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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

Lady st. Heller since the death of
her husband, Sir Francis Jeune, the IA
nous divorce judge, has led a retired
life. Once one of the greatest of so
ciety leaders, she now spends her time
in charitable and philanthropic work.
Mrs. Caroline NJ. Severance, organ
izer of the first woman's club in the
United States, lives in Los Angeles.
CAL, at the age of So. In 1860 she or
ganized the New England club of Bos-
ton, and was president for three years.
Mrs. Gertrude Massey, the painter
of miniatures, has received twelve
commissions from the king and queen
of England, and not long ago painted
a picture of the queens Japanese span
lei, Marvel.
Mrs. John Cade, of Leavenworth
County, Kansas, owns a fine peach or
chard. Last spring her neighbors
sprayed their trees, while Mrs. Cade
prayed. Cody people in the neighbor-
hood are encouraged by the fact that
Mrs. Cade gathered fine crop, while
her neighbors' were almost complete
failures.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

as they slipped along the rod. The
sound was loud enough to startle the
woman whom Mr.. LansdelI was watch
ing so intently. She looked up and rec
ognized him. He saw a white change fit
across her face; he saw her slight mus
lin garments futtered by a faint SILVER;
and then in the next moment she was
looking demurely downward at the book
on her lap, something as she had looked
on that morning when he first met her
under Thurston's oak.
All through the service Roland Lans-
dell sat watching her. He made no pre-
tense of joining in the devotions of the
congregation; but he disturbed no one.
He only sat, grim and somber-looking.
staring down at that one pale face in
the pew near the pulpit. A thousand
warning thoughts and emotions surged
in his breast.
Finally the service came to a close.
Little by little the congregation melted
out of the aisle The charity boys from
the neighborhood of the organ loft came
dumping down the stairs. Still Mr..
Lansdell stood watching and waiting the
doctors wife in the pew below. Still
Isabel Gilbert kept her place, rigid and
infexible, until the church was quite
empty.
Then Mr.. Lansdell looked at her-only
one LOOKOUT with world of emotion
concentrated in its dark fury. He looked
at her, slowly folding his arms and
drawing himself to his full height. He
shrugged his shoulders with one brief,
contemptuous movement, as if he flung
some burden off him by the gesture, and
then turned and left the pew. Mrs. Gil
bert heard his firm tread upon the stairs,
and she rose from her seat il time to see
him pass out of the porch.
Cro be contiEued)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

In the millinery world the ostrich
plume is the thing above all others
which makes for grace and beauty and
charm, and its lavish use this winter
bids fair to bankrupt the feminine
world at large. 1t is the exception
when it does not appear somewhere on
the smart, dressy hat and for evening
and reception wear, as protection for
miladis neck, in colors and shadings to
match those on the chapeau.
With a charming toque this idea was
carried out most effectively in the get
up of a recent visitor at a fashionable
New York cafe. The hat was a small
tricorne of chiffon velvet in a peculiar
shade of scarlet. Grazing the right
side where the brim turned over al
most in cavalier style were fourplumes
of the same shade as the hat, caught
by a large rhinestone buckle Lying
fat around the neck, a short cravat
built from tips of the scarlet feathers
was fastened at one side by tiny
rhinestone buckle. The Irish blue eyes
and deep brown 6air of the beauty
whom this hat and scarf adorned
seemed to belong to a land outside of
common earth, so wondrously did they
stand out from this brilliant frame
Neck laces in the more delicate
shades of plumes as well as those dyed
in deep royal colorings also accom-
pany feather-trimmed hats, and if flow
ers are employed on the latter they
also fasten the tiny cravat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
WHAT OUR NAVY COSTS.
Expense of Building New Boats and
Keenin1 I'm OLD Ones


The announcement that the Navy De
partment wants Congress to build three
new battleships next year attracts atten-
ton to the enormous cost of the new
navy that is being built. In the past
year this country expended over $780,
100000 on the new ships that are now
being built. The average battleship
costs from $6,000000 to $S,000,O00.
Enormous as is this first cost, it is prac-
tically only the beginning.
The report of the paymaster general
Of the navy just issued gives some start
ling data as to what it costs to keep up
our navy. The battleship Kearsarge cost
the government for the last twelve
months she has been in commission over
half million dollars. The Maine is
even more expensive, for she cost more
than S544,000; the Missouri cost over
$530,000; the Wisconsin seems to be the
most expensive of them all, for she cost
over $591, 900. These figures include all
the expenses of the ship, the salaries Of
the officers, pay Of the crew and of the
marines, the rations and all other expen-
ditures.
The battleships are, Of course, the
most expensive fighting machines in the
navy The cruisers are not quite so ex-
pensivc. The Baltimore, for instance,
in the last twelve months cost little
over $3.50 But the Brooklyn is al
most expensive enough to rank in the
battleship class, for she cost over $47S,-
600 last year--a trife more than the
Oregon, which cost a little over S475,-
600.
The three boats which are kept at the
disposal of the President-the Dolphin,
the Mayfower and the Sylph-also cost
a pretty penny. The Dolphin last year
cost over Sill. 900, the Mayfower for
the four months she was in commission
cost over $4,000. while the Sylph, which
is the pleasure boat which is used most
frequently by Mrs. Roosevelt, cost 800
600 for the year.
Not even the torpedo boats are cheap.
for they range from $50, ZOO to $4,000 a
year. Even the Golfers are expensive,
one of them, the Abarenda, costing last
year about $780, 900. The total sum ex-
pended last year by the government for
maintaining ships afoat was S19.931,-
933.37. In addition the nine receiving
ships cost the government about 49,
100000
1t is evident, therefore. that not only
is our navy a costly article to build in
the first place, but that it is very expen-
sve to keep the ships in commission af-
ter they are built In addition to all
these expenses. it cost s., 967671. 93 for
repairs to the ships and equipage at
home and abroad. The American navy
comes high.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
what a Woman Likes.

A woman likes to be truly loved, and
to be told so.
When well and becomingly dressed,
quiet notice of it is always appre-
ciated
She likes some noble, honorable man
to be thoughtful of her, kind and con-
siderate of her welfare.
She likes to be made to realize that
she is good for something besides
mere household drudge.
She likes to be petted occasionally,
but not in public The little private
pet names are very dear to a woman's
heart.
A word of praise for a nice dinner or
supper often more than compensates
her for the worry and work of prepa-
ration.
She wants her husband not to be her
supporter, but her companion, remem-
bering that it is the kind word that
often brings far greater happiness than
a new set of dishes, though presents
like the latter are always welcome.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Brief News Items.

Three thousand dollars has been sub
scribed in Toronto and Montreal for the
Queen Alexandra fund for the unenl-
ployed of London.
The total value of merchandise ex-
ported from the United States to China
in the last ten months was $50. 104, 7G7,
against $20,557, 1874 for the same period
of 1904, according to report issued by
the Department of Commerce.
First Lieut.. Donald c. McCIelland,
Tenth infantry ; under arrest at Fort
Wright. Wash, charged with short
age Of $500.
1t is said that evidence has been dis
covered that Cashier Adams defalca-
tons from the United States assay office
at Seattle extend back as far as 1903.
David B. Parsons Of Minneapolis,
cousin of Consul General Parsons. was
assassinated by Indians several days ago
at Metlaloycua, State Of Puebla, Mexico.
Mrs. William Brady was found dead
and Wayman Beecham partly asphyx-
lated by charcoal fumes at Riverton, n.
J. \ kehie containing burning charcoal
was found il the room.
Upon a satisfactory showing to the
Secretary Of the Treasury at Washing
ton that the recent big fire in the Over
holt distillery at Broadford, Pa, was
purely accidental and that the spirits
were destroyed without fraud there may
be an abatement in whole or in part of
the internal revenue tax due OF them,
aggregating between 100000 and $780,
00O
Rubber planters in the State of Vera
Cruz, Mexico, complain of insects thar
attack rubber trees and are studying
means for the determination Of the pert
The battleship Virginia in her four
hour endurance test off roston made en-
average speed of 1901 knots an hour.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
BEING n Wnmnn

The literature of the sa-called won
an question" seems to have no end.
No sooner does one phase Of The prob
lem get itself fairly settled than an
other insists upon a hearing. Just
now an eX-President of the United
States, having written an article for
woman's paper on womans work
and position, the public prints ring
with arguments for and against his
argument Meantime there arises a
clamor about the clamor Men anu
women begin to De alarmed lest WON
en- shall become so absorbed in the
cries about themselves that they will
cease to be themselves.
But the excellent retort of the chair
manufacturer to his skeptical and in
curing niece still conveys a great
truth in many departments of life.
When the young woman was going
through his factory one day, she ex-
claimed. why, uncle, what can you
ever do with all these chairs?' Don't
you fret, Maria; settin' down amt
goin' out O. fashion,
Just so, being a woman-a mere
woman-daughter, sweetheart, wife,
mother-is not going out of fashion.
There are a few women who fancy
they prefer some other career, and
few others who see large the disad-
vantages and disabilities of women,
and protest against them.
But from Eve to Queen Victoria,
and from Ruth to Mrs. Roosevelt,
there has been no new woman" The
generations have talked about her;
they have educated her more or less;
they have dressed her in togas or Ia
corsets or in Turkish trousers CT in
long trains or in golf skirts; they have
given her property rights and votes. or
have denied them to her. But she has
gone Onslaught on-that is, the
millions of her who really make a fig
ure in the census of the world, sew
ing and cooking and nursing and low
ing and mourning and rejoicing
as she did in the morning of the world
and she will continue to do So
Youths Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
nl.cHcock MAKES REPORT.
Secretary of the Interior Sums Up
Land Fraad Prosecutions.

The annual report of Secretary of the
Interior Hitchcock takes up a volume Of
nearly 300 closely printed pages. 1t
gives in detail results of the work of the
4.0S2 persons employed in the depart
m'snt. In connection with the land ser
vice, to which much space is devoted,
the report says:
The prosecution of the ring of con-
spirators on the Pacific coast has been
vigorously pushed, number have been
convicted, and mary more indicted and
apprehended and brought before the
court for trial. Other Investigations of
alleged violations of the public land laws
in that section and elsewhere are being
rapidly and theoretically prosecuted,
several old and persistent offenders have
been indicted, and their trials will oc-
cur IN the near future. Other cases will
soon be in shape for presentation to the
federal grand juries having jurisdiction
of the offenses alleged, and it is believed
that the offenders will be speedily
brought to justice. One of the most con-
spicuous facts that have been developed
by the so-called land fraud investiga-
tons is that the timber and stone act,
the desert land act, and the communal
ton clause of the homestead law are
the convenient handmaidens of crime;
that they have afforded the most effec-
tive means for the conspirators with
whom we have had to deal to fraudulent-
ly transfer the title of the public do
main from the government to themselves,
and unless they are repealed or mate
rally modified or amended, substantially
as heretofore repeatedly recommended in
my annual reports and by the public
lands commission, they will continue to
constitute the most dangerous menace to
the integrity of the public domain.
Attention is also called to the fact
that among those indicted for various
offerses against the public land laws are
the names of persons who were employees
of the government, some in high places,
others in places not so exalted.
There were disposed of during the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1905" the re-
port says, public lands aggregating IT,,
056,622.27 acres. The total cash receipts
during the fiscal year from various
sources, including disposal of public
land, amounted to Sc. 1876, $3.50, and In
dian land, $791 ,S07.67; from depreda-
tons on public lands, 22,S4450; from
sales of timber on forest reserves, $32,-
401 .4S; from sales of government prop
erty, $10267.74, and for furnishing
copies of records and plats, $24, 102; ag-
gregate, $7,017 ,S11.3S, a decrease of ST.
265,53O.60 from the preceding fiscal year.
There were 301 cases of depreda-
tons upon public timbered lands report
ed during the year, involving timber to
the value of 1888, 7S3O4, a decrease of
$153, 1929 from last year. In forty
cases recommendation was made for civil
suit to recover damages. On July 1,
1905, there were pending in the United
States court sixty-six civil suits for the
recovery of a total amount of $500
S03.56, the value of timber alleged to
have been taken unlawfully from public
lands, and eighty-seven criminal prose
cutions for cutting or removing timber
in violation of law"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
The Doctor wife
BY MISS M. (. BRADDoN
sS$SS SSSS

CHAPTER XVIII.-(Continued.)
Il told George every-almost every
time l met Mr.. Lansdell," she excIaim-
ed; land George knows that he lends
me books; and he likes me to have books
nice, Instructive" said Mrs. Gilbert
sitting her sobs as best she might; "and
n-never thought that anybody could
be so wicked as to fancy there was any
harm in my meeting him. l don't sup
pose any one ever said anything to Bea-
trice Portinari, though she was married
and Dante loved her very dearly; and |
only want to see him now and then, and
10 near him talk; and he has been very,
very kind to me-
hlnd to you" cried Gwendoline,
scornfully. do you know the value of
such Kindness as his? Did you ever
near OF any good coming of it? Are you
DesottId enough to think that his new
lahcy Tor you is anything more than
the caprice of an idle man of the world? p
You do not know him. All, if you
could only know how good he is, how
noDIe, how generous! | know that he
would never try to injure me by so much
as word or a thought. Why should
are so beautiful and so distant from us?
An, you do not understand such love as
nine" added Isabel, looking at the gem
erals daughter with an air of superb
orlty that was superb in its simplicity.
only understand that you are very
toollsh person." Gwendoline answered
coldly; "and l have been extremely fool
ish to trouble myself about you. L con-
sldered it my duty to do what l have
done, and | wash my hands hencefor-
ward of you and your affairs. Pray go
your own way, and do not fear any
further interference from me-"
She hurled the cruel word at the doc
tors wife, and departed with a sound
OF silken rustling in a narrow passage.
Isabel heard the carriage drive away,
and then flung herself down upon her
knees, to sob and lament her cruel des-
tiny. Those last words had stung her to
the very heart, took all the poetry out
of her life, brought before her, in its
fullest significance, the sense of her po-
sition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Liverpool of Siberia.

Vladivostok is on the Amur Gulf,
and on the coast of the Japan Sea.
1t has population of nearly fifty thou
Sand-one-half Russian, the rest Chi
nese Koreans, Japanese, Americans
and Europeans. Its harbor is CAPT.
cious, and previous to the Russo-Jap-
anese war it did an extensive trade
with Russia, British Isles, japan,
China, United States and Germany,
ct cetera, exporting minerals of Sibe-
ria and importing manufactured goods.
Connected by the Trans-Siberian Rail-
way with Irkutsk and in the south
with Port Arthur with good CONNER
cial laws it will in future be the Liver
poor of Far Eastern Siberia. The
town itself, built on hilly slopes, is pic
turesque, but is constructed without
any regard to the rules of architec-
ture. The most prominent objects OF
interest are it's formidable fortifica-
lions and barracks. Almost in the CEN
ter of the city is the white cathedral
surrounded by warehouses. Merchant
vessels sailing from Gensan, Korea, the
nearest port TO Vladivostok, pass
through the Golden Horn, so named
from its similarity to the harbor of
Constantinople. The word "Vladiv0s-
tok" is derived from the Russian Zol-
stoy Rog. meaning Golden Horn; but
the English named it Part May when
it was first visited by them in 1856.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
women as station Agents.

A Western railway is making some
radical changes in the personnel of its
employees, and it is now predicted that
all the smaller stations on it's line
eventually will be in charge of women
for it is the introduction Of women
station agents which constitutes the
novelty. The innovation was first in
troduced a year ago, the experiment
starting with one woman, who turned
out q most valuable assistant. Not
only were her monthly accounts models
of neatness and accuracy, bat she had
been in the office but a short time be-
fore she began to offer valuable sug-
gestions as to how to make the road
popular with the people along the line.
The full measure of her capability was
not discovered, however, until the Of
fcials made a tour Of inspection, when
the Woman's station was found to be
the best kept one on the road Inquiry
revealed that since she had taken the
station it had ceased 20 be a lounging
place. there was no rowdyism, and the
floors and benches were now clean.
This exceptionally good record encour-
aged the road to- experiment further,
and it is interesting that the other
women appointed have also given a
good account of themselves The wo-
man station agent is found to display
more tact in handling people than men
agents, and there have been fewer COM
plants in consequence.-Vogu
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
DOn,t Mention Names.

To mention names in public convey
ances, when talking with a compan-
ion, of persons who are absent, is an
ill-advised as well as an ill-bred pro-
ceeding. The passenger opposite you
in the railway may happen to be the
first cousin, or the intimate friend, or
the nearest neighbor. of the one about
whom you are chatting, whose foibles
you are ridiculing or whose faults you
are holding up to criticism. You would
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

of the matter ii she could know his
real ,,inion-if she could hear his
account of the incident as he tells it
to the ''otber fellows"
There is 10 such thing as a charm
less" Irritation. No person may put
his finger in the fire without getting
the mark. No girl can indulge in a
Irritation without being considered
cheap" and shallow" The fact that
the other girls do the same thing is
no excuse.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

This costume is of cream mohair
the simple, full skirt is plated and
stitched a few inches below the waist
and the hem trimmed with ecru silk
passementerie. The corsage is draped
across over fitted lining, with smart
ly banded girdle of Gobelin blue panne
velvet, embroidered medallions of
which appear on the vest and yoke of
cream-silk muslin, done in shaded blue
embroidery. Tie long leg-o'mutton
sleeves are pushed up above the elbow
and finished with muslin frills. A Golf
fure net protects the hair from the
wind, and the boa of ostrich and a
marabout is worn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
EgrsheIIs for CLEANING.

Eggshells should be saved and used
for cleaning bottles and cruets. Store
them in box, and when you want to
use them crush the shells very finely.
partly fill the bottles with them, pour
hot soapsuds over them, and then
shake the bottles we'll Rinse them out
in clean water, and they will be bright
and cean.-Home Notes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Wash the Hair often.

As rule women do not wash their
hair enough. Shampoo the hair at
least every two weeks. After each
shampoo rub The scalp thoroughly
with pure white vaseline. using the
tips of the fingers to apply it. Do
not use enough vaseline to make the
hair oily.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
s3s.OOO.OOO for Cbaritv.

More than $2S,OO0,OOO was spent in
the United States for hospitals last year
and $10,000,000 for orphan asylums.
New York leads all other cities in her
charities. The number of cases trea ted
at the dispensaries in New York City
alone averaged 10,S4S.5 per 100000 in
habitants. which was about ten times
the number treated per 100000 inhabit-
ants in the remaining portion of the
United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
AS GOOD AS DESERVED.
Legislatures Reflect Vices as Wen as
Virtues.

Senator armstrong, chairman of the
legislative committee which is investi-
eating insurance in New York State,
said in an address before the New York
Alumni Association of the university
Il frequently hear it declared that the
Legislature is an unfit body, but after
many years in it l feel qualified to say
that it is truly representative. The
members absolutely represent the dis
tricts which send them to Albany. The
Legislature reflects perfectly the vices
as well as the virtues of the constitu-
ents. You will always have the Legis-
lature you deserve. You will never have
a Legislature better than you yourselves
arc
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
why Marriage Is a Fnilure.


Married life is dull because there are
too many home truths in it and not
enough compliments. No human be-
ings ever have the slightest concep-
ton of how many faults they possess
until after they are married and are
privileged to have their shortcomings
pointed out to them by husband or
wife This is the greatest disappoint-
ment of matrimony and the thing that
does more than all else to take the salt
and SAVIOR out of our married life The
many little tactics by which men and
women attract each other are given NJ
the minute they are married. No man
and no woman would dream for a min
ute of saying the brutal things to stran-
gers that they say to their own wife
or husband-and yet they wonder that
they do not find each others society
agreeable
The man who is sure of finding fas
cinated listener in his wife is the man
who never stirs from his own freside
of an evening, or who shares his pleas
ures with his wife. Nor is the wife
whose husband tells her that she is
getting younger and prettier every day
ever one who will some day forget to
love him. Married life is frequently
dull because it has nothing in it but
criticism, and none of us take any
real heart in hearing of our faults.
The truth is that both husband and
wife are hungering for fattery that
they haven't sense enough to give to
each other. Matrimony is no place for
candor. 1t is an opportunity for dipio-
macy and flattery to do their great and
perfect work, and if men or women ex-
pect to make married life interesting
for the partners of their bosoms they
must learn how to praise instead of
blame.