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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18

HE is a past master of the art Of
telling story. He has humor, a keen
sense Of the dramatic, and a knack
Of turning out happy ending just
when the complications of the plot
threaten worse disasters"
Thus spake the literary editor of the
New York Times about E. Phillips
Oppenheim, the popular English now
elist and author of "The Hillman,"
the new serial we have secured for
publication in this paper.
Mr.. Oppenheim is without question
one Of the most widely read authors
of the day.
"The Hillman" is a study of char
acter development that is one of the
best things this writer has ever done.
The plot is ingenious and the romantic
element strong and unusual.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
LIFE UNDERWRITERS MEET

The Wausau Life Insurance Under
writer's association started its meet
ings last evening when officers were
elected for the coming year. The
general agents of all the companies
represented in the association were
present.
The officers are as follows: w. j.
Webster, president; : James Montgom-
cry, vice president; w. Del Curtis,
secretary; Harry Berger, treasurer,
and F. E. Pettric, chairman of the
executive committee.
The next meeting will be held the
first Monday in October.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
rhaEssentlaI Shirt.

"Can you reclte the Declaration OF
TndependenceT
"No," replied the man in khaki. "All
can remember is, When in the course
of human events it becomes necessary.
And I expect soon to land somewhere
In France to ascertain what's neces-
sary and then attend to it,"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
Che Waa IN

Belle-And when he heard your
father coming downstairs did you see
his knees shake under him?
Beulah-No, but felt 'em shake
under me.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18

Gently sold his beautiful farm of 12O
acres near Mosinee, to Gust. Brandt
of Merrill. Mr.. Raymond had lived
on the farm for twenty years. He is
a very active man for being pretty
we'll along in years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
Naturally.

Motorists never have q good word
to say for pedestrians"
"Of course not. 1t Is the nature Of
things for them to be continually run
ning pedestrians dovG"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
No. for Publication.

81 never hear young Jones talE
about what he learned at college"
HE can't very well. All he learned
was the secret work Of his particular
&X2ES
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
FARM LANDS

$500 acres of Marathon and Lin
coin county farm lands for sale to set
tiers. Price, $40 to s15 Par acre. on
very easy terms. Louis Scharbau.
Owner, 616 first St, Wacsau. Wis I'D.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18

The Marathon County School of Ag-
riculture and Domestic Economy was
represented in the county farm school
contest in domestic science at the
state fair in Milwaukee last week.
Misses Margaret Schneider, Helen
Bentz and Anita Bliese carried off $50
in prizes as representatives of the
above school. They won first prize
in the canning contest, second in the
baking, third in the sewing, second
for the display of baked goods and
third for the display of sewed articles.
The ladies also won individual prizes.
Harvey Woodward, Elmer Kahn, Wal
ter Duncan and Harry Johnson rep
resented the local school in the iudg-
ing of stock. Harvey Woodward re-
ceived third place in the judging of
horses and Harry Johnson, first in the
judging of heifers. The Wausau fell
lows won the honor pennant for the
best disciplined group of boys taking
part In the contests. Principal A. G.
Burg accompanied the teams to Mil
waukee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Paul Zettler to Lizzie Stemler, both
Of Stratford.
DR.. Eugene E. Fleming to Valeria
Ringle, both of WausaA.
Louis Sinonik, Jr., to verna Cater,
both of Knowlton,
Anton ]. Braidenbach, Eagle, Wis.
to Agatha A. Weller, Athens.
Arthur Rifieman, Edgar, to Ida
Scheribel, Stratford.
Nestor c. Humblet, Norrie, to Mil
dred E. Lieske, town of Plover.
Fred Ferge to Esther Burger, both
of Wausau.
John Nowak to Hazel Walker, both
of Wausau.
Gustave Hollinger to Leona Duran
ceau, town of Texas.
Harry Emerich, Hamburg, to Anna
Giese, Berlin.
Charles Brown to Ida Haufschilt
both of Wausan.
William F. LANCE, Mosinee, to Laura
Harris, Stratford.
John Nels Nelson, Waseca, to Annie
Booming, Wausau.
Harry Manos, Wausau, to Frances
Monian, Moon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-07-05
SLAcK-WATER PERIOD OF DAY
Two O'Clock in Afternoon, Declares
Writer, Is for Some Reason q
Time Of pisillusion.

Each period Of the day has Its own
subtle quality. which no arbitrary re-
arrangement of our own hours Of work
and rest can destroy. And two o'clock
in the afternoon Is q time Of disilluS
sion. time when man has neither
great faith nor profound convictions,
writes William McFee In the Atlantic.
The morning Is gone, the evening too
far away. Even teatime seems at an
i:Amrn>p and tragic distance. II is the
Slacl,-wntrr period of the day. And II
Is he period when u man may perhaps
experience. in the space of Il flash, a
peculiar sensation of being an impOs-
Tor. II is. suppose. in such moments
hnt %cnrrllS. commanders. chief en-
.iErcrS and the like jump overheard.
" is II sensation extraordinarily vivid
I'D brief. No external evidence Is Of
ny avail In neutralize its dire and
rradful omniScience. No personal
.,rii,cn record. no esteem of lifelong
friends. no permanent and visible ac-
.'naiIliShment can shield the sensitive
nlluuu soul. thus suddenly stripped
,arr by some devilish cantrlp Of Its
own mechanism. One feels hollow
sham.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-07-05
Wanted-A Home Market
morrow.

This town should have home
market place for every single
product of the farm, large or
small. 1t should be a place
where the farmer can dispose of
his produce at market prices and
for spot cash, without the trouble
and waiting incident to shipping
to outside points. When this is
done much of the farmers money
that goes out of town now will
in future be spent right at home,
with our home business men.
This world does not recognize
the policy of something for
nothing" hence if we want the
farmer to help US we must be
equally willing to aid him. Who
has the brains and energy to
make a start in this direction?
1t means much to the future
welfare of each of us.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-07-05

need in Baxter Springs of en-
lar ged and improved educational
facil tiles. We are a firm believer
in education. We believe in the
erection of buildings that will not
only afford the necessary oppor-
tunities for instruction, but that
will be strictly modern in sani-
tary measures. We believe in
employing the best of instructors
for the guidance of our children
in their schoolhood days, and be-
lieve'i in the election of trustees
and other public school officials
who will give their best thought,
energy and action to this end.
The right kind of a school board
will employ the right kind of
teachers, and they in their turn
will produce from our unsettled
youth the keenest intellectual
minds of the future. Let us con-
serve the interests of our public
schools of today, for the instruct
ion and control of our children
in their young days will bespeak
their standing, efficiency and
success in the later years of life.
If there is one single thing that
can be done to improve edu-
cational conditions locally, that
thing should be done promptly, |
cheerfully, and without bubble.
Half measures today will not
make whole men and women to-
morrow.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-07-05

The Baxter Springs board OF
education has voted to have a
two-room frame building erected
on the site belonging to the dis
trict in the southeast part OF the
city. Two additional rooms are
being fitted up in the basement
of the old building. This will
provide four rooms in addition to
those occupied last year; but
even these will not be sufficient
and it is quite probable that it
will be necessary to rent some
rooms elsewhere.
Caring for the many new child
rem who will seek enrolment in
the city schools next September
is serious problem. Building a
new school house of adequate
size was out of the question this
year. The funds were not avail
able either by bonding or assess
ment. Next year, however, it is
thought and hoped that the as
sessed valuation in the district
will be raised considerably and
that then about $4,000 can be
raised by a bond issue. Then it
is the purpose Of the board to
erect an eight or ten room school
house.
Second only to a sewers, is the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-07-05
Why Are We Fighting

The answer to this question is
contained in the governments
red, white and blue book, just
issued. The text of the book
or paper-has been published in
all of the daily papers, and con-
stitutes an unanswerable argu-
ment in favor of war to the hilt.
Read it-study it analyze it
and when you have digested its
contents you viii be thoroughly
convinced Of the justice and the
absolute necessity of the war the
United States is waging against
Germany.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-07-05
MAKING the Potato Popular.

There is q touch Of humOr In the
method employed by the famous
French chemist Parmentier to over
come the prejudices against the po'
tato Of the peasantry on the CONT
nent. He cultivated potatoes in the
open fields, in places very much fire.
Quented. He guarded them carefully
during the day only, and was happy
when he had excited so much curios-
ity as to induce people to steal some
Of them during the night. Then he
persuaded Louis XIV to wear bunch
of potato flowers at his buttOnhOle
in the midst of the court on a festal
day. Nothing more was wanting to
induce great lords to plant them.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-07-05
CAMEL RIDING NOT EASY JOB
Beginner Has Feeling Akin 10 ssaslole.
ness Owing to the Peculiar Gait
Of the Animal.

Camel riding is learned only at the
price Of suffering. This is because
Of the peculiar gait Of this animal,
which produces a feeling akin to that
Of seaslckness, owing to the swaying
motion of the body caused by the fact
that the two legs Of one side move
simultaneously.
This animal thrives only in desert
regions. And herein lies Its usefulness
to man, for by Its means alone Is he
enabled to cross barren tracts other.
wise impossible. This ability to live
without water and with little food for
long periods Is due to two natural
reservoirs. Water Is stored In special
pockets In the lining Of the stomach,
while large mass Of fat is stored on
the back, forming the characteristic
hump-though, according to popular
belief, 1t Is here that the water Is held.
Though II will manage to subsist for
long periods on the thorny scrub such
as forms the only vegetation Of desert
areas. and with very little water, Its
complacency In these matters may be
overtaxed. as was disastrously shown
during the first expedition to Khartum.
Two other factors in the adaptable
ity Of the camel to desert life have
to be taken into account. These are
the feet and the nostrils. The first
named have but two toes, protected by
very thick, horny pads to resist the
burning sand; while the nostrils are
long and slltlike, and can be closed at
will, thereby enabling the animal to
survive the awful sandstOrins which so
frequently endanger the lives Of trav-
elers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-20
EIGHTH tMSTALLfHENT
The Mesh OF Fnystery.

Was 1t delirlum or was it truth? Or
part truth and part deiirium? If part
CT both, where did truth leave Off and
deIirium begin?
This was the problem that confront
ed Miss Emily Richards, night nurse
to Gloria Stafford. Hiss Richards sat
quivering in her chair by the night
lamp and watched the exquisite girl
who, though quoted new by drugs,
was conscious enough tt, be troubled
Her eyes, still filed with something
OF the horror they had seen CT thought
they had seen, turned every now and
again towards the door She was
waiting for the doctor to appear there
He was searching for the body of her
, lover, whom she had senior said
she had seen-murdered
Before this unhappy moment Gloria
had been progressing swiftly towards
recovery from the attack Of pneu-
monia that had struck her down On
the very threshold Of her marriage to
Dick Freneau.
Nurse Richards heart lad already
troubled her in this affair, and her
heart was an organ she made a point
Of ignoring; at least she had cased
it in such iron determination that she
seldom felt it throb. But this par
ticular patient had been so beauti-
fully favored by the gods otherwise
that her untimely illness seemed in
cOngruously cruel
Some day Richards might congratu.
late Gloria upon this disaster and real
ize that the gods had been cruel to be
kind; but just now the knowledge
could not come to sustain her. All
she could see was a young girl of
great beauty, great patience in the
face Of trying and tedious disease, one
who had all to live for-wealth,
de1 oted father and brother, and an ex-
traordinary handsome bridegroom
who furnished the final touch to the
picture.
It was really the insouciance and
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-20
if HAIR IS TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Here's Grandmother Recipe to
Darker and Beautify
Faded Hair.

That beautiful, even shade of dark,
glossy hair can only be had by brewing
mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur.
Your hair is your charm. It makes or
mars the face. When it fades, turns
gray or streaked, just an application or
two of Sage and Sulphur enhances it's
appearance hundredfold.
Don't bother to prepare the mixture;
you can get this famous old recipe i'm
proved by the addition of other ingredi-
ents for SO cents a large bottle, all ready
for use. It is called Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound. This can always be
depended upon to bring back the natural
color and lustre of your hair.
Everybody uses @Wyeth's" Sage and
Sulphur Compound now because it dark
ems SO naturally and evenly that nobody
can tell it has been applied. You simply
dampen a sponge or soft brush with it
and draw this through the hair, taking
one small strand at a time; by morning
the gray hair has disappeared, and after
another application it becomes beauti-
fully dark and appears glossy and lus-
trous. This readyto-use preparation is
delightful toilet requisite for those who
desire dark hair and youthful appear
ance. It is not intended for the cure,
mitigation or prevention of disease.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-20
SYNOPSIS.
Copyright, 1915. by Adelaide NJ Hughes

Pierpont Stafford banker and railroad
ma gnate, with his sixteen-year-old daugh-
ter, Gloria, is wintering at Palm Beach.
Gloria is a yivacious but Willful young
lady who chafes under the, restraining
hand Of a governess from whom she re-
peatedly escapes. Her childish capers
cause young Doctor Royce to fall in love
with her. She steals from her room at
night and in an auto pIunges into the
surf where she leaves the car: Becoming
los3 in the everglades she falls into the
hands of the Seminole Indians. She is
rescued and returned to her father who
had offered q reward for her return Clio
ria falls in love with her rescuer, Ere
and meets Freneau at the theater; his
attention having been occupied with her
sister-in-laW he has forgotten Gloria. Clio
ria feels that her one dream is shattered.
him Glcria's sister-in-law, Lois, becomes
intensely jealous and Doctor Royce dis
covers in her an ally to assist in thWart-
ing F'reneau. Doctor Royce warns Ere
neau that there is another woman besides
Gloria; Ereneau gees sleighlng with Clio
ria without her fathers knowledge. It re-
suits in pneumonia for Gloria, whose fam
lily becomes lncensed at Freneau when
they learn the truth. Royce is summoned
to alleviate Glorias suffering. Freneau's
Stafford fer a lean. Doctor Royce again
warns Freneau OF his conduct. But Lois,
learning of Freneau's betrothal to Gloria.
threatens him with dire punishment. Her
suspicious: he plans q trap for his wife:
Freneau driven to desperation by Lois
threats agrees to spend a week with her
in the Catskills. He plans to have Mulry
husband threatens to kill q man. After
Trcneau takes leave OF Gloria she sees
from her window an attack made upon
him when he goes to meet Lois.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-20
Hot Water for
Sick Headaches
Tells why everyone should drink
hot water with phosphate
in it before breakfast.

Headache of any kind, is caused by
observation-disclosures means self
poisoning. Live: and bowel poisons
called toxins, SUCKED into the blood,
through the lymph ducts, excite the
heart which pumps the blood so fast
that it congests il the smaller arteries
and veins Of the head producing vio-
lent, throbbing pain and distress, called
headache lou become nervous, de-
.spondent, sick, fevorish and miserable,
your meals sour and almost nauseate
you. Then you resort to acetanilide,
aspirin Or the brOnlideS which temper
arily relieve but do not rid the blood of
these irritating toxins.
A glass OF hot water with q teaspoon
full of limestone phosphate in it, drank
before breakfast for awhile, will not
only wash these poisons from your sys-
tenn and cure you of headache but will
cleanse, purify and freshen the entire
alimentary canal.
Ask your pharmacist for a quarter
pound of limestone phosphate. It is in.
expensive, harmless as sugar, and al
most tasteless, except for a sourish
twinge which is not unpleasant.
If you aren't feeling your best, ii
tongue is coated or you wake I'D with
bad taste, foul breath or have colds
indigestion, biliouslless, constipation
or sour, acid stomach, begin the phos.
plated hot water cure to rid your
system Of toxins and poisons.
Results are quick and it is claimed
that those who continue to flush out
the stomach, liver and bowels every
morning. never have any headache OF
know miserable moment.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-20
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells How To Open Clogged Nos
trils and End Head Colds.

You feel fine in a few moments. You1
cold in head or catarrh will be gone
Your clogged nostrils will open. The all
passages of your head will clear and
YOU can breathe freely. No more dull
ness, headache; no hawking, snuffiing
mucous discharges or dryness; no strug'
Cling for breath at'night.
Tell your druggist you want small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. Apply a
little of this fragrant, antiseptic cream
in your nostrils, let it penetrate through
every air passage of the head; soothe
and heal the swollen, infamed mucous
membrane, and relief comes instantly
1t is just what every cold and catarrh
sufferer needs. Don't stay stuffed-uE
and miserable.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-20
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION
To All To Whom These Presents May
Concentrating

Concentrating:
WHEREAS, It appears to my salts,
faction, by duly authenticated record
Of the proceedings for the voluntary
dissolution thereof by the unauni-
nous consent of all the stockhol-
ders, deposited in my office, that the w,
T. Hancock Company, corporation OF
this State, whose principal Office is sit
uated on Main Steet, in the town Ct
Scotland Neck, County of Halifax,
State of North Carolina wv. T. Han
cock being the agent therein ana i'll
charge thereof, upon whom process may
be served), has complied with the re-
quirements Of Chapter Fl, Revisal of
1905, entitled Corporations, prelim-
mary to the issuing Of this Certificate
of Dissolution:
NOW, THEREFORE,, I, J. Bryan
Grimes, Secretary Of the State Of North
Carolina, do hereby certify that the
said corporation did, on the day of
March 1917 file in my Office duly exc
cuted and attested consent in writing
to the dissolution Of said corporation
executed by all the stockholders there
of, which said consent and the record
of the proceedings aforesaid are now
on file in my said Office as provided by
law.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereto set my hand and affixed my Of
fetal seal at Raleigh, this 5 day OF
March, A. D. 1917.
J BRYAN GRIMES,
Secretary of State.
RECORDED IN:
Record Of Incorpora tons, Volume l
Page 316., March Z, 1917.
S. M GARY
Clerk Of Superior Court.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-20

dIabierie Of the dashing Fireman 8
his charming manners and SOW, WIN
wicked glances cast her w9v H. o4s
ed Nurse Richards starch-tbonsb W.T. VI
would not have acknowledge =. S4'
heaven knows, and bless IL. ne,o sN
Richards had arrived az rs,,oi
relieve the day nurse. Sic hncl.o
On her armor Of white linen i
room next to Glorias own ana j
looked from the window facfnr p;~
side drive, She thought she lad I'LL
beheld so beautiful night Of 81 III
tlIul a scene. Already Tie W.
moon was UP and cleaning sofriy H.
purely Oh the noble beautv NJ I'M Il
dlers' and sailors monument 1no.,,,
the Stafford house The White ~,
bic columns OF that ma-rjfoor,
tribute to the heroes dead ana ~,
stlrredN her strangely.
Richards sighed her last tIh,. ;,
sentiment, romance and lhe j4,ntr
Of the night, and, moving towards Nc,
patients room, aea,r..1i her u.,,r
crisp and cheerful i1aDaar. As R;e
ards came il Gloria turned to h.,
with a wan little smile CT Ee.a.na
and put her hand cut towards her
She looked like a small child lriYs
there, and the tco'or scheme Of hn
roon-soft grays AID powder blue
made an exquisiAo setting fer tts
girls own cclorfu4 ,ype. The blue ii
her eyes contrast vi5h t7a dpii
cate red of her hair, her peacn-0lcs
som Skin, baby chin, q girl n3ut6
and a woman's soul, made I'D total
OF irresistible app
Just now a heaz -.)Iash Of scarlet
On either cheek told the nurse CT IN
usual fever, but with her newly avak
eEed sense of romance she attributed
the condition to Glcria's probable dis
inclination to parting with her lover
For Freneau had told her that h;
must leave town On business for
Whole week, When he came to BIZ
farewell the nurse left the room, re
turning when F'reneau had gone. HI
left Gloria in lonely gloom.
Gloria was fretful and restless, com
planning that she did not feel read
for sleep. 1t was the nurse who wa
drowsy after the long strain 0
G1oria's illness.
Richards put out all the lights saw
the one shaded lamp by the bedside
and then she must have dczed, for tn
next thing she knew was that her ear
were throbbing and her nerves jane
ling with the wild clamOr Of Gloria
screams.
For an instant the nurse was to-
Mortified to move, then as her wit
returned to her the fact that the voic
was Glorias penetrated to her cor
sciousness. Gloria, indeed, was TUG
ging at her and crying to her incG
hereltly. Then she tainted as he
father rushed in in his dressing gown
He and Miss Richards lifted the girl
body to the bed. Then Richard
reached for the telephone to call Doc
tor Royce, blaming herself bitterl
the while for having slept at her pos
Doctor Royce was not at home. Hi
secretary promised to send him tn
moment he returned. The nurse di
what she could.
Turning to the bed she was clutche
by the cropping hands of Gloria. Sh
heard her cry:
"Save him, save him, father; theyV
murdered him! Let me go to him
Oh, Dick, Dick"
Richards held the frantic girl ti5f
in her arms and tried to soothe he
as she struggled to rise from the be
again. But the eyes that looked int
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-20
A BILIOUS ATTACK

When you have bilious attack your
liver fails to perform it's functions. You
become constipated.- The food you eat
ferments in your stomach instead of di-
gesting This i1fames the stomach and
causes nausea, vomiting and terrible
headache. Take Chamberlain s Tablets
They will tone up your liver, clean out
your stomach and you will soon be as
well as ever. They only cost quarter.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-20

CAR LOAD OF RED CEDAR SHIN.
GILES. HARDY HARDWARE co.