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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

often what the work. ellis a stupid
man will be far the easiest to live
with. When water pipes burst or
when children have the Group an ordi-
nary man will be so patient and help
full that you do not realize what per-
feet comfort this may be until you
have had experience of a different sort
of being sc the head of house.
1t is very nice to have the world
talking of your husbands greatness
and cleverness, and you are very proud
of him, but this is not every day in
the week, and you have your husband
about all the time. If you are think
ing of a husband, don't look for out
ward shine, for glitter and glory;
honespun wears much better than
spangled net, so don't be afraid to ac-
cept the homely man who loves you
and will take care CT you, instead of
waiting for an ideal that can only ex-
list in your own mind.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

Harvey Martin Jethroe" he cried
why, l travelled with him from Brazil
There was a hubbub of questions and
calculations, but the inspector silenced
it.
"You knew Mr.. JethroeY
We'll" said the sunburned man, 81
spent the best part of three weeks at sea
with him. l ought to know MIN"
This gentleman" said the Inspector
Indicating Jethroe, docs not identify the
body as that of his uncle"
~ can set your mind at rest upon that
point" the stranger answered.
Perhaps you will give yourself the
trouble to accompany Mr.. Jethroe and
myself to the morgueT the inspector
suggested.
"0f course I will" the stranger an
swered. THAT is my name" he added
taking a card case from his pocket and
offering his card. George Johns.
have had the honor to be known to Mr.
Murdoch for many years"
The cashier confirming this at once
the inspector took a hasty leave with
Jethroe AID the new witness and led
the way TO the morgue. The body of
the dead man was by this time decently
composed, and when the three had en-.
tered the twilight room, and the inspec-
tor had turned up the gas, the witness
at first glance said quietly:
THAT is the man."
There is no chance of mistaken ask
ed the officer.
81 parted with him the day before
yesterday" was the answer. He had
agreed to dine with me at the Northern
tomorrow. We struck up a sort Of
friendship aboard the boat and he bare
ly spoke to anybody but me-"
what do you say to this, sir?" asked
the inspector, turning upon Jethroe.
What can I sayW cried Jethroe. 81
saw my uncle when l was a mere child.
Ny mother spoke constantly of the ex-
traordinary likeness between him and
my father when they were young men.
Except that both were unusually tall,
see no point of resemblance"
(To be continued)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
ENJOYS Ahe NAMED.
Plenipotentiaries Vested with Peac


PIenipotentiaries Vested with Peace
Powers Appointed.
The announcement made officially
by President Roosevelt If the names
of the plenipotentiaries who will rep
resent Russia and Japan in the peace
conference at Washington carries with
Il the Information that the President
has been completely successful in his
diplomatic insiStence that the repre-
sentatives of both nations be clothed
with full power and authority to act
for their governments and TO conclude
lasting peace treaty.
The representative who will meet,
authorized to bind their respective gov
ernments to the conditions on which
they agree, are:
Russian Ambassador Muravief,
formerly Minister of Justice and now
ambassador TO Italy, and Baron Ro-
sen. recently appointed as ambassador
to the United States to succeed Count
Cassini.
Japanese-Baron Komura, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, and Kogoro Taxa
hira, minister to the United States.
The appointment of the ptenipoten-
tiaries was made in the following
statement issued by Secretary Loeb
by direction of the President:
The President announces that the Rus
sian and japanese governments have no.
titled him that they have appointed the
plenipotentiaries to meet here (Washing-
toni as soon after the first of August as
possible. The two Russian plenipoten.
| tiaries are Ambassador Muravieff, for
merly minister of justice and now ambas-
sador at Rome, and Ambassador Rosen.
The japanese plenipotentiaries are Baron
Komura, now minister of foreign affairs,
| and Minister Takahira.
1t is possible that each side may send
one or more additional representatives.
The plenipotentiaries of both Russia and
Japan will be intrusted with full power
to negotiate and conclude a treaty of
peace, subject, of course, to ratification
by their respective home governments.
The clause referring to the ratifica-
ton of treaty by the home govern
ments is not considered to detract in
Nhy NNSACC AlOAh INC pONCA IA ehN
plentipotentiaries, who are vested
with as full treaty authority as is
ever bestowed, an authority which is
eminently satisfactory to the Presi-
dent as well as to both parties to the
| conference.
The Japanese government had eX-
pressed its intention to vest its repre-
| Sentatives at the conference with
treaty powers, but Russia showed
some reserve in the matter and the
government at Toxic showed reluct-
| ance to hold conference with emissa-
ries from Russia who had less power
and who could undertake their work
with the understanding that st. Pc
| tersburg was acting in all sincerity.
| The President concurred in this view.
He maintained that only by clothing
the ENJOYS with ample authority TO
act for their respective governments
could a lasting peace be achieved.
The Presidents announcement prac-
| tically concludes the preliminary ne
| gotiations for peace. Minor details re-
| main yet to be arranged but the con-
ference now seems to be assured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
CHAPTER III.

As it turned out, there was not the
slightest difficulty in establishing the
bank managers identity. Mr.. Murdoch,
Harvey Jethroe's cashier, was entertain
ing a small bachelor party, to every
member of which, with one exception.
the manager was known. The exception
was a juiceless, withered looking man
who had evidently seen much open air
life in q hot climate. His beard. mus
tache and eyebrows were all un-blanch-
ed The skin about his eyes was puck
cred with constant blinking against the
dazzling tropical sun and sands, and the
eyes themselves were strangely light in
color. He was the only man of the par
ty who wore evening dress, and big
diamond solitaire sparkled in his shirt
front. Jethroe had insisted upon facing
the assembly.
THAT is as you like, sir, said the in
speetor. II should have been content
to keep the matter private"
Il see no reason for keeping the mat
ter private" Jethroe answered, with a
tone of wounded pride.
The relation of the story of the night
was the cause of profound excitement,
and this was increased tenfold when the
sunburned man broke In with an excla-
nation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

in his battles against vicissitudes and
in developing the railroad she had been
his confidant and aid. For four years
she has been continuously reelected.
The road is called the crookedest rail
road in California, running through
picturesque scenery, and through a
territory rich in mineral deposits. The
road is only "a miles long and eight
trains pass over it daily. In the win
ter, after 4 heavy storm, the miners
are organized into shovel brigades to
release the trains.
When Mrs. Kidder took hold not a
dividend had been declared in eighteen
years. The road was in debt and its
physical condition was run down. Mrs.
Kidder improved it, so that it was soon
in condition to handle business for the
first time in years. She actually boom
ed the road, with the result that in
1903 a dividend of 10 per cent was paid
on a capital stock of $250,O00 Mrs.
Kidder owns y per cent of the entire
issue.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

For the small infant, which should
spend most of its time sleeping, a Chi
cago doctor has classified the causes
for crying in the order of their likeli-
hood. Collie is the first of these, due
to the disposition of so many parents
to overfeed the baby. Thirst is the
next ranking cause, and after this in
their order come hunger, tight bands,
pins, need for changing garments,
change of position, and perhaps the de-
sire for mere ''mothering." When the
babe is older there are teething and
earache, both of which have marked
symptoms.
1T is always a safe and sensible
thing to strip the baby to the skin
when it is crying and will not STOP"
says the physician. I'm the first place,
an infants clothing is all about as I'M
natural as it could be made, and it
offers many opportunities at the best
for torturing the little one"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
Husbands, Note This.

There are few right thinking per-
sons who could deny that business men
ought to confde in their wives.
First of all, a woman cannot feel
that her husband has given her his
whole heart when he keeps from her
the whole course of his business life.
No doubt it is generally done from
good motive. The husband thinks he
is saving his wife worry and trouble,
but in most cases he is doing the ex
act opposite, for every wife with right
feeling would gladly lessen her hus-
bands burdens by sharing them.
Nor does a sensible woman care for
the left-handed compliment that her
pretty head was not meant to bother
with figures. True marriage is a true
union in everything where all is open,
and the griefs and the sorrows of each
are shared by both and comfort drawn
from the mutual sympathy. A man
who does not confde in his wife DELHI
erately shuts himself out from his
chief consolation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
The Real Name

Judge Nathan Webb, who resigned
recently from the United States Dis,
trict Court for the District of Maine, is
known to the members of the bar foT
his downright good sense. He hates
shams and "frills," and when on the
bench liked to take the starch out OF
poses. This trait was illustrated in
his court some time ago by little cpl.
sode which the Boston Herald recalls
A witness on the stand gave his
name as T. Augustus Browne. His con
descending manner exhausted the pa
thence of the court, and Judge Webb
asked him:
What did you say your name tsp
ct. Augustus Browne with an e.
replied the witness.
well, what does the T stand forT'
asked the judge.
Thomas" was the answer.
Proceed with the testimony OF Mr.
Thomas A. Browne with an er' said
the judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
KING SEALS WAR PORTS.
Closes Them to Foreign Fighting Ships

-
in Retaliation on Norway.
The Swedish government has issued
a proclamation to all nations declaring
the ports of Stockholm, Karlskrona, Co
thenburg and Farosund to be war
ports" and closing them to all foreign
warships. The proclamation goes into
effect at once. The move is a precau-
ton against a surprise from the Norwe-
gian navy while the Swedish fleet is
away on its maneuvers. With the ports
closed to all except Swedish warships
the forts will have authority to fire on
any Norwegian warships attempting to
enter on any preteXt whatever.
The closure also will enable the navy
department to carry out, unobserved by
foreign naval officers, its plan for the
defense of Sweden's harbors in the event
of war with Norway. Popular feeling
in Sweden against Norway is growing
more intense. Those who a few weeks
ago secuted the war idea now admit the
possibility of a conflict.
Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is
defended by series of forts which guard
the tOrturous entrance to the harbor.
Gothenburg, the chief commercial city of
the kingdom, lies four miles up a river
Karlskrona, situated on several islands
connected with the mainland by bridges
at the southeast corner of Sweden, is the
Swedish naval base. Sweden has there
one of the finest navy yards in Europe
and strongly defended. Farosund, an
island port in the Baltic, would be valu-
able to Norway as a base for operations
against the Swedish coast.
The Norwegian army 9made up of
local militia organizations for defense
purposes, numbers 10000 men. Its indie
pendent navy, heretofore employed ex-
clusively in coast defense work, includes
four ironclads, four monitors, twenty
gunboats and several torpedo boats. The
council of defense in Norway does not
fear war. but has put its land forces
quietly in condition for active service.
1t has provided a new national flag and
made other changes in laws to cover new
conditions
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
PHYLLIS.

Phyllis, from her latticed easement,
Where the climbing roses Irvine,
Plucked dewy bud one morning,
Dropped it from her hand to mine.
Butterflies and blooming flowers
Helped to make the window gray,
Fitting background for the picture
Phyllis in her negiigee.
Just a glimpse of frills and ribbons;
Just the memory of a face
Framed about in buds and roses,
And a cloud of misty lace.
Laughing eyes, still dark from slumbel
Soft, red lips, where dimples play!
Round, white arm-hair in disorder
Phyllis in her negligee.
At the high desk in the city,
Where l earn my daily bread,
On the margin of the blotter
There are sketches of a head.
Bending Ger the office ledger
Double entries fade away,
And instead. all framed in roses
Phyllis in her negligee.
-Leslic's Monthly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

JudiciouS intermissions of domestic
ity are refreshing to women, and give
them fresh spirits and ideas, and quail
lily them to make home happier than
ever when they get back to it, says
Harper's Weekly. Moreover, there
comes time of life when some of a
woman's more pressing home duties
are largely accomplished. If she mar
ries at 25, her admirable feat Of rock
Ing the cradle is apt to be all done in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

ten years, and by the time she is As
her children have usually reached an
age when she can take her eye off
them minute without much risk of
disaster.
She has few duties that are more
important at that age than to bring
home ideas. Household spinning is
gone. There is always sewing to be
done in family, always daily tasks
to be directed or performed, but house
hold industries in this age of ready
made are certainly less absorbing than
they were hundred years ago. A
woman nowadays, especially a mature
woman, may stick too close at home
for the best interests of her family,
and in so far as a club or two amuse
her, and stir her mind, and give her
society and new things to talk about,
they are not at all unlikely to do her
good.
The Pe-EnsIavement of Women.
Reformer, educator and economist
have been occupied for the past quar-
ter of century in the emancipation of
women. Just when it seems that the
work is nearly finished, and that wom-
an is free to go where she pleases,
study what she pleases, and do what
ever she pleases, behold, the air vi
brateS with a new threat of an old
tyranny! The Psychologists and the
economists may have been vanquished,
but the edict of Paris still triumphs,
and if that ordains the reinstatement
of women-the revival of the hoop
skirt-rebellion is useless.
An awful whisper is in the air that
this calamity impends. Nobody knows
whether the crinoline is coming at the
behest of the dressmaker, whose occu-
patton demands a change in sleeve or
bodice or skirt every year, or whether
the plot is one by which the steel trust
seeks to double its profits. But Eng
land is aghast at the prospect.
Some energetic agitators are organic
ing postcard campaign against the
danger. A well-known feminine nov
elist appeals for hundred and twenty
thou and women to write postcards to
London paper, pledging themselves
to defy the crlnol1ne. One active wom-
an is reported eager to write a thou
sand postcards with her own hand to
help on the cause. 1t is not clear why
she thinks a thousand repetitions of
her personal view will be more effec-
tive than single protest But her
enthusiasm may be granted.
Arguments in favor of the hoop
skirt are hard to find. 1t was not or
namental or becoming. It's nearest APP
proach to actual human usefulness was
discovered by Artemus Ward. He was
obliged once to spend a winter night in
an unheated room, having a broken
window. Half-frozen, he rummaged
about to find something with which to
stuff the broken sash. The only article
the closet yielded was a discarded
hoop-skirt, with which, he afterward
declared, he kept out "a little of the
coarsest of the cold"-the one histor-
zeal instance of the serviceablenesS of
op-skirt-Youth's Companion.
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t. Mntch Conn

The fashion of wearing necklaces of
large beads has been revived, and
quaint old stones and Venetian glass
beads are in demand.
Sets of gems to match the color of
the gown worn with them are now
the rage, ard in the jewelers. shops
many strange stones are to be found.
The spinel, a pretty stone which
comes from Siam, can be procured in
almost any color, and is specially at
tractive in red and blue. Greensboro,
the lucky New Zealand stone, which
is kind of jade, is also often made
into necklets and the aquamarine,
which was in vogue in the Georgian
days, is once more a favorite.
Other necklets are composed Of am
Der, coral, topaz, lapis-lazuH, jet, Con-
nemara marble, carnelians and garnet,
so that a great variety of color can be
chosen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

the Nevada county
n AFRO Gauge
road in California
is attracting wide
attention. She is
not a fgurehead
When her husband
the late John f
Kidder, died il
1901, the stock.
holders and direc'
tors unanimous
ly turned to her as
his successor. She
I.1 Laoo xr;&h hf,,-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
A Recipe for Success.

Keep your head cool, your feet
wa m, your mind busy. Don't worry
over trifes. Plan your work ahead,
and then stick to it, rain or shine.
Don't waste sympathy on yourself. If
you are a gem. some one will find Won
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11
THE DIAMOND RIVER
MURRAY
~~01~0|1.o~NI1~
BY DAVID MURRAY

other man that held it, except my uncle;
he is in South America"
'This party" said the inspector, nod
ding his head sideways, seems to have
moved about there a goodish bit" He
shufled the envelopes anew. "Rio ia
Metro, Havana, New Orleans. Do you
identify the bodyT
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

ant Secretary Of
State Loomis has
been charged by
the President to
make an investi-
cation of the
business methods
of the various
diplomatic posts
of the United
States in Europe.
The purpose Of
1hn -n1.ks,r,t H..
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KILLED ON SCENIC RAIL WAY.
Youth Meets Death and Woman Is
Killed at Chicago.

Killed at Chicago.
Leo Reynolds, 10 years old, who came
from Whiting, Ind, to pass Sunday in
sightseeing. was killed on the scenic rail
way at White CRY, an amusement re-
sort. during the afternoon. Three other
persons were injured, Mrs. Chas. E.
Brown being the most seriously hurt
The accident took place while the
place was crowded. Reynolds al Mrs
Brown were passengers in a car contain
ing sixteen persons. The car jumped
the track on a steep incline and the
frightened occupants jumped or were
thrown from their seats. Reynolds and
Mrs. Brown became bewildered and
stepped in the path of a second car
loaded to its full capacity. which was
rushing down the incline Of the adjoin-
ing track The boy was caught beneath
the truck and crushed. c. WOrthmiller
was thrown from one of the cars and
killed on the Sunday before.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

George f. Clewell, former secretary
and treasurer of the Federal Trust Com
pany. Cleveland. Ohio. who has been on
trial for several days on the charge of
having embezzled S. 100 from that bank,
has been acquitted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

The Honolulu chamber of commerce
unanimously adopted resolutions regret
ting the resignation of Gov. Carter Of
Hawaii and asking him to reconsider his
action.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

Upon the dete animation Of the exact
time Of the death Of Wallace Andrews
and has wife depends the outcome Of the
contest for their S2.5O0,000 estate. Mr..
and Mrs. Andrews were burned TO death
in their home in New York April Z, 1893.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

Walter J. Clark, son Of wealthy par
ents in Boston, has been found in q man
gled condition near Elmoore, Cal. He
had been stealing a ride on a freight
train and fell off.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

a. VI. Brown, the Republican nomi-
nee. was elected sheriff Of Oahu county,
in which Honolulu is included, by a vote
Of about 300 to 1850 received by the
home rule candidate. \. POepOe.
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Woman Railway Manager.

Because the railroad of which she is
president is about to pay a dividend
of 10 per cent, Mrs. S. A. Kidder of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

diana viii issue book this fall entitled,
The Young Man and the World"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

A political reformer is politician
who has managed to get himself dis.
liked By the madame.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

Making faces at her baby is an un.
pardonaole offense in the eyes OF q
mother.
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is to bring about a much needed refor-
nation of the system which has here
tOfore not only delayed the transac-
ton of public business but has prov
ed expensive. Mr. Loomis will inquire
particularly into the commercial as
poets of American relations, task for
which the President believes him fit
ted. Before he left Washington, Mr..
LOOMS said he expected to be back
in August, when he would resume his
duties at the State Department. There
are many people, however, who do
not believe he will return to the de-
partment. but that he will be pro-
vided with some other post. There is
some comment in diplomatic circles at
the action of the President in commits
sioning Loomis as the head of a spe-
cial embassy, in view of the indiscre-
tons he displayed in business transac-
tons in Venezuela and the criticism
passed upon his action by Secretary
Taft.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

The famous whispering gallery in
the capitol at Washington has uninten-
tionally been destroyed by the replac-
ing of the old painted wooden ceiling
with one composed Of plaster support
ed on iron and covered with coffering
in relief. On the Old ceiling the Golfer
ing was simply indicated by painted
lines and shadows, which did not in
terfere with the reflection Of the
sound-wayes but the raised work does
interfere, especially with the sounds
of a whisper. which are Of short wave
length. Before the changes this whis-
pering gallery, whic WAS formed Ivy
the dome Of the old House of Represen-
tatives, now the Hall of Statues, was
one of the most perfect known. and
constituted one of the popular attrac-
tons of the capitol.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

The ordinance experts Of the United
States army are said to have practic-
ally decided that the siXteen-inch gun,
not practicable as a weapon and
decision by the war department to
abandon the type is anticipated. Only
one of these guns has been made so
far and that one is now at Sandy
Hook. The experiments, while show
ing that the gun could do all that was
expected of it in one way, have never
theless convinced the experts that as
a weapon it is too costly.
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The Best Husband.

It is not always the cleverest man
who makes the best husband. Very
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-11

Besides serving as special ambassa-
dor of the United States to receive the
remain of John Paul Jones, Assist
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Thomas A. Browne with an ep' said
the judge.