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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
n;vino Bell of 200 Years AGO.

It was nearly 200 years ago that
Edward HALEY constructed what IS
often referred to as the first diving
bell. although the apparatus must have
been much like that which was used
in the presence of Charles V.
The principles of the diving bell is
simple. An inverted jar if sunk in
the water retains air at its top; and
if there is enough air men may live
and breathe and work there, and keep
dry.
DR.. HaIley's diving ben was large
wooden chamber, open at the bottom,
and loaded there with lead to pre-
vent it from turning in the water.
pieces of glass set in the roof furnish
cd light. Air was supplied by an ir-
genious method; for loaded casks full
of air were sent down, bung down
ward. Tipping the barrel, water
would rush into it and drive out the
sir to the man in the bell chamber.
At the depth of thirty-three feet the
air is compressed to half its former
bulk. and the bell is therefore at that
denths filed full with water; and as
the depth increases SO do the COM
preston and the pressure.-Teehnical
World Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
Fire and the skin

Blushing is the effecto f the action
OF radiated heat on the nerves con
trolling the small blood vessels. of The
skin. These tiny vessels are normally
in a state of moderate contraction;
under exposure to heat they relax ana
become distended with blood.
In regard to exposure to direct heat,
the reddening of the skin. togeth =
with the uncOmfortably warm feeling
accompanying it, may be looked upon
as one Of the useful little danger sig
nails" with which we are surrounded.
Persons who from any cause have
lost their susceptibility, as is the case
ia some forms of paralysis. may ex-
pose a limb to heat until serious i'll
jury results.
The reason that { e face chiefly
Pushes is that, in the ordinary posi-
ton near a fire, it is most directly ex-
posed to the rays of heat, while most
or the body is shielded by clothing.
Moreover, the nerves of the face are
particularly sensitive in this respect,
and the skin there is more abundantIy
furnished with blood vessels.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
"EASY MARKS.
Editor c+ 10 Sinr Sim Star of Hope
Holds Up a Warning Finger.

r ditor c+ tno sin~ sira Star of Hope
Holds Up Warning Finger.
No doubt a great many of us have
had our business experiences, ana
what have we to show for it? 1t
goes without saying that we were not
of the thrifty, energetic, perserver-
ing and resolute kind, for our pres
ence here rather tends to the oppo-
site view, indicating our weakness
for the vanities of life, which, assum-
ing a possession over us and under
pinning our stronger and better quail
ties, led us into ways that are dark
and wholesome-we are failures.
Yes, and what does a failure such
as ours, mean! Loss of name, loss OF
reputation, of character, and with
this a loss, if not entirely, then to
marked degree in the estimation in
which we have been held by our i'm
mediately family. There is a loss OF
friends, almost a loss of hope, for
life does, indeed, assume a somber
aspect to the man who has failed as
we nave, Wu6u lie SlfCo IAAhS w
Election on the why's and whereforeS
of it. Need we be further warned?
We have ample time or reflection, and
those who have cut their wisdom
teeth learn that having been burn
ed. it is best not to play with fire.
We all, no doubt, have had our ex-
periences with friends" of the fair
weather variety, who are friends
while the "long green is ample and
we are spending it as though it were
as easy to gather as trouble. These
so-called friends scatter to the four
winds just as soon as the first news
Of our failures reaches them. They
do not make our burdens lighter by
q word or more of encouragement.
They have MIXED us to the limit, and
as the limit has been reached, they
have flown, and we have but the mem
ory of them in the thought OF the
"easv marks" we proved to be.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
%THE ISLAND"
Where BIackweli's is, and What
There is On 1t.

Blackwell's Island, or The Island,
as it is popularity known in New York
city, is a long, narrow island, lying
east of the city, in a strait known
as East River which connects Long
Island Sound with New York Bay.
The Island is about one and one half
miles long extending from East INlgh-
ty-sixth street south to East Fifty
second street, and is reached by
steamboat from East Twenty
sixth street, East F'ifty-second street
and East Seventeen street.
On the south end of THE Island"
are the City Hospital and Penitenti-
airy. On the northern half are the
City Home, Workhouse and, at
the extreme northern end, the
Metropitan Hospital. The last named
institution is large general hospital,
including in special features in out
lying buildings, two large buildings
for male and female tuberculosis pa
tients, one for erysipelas and small
one for lepers. This, with other de-
partments, and facilities, would prop
erly give US a claim to the term
university Hospital
The old reputation of THE Island"
was such that it was universally alb
horred even by those whose habits
and mode of life compelled them to
spend much of their time in one OF
its institutions. In those days
Hundreds of the insane were
housed under conditions most
unsanitary and revolving, and it was
| frequently heard from friends of the
unfortunates that they would rather
follow them to their graves than see
them taken to "The Island" We have
been Informed that the methods IN
vogue in the treatment of the Grim
inals during these early years were
charity institutions conditions were
allowed to exist that gave to the name
of charity on "The Island sting.
Today conditions on BlackwelPs
Island are such that not even
trace of the cd regi4-o RES. The
grounes have been cultivated and are
so cared for that the green-carpeted
lawns, dotted with flower-beds, are
as beautiful as those of the rlch.
The buildings have been completely
reconstructed internally and moder-
nized. The patients are comfortably
clothed, receive abundance of nutrl-
tious food and are treated, as some
say, with as much consideration as
though they paid good prices for their
care.
A visit to "Blackwell's" will readily
convince any one that the island has
many of the advantages of a health
full summer resort. There are many
who find the island sufficiently COM
Portable to want to remain long after
their illness has been removed. In
many cases where patients have Deen
willing to remain content on the I'M
paid list long after the period OF con-
valescence, there has beeen recognlz-
ed the beginning of a condition or
pauperization. This we have most
carefully guarded against, realizing
that in an institution of this class II
is almost impossible to reclaim those
who have been drifting" yet belieV-
ing we can to some degree discourage,
by careful watching and promptly
discharging, the fostering of the
spirit of pauperism.
The year 1904 brought over 9,OOO
patients to the Metropolitan Hospital.
-Metropolitian Hospitals report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

You don't know why you woke up
so early, for it is still dark, and sleep
is precious to a farmers boy of H.
Then you suddenly remember that you
are going a hunting and you hustle
into your boots, homespun pants and
it has big pockets.
Down in the kitchen shed you find
the old muzzle-loading rifle, the box
of caps, the wad of woodchuck skin
patches, the handful of silvery bullets,
which you nodded last night over the
fire log with molds like a pair of
pinccrs, with corcobs in the handles.
The old dog rises, shivering, from
his place on the door mat, as you go
out, and is warned to stay at home.
Already the unseen sun is making
things gray and the swinging leaves
on the silver maple in sisters garden
show white undersides. In the milk
yard the cows get up and stretch.
Down in the pasture are layers of mist
that feel warm and moist against
your face. The edge of the woods is
a mere black line, as you go down the
long, narrow, crooked cowpath, cir
cling stumps about which the poke
berries, MULLEN and briars grow. leap
ing little moist hollows that are check
ed with marks of the cattle's feet, and
wondering If those hard wrinkles in
your ankles. Gosh! but they begin to
smart already!
AS you enter the woods the sun
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
The aaide.a.weey Horne

A home for sick, homeless and
abandoned animals has been opened
in New York city, where these crea-
lures can be in permanent homes.
Since October, 1908. when the home
was organized, 425 dogs have been
though in comfortable homes, even
though more than half Of these waite
were of the yellow dog variety.
There has been no dog 50 homely
or unattractive that somebody did not
want it, and there is waiting list
of homes open to these wanderers
who seem to respond in a wonderful
degree to cleanliness, care and good
food
Not only does this charity aim To
rescue abandoned and homeless AMI
mails, but it will take charge for a
reasonable sum of both dogs and cats
during the summer while their owl
ers are out OF town
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
Ct DON'T UNDERSTAND"

think so. You see, l met the man
so oddly-we each had our umbrellas
raised and on rounding a corner we
ran straight into each other. That is.
the umbrellas did. Mine was smash
eG, really smashed. He was 50 sorry. -
Il should think he would have
been" retorted the young man, warm
ly. Clumsy brute! But you said
luncheon"
oh" the girl explained, casually,
''of course. it was only natural, seeing
he had deprived me of my own UNI
brella, that he should offer me the
shelter of his-now wasn't it?"
y suppose So" admitted the young
man, doubtfully, But"
He was very gentlemanly. didn't
feel strange at all. He asked where
l was going and inquired if he couldn't
take me to some place for luncheon.
He was so nice about it that I said
yes"
The young man appeared to have
swallowed several ramrOls, so straight
N4tA AK 81 up AlS 81 " SLS1 LuE speech
why. Elizabeth" he cried, incoher
entity, gazing at her as she sat. the
picture of pleased reminiScence. "Eliz
abethr more bewilderly. Il don't un
derstand. 1t is so unlike you. Dc
you mean to say you went to luncheon
with a strange man whom you met by
accident on the street corner ana
thought it was all right?"
She regarded him anxiousiy. "Oi
course l never had been introduced
TO him." she admitted. But these
foolish conventions"
The young man got to his feet ant
came around 10 her side of the table
He looked very solemn. My deaI
girl" he began, II suppose it Is only
natural that any one as trusting an(
innocent as you are should not realiz,
what a risk a girl runs who does no
observe these same conventions. Yol
say he seemed a gentleman-why. tn,
worst villains on earth can appear tn
most charming of men If they choose
How could you tellf He was probabl.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
GOING HUNTING.
=o=~

comes up with a rush. Long lanes of
gold spring out between the tree
trunks. The broad oak leaves in the
hollows sparkle with moisture. The
moss on the north side of the white
beeches look like ink A chipmunk
whistles and scurries into his hole at
your feet. 4 red squirrel springs his
rattle furiously from nearby limb.
A crow pitches from the bare top of
dead elm, with a horrible Cav"
None Of these is your game to-day.
To-day you are hunter There's no
fresh meat in the house. 1t has been
Goldfish or salt pork pretty much all
summer. and to-day your gun is load
ed with necessity.
What's that? Something run down
that maple! Thump! thump! goes
your heart. Pshaw! 1t was only
falling leaf, but you step softly and
the humming of the bumble-bee, who
has been drunk all night on that thor
ouchwort over at your left, sounds
like the beating of bass drum. There!
Stand still! Don't move a muscle! A
small head of gray, with two alert
ears, two bright eyes and mouth full
of something, is peeping around the
trunk of that shag-bark hickory. It's
IN awful small mark! Stand ike
statue. Don't move an eyelash. Mos
quitoes, stirred up from the nettles il
the wet spots at your feet, alight on
your nose and ears. Don't stir! That's
a gray squirrel on that hickory. Down
he comes and perches confidently on
the base of the tree, with his fine
bushy tail curled gracefully over his
back. Crack! That's one.
There's a stream of shucks pouring
down from that beech over yonder.
Crack! That's two.
There are two more from the chest
nut trees In the fence corner, and an
other from q rail of the corn lot fence.
The four miles tramp and two hours
time pass for nothing. You string the
squirrels by passing withe through
Sill Ill luOlE lOWSI lipoy TIC liS SbAAh
conspicuously on your person, regard
less of blood and dirt, and walk back
to the house full of pride, triumph,
self-glory and most other vanities save
food. And Lord! how hungry you are!
You take your game to the chip pile.
You chop off head, feet and tail Of
each. You slit the hide on the back,
insert a finger at either side of the
slit, give a pull in opposite directions,
and there you have the skinning done.
While you are helping at the milk
ing mother mixes squirrel and dough
and gravy over the stove, and at a.
m. you sit down to a feast that the
gods might we'll fight for.
You haven't, like Emperor William
and other royalty, sat in a chair and
slain twenty deer that were driven
past you. But you have had what
they never had, and what is only pos
sible for a boy who can wonder at the
sun, see majesty in the great trees,
feel the comforting solitude of the
deep woods and have somewhat of
love for all that is In them.-Cincinnati
Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
On THE STREET.
Observation-Disclosures.

ODHE young man with the broad
shoulders and the air of having
at last reached the one spot on
earth where he was really happy set
tied himself in the weathered oak
rocker. WELL" he asked comfortably,
as one asks who has the right, what
have you been doing with yourself to-
day."
The girl on the opposite side of the
library table had one of those mouths
with tantG Izing dents at the corners
that eterna " threaten to become dim
piles. She also wore the innocent.
pleading look which has worked havoc
since time began. She fingered the
paper cutter and con ~idered.
II went down town." she admitted,
carefully.
"Indeedp' He was vastly amused, as
at a child. How exciting! What hap
pened?"
oh" said the girl, cheerfully, Il
had so many surprises. Finding that
the silk wasn't all gone was one-and
my luncheon was another. You can't
imagine" She hesitated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
His Happy Return.

1t was Old Home Week, and the re-
turned sons and grandsons had been
telling with more or less pride of the
changes time had wrought for them.
At last Edward jameson spoke:
Il went away from here twenty
years ago poor young man, with only
one solitary dollar in my pocket.
walked the four miles from my faith
cr's farm to the station. and there |
begged a ride TO Boston on a freight
car Last night l drove into town be-
hind spirited pair of horses. and my
purse-guess how much my purse
holds in money to-day, besides a large
check" and Mr.. Jameson looked about
him with a brilliant smile.
Fifty dollars.
Seventy -fivev'
"A hundredr' shouted the bows.
filed with admiration.
NO" said Mr.. Jackson, drawing a
large fiat purse from his pocket when
the clamor had subsidized, none of Won
have guessed right When l had paid
the twenty-five cents to Ozzy Boggs
for my refreshing drive in the coach
l had. besides my trunk check (Which
l retained for fnancinal reasonsl. ex-
actly four cents. l have come back.
my friends, to stay. Any little Jobs
OF saving and splitting will be CRATE
fully received"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

GRANNY" M'DONALD years ana ten, anu
is reduced to a mere shadow, all Of
her faculties, with the exception OF
sight, are as keen as those Of a per-
son half her age. She is now totally
blind
Her four grandsons, ranging from
60 to 40 years in age, come TO see her
regularly, and until his death oc-
Cured. about a month and half ago,
her son-in-law. who was past 80, came
to see her whenever he could
Granny" was born in Frogtown,
near Valley Forge, Nov. IA, III. and
when years old went to live with a
family named Howell, growing up in
their service. She has outlived all of
them and their sons and grandsons.
She remembers distinctly incidents
connected with the Continental army's
terrible winter at Valley Forge, and
the correctness of her statements was
proved recently by one Of the Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution. who investi-
gated them.
she Il deeply religious. and Of such
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
MY ANGEL.

0 little child, that once was I,
And still in part must be,
When other children pass me by,
Again thy face / see.
Where art thou? Can the Innocence
That here no more remains,
Forget, tho early banished hence,
What memory retains?
Alas! and couldst thou look upon
The features that were thine,
To see of tender graces none
Abiding now in mine,
Thy heart, compassionate, would plead
And haply, not in vain,
AS Angel Guardian, home to lead
The wanderer again.
-Harper's Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

a sunny, gentle disposition that she is
the favorite of the home For hours
at a time she will Groom old hymns,
and when asked which is her favorite.
says:
1T don't make no difference, so long
as it's all from the Lord"
After each meal she smokes her
pipe, and has done so nearly all Of
her life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

ITCHY of her claim
that she was born
at Valley Forge in
III has been es-
tablished by the
Philadelphia pa
pers. Granny"
Mcdonald is a ne
gre S s. Although
she has lived near
ly twice the allOt-
ted tire e score
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
cave Himself AWAY.

Detective Captain-How did yon
manage to spot the thief through his
wOman's disguise?
Detective saw him sit down and
noticed that be gave his skirt a hitch
with both hands, as if to keep it from
bagging at the knees. Then l grabbed
Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
An Excited Conversation.

First Bystander-Horrors! Those
Two are trying to scratch each others
eyes out.
Second Bystander-No, they are no1.
It's a deaf and dumb man and his
wife quarreling.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

81 hate to be ordered around" said
an Atchison man today. That's moth
ing; so does everyone.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

A man who was formerly ''ropu-
lar politician" says he will quit the
game; that people impose on him so
much he can't stand it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
Purifying a soured sponge.

BY rubbing fresh lemon thorough
ly into a soured sponge and rinsing il
several times, it will become as swee,
as new one.-Washington Post
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

There were 1900 guests at mar
rage feast at Sevignac, near Morlaix,
Brittany, and 300 servants waited on
them in an open field.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
Cau.es Many Punctures.

First Chauffeur-There's one thing I
hate to run over, and that's baby.
Second Chauffeur-So do I; them
nursing bottles raise Cain with tiresi
Puck.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

Answer to correspondent: II your
house has only six rooms. we feel you
would be stretching it TO call your
afternoon party q function"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

Hope is the bridge over the stream
of disappointment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

During the month of September
only one American was naturalized in
Great Britain.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

Are you willing to admit that there
are others in your line of business
just as smart as you arel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

Luncheon" repeated the young
man. Some of the girls, 1 suppose?"
She shook her head. "Oh. dear, no.
1t was very funny--I know you'll
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

amused at his Irritation, as it seemed
to him"
Really, I don't think So" cried the
girl. Truly, Tom, he seemed an aw
fully nice man and we had the love
Hest lunch-broiled lobster that 1 love
and"
Elizabeth" the young man said
almost sternly, ''you are such a child
want you to promise me for my OWL
peace of mind that you'll never dc
such a thing again. l can't rest easy
till you do 1"
And after luncheon" the girl broke
in desperately, as though to get the
worst over, he insisted on taking me
to a store and letting me pick out 6
new umbrella. 1t is ever so much
He"
The young man got down heavily
and regarded her in amazed silence
You and he seem to have got on fam
ously," he remarked, bitterly.
I'm sorry you don't approve" said
the girl, meekly.
How could you expect me to ap
prove of such remarkable actions p
he asked, with more bitterness.
II don't see that 1 did anything SO
very dreadful" she protested, muffin
ously. Il just went to lunch with him
and let him replace the umbrella he
ruined. What is there to object to
thatY"
The young man threw up his hands
in expressed despair and glowered into
the fireplace savagely. What did he
look like?" he burst out. II want to
know him If l ever run across him.
I'd like to tell him what 1 think of
him."
The girl donned her most superla.
lively appealing look. "Oh, Tom," she
insisted, Il thought you liked him
You see the man l ran into turning the
corner was-was just fatherr'
Chocolates are the kind you like
best, aren't they?" the young man
asked after he had got his breath
back,-Chicago News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

Some people can't hurry without
making mistakes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

A mink can. when put to 1t, climb
a tree.
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REMEMBERS VALLEY FORGE"
Granny Mcdonald Claims She Saw
the Continental Army.

The oldest woman In the United
States celebrated her bath birthday
at Philadelphia recently. The anthem
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

manifesto of liberty gave other things the power of
meetings and free speech the police still breaking
up all meetings arresng the participants and attempting
to terroze the people into obedience of orders The pic
ture shows the police surprising of the
smaller committee meetings IN the metropolis In all prob
ability informant member of the committee
the police spies every turn and in every gathering
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

st Petersburg is just vast hobed of plot and
intrigue Every craft and occupation and every social cir
Gle has its secret committee and these committees in turn
represented in larger committees these again
represented in the great Union Of Unions organization
that practically Russia that feared
by Count Wtte and the Gear. Although the Cars
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-02-09
THREE MEN KILLED
OTHERS ARE HURT.
Tender of a Logging Train
Jumps Track.
HURLED TO AN INSTANT DEATH
Employees of Logging Road Were Rid
Ing on Engine When 1t Jumped the
Track - Three Men Were Killed
Instantly.

Brewtor, Ala, Feb. S.-A disas rous
wreck h As occurred on the logging road
of the Florida and Alabama Land Co.,
between Wing and Fa!co junction, in
Covicgton county. A section crew,
Shelby Hartley, Walter CLARK and Thos
Dauphin, all white, were killed outs
right. Their homes were in Walton
county, Florida. Warren Haskell, fire.
man, had one leg cut Oft and the other
was slightly injured. The men were
riding on the engine, when the tender
jumped the track and struck tree, de.
molishing the locomotive.