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same day, however, the French car
ried the Malakhov and that night the
Russians retired from South Sebastc-
pol to the north forts. where they re-
manned to the end of the war.
The original besieging force at Sc
bastopol was $4,000 men, with so guns.
The Russian army in the Notifications
was $4,000 strong, with the way for re-
enforcement and supplies open. The
theater of the Crimean war was linn
tied mainly to the vicinity of Sebasto-
pol, and the besiegers were more sore
~ pressed by the priyations of war
than the besieged. Of the English
army $500 were killed or fatally
wounded in battle; 4.244 died of chol-
era; 10000 died of other diseases, and
2,S73 were disabled. The French lost
in the campaign $500 men, and the
Turks as many. The war cost Eng
land $205, 0OO, coo, and the majority of
the English people regarded the cap
ture of Sebastopol as a barren vic
tory.
The opening of the Port Arthur cam
paign was not unlike the opening of
the Sebastopol campaign. The Alma
of Port arthur was Kin Chow. After
the battle OF Alma In 1854 the Rus
slams went at once to Sebastopol, block
ing the entrance to the barbor. After
Kin Chow che Russians retired slowly
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

even her great great grandmother,
quaint dolls IN faded clothes of hun
bred years and more ago, carefully
handed dowE from mother to daughter
ever since. / saw one old doll, about
six inches tall, dressed as q daiInio, or
great lord Of bygone times, in gorgeous
brocade robes, covered with steel ar
mour of little overlapping plates, just
as beautifully made as If for a real
warrior. He wore tiny helmet, and
carried two tiny swords not as large
as matches. You could draw the
swords out of their scabboards just
I.1e real ones, and they were as sharp
as they could be. Well. for about q
week all Japan is one grand dolls tea
party. And then the festival is over,
and all the best dolls, even the pres
ents to the little girl. are put carefully
away. never TO be even looked at for
whole year. don't see how the little
japanese girls can bear that part Of It
Then at the first of May comes the
boys festival-the Fish Festival, ii is
called. Every family that's lucky
enough to have boy puts up a flag
pole in the door yard; or perhaps sew
eral families combine to use the same
pole, and have It a bigger. handsomer
one than one family could afford On
the top Of the pole is gilt ball. or
else q basket with something bright
and .insely In it And flying from the
pole. In the br1sk spring winds. Ia q
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

The picture represents a scene which
is by no means uncommon in Japanese
cities. During the construction of the
elevated railway at Toxic q great num-
Der of women were employed in carry
ing bricks and mortar to the masons
on the walls. The women themselves
did not look upon the service as either
degrading or extra laborious, and there
were more applicants for the work
than could be taken. 1t has probably
never occurred to the Japanese woman
of the poorer classes that she is in
any way less capable of doing heavy
work than is her husband of perform
ing the duties of housemaid, which is
also the custom in that remarkable
land. There is no physical inequality
of the sexes in the island empire.
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struction plan, and will soon build
eight first-class battleships. Germany,
despite the discomfort expressed there
in the late elections. is hurrying for
ward her shipbuilding program. Italy
and France are not far behind the 9TH
ers In the race for naval supremacy;
Austria Hungary is adding to the
strength Of her squadron; even Brazil
is spending ST.250,o00 for new navy;
Argentina. S4605. 900; Chile. S3,250,oo0,
while Venezuela. Colombia and Mexico
are appropriating smaller sums, and
even slow going China is adding to her
sea strength at a cost of S2.5Oo,oOO.
Thus, according to the latest official
figures, $3.50, 100000 is expended annu-
ally BY all the nations for their naval
defense against one another. And this
year it is estimated that the sum VIII
reach $500. 100000 OF this vast
amount nearly one-half will be expend-
ed BY the United States and Great
Britain
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

In deciding the novel boundary dispute between Nebraska and Missouri
United establish
dents
verdict existing studying
and reasonabene Originally boundary line separating the
middle
and invaded
thus from the Nebraska
The though this
Nebraska by the river belongs that arriving this
of
acquiring sudden considerable
in
on o the
principle
land the other side OF the
decsonChicago
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

his loving wife it that go
cold morning air without his overcoat and his mu1er
Some day this finds that there something wrong
with dis liver perhaps he gets He forthwith
goes to doctor and pays him handsome that he
may ward off the effects of those dreadful microbes,
which certainly be done for awhile unless the
man makes his mind to obey the laws of nature is just
certain that in the long the microbes which
bust need not have the slightest fear will lay him low
Now Of exercise does affect the brain directly
does the muscles but its powerful indirect effects
twofod for 1t increase the flow of blood throughout
the body thereby producing thorough change in
the brain, and it may assist materially in keeping the
blood vessels free from certain poisons.
In order that the brain may be kept supplied with
blood in sufficient quantity and of good quality it is
sary that the muscles of the body should have little
WILL by promoting increased general blood pressure
keep the heart muscles in healthy state and also help
the elimination Of waste products Exercise of the "rec
movement order in which muscular actions full
ample possible is the best practical method of sim
ultaneousy maintaining health of body and of mind and
else and intellect Movements without work would be the
idea-the amplest possible movements for the largest
possible number of muscles, working little may
be in making them. If apply this test to the various
forms of popular exercise only confirm what already
well knownnamey, that easy rowing of the best
forms of exercise as baseball walking and golf.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
Love. :

Lord Byron, brilliant, beautiful and
INSCRIPTIONS as his own Don Juan,
left behind him the maxim that there
was but one real form of happiness in
love-where a man and woman so
adored each other that they could con-
ceive OF no happines out of each 9TH
er's sight, and this for their whole
lives. Grant that this is to demand a
great deal, yet it is true that all the in
f1uences Of long life combine to ldeDH-
fy two who dwell together. Their very
faces often grow more alike, and how
frequently the death of one is followed
speedily, without sufficient visible rea-
son, by that of the other also!
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
THE LISTENER.

When nights last hour with languid feet
delays,
If one rapt soul but listens at morn's
gate
To mark the silence waking into praise,
lie hears the low wind softly circu-
late,
The dew-lade. perfumed airs, regen-
crate.
Then, as the dawn reveals her bright
ening face,
And sweet acclaim greets her from
earth and sky,
If man is there the varied tones to trace
OF rarest bird-songs that IN homage
vie,
His listening ear completes the har-
mony.
Earth is an altar. nature is the priest;
The mathis and the vespers all may
hear;
But, when the chant and the scantieles
have ceased,
The listener only notes that some
draw near
Alone, and heeds the sigh, and marks
the tear.
The Iow-breathed answer captivates the
heart;
Loves whispered words the souls re-
cesses reach;
The zephyr's signs Ger grass-groWn
graves impart
A peace far deeper than the sophists
teach,
More tender than the trembling as
pens speech.
lie hears the deathless echoes OF the
past
Who heeds the subtle whispers OF TO-
day;
And not in vain beside his path are cast
Earth's bloom, and wreckage OF
times billowed spray,
Where life, and love, and death con
tend Away.
New York Home Journal.
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How Fishes Breathe.

By means of their gflls fish breathe
the air dissolved in water. The oxy-
gen consumed by them is not that
which forms the chemical constituent
of the water, but that continued in the
afr which is dissolved in the water.
Fishes transferred to water from
which the air has been driven out by
high temperature, or in which the air
absorbed by them is not replaced, are
soon suffocated. They require
aerated water to maintain life, and
they take it in constantly through their
mouths and expel it through their
gills, retaining the air. 1t follows that
If the water in a lake should be COM
pletely cut off from contact with the
air long enough to exhaust the supply
OF air. the fish In the lake would die.
1t would take severe and pretty long
continued freeze to accomplish this,
but it might happen, and doubtless has
frequently happened, with a small
body of water.-St. Nicholas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
Fifty Years Auo.

An engine on the New York Central
railroad went 10 miles in IL minutes.
The first territorial legislature of
Nebraska assembled at Omaha.
Pierre Soule had an audience with
the Queen of Spain, and took leave of
the court.
The County Treasurer OF Sonora,
Cal, was murdered and robbed by Ed
ward Griffith, who was lynched the
following day.
The Joint Commission in London fa
settling American and British claims
adjourned
The President sent special message
to Congress recommending the employ
ment of troops to suppress the hostili-
ties of the Indians.
The Governor of Massachusetts is
sued a general order disbanding seven
of the military companies of Boston,
which were composed principally of
Irish.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
Thirty Years AGO.

Gladstone announced his formal re-
tirement as the Liberal leader in Par
lament.
President Grant issued a special
message to Congress on the fight in
Louisiana.
Kalakaua, King of the Sandwich
Islands, was a guest of Chicago.
A conspiracy against the Gar in
volving 5000 persons was disclosed to
the Russian secret service.
Express companies protested to the
government of the inroads being made
on their business by the transportation
of packages through the mails.
The German chancellor asked the
Federal assembly to prohibit the i'm
portation of American potatoes as
precaution against potato disease
Operatives in the Fall River, Mass,
mills were on the verge of a strike.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

The siege of Port Arthur has been
compared, in nearly every cable dis
patch that came from London, to the
siege of Sebastopol There is, how
ever, no close analogy between the
two.
AT Sebastopol the siege began Oct.
II, 1854, with an assault which was re-
pulsed During the winter that fol-
lowed the Russians were as often the
attacking party as the English and
French. The besieging force was so
depleted by losses in battle and by
sickness that Lord Raglan regarded
the investment as quasi siege. Rus
sian sorties were FREQUENT, and al
though they were n .sed they ex
hausted the besiegers.
The grand assault of the allies on
Malakhov tower and the Redan, June
is, 1865, failed. The sorties of the
Russians two months later was re-
pulsed. The English assault on the
Redan Sept. s, 1855, failed. On the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

whole string Of carp, made of oiled
paper or cloth, painted in bright col
ors, and anywhere from five to fifteen
feet long. Each fish belongs to some
particular boy, and the carp is chosen
because it is big, strong fish, and
not only can swim against the most
rapid currents, but in its eagerness to
get up stream will leap straight up
waterfalls. The gold ball means a
treasure, which the carp, leaping and
struggling, buffeted by the wind, is
forever trying to reach. And the whole
thing means that the boy, when he's
a man, will have to battle his way as
the sturdy carp struggles up the river.
The fishes look so very pretty and gay,
flying over his house, and the boy gets
so many treats at Fish Festival time,
that l don't think he minds even If
the carp is nice little jolly lecture on
ambition.-St. Nicholas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
One Hundred Years AGO.

Power looms We're successfully in
trodueed into England.
An improvement was made on the
telescope by Pierre Guinaud and
Fraunhofer of Bavaria.
Michigan territory was formed from
part of Indiana by act of Congress
Great Britain ordered that no neu-
trail vessels should be molested during
the war with Spain.
Tie British frigate Doris was lost on
Diamond rock, Quiberon. The crew
was saved.
The third coalition against France,
composed of Austria, England, Russia
and Sweden, was formed.
Joseph Anderson of Tennessee was
appointed president pro tempore of the
Senate.
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DOM" said the widow. Now, If you
had been married"
Il should have stayed at home and
thought myself lucky" he said. II
don't think we had a full grasp of
that subject. 1 was inclined to alter
my views-in fact 1 have altered
them"
WELL" said Mrs. Nistrin, there is
something to be said on both sides,
of course. l think that one great
source Of domestic unhappiness is the
failure on the part of married people
to realize that, whatever concessions
are made. there must be only one real
head to the family-only one decisive
voice. The man usually thinks that
voice should be his. The woman now
adays fails to realize this as perhaps
she should"
you've hit 1t exactly" said Gister.
sim one of those women" said Mrs
Nistrin. I'm used to having my way,
and l intend to have it always. My
husband, if ever married again, could
have the management of his business,
and that would have to satisfy him. !"
Gister coughed behind his hand and
was silent for moment. "That would
satisfy me-" he said, presently.
''No?" said Mrs. Nistrin.
with a certain woman"
"And how about your comforts
your peace?"
IT would have more than comfort.
would have bliss"
You couldn't discharge your wife,
you know, If she displeased you"
II would never want to-" said Gis-
ter
You would have to dine at home al
ways. II you went out or came in at
any unusual hour you would be ques-
toned"
~ would never go out. AS for din
ing at home-oh, what word that
is-home! 1 am forty-eight, Melissa,
and 1 never had a home. You've got
to make one for me. That's what L
came here to say"
but suppose you WdHleu 10 relax
with a little romance? Suppose your
mood demanded variety of companion
ship and you were limited"
"Ohv' cried Gister. "You are the
universal encyclopedias of philosophy
and romance and all knowledge, the
epitome of your sex, the"
"Stopw commanded the widow, with
her hands to her ears. II believe you
were right about men being idiots
who thought Of marrying. Butt
cago News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
Seyenty-fiye Years AGO.

Venezuela declared itself against
Bolivar.
The amended constitution of Vir-
ginia was adopted by the convention.
AT Saragossa. Spain, the trees of the
promenade were cut down and the
wood distributed among the poor who
were suffering from the severe cold.
The Rothschilds contracted to fur
nish the loan of 100000 francs in
rentes at 4 per cent, advertised for by
the French government.
Work was begun ON the canal from
Rouen to Paris.
There was extreme cold and severe
weather in New England.
The French We're making extensive
preparations for an attack on Algiers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
Ten Years Ago.

Felix Francois Faure was elected
President of the French Republic TO
succeed the resigned Perier.
The French Cabinet resigned, which
action was followed few days later
by the resignation of President Cast
mir-Perier.
A Burlington passenger train was
held up and robbed near 0ttumwa,
Iowa.
The explosion Of dynamite stored in
a burning building az Butte, Mont,
killed 60 persons and injured 100 or
more
News reached America Of the up
rising in Honolulu By Hawaiian revo-
lutionists. which had taken place two
weeks before.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
How Much Should We Eat.

One of the much discussed questions
of the day on which there are almost
as many opinions as individuals is the
quantity of food one should eat. The
most reasonable estimate yet made is
probably that which fixes one-twen-
tieth Of the average weight of the
body as the average daily quantity re-
CURED. If you weigh 40 pounds, you
should consume seven pounds of food
This includes drink as well as solid
food. But it is ridiculous to set down
hard and fast rule. Such a quantity
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
BACHELOR FREEDOM



- ISTER had always declared that
= a Ian was foolish to marry.
~ He gave the usual selfish bach
elor reasons-namely, that man who
married sacrificed his comfort re-
signed his independence, increased his
responsibilities and took long chances
on unhappiness into the bargain. His
observation had convinced him that
nine men out of ten who married were
unhappy. "They put the best face on
it that they can, of course" he said to
Mrs. Nistrin early in their acquaint-
ance. "Some men / know pretend 10
like 1t. l have had them come crow
ing over me, even"
Mrs. Nistrin laughed. Mrs. Nistrin
was a widow and very clever and en-
Pertaining woman. Gister used rather
to enjoy the evenings he spent at her
house
what could I gain by marrying"
continued Gister, addressing the wild
ow. IT have my apartments, where
am not disturbed by any Of the usual
domestic nuisances. A child would
not he allowed in the building for any
consideration on earth. My housekeep-
err puts everything in order for me
while | am downtown-sees to my
linen, does what necessary mending
there is to do, and my man attends to
the rest. If I want to dine at home
make my selection from the cafe
menu and have it sent up on dumb
waiter In my own service, and Sig
mund serves it. If want to dine out
have my choice of no fewer than
eight decent places in this city.
have comfort. l have peace"
"What a fortunate man you arew
said Mrs. Nisrin.
Don't you think that 1 would show
very doubtful Judgment to change this
for the joys OF matrimony"
81 think you would be very foolish,
indeed" said Mrs. Nistrin.
ssNot that l am insenSible to the
charms of your fascinating SEX" con-
dnued Gister. II think l show that
best by remaining single. If l Were
married might be denied the inesti-
enable privilege of calling upon you,
Cor MISTAKENLY wife might not
like it."
'ThaTs true" murmured Mrs. Ms
trim, "she might not"
Then wouldn't l be an idiot to
want TO marry"
Between you and me-" said the
widow, 81 think you would"
Last winter Mrs. Nistrin decided
chat she would close her house and so
TO California. She gave a very gay
little dinner party before she went,
which Gister attended. He observed
90 one of the men that & was almost
a pity Mrs. Nistrin was going away.
she would be distinct loss.
Three weeks later GiSter happened
60 be in California--on business. OF
course 1t was only deceacy 10 call upon
Mrs. Nistrin while he was there. She
was greatly surprised to see him. but
not displeased-if Gister could judge
She was dressed most beeomingly. Gis
ter noticed. in something pink.
He did not tell her that business
had brought him. On consideration
that sounded rather shopworn HIS
said: 1T seemed dull and cold il
Chicago after you left"
~ heard the weather had beer
rather disagreeable." she said, with s
queer look.
II decided to come on sudden" h'
said.
s&Thats the beauty OF bachelor tree
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
Twenty Years AGO.

Oliver Bros. & Phillips assigned at
Pittsburg with announced liabilities Of
S5,000,00O.
Seventeen patients were burned to
death in the destruction of a cottage
at the Kankakee, ILL.,, insane hospital.
Ex-Vice President Schuyler Colfax
dropped dead in a railway station at
Mankato, MINI.
A heavy fall of snow accompanied
by low temperature, caused blockade
of train service throughout the North
west.
p r. Barnum offered 100000 for
the privilege of exhibiting the medals
and souvenirs of Gen. Grant, which
Vanderbilt had purchased and pre-
scented to Mrs. Grant.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

few hours one Is at home foreign shore houses
streets people, become friendly and assured hills
vte the waves chime and the immense sumbrous sunshine
enters the blood and ennobes the brain. This holiday
Stimulated from without and free Within man RECEIVERS
provinces of his being which he had lost
racket Of work He has returned like prodga to the
earth that bore him. To phrase George Fox
he is "in unity with the creation"
Nor is 1t wonderful that of all human affections this
the earth should be deepest 1t nvades the heart when
lodging itself in the the
memory 1t does not begin it was; 1t does end will
be felt with the ache of return decay; it
of lfe to whose ghtes and
be capable of loving For do not nhabit the
loose organisms rather the forest the rose and the
gus wings Exterior veins for the
conveyance of feeling" In way to restore these
should be the end of all holidays and all leisure
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

airy every little girl receives from all
her grown-up relatives and friends
gifts of dolls. and beside these dolls
her mother takes out of the closest
many of the dolls she had when she
was a child, and some even older dolls
that the little girls grandmother had
when she was little tot; and l dare
say there are dolls that belonged to the
little girls great grandmother, and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
Forty Years Ago.

Edward Everett died at mis- home in
Boston in his list year.
Plans for the organization of the
Union Stockyards and Transit Com
pany of Chicago We're being perfected.
The United States Senate voted to
abrogate the reciprocity treaty with
Canada.
Reports of peace overtures between
Presidents Lincoln and Davis were set
afloat and denied.
Governor Oglesby of Illinois called
for the organization of ten new regi-
ments of troops for service in the
South.
The War Department announced the
capture of Fort Fisher, with ~ guns
and 1000 prisoners, a few days pre-
viously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

might kill some, and there is a case on
record of man wasting away on
day. He cut down his diet to three,
quarters of pound of liquid and the
same of solid food, and as a result he
grew stout and lived to a ripe old age.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
BIRTHDAYS IN JAPAN.

All the Little Girls Celebrate IN Febru-
airy, All the Boys in May.
The japanese have a queer way OF
celebrating birthdays. IRstead OF a
party In June for little Tama, and q
party In September for little O'Tatsu.
ana a party IN December for little
Ume, there's a party in February In
honor OF all the little girls, and one
In Mar for al little boys. In Febru-
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gaows This is step towards the abolition OF the death
penalty from criminal codes AS the extreme penalty
for murder, China chops the head off, Russia exies
Siberia; Germany both the and the gulotine;
France guotines; England hangs the United States i'm
poses life Imprisonment eectrocuton and
hanging.
State Bar Association recommending the establishment
department Washington the study pauper
criminal defective classes The wisdom of the project
Is apparent The world persists in getting wrong
end Of things especially of social evils The horse always
gets out before the world fixes its barn door It's
that the world taking much time just on the