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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19

type in black taffeta and on the layer
plan, appears in the initial picture with
which this depletion starts. Its layers
were stitched and piped with white to
make it appropriate for the white sum-
mer serge with which it was sketched
This general design Of bolero, in layers
or not, accompanies summer dresses of
lawn or muslin and is all over dainty
frills with lace between. ,Ehe idea in each
case is that the short rounded curves,
front and the straight line of the back
may be helped by elaboration of the
jacket itself The front of the under bod
ice shows and does its share of the good
work.
Many notifications are suited to the
woman who is little too plump. The
sides of the bolero are cut up and the
fronts dip in pair of pointed tabs. There
is slit up the back or slight pointing
down. The first of the jackets in the
next picture was on this order. A slash
up the center OF it's back correspondent
to the side slashes. 1t was of the same
material as the skirt-pale blue duck
white cotton soutache trimming it and
bands of white pique holding the slashes.
To help the same defect of figure, bo-
lero may be cut with very wide armholes.
One made in this way of black lace or
all-over and worn with light dress adds
nothing to the bulk, and by its color sug-
gests slenderness, while its curves are
gracefully fashionable. Boieros of stem
ciled black taffeta are lined with white
taffeta and made reversible. Then width
of shoulder may be emphasized by bo-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19

lero with yoke finish at the top, giving
pointed opening down the front This is
one Of those very rare mediums whose
ornamental value Is SO great as complete
" to disguise its essential expediency.
The list of such is long. The second gown
of this pictured trio displays one. The
dress goods was white muslin over deli
cate green lawn, and bolero and skirt
trimming were white all-over lace. The
extension Of the lace over the shoulders
lent a look Of width there. as any such
device is sure to do The character Of
the rest may be a matter of taste aud
purse. Another example in the same
general class appears in this illustration
in a bolero OF black and white silk lace.
For the rest, this dress was fawn col0red
grenadine over violet silk, with collar Of
the latter and sash garniture Of black
lawn.
Not for many seasons have summer
silks been more attractive. They appear
in exquisite colorings and designs and
show a finish that has all the beauty o.
surak. While the market Is flooded with
really high quality blue India silk with
all manner Of white designs. and while
this pattern seems to hold its own for
popularity. the newer designs are IN
blended cashmere colors, or in lines 80 in
terIaced and interlocked that an ali-oyer
effect Is produced. Delicate rose shades,
with very little glaring pins n their
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19
Flowing.

When the pillow is hard to hold it Is
safe to say that it is hard work for the
teams to draw it. This may be be-
cause of roots or stones, in which case
the cause is obvious, but if not some
thing else is wrong and the cause
should be found and the trouble RENE
died. Is the point of the pillow dull or
the cutter that is used in front of 1t In
svard land? 1t would be cheaper to
get new pillow than to wear out plow
men and team with plow in poor con-
dition. But quite often the trouble
arises from the line of draught not
being right 1t would seem that any
farmer should know IL his pillow run
her nose into the ground" so that he
found he had to bear his weight on the
handles. or pulled out so he had to lift
on it 70 keep it in, or whether it took
too wide furrow or too narrow one.
and should know how to remedy it, yet,
says a farm writer. we have known a
farm hand to work all day with a pillow
when he was putting out more strength
every hour than he would have used
in a days work with the same plow
after he had hitched the team properly.
And the team was as tired as he.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19

her Indian pre-existence. Ancient man.
uscripts have demonstrated the truth
of certain episodes to which she refer
red. 1t is, however, as a Marian that
she naturally becomes OF most interest
AS such she speaks a presumably Mar
tan language, with clearly articulated
sounds, and referring certain recurrent
words to associated definite ideas. She
also writes in the NATHAN language
or what is assumed to be that-as the
peculiar characters used do not vary.
No wonder the French savants are ex-
cited.
We rather suspect that the belief Ia
the doctrine of reincarnation is more
general than is supposed. Those who
are believers are very strong in their
belief. Indeed, some of them insist
that they are able, in their dreamy mo-
ments, to recall some snatches of their
previous existence. But unfortunately
few of them are able to speak Sanscrit
or Arabic or write in the Marian Ian
guage. Therefore, when one comes
along in whom the reincarnation is
strong and who has these accomplish
ments, we seem very near the solution
of a profound mystery. Let us hope
that the lady in question, who, accord
ing to the account, is 80 years of age,
of unimpeachable character, and works
in commercial house." will not fall in
love. We ssl remember how Kipling's
hero, by such a catastrophe, spoiled
''The Greatest Story in the World.
Still, we must await further develop
ments before passing judgment. There
be those among us who remember
Locke and the Moon Hoax" And so,
until we have other testimony as to
the truthfulRess of the story that this
thrice reincarnated woman has actually
been seen, and is not creation of the
space writer's vivid imagination, we
must take NJ. Flourney with grain of
salt.-Boston Transcript.
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Precious stones in AIaskn.

A recent traveller says in q Washing.
ton interview that such scientific men
as have examined the sand of the Alas
ka disteict, or the chance specimens of
ii thas came their way, unite in declar-
ing that diamonds and rubies, and per
haps some other precious stones. ought
TO be found IN II. OF course, there are
two coed reasons why thus far they
have not been found. The first is that
they have not been sought, and the sec
ond is that if found by chance there is
probably not man in the country who
would know a diamond in the rough.
But the answer TO the riddle is already
at hand. The traveller in question saws
that when his psrty goes back this sea
son he viii take along q diamond expert
and begin a careful and systematic
search for the gems.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19
spectacles for the Blind.

From Russia comes the news that
Prof. Norsheweski has invented an in
strument the principle Of which is the
sensitiveness to light of seleniunl and
tellurium, both of which change their
quality as conductors of electricity with
a variation In the light to which they
are exposed. In stating that the blind
can see by this instrument a relative
meaning only is indicated. While their
actual vision will be unaffected, they
will feel the various effects of changing
light by its action. 1t is claimed that a
totally blind man has been enabled to
find the windows in q room, and after
some practice to distinguish approach
ing objects. The inventor hopes to
make the instrument so efficient that
the blind will be able to tell almost GER
tainly when they are approaching an
opaque or transparent substance
London Family Doctor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19
Killing Weeds.

When we went to school we were
taught that if ten men could do GER
tain piece of work in one day, one man
could do it in ten days, but we were
taught by experience that this would
not apply to weed killing and many
other bits of farm work. In hoeing
field large enough to keep ten men at
it all day, it would take smart man
to get it done all summer. The growth
of weeds ahead Of him would make
each days wor,. smaller, while behind
him they would grow so that he would
find those places he hoed the first day
would be in need of being hoed again
before he reached the end. This, Of
course, applies TO rich land, where
weeds grow rank and rapidly. There.
fore, it will paysto get extra labor to
finish a field quickly when it needs hoe
ing. And remember, too, that the man
who lost his railway train said he ran
fast enough, but the trouble was that
he did not start soon enough. Begin in
eason.-American Cultivator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19
Entea Of Current Events.

Kentucky district 4 unanimously re.
nominated Davis Smith for Congress.
Chicago Board of Trade will try to
shut off quotations from bucket shops.
Canadians fear other attempts will be
made to blow up the locks on the We'll
land canal since three men have been
convicted.
Over 1000 banks have to be supplied
with new currency plates, under the cur
rency act of March IA. 1t will be four
to six months before all can get these
plates.
Miss Florence Leonard, Arlington, Ga.
is suffering from nervous prostration at
Niagara Falls, y. Y She was left all
night in the rain at the top of observation
tower, 2J0 feet above earth. She failed
to board the last car going down.
Julian Ralph, war correspondent, has
returned to London. lie will lose a leg
as a result Of a wound received in the
BOer war
Small gunboat Mindova recently fred
across the bow Of the transport Tarlac.
The Tarlac mistook the gunboat for a
Filipino vessel She was halted and Mai.
Whitley explained.
George w Dart who raised the Stars
and Stripes over the Confederate capital
at Columbia, s. C., at the end 6f Sher-
mans march % the sea, has just entered
the Soldiers Home Of iowa. at MARSHALL
town. His home yas at Attica, n. Y.
It has been planned to establish a SER
vice Of traction engines and wagons
across the desert of China to compete
with the carrying businca now done by
means Of camels. and it Is stated that
within a year there viii be fifty engines
and 5000 wagons engaged in this work.
That plague Of the middle ages. the
black death, has taken root in sydney,
Australia. Sanitary conditions in that
city are said to be very bad, scarcely
one house in ten connecting with the
sewage system The visitation OF the
pest. however. which Is simply natures
penalty on filth, has aroused the authori-
ties TO action, and soon Sydney will be
one Of the cleanest cities in TIE world.
August Belmont, New York. will give
$4,000 to build one Of the seven chap
els of the cathedral OF st. John The
chapel will BE- a memorial TO Mr. Bel
mont's wife, who died ia October. 1898,
and to his other deceased relatives
The citizens Of Hiawatha Kan. are d.
yided into two hostile camps over a Gu
rious question. Some time ago wealthy
woman died and was buried. When her
win was opened it was discovered that
she had left 500 for the improvement
Of the cemetery in which she should be
buried. The managers Of the graveyard
in which she wasn't buried are trying
70 have the body moved aad the people
have taken sides.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19
Government Lands.

1t is reported that there are, or will
be when the war is over, many millions
of government land TO dispose of in the
Philippine Islands, but we do not think
we shall care TO settle on them while
we live. 1t is too hard TO get clear
title. or TO get the government TO war
rant and defend" against hostile neigh
borS. or so it was in the new States and
Territories in the Northwest. We
should prefer 10 take up homestead
in some OF the nv States OF Alabama.
Arkansas, Florids Louisiana and Mia
sissippi. where n long ago there were
said to be abou, 100000 acres yet
subject TO en;sy under the Homestead
law. We 81 sNS prefer the people of
those States & neighbors to those of
the Philippines, from what we hear of
them.-American Cultsvator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19
Sunday Dinners Long Aro.


There Is royal satisfaction in the birds
and bottles which
Were invented for the tempting of the
palates of the rich;
Pleasure turks in fancy dishes that Inn
ported cooks create
For elated politicians who can squander
ten per plate;
But Of all the joys that eating brings to
mortals here below
None compares with those old dinners we
sat down to long ago
The good old Sunday dinners
Cooked for hungry little sinners
By mother in the careless long ago.
Little Dick was fond of white meat;
Fannie rather liked the thigh
How we battled for the wishbone, little
Maude and Joe and 1!
Father always seemed to fancy that the
leg was just the thing.
And at last would come dear mother,
meekly asking for wing.
oh. the gravy! Oh, the biscuits! What
contentment used to glow
In the faces round the table where we
gathered long ago.
The good old chicken dinners
Cooked for hungry little sinners
By mother in the happy long ago!
The robins chirp serenely where the gate
Is torn away,
And decay has claimed the manger where
the brown hen used TO lay;
They are scattered who once clamored
for the meat they liked the best,
And the grass is growing over two who
long have lain at rest,
Sut the tender recollection still is left &c
me, and oh,
To be sitting at the table where we gath
cred long ago,
All, the good old Sunday dinners
Cooked for hungry little sinners
By mother in the dear. dead long ago!
Chicago Times, Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19
Irish Tobacco Growing

1t has been found that tobacco can be
successfully grown in Ireland, says an
agricultural exchange This is not
strange considering the fact that to-
bacco is grown in this country in North
ern States. where the seasons for
growth are shorter than in Ireland. But
there is always a good deal of moisture
in the Irish summer. 1t is caused, in
fact byiits nearness to the Gulf stream
which makes the island warm and
gives its reputation of being always
yernal. The moisture in the air in
jures the quality of the tobacco as it
makes that moist. So though the
plant grows most luxuriantly and is a
very paying crop, Irish-grown tobacco
is not likely to become SO popular as to
displace that grown under our own
bright, sunny skies. The lack of sun
shine in summer makes Irish-grown to-
bacco rank and poorly favored What
the Irish people grow of tobacco will
quite likely be largely used by them
selves. Those who want the best to-
bacco and can pay for it will use either
the American or some other imported
product.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19
HE DoDoEo THE PENlTENTlARY.
Fate of a Man Who Wrote His Expcri-
ence on the Problem of Living.

Fate of Man Who Wrote His Expcri-
ence on the Problem of Living.
These letters on the problem OF liy-
ing on stated salaries take me back
a few years to the time when | was
working seven nights and Sundays on
Western newspaper" said a man
who is still ia the business.
1.-THE editor encouraged the staff to
write on the problem Of keeping up ap-
pearances and bank account at the
same time on the salaries they drew
weekly with promptness. The editor
had been a successful man and he
wanted his men to follow his methods.
Every one on the staff had contrib
uted the called for article except my
self. The editor called me in his office
and said he would like to have my ex-
perience for publication. l turned in
the same week later. A few days
after the editor called me in again and
said he had read the screed-that is the
name he gave it-and proceeded to tell
me what he thought of it. You say
he began, that you get $50 week; that
you keep up with the fashions; that
you have course dinners; that you
sometimes go home in cab; that you
smoke six cigars daily, at 10 cents
smoke; that you entertain your friends
after office hours, and so on. Do you
mean to tell me, for you have kept that
out of your article, that you save any
money at this gait?'
81 replied that didn't save a cent.
"'Do you break even at this gait?'
he inquired.
II replied that did not; that l was
in debt, and hopelessly so.
"'Then, he said In very fierce way,
IF you keep this up you'll land in the
penitentiary.'
II thanked him for his consolation
and passed out. But the article ap-
peared the following Sunday. I quit
the paper soon after and went to an
other city. About ten years after met
my former boss and after the usual
greetings he asked me if was still
living at the same gait. l told him |
was, or had been.
"'And you have escaped the peniten-
tiary?' he asked. Informed him that
| had up to that time succeeded In
lodging that institution. He grunted
and we separated. If he had asked me
If l had escaped the poorhouse he
would no doubt have got an answer
that would have tickled him to DEATH"
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tel not say anything about their meals
they will be charged for, and if they
should say beforehand that they are
going out to breakfast or dinner, ETC..
and il they say they not have anything
to eat they viii be charged, and If not
so they viii not be charged, or unless
they bring it to the notice of the man.
ager Of the place, and should they want
to say anything, they must order the
manager for one, not any one else, and
unless they bring not 1t to the notice Of
the manager they viii be charged for
the least thing according TO the hotel
rate, and no fuss will be allowed after
ward about it-"-Golden Penny.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19

shading, soft browns with ivory Innings
green with blue and rose blended over it,
and variety Of lovely grounds fecked
closely with polka dots OF a contrasting
colcr; these are a few of the newer de-
signs. Gowns of them are often trimmed
with lace. Scrolled insertion is much
used for finish of overdresses and for
setting in about the skirt or TO outline
skirt yoke. Pongee trimmed with hand
embroidered batiste is a lovely combina-
ton, and wash silks combined with wash
muslins and lawns are pretty. Wash rib
bon is much used for trimming. too.
The four dresses selected for the third
of these Illustrations gives a clear idea
of how varied the summer silken array is
to be. The first gown was natural col
ored pongee enriched with hand embroid-
cred batiste and pink wash ribbon. Cord
ing, tucking and a rich lace bolero were
other details. Next this is a white wash
silk fringed with lavender and combined
with plain white silk Green stitching
and the novel bodice finish the picture
makes clear were its trimmings. Equally
simple was the third selection. golden
brown fouIard run with ivory white rib
ooh anu with AhAhcsloHe outeohS ahu
ivory lace for further ornamentation.
Last is a white India silk Hecked with
rose pink. The same weave comes in
for the familiar blue and white colorings.
Rings of black velvet ribbon gave it
striking finish.
Garden dresses that are to be allowed
to drag are cut with training skirts.
Wash silks and all clinging or very fluffy
summer materials lend themselves so well
to the sweep of long skirts that it is use
less even to urge against the fashion.
Ducks, however, and heavy linens may
be made to escape the ground. Nothing
is less graceful than stiff material
drawn into protesting lunches by the up
holding of a skirt, and even one wear
that permits it to sweep will almost ruin
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19
FaoM THE BLOOMS O. THE .,ay.

You have drifted away from the blooms
G the May
from the sunshine that silvered Loves
beautiful day;
But your memory. sweet as the tenderest
song,
Cheers desolate life on the dark way
along.
You have drifted away-so sing-so
say;
The green's left the hills, and the heav-
ems are gray;
But love that shone true in the dear eyes
of you,
Makes me dream that those heavens ara
still bending bluel
You have drifted away. Like an echo
to-day
In my soul, rings that sad song of
Drifting Awayw
But can Love ever drift to the darkness?
No sight
Gan drown. with its shadows Loves
beautiful light
Atlanta Constitution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19
DECREASE IN WHEAT ACREAGE.
Government Statistician Reports on
Crops Through the Country.

Government Statistician Reports on
Crops Through the Country.
The monthly report of the statistician
of the Department of Agriculture states
that as a result of a special investigation
relative to the winter wheat acreage,
plowed up or cut for forage the depart
ment's estimate of the area remaining
under cultivation has been further re-
duced by 100000 acres, the area aban-
doned, in addition to that announced May
10, comprising 5S1, 900 acres in Ohio, TO-
600 acres in Michigan, 100000 acres in
Indiana, 3fS,000 acres in Illinois and
44S,000 acres in California. This brings
the area in winter wheat remaining under
cultivation on June / down to 27,90S000
acres, reduction from the area sown in
the fall of 5,240,000 acres.
Notwithstanding this further reduction
of acreage by the elimination of all land
entirely abandoned, the condition of win.
ter wheat declined during May 60 points,
the condition on June l being Sal,
against $50 on May l; 67.2 on June l,
1899; 90S at the corresponding date in
1898, and a ten-year average Of SOL.
Preliminary reports on the Spring
wheat acreage indicate reduction Of
ABOUT $4,000 acres, Or 20 per cent, Min
nesota, Wisconsin and Oregon report a
reduction Of per cent, North Dakota
and Nebraska Of per cent md Iowa Of
9 per cent. In South Dakota and Wash
ington there is an increase Of 1 per cent.
The average condition of spring wheat on
June j was S7.3, as compared with o.. A
on June /, 1899. Minnesota falls 10,
North Dakota II, South Dakota II and
Wisconsin 8 points below their respec-
tive ten-year averages. On the other
hand, the ten-year averages are exceeded
in Nebraska, Iowa, Oregon and Washing
ton by 10, /, 4 and points, respectively.
The total reported acreage in oats ex-
ceeds the acreage harvested last year by
80 per cent. There is am increase Of 16
per cent in Ohio, IS per cent in Indiana,
9 per cert in New York, 3 per cent in
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and / per
cent in Minnesota. The average condi-
ton of oats is 917.