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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17
VETERAN ssNAroas GO.
Washington Will Miss Number of
Notable Lawmakers.

Washington Will Miss Number of
Notable Lawmakers.
With the close of the Fifty-seventh
Congress there retire from congressional
life a number of men who have been
Identified with national legislation longer
taan any others now in Washington.
They are Senator Jones Of Nevsda, call
ed the father of the Senate" Senator
vest of Missouri, Senator Jones of Ar
ansas and Representative Galusha
grow OF Pennsylvania. Senator Jones of
Nevada Is one of six Senators who have
completed five full terms Congressman
prov retires after a congressional ca
Seer of longer than half a century, hav-
ing succeeded himself six times.
In Senator Jones of Nevada the SEN
re loses one of its most popular as well
n most unique members He has been
lslown as great silent force. In all
tse thirty years of his service he has
not introduced more than half A dozen
hills, yet bis influence upon the national
legislation has been exceeded by thar of
few Senators now in the national body.
He has seen the personnel of he SEN
ate change many times and has been the
associate of many Of the most conspicu-
Gus men in the nations history.
Senator Vest belongs to the next gem
'eration. He entered the Senate in 1877,
a,ad throughout his service has won an
enviable reputation for the brlliancy of
sis oratory. His health has failed CON
Siderably the last few years. He has be-
Come almost blind Yet he has not allow
eh the fact TO interfere with his public
duties.
Another conspicuous figure which will
.be missed will be Senator Jones Of Ar
kansas He has seen almost as much
service rs his namesGke of Nevada,
In the retirement Of Congressman
Grow there leaves the House one of the
most beloved and nohiest men who have
ever occupied seats in that body. He
lhas been one of the political landmarks
'ot Pennsylvania during a public life Of
nearly sixty years. Although he will be
50 years old If he lives until Aug. 81.
Ne is in Splendid physical condition. The
most important measure fathsrcd by
Grow (signed by Abraham Linco.nl was
the homestead law, by which nearly co.
000000,000 acres of public domain has
been occupied. He was Speaker during
the first two years of the Civil War.
Like many another public man whose
political existence has embraced so long
IL period, Mr. Grow has been a member
jof more than one political party. Ee is
eNe Of the few men of whom it can be
said that he carried his district practical
~ unanimously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17

his visit to one settlement where the
only shopkeeper of the place proved
very inquisitive. He was a frequent
visitor, and would carefully examine
the few belongings of the traveller His
curiosity was finally punished in very
funny manner.
On one of his Wits, writes Mr.. Wells,
he found my bottle of spirits of ammo
mia on the table. and seeing it was
something he had not hitherto inspect
ed, he naturally laid hold Of it, and
asked of me, what is this?'
"Only medicine" replied; and with
perhaps unworthy satisfaction
watched him hold it up to the light,
look at it all round, and finally remove
the glass stopper and then take a good
sniff.
| had to rush forward to save my
precious ammonia, as he staggered and
gasped for breath, and calculated, Il
am dyingw BY dint of much slapping
of his back and dousing of cold water,
he quickly recovered; but nevermore
did he touch any of my things.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17
BOUGHT MAGIC BONES.
Florida Negroes Seeking Invisibility
Realized that They Were Seen.

Florida Negroes Seeking Invisibi1ity
Realized that They Were Seen.
For good many years." said a
Florida man, who was up this way
recently, I'VE have been familiar in the
far South with the schemes which lie
signing negroes with the money-mak-
ing instinct have been working upon
their ignorant fellows to coz the coin
from their clothes. I'd hate " say
how many thousands of dollars the
more ignorant negroes of Florida alone
give up every year for connections,
manufactured out of nothing worth
while by the crafty negroes, for whit
ening their skins Then there are the
multitudinous lotions or ointments or
whatever you call them on sale by
foxy negroes down our way for taking
the kink out of woody hair on negroes
heads Colored women, especitlly the
younger ones, fall victims to this kind
of stuff for all of their spare change,
and there are plenty of young black
bloods who eagerly give up 50 and even
$40 for fake contraptions that are al
IpHeu W UG OCoAShSo " AhSAA
noses aquiline instead of fiat.
But an ancient black schemer was
put away down in Florida not long
ago for sprlnging and successfully
working an entirely new one. The
foxy old darby made literally thou
sands of dollars out of his dodge be-
fore he was nailed. He passed the
word around among the ignorant ne
gro men that he had a consignment of
charms in the shape of small pieces of
bone, that would come pretty near
making their purchasers bosses of ev-
erything in sight. The owner and
wearer of one of his bone charms. he
announced, would be rendered com
pletely Invisible to human eyes. Well.
you can: readily imagine how charm
like tha1 would take down in a coun-
try where yeller-legged chickens are
thicker'a bees, and where watermel-
ons jusI pop out Of the soil out of
their own volition. The ignorant blacks
fell to chose little bone charms all in
bunclk and they dug up from s. to
S15 spi Fe for the things at that.
'They absolutely and implicitly be-
lieved tnat the wearing of the charms
would render them invisible, and for
months the darkies down our way
provided with these charms have been
attempting to help themselves to all
sorts of things that didn't belong TO
them. right in the presence of the own
ers of the property. and in broad day
light, under the belief that their
charms screened them from the vision
of men. 1t took long time, and not a
little buckshot, to convince them that
their bone charms didn't amount to
much, and then they came to the front
with the story of how they had got
hold of the charms. Washington
Post.
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therefor. They're so dressy, she thinks,
and so cool, light and soft Nor will
they crush nor be affected by dampness
as are wash gowns, organizes and the
like. So the silks find many purchasers
Especially attractive are the new foul
ards that come in pattern gowns ready to
be made into shirt waist suits. They are
so nicely set off with the lace or appli-
que of net that furnishes their decoration,
that it is a very easy matter to make the
suit up and save the dressmaker's charge.
She who has q little ingenuity and can
do this, can manage several handsome
gowns for the price of one made by
good dressmaker. Skirts come all made
but for scanning up the back breadth,
where extra fullness can be arranged to
make the skirt fit. Then there are two
or three yards of plain silk and the en-
broidered fronts for the waist, so that
little variety is possible in making But
If one has a shirt waist pattern that fits
il is very easy to do the whole thing and
save a lot. A handsome pattern in dark
blue fouiard sprinkled with tiny white
dots has at the bottom Of the skirt an ap-
plique of white lace net. The embroid-
cry on the waist appears on full fronts
and sleeves. Such dresses, of course,
are in very different grade from simple
shirt waists of inexpensive wash stuffs
Yet these have about them an unmistak-
able air of style. One Of green linen
crash is shown in to-day's first group. A
host of equally simple designs is availa-
BILE
Expensive pattern gowns of thin silks
have the skirt yoke of heavy lace, the
lace extending to the bottom If the skirt
In points. This counts for elegance, but
In considering the cost Of such it is we'll
to remember that an entire foundation of
good silk must be included, for the open
work is so open that a good quality of lin
ing is an essential. Standard silks are
plentiful among the stylish goods, and
often give the shopper better returns
since there's always increased price in
really new weaves.I Not few of the
older silks are ireproachable as to styl-
ishness, too, and not a few pattern
dresses are found in them. In the first
of the accompanying pictured groups is,
Mt the left, a pattern gown of light blue
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17

way. Some waists are entirely composed
of strips of silk two inches wide held to-
gether with wide rows of faggotting. and
it means lots of work to make such a
waist. Think of the fitting. alone, for
anything that is so uneven to hold makes
fine fit very hard Black lace is used
great deal on waists and is very hand
some. The artist has put here three
pretty waists; first, fire white linen
embroidered in white then a white liber-
ty satin with yoke of faggotted strips,
and with white guipure lace and white
silk grapes for trimming, and last. a
white linen trimmed with Hungarian en-
broidery.
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of broad brims, the ends hanging down

of broad brims, the ends hanging down
either at the back or side
Evening petticoats are made of white
silk with accordion fiounces of silk gauze
or xnousseline de chiffon. Some very use
full petticoats are of accordion nuns veil
ing. These are always made with a deep
hip yoke and trimmed with lace or rows
Of satin ribbon.
Many hats still have most of their
trimming on the underside of the brim.
but milliners promise a complete change
and predict the fall of single dropping
feather. In millinery decorations as well
as in every other department of dress
oddly is the keynote.
The newest sleeves are alarmingly am
pie, tucked or box-plaited from the shout
der to above the elbow or plated on
either side of lace insertion, or band
of embroidery which lies inside the arm
to the wrist. The lego mutton sleeve
and the oriental sleeve are still in vogue.
One of the best styles is the overdress
of guipure, fashioned after the manner
of a coat, parting in front to reveal an
underdress of accordion plated chiffon,
belted in by a jeweled belt or an over
coat of velvet, a material which il great
ly in vogue for tea gowns, over lace
underdless.
Ore of the new Marquise hats with
the upturned brim becominGly waved is
entirely covered with cnbochon-gat
black tulle, studded with small black
spans!es. Over the left ear is inserted a
cluster of gardenias made of white velvet
Gilt steel spanges are sewn here and
there on the petals.
Flowers are very much worn trailing
biaswise across bodice and skirt. White
velvet water lilies, studded with diamond
dewdrops with long strands of pale shad-
ed ribbon or satin grass look particularly
lovely. Market punches Of vioetS or
roses, snowdrops covered with diamond
dust, fuchsias and honeysuckles are
among the fayorite flowers.
A pretty dressing sack Of warm wool
has the sleeves cut open over white silk
puffs and wristbands. The seams of the
sleeves are open and held together with
fagoting The tops are cut off in seal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17
A Predecessor of Lcrenz.

It is a singular fact. and tribute to
Welsh surgical sagacity. says the Lon
don Chronicle. that Professor Lorenz
follows a method adopted nearly
hundred years ago by DIR" Thomas,
the famous Welsh bone sc ter" and
his qualified son surgeons who sue
ceeded him. By skillfui manipulation
Of the limb the hip-bone is brought
back to its socket, and after encase-
ment of the part in plaster Of paris
the distorted muscles become accus-
toned TO their novel. though normal
position. and the cure is complete.
Thomas. the bone setter" as he was
known. was a quaint character but an
unqualified man, ard after electrifying
the people Of North Wales by his wor-
derful cures gravitated to Liverpool,
whence thousands Of clients came
from Yorkshire and Lancashire. He
lived to a great age, and as his muscu-
lar frame lost its power for forcible
operations-he possessed a perfect
gymnasium Of ropes and pulleys for
sudden jerks Of limbs into position
his clientele gradually disappeared
He died just over twenty years aga
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17
Railway Company,s Logic.

A woman in Belgium whose husband
had lost his life in a railway accident
received from the company 10000
francs by way of compensation Short
ly after she heard of a traveller who
had lost leg and had been paid 10000
francs. The widow at once put on her
bonnet and shawl and went to the Of
flee of the company.
Gentlemen, how is this?' she asked.
"You give 10000 francs for leg and
you allowed me only 10000 francs for
the loss of my husband"
Madam" was the reply. according
to the New York Mail and Express
''the reason is plain. Twenty thousand
francs won't provide him with leg,
but for 10000 francs you can get hus-
hand "
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lops over a piece Of tucked aud fagoted
white silk. The edges Of the sack and
collar are cut in deep, scflloped open
work points. The front opens over stoles
Of tucked and fagoted waite silk, with
wide hens at the bottom.
White Chinese silk is very popular and
some lovely evening gowns are oeing
made with an endless amount cf herring
bone stitch on skirt and bodice. These
dresses are made as slips, with bodice
and skirt unlined. 50 that ehey may be
worn over any color underdress. Crepe
de chine and oriental satin can be treated
IN the same way. but they are more ok
pensive and not SO suited 70 young girls
wear.
One Of the daintiest dressiing sacks Is
made Of. alternate rowssof- lilac satin rib
bon over an inch wide and lace Of the
same width. These extend down the
front Of the sack from tile collar. are
folded and take a circular direction
around the sacx. Below the waist line
the ribbon and lace are put on rather
full. The edges Of the eollzr, sleeves and
sack ha-s 4 rufie Of wide lace. The
sleeves have the ribbon ard lace put on
IN a circular fashion. Satin bows are
fastened inside the elbow and at the col
lar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17
THE DEAREST GIFT.

When all the dancing feet are still,
The roses bloom is shed and spend,
When she has waltzed her happy fill
With Will and Jack and Ted and
Fred,
1fr~i of the whirl and jollity.
Hes lovely eyes weighed down with
sleep,
Then, at the last. she comes to me.
And she is all my own-to keep!
l find her gloves and tie her wrap,
We say our good nights left and right;
Now I'm the to-be-envied chapl
All, now, indeed, it is good night
OF lovers joy let wooers pirate;
What could man ask more in life,
Than this best, dearest gift of fate
To have a sweetheart for wife?
Smart Set.
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picturesque Names of Wales.

Wales is making a gallant effort to
invent new names for its Joneses,
Owenses, Evanses and so on. There is
certain town in which the caretaker
of the gas works is called Davies. He
came to be known as Mr.. Davies the
Gas. Hsi sons were known as John
Gas and William Gas, and now that
they have started business for them
selves they are advertised as John Gas
Davies and William Gas Davies. An
other odd name is Topshop Jones. That
shop at the top of the street will beget
a name to puzzle the historians of the
twenty-fifth century.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17
Fashion Nntea

Fascinating pongees have appeared
that are charming for between seasons
indoor gowns and later viii be worn en-
the street
All the popular silks win be employed
for the making of these dainty creations.
Taheta. peau de sole aud liberty satin
are the favorites, although louisine and
fancy silks are not forgotten,
Small girls are this winter wearing
regular little Red Ridinghoods-these pie
turesque little cloaSs being shaped very
much like the one worn by the unfortu-
nate heroine of the famous nursery leg
end.
Fashion seems set against anything
cumbrous-looking or overheavy in the
way of trimming. Small flowers viii
have the preference over large blooms.
and neat, compaet-looking clusters will
succeed the large, snowy lunches.
Lace figures very prominently as a
trimming for the spring hats-narrow
scarfs of black Chantilly, deep cream and
ivory-white lace draped around the rim
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17
Substitute for Match Phosphorus.

The German Government has passed
law absolutely prohibiting the use
of phosphorus in the manufacture OF
mathces. and the government has &C
quired the patent of new igniting
substance which IS harmless 10 the
health of the working people. and the
government has placed it at the dis
posaI of all the match factories which
were still using phosphorus
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17

He had just learned that hs -
been disinherited-
sail" they urged, do not despair
Of success in life Where there's q
win there's way"
YES" he admitted, hat in the case
of this will it's a darned poor way
Chicago Post
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17
Wall Street Prices.

A friend met Congressman Rupert
of New York and said: Jake, came
away from home without any money
this morning. Let me have couple Of
dollars, will you? want to get shaved. :"
Say" observed the Congressman as he
handed over the money, who shaves
you-Pierpont MISUNDERSTANDING
Plain Dealer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17
New York correspondence:

way that it almost looks as if it did not
belong to them, but these fancies GER
tainly are more attractive than all black
suits, which had such run short time
ago as to result in somberness of attire.
New silks are the cause of much study
ing OF ways and means by the shopper
who must economize. She'll ponder their
considerable cost. and find many offsets
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17
satistie,I His Curiosity.

The curiosity of the natives of wild
countries as 10 everything belonging
to the traveller often leads to amusing
situations ]. w. Wells tells. in Three
Thousand Miles Through Brazil of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17
HANDSOME NEW SILKS
THEY ARE so MUCH BETTER
THAN WASH GOODS.
Tho Woman Who Must Economize
Will Have to Ponder Well Before She
Makes Her Investment in the SHIN
merinS Stuffs-Fashion Notes.

AlNTY tricks of
introducing a CLINT
of color here or
there in an other
wise subdued gown
constitute a notice
able feature of the
new fashions. Now
and then the meth
DDS resorted to are
N o re ingenious
than pretty, but
for the most part
they are effective
and tasteful. Very
often a tiny bit of
color shows in only
ore place on a coat
or st,if aud In cnnh
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17

The truth is that the long hair found
on a husbands coat doesn't enter as
often into family quarrels as visits
from his wife's kin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17

When s. man feels particularly youth
breaking into some boys game.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17

The cost Of firing a single shot from
a sixteen inch gun would pay private
soldier for five years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17

again on the wet heaving chest, she
answered.. solely, Yes, Johnp'-Phila-
delphia item.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-17

Excessive polltsness sometimes ia
spires suspicion
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guide. otherwise William Wingate
Sea his wife and daughter and Mr. and Mrs Fleetwood Pride OF Island
President Roosevelt
White
Maine wocdsman
hunting expeditions when
formed has
de7eloped . friendship
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Old DaDsrs for sale at r+al sns.-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-26
AMERICAN < ADAPTARLITY. .s' 4sss 'ssss599ssss1s2 Admisab1s PeiSeIef . asOlsiaago GiE14in Her PositS on as First Lady
 ofsindia.

Lady, Curzeny ysths svicerine of India stands jas a .sRinin s exam pie of stthe fa-
 siatty and the laaa btl the .Andsr1 jean woman ss says ae K ansass Bit tyStar. oecdYghg a5pes2 2llSn w hich bfindgs her in continual oontacEf with royalty, she bears herself with gas much eaksni ty and
 distinction as If sshe had been born to the purple, No daughter ofsyha reignins house of Great Britain could sustain
 herself in the place of Lady Curzon with more admirable poise' than she exhibits in all of the great functions in which
 she is caleld to figure. Lady Curzen be- longs to what would. be called new
 family even in America. She has not
 behind her the generations of culture which many American women can point to. She was brought up In Chicago, a town that is conspicuously associated with the commercial idea. Her acqui- sitions were not aided by. the influence of hereditary culture Her achieve ments are the fruit Of a keen and active mind and an agreeable, personality un- der the spur and endoura cement of lib eral advantages. Her. accommodation to the equirementsF and the opportuni- ties of large riches shows the difference between the British and sthe American systems. In England it requires cen turies to manfacture the sort of ladies and gentlemen who are often developed in this country in a single generation.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-26
A Fashion Fancy.

The smart girl has new use for heavy silk cord. She is again demon strating her cleverness by converting 1t into novel e-decoration. The silk cord is thick and preferably black, and here and there she sews to it big black passementerie balls These balls are sometimes of silk, and sometimes are studded with jet beads. To look effective the cord should be at least five yards long She winds it loosely about her neck, crossing 1t in the back, and keeping one end longer than the other; she does the same thing over and over again, until she has four loops arranged in festoon-fashion over the. front of her waist, with each loop longer than the last. After she has made four loops, she ties the two ends at the left side in a bow, the ends Of which are either finished with black silk tassels or passementerie balls. This cord corsage-decoration gives a touch of charm and newness to a plain waist, and is a happy variation from the bead chains.--Woman's Home Companion. &
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-26
A JOYOUS EYE.

am most sedate young man, Opposed to all irritation, But ever since my life began I've met with castigation, Because I have wicked eye Beyond my own controlling. Where CT go, where'er fly, It constantly is rolling. For it will shut and then will ope All of it's own voHtion, < And with adventures make me Cope Tn spite my opposition. meet a maid upon the street; Her face is quite attractive: On her I think my eye to treat, And, To, it grows most active. It opes and shuts and gayly winks, Its actions are contagious, For she at me then wildly blints In manner most outrageous. Her escort then perchance sees this And on me quickly pounces, And, thinking something's sure amisg, My person sound1y trounces. Though maids be here and maids be
 there
 dare not look on any; My eye will firt with maidens fair And does not care how many. And so through. life sadly fly; My eye does the irritation. It gets the sport, forsooth, while But get the castigation.
 Brooklyn Eagle.