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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
"PET" AvERsIoNs.
Most Folk Have Unreasonable Dis
likes.

Most Folk Have Unreasonable Dis
likes.
I'VE are all born with an aversion
to something, and this aversion is
thing we can no more correct than we
can fly by merely beating on the at
mosphere with our hands" Mr.. George
Mcpherson informs me.
History is rich in the account of
such instances. There is Vincent, the
painter, who would faint if the 0dor
of a rose was waited to his nostrils,
and the great German sportsman
Vaugheim, would become positively
i'll il he even saw a bit of roast pig.
These aversions, often so entirely I'M
accountable, are curious things to
study. 1 become somewhat interest
ed in the subject year or SO ago,
and have since that time been quiet
ly adding to my store of Information
on this somewhat unusual topic by
personal inquiries among my friends
and acquaintances.
Not one of them did find without
his pet aversion, for the existence of
which he could give no good reason.
Generally the aversion was toward
some kind of food, but not always.
One hated the color of blue, and
nothing depressed him more than be-
ing in the company of people who
were for the most part CARRIED in
clothes of this hue Another couldn't
listen to the music OF harp without
becoming irritated, while a third de-
tested lilies to such a degree that
he couldn't remain in the room where
there was one.
None of the men who had these
aversions understood why he had
them. One man told me he couldn't
touch drop of milk or cream with
out becoming sick, yet he thought
nothing looked quite so appetizing as
a glass of good rich cream. Often
he had tried to partake of it, but
without success. Parental influence
will, of course, be urged as the rea-
son for these ayersions, but in the
case of the man who couldn't touch
milk or cream his mother and father
were both very fond of milk, and an
other friend of mine who couldn't eat
a strawberry had parents who SIM
ply loved them.'-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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zAl$S;ss>f 5 @5
the News ~

If the corn hasn't escaped by this time
Il deserves to be caught.
From all reports Panama is magnif-
cent place TO stay away from.
The Baltic feet seems to be getting
there about as rapidly as new airship.
Gen. Stoessel AT least can point to the
fact that he fought it out on that line
all summer.
Can't the scientists train an army Of
gophers to dig that twelye-mile hole into
the earth?
Another reason for approving mimic
war is that ii is the only truly civilized
form of war yet known.
The Minneapolis millers are too busy
grinding wheat TO know much as yet
about the wheat shortage.
Possibly we should be thankful that
the settlement of the strike didn't result
80 rise in the price Of beef
Port Arthur probably would feel
sighted if final demand TO surrender
did not come in at least once a week.
1t would be interesting to know If the
Brooklyn man who lived On grass all
summer has yet put up his winter hay.
If Yesuvius feels that it must break
loose let Us hope that it will see its
way clear for safe and sane eruption.
George Meredith's self-actng, adjust
able divorce will hardly satisfy the law
yers or the boarding house keepers Of
South Dakota.
When a Chicago woman can get
divorce in twenty minutes why should
we bother our heads with Mr.. Mere
dith's theories about ten-year mai-
riage?
Russia would be obliged if the inter
parliamentary congress could secure some
regulation by which hostilities must be
deferred until both sides are good and
ready.
II the stroag arm Of Uncle Sam is to
reach out for the syuchers they may find
Il less difficult to restrain their c0nsum-
Ing passion for Justice" than they had
supposed.
Signals that were sent round the world
IA honor Of the geographical congress
made pretty good time. but they coUd
not begin to keep ap with the une'n-
srmed ruTor
Admiral Togo will be disappointed to
hear shat the Baltic feet has been or
derea 10 remain IN Russian waters Until
further notice.
II our European wheat customers viii
switch 10 the corn bread diet we viii be
able 70 send the corn and accompany II
bv a guarantee Of food value.
In order 70 avoid annoying moves
during the cold weather Kuropatkin
should consult oyains as TO a good place
for the Russians to winter in.
The report that waternel0ns are
growing Wild in California is likely fur
Their 70 conplicate the problem Of keep
fng the negroes CT work in the cotton
fields Of ~ socth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
SENATOR GEO. F. HoAR.

Tied at Worcester, where he practiced;
was member OF the State House OF
Representatives in 1852 and OF the
State Senate in 1857; was elected Rep
resentative to the Forty-hrst, Forty
second, Forty-third ard Forty-fourth
Congresses; was an oyerseer of Har-
vard College, 1S74-1SS0; was reelected
in 1896; is President of the Associa-
ton of the Alumni of Harvard; was
one OF the managers on the part OF the
House Of Representative of the Bel
KNAPP Impeachment trial in 1876; was a
member Of the Electoral Commission
in 1876; was regent of the Smithsonian
Institution in 1880; has been President
and is now Vice President of the
American Antiquarian Society, Presi-
dent of the American Historical Asso-
citation, trustee Of the Peabody Mu-
scum of Archaeology, trustee of Lie
cester Academy. is q member of the
Massachusetts, Historical Society, OF
the American Historical Society, the
Historic Genealogical Society, the Vir-
GINA Historical Society and CORE
spending member of the Brooklyn In
sttuteof Arts and Sciences; is a trustee
of the Peabody fund; has received the
degree of doctor of laws from William
and Mary, Amherst, Yale and Har-
ward Colleges. His father, Samuel
Hoar, was driven out of Charleston,
s. c., in 1914. when he went there as
fhn foT fof {v-o 90 IL, -
guard the interests of free negroes. He
was proud of his ancestry, proud Of his
State and imbued with the traditions
of both.
Senator Hoar had been in the United
States Senate continuously since
March 5, 1877, and had been a potent
force in shaping legislation and in the
councils Of his party. True, he had
been out of line with the administra-
ton more than once, but he always
managed to get back into the fold be-
fore election day. The venerable Mas
Bachusetts Senator was thorn in the
flesh OF the administration in the
months following the acquisition of
the far-away islands by this country
by reason Of his terrific arraignments
of the Republican party for its policy
in the Philippines and other posses
sions. The fund of information of all
kinds bearing on the subject and the
logical way in which his views were
presented won many converts to his
way Of thinking. Then as the cleo
ton day approached he left his adher-
ents high and "+lry, as far as he was
concerned, by falling into line and
swallowing the Philadelphia platform
with hardly an audible murmur.
Senator Hoar lid a finer literary
sense than almost any other man in
public life. His bible and his Shake
speare and the classics were dear to
him. His taste ran In channels some
what out Of the common. That ap-
pealed to him especially which had the
flavor and the sweetness of the past.
George Herbert, Isaak Walton, DR..
Dome were among his familiars. He
loved to ramble through the byways of
literature. Tor him to visit England
was a delight. While not much Of
collector of books, he had at home in
Worcester 1900 or 5000 volumes, fond
ly chosen, 1t is true, but containing
few rare editions or choice bindings.
He took pleasure in gathering auto
graphs and manuscripts Of certain
sorts.
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ARTISTIC PARTISAN JEwELRY.
Novelties in Rings, Chains and Pen.
dants Seen at French Capital.

Artistic medals are among the pref
test trifies upon which votaries of
fashion feast their eyes. A new and
effective design in this charming line
is the creation of the eminent Sculp-
tor and is called "Patria" Gather
land). It comes of chased matt gold
or silver, and represents half-veiled
woman's head, whose features are
marvelously treated. The reverse of
this medal represents cock announc-
ing the rising of the sun. Such med
ais, the popularity of which is greater
than ever before, are carried suspend
ed from the long chain.
Brooches are also greatly in evil
dence This line comprises a great
range of effective and original de-
signs. Women's heads. figures or
flowers are the prevailing decora-
tions, the brooches being mostly made
of chased matt gold, enriched with
precious stones. Striking in the ex-
IRENE is the brooch of chased matt
gold representing flowers and foliage
of the bind weed. This motif, very
ably worked out, takes the form OF
a shield, ending with large baroque
pearl.
In sash buckles the greatest fancy
prevails Most of the new specimens
are of very large dimensions, vary
ing in general styles from the femi-
nine heads TO graceful plants or foNf-
ers.
In the way of neck pendants the
most fascinating designs are SHOWN.
As an example le me mention an
artistic pendant, beautifully enamel
ed and representing two swallows
with outspread wings contending with
each other for the possession of a
small ball of coral Other tasty pat
terms of chased matt gold are rectan-
gular in shape and representing de-
sghtful landscapes, in the front part
of which are swans swimming males
tically- between reeds. These attrac-
tive specimens are handsomely enam-
eled and adorned with precious stones
principally diamonds, pearls and ru-
bies.
The newest and daintfest styles in
rings for women are those OF chased
matt gold, adorned with floral decora-
tions.
Long chains are extensively shown.
These dainty articles keep their popu-
larity. The most favored patterns
are composed of links of matt god
alternating with cut cabochon stones
or motifs of chased matt gold repre-
senting flowers and foliage handsome
Is enameled.
Besides the artistic medals above
mentioned many amusing breloques
are attached to the long chains. These
charms are of Chased matt gold or sill
yer, and represent various animals,
such as cats, dogs. frogs, etc, in COM
zeal attitudes. Rnbies serve as eyes.
-JeweIry CircElar-Weekly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
SENATOR HOAR DEAD.
LONG SUFFERING OF STATES.
MAN ENDS PEACEFULLY.
Pssses Away at His Home in worces-
tcr--Tcnerable Man for Years Was
Prominent in Nations Affairs His
Career Briefly Sketched.

George Frisbie Hoar, senior United
States Senator from Massachusetts.
died at his home in Worcester at 1:S5
o'clock Friday morning The end fol-
lowed period of unconseiousness that
had continued since early Tuesday and
came SO gently that only the attend
Ing physicians were aware of the ex-
act moment Of dissolution.
George Frisbie Hoar, grandson of
Roger Sherman, who signed the Dec
laration of Independence, was born at
Concord, Mass, Aug, %, 1896, studied
in early youth at Concord Academy,
graduated at Harvard College in 1876,
studied law and graduated at the Dane
Law School, Harvard University; set
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
SOME FAMOUS sIEeEs.
A Partial List of Those That Have
Preceded Port Arthur.

y FarIiai LIST OF HOSC Tat f1dNC
Preceded Port Arthur.
Port Arthur was invested by the
japanese forces on May IL. General
StoesseI made military history, as
he is the first commander who has
been called upon to defend a great
fortress equipped with modern arma-
ment. Nevertheless there have been
many famous sieges in other times.
The Springfield Republican has com
piled a partial list of them, in which
it shows that this is Russia's second
siege within a century, Sebastopol
having taxed her to the utmost in
1885.
When the allies drove Prince Men
schikoff back after the Alma he re-
treated to Sebastopol. sank vessels in
the harbor to prevent an attack from
the sea. and made ready for a long
fight. The ahses began the siege oc-
tcber 9, 1854, but it was not close
beleaguerment as the Russians made
numerous sallies, and the Crimean
stronghold was never wholly sur
rounded. Russia was able to send
fresh troops and supplies to Menschi-
koff. and his positions were not car
ried until Septembere s. 1856. eleven
months after he rstreates into the
city. II such conditions existed at
Port Arthur, Japan could never plant
the flag of the Rising Sun over the
citadel
Russia was the besieger at Plevna,
and the 81 days Osman Pasha held
out against the Russian generals
made him a military hero. but the
Russian force in 1877 was not as
large as that which Japan is now hurl-
ing against the Gibraltar of the East.
Gibraltar. the strongest fortress in
the world, has the record for the long
est investment in modern times, the
English holding il against the armies
of France ard Spain from July 10.
l77s. until February 3. 1888. Military
experts say now that 10 one can
carry Gibraltar, and those who have
seen the English guns on the rocky
hin and the English battfeships IL
the outer harbor viii agree With the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11

OO0 the amount necessary to complete
the statue. was raised. the greatest part
being contributed by the masses through
small subscriptions. The work was so
enthusiastically pushed by its protector
that the hand and arm holding the torch
was sent to the centennial exhibition at
Philadelphia in 1876. In 1877 a meet
ing was held in New York to further the
pedestal fund, and Congress passed reso-
lutions granting the use OF Bedloe's ISL
and and appropriations for the statue
Aug, >. 1884, the corner stone of the
pedestal was laid and work was contin-
ued until Oct. 26, 1886, when it was COM
pleted and the statue unveiled Bar
tholdi was born in Colmar, Alsace, April
> 1924
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
KIDDING DOGS OF FLEAs.
Troublesome Tormentors of Canines In
No Danger of Extinction.

Troublesome Tormentors of CANNES In
No Danger of Extinction.
Did you ever undertake to keep a
dog free from fleas, not whining lit
tie toy dog, but normal dog that runs
about in the grass and leads dogs
life? It's thankless job. Every day
or two you have 70 sprinkle him with
powder, the smell Of which is distaste-
full to you, detestable to the dog and
abhorrent to the fieas. Some of the
latter are made deathly sick, some are
MANNED and many are killed outright,
but, strange to say, their public pun
ishment does not act as deterrent on
the fieas that are not caught. The lat
ter continue to increase and multiply
just as If a flea had never been
brought to justice, and whenever they
get the chance they bite dog.
One dog furnishes sustenance for
many generations of tieas, the most
rigid police surveillance failing to dis
courage the young and active among
them In q given length of time you
will find a given number of fieas on
given dog. The most vicious are the
ones that have been sickened by the
powder They are also the hardest to
kill as they don't mind it so much
the second time. In fact, after the
third or fourth dose they seem actu-
ally to enjoy it. This is condition,
not theory, as Mr.. Cleveland used to
say. No matter how great your SYM
patty for the dog may be you can't
help him. You can't establish social
settlements in fieadom; you can't kill
all the fieas in the world.
1t wouldn't be fair to kill all the
dogs. The best way is to let the dogs
and the fieas fight it out among them.
/ Solvas
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
A Song.

When pallid Dawn comes up the sky.
And Day and Night for moments brief
Touch hands and lips, the waking Sea
Betlinks her of some ancient grief.
Haggard and wriRkled. gray and grirn
She means the burden of her care,
The ghost of that wild thing that leapt
~ cay the winds wild sport to share.
Belize the voices of the dead.
Tossed in her boundless charnel caves
since mans first ship was drawn to
death,
Haunt her above her beating waves.
OR else there presses on her heart
The weight Of immemorial age.
Before the sun brings back TO mind
her youths eternal heritage.
New York Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
INDIAN DlclPLlNE.
ed Men Are Possessed of Mach Natu-
raj RnIifcnsas.

Red Men Are Possessed of Mach Nafu-
raj Politeness.
No people are possessed of greater
share OF natural politeness than the
Indians, wrote Isaac Weld in 1899;
they viii never interrupt while another
is speaking, nor, II one has told them
anything which they think 10 be false
will they bluntly contradict him. They
deem it highly becoming in a warrior
TO accommodate his manners to those
sof the people with whom ne may hap
pen To be. The following anecdote Is
told by Mr. Weld in How Our Grand
fathers Lived:
Our friend NekIg. The Little Otter.
had been invited TO dine with US at
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE MEETS.
Organization Welcomed to Iudianapo'
lis by Governor Durbin.

Organization Welcomed to Indianapo-
lis by Governor Durbin.
The biennial convention Of the Nation
al Republican League of the United
States opened at the German, in Indian
apolis, with thirty-hve States and terri
tories represented by delegations. Ac-
cording to its chief officer the league rep
resents 100000 members organized into
1000 Republican clubs.
Charles w. Mcclure, president of the
Indiana Lincoln League, called the con-
vention To order and introduced j. lamp
ton Moore of Philadelphia, president of
the National League, who presided. Gov.
Winfield T. Dur5in Of Indiana formally
welcomed the delegates TO the State. The
response was made on behalf of the con-
vtntiop by Sid r. ReddinG of Arkan
sas, national treasurer. The call was
read by Il. w. Weeks of Iowa, secretary
of the national league, and the biennial
address, of President Moore was deliv.
cred
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11

st. Petersburg two years ago.
Admiral Van Reypen served in the
United States navy for forty years in
various official grades. He was sur
geon general from 1897 to the time of
his retirement in 1902. Among his
achievements in the name OF humanity
is the ambulance ship Solace, which he
designed, fitted out. and brought TO a
bigh state of perfection. 1t was tie
irst experiment of the kind ever at
sefarsed. and 1t set a standard that has
since been approved by the nayies OF
the world
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11

When Congress meets in December
1t will renew its consideration OF Il
bill which provides that California re-
turn the Yosemite Valley to the Uni
ted States government so that it may
be incorporated in the surrounding ma
honal park The most notable national
park is the Yellowstone. which was
set apart by act of Congress in 1879;
less widely known are two parks in
southern California. the General
Grant and the SeQuoia, and the Mount
Rainier Park in the State of Washing
ton. There are also many forest res
ervations in which. for esthetic or
economic reasons. the trees are pro.
tected from the AK of the woodman.
Several beautiful regions, still under
private ownership, have been pro-
posed as worthy of government resar-
walton, notably certain great groves
OF redwood in California. the Mount
Washington range in the White Noun
tnins of New Hampshire, and SPLEEN
did section of the Appalachian Noun
Gains. 1t IS fitting that natures great
est and most beautiful gifts should
belong to the people as whole, and
the proposition to add the Yosemite
Valley to the Yosemite National Park
is in line with the general movement
for national control of the great tracts
of mountain, valley and forest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
The Yoang Mother.

Mrs. Newpop-Baby was awake all
last night with collie and tonight I'm
afraid there's something worse the
matter with him.
Her Mother-why DO you think
so?
Mrs. Newpop-He's been asleep for
-four hours and hasn't stirred once
Philadelphia Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
BARTAoL0l is DEAD.
Famous Creator of Statue of Liberty

amous creator or statue of Liberty
Passes Away in Paris.
Frederick Auguste Bartholdi. tie
sculptor, died Tuesday morning in Paris.
Since 1879 NJ. Bartholdi's name has be-
come familiar to the people Of the United
States, and his statue at the entrance TO
New York harbor, Liberty Enlghten-
ing the World" has given him a world
wide reputation. The idea of this colossal
work was FIRST conceived early in the
IOs, and was enthusiastically received
by those TO whom he confided it. A so
ciety was formed called the Union
Franco-Americane. and banquet was
held Nov. 6. 1875. 70 inaugurate the pro-
ject. The city of Parts subscribed S.
600 and in the ensuing five years $780,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11

Red Cross Society,
succeeding Clara
Barton. who had
held the position
since the society's
organization in
1881, has long been
identified with the
work of mercy in
time of war. He
was the American
delegate TO the In
ternational L c d
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
A snoh 5 Grievance.

Young man." said Mr.. Dustin Stax.
II had TO work for my money"
~Well, father" was the chilly re-
ply. enough people in our set are
throwing that up to me without yoar
talking about it.-Wsshington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11

A favorits design for lanterns used
in the professions TO celebrate the
japanese victories is one having on its
four sides the Rising Sun, the Union
Jack. the italian flag, and the Stars
aud Stripes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11

When the mint at Philadelphia was
cleaned during the past summer the
sweepings boiled down to two neat
chunks of geld and silver The floors
had secreted nearly fifty thousand
dollarg worth of dust, and the chin
neys of the nineteen furnaces had
stolen more than $4,000. Many peo-
pie have picked up money that they
have dropped on the floor, but vely
eew recover what has gone up in
smoke"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
HEAD OF THE RED CROSS.

Humanitarian Record of Rear Admit
raj William n. Van Reypeu.
Rear Admiral William Knickerbock
err Van Reypen. recently chosen as
president of the American National
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11

The enlisted force of the navy IS
coming more and more largely from
the great body of native-born Amerl-
can citizens. Last year the proportion
OF natives had risen to more than 90
per cent. In 1880 1t was about 90 per
cent. 1t is thought that the current
fiscal year will see an advance to 80
per cent. The Army and Navy Journal
notes the suggestive fact that most of
the naval recruits nowadays come
from the inland Ststcs, naval officer
mentioning with special commentator
the recruits obtained from the farms
Of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11

Chief Engineer Wallace has been
making estimates Of the cost Of the
Panama canal work he has done with
the result that he feels safe in assert
ing that the cost Of the canal can be
reduced greatly below the French fig
ures through the employment of mod
ern high-grade American machinery as
a substitute for manual labor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11

Colorado has an official snow inspec-
tor, the only officer Of the kind in the
country. His duty is to inspect the
snow in the Rocky Mountains, and re-
port it's condition to the State Depart
ment of Irrigation. From his reports
the officers of the department estimate
the amount of water that will be avail
able for irrigation purposes each year
as the streams are fed by the melting
SHOWS. The inspector is a trained
mountaineer who spend five or six
months at his work every year, going
over trails known to no other white
man, and feeding on raisins when no
other food is available.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11

Chicago photographers are angry at
the lack of orders for pictures Of the
candidates. Both parties are TO blame.
In recent Presidential campaigns ST.
100000 was expended with the craft
in that city alone This year the Re
publlcans have spent less than $1,000
and the Democrats practically nothing.