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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
WEST INDIAN FOOTWEAR.

characteristics of tbs Shoes Worn in
Spanish American Countries.
The slowly growing army of tourists
which goes to Cuba and Porto Rico
always notices the graceful footwear
Of the Spanish-American islanders 1t
is like that of Madrid modified to suit
the climate and conditions of the An
titles. Spanish feet are proverbially
small, with the high instep and slender
ankle. so priced by artists. The shoes
necessarily partake Of the same char
acteristics, and would attract attention
anywhere.
The most striking style to the visitor
from the United States are the morn
ing slippers worn by youthful belle and
staid matron alike. One common kind
is a mere sandal consisting of a sole
and 4 single band across the lower in
step. The sole may be of fancy leather
felt, twine or woven hemp. Some are
made Of waterproofed cloth slightly
stiffened and REINFORCED in the hollow
by steel spring or piece of leather
The band should, however, be of silk
or velvet of some rich color, bright oil
dark, which throws the foot out in bold
relief The slight pressure which il
exerts upon the foot tends to force the
blood into the surface and makes each
little toe of delicate pink coral hue.
Another sandal has sole and an
upper which covers the forward half of
the foot, only the heel being left bare.
According to the natives. this is worn
by women who have distorted or de-
formed their feet by wearing tight
boots. In these sandals the upper may
be of silk or satin for the wealthy, or
Of wool, cotton or linen for the poorer
classes. The commonest pattern is of
fine check in polyscrome. and next to
that a series of brilliant stripes like a
Roman scarf. The ultrafashionable
have this piece embroidered in silk
floss and silver and gold thread, and
jeweled with seed pearls or chips of
precious stones. Shoes of this class,
says the New York Post, seems to be
survival OF the old Spanish woman's
stirrup, which was made in the same
shape. decorated and jeweled in SINH
lar fashion. and differing from the
house slipper in being made stronger
and provided with n steel or silver
frame
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

acquainted with the game. And. on the
other hand, the big elevens do not play
their hardest until long period of train
ing and hardening has been gone through.
No account has been taken CT the les
ser hurts, such as sprains and bruises.
These. were so common on every team
that they seldom found their way into
print. 1t is likely that hardly member
of any eleven has not been under the care
OF the trainer at one time or another dur
ing the season, laid up with trouble suf-
ticient to bring out his name in the
among those injured" had the injury
come as the result of a fire.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
Suicide Increasing.

In the Spectator, an insurance jour
nal, the statistician of an insurance
company gives an analysis of the sui
eide record for the year 1901 His fig
ures are taken from fifty cities, and
show an average slight increase over
the ratio for the preceding decade of
nearly one per cent, from 1911 to 1866
per 100000 population. He estimates
an approximate annual mortality of
10000 in the country as 4 whole The
implied conclusion is that further
increase in the rate of suicidal tend
ency in the cities of this country may
he expected during the next decade,
and the suicide question. like arson IN
fire insurance, is thus becoming more
and more one of utmost Importance
to life insurance companies.
He also gives another table showing
the experience of one company for tac
last % years. dividing it into two pc.
RODS. including males only, as the fe-
male suicide statistics are too insig-
nificant to be tabulated. This shows a
percentage of suicides In the total NOR
tality of "a in the later as compared
with 10 in the earlier period. The age
of suicides seems also to have lessened,
as the suicides under 40 increased from
81 per cent to 80 per cent in the
later period and there was an actual
decrease in those in advanced life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
GREAT DAM is DEDICATED.
zmmense Reservoir of the Nile Opened
Marks Great Achievement.

The great Assouan dam-boon for
Egypt and one of the most wonderful
achievements of man-was dedicated
Wednesday. Tie Duke of Connaught
laid the last stone of the immense reser-
voir in the presence of a party of Eng
lishmen and Egyptians.
The Assouan dam and the Assiout bar
rage are monuments to British engineer
ing skill and progressive policy. These
great works, which have cost between
$100, 100000 and 100000. will sys-
tematize irrigation, impart security to
crops and stability to harSests, and wild
en- the area of Nile lands under culfiva-
ton.
The Assouan dam is one and one
fourth miles long and Will hold the water
34I6 feet above the level of the Medit-
erranean- The dam is pierced by $50
openings, each twenty-three feet high and
seven feet wide. Each sluice is fitted
with steel gates, adjustable at will, so
IS to enable the water to go in and out.
An idea of the immensely of the labor in
yolved in the construction may be OBJ
tanned from the fact that the foundations
of some of the sluices 90 seyenty-ive
feet below the ordinary rock surface.
The annual food, with its fertilized silt
and soil, already has passed, and the
sluices of the Assouan dam are now clos
ed for the storage of water until the
LIST of March. The sluices will then be
opened gradually. and for four months
there will be good head of water in The
Treery irrigating canal for the use of cul-
tivators. The scarcity Of water caused
by the low Nile viii be avoided, and q
great increase in the agricultural re-
sources of the English will be brought
about. The Nile will be held up by a
dam 100 feet thick at the base and the
valley above it will be flooded for fifty
miles.
The experts are making striking com
parison. They calculate that the reser-
voir will hold water enough for year 5
full supply for every town and village in
the United Kingdom. The engineering
works also include an open weir or bar
rage at Assiout. a long way down the
Nile. by which the distribution of the
water from the great reservoir is secured
over large area.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
FELT To SECOND nToucH. "
1t Was for $5-First Was an Exper
nrent-Was Not Fooled.

1t Was for $5-First Was an Expert
INCENTIVES Not Fooled.
The man who Is always embarrassed
financially. but in no other wise, drop
ped into the office of his friend, the ar
chitect. and made himself al home
with a lean on the drawing board He
picked up a pair of compasses and
toyed Mish them with seeming aim
iessneSs.
George. l want to try IN sexperl-
ment on the sense of touch he said
SO suddenly that the architect made a
blot on his drawing.
Il don't give a hang" declared the
architect, but get your ideas niora
slowly and not all in bunch, as you
did this one
But, George" continued The friend,
Il want to experiment on YOU
Il haven't got minute to spare. .
returned George. grutfiy.
"It'n only take two minutes. Don't
be crouch, George"
What do you want me to do
Just shut your eyes and hold out
YOUR handr' said the man who was ex-
perimenting.
lyon won't hurt me-" said the archi-
tect.
"of course not: but keep your eyes
shut"
He opened the diyiders until the
points We're half an inch apart and
laid them lightly on the back of the
architects hand Tell me-" he said.
how many points can you feel:"
"One. said he.
The friend spread the dividers an
inch, and again put down both points,
How many?' he asked
only one" said The architect. "You
can't fool me-"
open your eyes. You were wrong,
of course. gave you both points each
time You sense of touch is poorly
developed"
Tommy rot" growled the architect,
going back to his boards.
There was silence for a minute Then
another outburst from the friend: Il
say, George. loan me So"
why. this is the second time this
week you've touched me for FIVE
SO it is, George | just wanted to
see If there was more sense of touch in
your pocketbook than in the back of
your hand. New York Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

Mrs Roland B. Molineux, acc,r,ling
to the press dispatches, is at Sioux Falls,
S. d., acquiring residence, preparatory
to securing a divorce from the New
Yorker. who was recently acquitted of n
poisoning charge. She refuses to reveal
the grounds of her action for divorce, and
says: Il have said, and repeat, that
have been martyred, and that feel that
am fully justified in seeking freedom.
Beyond that | win not elaborate. / am
now through talking forever
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
ovER-WEIGHTED INFANTRYMEN.
| Our Boys Each Ling Around Seventy
three Pc uds in Marching.


The War Department is striving to
adopt means of reducing the weight car
ried by the infantry soldier on the march.
without interfering with his efficiency or
his comfort Experiments have been
made to obtain an intrenching tool Ow-
Ing TO the long range arms now in use.
Il is regarded as imperative that tie
army should be supplied with suitable
tool for constructing a hasty cover for
the individual soldier or for a line of
troops exposed to an enemy's fire.
In this connection it is interesting to
note that the aggregate weight carried
by the individual infantryman in heavy
marching order is seventy-three pounds.
This is distributed as follows: Clothing
ON person. III pounds az ounces; rife
and equipment, 20 pounds 14S ounces:
haversack and contents. 9 pounds 10i2
ounces; eantee2. TN cup. etc, / pound
Sfa ounces: three pints of water.
pounds. and blanket. pack and clothing,
~ mounds IL 0uuceS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

Through Pullman service from Chi
cago, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland. Pitts
burg and Louisville to Florida, via Queen
and Crescent Route, Southern Railway,
and connecting lines.
Leave Chicago at ! p. M, Cleveland at
1895 p m. via Big -Four Route, daily
except Sunday. From Detroit at 1926
p. M, Toledo at 2:22 p. m, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. via Michigan
Central and c., II. Il ID. Ry. From
Pittsburg at s a. m. daily except Sunday.
All connecting at Cincinnati with the
Chicago and Florida Special leaving via
Queen and ~Grescent Route at 9:1J y N,
Through sleeping cars daily from Chi
cago via Monon and c. III. & d. Ry.,
leaving at o p. m, connecting with Flor
ida Limited at Cincinnati at $50 a m.
Also through sleeping car daily via Penn
syIvania lines via Louisville, leaving Chi
cagO at $40 p. m, connecting with Flor
ida Limited at Lexington, direct to st.
Augustine. Write for rates to w. A.
Becker. " L. A., 113 Adams street,
Chicago
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
FOOTBALLS DEADLY WORK.
The List of Victims Higher than Eve
This Eaasnra

This season.
A list of the accidents resulting from
football during the season of 1902. which
has just drawn to a close, shows that the
game has claimed more victims this sea-
son than ever before. Carefully compiled
reports from all sections of the country
place the number who have died as a re-
suit of injuries received on the gridiron
at fifteen. More than 100 minor hurts
have been recorded, ranging all tie way
from conclusion of the brain and insan-
ity, down the list through injured spines,
crushed skulls, broken legs and arms, TO
such smaller matters as broken ear drums
and the tearing loose of ribs.
The casualties were, for the greater
part, confined to the smaller and less ex-
perienced teams, as the indiscriminate
and often fatal piling up of players is
most common to those who are not well
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
Plenty or Time.

a story is told in an English village
Of 8 man who visited the school room
when his NEPHEW was hard az work 81
his lessons. We'll. Jack, said the IN
Gle. good boy this morning. I hope"
Jack looked af the clock. which stood
At 11.3o, and then doubtfuIly az his
teacher. Y dunno Jet, uncle" he said,
there's half an hour more.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

Miss Detrillion---Who is this young As.
toria that is so intrusive2
Miss Kuaduiion--Oh he comes from
poor but fairly honest people.
Miss Detrillion--Why, | never heard
OF him or his family?
Miss Quadtrillion--No. they never
amounted TO much. heard his grand
father was only Il simple bilionaire,-
Detroit To-Day
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woman's Benevolent Association of
Chicago.


Mrs. Henrietta A. S. Marsh, President
Woman's Benevolent Association. of
S2T jackson Park Terrace, N,oodlawn,
Chicago. H.. says:
Il suffered with la grippe for seven
weeks and nothing helped me until
tried Peruna. | felt at once that | had
at last secured the right medicine and
kept steadily improving Within three
weeks | was fully restored. Henrietta
A. S. Marsh
Independent Order of Good Tenn plars,
of Washington.
Mrs. L. w. Collins, Treasurer l. o. G..
t. Everett, Wash, has used the great
catarrhal tonic, Peruna, for an aggra-
waited case of dyspepsia. She writes:
After having a severe attack of la
grippe, | also suffered with dyspepsia.
After taking Pe4una / could eat my reg
ular meals with relish, my system was
built up, my health returned. and | have
remained in excellent strength and yigor
now for over year. Mrs. Il. W. Col
Inns.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once TO DIR. Hartman. giving a
full statement Of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

but could not free his gaze from that
Of the snake and was powerless to
move while tie spell lasted. Adams
killed the reptile after he had dug
Saunders from under the fallen earth.
San Bernardino Letter TO the San
Francisco Chronicle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
CONDITIONS IN THE MINES.
violence Presented to the Com ission
In Esalls n....I- I1s<A..=...

AIFIuC IICE ITtScHItu 10 TIC NUfn m Iss IOII
Unfolds a Dark Picture.
At last the coal strike commission has
come to the important phase of its in
vestigation which relates to the actual
living and working conditions of the min
ers. The evidence thus far presented
unfolds the picture of the miners daily
life, and undeniably the picture is dark
one. Judging from the facts related on
the witness stand, the traditional stories
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
There is "a Dinerenc,

You say he's a mathematician2
Yes.
What kind:
What kind! What do you mean by
thatl
Wen, there are mathematical mathe-
maticians and political mathemati-
clans. and there Is great difference.
l want to know whether l can rely
ON his figures. New York Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
sOu.herners Honor Grant and Lincoln

Soufhcrners Honor Grant and Lincoln.
survivors II Company G, Thirteenth
Virginia regiment. Of the Confederate
array. are raising funds fer the erection
Of a monument in Richmond. Va, Il
Ger. Grant While in Virginia this ex.
preston a good will Is made manifest,
in Mississippi a portrait of I-incola IS &c
h. placed IN the MiSsissippi Hail Of
Pane
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

Many Of Us might be happy If we did
not suffer from disorders Of the liver
Then We ought 10 use DR. August hoe-
nig's Hamburg Drops, which cure the
sssrders and bring the whole syStala 10
2ai4kv randtfsrn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

In tile probate court 4 Arapahoe. n
hne Of SI10 and costs was imposed on
b II. Newcos.lh = oeliever in Christian
Science. hecas se II was alleged that he
refused medical attendance TO his laugh
Ser, who was dying q typhoid fever
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

Mrs. Austin's Cereals have the Iarress aAls
OF any similar goods Try them ANA you
win understand why.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

No early breakfast Is complies wAkhesl
Mrs Austin's Buckwheat cakea mzy X
from your grocer to-day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

On account Of the bad harvest 81 Nor
way the government has granted %a8yD
to farmers for the purpose a h~yiaw
epad
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sir" she replied put your prNws@ns IN
writing and submit it by nHil Z have
no time 10 listen TO oral arEasrs-naa So
Chicago Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

The value Of farm property has gr0sSn
from twelve billions to twenty @aa .
half billions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

Carpets can be colored on tE&e Ao0r
with PUTNAM FADELESS KskE&.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
DATES OF STATE FAIRS FIXED.
National Associations Hollis Annual
Meeting in Chiaxo-

The NatiOuaI ASsociatlon Of Fairs an
Exhibitions met at the Union Stoc
Yards in Chicago and decided the tim
of holding the State fairs in 1908 as TO
lows:
MisSouri-Aug. IL 10 -.
Iowa-Aug. "A 10 -
New York-Aug. "a to -.
Minrcsota--Aug. 81 10 Sept. ). d
Ot3o-Aur. 81 10 Sept. 3.
TisconSin--Sept. 4 10 IL.
NebraSSa-Sept 10 L.
Indiana-Sept "a 70 10.
KaaSas-Sept. Il 10 10.
kengtlckv-Ssp u To 2ls
IIlinois-Sepg = 10 Oct 3
Texss-Seps. - Il 0ot. ;.
S.. Lofts fair--0cr. 3 10 10.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

Mrs Hayes First Letter Appealing Pinham for Help:
"DEAR MRs
ment for long time without relief key tell have fbod
tumor down without and the extends
swollen had flowing
petite good cannot walk be feet for length of time
The symptoms OF Fibrod Iumor in little book
curaey describe advice
E F. HAYES 252 Dudley st, Toxbury) Boston, Mass
Note the result of Mrs. Pinkham's advice-aI.
though she advised Mrs. Hayes, of Boston, to take
her medicine which she knew would help her -
her letter contained of additional instruc-
tiOns to treatment, all of which helped to bring
about the happy result
"DEAR MRs PNKHAM:-Sometne ago / to you
ing and asked advice You replied and followed
all your directions carefully and to-day well
expelled the tuInor and strengthened whole walk
miles
Pnkhanls Vegetable Compound worth five dol
advise all who afflicted with
female trouble of kind faithful tril" Mrs
h. f. HAYES, 252 Dudley St, (2oxbuIy) Boston, Mass,
Mountains gold could
the place of the health happiness which Lydia Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound brought to Mrs. Hayes.
Such testimony should be accepted by all convincing
evidence that Lydia E. Pnkham Vegetable Compound stands
without remedy for all the distressing ills of all
troubles; inhammatons falling
placements of the womb backache Irregular suppressed painful
nenato Surely the volume and character OF the testimonial let
tiers daily printing the leave doubt
Mrs Hayes address will gladly letters
which sick write fuller reformation her illness
Her gratitude Mrs Pnkham Pnkhams Vegetable
great for her to take in for her health and happiness
Truly B it said that is Lydia e Pinkhams Vegetable Com
other medicine
get this when some druggist wants to sell something else
$4,000 1osEElI c % is. ga q : ] and signatures
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
Rnsincss TRAINING.

OF course it was all the result OF Ter
business training. BE mine" he urged.
aud started to plead his case. MY dear
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

Old LAdy-How do you know, Ethel.
that ycu have been chrstenedg
Ethel-'Czuse I've gos tie uxsk OF KY
arm news
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

. Mrs. Wider Weeds--My first Azzzeana
had his faults, but his heart wns am SAs
right side.
No. 2-Is that so? No svonsssr he 'siea-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
His First shave

Barber--Bay rum, sir?
Boy-N-no, thank you. I'll take ON
ice cream soda, please. Philadelphia In
Quirer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

Mrs. WInelow's soorarNo SrHur gsv 9A6adzAn
toethings E0rIens she gusfs, reduces indszkAaan a.
lays gain. cures wind opilc. . cents q essstAa
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

Norfolk County in EngIan8. Surs .
name to the Virginia town.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

A distressing case Of Fibroid Tumor,
which bafled the skill of Boston doctors.
Mrs. Hayes, of Boston, Mass, in
the following letter tells how she was
cured, after everything else failed by
Lydia E. PinEham's Vegetable Compound.
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:. N. q. Ns- sa-asos

Lnug WRITING 70 AEwERTasEKB EEnzxa 81
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-07-10
TOCROSST HEOCEAN IN LAUNCH.

As was stated in the Gazette, the 36-
foot launch Abel Abbot Low, COM
manded by Capt. William c. Newman,
sailed from College Point, l.. l., yester-
day for Falmouth, Eng. Captain New
mans only companion on the trip is his
son Edward, a youth of l6. So daring
is the trip regarded by nautical men
that officers at the navy yard, where the
launch put in Tuesday afternoon, de-
clared they would rather take their
chances in good sea fight than aboard
of her on the broad Atlantic. The
launch is neither a sailer nor a steamer .
She has one engine, but no boilers or
coal bunkers. In fact, she expects TO
do her 8, OO0-mile voyage with kerosene
as the motive power. The A. A. Low
has two masts and is cutter rugged, hav-
ing square sail aft and a jigger sail
forward. Her engine is lO-horse
power. Double cyclinders are at
tached. Above the engine proper are
two cBstiron globes. These are connect
ed with the cylinders by valves. In
starting the boat the globes are heated
by strongly draughted kerosene lamps.
When the globes are almost red-hot the
lamps are extinguished. Then the ma
chinery, which is controlled by lever,
gets into motion. Two small pumps
worked with cams convey a drop of oil
at time to the globes. The oil i'm
mediately vaporizes and the gas rushes
into the cylinders and explodes and
drives the engine To ease the speed
the supply of kerosene is reduced, the
normal ratio of supply causing one ex-
plosion for every stroke of the piston.
Captain Newman says the boat can make
seven knots an hour with fair weather
To run the boat, he says, takes one gal
lon of kerosene an hour. Eight hun
dred gallons of oil, provisions for 60 days
and 200 gallons of water are aboard.
Captain Newman expects to reach Eng
land in less than 80 DAYS.