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FOR THE H0UsEKRRpRR.
Some Valuable Domestic SuRgestions
for Young Women to
Learn.

Unbleached canton flannel makes
good dish cloths.
1t is we'll to keep lamps about two
thirds full of oil.
Lamps are not so detrimental to
house plants as gas.
A very hot iron should never be used
for fiannels or woolens.
The great majority. of small fresh
seed fruits are laxative.
Calicoes, ginghams and chintzes
should be ironed on the wrong side.
Apples supply the highest nerve and
muscle food, but do not give stay.
Flannel should be ironed as little as
possible with moderately hot iron.
The cost of maintaining a lamp IS
one-eighth that of any other luminant.
A lamp chimney should be as large
in diameter as the brackets will per-
nit.
Oranges are refreshing and feeding,
tut are not good if the liver is out of
order.
Clotheslines are made much more
durable by boiling for ten minutes be-
fore they are used.
Thirst may be more quickly and
safely allayed by eating Clipped ice
than by any cold beverage.
It is we'll to know that any strong,
Fungent smell will keep away moths.
"A mixture of cloves, cinnamon, orr;s
root and other fragrant things may
be substituted for camphor prepara-
tions with less disagreeable after ef-
fects.
10 keep cider sweet put half a pound
of mustard seed in a chesecloth bag
and put it in the barrel.
Lemons and tomatoes should not be
used daily in cold weather; they have
thinning and cooling effect.
Cellars under kitchens and living
rooms are usually too warm for the
perfect keeping of vegetables.
Potatoes. beans and peas are heat
ing vegetables, consequently should be
eaten sparingly during hot weather.
All stone fruits are considered to be
| injurious for those who suffer from
the liver and should be used eau
tiously.
Bread pans should never be heated
before putting in the bread or the loa
will have a raw, doughty taste when
baked.
Try wrapping baked potato in a
napkin as soon as it is done and press.
ing slightly until it bursts open and
it will be sure to be mealy.
Oatmeal water favored with lemon
juice. cold cocoa, chocolate cream or
cold bouillon is not only meat as well
as drink, but is even more cooling
| than ices.
Decaying matter will vitiate the at.
mosphere of the cellar and if allowe1
to remain will spread through the
whole house and cause sickness in the
| family.
Prunes afford the highest nerve or
brain food, supply heat and waste, but
are not muscle-feeding. They should
be avoided by those who suffer from
the liver.-Chicago Chronicle.
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Ahead,

ut. strange" sighed the trolley
conductor, show when two boys start
out with equal chances one of them is
bound to forge ahead while the other
lags behind. There was Jim; Jim and
l were fast friends as youths, but look
at me now. Equal as our chances
were, jim is ahead"
"What. is he doing?" asked the pas
senger who had paid his fare.
Hes the motorman up front. Did
I get your nickel?" Bang! Chatter!
Edmund place!" Bang! Chatter!
Ting-a-ling. eyes, sir, it's strange
Detroit Free Press.
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Could Have Shot WARRINGTON.

1T was once in my power to have shot
Gen. Washington" saba British soldier
to an American as they were discuss
ing the events of the great struggle
after the concluding of peace.
"Why did you not shoot him then -
asked the American. you ought to
have done so for the benefit of your
countrymen."
1.-THE death of Washington would
not have been for their benefit" re-
piled the Englishman. 1--WE depended
upon him to use our prisoners kindly,
and we'd sooner have shot an officer
of our own!"-N. Y. Herald.
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A Discerning Youth.

The cleverest daughter recently
made beautiful shade for the piano
lamp from pink evening dress and
trimmed it with roses from her last
summers hat. That evening young
man called on her, and to low-toned
music they chatted.
''How do you like our new lamp
shaded" she asked, demurely.
He studied it for a moment. 'The
last time saw it," he replied, IT
was dancing with it," - Golfers
Weekly
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SterilixfnH Food.

If you have not the proper sterilizing
apparatus put the baby's food in
double boiler, and when it is hot keep
it at the steaming point for ten minutes,
but do not permit it to boil. You can
prevent this by lifting the inner tin out
of the boiling water three or four times.
Keep the food in a self-sealing glass jar
which has been thoroughly scalded.-
Ladies' Home Jouru -
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Wash Waiata.

Wash shirt waists are made of fancy
materials, many with plaids and stripes
across rather than running upand down.
Some of the prettiest and daintiest
waists are made entirely of white lace
and fine Hamburg embroidery inser-
tions. They have collars which turn
over little, edged with lace. Some have
broad lapels- and others have bolero-
like pieces fastened in the side seams
and crossing the bust, gathered up with
q bOW,-N, Y. Times.
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His PPOwQaS.

Potztausend-My friend, it is kolos-
sal! Most remark-worthy! You re-
mind me on Rubinstein; but you are
better as he.
Pianist (pleased)-Indeed! How?
"In de bersbiration. My friend Ru-
bernstein could never bersbire so
moch! "-Punch.
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WORK OF B0ER HUNTERS.
Some of Their Efforts Have Beer
Creditable, Some the
ReVerSe.

When the Beers migrated from Cape
Colony to the Transvaal they were
forced to clear the way by killing 5000
lions. For years the South African
Beers have been hunters, and their
skill with the knife is due to this daily
practice in the fields and woods. But
with them the killing of game has been
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Russian informing the immigration
commissioner of the impending arrival
of some Polish Jewesses who expected
to be met at the barge office by their
relatives. 1.-THE first house in America"
is not bad description for the little
gray stone building that stands at the
tip end of New York, surmounted by
turret and flagstaff flying faded speci-
men of old glory above the vertical.
stripes and stars of the customhouse.
This is where all immigrants admitted
to New York first set foot on dry land.
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Postprandial Reflections.

First Canniba1-There wasn't muc;,
of the milk of human kindness abou:
our late missionary.
Second Cannibal-I should say not!
I feel as if had eaten a dairy lunch!
Boston Journal.
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Ready for Emergencies.

The German war department, it is
said, actually keeps in stock duplicates
of all the bridges in the empire consid
cred likely to be damaged or destroyed
in case of war; and, what is more, it
has duplicates of good many French
bridges, and of other countries in which
it is Interested
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Automobile Fuel.

Americans prefer electricity for run
ming automobiles, the French petrole-
UNI and the Russians wood alcohol, cost
ing in that country eight cents gallon
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Base Inference.

my daughters music,'' sighed the
mother, ''has been great expense
Indeed!" returned the guest; "somc
neighbor sued you, suppose?''-Tat-
Bits, @-
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Modern.

Jaggles-What did he mean by up
to-date sausages?
Waggles-Horseless frankfurters.-
Town Topics,
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All keyholes look alike to the be.
tuddled clubman late returning.
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Mr. Ferry
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Let US give credit where 1t is certainly due.
And pluck from his laurels one leaf for an
other,
So three cheers for our George, and four for
his mother.
paniOn.
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While we gaze with
d e ig ht on a
ruct ure so
grand,
Let us honor the
builderwho drew
out the plan,
And added, through
years of infinite
care,
Small stone upon
stone. firmly fix
ing them there;
And though this may
be but a girls
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-20

cloth, the cloth fastening to the waist
line. Such may be worn with cloth
skirt over fancy bodice without betray-
ing the bodice.
Though low evening gowns are gener-
ally considered the finest OF feathers liz
evening gown of FIVE or six years ago re-
vived would be almost exactly in style
now. The narrow skirt trailing of into a
train at the heel is spread little more
about the foot than il used 10 be, but
not much more. An overskirt or an eff
feet of skirt open over an underskirt, or
some arrangement of paneling up the
front and perhaps at back and sides IS
voted suitable The low neck rounds
away prettily and the sleeves are mere
straps. Three of these gowns appear
here. In the first large picture is gown
OF cream satin. bodice and front panel
of black chantilly lace. shoulder straps
OF black velvet. The middle figure OF the
next illustration displays gown or paie
blue pan--N velvet, banded deeply Win
cream iac.- Beside il is dress Of pale
green iibeA~- satin. richly embroidered
with two sAades Of green silk boss ana
with SiIT azangIes This last gown IN
elnded a new notion in cut-out drapery.
The front was cut very low Scarfs OF
closely knife pleated chiffon were set IN
at the arInholes and were draDed ID sur
plice fashion across the bust, tuekins
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-20

had Just assembled, it was not known
that Washington was dead until Dec. 1t
two days afterward.
News Travelled slowly In those days;
cable, telegraph, telephone and postal ia
cilities We're an unknown quantity, and
it took days.and weeks to transmit infor-
nation then, where seconds and minutes
figure now in this rapid age of invention
and improvement.
The Alexandria Times was the first
newspaper to announce Washington's
death. printing on Monday, Dee. Is, a
single paragraph obituary, thus: 1T is
our painful duty frst to announce to our
country and to the world the death of
Gen. George Washington. This mourn
full event occurred last Saturday evening
about IL o'clock On the previous night
he was attacked with violent infamma-
tory affiction in his throat, which in less
than twenty-four hours put period to
his life"
The New York papers did not get the
news of Washington's death until Dec.
10. and it was four days later when the
/ Boston papers published their first in
formation. President Adams issued a
proclamation advising all citizens to wear
Grape on the left arm for thirty days and
setting apart Feb. %, Washington's
birthday, as a day when special services
in honor OF Washington should be held.
New York paid its tribute to the de-
parted President on Dec. 81. No carts,
carriages or horseback riders were allow
ed in the streets through which the fun
eral procession passed on the way to st.
Paufs Church, where Gov. Morris deliv-
cred the funeral Grafton and Bishop Sam
uel Provost conducted the religious ser
vices
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away snugly under the edge of the cut
out. Such a bodice may be made of q
height to suit, and the edge will always
fit close and preserve its outlines during
its Wearer's movements. In this costume
the scarf continued in sleeve drapery
below the shoulder. Frequently this con-
tinuation is more extensive than this. but
it may be omitted altog Their. When
employed it should harmonic with the
outline of he bodice top, or the result
will be anything bun attractive.
With these eYel dresses the artist
puts two types. OF wraps that fashion
iRdorses as their accompanimentS. The
first was the commodious form OF opera
wrap. Fashions in these garments have
changed more radically than they have
in the gowns beneath them. To-day's
form is very different from the almost
shapeless bag of a few seasons ago. En-
broidered panne velvet is the choicest ma,
terial, and to be of the finest it will be
trimmed heavily with one rich fur and
completely lined with another. A hood
of the lining fur edged with the other and
backed with the velvet will give final
touch of elegance. Happily this standard
as to outlay is unusual The same style
as to cut is shown in simple materials,
as well as in beautiful stuffs and furs.
A very stylish yet inexpensive cloak is
made of gray broadcloth interlined with
chamois and cotton-cotton makes it
hang soft"-an inside lining of rose col
ored satin and an effective finish of black
fox and gray chiffon. a hood lined with
rose and softened at the edge with chiffon
and fur is as becoming as the magnificent
fur one.
The other evening wrap shown is of the
layer type-it was new, but distinctly on
that principle-yet how different from
the penwiper affairs of unpleasant recol-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-20
Rash soldier Boys.

''Onr men are in good health" writes
Capt. Goldmon, of the Thirty
Kansas, in the Philippines, land If we
can keep them exercising horse sense
they will lain as healthy, il not
healthier, here than at home. But they
started in to-day trying to get sick.
They discovered an old sugar mill that
had been abandoned by the insurgents,
with several tons of crude sugar lying
around, and proceeded to fill themselves
full of it. One company had seventeen
men Immediately sick. One man of my
company ate a lot of green nuts and
was pretty sick for awhile. and so 1t
goes. We have to watch them. like lot
of schoolboys. New York Tribune.
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lection. 1t had a foundation of white
satin, between which and the blue velvet
first layer there was channels skin. Over
the blue velvet was draped layer of
filmy black net, then a shorter portion
of festooned white lace. Then came a
fitted layer just to cover the shoulder
was spangled velvet, a folded chiffon
shoulder yoke layer, and incidentally,
streamers and festoons of blue ribbon
velvet. 1t seems pity that the tradi-
tons of evening 6nery are so much in
favor of the cover-all wraps, fine as such
affairs are, because this shorter sort is
very artistic product.
The high necked gown of the second
trio was chosen for illustration because
of the new effect gained by its yoke ar
rangement A surpiice effect combined
with the yoke, the material being the
softest liberty silk in a delicate ivory
shade. The bodice of gray blue cloth was
cut with eton jacket fronts. The skirt,
as all new skirts must be, was pleated.
COPYRIGHT 1900
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rose in the buggy, shouting The sea!
the sea- and, In an uncomfortable fren-
~, caught the whip from my brothers
hand and slashed the horse in wild de-
Ilrium, unconscious of what | was do
ing.
The emotion remains inenaceable af-
ter more than three score years, one of
the most vivid of my life. And how
ecstatic was the sensation Of the plunge
into the breakers. holding fast to my
mothers hand, and then the race up the
beach before the next comber, trem-
bling lest it should catch me, as If it
were a living thing, ready to devour me-
They never come back, these first emo
lions OF childhood. and though / have
loved the sea all my life, have never
again felt the sight CT it as then"
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WAsHiNGToN's LAST YEARS.
Ideally Happy Were the Great States
man aud His Wife

Ideally Happy Were the Great States
man and His Wife.
At the time of his retirement to Mount
Vernon, after the expiration of his term
as President, 1.-The tall figure of Washing
ton was only slightly bent, and he was
still supposed to weigh upward of two
hundred pounds" writes William Per
rine of ''The Last Years of Washing
tons Life" in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Excepting his gray hair and his false
teeth, and some trouble in hearing, there
was little of the usual appearance of age
in his muscular person, MS gait and his
strong, pock-marked FACE. de was affa-
BILE and merry with his best friends, but
while he had the true hospitality of a
Southern gentleman in inviting every Wis
itor from distance to his table or to a
bed over night, his politeness was gener-
ally formal. Yet if he particularly en-
joyed the conversation of a guest he
would pay him the compliment Of listen
ing to him until after o'clock, or even
of lighting him with the candle to a bed
room for the night. Mrs Washington
at this time was healthy, pleasant and
transformations little woman, still showing
traces of good looks and with seldom any
other thought than Of playing respectfully
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-20

Eugene Robert. in the Revue Chre-
tienne. the leading French religious
monthly, has an excellent article on the
life and character of the great American
who is not nearly as well known in
France as is Franklin, but whose life
contains many lessons for the French
The tales he tells OF Washington during
the war and of the simple nature that re-
fused a higher Office than that of the
President must seem astounding to his
readers. NJ. Robert says that two grand
sentiments were the soul of Washington's
life, an ardent love for the fatherland
to which he sacrificed all, and his inyaria-
bic fidelity to duty, in which he was I'M
influenced by considerations of friendship
or by the fear of enemies. The secret
of his character is found in faith, for he
had faith in his cause, his people, their
future. and in God. That gave him a
confidence that brought him victory in
peace as well as in war.
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Struggling with Death.

Among the poverty stricken peasants
of Russia each winter finds many vic
Tins of starvation, but adds also TO the
experience of those thousands whose
one and only object is to solve the
problem of keeping soul and body to-
gether. Their only solution of the
problem was found in the example of
the lowest orders of administrators
nation-and when the sun begins to
fall the peasants seek forgetfulness of
hunger in the loZka or winter Sleep"
Great heaps of peat are piled up, and
what grain there may he is baked into
Sard loaves of coarse bread. Around
the great oven that stands in the CEN
ter of each poor hut the low wooden
cots of the family are arranged. The
fires are started. There is almost no
ventilation in the huts, and that is
part of the campaign against death.
The members of the family will lie
down in the winters sleep and soon
lose consciousness. One alone of the
family win stand guard-to feed the
fire. The atmosphere is sitting. The
sleepers lie in a torpor, more dead than
alive, but ut least unconscious OF the
deadly pangs of hunger. But hunger
at last manifests itself. Once each day
the sleepers rouse from their stupor. a
crust of bread for each is taken from
the hoard, soaked in water and MUNICH
ed. The guard is changed and again
the sleepers crawl back to their cots.
And so. day after day. night after
night. the long light against starvation
is kept up-until at last. the spring
comes, and with it new life and new
hope.
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his nose, after the strange manner of
shoulder beasties. Something of the
character of the small neck beasties of
three years ago is retained, but the price
puts these affairs in quite another list.
Made of silver lynx and Persian lamb,
as was the ''set" put in to-day's small
picture, the price almost equals that of a
fur coat.
A short step further, and the line be-
tween modest stylishness and costly ele-
gance is left away behind. Yet, while
the look of an entire animals pelt is lost,
the general outlines Of the fur remain
much the same. This step brings into
view the shoulder cape with stole ends.
One of Russian sable appears at the right
in the next illustration. Rich as this was,
it was deliberately planned for double
service. Originally it was the finish to
a fine opera cloak. AT the top it was a
clever blend of shoulder cape and bolero,
and as part of the opera wrap it was
stunning the velvet of the opera cloak
sweeping in loose folds below the short
fur back and showing in billowy richness
from the throat down IN trout. Enor-
nous velvet sleeves escaped under the
fur cape. The same fur worn as shown
here over a close fitting cloth street
gown was fine in quite another way. A
muff to match completed the transfer
nation.
Even the furs that are to be ciassed as
garments in distinction from accessories
reflect the tendency toward brevity.
| Short jackets like the one shown in this
sketch have increased in numbers as the
winter passed, and stylishly are tip-top.
Apparently majority of the newest fur
| jackets have been cut in the eton order.
| The development has been a boon to the
woman with long and half-length coats to
cut down, but she who bought her short
| jacket new this season paid every bit as
much as a long jacket cost few years
| ago. Partisan lamb and baby lamb have
| led, and despite their tendency to pull out
are fitted with all the precision of cloth
garment. Collar facings and often cuff
| finish are of another fur. Ermine and
ermine without the tails, which means
pussy or white rabbit, have the call,
| though chinchilla and sable have been
much used. Persian with white cloth col
| lar ard cuffs is stunning. 1t is consid-
cred right that the jacket should seem
| to show the dress bodice for a couple of
| inches up from the waist line in front and
| for at least a glimpse all around, but
many short fur jackets are mounted on
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injustice of his treatment by Congress
must have been sore temptation to
him. And when he watched the intrepid
Hamilton dash on to victory in the re-
doubts at Yorktown he must have felt
the weight of the heavy burden he was
bearing rise from his great heart so that
it beat the faster, for he knew that
should CORVALLIS surrender the war
would probably result VIGOROUSLY for the
American arms.
The same quiet. firm. far-seeing charae-
ter led him through the years of his life
after he had laid down his sword. When
he stepped out Of the position of COM
mander-in-chief of the victorious army,
asking no reward, and quietly returned
to the. privacy of his own home, he fore
Swallowed the character of the nation he
had so largely helped to make. 1t should
be nation of itself, not dependent on
England or any other country under the
globe for its customs or its policy. 1t
was to embody principles hitherto un-
heard of in the annals of history. 1t was
even in the distant future TO take upon
itself the yoke Of a burdened and OPP
pressed people. to free them from their
oppression and to give them back their
country with no thought of price or adj
vantage. And yet this was a man.
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day anc expired between 10 and IL
o'clock Saturday night, his death being
directly due to cold in his throat and
lungs. The room in which Washington
died in his Mount Vernon home is one
of the most interesting portions of the
colonial residence OF the first President.
Washington's last words spoken to DIR.
Craik were: II am just going. Have me
decently buried and do not let my body
be put into the vault in less than three.
days after l am dead"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-20

Former Gov. George w. Peck OF Mil
waukee has been appointed by Gov. SEQ
field as member az large Of the board OF
university regents, to succeed John john
ston OF Milwaukee. president OF the
board. George f. Merrill was appointed
regent for the ninth district 10 succeed
]. A. Vancleave Of Marinette. Both the
retiring members declined reappointment.
Senator j. II. Stout Of Menominee was
appointed regent for the tenth district to
succeed himself.