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tain things. Her family, feeling sorry
for her, give in to her. and in a few
months they have an established In
valid on their hands. 1t is pure selfish
ness, for deep in her heart the woman
knows that she is a fraud. After
psmpering and INDUCING herself for
a while her nerves really do go to
pieces and then she is indeed nervous
wreck.
If she would only make up her mind
to conquer this feeling in the begin
ming she could do so. Let her change
her way of living, go out more, take
exercise, become interested in new
book, adopt some interesting fad, any
thing rather than burden herself and
her family with case of nerves"
When woman finds herself getting
tired out mentally and physically it is
a good plan to go to bed for a week
and live on milk, taking three or four
quarts day. She should see no one
more than is absolutely necessary, just
rest and sleep day and night. Or if
she feels she can't do this, let her go
off on a visit for week or so. 1t may
be hard to do these things, but we all
know the old saying, IAN ounce of
prevention is better than pound of
cure"
The duties of wife and mother are
many and difficult, but as she has as
Sumed them she should live up to
them, and the woman who allows her
self to become a nervous wreck can
never properly attend to her duties.
Conquer the fancied ailments, the
real ones will come fast enough
Bertha Fairfax in Louisville Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
ON CREDlTIN ENGLAND.
How the Gi1ded Youth Lives in Luxury
on a Small Income

on a Small Income.
Why people Of good position, particu-
larry if they have no scruples worth
mentioning, should complain of hard
times in England goes beyond me.
There is always the wonderful credit
system to fall back upon. l could live
a couple of years without a penny of
income. At the end of that time l
could calmly retire under the shelter
ing wing of the bankruptcy officials
and no one would benefit from my
dishonesty. Everyone gives you cred
it, and the system, instead of being
curtailed, seems to grow. l described
year or so ago the history Of young
man and woman who were married
with nothing more TO back them than
sound belief in themselves and a few
silver things that had been presented
to them on their wedding day. / told
how they lived in great luxury in Park
Lane for couple of years and gave
the most expensive and exclusive din
ners, luncheons and supper, and how
they finally disappeared. Four SINH
lar cases have come under my obser-
walton since then, one of them partic-
ularly aggravating, so far as the cred
itors are concerned. A youth Of 20 in
an aristocratic cavalry regiment found
it impossible to conceal from his faith
er the fact that he had contracted
debts to the extent of over $4,000. The
father promptly lifted" the boy out of
the service and placed him in an in
surance brokers' office in the city,
where he was to receive the munifcent
salary of ESQ a year. The first years
expenditures returned to the father by
a set of compliant creditors amounted
to over $4,000. The boy had taken two
shootings, had hired yacht for Cowes
week, had given endless supper par
ties at the best hotels, all on credit,
and smoked innumerable cigars that
cost something like 2 shillings each;
and all Of this on the strength Of hay
ing been in the army! The boy, be-
ing just under age, escaped the pun
ishment generally melted out to such
offenders, and his father committed
with the creditors, but 1 understand
that the youth continues to live like
prince on his ESQ a year income
Town and Country.
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CHAPTER WI

Helene decided, if facilities were az
fopled her for so doing, to risk the jour
ney to the Northern camp. She was not
prompted by love or pity. by affection or
charity. but the idea had the charm of
danger and of romance about il. She
was not romantic woman, but her life
had been one of very even tenor lately,
and the excitement of the venture thrill
ed her already.
Col. Adams had recovered so far that
the doctors had given permission TO have
him removed 70 the residence of a friend
in the country some forty or City miles
from Richmond. where the greater quiet,
and the air indebted by the vicinity OF
Chickahominy swampS. would hasten his
restoration to complete health and activ-
ity.
The colonel was TO be sent there on
>he following day. and Helene was TO ac-
company him. Where an excuse is to be
found for anything. a woman is sure to
be able 70 fashion one. Helene arranged
with Col. Adams 70 90 with him 10 his
friends residence. and then TO return 70
Richmond for the purpOse OF superin-
tending certain household affairs. These
she said. would occupy about a week.
Adams readily consented. Helene had
become dearer 70 him every day, and
from regarding her as a daughter, his
feeling had changed TO an affection of a
different kind, and he hoped and longed
for the day when he would dare to ask
her 10 become bis wife.
His attentions had become more mark
ed. and Helene was glad Of the oppor-
tunity 10 escape them. The excuse Of
the journey 70 Richmond gave her time
70 60 To the federal camp. aud return IL
her mysterious guide mad protector could
50 arrange. She. therefore. wrote note
as follows:
Il 20 with the colonel 10 Columbia the
day after tomorrow. and shall be free u
meet yoa on Monday or Tuesday hext a.
any place you may appoint. Kindly send
me your Instructions, and | viii implicit
Ii follow then.
She incloSed this little noae in an en-
velope. and seat Sue with it 70 the camp
10 give il t. Heari The next morning
she received the following reply, brought
to her by Henri;
If yea can arrange to be az Ashland
on Tuesday evening next. the oath in
slant. about seven clock. | viii meet
You at Crockett's tavern, and l will thea
comply with your wish. VIII you also
do me the favor TO ask the colonel for
weeks leave for the bearer Of this
nofeg"
Helene had No difficulty in obtaining
| the requisite permit for Henri. She did
not eyea mention who the soldier was
Adams was only too happy that she
should ask him for anything. no matter
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
Cleaning Furs

1t is impossible for furs to go
through a whole season without con-
tracing a quantity of dust and dirt.
A light-colored fur, of course, shows
how soiled it is, but the dark ones, not
displaying their dirt, are allowed to
get dirtier and dirtier. Furs may read
lily be cleaned at home simply by rub
bling them with bran. Buy a pound of
bran, divide it into two portions and
place one in the oven to heat. Spread
the fur on paper on table and rub
it well all over with the cold bran.
Then shake out the bran and brush
the fur with a soft hat brush. When
the rest of the bran feels hot rub ii
evenly into the fur in the same man
ner as before. Shake it out and brush
it till the fur is quite free from all
bran and dust. The satin lining of the
fur will also need cleansing. Squeeze
out a clean sponge in warm water and
rub the satin gently with it, but be
careful not to let the satin get too wet
Rub it dry with a cloth and hang it
i'll warm place to dry and then in a
cold draft to air it,
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Assuming the Husbands Name.

The custom which makes it prope-,
for the wife to assume the name of
her husband at marriage is involved
in much obscurity. A recent authority
advances the opinion that it originat-
ed from a Roman custom and became
common after the Roman occupation
of England Thus. Julia and Octavia,
married to Pompey and Cicero were
called by the Romans Julia of Pompey
and Octavia of Cicero, and in later
times the married women of most Eu-
ropean countries signed their names in
the same way, but omitted the of"
In spite of this theory it is fact that
as late as the sixteenth and the be-
ginning of the seventeenth century a
Catherine Parr signed her name with
out any change, though she had been
twice married. We also hear of Lady
Jane Grey, not Dudley, and Arabella
Stuart. not Seymour. etc. Some think
that the custom originated with the
Seriptural idea that the husband and
wife are one. This was the rule of
law as far back as 126S. and it was
decided in the case of Bon versus
Smith. in the reign of Elizabeth. that
a woman by marriage loses her for
mer name and legally receives the
name of her husband.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
Iowa a woman,s state.

Iowa is prominently the State for
women who are willing and able to do
their own hustling. According to the
United States census bureau there are
in Iowa 1O6,SS3 females earning their
own way. This does not include
women doing domestic work in their
own families. They are engaged in
1903 occupations. Five of them are
clased as stock raisers, herders or
drovers; 6,S46 as farmers, planters or
overseers; two as theatrical managers,
one as an architect, lit as clergymen,
81 as dentists, 260 as physicians or sur
geons, 50 as lawyers, "A as journalists,
more than 10000 as teachers, 3 as bar
tenders, as saloonkeepers, about 40,-
coo as in domestic or personal service.
rs as real estate or insurance agents.
II as bankers or grocers, "a as com
mercial travellers. 81 as hackmen or
teamsters, as keepers of livery sta
bles. as cigar dealers. II as office
bows, SO as bank officials and cashiers.
| as a railway brakeman, lJ4 as tele-
graph operators, as undertakers, /
as a bricklayer. 4 as carpenters and 1
as q stonecutter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
PLOT TO KILL TIE CAR
Russian Secret Service Men Claim to
Have Discovered Such.

Russian secret service nlSu Glalm t0
Have Discovered Such.
Russian secret service agents claim to
have discovered a new and alarmingly
formidable plot to assassinRte the Gar.
The discovery. coming at the same time
with the frantic anti-war demonstration
in front of the Governors palace ut
Moscow, has caused great excitement.
The secret service has discovered that
the ploS 70 assassinate the Car and
other Russian leaders was laid in Eng
land. and hurried requests were sent to
the police of London, Manchester and
Liverpool to seize the plotters. 1t is now
known that many, perhaps all, OF the
plotters fled England before the warn
ing reached the secret police there, and
they are believed to have reached Rus
STA ON their errand Of murder.
The wild unrest, following the stu
dents riots and anti-war riots in Moscow,
st. Petersburg and other Russian cities
will, it is feared, serve to hide the plot
tiers until they can make their attempt
ON the life of the Car and his minis
tiers.
The plot. it is declared. was discovered
through the seizure of discriminating cor
respondence between plotters in Moscow
and in Manchester. England, and the
two men wanted at Manchester had fed
before they could be apprehended.
-Four persons were killed and sixty
wounded during the battles between the
troops and the 5000 students assembled
in front of the Governors palace in Mos
COW. Three hundred have been arrest
ed. More than 1900 students participant
ed in the riots and they were not dis
persed until after the police had made
savage attacks with drawn sabers and
had fired several volleys into the crowd.
The authorities knew in advance that
trouble was impending, and several
squadrons Of mounted gendarmerie were
concealed in the court yards of houses,
ready for an emergency.
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He wou,dn.t BE Searched.

Several years ago | took late
train from Boston to New York said
a man in business in Kansas City In
the morning was awakened earlier
than usual by the porter, who said
that q robbery had been committed on
the sleeper during the night, and that
all the passengers would have to get
up. Some one had taken six S100 bills
from the clothing of a gentleman who
occupied a berth in the middle of the
ear. Every section had been taken
before we left Boston. and as the train
had been almost constantly in motion
il seemed certain that the person who
had committed the theft was still on
the car. The porter said no one had
been aboard but the passengers, and
that none of them had left II was
proposed 70 search everybody. A man
who had berth directly opposite from
the one who had been robbed. object
Ell. He told his name and said any
one might easily find that he was a
man os good reputation In the mean
time some officers boarded the car. and
after a little sweating got the money
from the guilty one. Then the pas
sancer who had refused to be searched
asked the officers 70 examine his peck
cts. This seemed strange, bat he in
sisted. In an inside pocket they found
six 500 bills. Ii was merely a eoinci-
dence that he should have the same
amount Of money as the other passen-
ger had lost. and in exactly the same
denominations. but be knew that I'm
der the circumstances ha could hardly
establish his innocence. How was that
for a case Of circumstantial evidencey'
Kansas City Star.
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DR.. ABBoTT DIscARDs BIBLE.
His Religion Founded on Science and
Needs of Human Heart.

Needs of Human Heart.
DR.. Lyman Abbott, in a sermon to
Harvard students, has announced his be-
lief in a religion founded not on the Bible
but on science and the outreachings Of
the human heart, says a World dispatch
from Cambridge, Mass.
Il wonder" he said, IF you will under
stand me when / say that | no longer
believe in a great first cause. My God
is a great and ever-present fore, which is
manifest in all the activities of man and
all the workings of nature.
Il believe in a God who is in and
through and of everything an alb
sentee God, whom we have to reach
through a Bible or some other outside
aid, but God who is closer to us thar
hands or feet Science, literature and
history tell us that there is one eternal
energy, that the Bible no longer can be
accepted as ultimate, that many of its
laws were copied from other religions
that the ten commandments did nCt
spring Spontaneously from Moses, but
were, like all laws, gradual growth, and
that man is an evolution, not a creation.
mo thinking man will say there are
many energies. The days Of polytheism
are past. There is only one energy.
That energy has always been working
1t is an intelligent energy. No scientist
can deny it. 1t was working before
Christ's time, even as it is now"
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His Mothers Pies.

I've toiled and tried and worried,
I've gone the cook-books through
Till my brain is tired and 1urricd,
And my hands and patience, too.
I've had the best instruction
From the ablest cooks in town,
And my pies are crisp and dainty
And delicately brown.
But apple, mince or pumpkin,
Of any form or shade.
Are nothing to my husband
Like the pies his mother made.
So I'll give the struggle over,
And throw my pride away,
But as sure as I'm a mother
I'll be avenged some day.
My bonnie lads are growing,
And they'll not be afraid
To tell their future spouses
What pies their mother made.
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The hostess shakes hands both on
greeting and taking leave of guest.
A note of sympathy should be sent
friend who has suffered a bereave-
ment.
When meeting or leaving lady on
the street a gentleman always raises
his hat.
When calling upon a visiting friend
your card must be also left for her
hostess.
When entering door or any place
an older woman always precedes the
younger one.
A gentleman precedes a lady when
ascending stairs and follows her when
descending them.
A gentleman must always wait for
the lady to recognize him before he
has the privilege of bowling.
A bride gives a gift to each of her
attendants; the gifts should all be
alike or at least of equal value.
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NEW WAY OF DRILLING SALT.
Hand Power Has Been Displaced by
Anger Worked by Compressed Air.

Hand Power Has Been Displaced by
Anger Worked by Compressed Air.
In the city of Muskegon, Mich, salt
is used in large quantities, and conSe-
quently the warehouses of the firms
dealing in it are capacious enough to
store away a very considerable sup
ply AS is well known, salt, on ac-
count of its affinity for water, is sub
stance that has a tendency to harden
and cake when piled away any length
of time, and some of the cellars where
it is stored contain beds of it twenty
feet high and so hard that but little i'm
preston can be made upon them even
with the pick or ak.
For this reason a somewhat curious
device has been brought into use to
loosen the material so that it can read
lily be secured. This is large boring
tool or auger which is operated by COM
pressed air. The auger is mounted on
awheeler truck which is guided by ham
dies projecting from the rear of the
framework. The rear end of the anger
framework, while the air is admitted
to the socket from the hose which sup
plies it. When operated, the boring
tool is pushed against the mass of salt,
and the auger is set in motion; and in
a minute or two-so rapidly does the
tool work-a hole about five inches in
diameter is made in the formation the
entire length of the anger. Then an
other hole is drilled parallel with the
first. and another until the pile has
been undermined. so to speak, when its
contents can easily be broken out. The
advantage of this method is seen when
IL is stated that two men can get out
as much salt by the power method as
two dozer men by using picks and
shovels Technical World
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ole country is the notice: Eighty
miles from this fence to headquar-
ters."
In the district about Cridley, En-
gland, twenty women work as black
smiths to every man following the
trade For many generations this
work has been almost entirely in fem
mime hands.
The women of Berwick, Pa, are
determined to stop street profanity.
Accordingly, they have posted about
the town notice threatening to stop
all cooking operations if the men con-
tinue to use bad language.
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seams and upper edge with narrow
binding ribbon. Two Sits are made in
each piece, rather near together, Tor
the drawstring.
This bag, which is desirable for a
Christmas gift may be put to vari-
ETY. of uses, according to its size. A
small one, say twelve inches long,
would answer for buttons, needlework
or soiled handkerchiefs; fifteen inches
long is a good size for slippers, and,
still longer, this same pattern may be
used for shoes or laundry.
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Have a velvet gown for high occa-
sions.
All the new bodices are to be of the
draped variety.
Double-width crepe de chine is a
boon to the tailor and dressmaker.
Positions and deep mitaine cuffs
are noticed on many of the new bod
ices.
A shaped fiounee may simulate
great width necessary to skirt smart
ness.
The sectional skirt is the simplest
and easiest solution of present prob
lens.
Chiffon and liberty velvets are the
most graceful and tractable sorts
shown
1t takes almost a whole dress pat
tern to fashion pair of the new
sleeves.
Transparent effects around the
throat and shoulders add smartness to
many gowns.
Just now the chief purpose of the
couture is to serve as a background
for ornaments.
Most of the new silk separate
blouses fasten invisibly in back under
the trimming.
Many of the resurrected styles are
copied from masculine rather than
feminine dress.
With the dressy waist the girdle
matches the waist in elaboration rath-
er than the palmer skirt
Beautiful evenings coats are made
of new corded silk which comes in
all the approved colorings.
Whatever may be the character Of
the fashioning, the smaller hats now
are shown mostly as turbans.
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The following notice IS displayed in
bI1ti. black letters on white enamel at
the end of every tramcar in Belfast:
The life-boat rule IS. women and chill
dren first"
A report from Paris Is TO the effect
that her imperial majesty. the En-
press of China, has placed an order
for six large automobiles with a
French flrnl-
Mrs. Adai- owns in Texas the sec
ond biggest ranch in the world. II
covers 10000 acres On q printed
ssgn-boarvi attached 10 the apparently
endless wire fence which meets the
ere on travelling through the Panhan-
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Miss Marie Overstolz, of St Louis, is
studying law in order that she may
properly guard rich estate 70 which
she and her two sisters and one broth
er are heirs under the will Of her faith
er, the late Henry overstolz, at one
time mayor of St Louis, and for many
years president of one of the leading
local banks.
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Health and Beauty Hints.

watercress is renowned as a blood
purifier.
Carrots are eaten by those with \
tendency to govt.
Beets are one of the most whole
some vegetables and have fattenins
qualities.
Celery is excellent for those affiict-
ed with rheumatism, as it contains 50
much sulphur.
Lettuce has long been recognized as
an excellent nerve tonic and cure for
sleeplessness-
To make violet perfume take Of VIC
let pomade or oil one-quarter of 4
pound. extract of cassia five and half
ounces. and alcohol eight ounces.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27

There is no more sorrowful spectacle
than the woman who is a prey 10 her
-fancied- ailments. She is miserable
herself and she makes all her friends
equally SO.
For the genuine invalid have sin
cere sympathy. for the imitation one,
none. II is simply form Of hysteria
and needs scant sympathy
A woman takes il into her head that
she Il nervous, that she can't do GER
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27

first woman APP
pointed to a pas
tOrate I'm England.
though W o m a n
ministers b "A V e
been common In
the United States
for several years.
Miss Won PetzOld
is said to be a very
earnest speaker and
extremely popular
with her parish
toner's. This indl-
Gates a rapid adj
vance from the
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Pretty slipper Bag.

This pretty slipper bag, which when
closed resembles a sole, is made either
of Japanese crepe cloth or French Gre
tonne. Cut six pieces of the material,
haste the sides together to within a
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eran. For a long
time he was chief
of the engineer
corps, and previ-
ously had been in
charge of river and
harbor improve
ments on l. a k e
Erie. From 1889
to 1893 he was SUI
perintendent of the
West Point Mill
tary Academy,
whCuae ba was
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Bank Teller-This check. madam.
isn't filed in.
Madam--Isn't what?
Bank Te.ler-It has your husbands
name signed TO ii. but it does not state
how much money you want
Madam-Oh, is that all? Well. III
take all there is.
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graduated in 1860. General Wilson
made brilliant record during the civil
war, being brevetted on several occa-
sions for gallant conduct. For time
he left the service and engaged in rail-
way and engineering operations, but
soon was reappointed. He was born
in Southern Illinois in September,
1887.
Dr. Leo Vogel, appointed Swiss min
lister at Washington, will be the young
est diplomat of his rank at the national
capital
Verestchagin was at once the kindliest
and the vainest of men. lie loved news
paper notices
-
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British
composer, will visit the United States.
He is one of the most interesting fig
ures in the world of music
-
The city OF Paris has purchased the
rooms which the poet Beranger inhabited
from 1854 to his death in 1857. He paid
$l20 year for them.
-
Gov. Montague of Virginia has an
nounced himself as a candidate for the
United States Senate
-
Rear Admiral Charles Henry
Davis, who has been appointed
to serve on the Anglo Russian
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Venuon, had a rec
ord for deeds OF
daring In 1900 he
twice shot the rap
ids of Niagara
Fails in boats OF
his own make, and
had he succeeded
in the adventure
which cost his life
his purpose was to
make an attempt
to reach the north
pole. NiSsen was