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rouRTH is LESS DEADLY.
Statistics Show Gratifying Decrease il


Aggregate of Injury.
This years Fourth of July celebra-
ton resulted in 104 cases of tetanus. as
compared with 105 last year year and
415 in 1903, while the injuries from
compgred with 1905 last year and 1862
in 1903, according to statistics furnished
in an article in the Journal of the Amer
lean Medical Association.
Restrictions by city ordinances of the
toy pistol are credited with the decrease
III the number of cases of tetanus and
blank cartridge injuries, particularly in
a comparison of the figures of 1908 and
1904. While the number of cases from
blank cartridges is decreasing each year,
cases from the other causes remain about
the same or on the increase.
Besides the lockjaw cases directly due
to Fourth of July accidents, 81 cases
were reported this year due to other in
Juries, as penetrating wounds from nails,
spllnters, from crushing injuries in falls
or otherwise, compared with 90 such
cases last year and 10 in 1908.
PENNSYLVANIA, the birthplace of indie
pendence, is this year at least far in
the lead, with 721 casualties, followed by
New York, with 500, and Illinois, with
542. The 1907 total increase over last
year is fairly well distributed among the
States.
Besides 81 deaths from tetanus there
were 30 other accidents. making a total
of 49, deaths. There were 4,994 nom
fatal injuries. or over 1000 more than
the total for last year, which was 1856,
or for 1908, which was 1888. Therefore,
the total of dead and injured was 5,176,
as compared with 4.169 last year or 4, 449
for 1908.
The non-fatal accidents were appar-
emily more severe this year than last
year Six more were made totally blind,
4o more lost one eye, 10 more lost leg,
arm or hand and ID more lost one or
more fingers. The most prolific source
of severe accidents causing blindness,
loss of hand, arm or other lacerated
wounds was the giant cracker Almost
invariably the injury resulted from the
picking up of the cracker or retaining it
in the hand on the superstition that lit
had gone out"
Cities passed ordinances, some only
against the toy pistol others prohibiting
the sale of fire crackers above certain
size. Others prohibited the use of fire.
works on any other day than the Fourth,
while one city, Baltimore, placed the
ban on the use of fireworks of all de-
scriptions. The results in Baltimore are
certainly gratifying, there being only six
accidents reported from that city, and
these of minor nature.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12
woman's New Opportunities.

"Woman's work is never DONE" IN
the sense that she is continually find
useful. Bright young women, some of
them kindergarten teachers, are re-
lieving parents and making money this
season by establishing themselves at
summer resorts and taking care of
flock of children FIVE hours a day for
so much week apiece. There is no
lack of patronage for such benefac-
tors; and probably when papa pays the
bill he looks with admiring envy at
the caretaker, and wishes himself
clever enough to think out such an
original, and yet so obvious, a way to
increase his own income.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12
A Snow Luncheon.

A snow luncheon given after
peaches have appeared in market could
have as a first course or appetizer iced
peaches. For this the fruit is sliced,
sprinkled with sugar and placed on
the ice to become thoroughly chilled,
not frozen. 1t is served in glasses or
in ice shells with a covering of
whipped cream. The new potatoes &C
companying the chops were dressed
with melted butter ard rolled in
minced parsley. The SNOWFALL cakes
are made by dipping round white
cakes in soft-boiled icing and rolling
them in shredded cocoanut. The
caterer can mold for you snowballs of
white ice cream if preferred to the
bonnie glace, but these are rather diff
cult to do at home. A special feature
of the original luncheon, obtained
from the caterer who supplied the
china and other extra touches, con-
sisted Of little Individual blocks Of ice
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

Ionboddo told the story, or partially
told the story, Of his own discontinue.
The doctor strove to enlarge upon his
own cunning, upon the resource and arti-
fee he had displayed, but it was all of
no avail to stay Jethroe's mirth, and the
big man laughed until he was fairly
tired.
But now he said. at length, 'this
lets me through. | start for town this
morning, and | want you with me, Har-
vey. Good-by, Monboddo; | am really
very sorry for you. If you played your
cards properly you might have had an
easy two thousand out of Mr.. Smith
But cheer up, doctor; you haven't made
a bad thing OF it after all. We must
turn to and pack, Harvey"
That afternoon saw them in Chica CO.
Jethroe took quiet lodgings, and his
nephew. acting on instructions, went back
to his hotel and waited there. He had
not long to wait, for on the following
morning there came telegram from
Jethroe. instructing him TO draw ten
thousand dollars. to pack for a voyage
and to proceed to New York. He obey
ed without question: he had long since
ceased to question. for he seemed to have
been taken by tide he had no power to
resist. His uncle was beforehand with
him at New York.
I'VE sail tomorrow for Rio Janeiro,"
said Jethroe. in seven weeks from
now we shall be at our journeys end;
and you will see what only one white
mans eyes have seen before you, the
greatest storehouse of riches in the
world. That gang of thieves and muir
derers is all gathered together in Chi
cago, Harvey. They are working out
the problems" He laughed in his bois-
ferrous way 1--WE have a clear field, and
if they track us they can he made well
come. | have one method of welcome
they don't dream of.
ITO ha continuedo
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12
CHAPTER XVIII

During Monboddo's absence, brief as
II was. plain Mr.. Smith was in a hun
dred different frames of mind, and bent
upon as many varying forms of action.
The first the most natural and the most
enticing idea, was to knock Monboddo
on the head so soon as he had convinc-
ed himself of the truth of the document
he carried and to make a bolt for life
and fortune But there were many ex-
cellent reasons against this course of
conduct. inviting as it was. To rob Mon
boddo seemed at first sight reasonable
sort of proposition, but there were argu-
ments against even that. To achieve pos
session by purchase unless every other
method of acquisition were proved i'm
possible did not even occur to Mr.. Smith.
To buy what could be had by fraud had
always seemed to him a foolishness. And
This way and that dividing the swift
mind" he leaped to a plan which he per
fected in his rogues fancy at the very
instant at which Monboddo lurched back
into the room.
lis that the article?" asked the doc
tor thickly. He held the case tightly
and jealousy in both hands and allowed
an inch or two of the parchment to he
visible, WITH a fragment Of a chess prob
lem. where a rock stood on its own
square wish knight beside if.
Plain Mr.. Smith was a man of re-
source, but at the sight of this simple
looking object his joints relaxed and his
mead swan and his eyes were dazzled He
stretched out shaking hands toward it,
out MenbOddo leered knowingly and drew
Il further away.
lis it any good?' he asked.
'Goodr' gasped his companion. "The
man who owns that and knows what it
mems
He was unable to finish his sentence
and broke off short with an agitated
groan. He made great effort and pull
ed himself together.
You needn't be afraid of me, doctor"
he said. Il can tell you what to do with
that lot. Let me have a closer look
at IT,"
80 you shall" said Monboddo. he
wks a great artist. and he knew how, If
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12
BIG FRAUDS IN LIFE RISKS.
Collision Between Officers and Agents
of Many ComDauies

NOAIuSiOh DSt"GCh Agents
of Many Companies.
Evidence of extensive fraud in writ
ing insurance on risks known to be bad
has been brought to the attention of
the legislative insurance committee in
New York. From information it already
possesses the commission is inclined TO
the opinion that it has struck a new lead
which will produce extraordinary results.
Additional Importance attaches to the
new line of investigation in that the
fraud is said to involve many companies.
The indications, too, it is said, are that
the fraud is not confined to agents who
are anxious to increase their earnings.
but that there is collision between off,
GERS and agents.
If the information given is sustained
upon investigation, it may be shown that
writing policies for large amounts on
persons about to die is one form of in
surance bribery which is prevalent
1t is the intention of the commission
to search this matter to the bottom. It
is understood that testimony already had
been volunteered by physicians which will
tend to prove that such fraudulent prac-
tees have been in vogue in some of the
big insurance companies for years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

A soft shade of rose-pink Sicilienne
Is selected for the travelling gown, and
the coat bodice is fashioned with an
open front, filed in with a low-cut
Waistcoat of pique that may be re-
moved instanter. There is smart
little cape collar effect over the Shout
ders; the sleeve is one of those fluffy
elbow-length models with lace ruffies,
and a deep rosered velvet ribbon is
relied upon to make the touch of color
contrast that the present mode de-
mands. The skirt is plain, except for
a shaped scant volant of velvet ap-
piled above the deep hem, shirrings
adjusting the tit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12
Pale Blue Peau de Cygue.

A pale blue peau de cygne has the
skirt laid in three wide tucks just
above the hem. The skirt is full, but
fits closely about the hips The bodice
is rounded out in the neck and a
guimpe of fine lace with high stock
inset. The sleeves consist of a large
puff of silk reaching to the elbow and
finished with lace ruffies. The under
sleeves are of lace and fit the arms
closely, ending in tiny frills of lace
which fail over the hands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12
"Antique" Is New styIe.

Among the old weayes that have
elbowed new fabrics out of the ranks
is MORE antique, a venerable textile
of ancient and honorable lineage 1t
comes, of course, with the soft, supple
body demanded by the fashions 1t
compares excellently with the jeweled
hour. Pale tinted and shot effects are
its popular forms.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12
How "a Reduce Flesh.

If a f1eshy person wants TO get rid
of his flesh he will have to exercise
and diet. He must give up his indo-
lent habits of sleeping long hours and
lying about idly through the day. An
active person does not accumulate
flesh. 1t is the slow, easy going, mac
tive man or woman that is burdened
with an excessive amount of flesh. The
only practical, common sense way to
reduce flesh is to eat non-fat-produeing
foods, making the diet very simple,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

Aside from the Bige- CHARLES PFIsTER.
low defalcation, no sensation ever has
stirred Wisconsin and the Northwest
as did the news that flew over the
country that the wealthiest citizen of
Wisconsin and one of the foremost
business men of the West-the man
who saved the First National Bank
when it's president stole millions-had
been caught in District Attorney Fran
els E. McGovern's dragnet.
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looked upon by the
politicians of that
State as one of the
strongest gubernato-
rial influences. AL
though she is only
just past her major
ity she is close to her
father in all of his
administrative du-
ties, and it is said
thai he consults her
b. l.. -. - A. FrsN
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MISSOURI LOSING PRESTIGE.
Engineers Report Shows DECREASED
Tonnage on the Big River.

Engineers Report Shows Decreased
Tonnage on the Big River.
The annual report of Major Ii. NJ
Chittenden, United States engineer in
charge of the Missouri river, which has
been forwarded to Gen. Alexander Mac
Kenzie, chief of engineers, Washington,
ID. c., covering the fiscal year ending
July l, 1905, states that there has been
expended during the ar along the en-
tire river for improvement the sum Of
$93,541.43. The outstanding liabilities
July 1 were $40 ,63O.40 and the sum
available July / was 1921, 522.7S. The
money to be expended the coming year is
$SS,000 above Sioux City and 100000
between Sioux City and the mouth Of the
river. Sioux City is the dividing point
for river improvements. The money is
to be expended on the lower river as
follows:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

Joseph G.. Cannon
of the national
House Of Repre-
sentatives. and is
the mistress of his
household at Wash
ington. She is said
to be a woman of
t a C t and grea t
charm of manner,
and has inherited
many of the loyable
characteristics of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12
For Young Married People.

Try TO he satisfied to commence on
a small scale.
Try to avoid the too common mis-
take of making ali effort to begin
where the parents ended"
Try not to look at richer homes and
covet their costly furniture
Try buying all that is necessary to
work with skillfully, while adjoining
the house at first with simply what
will render it comfortable.
Try being perfectly independent
from the first, and shun debt in all its
forms
Try to cultivate the moral courage
that will resist the arrogance of fash
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

having flowers frozen in them which
took the place of finger bowls. At the
top of each block they were served
on separate plates with doilies under
them was little hollow filed with
water in which to moisten ones finger
tips.
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ton and received
his early education
in railroadlng there.
He is one of four
brothers, all of
whom have attain
ed distinction in
the railway world.
The case is unique.
William Cotter is
now general mana
ger of the Perc
Marquette system.
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stalls for CatrIe.

A countryman brought his sweet
heart into Glasgow to hear a perform
ance by well-known opera company.
Going up to the ticket office, the girl
hanging on to the sleeve of his jacket
he banged down a half-sovereign. and
said:
.sTwa seats
.'Stalls?" inquired the clerk.
Look here, my man. replied Bar
levmow, rather sharply, "dinna think
because we came frae the country that
we're cattle. Gie's twa cooshioned
SootSv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12
Breathing Through the Mouth.

The pernicious habit of breathing
through the mouth while sleeping or
waking is very hurtful. There are
many persons who sleep with the
mouth open, and do not know it, They
may go to sleep with it closed, and
wake with it closed; but if the mouth
is dry and parched on waking it is a
sign that the mouth has been open
during the sleep. Snoring is a certain
sign. This habit should be overcome.
At all times, except when eating.
drinking, or speaking, keep the mouth
firmly closed, and breathe through the
nostrils, and retire with firm deter
mination to conquer. The nostrils are
the proper breathing apparatus, not
the mouth
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

owner, hotel man
and head and front
of the stalwart or
anti-La Toilette fac
ton in Wisconsin
politics, was indicted
by the grand jury to-
gether with four 9th
er victims of the
graft investigation.
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and then exercise, exercise, exercise.
Exercising the muscles drives off the
flesh. Limiting the diet increases the
formation of flesh. The only sensible
means, therefore of reducing super
fiuous flesh is exercise and diet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

political leaders in Kansas have not
been slow in making the discovery
that Governor Hoch is great re-
specter of his daughters opinion and
many of them are wont to carry their
woe TO her first and beg her to inter-
cede for them with the Governor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

No. s of that order
since 1887, and it
has been through
his efforts that the
fraternity was en-
abled to build n
magnificent home
in that city costing
upward of $4,000.
He is a Kentuckian
by birth. about 40
years old, and for
twenty years has
haau n narx-sy,anop
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knnrE-

Teach your child when very young
never to enter your closed chamber
without first knocking and getting per-
mission to enter. This habit may save
embarrassment il later life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

at the national
capital since 1900.
He began his dip
lomatic career in
this country, first
coming here in 1876
as attache. In
1881 he was APP
pointed secretary
Of legation, and
after two years
service returned to
Tokio To baoonno
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

her deceased moth 1-'-''''
er, whose name before her marriage
was Mary Reed, pretty Ohio school
teacher. A number of distinguished
American tourists attended the dinner,
which was presided over by Henry H
Morgan, the United States Consul at
Lucerne. Congratulations We're show
cred on the honored guest of the oc-
casion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

Robert w. Brown, newly elected
Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks. has
been affiliated with Louisville Lodge
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secretary of the foreign office. He was
charge d'affaires in Korea in 1885,
consul general at New York in 1891,
and subsequently minister to Hol-
land, Italy and Austria, and in 1896
was vice minister for foreign affairs.
He is of middle age, tactful, dignified
and diplomatic, and is said to under.
stand the Russian people thoroughly.
Mr.. Takahira does not belong to the
titled class in Japan. Through eff
cient work he has risen from the
ranks.
-
Charles f. Pfster, Milwaukee's lead
ing capitalist, manufacturer, banker,
street railway magnate, newspaper
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

ne IS the tIUtSL OF
the four. John, next in age, is super
intendent of the Southern, with head
quarters at Birmingham, Ala. George
is general superintendent of the Colo
RADIO Southern, with headquarters at
Fort Worth, Tex. Stephen was born in
1870 and his brother George, the
youngest, in 1878. They are believed
to be the youngest general superin-
tendents in the United States.
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man. The only public office Mr.. Brown
has ever held was that of private see
rotary to the Mayor - the admiais-
tration of Charles z. Weaver He is
managing editor of the Louisville
Times.
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His is a poor defense whose argu-
ment Is the other fellows weakness.
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Kogoro Takahira, who conducted
the peace preliminaries at Washing
ton, has been minister of the mikado
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ernOr EOch, Of Kansas, who chris
tened the new battleship Kansas, is
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Stephen E. Cotter, recently appoint
ed general superintendent of the Wa
bash system, was born in Blooming
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Miss He' N Cannon, in whose honor
a banquet was given at Lucerne, Swift
zerland. is the daughter of Sneaker
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VI Ike ldtteE sum od0,OOO Is OF the new
appropriation and $4,000 in a balance
of an old appropriation. That the Mis-
souri, is losing its prestige more and
more each year as a commercial highway
is shown in the statement of tonnage of
freight carried. On the upper river the
total tonnage last year was 2S951 and
for the year previous it was 1884. For
the lower river last year the tonnage Of
freight carried was 455,000 and for the
year previous it was 750.291. The snag-
boat Mandan removed 335 snags on the
upper river at a cost of So, S4S.S9
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

Frederick w. Smith, a grandson Of the
Mormon prophet Joseph Smith and son
of the present head of the Latter Day
Saints, has started a propaganda to con-
vert the Mormons of Utah to the former
principles of the church as expounded
by the prophet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12
.Stallsq >" incurred the clerk
Mhere They GET IT.

George AIDE, not long ago, was
speaking of the curious ideas some
children have of the most ordinary
things. AIDE then said the story he was
about TO tell actually occurred in Indl-
ana. his native State. There was a
little boy, who, on seeing a pan OF
warm. freshly drawn milk, inquired
where the cows got their milk.
Where do you get your tears?' was
the reply.
Gee exclaimed the youngster, do
you have to spank the cowsT'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12
Perfect Health

Perfect health demands not only
fixed amount of sleep, but the observ-
ance of regular habits And perfect
sleep for man can be obtained only at
night, as suggested by the rhythmical
succession of light and darkness.
There is point to the old proverb: San
hours sleep before midnight is worth
two after" Those who are in the
habit of turning night into day realize
this to their cost. The hour before
midnight that is worth two after is
from II to u. And inasmuch as the
human system is more below par at
8 a. m. than at any other period in
the twenty four hours, sleep should
cover at least two hours on each side
of this time. When life is at stake in
the crises of acute disease, nurses are
instructed to begin special stimulation
at midnight and to continue it until
6 in the morning, in the hope that
tagging energies may be sustained
through this period of supreme depres-
sion.-Good Housekeeping.
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Hilton Perry, the sculptor of the
bronze fountain of the library of Con-
gress, is modelling an equestrian statue Of
Gen. G. S. Green for the Gettysbur
battlefield.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

No man or woman is ever good just
for the fun Of the thing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

Never censure people because they
happen to be rich. They may be just
as respectable as you are.
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Mothers Scrapbook.

Long before the majority of mothers
are conscious of the fact, the child's
ideas of life, of right, of duty, of
pleasure, of usefulness, are receiving
bent which all the education of
schools and colleges cannot uproot
Let woman run the race, paint.
write, teach, speak, as her talents die
tate, but let her use things as being
only ~the pastimes, not the work, of
her life. Let the young girl learn the
tremendous meaning and sacredness
of her functions and their exercise
and make her understand once for all
that her real work lies in carrying the
torch of life from generation to gen
Grafton; that she is the high priestess
of life, and her body its holy temple;
that the noblest possibilities Of the
race and its upward growth lie in her
hands, dependent upon her wholesome
vigor and purity, and her wise choice
of mate. Let married love and
motherhood be made noble and i'm
portant in her, one thing to be done
supremely well--Elizabeth Bisland.
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CHAPTER XIX.
Jethroe laughed like a tornado when
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In addition to the $4,000 set apart
for st. Joseph Congress made a special
appropriation of $4,000 on condition
that the citizens raise $4,000, the total
to be used in building a longitudinal dixie.
The apportionment of funds for the up
per river is as foloTsi
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