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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
Wedding Gift Burdens,

A young couple just starting in
life, with only enough for simple and
economical living, received at their
wedding several hundred handsome,
expensive and many of them ornate
presents; presents from relatives whom
they had never seen, from mere ac-
quaintances and from people for whom
they cared nothing. 1t took them
years, as they said, to live down these
presents. Many of them they simply
put in safe deposit vault; but they
felt under obligation to each giver of
gifts, and when, in turn, these friends
and acquaintance were married, the
young couple felt in duty bound not
only to send them a present, but one
that as nearly as possible approached
in financial value that given them
1t behooves us to call halt in the
giving of engagement presents. and
to curb as much as possible promis.
cuous giving in wedding presents. A
wedding is a family rite, and an init
mate sharing in it belongs to those
alone who are nearest the bride and
groom in blood and sympathy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
The Woman Who Gam bIes.

Men who gamble are gamblers, not
men, says Rev. Isador e. Philo. Won
en- who gamble are unfit to be mothers,
wives; sisters, sweethearts. This is
the verdict of full-statured manhood.
| share this opinion. My convictions
are the result of years devoted to the
study of the psychology of woman.
While | believe in a single standard
of morality for both men and women,
yet nature has so ordained it that
many things a man may do a woman
may not do and remain morally I'M
furnished.
While public opinion is not always
the best standard by which to judge
morality, simply because it represents
the majority - and majorities, while
not always wrong, are never in the
right-yet it is the criterion by which
the acts of men and women are
gagged. A man who CANDLES may be
saint; a woman who CANDLES is a
sinner. And the most sinful are ever
ready to cast the first stone. When
man CANDLES he only risks losing
his money. When a woman CANDLES
she risks losing everything a good
woman holds dear. Whether she wins
or loses money, in either case she
loses her womanliness.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
Women Behind the Throne.

Many years ago when Madame Kat
tie Schratt was brilliant star at the
Hofburg theater in Vienna she was
presented by the empress to Francis
Joseph and has ever since maintained
an extraordinary ascendency over her
sovereign.
Kind-hearted and generous. Madame
Schratt is spoken well of by all the
world. She has only one fault-says
London Tatler-incurable extrava-
gance. She buys everything that is
offered to her and then gives it away.
Over and over again has the emperor
paid her debts. Up till now she has
refrai1ed from mixing in politics, but
rumor asserts that she has been won
over TO the Radicals ON the occasion
of her recent visit to Hungary con-
sequently there is much excitement
in Vienna.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
Hundreds Rush to Rescue.
Sparks from the Wires,

The plant of the Columbus (Ohiol
Packing Company was destroyed by fire
Loss $1S5,000 with $4,000 insurance.
John Griffin of Forest, Ohio, a road.
master of the Big -Four railroad, com
mitted suicide by shooting. No cause is
known.
As a result of the visit made by Sec
rotary Taft to Benicia, Cal, the straits
of Carquinez will probably be bridged by
the Southern Pacific.
Fred and Justin Finn, Lrathers aged
Is and II years respectively, were drown
ed near Laconia, n. H, in the Winnipe-
saukee river while swimming.
The grand jury in Philadelphia. Pa.
returned two bills of indictmer. against
John w. Hill, former chief OF the filtra-
ton bureau, charging him with forgery
and the Justification of records. His
prosecution is a result of Mayor Weav-
er's crusade.
Archibald Defrees, ex-councilman and
former street commissioner and cemetery
sexton of South Bend, Ind, died from a
fall from a scaffold, aged 10 years.
Rev. Walter J. Stanley, president of
the Catholic Young Mems National
Union, announced that the annual con-
vention of the union would be held at
Albany, \. Y, Aug. % and %.
K. l.. and Josephine Facer of Chicago
have filed a petition in the federal Cir
cult Court at San Francisco for a writ
of habeas corpus to secure the discharge
of their son, Edward Laurent Facer, a
marine at the Mare Island navy gard,
on the ground that the boy is under Il
and enlisted without parental consent.
1t was announced at the Navy Depart
ment in Washington that the battleship
Oregon had won the trophy for the high
est scores made by vessels of its class at
the annual target practice, the Wiscon-
sin being second. In the cruiser class
t..e Raleigh is the trophy winner, and
in the gunboat class the Frolic.
The Comptroller Of the Currency re-
ports that one-third OF the assets of the
failed Fredonia National Bank of FIRE.
donia, n. Y, are good, one-third doubt
full and one-third worthless. An assess
ment of 500, 900 on tie stockholders will
make the good assets s424, S27, with
which to meet total liabilities of 1885,,
sS4.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
Praise for the Wife.

Apparently there are some men in
the world who think their wives are
the only people they know who do not
want hearty appreciation Of their
work. The man of this description is
usually a self-sufficient creature, but
there are many men who, without
meaning any unkindness, take all
things for granted.
The wife of the unappreciative man
is woman whom no old maid should
envy, for her loving toll seems all ID
vain. A wife's one redress is to mas
ter her husband, and it is never
pleasant to any true-hearted woman
to feel that she has to master her hus-
band in order to live comfortably with
him. The man who never praises his
wife will find fault on every possible
occasion. 1t is the easiest thing in
the world to find fault-easier than
the proverbial sliding downhill. 1t
gets to be habit with some men,
and they are hardly conscious when
they are exercising it.
Why cannot man show his wife
that he appreciates her efforts to please
him? Why cannot he praise the pud-
ding of his wife as we'll as the cook
ing of her neighbor, Mrs. Jones? Why
cannot he speak kindly of her pie and
charitably of her sponge cake? Why
cannot he say that the new hat is be-
coming to the face of the woman who
loves him? Kind words make his wife
happy, and every man should bestow
item. Then he will find that the gen
eral run of affairs in his household
will be smoother all round.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01

Miss Aimee Tourgee, only child OF
the late Judge Albion w. Tourgee, is
expected to follow in the literary foot
steps of her illustrious father. She
has his poetic temperament.
Mrs. David Murray, of New Bruins
wick, N. j., has presented Johns Hop
kins University with valuable col
lection of books and relics illustrating
the history and institutions of Japan,
collected by the late Prof. David Muir
ray.
Mrs. Frederick Krupp, widow Of
the famous gunmaker, has donated
100000 marks for a convalescent la
borers' home, to celebrate the fifth an
niversary of the opening of the great
Gruson works, near Madgeburg, Ger
many.
Lady Helen Forbes, in an English
woman's periodical, has been consid-
ering How superior a product the
American girl is to the American
man." But, going further, she spoils
this statement by adding that this
product is educated for conquest"
Mrs. Fairbanks holds three collegiate
degrees She was graduated from the
Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware
in 1872 in the same class with her
husband. Afterwards she took the
degree of bachelor of laws, and then
took a full course in parliamentary
and international law.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01

Culture is simply the perfect devel-
opment of the life within. Culture is
hopefulness Of mind and heart, light
ness of touch, deepness of insight,
freshness of feeling. 1t has been said
that were it not for the children the
world would grow old. The cultured
man is a child in his magical power
of seeing things joyously, surprisingly.
He retains the delight of the first i'm
preston. be it the beauty of a poem
or the glory of an art creation or the
loneliness of a landscape. To be able
TO see familiar object the hundredth
time with the same approach of sur
prise and charm and enthusiasm that
you saw it the first time; to see with
fresh eyes and feel with a fresh heart
is one of the happy and helpful things
some carry with them from childhood
over into middle lie. and rare and
fortunate few even down to old age.
M. J. Mcleod.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
Brief News Items

Fire swept a large area of the bust
ness portion of Guntersville, Ala. Loss
$4,000, with about one-third insurance.
The Alabama militia ordered out by
the Governor, prevented the lynching of
FIVE negroes confined iii the Jail at Glad
sen for brutality numbering a white wom-
an.
Rev. Fred w. Perkins of Lynn. Mass,
was elected president of the Young Peo-
pies Christian Union of the Universalist
church, at the convention in Hartford,
Conn.
Senator Tom Platt of New York in
celebrating his I'D birthday, remarked
that his life had hardly been worth while.
He said if he had his life to live over
again he would do it all differently.
Six beggars, who, it is said, are prop
erty owners, were arrested in New York.
One of the men, when searched, had a
bank book, showing 81 400 on deposit.
The men were charged with forming a
beggars' trust.
BY -he accidental overturning of a
rowboat on Keuka lake Miss Maude
Masten of Penn Yam and Miss Remer
Faulkner of Mansfield, Pa. We're drown
ed. Four others of the party were res
cued after much difficulty.
Matt Michaeleck, 2S years old. died in
Minneapolis, Mimi, from the effects of a
blow on the head from an iron cuspidor
said to have been thrown by John Kan
drech, alias Tony Novotn. The men are
alleged to have quarreled and in the en-
suing fight the cuspidor was thrown,
striking Michaeleck on the head.
The will of Miss Ellen NJ Jones. sis
ter of Mayor $. NJ Jones of Toledo.
Ohio, and head of the Golden Rule So
cial Settlement. who died recently, left
bequest to Mary L. Jonathan of Chi
cago, who is a cousin. and gifts of $500
each to the Salvation Army. the Volun-
teers of America mad other charitable
institutions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
Good Housekeeping.

Wherein consists good housekeep-
ing? For one thing it implies such
keeping of house as makes everybody
from daddy to the baby happy and
comfortable. The housekeeper is re-
sponsible for the smooth running of
the family machine. The order of the
home depends upon her management.
If she is a needless person who has
no system, meals will never be in sea-
son. and things will be at skies and
sevens all through her domain. If she
be a sla}e to her system, cramped by
it and unable TO give or take any free
dom, the family will suffer. System
must needs be elastic in the best reg
ulated home.
In good housekeeping there are we'll
kept, tidy and clean rooms: dust and
cobwebs are not in evidence. Break
fast, dinner and supper are appetizing
meals, however simple. The house is
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
A Woman of Tact,

The tactful woman il never the
candid woman. The tactfcl woman
is always a delight to her friends,
while the candid woman somehow
throws one into a little futter of I'M
pleasant expectancy.
The candid woman will say to you,
".Iy dear, have something to say to
you," and then proceeds to say it, and
1t is ever the fact that what your
candid friend has to say to you Tor
your own good is always unpleas-
ant.
Now, the tactful woman overlooks
your shortcomings, and, if she loves
you well enough to play the part OF
missionary toward you, she finds
nicer way to help you remedy your
mistakes than by telling you plainly
and bluntly how very faulty are your
actions
The tactful woman is not the insin-
cere woman. BY no means should we
confound the two. Indeed, the tact
full woman is always tender of heart,
and ready with sympathy, else her
role would be easily guessed, which
would spoil it all-spoil it all for US
who love to see her coming because
we know that while she is with us we
will feel that we are at our very best,
and that when she leaves us we will
not be haunted with the thought that
maybe, after all, we are not nearly
so clever and bright as we thought
ourselves.
1t is not necessary to be chara cter-
less, to be ever agreeing with others
in what they think, but the tactful
woman knows when and where to dis
agree When she meets some one as
generous as herself-that is, willing
that others should entertain their own
views as well as they do theirs-then
she holds to her own.
But there are folks, you and know,
as well as the tactful woman, who
insist that they and they alone hold
the right opinions of a certain or any
situation. Then the tactful woman
sinks self; not humbly or with any
show of doing so, but so gracefully
that there is not the least little sting
felt by anybody. And the woman
who can do this is generous.
Some women are born tactful, 9th
ers learn me art, but alas! more are
not born that way, and as many more
never learn the art-The Housewife.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
w onlen's Voices.

Women spend years in learning to
play a musical instrument, in polish
ing their manners and in studying the
mysteries of dress and fashion, yet
their voices are left uncultivated,
though on these depends in highest
degree the charm of social intercourse.
Go into a drawing room or a dining
room crowded with women, and the
din of the vocal discord is distressing,
yet all this is conquerable by educa-
ton and the conquering of it is one
of the most important functions of ed
ucation. The musical instrument most
carefully to be cultivated is the hui
man voice, from the earliest childhood
to maturity.-New York Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
YELLOW FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS.
First Case Comes from Central America
and Many Deaths Result.

The New Orleans board of health, in
an official report, says there have been
l54 cases of suspected yellow fever in
the city, 81 deaths all told, and about so
cases under treatment at this time The
infection rapidly is assuming the proper
tons of an epidemic and thoroughly has
alarmed the people of the city and State
The quarantine Gordon has been drawn
more tightly about New Orleans and it
now is impossible for the local resident
to go anywhere outside of a few lex
cepted" districts within the State.
The first case of yellow fever in New
Orleans this season came from Central
America, not from Cuba, and steps were
taken at once to prevent the spread of
the disease by resort to methods so eff
fective in crushing out yellow fever in
Cuban cities.
Previous to the Spanish-American war
Cuba was regarded, because of the I'M
sanitary conditions prevailing klere, as a
constant menace to New Orleans and
other Southern cities. When Cuba had
been cleaned up and Havana and San
tiagO were as free from yellow fever as
our own cities it was believed that the
greatest danger to New Orleans had been
removed.
In the yellow fever Epidemic of 1888
Florida was the principal sufferer. In
the epidemic of 1897 New Orleans re-
ported 1897 cases. Since that time the
experiments in Cuba and in other coun-
tries have added much to our informa-
ton as to the nature of the disease, the
means by which it is communicated, and
the methods of treatment. There is still
much difference of opinion as to what ex-
tent mosquitoes contribute to the spread
of yellow fever. but both the federal and
local authorities at New Orleans are pro-
ceeding on the theory advanced by those
who conducted the mosquito experiments
in Cuba.
Not since the Spanish-American war
have we had in this country any panic
over the prevalence of yellow fever. In
fact, New Orleans and other Southern
cities have assumed that there were to
be no more great yellow fever epidemics
like that of 1878, when there were $4,000
deaths from yellow fever in the United
States, and Memphis was almost depop-
ulated and New Orleans suffered Sc
verely.
The interesting question now raised is
whether the measures which were so eff
| fective in Cuba will be as effective in
| New Orleans. Precautionary measures
| have been taken to prevent the spread
| of the disease by mosquitoes. and it is
announced that the strictest sanitary reg
ulatiOnS will be enforced
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
RAPID GROWTH MADE BY CORN.
Weekly Government Bulletin Reports
Some na rr,aoe IN Wheat

Weekly Government Bulletin Reports
Some Damage to Wheat.
The general summary Of the weekly
crop report of the weather bureau is as
follows:
Although excessively hot and dry in
parts of the middle Atlantic States and
Kentucky and Tennessee during the fore
part of the week ended July 24Eand
these conditions also prevailed in the
northern plateau region and on the North
Pacific coast-as a rule temperatures
were favorable. Showers delayed work
and caused some damage to crops in Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and parts of the
lower Ohio central and lower Mississip-
pi valleys, Oklahoma and Texas, while
rain is needed in New England. Ten
nessee, Georgia, Alabama, Kansas and
generally throughout the plateau dis
tricts.
Favorable weather has caused rapid
growth of corn, and, with very few ex-
ceptions, the crop is in excellent condi-
ton. Corn is beginning to need rain in
Kansas and Alabama, the late needs cul-
tivation in Arkansas and Kentucky, ana
some was damaged by high winds in
Winter wheat harvest is nearly COM
pleted in the principal wheat States, and
thrashing, which is we'll advanced, shows
grain of good yield and quality in Kan
sas. Rains have delayed thrashing in
Virginia and Maryland and caused fur
Their damage to grain in shock or stack
in Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Okla
hOma and Texas. On the north Pacific
coast winter wheat is ripening rapidly
in Washington. where harvest is in full
progress, and harvest is general in Ore
gOn, with good yields indicated.
Spring wheat has continued to adj
vance favorably in the spring wheat re-
gions; the early sown is heading and fill
ing well, and the late sown heading in
North Dakota; the early is maturing in
South Dakota and Wisconsin, and the
crop is nearly ready to cut in Iowa. Al
though black rust is reported from scat
tered localities in Minnesota and the Da-
kotas, no material damage is shown, and,
with favorable weather conditions. ser-
GUS injury is not anticipated. Complaints
of smut are received from South Dakota,
red rust in Colorado and most fields of
North Dakota and some lodging il Wis
consin, while in Washington desiccating
winds have been injurious to the crop in
the filling stage and caused Shfivel-
ing.
In the principal oat-produciy States
harvesting of this crop is well advanced,
while in the more northerly districts oats
are heading, the early sown are maturing
rapidly, and harvest will be general dur
ing the coming week. The crop generally
is in promising condition, although badly
lodged in Ohio, and some complaints of
lodging are received from Washing
ton.
In Illinois grain in shock and stand
ing crops have been damaged in the
south by heavy rains. Corn is tasseIing
and silking north and is in splendid con-
dition because of fine forcing weather.
Wheat, rye and barley are in shock. The
oat harvest is well advanced north. A
good crop of hay has been secured north,
but there has been considerable damage
elsewhere Potatoes, berries and grapes
are promising; apples disappointing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01

he received in battle they lived on
their Mississippi plantation and after
ward went to Washington during JEFF
ferson Davis two terms as senator
and secretary of war. After his re-
lease from prison at the close of the
war they lived abroad for three years,
then returned to Mississippi.
Since her husbands death Mrs.
Davis has lived in New York city a
greater part of the time for health
reasons. Only a strong character could
go through such vicissitudes and
preserve the calm serenity which is
so dominating trait of Mrs. Davis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
You owe 1t to Your Mother.

To manifest an interest in what
ever interests or amuses her
To seek her comfort and pleasure
in all things before your own.
Not to forget that, though she is
old and wrinkled, she still loves pref
ty things.
To make her frequent, simple pres
ents, and to be sure that they are ap-
propriate and tasteful.
To remember that she ig still a girl
at heart so far as delicate little atten-
tons are concerned.
To give her your full confidence, and
never do anything which you think
she would d,sapprove.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
THE DIAMOND RIVER
BY DAVID MURRAY
CHAPTER vI.-(Continued

CHAPTER VI.-(Continued.
'Such violence, for instance, as was
practiced last night on the man you call
EdgecombT
Why cried Harvey. "The man
was masquerading as my unclew
That is the point" said Hargraves
dryly. THE man was masquerading as
your uncle, and the man was murdered.
But If there Is any such association be-
tween these two facts, as ! an inclined
to think, It is quite evident that Mr..
Joseph Taylor was in ignorance of last
nights tragedy when he saw you this
morning. Are you prepared to lay the
whole of this case unreservedly in the
hands of the policef'
IF my uncle had thought the police
likely TO help him, would he not have
applied TO them himself?'
And, on the other hand, Mr.. Jethroe,
II the people represented by Mr.. Taylor
had claim which could be legally en-
forced, would they not have employed
legal means? Here is a threat on one
side, and evasion on the other. The con-
clusion seems to me tolerably obvious.
Your uncle has something which he can
not legally defend, and the Ezekiel firm
has strong determination to possess it,
without having any legal claim upon it.
This is how l read the case"
1T looks like that" said Harvey; "but
30 far as l know, my uncle has borne
a spotless reputation"
Men of spotless regulations have been
mixed up in very strange affairs before
to-day, Mr.. Jethroe," said the lawyer,
with a quiet smile. "If you will leave
me free to act in your behalf, 1 may
very possibly secure your liberation. II
the police are enabled to make the in
quiries to which we can direct them, they
may be induced to withdraw their pro-
ceedings; we may even manage to keep
the whole thing to ourselves. You had
really best leave the matter in my hands,
and rely upon me to act with all possible
reticence and caution. Your uncle is
most probably in very serious danger,
and we can have a private watch set
upon Mr.. Taylor and his associates.
Come now, Mr.. Jethroe, have your au-
thority to 2ctY'
Yes" said Harvey suddenly; you
had better take the whole thing in hand.
But you know my wishes, Mr.. Har-
graves; must respect my uncles desire
as far as possible"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01

mons, has been
prime minister Of
Great Brit al n
since July, 1902.
He represents the
East Lothian dis
trict in the house,
and was first lord
of the treasury
and leader of MS
p art in I b e
House of Com
mons from 1895
TO the time of his
elevation to the
premiership. Des-
pite many bitter
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01

Pink messaline was used to build
this simple but effective dance frock,
which has a full circular skirt laid in
back, and five deep tucks around the
bottom. The same material also
makes the deep girdle on decollete
bodice; the top part and short puff
sleeve employing dotted messaline in
same shade, bordered top and bottom
by tiny ruffies of messaline Two
white lace butterflies give a pretty fin
fish, and are set on just a trifle to the
left, where closing is made.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01

Majesty was not
injured, but sew
eraI members Of
suite were killed
or injured. AS the
Sultan was issuing
from the mosque
at the conclusion
of the ceremony of
the Sc la m k a
bomb burst in the
court yard. H j $
Majesty displayed
self-possession and