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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

Baron Roman Romanovitch Rosen.
the new Russian ambassador to the
United States, was until the outbreak of
the present war the representative of
the Car at the court of the Mikado. and
had advised his government of the prep
aratious being made by Japan. but no
attention 1ras paid to his counsels Pre-
viously he had served as charge d'affaires
at the Japanese capital, and was consul
general at New York from 1852 to 1894.
Baron Rosen speaks several languages
and is an accomplished scholar and mu-
sician He is a state councillor. cham
berlain Of the imperial court. and Il
knight Of three orderS--St. Vladimir. st.
Ann and st. Stanislaus. NJ. Muravieff
who was born in 1850, is descended from
one of the oldest families of Russia
Since 1883. when the MuravielrS came
into the landed estates in the province
of Novgorod which they still hold, they
have figured on nearly every page of
Russian history. y. V. Muravief Wa
years ago a secretary of state at ST.
Petersburg, and in 1894 was appointed
president of the criminal section of the
senate. which is the highest court in
Russia. He became minister of justice
in 1895. and since then has reformed the
judicial systems of Siberia and other
sections of the empire With his broth
er. the late Count Muravief. minister
of foreign affairs, he was largely instru-
mental in the building of the Trans-Sibe-
rian railroad and the development of the
resources of Siberia. He is now Russian
ambassador to Italy. Jutaro Komura for
merly was japanese minister to the Unit
ed States, being succeeded by Minister
Takahira in 1900, and himself being sent
to St. Petersburg He was graduated
from the Harvard law school in 1879,
and spent several years in this country
fitting himself for an official career. As
secretary of legation at Pekin, just be
fore the breaking out of the war be
tween China and Japan, as civil governor
of the captured province of Antung, fol
lowing the war, and as minister to ko-
rea. he established a record which made
him a potent factor in the politics of the
Flowery Kingdom. Previous to being
sent to Washington he was vice minister
of foreign affairs. Kogoro Takahira.
Japanese minister to the United States.
is COuSlueFeu one OF JdpdH ; must us
tinguiShed and experienced diplomats. lie
entered upon his duties at Washington in
1900. but previously had been an attache
of the legation and consul general at
New York. He also has served his coun-
try as minister to Italy, ambassador to
Vienna and The Hague, and before as
Stunning his present position he was vice
minister of foreign affairs at Toxic. Mr..
Takahira is not of the titled class, but
has risen from the ranks. He entered the
imperial diplomatic service in 1876.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
Vanity and Elevators.

The building inspectors Office is
opposed to the mirror-lined elevators
of the city, but no action has been
taken for the removal of the mirrors,
although the new code forbids the
use of looking glasses in elevator
cage construction.
Deputy Building Inspector rJngee
believes many elevator accidents are
attributable to the looking. glasses.
They are usually placed at such
an angle that a woman stepping I'D
to one blocks the passageway," said
he. Gotten she viii forget that a
portion of her skirt protrudes beyond
the grating, and accidents occur in
this way. Not only women but men
are attracted by mirrors and are in
clined to grow forgetful of personal
safety. "-Cleveland Despatch to Chi
cago Tribune.
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and to constantly renew those eaten
through. The water leaves the nozzle
at a velocity of 1880 feet per minute
and travels at the rate of over three
miles per minute in its sheer descent
of 1000 feet a leak, no larger than
a cambria needle. at the Comstock
mines under had of 1000 feet went
through a Pinch plank like bullet.
When the dyn0 mos or any of them are
not worked up to their full capacity
the needless wate. is shot out into
space above them. A log thrown into
the super1uous stream is shattered to
bits. and a rock as big as one can lift
cast into it is hurled across the canyon
like a shell from large gun.
Regulating the Supply.
SO sensitive is the electric plant that
when a street car stops or starts in
Oakland. 1872 miles from the Colgate
power-house. the electric governors ~
spond instantly to the added or re-
leased burden of the dynamos. The
turbine wheels receive only the exact
amount of water required by the eX-
igencies of the system. The slightest
relaxation of demand for power throws
the super1uous water into the tail
races. When The full power Of the
dynamos is required not a drop of
water escapes until it passes through
the turbines to fall gently out of the
way, shorn Of all its velocity. These
mo ++ars GRO GOV arDod bv SimOla do
vices. In the summer, if the storage
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
A REMARKABLE STORY.
Told by Medium Who Knew That
Man Was Going to Be Shot.

Spiritualists were exchanging ex-
periences last night at the Tuxedo.
Several well known mediums were
there, a preacher, two or three Chris
tian scientists and a few business
men. Some of the stories told were
first class ghost tales. Miss Mar
garet Gaule. of 257 West One Hun
bred and Thirteenth street, who has
given a number of tests" at the
Tuxedo. told this story, which she
Insisted was true in every particular:
When l was 10 wears old I went
to work in a shoe store in Baltimore
as clerk. One day man, whom
knew by sight as a rich business man
and prominent socially. came into the
store to exchange pair Of shoes his
wife had purchased the day before
and found unsatisfactory. AS I was
restoring the shoes to the wallcase l
heard, as sharply and distinctly as if
1t had been fired close to my ear, a
pistol shot. | asked the man if he
was in the habit of carrying a re-
volVeF. No., said he, very much
astonished. Something impelled me
to touch again the shoes his wife had
worn. Again heard shot. 1t came
over me at once, 1 couldn't explain
how, that the man was going to be
shot. / told him l didn't want to
alarm him, but that | believed he was
going 10 be hurt, maybe shot. Natur-
ally he laughed at me and left the
store, telling me I was a foolish girl,
and a very extraordinary sort of shoe
clerk
Next day l read at breakfast that
the man had been killed by his wife,
shot through the head as he lay in
bed, with Derringer she had under
her pillow. She had no motive for
killing him as far as could be learned,
but did it on sudden impulse. 1t was
that experience which had a good deal
to do toward making me a medium"
One man present was anxious to
see spirit, to actually behold a ghost.
THAT is foolish" said Miss Gaule.
Don't put any faith in mediums who
tell you they can materialize spirits
out of a cabinet. They are takers.
They know they are not doing bust
ness on the square. Materializations
of any sort are so uncommon as to
be- unknown practically. Mediums
who pose in darkened rooms and APP
pear to produce spirits from cabinets
are almost as bad as women who gull
the ignorant and foolish by pretend
ing they have the power of making
anybody a medium-at so much the
job.-New York Sun.
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reservoirs get low the water which
passes through the turbines is taken
back by the electricity generated-that
is, by electrically-wOr pumps-into
the main storage reservoir whence it
came. The same water goes down and
up, down and up-dOwn TO produce
power and up by the power produced.
The overhead cables across the
Straits of Carquinez are one of the
wonders of engineering. So powerful
are the tides and currents of the straits
that the experiences with submarine
telegraph lines formed a warning. The
cables are 6,400 feet long. The steel
towers on elevations rise to 400 feet
above water, while the sag in the cen
ter over the straits has a clearance of
206 feet above high tide, caused by
,velve tons weight
During the past few years Italian
industry has benefited to a great eX-
tent by the growing use of its water
power. The Italian government decid-
ed that this source of national wealth
should be withheld from the realms of
financial speculation, and il has itself,
consequently, taken in hand the de
Gliding of what shall be done with the
nations water falls. \ very large
amount of water PUSHES down the
southern sides of the Alps from the
Apprentices and from the mountains Of
Apulia and Abruzzi. and this in many
cases is to be converted into electrical
energy. 1t seems q very great pity
that the beautiful cascade of Tivoli
should have to be sacrificed to indus
trial extension, but ii appears it was
just this sort of power which was
necessary 70 give a forward impetus
to Italian mechanical industries.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
CLOTHES OF MEN AND WOMEN.
Sterner Sex the Rest Judge of Feminine
Attire.

1t is often said that women dress to
please each other, but men dress to
please themselves. On this point
writer in the Lady's Pictorial says:
Now and then one sees a woman
whose clothes are absolutely charac-
teristic of her, and bear the impress
of having been carefully thought out
by their wearer. These are those who
never wear garments fashioned like
others, but the majority of women
do not desire, nor, indeed, would it be-
come them, to be individualistic in
their attire They like to be in the
fashion And the question is, are
ttey, or are men, best suited to max
/ ing what is understood by Ia mode
en- the whole, one inclines to the opin-
ion that men are really the best judges
of what best suits the female form
divine; and, on the other hand, It
would seem as If woman's taste in
mems clothing is far more reliable
than mans. She is quick to detect a
mistake in the choice of a tie, to note
the angle of hat the set Of coat,
the pattern of a tweed, the shape of a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

In order further to extend the scope
OF mechanical industry engineers in al
most every country are employed on
schemes for converting the power Of
falling water into electrical energy. In
Italy the control of this valuable source
Of energy is in the hands of the gov
eminent, and undoubtedly the force of
falling water is a source to which en-
gtneers will always look with longing
eyes. Unfortunately, the spots where
the falling of water occurs in nature
are generally spots of extreme beauty,
and these are only too apt to be spoiled
If not wholly destroyed, by the action
OF converting the water into electrical
energy. 1t should, however, be point
ed out that this is not really a neces-
sity OF the case. In many cases the
conversion Of part Of a flow of water
over a fall into electrical energy is
effected without perceptibly diminish
Ing the flow over the natural fall and
at the same time not destroying the
beauty of the view by awkward. I'M
slightly buildings such as dsfgure the
gorge of Niagara in 4 highly distress
ing manner. In tapping a natural
waterfall for tie purposes OF energy
production the fall itself is not ac-
tuaIly interfered with, but a certain
amount of the wafer is conducted into
artificial channels alongside the fall
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
THEY HYPNoTIZED EACH OTHER.
Setter and South African Snake
Prove Mutually Powerful.

setter and south African Snake
Prove Mutually Powerful.
One of the most remarkable set
tiers I ever saw in Africa, which rec
ognized at once the presence of a
snake, was one sired by dog bred
in the neighboThOod of New York.
This dog was the English setter
Champion Rockingham and bred,
believe, by John Brett, now of Fish
ers Island, n. Y.
In Cape Colony he was owned by c..
H. Tifin, of Queenstown, a keen
sportsman and the owner of the best
kennel of English settlers ever seen
in South Africa. Her father was a
great winner in this country, and had
a successful career in England. He
was then sent to Africa, where he
won everything in Cape Colony and
the Transvaal with the exception Of
being beaten once, when ne was
growing Old by a daughter. He be-
gat great stock, and his daughter
Bess possessed more than human
sense when there was any dangerous
reptile about.
At the foot of range of mountains
about twenty miles from Queenstown,
the trees seemed to be alive with
snakes. In this dense cover of MINI
osa thorns, where from tree to tree
gossamer as thick as thread had been
thrown by the spiders, she would
work cautiously, slowly and always
in hand; she would stop for a Sec
ond, set at something up tree, and
return with her tail down, and her
eyes and ears denoting terror.
Bess had he same horror of the
African monitar, a huge lizard some
thing like the iguana, but once we
came up to her standing a snake,
which was poised and setting her
from across a dry mountain water
course. His hood was expanded, and
there they "stood" one another, it
evidently being a case of mutual hyp-
notism.
The snake saw us first and turned
to run up the bank, but he was shot
before he reached his shelter. 1t ap-
peared that Bess in this instance had
got too far, and could not as usual
beat a discreet retreat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
All Her Own.

EthePs father is an artist. He
often permits his little daughter to
stay in the studio with him and
paint. Ethel has some brushes and
paint of her own, and uses them with
some ability and more satisfaction.
One day a visitor called at the
studio, and Ethel eagerly showed
him small canvas.
did you paint this?" asked the
visitor, in surprise.
Eyes, sir" said Ethel.
well, well, it is very good indeed!
Are you sure you painted it all your
self"
"No, not ALL" Ethel admitted re-
luctantly. Papa helped me HttleA
"Oh!"
But he used my brushes" tie
little girl hastily added.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
YANKEE BOAT WHICH BEAT
THE WORLD IN YACHT RACE.

The Yacht Atlantic, which beat the
world in the recent race across the At
lantic ocean, was completed in the last
days of 1903 and in the early winter
made her maiden cruise to the West
Indies and the Caribbean Sea. The
Atlantic, according to her designers
plans, is 1877 feet en- the water line,
1873 feet over all and % feet beam.
The mizzenmast is so feet from deck
to hounds, the mainmast II feet and
the foremost "A feet. When she was
cruising last summer the distance from
the after ends Of the mizzenboom to
the forward end of the bowsprit was
227 feet. From deck to truck the miz-
zenmast is 137 Get; same measurement
Of mainmast is 1872 feet and the fore
mast 125 feet. The mizzenboom in or
binary cruising is 70 feet and the miz-
Zengaff 501a feet. The mizzensail is 70
feet in the luff and JOG feet on the
leach. The main and fore booms are
each 35 feet, the spinnaker boom is 76
feet and the bowsprit cupboard 81 feet
ne AIldnIIC has the SOLuPlSlc pLO-
pelling machinery Of a steam yacht
and, her designer says, has made elev-
en- knots an hour under steam. The
propelling machinery consists of a
triple expansion engine of about 800
horse power, two Almy boilers and
Bevis feathering screw, which fills
completely her aperture when feather
ed for sailing. The sails are ordinarily
raised with steam. The yacht is light
ed with electricity and has one large
dynamo and engine and capacious stor-
age batteries. She has also an acct
ylene gas plant, two-tOn refrigeratlng
machine and tiled ice boxes with a ca
pacity of 800 cubic feet. There are
three skylights over the engine and
boiler room. Steering is done from a
raised quarter deck aft The stack is
telescope. The accommoda tons con-
sist Of large saloon, I'VE staterooms,
chart and gun room and three bath
rooms, which are porcelain tiled. The
deckhouse is used az an observation
room and is connected with stairs to
a spacious lobby below.
Just now this Yankee boat is the
most talked of boat in the world, as
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
BURIAL OF JOHN HAY.
President and Vice President Go to
Grave of Dead Secretary.

President and Vice President Go to
Grave of Dead Secretary.
AT almost exactly noon Wednesday the
body of John Hay was laid to rest in
Lakeyiew cemetery. Cleveland. Around
the open grave at the last moment stood
with bowed heads the President and Vice
President Of the United States, members
and ex-memberS Of the present cabinet
and men who had in former years served
with the dead Secretary in the official
family of President Mckinley. There
were many others who willingly would
have paid a tribute of honor and respect
to Mr.. Hay, but it was the wish of his
family that the funeral should be con
Quoted for John Hay-the man they
knew and loved in privS tie life. and not
for the brilliant and fOrceful premier
whose name is honored wherever clean
and successful craftsmanship is esteem
ed among men.
The assemblage at his funeral and
around his grave was therefore small.
The visible honOrs accorded him in death
week in a ratio directly inverse to those
freely given him in life. and perhaps no
greater testimony to the worth of the
man could have been given than the
quiet manner in which his countrymen,
who appreciated his character and
achievements, stood aside at his family's
wish to take hostage of the future for
the endurance of his fame.
The events Of the day commenced with
the arrival of President Roosevelts train
at Q a. m. and closed with its departure
Of II n II, Tho funeral itself was held
between ! and u o'clock, tie interment
being at noon.
A memorial service in tribute to the
late Secretary of State John Hay was
held at the Church Of the Covenant in
Washington al the same hour the funeral
services were being conducted at Cleve-
land Practically all of official Wash
inrtnn was nrpSnnt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
Short Personals.

z. H. Sothern, the actor, is soon to
issue a book of poems.
Herbert L. jerks has presented the
Fitchburg Mass) library with the only
complete set of Chopins compositions.
Bernard Karfiol, a 19-year-old Brook
Ign boy. is attracting the attention of the
critics and artists Of France by his paint
ings.
Rudyard Kipling says that the devel-
Cpment of the automobile has benefited
humanity mentally, physically and spirit
ually.
Field Marshal Oyama is said to be 50
religious that he believes in all the Jap
anese gods. and has a temple at his house
in Toxic for their worship.
Rear Admiral Uriu, who bore the
brunt of the great naval battle. in the
straits Of Korea. was graduated from
the United States Naval Academy in
1881.
Seth Nation father of James, the as
sistant State Auditor of Kansas. has no
fear for the number thirteen. He was
born on April 10, enlisted in the war on
Aug. IS, was nominated treasurer Of
Neosho county on Sept. 13. and was in
augurated on Oct. -, and has had 'hlr-
teen children.
The Rev Campbell Morgan gave d.
rect notice from his London pulpit tnat
gifts from brewers and other persons en-
gagged in "unholy traffic" were not
wanted.
The Rev S. L. Desha, chaplain OF the
Hawaiian House Of Representatives, Is
being called severely TO task for praying
for the forgiveness Of the members who
vsted for the new Sunday law, passing
it over the Governors veto.
Rear Admiral Colby NJ. Chester, sup
erintendent Of the nava. observatory, has
hoisted his flag on the gunboat Dixie aud
collier Caesar. which will be part of
the feet which is to carry the observers
of the suns eclipse Aug. 29-30.
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and then conducted to steel penstocks,
or tubes, through which the water
drops to the turbines below. This need
not be done In the actual vicinity of
the waterfall itself, the canal leading
the water to the edge of the gorge
some distance below the falls In the
case of the Zambesi we are informed
that every care will be taken in order
not to damage in any way the stu
pendous spectacle provided by the
plunge Of the Zambesi into its tortu-
BUS gorge. The great advantage which
can be claimed for producing energy
from falling water rather than from
coal-produced steam is that white.
smokeless cities can be built which
can be wholly run by electricity sup
piled from neighboring mountains.
thus avoiding all the dirt and foggy
air generally associated with indus
trial districts.
Power from the Sierra Nevadas.
In the western states of America sey-
eral large schemes for water-power
conversion have been successfully CON
Guided and others are in process of
being materialized. Pictures are given
Of a Californian system for gathering
water in the Sierra Nevada range.
This company supplies a very large
district, the Street-lighting, railways.
presses of daily newspapers, and the
machine factories being run by the
electric current produced from the
mountains. This work is accomplished
with less than $4,000 horsepower.
writes a correspondent The company
has replaced its old fumes with new
ones rs solid as the eternal hills and
Is building miles of additional fumes.
s@wmill in the heart of the S.nrras
was built. and gravity tramway, l.
275 feet long and very steep. was con
structed 10 slide the red spruce. yellow
pine, and sugar pine lumber down to
point where it could be foated in al
directions for fiume-building. The ac-
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HOOKS TO HOLD The BOAST.
Am Arrangement TO Facilitate the
Operation of Carving.

Until carving Is taught in the public
schools as a part of the general pro-
gram Of education, the average man
will never become an artist as car
yer. There are very few people who
can develop a system without having
foundation plan of some sort for
guidance, and despite the universally
OF the COOK book in the modern home,
very few men ever reach that per-
lection in their allotted task that they
look for In the housewife in the cul-
mary department. However, the In
sTuctions to cut along the line c d
to the line A B, etc, are no longer as
cabalistic In significance as they once
were. True, the primitive appliances
for carving have for the most part
not improved much, except in the mat
ter of form or shape; but this is all
to be changed in the near future, as a
Chicago inventor has devised a carving
appliance that should make the task
almost mechanical This devise is a
meat holder for carving platters, the
general scheme of which can be seen
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
Odd Earrinps

Earrings are creeping into favor
again, and for morning wear, too, if
one may Judge by the lavish display
made Of them at a recent morning
concert. In box sat woman whose
ears were bedecked with a pair of IN
matched stones-one a black pearl. the
other a white one of equal size. There
may have been some subtle symbol
ism attached to the wearing Of the
oddities. The revival Of the earring
is recent In this country. but It started
a peeress of ancient lineage but slen-
a peerless of ancient lineage but slen-
der means, who was at a '0ss for
something new to startle her friends.
FOUND a pair Of ner grandmother's
earrings and wore them at a fashion
able dinner. That marked the recru-
dascence of the barbaric custom.
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effeminate youth has given place to a
positive and forceful habit. He has
developed a will Of his own, and
brain power strong enough to win his
way with the courtiers and councillors
about the palace. He has looked for
ward with the greatest eagerness to
this Partisan visit, his first excursion
Into the world away from home" His
betrothaI to the little Archduchess
Gabrielle of Austria, two years young
er than himself, was rumored last
March, and is regarded as assured.
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at glance from the accompanying
illustration. The frame consists of ex-
pansible members having hooked por-
tons adapted to engage with the
edges of the platter, and, of course,
adjustable to any size. These arms
carry hooks which are adiusta BILE
thereon and adapted to engage with
and hold the roast or fowl securely,
allowing the carver great freedom Of
movement