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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07

twenty-five years ago City Assessor
F. l. Moore of Lansing traded off an
old watch for an Indifferent looking i'd
die. but in spite of its i'll looks Moore
managed to scrape considerable conso-
lation out of it. Having sawed it 8
quarter of a century-it being thus
"quarter-sawed'- venerable fiddle
was in need of repairs. in the making
of which Moore discovered with star
ing eyes, while great veins stood out on
his moist forehead, that the instrument
was a Steiner. manufactured in Ger
many in 1867. BY the Inscription.
which was stamped on the inner side,
giving origin aud date the Lansing as
SCISSOR finds himself possessed of
piece of property worth probably ST.
600. and we trust he will place it on
the tax roll at that figure. Detroit
Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
Mothers in tl,x Schoolroom.

ut always does sne good to have
yeu make a visit 10 the school, AIRS.
Joanson,' said TIE teacher of Mrs.
Jchnson's two daa ghters. That, 1 am
sorry to say, is mot generally true of
mothers"
Undoubtedly the 'schoolnsa am in
question expressed the opinion held by
most teachers in regard 10 most par
ents. The another or father who
comes to the school comes usually to
complain that Mary hSs too much
home study, or that John IS mot taught
good manners, or 10 deAand-not to
reluest-tGat GwendoIsn shall be ex-
cused from composition, eor that Jane
shall leave school an hssur early for her
music lesson. In these ways. and in a
score OF Others, the mothers wishes
run counter to the expert opinion OF
the teacher, and increase needlessfy
the difficulty of education.
So annoying is this friction that it
comes to take toe largesa place in the
teachers mind For one mother who
comes to the school and makes trouble
there are ten who do their best to
further the plans of the skilled edu-
Gator. The households III which the
needs of the children are ignored for
the pleasure % their elders are not
nearly SO many as those in which care
full consideration is given to the hab-
its and the occupations of the boys
and girls.
Perhaps the thoughtful and unseif-
fish mother stays a little too much in
the background o.far as the school is
concerned. 1t would be well for her
TO express satisfaction with her chill
dren's education otherwise than by ST
lence and absence.
Upon the teachefls ears, SO used TO
the voice of peevish complaint and UNI
reasonable request, there would often
fall with cheer the hopeful word.
'Mary is making such progress in her
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07

he attitude of the foreign press, and es-
pecially the unfriendliness manifested for
he bureaucracy by the American news
papers. calling attention 90 the fact that
Russia WAS the friend of the United
States when it needed friends
The statement made by the grand duke
to the interviewer may oe thus summar
zed:
\ constitution would mean the end of
Russia, as the State would be gone, an
archy wonld supervene. and when it end
ed the empire would be disintegrated.
Russia is not ripe for constitution.
But the people VIII be given voice
in the government. OF that | am GER
tain. They will he given the means of
presenting their needs and grievances
direct TO the sovereign
Why does America miSinterpret and
think i'll of US? We have always been
friends-friendS of a century, friends
when America needed friends. Why has
all this changed? What has Russia done
TO deserve it,
Why should the foreign press, espe-
cially that of Great Britain, not hesitate
before any calumny: ] have stood aghast
ut the frightful stories they have print
ed. 1t is Infamous
Gorky viii not be hanged. Talk OF
the government hanging him is nonsense
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
FASHION NOTES.
-:
Oo-~0-~@-os~-o-~So-o
Wooden satin is a novelty.


Woolen satin is a novelty.
Smooth cloths are smartest.
Muffs display two kinds of fur com
bined
All the fur coats crave little cragats
of ermine
Crepe weaves will be smart for
dress wear.
Wear a plain silk blouse with your
plaid skirts.
There is decided tendency toward
plain skirts.
A cloth made Of rabbits wool is new
in millinery.
Bright eolors rum riot in the silk
petticoat corner.
Mink is accounted comforting sub
stitute for sable
Brown is undoubtedly the fashion
able color of the winter.
Moderate sized lego mutton sleeves
are seen in many costumes.
The finest of embroidery supplants
lace on the new underwear.
Most OF the taffeta frocks seem de-
termined TO be copper-brow1i.
Even the pert little plume that
stands erect runs into several colors.
There are possibilities of a dainty
evening wrap in an cid white lace
shawl
One can have a dozen different kinds
of hand bags without possessing too
many.
1t is generally accepted that walk
ing suit should have a plain coat
sleeve.
Silk waists of alI-over work IL
hroderie Anglaise pattern ara very
handsome.
ErOck-coat suits are undoubtedly the
most general choice. These are made
OF the various cloths, the coat being
long and the skirt short.
Those very elaborate muffs of lace,
flowers and velvet to match the cos-
tune are again carried this year, but
only with Guessy toilets.
A fine embroidery band, edged ON
both sides with narrow lace, comes by
the yard, and Of it you can make the
daintiest collar and cuff sets.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07

to any one, except that he had killed q
Few Frenchmen, perhaps, as all English
men used to be forced to do.
Whoever has played this trick with
me-" said the Squire. as ) soon as he
recovered himself, lis, to say the least
of it, blackgaurd. Even for Christ
mas joke, it is carrying things a great
deal too far. | have played, and been
played many practical jokes, when there
was nothing else to do. But this is be-
yond-Thomas. run and fetch Cripps. I
will get to the bottom of this, 1 am re-
solved"
In minute or two Master Cripps
came in. His face was little flushed,
from the power of the compliments paid
to Mary, but his eyes were quite firm.
Servant, sir,' he said, touching his
forelock, nearly of the color of clover
hay; ~all correct. 1 hope. Squire, safe
and sound and in good condition. That's
how | deliver all goods"
Tell me the meaning Of this" As he
spoke Mr.. Oglander held up the bright
wreath of hair and poiuted to the red
stains on the sack. Cripps. as behooved
slow minded man, stared at the hair,
and the bag, and the Squire, the roof
OF the brewery, and all the tubs, ana
then began feeling in his hat for orders.
Grips, are you dHmb; are you tipsy,
or what? Or are yog too much ashamed
of yomselfT"
Il amt done naught for TO be ashamed
of-me, nor my father avoore me-"
Then will you tell me what this
means? Are you g,ing to keep me I'LL
night?"
Squire, | never. / never seed 'un.
know no more than "a sto-un- Z know no
more than the dead, do"
Where ald you get the bag2 Was
it like thiss Who gave it to you? Have
you let it cut of sight? Did you see
| anybody come near it,"
Squire. I can't tell'e such many
things. They heft up the barg to me
at the Black Horse where the bargs is
| always left for you. / took no heed
| o. 'un, out of common. And no one have
| a ,titched him since. but me-"
CTo be continuedl
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
{:s:AlSS:;:f( 5 @s
The News Y

Stoessel concluded to choose new
place for bis tomb.
The Attorney General proposes to
grind the Paper Trust to pulp.
A cold wave is a good thing in its
place. but the Arctic circle is its place.
A third Russian fleet is to start. OF
begin to prepare to start Admiral Togo
will endeavor to attend personally to its
finish.
Congress, at any rate. is about to be
led gently up TO the tariff revision
trough
Suffering reader. if You don't know
what is the matter. you probably have
the grip.
If President Castro liked the big stick
he found in his Christmas stocking he is
keeping quiet about it.
Exercise little sympathy for DIR.
Chadwick How would You like to have
such wife as Mrs. Chadwick;
Attorney General Moody will make no
mistake in classifying the paper monop-
oily as a large chip off the old trust block.
The boil weeYil would probably like 10
know why cotton planters do not let him
dispose Of the surplus instead Of burn
ing it.
4 tornado sneaked into Mexico and
did considerable damage the other day
President Diaz must not allow this TO
happen again.
Perfumed gasoline for automobiles is
the latest innovation in Paris. The world
will wait with bated breath to learn how
it works.
The whipping post as a punishment for
wife heaters has one advantage over the
imposition Of fle. The injured wife
can't step forward and take the penalty
upon herself
The time seems to have arrived for
Uncle Sam TO show Venezuela the differ
ence between the Monroe doctrine and
the Castro doctrine
At this distalsce il looks as if the best
thing for Mr.. Duke to do would be to
put his recent matrimonial troubles in his
pipe and say nothing.
The Irish variety Of landslide Is thick
or. niuddier and slower than the ordinary
kind. but it effects fully as much - a
change in the landscape
In view Of the report that a live Jap
anese gunb0at is loose IN the Indian
ocean tie Baltic feet should be promptly
recalled lest it get case Of the rattIes
and shoot itself to pieces.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
CHAPTER IT

VI all slow people in this slow place
am quite certain that there is none
70 slow as Cripps, the carrier"
This hot spache," as the patient Fac
ehary would perhaps have called II, pass
81 3 tne lips of no less person than old
eqlIre Oglander. He, on the Goth day
VI December (the day after that we be-
fan with, was hurrying up and down the
Nng, straight walk of his kitchen garden,
ana running every now and then to
post or vantage, from which he could
look over the top of his beloved holly
aeuge, and make out some of TIE Zig-bags
VI the narrow lane from Beckiey. A bit
Ter black frost had now set in, and the
oquire knew that if he wanted anything
more fetched out of his ground, or any
.hlng new put into it. it might be weeks
Delore Ire got another chance of doing x.
sc ire made good hustle, and stamped,
ana ran, and did all he could to arouse
ms men. who knew him too we'll to con-
cern themselves about any of his men
eces.
tell You we are all caught mapping,
Anonhas. tell you we ought to be
ashamed of ourselves. The frost is an
men III the ground already. Artichokes,
carrots, parsnips, beet-root even horse
Fadlsh for our Christmas beef-and upon
ny soul, a row of potatoes never even
uug yet! Unless l am after you at every
rorner--well, | am blessed if L don't see
our keeping OIL ;onsI'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
DANIEL IN THE WRONG DEN.
Way'farer Got Into Bear Pit in a Zoo,
Looking for a Sleeping Place.

Way-farer Got Into Bear Pit in Zoo,
Looking for Sleeping Place.
Long after the laughing hyenas at
the zoo had giggled themselves TO sleep
Saturday night and the gray monkey
had given over cussing the little brown
monkeys who We're taking liberties
with his tail. a wayfarer alighted from
a train on the Pennsylvania railroad,
says Philadelphia correspondent of
the Cleveland Leader, dug the cinders
from his eyes and got his bearings.
A few heayes and a kick or two put
him over the fence surrounding the
zoo.
This was the end of the first act.
Not quite fifteen minutes later Keep
ers Lover, Bowers and McCrossen
heard o racket in the bear pit 1t con-
sisted Of deep, bass browls and shriil
appeals for help. Running out, the
keepers deserted in the dim light man
cIinging to the top of the pole in the
pit He was calling for help.
When the keepers drew nearer the
man balanced himself on the very tip
top of the pole. where the bears wran-
gled at the bottom, evidently debating
a question of precedence in an endea-
yor to decide which should have the
pleasure of getting to the top of the
pole and forming the acquaintance of
the agitated gentleman there.
Ropes were brought and the man
was hauled out.
I'm a stranger here and thought
/ was getting into a gentleman's
grounds" explained the wayfarer Il
was looking for place to sleep and
slid down among those dummed bears.
They started for me and j ,clum the
pole
whats your name?' demanded
Lover.
Stevens said the man. II rode
to town ON freight from Cleveland"
Whats your first name?" asked
Lover.
Daniel replied the man.
You got into the wrong place" said
Lover. 1.-The lions den is the first
building to the right Git"
You bet" earnestly responded Mr..
Daniel Stevens as he fed toward the
entrance of the zoo and out into the
night
The bears took turns yesterday
climbing to the top of the pole, sniff
ing and licking their chops.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
GRIPS, THE CARRIER
r. D. BL A OK MORE
Author Of LORNA DooNE" "ALIcE lorraine, ETC. ETC
~o@~

ready. But IN the highlands OF Oxford
shire this requires some skill and man
agement. Ia the first place, both pea
and potato must be of kind that is
ready to awake right early; and then
they must be humored with very choice
place; and after that they must be
shielded from the winters RACES. If all
these "ousts" can be complied with, and
several "ifs" are solved Alright, the gar
dener may hope to get pleasure from his
early work.
Inside and outside, all look aliver'
cried the Squire, running to and fro:
Oracle will be home; Miss Grace,
mean, and not a bit of fire in the draw
ing room CRATE! No Christmas boxes
for any of you'll Now. | did not mean
that, Mary, as you might know Inside.
the women and outside. the men-now
what is this paper for, my dear?
THAT there Grips, sir. have sent
'un in. He be gettin' so perrikular."
Quite right. Quite right Business is
business. No man can be too particular.
Let him sit down He wants me to sign
this paper, does he? Very well; tell him
to come next week. NV fingers sre
cramped with the wind. Tell Cripps--
now don't you be in such hurry, Mary
Grips is not marrying man"
AS if l would touch him. with pair
of tongs, sir! Hookham to have a
Cripps. sir A man who always smells
as if he had been "a co-abing a horser'
All, poor Mary, the grapes are sour.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07

Widows Oh being remarked wear
neither the wedding veil nor orange
flowers. The dress should not be
white, but of some light, delicate color
In making an introduction the gen
ueman is presented to the lady. Mrs.
G., allow me to present Dir. D." being
the usual formula.
A gentleman after an introduction
to a lady on a subsequent meeting
must wait for her to bow first before
he may venture to claim her further
acquaintance.
A Lady does not call upon a gentle
man unless professionally or officially
When such a call is made she should
send in her card and make her call
both ceremonious and brief.
When making the first calls Of the
season lady leaves her own card
and may leave those of her husband.
sons and daughters. After the first
call the card leaving is no longer nee
essary.
Good manners may be said to be
the result of good heart and good
training; bad manners show selfish
ness, a coarse nature. and the lack of
training it is a duty for every child TO
receive.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
CZarina Is a VapdaI.

A peculiar alteration made by the
Czarina has been much talked about
and criticised in st. Petersburg She
has had the study of Alexander H.,
which up TO now has been preserved
untouched, turned into a bathroom. In
this room Alexander H. signed the
manifesto which abolished serfdom in
Russia. and thus gave liberty to 3d.
OOO,O 900 of his subjects. However
long / may live / shall never be able
to do a better deed" Alexander said
when he had signed it. He expressed
the wish that the room should remain
Just as it was. For forty years nobody
touched this sacred spot. But now,
by order OF the CZarina, all the docu-
ments and historical records have been
put into a lumber room. The Imperial
Library in st. Petersburg has taken
steps to have at least the historical
documents saved.-New York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
nnnt,s for Mothers.

Don't try TO diverl when obedience
is your right.
Don't allow your child to become a
source of annoyance In public We
hicle
Don't permit fear to be implanted
in your child. Deal summarily with
those who would dare inplant it.
Don't entertain all your friends with
a detailed account of your children's
marvellous sayings and doings.
Don't fret your children by perpet-
ually worrying about them. They must
have some common sense; teach them
to make use of it.
Don't treat your son and your
daughter at 20 as you would have
treated them at II. Remember that
they are now a man and woman
Gabrielle E. Jackson.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
Forty Years Ago.

General Grant visited Washington,
d. c., for consultation with the Pres
ident and the War Department
The House of Representative voted
to repeal the duty on paper.
Gold fell ten points, wheat Is cents
bushel, and pork 81 barrel because
of Union successes in the South.
The Smithsonian Institution AT
washington, d. C., was partly destroy
ed by fire.
The Illinois Senate voted to repeal
the so-called ''black laws" pro-
hibitive of negro immigration and
placing other restrictions on the priv
legeS OF the colored man.
The King of Sweden, through his
minister, assured President Lincoln OF
his sympathy with the cause OF the
Union.
The War Department reported a.
600 Union prisoners in Confederate
hands and $4,000 Confederate prison
ers in Union custody.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07

Nothing contributes more toward a
good complexion than frequent baths
and brisk rubbings.
Potatoes, cereals and all starchy
foods should be thoroughly cooked SO
that they may be easy to digest
To relieve gumboil a homely rem
edy is to take a thin strip of dried
fig, dip it in milk, toast it and then
apply hot to the swollen gum. Relief
Is speedy.
To go up and down stairs correctly
is to cultivate good looks. You can
make of stair climbing q gymnastic
tonic or you can hake it hard, I'M
pleasant task.
Skin eruptions show an impaired di
gestion and an impure. condition of
the blood. For the blood take the old
fashioned remedy of sulphur and mo-
lasses. Avoid rich and greasy foods
and each morning before breakfast
take glass of hot water, in which
you have squeezed the juice of an
orange or lemon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
NATIONAL RULE OF RAILROADS.
President Roosevelt in "a Speech Urges
Rail Rate Control.

President Roosevelt in "a Speech Urges
Rail Rate Control.
I'm some such body aS the interstate
commerce commission there must be lodg-
ed in effective shape the power to see
that every shipper who uses The railroads
and every man who OWLS or manages Il
railroad shat OH the one hand be given
j6stiee and OF, the other hand Doe requir-
ed 10 do justice" declared President
Roosevelt the other night in his speech
before the Union League Club of Phila-
deiphia.
The President pointed out what he con
siders dangers to the country if the cor
porations are not controlled so as to give
all men Az equal chance in business
Power TO make rates. he insisted. should
be given 10 a national tribunal, and
should all other means fail he would
seek an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States 30 bring about federal
control of interstate commerce. Said the
President:
There must be lodged in some tri-
bunal the power over rates. and especial
~ over rebates-whether secured by
means of private ears or private tracks.
in the form of damages or commissions
or in any other manner--which will pro-
tect alike the railroad and the shipper
and put the big shipper and the little
shipper on an equal footing.
The great development of Industrial
ism means that there must be an in
crease in the supervision exercised by
the government over business enterprises.
1T was beyond question the intention
of the founders of our government that
interstate commerce in all its branches
and aspects should be under national
control. If the courts decide that this
intention was not carried out and made
effective in the Constitution as it now
stands. then the Constitution will have
TO be amended"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
Fifty Years AGO.

Twelve inches of snow fell in tho
city of New York
A severe earthquake occurred in
Portland. Me-
The Atlantic coast from Maine to-
Maryland was visited by disastrous,
storm, many lives being lost
S. NJ. Booth. convicted in Milwau-e
kee for attempting to rescue a fugitive
slave, was sentenced to fine of a.
thousand dollars and one months inn
prisonment
A riot occurred on the Buffalo and
Brantford Railroad between Irish la
borers and men employed by the com.
pany to protect the road
Seventeen locomotives were frozen
in and buried in snow on the Chicago,
and Mississippi Railroad.
Violent earthquake occurred near
Wellington, New Zealand, the land be-
ing raised between three and four feet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
One Hundred Years 400.

A fver hospital was erected at Man
chester, England.
Congress appropriated $4,000 to
proceed with the construction OF the
capitol at Washington.
The English Order of the Garter
was reconstructed.
The London institute for the adj
vancement of literature was founded
by Sir Francis Barring.
French soldiers sold at public auc-
ton the cargoes of English manufac-
tured goods which they had confis-
Gated at Amsterdam.
The Emperor of Russia ordered that
the city of Keif should be the resi-
dence of his Majesty, Louis XNIII-
of France.
Charles Manners Sutton was elected
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
thirty Years Ago.

Garibaldi, travelling through Italy,
was feted by the authorities and cheer
ed by the laborers.
Francis NJ. Cockrell was elected
United States Senator by the Missouri
Legislature. Eleven other States elect
ed Senators.
President Grants message asking
for additional appropriations for forti-
flcations revived a belief that break
with Spain was impending.
Witness Irving told the Pacific Mail
Investigators how he distributed cor
ruption money"
The trial Of the Tilton- Beecher suit
in New York attracted great crowds
to the court room.
One hundred and forty-eight sisters
Of charity, expelled from Mexico, found
refuge in Cuba.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
Hints on Letter Writing.

Use only black ink.
Do not write long business letters.
Never use words with which you are
not familiar
Do not send an important message
on a postal card.
Do not I'LL your letters with lengthy
excuses for your silence.
Always use unruled paper OF fine
texture Avoid pronounced color.
Never write OF another anything
which you would not wish hin TO see.
Under no circumstances send half a
sheet OF paper, even for the briefest
note.
Do not write OF personal or other
important matters TO strangers or or
binary acquaintance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
Twenty Years Ago.

Two deaths occurred in st. Louis
from what the health department be-
lieved to be Asiatic cholera
Committees were being formed in
Paris and Berlin to honor Bismarck on
bis SEVENTEEN birthday.
England was under a great strain
awaiting definite news from General
Stewart in Africa, concernif whom
dire reports had been spread and con
tradicted.
A conflict seemed imminent between
Oklahoma boomers under Captain
Couch and the United States soldiers.
London was in a state Of great ex-
element over two dynamite explosions
in the Parliament house and one In
the tower.
The Eastern railways were engaged
in freight rate war, started by the
Pennsylvania lines
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
Caring for the Canary

Vary the bin OF fare for the canary
Add lettuce. sweet apples, cress and
occasionally bit of ripe pepper, seeds
included, 10 his menu. Like Polly, he
a little bread boiled with his milk
This should be reduced TO a paste ard
given him cold If he becomes asth-
matte. give him lime and rape seed.
with something from the above list.
every week or two. IL he is rough
and sheds his feathers. look carefully
for the almost microscopic red para
sites with which ne eften becomes COW
ered, when he must either have BATH
Of water and insect powder or one in