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Arsenic in Clothing.

The Department of Agriculture has
been investigating the amount OF ar
senic used in coloring wall papers
and in preserving articles of clothing.
Samples of wall paper were purchas-
ed in the open market in Washing
ton and examined. Only four SAM
pies contained more than OIL grain 10
the square yard. This is the maxi
mum quantity allowed by the law OF
Massachusetts,, which is the only
State in the Union having a law reg
Mating the use of arsenic in wall pa
per and wearing apparel. Several
samples of stockings were examined,
and a number were found to be heav-
ily charged with the poison. Black
stockings seemed to contain a larger
amount of the drug than colored
stockings. Furs and fur rugs were
found to contain from 20 TO 1,1OO
times as much arsenic as would be
allowed by the law of Massachusetts.
Poisoning caused by wearing gar
ments containing arsenic is very
real danger and menace to health,
ghich is probably often overlooked.
MANY cases of arsenic posing of OBJ
scure origin, no doubt, might be trac-
cd 10 a small abrasion of the skin OF
the feet or neck being brought into
contact ~ith hosiery or furs coatain-
ing small quantities CT arsenic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03

elders adjecves have become unruly tyrannca
adverbs display tendency get fagranty out of
Persons of pronounced individuality tend course to
choose and employ unusual and distinctive adjectves
the generality of people merely follow the fashion their
choice In Pepys day mighty and nightly had vogue,
in Fanny Burney's monstrous, prodgious, vastly
vast DEAL while Jane Ausens ''quizzes agreeable
rattes used excessive shocking excessive disagreeable
etc, where simply and solely employ awful and
awfuy. Nauseating, word which may find O
bonnet petticoat in the eighteenth century,
fortunately extinct in such Chaste which
years since employed of cushion of the
pattern of hearth rug is reegated with unique
description Of doubtful articles in shop windows Art has
cruelty turned into adjective by uphosterers
thoroughly demoralized that longer rely
it express meaning Art muslins colors,
carpets have had their bighting effect the word
and steps should think, be taken prevent
degradation of honest reliable words who knows
where 1t will stop? We may in shop windows bonnets
ticketed moral trimmings virtuous parasos in
spring. and curtain materials eevatng in and
tain kinds of millinery may be described being
higher millinery! society ought be formed keeping
words in their place and fine inflicted all those who
persistenty misuse them
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03
The Name of LADY"

The name of lady" has SO long
been "soiled by all ignoble use" that
it has become to all intents and pur-
poses exactly synonymous with that
of woman. 1t is not odd, therefore,
that in a case heard in a local court
last week, the attorneys referred to
their clients, women from the city's
least savory quarter, as this lady
and ''that lady" The Judge, how
ever, objected to this application OF
the name, and requested the lawyers
to use some other designation. Rare
instances such as this indicate that
the word retains for some little OF
its old time fragrance, but nothing
can now arrest its ultimate degrade
ton. Some noble words are abased,
and some mean words are exalted,
and no lone efforts can prevail against
the current of popular usage, cur
rent that takes some strange twists
at times. For instance, few days
ago in a local restaurant which has
one side set apart for women, and en-
ploys a waitress to attend to their
wants. one of the walters was told a
patron on that side was not being
waited upon. I'm not going to wait
on fler." he replied, "tney keep lady
to wait on the women. Or
egonian.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03
TATTERSALL'S $50 YEARS OLD.
Great Horse Market Due to the Pre-
tenders Uprising of I745.

Great Horse Market Due to the Pre-
tenders Uprising of I745.
Many to whom the name of the
greatest horse market in the world is
known have never read the interest
ing history connected with the founda-
ton and continuation of the business.
The name belongs to a good old Ian
cashire family that has an innate love
for horses and, better than this, is
always loyal to country and king. The
ancient homestead, dating back to the
time of Elizabeth, was near the home
of the poet Spenser. and the surround
ing country is described with great
minuteness in "The Faeria Queen"
In 1745 young Richard Tattersall
had a friend who went out for the
pretender and Richard was so deeply
compromised that it was considered
necessary for him to so into hiding
for a time. Naturally he went to
London, and after the storm had sub
sided looked about for a means of
earning a livelihood. He had inherit
ed a fortune of $50,oOO but most of
it had been squandered on costly
horses and dogs. In later years he
gave a dinner to all his old creditors
and each found at his place a check
for the sum due him, with interest
The duke of Kensington appointed
the young man master of the horse
and while holding this office equine
matters fell into his hands, so that
in time 1t became a matter of course
that when a great racing stud was to
be sold he was the one to manage
it. Young Tattersall, seeing his op-
portunity, made the start from which
the business has developed. The Jock
ey Club made Tattersalps its head
quarters and in time the place became
the center Of the hunting and racing
world.
Some famous sales have been made
at TattersalIPs When George ~, then
prince of Wales, sent his stud to the
hammer eighty-seven horses of all
classes were sold for him by latter
sail, and the sum realized was $12,
10. He afterward stood high In
favor with the prince and royal par
ties often came over from Newmarket
to drink his wine. 1t is more than
100 years since Tattersall founded
the establishment. The present owner,
Tattersall, 4th, has been actively en-
gagged In the business since 1850. His
eldest son is also a partner and bids
fair to carry on the traditions OF the
house with honor and success.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03

ners Of civilized people. They brought
to them the Christian religion now al
most universal among the large Ma
layan portion of the inhabitants.
The lower classes, outside their
church observances, have probably
made but few changes in their ways
of living during the past 300 years.
Even the upper classes, who have
adopted the superficial habits of the
in the privacy Of the home. Knives
and forks, tables and chairs, shoes and
stockings, here become superfuities.
The Filipino Home.
The houses of the large majority of
the natives to-day are untidy, even
dirty; the people keep hens, horses,
pigs and even the enormous water
buffalo underneath their dwellings. At
their meals, usually of fish and rice,
the members of family squat on the
floor and eat with their fingers from
a common dish. Usually the whole
family sleeps on the floor, in one room.
The frame work of the houses is usu-
ally constructed of bamboo; the roofs
and walls are made from the leaves
Of che nipa palm; and the floor is of
smaIl bamboo, split and put down,
wjth open spaces between them. There
are openings in the walls which an
swer the purpose of windows. These
are provided with shutters of nipa
leaves. There are a few ill-kept art-
cles Of furniture Very often there Is
but one room for the whole family.
Although the average Filipino is fond
OF his home. he does not seem to care
for comfort in it. In tropical climate
people live more out Of doors. People
OF the lower classes In such a climate
really camp and their houses are hard
" much more than wigwams. Because
Of the enervating climate the native
Is indoIent, and there is no incentive
to work where wants are few and cas-
lily supplied Until there is created in
the Filipino the desire for greater bod
lily comfort he will remain in low
state OF civilization.
Furnishings may not be abundant
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03

A pleasant pastime, literally, for
those who have no more pressing du-
ties and wish to get outside their en-
vironment at least In thought viii
open up before her who begins to
mount a family tree. Tracing ones
genealogy may probably Will
become matter Of absorbing amuse-
ment and attention, for 1t entails a
thread gathered up here, dropped
there. letter to write, book to read.
a register to consult. To the self-ab-
sorbed, the respondent. the listless,
one may recommend this diversion as
certain TO suit even rather morbid con-
ditions of temperament, and yet as
certain to gently force the mind away
from itself to other persons and things
In opening up wider and wider field
of eflection.-Harper's Bazaar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03

in the Filipino home, but there il
never lacking the little altar, with
images or pictures of saints for use
in devotion. The Christianized natives.
as might be expected from their Ma
layan origin, hold tenaciously to GER
tain superstitions. They are, however.
less Systematically superstitious than
their pagan and Mohammedan BROTH
ers.
The census recently completed gives
the population as about 100000. The
average population of square mile is
about so. In Java it is 500, and in the
United States %. The growth of the
population has been restrained by VIC
lent epidemics of the most drastic
character. A single epidemic of small
pox, cholera and bubonic plague will
easily sweep away the natural growth
of several years. In 1902. there were
more than 100000 deaths from cholera
alone. The majority of the towns are
on the coast. and the distance between
them is often very great. 1t is almost
entirely a rural country, and many of
the so-called towns are mere groups Of
villages.
How the Children Are Educated.
American educational efforts have
possibly done more TO give these peo-
pie a true conception of the benefits
or civilization and good government
than all the other influences we have
brought to bear on them. There are
now 1000 schools on the islands, and
in them 500 Americans and $500 ma
tives have in charge 100000 children.
These children are young looking and
attractive. In his youth. the Filipino
boy is often exceedingly good-looking
and Interesting, with his slight figure
and rich brown skin suggestive of
bronze statue, his bright eyes, black
and long eyelashes and eyebrows, and
his expression of cheerfulness and
carelessness. Filipino children are
children of promise; they are doclle,
quick, and mentally alert They have
an aptness for acquiring languages
they learn to speak English very quick
ly--and they possess g natural talent
for the lesser mechanical arts. There is
no doubt that Filipino children excel
American children in docility, imita-
tiveness and attentiveness. They lack
the American child's persistency and
originality.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03
The Curfew ReIl.

The story of the curfew was but
the unsupported assertion Of one histo-
rian of the sixteenth century, which
was repeated in prose and poetry till
it was woven into the language. Like
many other legends, there is just
grain of truth In it, but its suggested
origin is false, the derivation of cur
few is erroneous, and the scuttle
shaped instruments which supported
the theory were quite different articles
of household use.
Probably the word is derived not
from couvre feu, cover fire, but from
carrefour, in old French spelling car
fou. from the Latin for crossroads,
and is the name Of the morning and
evening bell, which originally sounded
from the crossroads or market places
both in France and England simply to
give the time of day. 1t was and is
rung at or 6 o'clock in the morning
and at s O'Clock in the evening. One
Inscription on an old bell runs thus:
am called We Curfue bell,
/ ringen at VIII or more,
To send We allie to bedde.
And wake We up at ~.
-Pearson's Weekly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03

Luzon. The second invasion furnished
the islands with the so-called little
brown people," who may be designated
as Filipinos. To this invasion the
Philippines owe the important tribes
Of Tagalogs, dwelling in and around
Manila; the Visayans, dwelling in the
central islands; the Vicols of southern
and the Ilocanos, of northern Luzon;
and some forty to fifty other tribes.
Their modern descendants constitute
flve-sixths Of the total population Of
the islands, although they occupy only
one-half the total area
The Moros, or Mohammedan Malays,
who dwell in the Sulu Islands and on
the eastern shore of Mindanao, are the
representatives of the third and last
immigration. probably from Borneo.
There are in all 100000 of these IA
natical Mohammedan Moros.
The Spanish government officially
recognized thirty-five different Ian
guages in the archipelago. One prime
cause why Philippine civilization in all
stationary and the differences in Ian
guaoge so marked has been the lack
of proper ways of communication due
to the physical aspects of the country.
The races were not combined into
one people under the Spanish regime
The Spaniards paid no attention to
that dwindling race of dwarfs, the ne
gritos, and accomplished almost moth
ing with the Igorrots. For centuries
they fought, but never really subdued
the slave-holding Moros. But however
critical one may be of the character
of the Spanish leadership Spain res
cued the Filipinos from barbarism and
made them half civilized. The Span
iards, largely through the instrument
tality of the church, gradually elevated
the whole Filipinos people; they infiu-
enced their customs so that these na-
tives have acquired the surface man
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03
liz Was Good Advice.

The man laughed uproariously. I'm
pretty healthy-looking specimen, am
not, doctor?' he asked.
You certainly are" answered the
physician.
We'll. ten years ago you told me
to prepare for death"
did IT,
You did"
well, / see no reason tobe hilarious
about Il. That's good advice at any
time, isn't it:'
Yes, but"
Doesn't your preacher give you the
same advice:'
'.of course. but you see
.'Well. why don't you so and laugh
at him? / did only my duty by you,
and from what know of you. would
saw that 1 can't think of anyone who
has more extended preparations to
make"
..Sonetines." unused the man, as he
went out. lit is easy TO make point
and difficult to clinch it"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03

NEXT SUMMERS VACATIONS.

Arrange Your Kit in Due Season-This
Gives Pastime Air of Thrift.
If ne begins, as he should, six
months in advance, to plan and pre-
pare for his next summer or fall vaca-
ton, he can, by, gradual and surreph-
tious boarding, get together a COM
mendable camping equipment, and no
body will notice the outlay. The best
way is to make many of the things
yourself. This gives your pastime an
air of thrift, and propitiates the lares
and penates by keeping you home o.
nights. And there is word Of solid
comfort in having everything fixed just
to suit you The only way to have 1t
so is to do the work yourself. One can
wear ready made clothi-g, he can exist
in ready-furnished rooms, but ready
made camping outfit is a delusion and
a snare. 1t is sure to be loaded with
gimcracks that you have no use for,
and to lack something that you will be
miserable without
To be sure, even though man rigs
up his own outnt, he never gets 1t quite
to suit him. Every season sees the
downfall of some cherished scheme,
the failure of some fond continuance.
Every winter sees you again fussing
over your kit altering this, suostitu-
ting that, and fiogging your wits with
the same old problem of how TO save
weight and bulk without sacrifice of
utility. Ii thoroughbred campers do
this as regularly as the birds come
back in spring, and their kind have
been doing it since the world began.
1t is good for us. If some misguided
genius should invent a camping equip
ment that nobody could find fault with,
half our pleasure in life would be
swept away.-Field and Stream.
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A shrewd Reply.

A Young man who was worKing for
the railroad company went to one of
the directors and asked for pass
to some distant point.
You nave been working for US some
time?" inquired the official.
yes sir" the young fellow ans
wersd.
Have you ever had any complaint to
maker"
..No. sir" answered the employe.
well, if you were working for
farmer. would you have the nerve TO
ask him TO harness his horses and
take YOU to a certain part of the coan-
try?e the director asked
nc. s:z. But il he had his horses
all ready. and was going to that point,
/ would call him very mean farmer
if he refused to take me. was the
Young fellows reply--PhIladelpbia
Public Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03
THE RICH MAN.
He had a gem OF wondrous light
Whose raY would pierce the darkest

He had a gem OF wondrous light
Whose ray would pierce the darkes
night,
Experience" his jewel.
He purchased it with blood and tears,
The sacrifice of wasted years
And with privations cruel.
Before his mortal race was run
lie tried to give it to his son;
TWAS scornfully rejected;
He tried to give it to the world,
But every lip derisive curled
And none the gift respected.
He had some gold-its cost was small,
A markets fleeing rise or fall,
A cheaply bought concession;
The harpies gathered round his bed,
Before his final breath had sped
Ard fought to gain possession.
New York Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03
THE SIGNAL CODE.
ALTON HALL, lies in the

- ALTON HALL lies in the beau
IN tiful valley of the Connecticut,
SS a dozen miles or more from
Deerfield. Mass. shaded by elms and
garlanded by woodbine. which clam
bers unrestrained over pillared portico
and spreading gambrel roof, the state
ly old house presents an attractive
picture. Meadows and tobacco fields
for miles down the valley fill the fore
ground of the enchanting view which
the quaint, many-paned windows COM
mand. while the blue beginnings of
the Berkshire rise in the distance, to
fringe with rugged sky line the broad.
historic valley.
Fertile and peaceful as is now the
scene, many are the tales of the In
dian. King Philip and his warriors
VINO once roamed up and down its en-
tire length. And upon neighboring
hill of trap rock. which rises abruptly
from the plain and is called by cour-
tesy a mountain, is the famous over
hanging rock known as King Philips
seat.
1t was early one bright June morn
ing when all the hillside thickets were
abloom with mountain laurel and the
fields album with farm laborers. that
n slender girl in black riding habit
cantered gayly down the drive from
Ration Hall, chipping, singing TO her
mare from sheer excess of blithe spir-
its. Nov, Dolly. off for King Philips
seatr' she caroled. Ills steep road,
10 be sure. but you'll take me up, Doll,
won't you? Now. then. hoop-la. and
awayr'
Half way down the path, however,
she quickly refined in. her carefree ex-
preston giving place to one of kindly
interest and even sympathetic concern.
.'Why. Hail. she exclaimed, stretching
ferth her hand, you here? Are yod
strong enough yet? I'm so glad. OF
course. if you are but supposed the
doctors orders We're that you re-
main"
"gen TO tell the truth" was the
reply. as she paused, I've run iway
Tls smell of the fresh earth was Just
too auhlring. It's such ages. don't you
know. since I've been over TO the Hall
II you We're gong away, though
he added tentat'gely.
"Oh. In so sorry. Hal. If 1t were
only for a ride. of course, I'd give it w
this minute. But it's an engagement
Mr.. Thorndike -" she stopped
abruptly and a furious blush over
spread her expressive face. while the
color. which had mounted to the TEN
PIES OF her companion upon their meet
ing. now faded away and was succeed
ed by pallor equally intense. Con
quering almost Immediately her mo
mentary confusion. she went on. calm
liz. II promised Mr.. Thorndike that
would show him the view from Kin:
Philips seat this morning He is prob
ably waiting for me now at the eros
roads"
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long ago that I was afraid I couldn't
remember the letters, but / tried as
hard as l shall ever try for anything
in my life, for realized at once what
it would mean. One by one the neces-
sary letters for help and rope came
back to me; and though 1 couldn't be
sure you'd see my handkerchief at all.
somehow just knew you would, Hal.
OF course, l expected you to send help,
not come yourself.
"And now comes the hardest part of
what 1 have to tell you-the hardest
and the dearest Hal, when you were
bending over the cliff to lower the rope
I discovered something. 1 discovered
that cared more for your safety than
for-than for anything else in the
whole world, dear."-Indianapolis Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03
WHHE BLOOD CELLS THE BoDY,s Defense.


! !: !. J j
II Our white blood cells are sanitary police
vi force, ever on the alert disease pro-
4 Nh duclng microbes The practical mind concerns
HI Itself with the question of what nay be done
NJ strengthen the hands these, micro scopic
" defenders, which, Of course, are numbered by
| n millions in each individual body We all know
l<A that high standard of the general he -h rep
- resents condition which must be svo1Sibe
the vitality of our white blood cells Again. many
we can prevent by sanitary the
to the body can destroy them by means of disin
fecahts. These are however limited extent
They represent rather exraneous aids than cacu
lated to increase the vgor of defending army.
Nature helps us in part by causing the development
the stricken body of principles known "anttoxns,"
which. resulting from the multiplication germs them
selves, ultimately their death. The white blood
cells in addition to their powers of destroying by
Investing and surrounding them, appear, their turn
produce certain chemical principles to which the
Haexins" has been given. If increase power
on the part of the white blood cells resisting germ
attack it is obvious another powerful weapon
be placed in hands in the against disease
Suppose that to the blood of animal stimulating
substance other has been added This is the stage
preparation few hours later let imagine that nocu
iaton with microbes of well known character performed
In place of succumbng to dose sufficient to produce
serious results unprotected animal
actually ressts the incubation of amount of germs
eeedng by forty fifty times the amount capable of
derng it seriously affected This alone is important
discovery shows that the living
body against disease attack capable of being strength
ened application principle carried
may well find ourselves face to face with of
the valuable researches day respect
of routing the invaders of frames that
sponsbe much pain misery and risk of
death
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03
How she was Won.

Old Friend-So you have at last
consented to marry some one. How
did it happen? Miss lippant--Wen,
every man that has ever proposed be-
fore has said. "WiIl you be ny wifer,
But Harold asked me if he might
have the honor OF being my husband
Detroit Free Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03
KEEP WORDS IN THEIR PLACE.
by Florence Popham.

"Adjectives you can do anything withw said
Humpty Dumpty to Alice, and he went on to in
form her that when he made word do a lot of
work he always paid it extra Humpty Dumptys
mind and methods, however were original and
it is certain that ordinary mortal nowadays
cannot do what he likes with an adjective, for
like children who have ceased to keep their
place. through the injudicous behavior of their
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1t Was a slayer.

"Yes," said he, letting out another
notch beyond the speed limit, 'the au.
tounobile has come to stay"
Then the machine slowed down, gavs
a shudder or two and dry, raspins
cough and stopped.
you were right" said his guest,
few hours later, as they trudged weari.
IL into town.-HoHston Post.