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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
THE MATTER OF AGE.
Men Are Often as Sensitive as Women
ON s.ae Subject.

MCn are OAICA as aS
on ..Ie Subject.
The National Academy of Design
recently awarded prize to woman
in a competition limited to artists not
over certain age. The artist discoy-
cred that she was ineligible and re-
minded the committee of the fact. In
her frank letter renouncing claim to
the prize, the artist said; "Ot course,
it isn't pleasant to have attention
drawn to ones age"
1t is a fact that almost all women
more than twenty years old, and many
men over forty. are sensitive on the
subject of age, says the Washington
Times. but few of them could give any
explanation of their feeling that would
not be puerile. Apparently they are
ashamed of having arrived at years
OF discretion" but they would repudi-
ate that explanation Indignantly. Sure
liz there = nothing discreditable in the
bodily health that eonduces TO Ions
life, nothing degrading in having es-
capped fatal accident and disease
Why should it be unpleasant to have
attention drawn TO ones age when one
is neither very young nor very old.
1t is not unpleasant TO have attention
drawn to the color of ones hair-un-
less the color be artificial or indicative
of that same reprehensible lapse OF
time which constitutes age. 1t is not
unpleasant TO be. say, thirty years
old, but it is the correct thing for
women especially TO regard reference
to the fact as a personal affront or
an injury TO their vanity
The man who shows sensitiveness
about his age and tries TO appear
younger than he is usually is regard
ed as a silly person and spoken of be
hind his back as vain old fool. but
until a woman passes the four-score
mark she is encouraged by the conyen.
tons OF society TO fib about the lapse
OF time and keep the vital statistic
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
BATTLING With AN OCTOPUS.
Dw~U~@~~~~@~~~@%@


That vampire of the ocean, the
octopus, appears from time to time IN
real-hfe narratives as fascinating as
fiction. Such is the story told in the
Royal Magazine by Capt. S. h. Scott OF
British Columbia. He was yatchlng
off Victoria with a party of friends
and while alone one evening IN row.
boat mile from the yatch, got INTO
a school of black-ish, one OF Whlch
struck the little boat with such force
that its occupant was sent flying into
the water. Captain Scott continues
1t seemed a joke to be upset like that,
and l laughed. But this was TO De
my last laugh for a long ume' Ior
inst as I had swum back to the boat
and laid nv hands on the upturneh
keel. | felt myself seized round the
legs. halfway below the knees-selzeu
with such strength and sradeAness
and pulled down with such tremendous
force that the boat was JerSed cieah
over and came down on top OF my
head.
Like lightning CAME INC
was in the arms of devil-hsh'
knew that the waters swarmeu
with the deadly octopus. knew that
one had got me. There is no mistaKlns
tha orasp. Every Cle of the devil
6shs eight powerful arms closes upon
his nrey. and he pulls down, down.
until he drags it to the bottom.
with desperate kick L freed my
salf from the creature below me-
Saizinp the boat, l had my arm under
ono Of the thwarts when the devil-nsh
caught me again.
felt his grasp tighten. The pam
,,,os excruciating. With every move
,oor+ that | made my flesh was LAGER
o+od 7 began to grow weak from loss
90 blood But never relaxed my hold
of the boat.
The agony must have lasted for only
. faw minutes in reality, but it seemed
ON eternity before felt the clutch on
~, Zoos loosen. | kicked with all my
strength. struggled, twirled. and then
fol+ myself free. l think my solid
boots must have injured the arms of
the octopus and compelled him to let
go.
II was not until an hour and half
later that my friends noticed that my
boat was motionless on the water,
ond came out to see what was the mat
ter. They found me more. dead than
alive. The skin was nearly all gone
from my feet to my knees, and above
that it remained for weeks as black
as a mans hat. For two months
afterward | lived only on milk.
Altogether 1 was laid up for seven
months as the result of my encounter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
ORIGIN OF CANT PHRASES.
Where Some Expressions Daily Hear
Frat Came Into Use.

Where Some Expressions Daily Heard
Fret Came Into Use.
Royal Tyler, who was born in Bos-
ton in 1857, visited London in 1909.
From there he wrote a letter to a
friend in New England, a bit OF which
may not be uninterestng to readers
of today:
Some years since call the rage was
the cant. and an Englishman asserted
that universal philanthropy and peace
were "all the rage" To this succeed
ed quiz" and -quizzical;" every man
Of common sense was quiz and every
blockhead auizzical. To these succeed
bore" everything animate and even
inanimate was bore" "horrid
bore,- | am not certain that l give
YOU the correct order Of succession, for,
indeed. l am not ambitious of the cor
rectness of the genealogy Of nonsense.
The cant expression now in vogue are
Il owe you one" and that's a good
ONE But besides these evan
escent vulgarisms Of fashionable colo
any there are a number of words now
familiar. not merely in transient con-
verse. but even in English fine writing.
which are Of vulgar origin and illegiti-
mate descent. which disgust an adj
nirer Of the writers Of their Augustan
age and degrade their finest compo-
sitions by a grotesque air of pert Vi
vacity. Among these is the adjective
clever" a word not derived from
those pure and rich sources which
have given all that is valuable TO the
English language word not used
by any English prose writer Of emil
nence urtil the reign Of George III.
nor even introduced int a serious
poem unit adopted by Co~per-a
word which. If we may judge OF ad-
jectves as we do OF men, by their as
sociates, shows the baseness Of its
origin By the company it keeps, being
generally coupled with fellow,
Germ / conceive Of no respect except IN
courts and colleges. Brooklyn Eagle
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01

The way to catch woman is not t.
chase her.
Man makes money and the money
makes the man.
1t is not courage to admonish the
cook; it is suicidal responsibility.
Marrying for money is as easy as
cashing counterfeit bills at bank.
Maybe the good wouldn't die so
young if they weren't so lonesome.
1t is dumfounding how interesting a
wife can be if she's somebody else's.
Generally we wait till our bread
gets stale before we cast it upon the
waters.
1t takes a great deal of belief to
make one feel as comfortable as a lit
tie bit of faith.
Nothing makes a woman so proud
as to see the point of story after she
has laughed at it.
The prose with the poetry is that the
same hand that rocks the cradle
spanks its contents.
1t is a good thing for man to have
a temper, so his wife will think one in
the family is enough.
After a man in politics has been
whitewashed he looks as though he
had fallen into an ink barrel.
1t beats anything how natural It is
for a girl in the dark to make a mis-
take and sit down on a mans lap.
What keeps most people poor is the
fear that they can't afford TO appear
not to afford things other people have.
The devil gets pretty nearly what
he is looking for when he hits upon a
foolish woman who means to be good
1t takes a widow to look so scared
when the lights begin to go out that
man hasn't heart to disappoint her.
No man can ever understand women
till they can explain why girls string
SO many ribbons where nobody ever
ought to see them.-New York Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
NOT HARD TO CARVE GLASS.
No Diamond Is Needed to Sever the
Brittle Substance with Ease.

No Diamond Is Needed to Sever the
Brittle Substance with Ease.
1t often occurs that glass tubes of
various dimensions have to be cut
where a diamond is not at hand, as in
shops and power plants where oil and
water gauge tubes must be neatly
fitted. The usual method adopted is to
file a small groove around the tube
and separate the glass with sharp rap
at the place weakened by the file. The
result is not always satisfactory, be-
cause the ends often break unevenly
owing to the difficulty of making a
straight groove with the file Better
results are obtained when only small
incision is made with file. just enough
to cut through the enamel of the tube
on one side and not all around.
While the tube is still warm from the
friction of the file the tube is then
taken between the thumbs and fore
finger, lie thumbs opposite the file in
cision, and the forehngers around the
tubing, close, but not covering the in
cision. Pressure of the thumbs in
variably causes the tube to break in as
straight and clean line as though cut
with diamond.
Another method is to use fine saw
blade, (the finer toothed tl-- better, for
saw is only another form of tile),
and this should be kept fed with fine
emery. carborundum, or pulvePized
silica sand of hard grit, moistened with
camphor oil, turpentine or water.
A straight, steady and even stroke
should be made and when the work is
carefully done against gauge the cut
will be as true as though it had been
ground. Nor is even toothed blade
necessary, if a suitable hard and finely
gritted abrasive is used and regularly
fed between the glass and fine wire,
watchspring, or blunt but even blade
OF an ordinary table knife. The latte
will be somewhat slow. of course, Sut
fine steel wire run at high speed like
band saw IL regularly fed with fine
emery or carborundum, will give very
satisfactory results, not only for cut
ting either straight lines or curves in
window, but plate or optical glass. in
such thickness as makes cutting with
diamond difficult, precarious or i'm
| possible.
Window glass, especially single
strength. can be accurately split either
in straight or curved lines by first max
ing an incision through the enamel Of
the glass. and then holding hot iron
close to the incision till a fracture is
started. The fracture will follow the
hot iron with remarkable fidelity. The
| iron should be preferably round and
somewhat blunt and with bulky head
| like an ordinary fire poker, so as to
retain its heat wei for long cuts, es-
pecially for thick sheets, TO keep the
/ fracture going when once started
even If tNso heated irons have to be
/ ,,Sad National Gas RudCet
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01

of poverty. Many of these sleep at
night with a meager fire and scant bed
clothing, and during the day peddle,
beg or work in the streets in thin gar
ments, while the thermometer shows
a temperature of co degrees below zero
for weeks at a time and sometimes
drops as low as 50.
In Moscow such scenes as that here
with depicted are common and they
may also be witnessed in other cities
Of the Cars realm. Charltably dis
posed persons light fires in the streets
and around these poor persons gather
during the day to warm their hands
and feet and keep the frost from en-
tering their skins. By old ard young
these fires are enjoyed.-Utica Globe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
Woman and Her Nose.

The latest wrinkle, said a Fifth
avenue photographer of women, lis
the averted eountenance in portrait
ure. Inasmuch as woman's nose,
when she directly faces the camera,
is closer to the lens than any other
feature, it is magnified slightly, which
is not desirable. To avoid this We
try to retire that organ as much as
possible. and the only way is to re-
touch the negative This Is invar-
iably done whan the nose is triie
larger than perfect harmony requires.
A woman with a big nose is the IN
manifest of mortals, far more miSer
able than the man with one too small.
The tip of it is always cold. render
ing Aar positively unkissable. Nine
tsnths of the pictures am taking
nowadays have the head thrown back.
exposing the throat, emphasizing the
chin. concealing the tendency of the
undsr lip. giving a small, tip-tilted
nos, with a fine view Of the nostrils,
Sreauy scfIening the expression Of
tie eyes, beautifully arching the
brows and modifying the forehead.
Oh, we can make any woman look
pretty N = photograph. That Is our
art"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
Bird Walks for Children.

I wonder to how many other coun-
try-raised persons a bird-walk would
be the complete revelation which it
proved to me. How many having
eyes. do not seer" Though I had
lived among them all my life, | could
count the birds with which was IA
miliar on my fingers. Nor did
imagine that, except in isolated cases,
Others were to be found near my
home. Now learned, to my surprise,
that in almost any five miles Of coun-
try some forty different birds nest
in summer, while dozens more come
and 90 during the periods OF the
spring and fall migrations. Twenty
species, moreover, is not unusual
number to find living around one
during the winter months, and most
of these are different from those
found at other seasons. In Central
Park. no less than two hundred spe-
cies may be seen in the course Of an
entire year.
A bird-Balk generally takes IN a
sweep two or three miles Of eoun-
t-T. and the children are always dis
appointed if on their return the note
book contains less than thirty names.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01

this is my last day in the office, for
TO- morrow l am to be taken to their
new home. TO be the especial property
of Mrs. Jack. Surely l could ask for
no happier fate than to be always near
my little mistress, who has been dearer
70 me than ever since the night when
I alone witnessed the reconciliation
between her and Mr.. Jack.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
Forty Years Ago.

The House of Representatives, by a
vote Of 7S to 60, adopted the resolution
for o constitution | amendment abolish
ing slavery in the United States.
The largest cannon manufactured In
the United States to that time, 20-inch
Rodman, carrying 1000 pound shot, was
cast at Pittsburg, Pa.
Union troops under Gen. W. t. Sher-
man, entered Meridian, Miss, and de-
stroyed the Confederate arsenais and the
railroad there.
A bill was introduced in the House at
Washington offering loyal slave owners
$500 bonus for each of their negroes al
lowed to enlist in the Union army.
The Milwaukee CWis) Chamber Of
Commerce petitioned Congress to con
struct a wagon road through "Dakotah"
and Minnesota, so that S25,0O0,OOO in
gold could be transported from Idaho to
the East.
Twenty seven Of Tie 100 federal on
GERS who had tunneled out Of Libby pris-
on at Richmond Va, succeeded in reach
ing Washington.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
One hundred Years Ago.

The brig Ohio reached Canton, China,
from Philadelphia, after passage last
ing 100 days, in which it made run
ming fight with pirates off the Ladrone
Islands.
Aaron Burr Vas nominated by the Re
publican (now the Democratie) party for
Governor of New York
Lieut.. Decatur burned the captured
fsigate Philadelphia in the harbor OF
Tripoli.
Gen. Charles Pichegru, Moreau, and
forty other French officials were arrested
in Paris for conspiracy against the life
of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Congress extended the boundary OF
Mississippi territory northward TO the
35th degree of latitude.
Semi-ofiicial announcement was made
in London that King George III. showed
symptoms of insanity.
The Legislature of New York passed
an act providing for the gradual enamel
patton of negro slaves in that State.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01

pages of the family Bible gummed to-
gether. After four-score the vanity
of men and women takes twist in
the reverse direction, and the conceit
of centenarian becomes monumen-
tai
Perhaps feminine dissemination 10
tell or hear the truth about age is a
survival from the times when years
were important factors in determining
value in the matrimonial market Or
possibly the unpleasantness of refer
ences to the subject is as artificial in
its origin as the fear of mice, which
was considered an indispensable fem
mime accomplishment a generation or
two ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01


ton. having been driven from Philadel-
phia. Joseph Reed, president o: the
council of Pennsylvania, with CON
gressional committee, met the mutt
neers at Princeton. The difficulties
were arranged, the men being paid, 50
far as possible. and many Of the
Pennsylvania troops, 100 men Of the
New Jersey brigade left their huts at
Pompton Jan 20, 1871, and marched to
Chatham. with similar demands. Five
hundred New England soldiers were
quickly sent III pursuit, an adjustment
was effected, and the revolving troops
returned to thcir duty. On their way
back to Prompton a few Of the ling
leaders again revolted, and were
promptly arrested and executed. This
put an end to the spirit Of mutiny.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
RELIANCE.

Not to the swift, the race:
Not to the strong, the flight;
Not to the righteous. perfect grace;
Not to the wise. the light.
But often faltering feet
Come surest to the goal.
And they who walk iii darkness meet
The sunrise of the soul.
y thousand times by night
The Syrian hosts have died;
A thousand times the vanquished right
Has risen glorifed.
The truth the wise man sought
Was spoken by a child:
The alabaster box was brought
In trembling hands defled.
Not from my torch, the CLEAN,
But from the stars above;
Not from our hearts, life's crystal
stream
But from the depths of Love.
Atlantic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
HOW TO FOLD A LETTER.
Only Small Percentage of Applicants
Know the Riuht WAY.


81 see you have lots of applica-
tions," said the advertising manager
to the business house manager who
had advertised for a typewriter and
booBkeeper.
From all over New England" said
the business man, jamming his peck
cts full. But what some of the girls
who answer are thinking of l cannot
imagine. Here is one girl who will
come fifty miles to take place at
IS a week"
Can you tell much as to their quail
ifications by their letters?'
Can 1? Well, rather. For instance,
there is the writing; there is the
spelling of the words; there is the
way the letter is put together; there
is even the way me letter IS Folded.
Ever think that letters are folded so
as to save time nowadays"
NO" said the advertising man.
'It's all can do to get the stamps to
put on 'em. My stenographer folds
'em all right, guess. How should
it be DONE!
Easy enough, simple enough, but
folded wrong often enough, said the
business man sententiously. IF your
typewriter knows her business, she
takes the sheet and folds it up from
the bottom toward the top, leaving
the proper width for the envelope,
then over from right to left and from
left to right-so. Then when your
letter is opened it is right side up.
See?"
81 see," murmured the advertising
man. And how many applicants fold
their letters that way?"
ooh, three or four out of dozen,
perhaps. Quite a commentary on bus
mess as she is taught, eh?" remarked
the business man as he strolled away.
Springfield Republican.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
Thirty Years AGO.

Dr. Dio Lewis issued his appeal for a
national anti-saloon crusade.
Gladstone rendered his resignation as
premier to Queen Victoria at Windsor
and Disraeli was summoned to form
new cabinet.
The great national anti-saloon crusade,
which later became the 'red ribbon" and
w. C. II. u. movement, spread from
Ohio into Iowa, Indiana and New York.
The Massachusetts, Senate rescinded
its famous resolution censuring Charles
Sumner.
John A. Logan was criticised for pre-
senting to the United States Senate a
petition signed by Edward Cullerton,
James McGrath "and other Chicago busi-
ness men," asking that the currency be
increased from S200,OO0,0O to S500000,-
600
Disraeli and Lord Salisbury made up
.heir differences and the latter promised
to aid in forming a new British cabinet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01

Gladstone was assaulted in the streets
Of London by an unknown enemy.
Bismarck snubbed the United States
House of Representatives By ordering the
German minister to return to 1t the reso-
lutions adopted on the death OF Herr
Lasker.
Col Coetlogan, commander at Khar-
tum. was made acting governor general
OF the SoUdan.
Shawneet5wr. H., was submerged by
an Ohio river food.
A resolution Of censure on the British
government for it's yacillating conduct in
the Soudan was adopted By the House OF
Lords on motion Of Lord Salisbury.
Queen Victoria's book, which her crit
les described as a tribute to Joan Brown,
her Scotch servant. was issued in Lon
don.
Gen. "Chinese" Gordon arrived at
Khartum and proclaimed FL Mahdi sui
tan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
len Years AGO.

John Y. McKane. the political boss Of
Coney Island, was convicted at Brooklyn
y. Y, OF election frauds.
Seventy men were imprisoned bn the
partially wrecked Sixtr eighth street CRIB
at Chicago, business was practically
stopped by a fierce snow and wind Storm
and twent- persons were frozen TO death
in Oklahoma.
Gov. William Mckinley Of Ohio WIS
said to be a candidate for Calyir ,.
Brice's seat in the United States senate,
to which ex-Goy. Joseph B. ForaFsl' also
-gas aspiring.
Benjamin Harrison, in speeth at In
diSna-olis, lad. declared that an ex-
President should take as much interest
10 rational affairs as before he was
elected.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
Fifty Years AGO.

Gen. Flores assumed Office as president
of Montevideo.
Two Russian squadrons. mistaking
each other for Turks, fought battle
near Klafat with great loss of life before
the error was discovered
The Mexican war brig Espanada gail
ed from La Paz to drive Col. Walkers
flibustering expedition out of Lower
California.
The Spanish government schooner Pr
zarro was wrecked off the eastern end
of Cuba, 300 troops being drowned
The population OF the United States
was announced as 23,000000, including
100000 negro slaves.
The English Baltic fleet sailed from
Portsmouth in the presence of Queen
Victoria, who had come to review it.
Two thousand Russians were slain by
the Turks in an attempt to seize an
island in the Danube.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
A RUSSIAN STREET SCENE.

In the Intense Cold, Charitable Per-
sons Build Fires in the Streets.
Americans who have shivered more
than usual this winter, and particular
ly those in the Eastern States, where
the thermometer has sunk so low that
in one case temperature of 62 de
grees below zero was recorded. should
have a great deal of sympathy for the
people Of Russia at this time and let
their thoughts wander in the direction
of these unfortunate subjects of the
Gar who are hopelessly in the grasp
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
Big Fish in Lake Tahoe.

An EngBshnlan, visiting Lake Tahoe,
asked a na.tiva if there was any good
fishing in .Ihe lake. .'Oh, yes, stranger.
..yvhat lid oe fish do you catch hereT'
"Oh, all kinds. stranger" What IS
the weight of the largest fish you ever
caugntgr "Wa'al, stranger, we don't
take weighing machines when We goes
fishing. and am an honest mau, and
wouldn't like to say how mueh that
last trout l caught would weigh But
I tell YOU. stranger. that when pulled
that fish out of the water the lake
went down a foot"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
Seventy-five Years Aao.

Confidence in the government OF Mex
leo, which had been suffering from a
long period OF anarchy, was reported re-
stored by a resumption of British trade.
Andrew Jackson. Presideut-elect of the
United States, arrived at Washington by
coach while the electoral vote was being
counted in the House Of Representatives
and cannon were being fired in honor OF
his election.
Pope Leo MI. died at Rome.
James Wallace the English tragedian,
made his first American appearance at
Washington.
Arthur Trevelyan announced his the
DRY of the phenomenon of sound.
A revolutionist society, called the
Black Eagle, was organized by Cubans,
who were trying to shake of Spanish
rule.