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five feet long began to coil around her
arm which was bare above the elbow.
Without moving a muscle or raising her
voice Mrs. Kleintop called her husbands
attention to the snake. He, with corn
knife, severed its head from the body.
Then, womanlike. Mrs. Kleintop tainted.
Benjamin Arkwright. a farmer near
Muskegon. Mich, was attacked by a
vicious bull. He defended himself with
a pitchfork, but was finally tossed in the
air. Still keeping the animal at dis
tance with the fork. he shouted TO his
wife for help. Mrs. Arkwright seized
a shotgun, and under her husbands direc-
tons fired charge of birdshot into the
animals flank. This rorted the beast.
The man suffered a disiocated shoulder
and was badly cut and bruised
Nellie Bullock, 13-year-old daughter of
George B. Bullock, farmer, in Spencer
County, Ind, sat playing an organ in
the parlor when she heard screams from
a brother of 3 and a sister of 3, coming
from the front porch. She ran out and
was confronted by an immense wolf. The
child had no weapon, but she sprang at
the creature and seized it by the throat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30
A SHADOW OF THE ROCKIES.

The mountains from my window lie out
rolled
Their solemn peaks with coronals OF
snow
Der which the fires of dawn and sun
set flow.
And keen. high ridges by fierce winds
patrolled.
With evening comes mighty shadow
cold
Across my doorway as the sun sinks
low.
And, high above, the loftier SUBMITS
show
Faint, as the twilight tames their out
lines bold.
Then from the heights the spirit of re-
pose
Steals earthward, with the peace that
long has lain
Secure amid the deep untrodden SHOWS
A shadow stream, for which my soul is
fain.
That from the towering peak of silence
flows.
And pours its balm upon the toiling
plain.
Century.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30

A new type of electric heater for
rooms and street cars consists Of a
combination Of an electric fan in bell
shaped case with porcelain cylinders
wrapped with German silver wire. The
cylinders are heated nearly redhot by
means of electric current in the wire.
and the fan blows current Of air over
them. warming it as il passes, and thus
accomplishes ventilation and heating
at the same time. The supply of air
may easily be taken from out OF doors,
so that such an apparatus viii supply
clean. warm air TO an apartment, and
may thus replace the furnace register
or steam radiator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30
Moral suasion ON a Dog.

A clergyman who went up into the
country to preach, and lived there a
considerable time, had occasion in his
ministrations to drive regularly over
certain road. At house on that road
lived a big bulldog which always came
out and attacked him viciously. The
minister stood this for good while, I'M
I'll, finally, as he drove past one winter
night in low sleigh, a means of cor
recting the dog by moral suation oc-
Cured to him. He stopped his horse
in the road before the house. The dog
rushed out madly, barking and threat
ening to jump into the sleigh. The min
lister sat in his sleigh and paid no atten-
ton. The dog retired, returned to the
assault, retired again, and a third time
rushed out to the attack, but did not
touch the man. Then he returned to
the doorstep and laid down, apparently
utterly crestfallen and Disguised with
such a man; and, as he paid no further
attention, the minister drove off. After
this the minister drove many times past
the house. but the dog paid no attention
to him. and never seemed to see him at
all. He was cured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30

Real heroines are not as scarce as the
story books would have the public be-
lieve. Scarcely metropolitan newspa-
per is printed which somewhere does not
contain the doings of heroine, young,
middle aged or old. But unlike the hero
ines Of the story books, the real heroine
may be as homely as ginger cake and not
nearly as piquant In string of emer-
gencies chronicled in the daily papers
during ten days the reader will be able
to class the heroism of women.
Nora O'Neill, daughter of a small farm
er near Aspen, Colo, saved Rio Grande
passenger train from destruction after the
most stilted conventionality. The train
was coming laundering down the noun
tain when Nora saw in the dusk big
bowlder lying between the rails She
dashed some kerosene over bunch of
kindling wood, laid it on the rock, and
set fire to it. The engineer saw the sig
nal and stopped the train.
Mrs. Kleintop of Stroudsburg, Pa,
went to woodbox and was piling sticks
on her arm, when pilot snake nearly
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Another box, eh? Well, we need it,
for I've an idea our poor little people
won't have any too much good cheer
this winter"
"It's box, to be sure" said she; "but
there's not much in it,"
Charity in good earnest" said the
rector, with good-humored grimace.
'But here's a box Of cranberries. That
looks something like it,
eyes, sir, and sugar to cook 'em in,''
said Mrs. Worth. That's what people
don't often think Of.
And she turned to the reinspection of
Mrs. Nuttonton's mildewed "comforta-
bles' just as the rector started at the
sight of something like gold through
the berries-half of a golden heart with
pink ribbon passed through it.
"Good heavens" he calculated, sit is
y1ola's token. l should know that bit
of gold in Patagonia. And how comes
it here? Yes" glancing at the lid of
the package, "the box is from Lynde-
dale. 1t means-it must mean"
And the staid, 30-years-old rector
blushed like schoolgirl as he stood
looking down at the golden talisman.
Alone-all alonel
Viola Leigh was sitting down to her
solitary dinner, with the snow clicking
softly against the window panes out
side, and the Maltese cat purring on the
hearth within.
Il don't feel like eating" Viola said
as the door bell sounded. "Who should
come here, just at dinner time, of all
hours in the world?"
Viola started to her feet with glowing
cheeks and eyes that shone with fitful
fevered fire. and sprang forward.
"Bertw she cried. holding out both
her hands, 'ft is Bert Dalton"
The rector advanced smiling.
viola. are you glad to see me?'
.Oh, so glad. But how did you chance
to Gomez"
you sent for me, Viola, and came"
81 sent for you, Bert?
He drew from his pocket the little
gold talisman.
Look. love: it was in the box of Der
ries you sent TO the mission. And al
though you did not know who the rec
tor of st. Miles"
mo, indeed, did not" protested
blushing Viola.
Cob knew, dearest" in a low and
reverential tone, and He has brought
US together after all these years."
Miss Viola" whispered Hannah,
who had been endeavoring to attract
her mistress attention for some time,
behind the kitchen door. shall set on
another plate?"
LOT course. Hannah" said Viola.
radiantly.
But, Viola"-the rector had come
close to her now-''is it to be with us as
in the days of the golden token?'
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applications Of the fchu. A dainty one
is shown in the MIDDLE one OF these three
gowns, which was sketehed in white mus
lin figured with lavender. Embroidered
muslin and black velvet trimmed Il.
House dresses are either trained or
short. The trained ones are always t.hIc
more poetic and elaborate, but there are
the daintiest affairs in crisp lawns and
calicoes, the latter intended for the morn
ing hours when household affairs must
hare attention. For this purpose. too,
are wonderful aprons, some Of which
cover almost the whole dress.
While Informal house gowns may show
arms bare to above the elbow, the after
noon dress is more likely to have long
or elbow sleeves. The double sleeve is
still popular, but many double sleeve
effects are accomplished BIZ trimming end
By management OF pleating and putting.
In the last Of these three pictures are
two OF the dresses graded as for informal
home receiving. The first was in plaid
ed silk and wool that showed red, white
and yellow. Linen embroidery gave It's
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30
HOW HE FELT ABOUT 1T.

Could Not Help but Sympathize in
This Case.
"Of course" remarked the proud
father of six children, there is nothing
in all the world that makes a man so
sincerely happy as to have around him
a whole hou seful of registering children,
every one Of them tickled plumb to
death when he comes home at night,
and every one of them wanting to climb
all over him at once and the same time.
STILL it is possible that there may be
an embarrassment of riches, as the
French say, of even this sort, and when
a baby is of the squalling kind he
sometimes thinks he would almost com
NIT crime for the sake of five or six
minutes of peace and quiet. A friend
of mine, who lives in q fiat, is the faith
er of regular, four-time squaller, and
there was an incident at his home the
other evening that has caused his wife
to look upon him with suspicion AZ
bert is one of the mildest-mannered men
that ever lived across the hall from
his fiat live two bachelor friends of his.
and you know bachelors are not overly
partial to babies with unrestrained
lungs. The other afternoon his wife
came in where he was reading, or try
ing to, and she was considerably
wrought up"
I've got no use for those two
friends of yours across the hail. she
said.
Why not, my dearY he responded,
in his usual mild manner.
Because, when Willie was crying
a while ago, one of them said, oh, shoot
the baby
"Oh, did hep said the father, raising
his eyebrows, after the manner of some
people expressing surprise or resent
ment or some other emotion.
Yes, he did, repeated the fond
mother
"'And what did you say to that? he
inquired, with half smile.
What could l sayY she asked, the
anger showing in her face.
Really, l don't know, my dear,
hesitated her husband, but l thought
possibly you might have said you didn't
have any gun
"She couldn't say word; she didn't
try to; she just looked at him in speech
less establishment and went out of the
room Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30
CHAPTER NV.

Long months had passed since Sir
owen was laid in his grave; and now
August was come round again, with its
T..,e fruits and yellow corn. Lady Chev-
enix. everyone agreed. was model
widow. During the interval that had
elapsed since her husbands death, hard
is anyone had seen her. Visitors bad
called, but had never been admitted: they
had left cards and condolences. and had
each approved of the fact that Lady
Chevenix kept herself quite secluded.
One DAY Lord Arlington found il nee
essay 70 see Lady CheveniN on bust
ness: he was accompanied by Capt Hill
she received them with Quiet grace. and
listened with intelligence TO all their
business statements; then She ssid it was
her express wish that Darcy Lonsdale
should continue TO act in every way for
herd. but. as he wonld have mere to do,
she Insisted on doubling the salary Sir
owen had paid him. Lord Arlington was
very pleased ahOut L. and the Interview
ended satisfactorily
In threc weeks after that conversation
Lady Chevenlx left Garswood TO spend
some months in picturesque Normandy.
AL Loomshire was shaken 20 its very
center. Such news had not been heard in
the neighhorhood for yesrS; there was a
SEVERAL sentiment OF rejoicing. Lady
Naude Arlington was going 10 be mar
ried-Lady Maude. whom all the iRhahit-
ants Of the county looked upon as prin-
cess Whom was she going To marry
That was the question everyone asked.
And the answer gave universal pleasure.
il was the heru OF the Victoria Cross
Ma. Rawson. Everyone was delighted
with the alliance. Lady Maude was So
aelOved; while the name Of Maj. Rawson
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! was known wherever bravery or valor
I was honored
4 Knowing Miss Testers secret predilec-
! ton for hearing news that she was too
proud TO seek, Felix went over to Out
lands few days afterward. He had not
I seen Eve lately, and was anxious about
/ her. He had heard Kate say that she
was not looking well-that she had
grown thin and pale Finding one even
ing that he had an hours leisure, he
/ thought that he could not DO better than
devote it to her.
i Miss Lester was looking a little more
! cross and impatient than usual when the
young lawyer greeted her.
Eel me all about Lady Maude's mar
rage" she said. 1T is not often that
one has the opportunity of hearing about
such grand affairs"
I came on purpose to do So" said
Felix. Il thought you would be pleased
to hear about it."
She was delighted and would have list
ened to him for another hour, but that
her keen eyes detected dairy maid
enjoying the homage paid by one of the
reapers.
go into the house and find Eve" she
said. Il shall be with you directly"
Felix found Eve in the garden; and so
intently was the girl thinking that she
never heard his footsteps until he stood
by her side.
MY dear Eve" he said, 'are we such
strangers that you should be so startled
by my presence? The madre told me you
were not looking so well. and | am come
to see"
Il am quite well" she answered, in her
sweet, low voice. ''and very pleased to
see YOU"
''You look well enough just now. You
have the color of a rose in your face"
he told her. May l find seat here?
have an hour TO spare, and am come to
spend it with you"
He sat down on a little garden chair,
under the luxuriant jasmine, and began
to talk to her. A sense of peace and re-
pose always came over him when he was
with Eve-a sense so sweet that he new
er cared to disturb it; and the same mag
ical feeling was stealing over him now.
When they had been talking for some
time he looked at her; and then he saw
how true Mrs. Lonsdale's words were.
The sweet face had grown very thin and
pale
Eve" he said, gently. "you are not
WELL Why do you not go to the seaside
for change of air?"
Il am happier here than I should be
anywhere" she replied.
His ears detected a tone of patient
WEAKNESS in her voice.
Have you any trouble or sorrow?
Trust me, as / trust YOU"
Il have no trouble SIZE answered.
''and heaven has been very good to me-"
But long after Felix had gone away
she sat under the luxuriant jasmine, and
once she cried:
''Oh, my love, you viii never know n
this world how | love you!"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30
THE TALISMAN.


90 lola LEIGH was sweet enough
| w to fascinate any man who was a
Is Judge of beauty. 1t is not singu-
| lar. therefore, that Bert Dalton and
Carl Devereaux were in love with her.
| Bert was the more manly of the two.
He had no very exalted opinion of Carl
and warned Viola against his atten-
tons.
So, after a summers Irritation with
her, Mr.. Carl Devereaux was going
away to Boston to be married, and
| Bert Dalton
! But Viola was not discouraged. She
went home and opened little glass
| lidded box, where, in fragrant nest
Of dried rose leaves. half a golden heart
| Law shrouded with narrow pink rib
bon passed through it. Bert Dayton
had the other half; he had broken it
in two pieces in the days before Carl
Devereaux had come, like a serpent.
into their Eden.
"You shall keep one, Viola" he had
said. "and l the other, and if am at
the worlds end, Viola, it viii bring me
back TO your side"
The years crept by, and the people
began to talk of Viola Leigh as an old
maid. And yet she was not unhappy
in her quiet way, and so Viola lived
serenely on.
She was sitting at work at her fire in
the November afternoon, when Mrs.
Deacon Spriggs Knocked at her door.
"Alone, eh?" said Mrs. Spriggs
'well I'm dreadful glad to find you at
home. The fact is we're getting up a
gift box for the St Miles mission In
. New York. and I've come to get con-
tribution from you"
II shall be glad TO give all l cen, :"
said gentle Viola
"wen. we calculated yeu would, =
said MIS-. Spriggs, drawing out a
crumpled sheet of paper and a paper
of pins and a pencil And we thought,
dear Miss Leigh. If you could spare us
some of your cranberries-
with pleasure" said Viola. Il win
send 81 box down in the morning"
And after the box was gone Viola
came into the sitting-room with a trou-
bled face.
Hannah" said she 10 her maid. 81
have dropped a pink ribbon from my
neck--a pink ribbon with half OF a
golden heart attached 10 it. See If you
can fad it when ron sweep the carpet !"
Sure. miss, its bad luck 10 lose the
IKE o that" said Hannah.
She looked with falcon eyes for 1t.
but never found IL
The patron Of ST. Miles was unpack-
Ing the Lyndedals box when the rector
came in
-Gcld-' said he. rubbing his hands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30
A Coffee Barometer.

1t is claimed that the coffee" fore
cast is a reliable way of determining
what the weather is going to be. In
order to tell what the weather will be
you must drop carefully into your
morning cup of coffee, prepared with a
little milk, two Jumps of sugar. Do
not stir the coffee. If the bubbles as
cend rapidly, separate quickly and fly
TO the side of the cup. there will be
much rain within the next twenty-four
hours. Ii they gather slowly and gray
itate in cluster to the side only nos Is
bic showers may be expected. En =
they remain placidly in the center OF
the cup you may wear your best hat
and leave your umbrella at home when
you take your walks abroad.
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who likes simplicity may be a lovely pic
ture of it in her Gouse, while the tluffery
dame may fluff to her hearts content
For the first woman are all sorts Of love-
ly clinging stuffs. pastel cloths, Indian
silks, quaint challies. crepes and silk and
linen goods A pale blue crepe de chine
was employed in the gown sketched for
this initial picture. which was one of
simple sort that still count as dressy.
Its sailor collar was white nainsook en-
broidery edged with naihsook ruhie,
double ruffies of nainsook finishing the
sleeves. This fashion of throat free and
arms bare from the elbow adapts itself
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30

tyrs in her composition. She leaned
back and encountered straw hat. A
glance sufficed to show bar what was
the trouble. She folded her arms com
posedly. leaned back full weight with
slight addition of will and literally
smashed the straw. The sleepy man
meekly eyed the ruin and settled down
in his own place.
THAT proves to me that 1t doesn't
pay to be too careful of other folks
feelings" said the first woman. There
| had been making myself uncomforta-
bic for fifteen or twenty minutes, all on
account of man whom a determined
woman reduced to order in the space OF
as many seconds"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30
Married TO a Flower Vase.

A correspondent writing from Shang-
hal says that young Chinese lady
there has recently been married to a
red flower vase. the vase being a sub
stitute for the son OF wealthy man
DARN 10 whom she had been engaged.
Her hance died just before the contem-
plated marriage and as she vowed she
would never wed another the flower
vase was substituted for the bride
groom and the marriage celebrated
with all due pomp. These impersonal
marriages are not uncommon in China
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30
DISCRIMINATION.

eDont you admire determination IN
mans character
1T all depends on the result" an
swered Mr.. Sirius Barker. IF it brings
success / praise It as splendid persever-
ance. If fl brings failure. | denounee
IT as COMPOUNDED obstinacy - Wash
ington Star.
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Heroic Remedy rsaia

There was but one vacant seat in the
trollsy car. 1t was in front of Stun
berous individual who dreamed with
his head resting on the back of the va
cant place. The newcomer sat bolt up
right for dozens of blocks, and until
there was an opportunity to move
along. She moved and another woman
woman took her place. This last WON
an of all had none of the stuff of mar
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IF you think I am worthy of it,
Bert"
And so the old love became new
again, and Viola and the rector of st.
Miles live happily together in the little
village of Lyndedale, where they spent
all those happy days of the little gold
talisman.
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son being that he knew he was doing
what was wrong and did not like to be
found out. Possibly be may have re-
lied on my near-sightedness in thin
manoeuvre.
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SOME HOME DRESSES.
ENTERTAINING AS IMPORTANT
AS BEING RECEIVED.
Imagination May Riot in Wide Choice
of Design, Cut. Material and Trim
nning-Many of the New Notions Are
Very Elaborate.
New York correspondence:

4 ~ IL a Il \ NOASA0
cred, home dresses
are the most inn
portali feature Of
a won,an's ward
robe The fashion
able woman real
ICES that entertain
ing is as important
a matter as being
received, and her
questionable sis
ter, il she is wise,
knows that to be
always suitably
and prettily dress
ed at home is TO
please her dearest
world. TIE home
dress can be mod
eled exactly ac-
cordiug TO the
wp3rqrS raSfe She
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30

The British Houses OF Parliament
cover nine acres and contain 100
apartments.
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The man who gets things wrong side
cut must expect to endure the seamy
side.
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Just as soon as a man gets his best
clothes on, his wife is reminded thal
she wants his help in the kitchen.
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The patron of St Miles was unpack-
Ing the Lyndedals box when the rector
came in
-Gcpd-' said he. rubbing his hands.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-02
DooLEY ON RoosEvELTs WAR RECORD.
How the Gallant Rough Rider Took San Juan
Eill All by Himself.

"I just got hold iy book, Hinnissy,
that suits me up to the handle; gran
book, tn grandest liver SEEN" said NJ
Dooloy.
'Tis The Biography iv a Hero BE
Wan Who Knows 'Tis TIL DARN Ex-
ploits iv Brave Man Be an Actual
Eye Witnos.' Tis 'Th' Account iv tn
Destruction iv Spanish power in tn Ant
Hills as il fell firm tn lips iv Teddy
Roscnfelt an was took down be his own
hands. Ye see, twas this way, Hinnissy.
as | r-read tn book; When Teddy was
blowed up in th' harbor iv Havana he
instantly concluded they must be war.
He debated tn question long an earn
estly an finally passed jint resolution
declarin' war. So far so good. But they
was no wan to carry it on. What shud
he do? / will leave tn ien:al author
to tell tn story in his own worruds.
+" 'Th' sicrety iy war had offered me-
he says tn command iv a rig- mint,
he says. but / cud not consint to re-
main in Tampa while perhaps less au-
dacicus heroes was at tn front, he
says. Besides he says. I felt | was in
competent FIR to command a rigimint
Continued on Page Two.)
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an increasingly heavy burden on this over
worked physician. The patients soften
ing Of the spinal cord renders him unable
to retain a fixed position for any consid-
cradle length of time He will stand fac
ing in one direction and suddenly, with
cut warning, will turn directly about and
face in the opposite direction His back
bone has so lost its ossification that it is
now practically of the consistency of a
jellyiish. In this case, too, DR.. Hanna
hopes for successful results from his
apathy cure" and is energetically seek
ing to obtain the necessary quantities
of =.
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blow. Every known fact AMI circur
men, who though they were Republicm
ganization has not abandoned the s.ruggh
Tor negro suffrage, but that they ar
ready to renew it on national lines at th
earliest possible moment If it is not ST.
why is the Pritchard resolution aimed a
the Amendment new pending in the Sen
ate. Why is the Crumpacker bill pendin,
in the House?