that no legislation
of this kind be enacted at this time.
Japan objected to the proposed bill,
which is similar to California's anti
alien land ownership law. and the
state department asked the Idaho dele
cation in congress to use their infiu-
ence to prevent its passage. \
The Idaho Daily Statesman said
quoting telegram from Senator
Borah, printed with his authorize
ton:
Secretary Lansing and Mr.. Polk
paid second call at Senator Borah's
residence. and represented that Tokyo
fears the enactment of such legislation
at this time may so incense the Jap
anese people as to force the govern
ment, in self-preservation, to signify
a willingness to register by force of
arms it's protest against the Idaho
BILL"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
MOTHER! LOOK |
CH|LDS TON
If cross, feverish, corHI
give "California Sug
of Figs"

A laxative today saves q %
tomorrow. Children simply I
take the time from play to enR
bowels, which become clOgged
waste, liver gets sluggish
sour.
Look at the tongue, mother
ed, or your child Is listlesS' q
erish, breath bad, restless do7
heartily, full of cold or has s'
or any other children's ailmsaT
teaspoonful of "CallfOrnla Y
Figs" then don't worry beca1
perfectly harmless, and In o y
oil this constipation poison /
and fermenting waste WI
move cut OF the bowels, anu
a well. playful child again
ough ''inside cleansing Is ol'1
that is necessary. It shOal
first treatment given in any
Beware Of counterfeit d.
Ask at the store for a 5O-cen'
california Syrup Of Figs VI
full directions for babies gu
all ages and for grown'up,
printed on the bottle. Al"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
SPANIEL FOUND NOT GUILTY
Verdict Is Given in Case Of Man Ac-
cused of Wife Murder-Specta-
tors Cheer Verdict.

San Antonio, Tex, Feb. "A YER
dict of not guilty was returned on
Thursday after less than two hours
deliberation by the jury in the case of
Harry ]. SPANIEL of Alpine, Tex, tried
on a charge of killing his wife, Crystal
Holland Spaniel, last July. When the
verdict was announced many of the
spectators cheered loudly. Mrs. Spa
nell and Lieutenant Colonel Butler of
the Sixth cavalry, Z. S. A., were shot
ana killed July 20. last. while in an
automobile.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Now mothers valentine Is not
So very, very dear
It's just kiss upon a spot
Beneath her friendly earl
Custom Had Good Results-

England. Scotland, France and some
parts of the Continent saw the start
Of the custom where parties of young
folks assembled and inscribed on little
biIlets the names Of all the bachelors
and maidens Of their acquaintance.
threw the whole into receptacle, and
drew them out lottery-wise. care being
taken. of course, that each person
drew the name of 8 member of the
other sex.
The person thus drawn Jecame ones
valentine, and the allotment decreed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Lineoin was a southerner.

, We wish to point out the fact that
the preServer of the Union aad the
emancipation OF the slaves was not
New Highlander or 3 Northerner. but a
Southerner tranSplanted TO the soil of
the West For this reason we of the
South aave q right to be proud of the
career of this CREST American.
This man who preserved tie Union
and who freed the slaves was a Ken
tuckian by birth. and both of his par
ents were born in Virginia. He was n
Southerner and his parents we're South.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
U. S. RELIEF SHIP IS SUNK
Euphrates, First Sea Terror Victim.
Carried Aid to BeIgians-Some of
Crew May Be Lost.

London, Feb. 5.-Official informa-
ton received concerning the sinking
of the steamer Euphrates shows that
the probable first victim of the new
submarine policy of the central pow
ers was a Belgian relief ship. The
Euphrates had carried cargo of re-
lief supplies from the United States
and was returning to America in bal
last when it was torpedoed. Several
members of the crew have been res
cued and have reached an outlying
port.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13

Lincoln 1t was 4 case OF willing sac
rlfice."
"A cruel fiction" Henry b. Rankin
calls this in his book, Personal Recol-
iectiOns of Abraham Lincoln"
Mr.. Rankin was Schoolboy who
acted as court messenger at Peters
burg. H., While his father was sheriff.
when he first met Mr.. Lincoln. then a
rising young lawyer. Later he was a
student in the Lincoln and Herndon
law office in Springfield, admitted 10
the family circle
The picture OF Mary Todd which Mr..
Rankin draws is charming one.
Though not beautiful, she was decided
" pretty, ne says, with clear blue eyes
which looked through one. and a mo-
bile face which was responsive 10 her
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Things Lincoln Said.

If you intend to go 10 work there
is no better place than right where
you are.
l have changed my mind. I don't
think much of man who is not wiser
today than lie was yesterday.
BY course of reasoning Euclid
proves that all the angles in triangle
are equal to two right angles Now.
if you undertook to disprove that
proposition would you prove it false
by calling Euclid liar?-Circle Maya
zine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
News to Him.

I've come TO tell YOU" began the
young man, that I'm going to get mar
ried next week"
swell, what of TT" roared his en-
ployer, seeming a request for raise.
why tell me your troubles?"
81 thought possibly you might be
interested. You see, it's your daugh-
ter I'm going to marry"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Indiana Joins the orys.

indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 3.-The In
diana house Of representatives passed
the statewide prohibition bill which
previously had passed the senate, by
vote of So to IL. Under its provi-
sions Indiana will go dry April 2, 1913.
Governor Goodrich had previously in
dicated that he would sign the meas
ure
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
81 Rritish sunk Ralder.

Rio Janeiro. Feb. 5.-Persistent re-
ports have been received by the news
papers here that the German raider.
which has been active off South Amer
lea. has been sunk in an engagement
with. British squadron.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
tie Mature.

.The sugar industry = !. 4
dlsorderly occupation, Is. 80 y
"Of course not
think thatF -
Because the peoP''
are always raising O"N
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Ex.premier Of CHM Dies.

Picking, Feb. Sit was announced
here on Thursday that Prince Ching,
former premier and former minister of
foreign affairs, died at Tientsin. He
celebrated his eigthieth birthday last
April.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
LINCOLN

Twas not his head that made him srssty
1t was mis- heart,
That sentler part,
Which, in its kindness, went straight
To all the people, tom and sore,
And like balm lay softly DER ~
The Nations wounds, and elorifed
The life besinning when he died..
-w.JLAMPTON
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Norway Hats Mai to U. $.

Christiania. Norway. Feb. 5.-The
regular daily mail and passenger serv-
ice between Norway and England was
stopped while the Norwegian-Ameri-
can liner Kristianiafiord is held for
further orders. =
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Iananese LoYal to U. S.

Honolulu, Feb. Prominent Jap
anese here declare that should HOSTILE
ties come between the United States
and Germany $4,000 Japanese reserv-
lists in hawaii would offer their serv-
ices to the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Sixth German War Loan.

London, Feb. 3.-"An article in the
Frankfurter-Ze itung is intimaung the
imminence of q sixth German war
Ioan," according TO q dispatch received
here from Reuters Amsterdam CORE
spondent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Piles Dissolved In lsl

Mild. safe treatment. - n b q
ger; positive relief ss ,,eT boT 2
calves, ointments or Ia, -,
Particulars free in pa PLAN mai = I
Just clip this out an Ri b.
Riley, 40 NJ. i NJ BAN
kes ADV.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Prove Wh., Sp .mp-Root WD I"

Send ten cents to Dr. - ,Ds.
Binghamton, N. Y, for a s,,i
tie. 1t will convince anyU v,le'
also receive a booklet o. ti;i ss
der. When writing, be SUI sur ~.
this paper. Regular hi ". /
dollar size bottles for "'
storea.-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Contrary Trials.

Manager-Eou say the angel refuses
20 give any more advance money?
Star-SayS he won't advance an
other cent.
Manager-Then there1l be the devil
20 payl
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Violent Eiahtina on somme

Berlin, Feb. Violent fighting was
reported from the Somme front by the
war office. East of Beaucourt the Ger
mans recaptured from the British the
greater part of trenches that had pre-
yiously been lost.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Something HsnSs Z

what shall l gi'1
for a wedding present, .,s y
aoh, get her q dlaiOo ,rbis
a barrel of potatoes
prefer"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
How They Compromised

In his law practice Lincoln diScour-
aged his neighborS who wished to 90
TO law. One day farmer drove In to
get a divorce. He had built a frame
house and wished it painted white. His
wife wanted il brown There had been
an Argument and then there had been
trouble. ar. Lincoln said to him:
You have not lived with this WON
an :.ll these years without learning
that there is such thing as . com
PROMISE. Go back home: think no
more OF this divorce for a month. Then
come TO me again In a month the
farmer returned mir. Lincoln" said
he. I'VE have agreed on a compromise.
We are going to have the house paint
ed brown"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13

erners- Such was the data supplied by
Abraham Lincoln regarding his own
life in 1850 for the Chicago Tribune.
Jefferson wrote the declaration of
independence; Washington conducted
the Revolution 20 successful issue
Pinekney drew up the oatline of the
constitution of the United States
Monroe promulgated the doctrine with
which his name has been associated
Clay was sponsor for the American
system: and Lincoln freed the slaves
and preserved the Union.-Memphls
Commercial-Appeal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13

Never be sorry for what you don't
write; 1t is the things you do write
that you are usually sorry Cor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
Kidney Medicine Ley l.
and Proves is !

I believe DR.. Kilmer's ST,l
a very useful and reliable rene y,
that is really worthy Of tne III ID
ceives. l have given SwamlRE.a H. !.
and | am much gratifed al 'n y, I
tanned and / am ready az MI "
times to recommend it 70 nv s,g
held its place with the bes' -
past seven years,
Very truly y91Tp5r n
. ". HAkL. 2
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13

There have been woman sailors
among the Films and Norwegians for
many years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
EASY obIIgaiIss

A good word s =, ~ -
but not to speak IL. !. i 49,
lence. which costs u
son.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13

by fate was supposed 10 impose on The
couple sort OF loyalty for the coming
year.
The result can readily be Imagined.
The loyalty brought about by the val
entine led TO a close association, and
more often than not resulted in mar
riage. Hence it was considered mat
ter of prime Importance TO get the
name of man or woman toward whom
natural inclinations tended.
He that will have cake out OF the
wheat must tarry the grinding
Shakespeare.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
LINCOLN. HAPPY
WITH MARY TODD
Reports That the Great President
and His Wife Were Incompati-
BILE Are Without Truth, Accord
ing to One Who Knew Them
Well.
MERE are stories, some Of them
written into the biographies of

and Mary Todd Lincoln was unhappy.
These stories go so far as to say that
when the wedding day came around
they fix the date in 1S40-the guests
arrived and the bride appeared in her
finery, but the groom remained away
that finally, when they did marry,
Mary Todd accepted Lincoln and mar
ried him in spirit of pique and petty
spite to wreak vengeance on him
through their married life :" while with
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-13
l8O9-Abraham Lincoln 1865

Mourscore and seven years ago
III our fathers brought forth upon
this continent a new nation,
conceived IN liberty and dedicated
to the proposition that al men are
created equal. Now we are en-
gagged In a great civil war. testing
whether that nation, or any nation
so conceived and so dedicated. can
long endure. We are met on great
battlefield Of that war. We have
come 70 dedicate portion OF that
field as final resting place for those
who here gave their lives that that
nation might 1--we.
git IS altogether fitting and proper
that we should do this. But, m a
larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we
cannot consecrate. we cannot hal
low. this ground. The brave men.
living and dead. who struggled here
have consecrated it far above our
power to add or detract. The world
will little note, nor long remember
what we say here, but it can never
forget what they did here. 1t is for
us, the living, rather to be dedicated
here to the unfinished work which
they who fought here have thus far
so nobly advanced. 1t is rather for
us to be here dedicated to the great
task remaining before us. that from
these honored dead we take In
creased devotion to that cause for
which they gave the last full mea-
sure Of devotion: that we here highly
resolve that these dead shall not
have died in vain; that this nation,
under God. shall have new birth ct
freedom. and that government Of the
people. by the people. and for the
people shall notpenshfromthee earth.