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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-01

Johnny-'Pa, what is alimony2 Pa
'AIimony IS the pension paid to the best
fighter. Elk.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13

ly explaining the fault she went away
smiling. ITS a great scheme" re-
marked the obSeryant manager with
the air of a man bestowing bouquets
on himself. You see, in every large
business establishment there are
bou.td to be mistakes occurring all the
time. When customers come back to
kick about errors they are Usually IN
an unreasonable frame Of mind If
there was a man back of tie COM
plant desk or a strong minded woman.
we'd have all kinds Of trouble smooth
ing out the kinks, because the Gus
toners would keep their fighting mood
on when they encountered somebody
who looked able to take care of him
or her self But to go up against a
pretty. timid girl disarms them, and
in minute they are cool and ready
TO talk over the situation peaeeably
Tie men kickers simply couldn't raise
row with a handsome girl, and the
women-well. their motherly instincts
are touched and they become good
humored."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13

Cloth spats must match the skirt.
Charlotte Corday hats are numer-
Gus.
Brass buttons look we'll on the cor
duroy suit.
White broadcloth is exploited in a
handsome walking suit.
That soft leather for trimming
comes in plated effect.
Accordion-plaited waists are be-
coming to slight figure.
1t takes big shoulder puffs to bal
ance these ten-yard skirts.
Fringes of artificial flowers finish
the pretty ballroom scarfs.
A velvet coat with fancy wool
skirt makes a smart combination.
Most effective are the costumes of
dark-blue cloth braided with black,
Nice little stocks of dyed lace are
shown with the not expensive sorts.
New laces show white designs
wrought on ground of pale-colored
net.
Heavy face wells, almost as effectual
as disguise, are high in feminine IA
vor.
Too many bright buttons will give
the smartest suit an overdone fussi-
ness.
Quite the nobbiest hats are those
dashing white ones adorned with sa-
bles.
Coats reach in length from an inch
below the hips to foot above the
knee.
Both dressmakers and milliners are
using ribbons more lavishly than ever
before.
Might" blue is the name of one
more shade disporting itself in even
ing gowns.
For young and lovely face, and no
other, the picturesque poke is a very
pretty climax.
A silky corduroy with gauze net be-
tween the stripes is among fascinat-
ing new materials.
Dainty little satin sachets represent
in form and color the flower whose
scene they exhale.
The passing of exaggerated blouse
effe"-s is an improvement to women
of ponderous proportions.
Severe tailor frocks have regulation
coat sleeves inserted in the armhole
like a mans coat sleeve.
Rich gowns of brocade and pompa-
dour silk are ordained this winter for
those who can afford them.
One of the fads of the season is the
revival of soft, pliable cashmeres in
pale, bright and dark colors.
Cording, shirrings and puffings such
as were years ago SO popular on even
ing gowns, are seen again this season.
In all house dresses the sleeves are
enormously large and sometimes a tiny
wire helps to swell the shoulder part.
Smart hatmakers and COMMANDERS
have given the cold shoulder to burnt
orange: and its kindred flaming hues.
The pleasantest exploitation of the
leather craze is the soft sued used for
vest trimmings and even entire jack
cts.
Glossy braid is a most democratic
trimming, appearing on all manner Of
garments, from the elaborate evening
wrap to the morning walking skirt
Evening wraps are rather trimmed
with fur than made solely from 1t,
but there is an exquisite model in
chinchilla with a yoke of Irish point,
deep cuffs Of the lace finished with
fur border and just above the hem an
other wide insertion of the Irish lace.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13
WUEEEUH IIIC IWySICI "
BY HENRY HERMAN

who cannot find words TO express his
thoughts. The woman was the first t.
recover her self-possession.
What is the meaning of this" she
said. why did you come hereT'
Il came here because, being in Rich
mond, l would have died rather than not
see you"
i am weary Of hearing this, capt. De
non,' she said. Every man | meet tells
me that he is in love with me. l wish
l could find a man who hated me, so
that | might make him love me, just
for a change"
Il am very sorry" he said, quietly;
i am risking my life for a glimpse of
you, and your first words are a re-
proach."
You risk your lifer' exclaimed Hell
enc, hotly. "Of course. you are in Rich
mond as prisoner Of war;
Not a prisoner of war" he answered,
with slow dif1dence.
Then you con only be in Richmond
as a spy. Confess it. Confess 1t. sir.r'
Il am not a spy" was the panied re-
joinder. Il cane here as the bearer of
instructions to tire principal United
States agent"
- NNAN~N VIII an diASi9
Bearer of instructions to spy, or
spy yourself, is all the same
II should not have accepted the mis-
sion," he said, so slowly and so solemn
ly that, in spite of her seething anger.
the words touched her heart-strings, Il
would never have come to Richmond had
1t not been that | was inspired by the
hope that l might see you. For a glimpse
OF you l have risked my life and my
honor. For another glimpse of you
would risk my life and honor twenty
times again. even under the dread of Of
Tending you"
The noise OF horses hoofs and Of car
riage wheels upon the gravelly road at
tracted their attention, and when Helene
few to the window she saw that a two
horse ambulance had arrived at the gar
den gate. Walter, who had been sit
ting with the driver, jumped from the
wagon. Helene leaned against the win
dow with her face as white as Demons,
and her staring eyes saw the stretcher
men take Adams from the ambulance and
prepare to bring the wounded man into
the house.
Poor Daddyw moaned Helene. stag
gering back and looking frightenedly at
the man who, If he were discovered by
Southern officer, was certain to meet his
fate on the gallows. Her glance trav-
eled all around the room in a feverish
trouble. Her sympathy for her wounded
protector was crushed ont of her heart by
the dread CT the fate in store for the
man who, she said TO herself with the
same breath, was nothing to her after all
Its all up with me-" gasped Capt.
Demon, ''and 1 am not sorry. Since you
give me no hope, death is the happiest
fate that can befall me-
NO." sic cried on a sudden, "you shall
not die. In there. In there! Quick
before they come! That is my room.
They will not dare to go in there"
Your ROOM exclaimed Demon.
Eyes. Quick! before it is too late! In
therer'
And she dashed upon him and pushed
him through the door, at the very mo-
ment when Walter entered the parlor,
and with surprised eyes, saw the door
of Helene's room close upon a man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13
A Texas Cattle Oueen.

With productive cattle ranch near
~ twice the size of Rhode Island, Mrs.
Harriet NJ. King, near San Antonio,
Texas, may well be termed the cattle
queen of the State. Her Santa Ger
trude ranch is ninety miles long, and
includes 100000 acres within its
barbed wire fences. Two thousand
employees care for its one hundred
thousand cattle and fifty thousand
sheep. Mrs. King recently added no.
600 acres to her holdings, at a cost of
$50 per acre, and last year she sold
twenty-five thousand young steers and
heifers. The income of the ranch is
between 100000 and 100000 a year,
and the owner laughed at the offer of
a cattle syndicate to buy it for S6,OO0.-
600 year or two ago. Mrs. King is
the personal manager of this vast dc
main, and it is said that no step of any
Importance is taken upon it without
consultation with her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13


Photography is Mrs. Grover Cleve-
lands chief diversion.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward has
dedicated her latest work, "Trixy," to
her husband.
Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller, Brook
lyn authoress, will spend the winter
in California.
Mrs. Henry X. Sheldon has given
$4,000 to the proposed university of
music in Brooklyn.
Miss Flora Wilson, daughter Of the
Secretary of Agriculture, will study
vocal music in Paris this winter.
Lady Gordon has turned her atten-
ton to Irish plays and will produce
them in a theater of her own in Dub
lin.
Dona Maria de Calvo, eldest daugh-
ter of the Costa Rican minister, is to
be presented to Washington society in
December.
The Empress of Russia, having
talent for caricature, has a sketchbook
filled with caricatures of all the mem
bers of the imperial court.
Milka Ternina, once a well known
opera singer, has lost her voice
through paralysis. but the physicians
say she will recover it again.
Mrs. Wynne, wife of the Postmaster
General. IS a remarkably young leok-
ing woman for her age and the fact
that she is the mother Of ten children.
Louise Michel. the most famous Of
French anarchists, is against war
what we want" said she in lecture,
lis the determination Of war, not war
riors."
One of the few newspapers printed
IN Iceland is a semi-monthly, the edit
or of which is Mrs Asmundson. She
established it IN 1895. and it has Zoo
readers.
Miss Grace Mckinley. a niece of the
late President Mckinley, has returned
from Jolo. Philippines, where she has
been visiting her brother. Lieutenant
J. f. Mckinley.
The 1S-year-old daughter OF Sir
Chentung LANG Cheng, Chinese min
lister to the United States, Ii to make
her 50 eial debut in Washington this
winter. She win be the first high born
Chinese girl to enter American society.
Nine. Stoessel takes the lead In red
cross work at Port Arthur. She Is
quite an oblivioas Of danger as her
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13
EmhIazoned on His Hide,

The last man accepted at the United
States recruiting office, Sth and Main
streets, before the close of the week s
business last night proved an interest
ing subject for the recruiting officers.
He gave the name of Thomas II. Val
entine and hailed from Great Var
mouth, England. He is a valet by oc-
cupation and is but q years old. He
gave the name and address of his only
friend as Miss A. Johnson, st. Paul,
MINI.
One Of the interesting items regis
tered against Valentines name on the
office records follows:
"Scass-Eagle, heart. anchor, cross,
Anglo Boer waT exhibit. st. Louis,
1904. tattooed in blue and red on left
arm; lion. rose. British flag, tattooed In
blue and red on right forearm; wom-
ans head and heart. woman's head.
skull and cross-bones and words, True
Love, snake and wreath, in blue and
red on back Of right arm; eagle, snake,
lion and rose. in blue on back. extend
ing TO forearms. kansas City Jour
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13
Health and Beauty Hints.


Chapped hands often come from i'm
perfect drying.
Don't sleep facing the light; it will
weaken the eyes.
Camphor water il an astringent coca
for an oily skin
Dip the fingers in coal oil and rub
the throat to give relief from sore
throat.
Hot lemonade without sugar is ex-
cellent for biliousness and bilious
headaches.
To harden the gums and sweeten the
breath rinse daily with little tine
ture of myrrh
Rubbing lemon on feet that have
been exposed to unusual cold is said
to prevent chilblains.
The gums will be found to be in 4
much healthier condition if rubbed
daily with lemon slice.
A few drops of spirits of turpentine
on a cube of loaf sugar will relieve a
cough When other remedies have
failed.
The hands can be cleansed better
with warm water than with cold, but
they should always he rinsed after
ward with cold water, as it keeps them
in better condition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13
CHAPTER x-tcont,nu.d,

At the time when Walter and Adams
were inquiring for him at the st. Charles
Hotel. Mr.. Rodbert Berinquay was seat
ed in the first floor room of the Hotel de
Paris. His pale face was of a papery
white, and nervous tw4tch distorted his
mouth from time to time
i am afraid" he said, in his slow.
quiet voice, II was very indiscreet this
morning; but you can imagine my sur
prise when | saw the fellow standing be-
fore me-, who thought him dead years
ago. You never reported to me that you
knew all about him. That was unwise"
Il would have had to make reports
that would have filed books II l had
wanted to inform you of everything that
came under my notice." said Bernard
Quayle. who was sitting opposite him. 81
don't think there is much harm done He
has lost all memory through his acct
dent, and | dare say he has by this time
forgotten your question and all concera-
ing it."
Let Us hope 80" retorted Berinquay.
Any thing tssrat can mar your success
falls so heavily upon me. Do you think
you are approaching the end of your
task?" he whispered in hoarse guttnrals.
y think our chances are decidedly fav-
orable," rejoined Quayle. Il have a man
downstairs who viii settle the business
for US, and if he won't''-here his eyes
glittered more ferociously-"I viii take it
in hand myself"
Mind" whispered Berinquay then.
there must be proof. absolute proof of
her death. The whole business is in the
hands of the Court of Chancery now,
and there must be such proof as the court
will accept before l can obtain posses
sion of the property. 1t is a matter of
life and death to me now. / am in the
hands Of men who will show me no
mercy 1t will mean the prison if l can
not find money to pay them, and would
at any time rather die than that There
fore, name your own price-any sum you
like. You shall have it. Only rid me
of my milestone"
AT this moment they were interrupted
by the entrance of Henri, dressed in a
Zouave uniform.
Il hnishp' he cried, with an imperious
wave of the hand. 81 no more scrub,
hoor. | not clean knife. / go soldier, l
go fight"
When you are sane again, my friend"
said Quayle, quietly, II will talk to you.
DO you know in whose regiment you are
gong TO hight! DO you know who your
colonel isT'
i not care" rejoined Monsieur Henri.
with alacrity. But / see her. l see
Helene. Beautiful An l snail be near
her"
Yes" retorted Quayle; you will be
near her-near the woman who sent us
both to the galleys; and when your senses
come back TO you, you driveling idiot,
you will not be so pleased that you are
under the heel of a man who has al
ready once given you a taste of his quail
aty, and who viii again. if he only dreams
who you really are"
Il not care. 1 not afraid, an If e
comes cross mel kill 'imp'
Go downstairs Kissed Quayle. at
Is miracle" he whispered when Henri
had gone down. "All goes swimmingly.
If l had asked the scamp to join Adj
ans corps, he might have refused. Now
that he is already in the battalion, it
will be so easy to let a stray bullet find
billet where it is least expected"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13
BODY OF NIssEN FOUND.
Rash Attempt to Roll Across Lake
Michipan Ends in Death.

Rash Attempt to Roll Across Lake
Michigan Ends in Death.
The body of the foolhardy Peter MIS-
sen, who attempted to cross Lake Michi-
gan in his aquatic balloon, was found on
the Michigan shore. The chill waters of
the lake were fatal to the man who had
succeeded in getting through the Niagara
rapids. 1t was the aim of Nissen, the
inventor of that queer machine, the i'll
starred "Foolkiller," to devise an am
phibian craft which would make the jour
ney across sea and land to the north OF
south pole. 1t is the science of psychol-
ogy rather than that of geographical re-
search to which his unhappy experiment
seems most likely to contribute. His in
vention had no practical value.
For years Nissen had experimental
with various strange boats, in one of
which he took a perilous trip through
the rapids of Niagara. His last inven-
ton, bag inflated with air and intend
ed to roll before the wind, was obvi-
ously of no utility for any practical pur-
poses. Apart from the subject of his
nautical devices, he appears to have been
an ordinarily Industrious, common-sense
workingman. What aroused his ambition
and gave it such fantastic bent, it is
impossible To say. He embarked in the
"Foolkiller" at Chicago as nonchalantly
as another man might have set out to
test new bicycle. In Nissen's case, I'M
fortunately, there was no possibility of
any useful outcome from his expert
Incnts
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13
Tricks that cause wrinkles.

The best way to have a smooth, I'M
wrinkled skin is to keep the wrinkles
out. Unpleasant wrinkles can be kept
out of the face by avoiding those ex-
pressions which tend to make deep
lines.
The woman who is the victim of the
smelling salts bottle is said to wrinkle
years before her time.
browning brings lines, as does every
k.swn worry and all fretting.
Going bareheadec in a burning son
brings wrinkles about the eyes ind
forehead. The eyes naturally try to
protect themselves from the injustice
done them.
And worse than some other wrin' tie
producing expressions is the rush"
expression which so many women, and
men, too, OF the present day are wear
lug daily. These wrinkles can be
avoided by remembering that another
day is coming and that a mad pace
wastes time and never makes more
minutes in the day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13

sudden thought gripped bis mind. ana
he gasped:
1t is Demon. thought knew him. -
ne muttered. 1T is Demon, as sure as
am living man.
Without another word he walked slow
ly through the little garden and out at
the gate. The sentry saluted respectful
" as he passed. Walter walked down
the road slowly, keeping Sue and the
negro in view all the while. Two streets
farther down the pair turned to the left,
and Walker followed them.
At the corner he increased his pace
and at the same time Sue and the negro
walked seemingly as fast as their legs
would carry them. That was enough for
Walter. He started to run after the
pair. and soon caught them. One glance
at the negro's face was sufficient. Ii
was Denon-Denon magni6cently dis
guised, but Demon, and nobody else.
Stop moment, said Walter TO the
negress. Il want to speak TO this gentle
man. Take that bundle You are quite
strong enough to carry them both. When
you have done your errand, go back to
the house, and tell Miss Helene that 1
will look after your friend"
Inc poor woman stood there in a fe-
verish trepidation, hesitating about what
she ought to do, and then went away
weeping as if her heart were breaking.
I'VE will not stop here. Capt Demon"
said Walter. "The neighborhood is dan.
gerous to you. | will be obliged if YOU
will answer my questions as we walk
along. Did you come to Richmond at
Miss Lemure's requesti"
NO." was the simple rejoinder.
You came unbidden and unasked?"
'Unbidden and masked
One more question" said Walter,
"and then l have done. Is Miss Helene
ia any way engaged to you?"
''In nowise engaged"
"Goodp calculated Walter, 81 viii
have to ask you to come with me-"
ITO be cop+:auedl
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13
RHOOkS
COLLEGES

John S. Huyler of New York offers to
pay half the cost of establishing big
undenominational college for young
women at Ashville, y. Y
Vassar College, through Prof. Brace,
has received from the minister OF public
instruction at Paris 100 volumes concern
ing French history and art.
DR.. Emo Lttmann and Howard c.
Butler of the Princeton faculty. with
party, will spend the winter in Syria
studying the archaeology Of that coun-
try.
The triennial catalogue Of Yale uni
versity shows that there are 12,744 liy-
ing graduates and 9,291 dead graduates
of Yale. a t,tal OF 22,035. or the AGA
demic department 6957 are living and
1926 dead, and Of the scientific school
2,S41 are living and 265 dead. The gain
in living graduates for the university
during the three years is 1903 and 440
Yale graduates have died during that
time. The triennial catalogue win here
after be changed to a quinquennial and
the next catalogue will not be issued IN
I'll 1910.
This year, for the first time. all the
children IN the schools Of Berlin were
examined as TO their health. There
were 1900 children and 80 examiners.
The results were astounding. Ten per
cent OF the children were found insufn-
GENTLY developed in body or mind. and
had to be excluded for half a year or
longer; 16 per cent were not strong
enough % attend school. owing to the de-
bilitatilg effect OF scarlet fever and 9th
er diseases; Is per cent suffered from
anaemia or serofuia: per cent had
tuberculosis trouble, etc.
F. c. WiIlcocks, demonstrator in ento-
mology and botany in the Southeastern
Agricultural college. Wyoming. has been
appointed entOmol0gist 70 the. Khedivial
Agricultural Society at Cairo.
Alice II. Luce, one OF the few Amer
lean women receiving rare honors from
European university. will reside IA Ger
many hereafter She has purchased the
Willard school for American girls in
Berlin.
The Rev. DR.. George Hodges. dean Of
the Episcopal Theological Seminary,
Cambridge, Mass. and one Of the ablest
preachers IN the Episcopal church, has
collected his sermons and will publish
them shortly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13
DOOM OF GREAT SALT LAKE.
Scientists Say 1t Will Dry Up Within
Half a Century.


Half a Century.
Statistics indicate that Great Salt
Lake, the Dead Sea of America, is
doomed-that it is gradually drying up.
The opinion now almost universally
prevails among scientists that this
an altitude of 4,210 feet above the sea
level and 1000 miles inlanl, and
which has but a single rival, the Dead
Sea Of Palestine, is certain within the
course of half-century to disappear
from the map. Some scientists, who
have made a careful study of the f1uc-
tuations of the lake for the past sew
eral years, even declare that it will be
dried up within quarter of century.
Sixteen years ago, in 1886, the area
Of the lakes surface was estimated at
about 200 square miles. Taking
twenty feet as the average depth at
that time, one may estimate 1905, 49,
100000 cubic feet as the contents of
the lake. To-day, according to recent
surveys, the lake haSan area of about
2,125 square miles. Multiplying this
number by 111a, the number of feet in
depth of the water that has disap-
peared and not been replaced, gives
600, IT'S, 100000 cubic feet as the guam
tity of water less than what the lake
had sixteen years ago
Observers of the lake have assigned
three causes for the shrinkage of its
water. They are evaporation, irriga-
ton and a subterranean outlet that
some suppose to exist. There are
ardent advocates of each of those the
cries.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13
The Pnwer of Reanfr.

A woman whose stern visage spelled
trouble stepped up 10 the complaint
desk in big store. Back OF the desk
was timid miss-one OF those Dres-
den doll girls who never seem to lose
their baby ways-and at the sight OF
the wrathful shopper she seemed TO
shrink a bit, while into her wide, blue
eyes came what the poets would style
the look OF q startled fawn. The in
dignant customer began TRADE about
some mistake that had been made In
connection with a purchase but her
anger disappeared when she saw how
much the shop girl seemed to take the
matter 20 hexart Finally after calm
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13
Captured Giant Eel.

The entire canal, stretching four miles
to Mine Falls, n. H., has been drawn
off for the first time in half a century,
and thousands of large pickerel, horned
pike and eels were discovered. Opera
tives and the poor Of the city were given
the freedom of the banks, fishing ordi-
narily being prohibited, and with scoops
landed the fish in great numbers. Dump
cart wagons, barrows and baskets were
used to carry the stock away. Fully six
tons were procured before the gates had
to be opened. The grandfather of the
cells was captured by Albert Proyencher,
it being about FIVE feet long and weighing
upward of seven pounds