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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20

he could hear the sound of music and
voices, and could see the door of the
fernery wide open, and caught glimpses
of dainty dresses within.
Vandeloup, quite ignorant that his
friend was watching the house, put on his
gloves leisurely. and walked in search of
his hostess. Mrs. Meddechip glanced ap-
provingly at Vandeloup as he came up,
for he was extremely good looking.
Released from Mrs. Meddlechip, CASTOR
went in search of Kitty. and found her
with Felix Rolleston. who was amusing
her with his gay chatter.
II don't want to Dance" Kitty said
CURLY. pointing to the seat beside her as
an invitation for him to sit down.
Pardon me-" observed Vandeloup,
blandly, II do; we can talk afterwards
if you like"
Their eyes met, and then Kitty arose
and took his arm, with charming pout.
1t was no good fighting against the quiet,
masterful manner of this man, so she
allowed him to put his arm round her
waist and swing her slowly into the CEN
ter of the ROOM "One Summers Night in
Munich was a favorite valse, and every
one who could dance. and a good many
who could not, were up on the floor. Ev-
cry now and then, through the steady
beat of the music, came the light laugh of
a woman or the deeper tones of mans
voice: and the glare of the lights, the
flashing jewels, the soft frou-frou OF
dresses, and the subtle perfume of flow
ers gave all indescribable flavor to tia
whole scene.
ITO be continued.)
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GUN DECLARED USELESS.
TweIve-Inch Weapon No Longer Fit
for Coast Defense.

TweIve-Inch Weapon No Longer Fit
for Coast Defense.
That the 12-inch gun in use at most
If the coast Notifications of the United
States would not last through an engage
ment of two hours. the period that would
elapse from the time the leading vessel
of feet would come within the range
until the las. vessel would pass beyond
the range of the guns. is the statement
made by Brig. Gen. William Crozier,
chief of ordnance. whose annual report
has been made public.
Gen. Crozier thinks that it is of the ut
most Importance that some method be
devised whereby the necessary gunpow-
er can be secured with less expense than
that involved in using the high velocities
of projeetiles now employed, with the
accompanying rapid wearing away of the
rifing, in such manner as to destroy
the accuracy of the gun after few
hours. The Pinch gun will last for
about sixty rounds, and as the gun is ca
pable of firing for a considerable inter-
val at the rate of forty-fve rounds per
hour, it can be seen that the limit of the
life of this gun could be reached in less
than an hour and half.
Similar statements can be made with
regard to guns of smaller caliber, says
the report, although as the caliber dimin-
ishes the admissible velocity increases. BY
lowering the velocity of the 12-inch pro-
jectile from 1900 feet to $3.50 feet per
second the life of the gun is increased
!, to 900 rounds. The penetration of armor
is reduced by the process, that of the -
inch gun at 10000 yards coming down
from about ten and one-nalf inches to
about nine inches and the range at which
its projectile would penetrate twelve
inches of armor plate being reduced from
about 5000 yards to about 6,000 yards.
The chief of ordnance states that it
appears, by using in the situations re-
quring the greatest power 14inch gun,
with 2,150 feet per second velocity of pro-
jectile.9 instead of the 12-inch gun with
$500 feet per second initial velocity, the
army would secure a better gun and a
gun which would last four times as long.
Gen. Crozier states that the Taft board
for the revision of the report of the Endi-
colt board on coast defenses, recommended
this gun and that the department has de-
cided to use it in place of the 12-inch gun
in situations where the highest power is
required, and the Pinch gun as a max
imum caliber has been abandoned.
Among the changes made in the equip
ment issued to cavalry, infantry and ar
tillery during the year was that of the
cup, which formerly was made of steel,
heavily timed. and which is now made of
aluminium, adopted after an extensive SER
vice trial.
Gen. Crozier states that a number of
militia batteries have been supplied with
the new three-inch field artillery material
and others are being rapidly furnished
IL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
NuhiectiYe Drowning.

The dentists chair was tipped so far
back that escape for the village seam
stress, lady of remarkable CONVEX
sational ability. was impossible. Wads
Of absorbent cotton were tucked be-
meath her tongue, some patent appli-
ance held her jaws apart, and all the
lower half of her countenance except
one back tooth was concealed under 8
decidedly damp rubber dam. The pa
TENTS mouth was full of water, speech
was impossible, and the poor, naturally
talkatiye lady was suffering agonies Of
discomfort.
The engrossed dentist paid no heed
to her squirmings nor to the appeal in
her eyes. Fortunately, however, the
patients hands were free. Cropping in
the reticule that hung from her belt, she
brought forth paper and pencil and
wrote:
Help! Help! I'm drowning"
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Irish lace blouses will continue in
favor for wear with handsome suits
silvery gray wolfe, with shadow
check over it, makes a charming gown
for a bride.
A good many alfred and all-blue
hats will be worn with the new mixed
cloth suitings.
A blue corduroy suit has waistcoat
of tan suede with a rather long-skirted
jacket of the corduroy.
A deep wine color, neither red nor
purple, is rich, warm shade for win
ter. and will be much seen on the street
the coming season.
A black velvet hat with a crushed
crown, somewhat like a mans soft felt.
is faced with white silk under the brim
and is trimmed with a single long
white feather, held in place by cut
steel buckle
Silk fringes may be introduced on
all clinging fabrics for indoor wear.
They are particularly good as a tunic
drapery on the skirt or on the bertha of
any materials such as cashmere, silk,
messaline or satin.
Felt, trimmed with velvet-an old
combination, and velvet with felt-a
new one-nine out of ten hats show the
coordination, often the two materials
matching exactly but some wonderful
ly interesting effects are obtained by
almost daring contrasts.
The girdles which were deeply point
ed back and front are now curved con-
vexly in front and arched in the back.
and il properly made-which means
being wellboned-go far toward giving
the much desired vanishing curve to
the figure. For plump women, how
ever, they are quite the reverse of adj
mirable.
The black and while striped material
should be made up over white silk or
pale gray. Black would not be at all
attractive In the colors also white is
best, although a pale blue Of the shade
itself is often effective. Silk. of course
can be made up over any lining. al
though the gown can be lightened or
rendered darker In tone. according to
the shade of the underslip.
A jacket that has all the earmarks
of the original blazer is made with
narrow, rounded revers below turn
over collar, trimmed with wide and
narrow braid put on in fancituI fash
ION 1t opens over vest of green vel
vet two shades darker than the green
Of the suit material Four brass but
tons adorn either side of this very chic
little coat. and three others serve as a
finish to the bias bands which form the
decoration OF the gigot sleeves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
Choosing a Husband.

The best man does not always wear
the finest coat or the handsomest face.
Girls learn that after a while, but
when they are first beginning to know
men and their ways they are very apt
to be carried away by good looks and
coed clothes. / do not by any means
intend to insinuate that some of the
best men in the world have not been
both well dressed and handsome, but
only that very often girls do not look
beyond the Surface-good looks and
good clothes are enough to satisfy
them. If man is plain of face and
badly dressed, they do not think him
worth cultiyating.
You never can tell, girls, what the
development of the gawky, shy youth
may bring. Lincoln was plain, awk-
ward and badly dressed, and yet the
woman who married him would not
have exchanged him for the most per
feet Adonis. Take the trouble to find
out what there is in man before you
condemn him for his badly fitting
clothes and plain face. Any girl can
work wonders with the man who loves
her.
Surprising you fall in love with a
man who has no regard for the little
niceties of dress 1t will worry you,
of course, for every girl wants to be
proud of the appearance of her sweet
heart. But don't be unhappy over it.
Go to work and bring all your inf1u-
ence to bear in persuading him to
take more pains with his appearance.
You will have to work on his vanity,
but you will win out in the long run.
No girl Of sense will keep herself from
loving a man simply because he is plain
Of face AS long as he looks clean and
manly and honest any man is good
looking. If he is not all of those three,
he can't amount to anything.
Don't waste your time and affection
on dressed-up dummy. Remember
that it takes more than good looks to
make a good husband. What you want
is a good, honest man, good provider.
If he is also good looking, why all the
better, but that is the least important
Of any quality in a husband. Don't
spoil your whole life by placing it
above the other qualities necessary in
the making Of a good husband.-Caro-
line. in Chicago American.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20

In Venice in the fifteenth century
the council forbade women to wear
long trains.
French women have to pay $40 a
year for a permit TO wear male attire.
Six licenses have been issued.
A prominent eye specialist in Scot
land DR.. Maitland Ramsay, has recent
ly married a practicing physician, DR..
Elizabeth Pace.
Lady Ada Mary Milbanke, great
granddaughter of the poet, Byron, be-
comes a peeress in her own right by
the death of her father, LORD Lovelace.
Queen Maud of Norway has started
an album containing newspaper cut
tings relating to herself and King Haa-
kon.
There has recently been opened at
Dessau, Germany, a school for woman
chemists. Graduates can earn from $50
TO $4S per month.
1t has been decreed by the school
board Of Wabash, Ind, that plain sew
ing must be taught in the public schools
there and that boys sew as well as
girls.
Miss Grace NJ. Varcoe has crossed
the Atlantic twenty-one times as the
agent of an English diamond concern,
and on each trip she has carried with
her gems valued at $4,000 to 100000.
Abroad the greatest interest is taken
in Mrs. Marshall Field, who is again
staying at Claridge's, the most exclu-
sive of London hotels. So far she has
never met the king, but she is to have
an early opportunity of doing SO, his
majesty being anxious to make her ac-
quaintance.
The German Empress, in addition to
Jewels worth 100000 that are her own
private property, has the right to use
the splendid collection of gems that
belong to the Trussian treasury. The
Empress is thus able sometimes to APP
pear at court wearing jewelry roughly
valued at E250,000.
Mrs. Roosevelt announces that her
daughter Ethel will not make her debut
until she is 20, while Mrs. George j.
Gould says that her daughter Mar
jorie, now IS, must wait year, and
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and Miss Dor
othy Whitney. both carefully brought
up heiresses, waited until their nine
teenth year before they entered socl'
ETY..
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
CHAPTER KY

The Meddlechips were giving a ball.
therefore the mansion at Toorak was
brilliantly illuminated and crowded with
fashionable people. The ball room was at
the side of the house, and from it French
windows opened on to a wide veranda
which was inclosed with drapery and
hung with many-colored Chinese lanterns
Beyond this the smooth green lawns
stretched away TO thick fringe of trees
which grew beside the fence and screened
Gus gaze of vulgar eyes.
Kitty came under the guardianship OF
Mrs KILLER. a young matron with dark
hair, an imperious manner, and young
man always at her heels. Mrs. Villiers
intended to have come. but at the last mo-
ment was seized with one of her nervous
fits, 50 decided to stop at home with
Selma for company. Kitty, therefore,
accompanied Mrs. Killer TO the ball. but
the guardianship of that lady was more
nominal than anything else. as she went
of with Mr.. BelIthorp after introducing
Kitty 20 Mrs. Meddlechip. and danced
with him the whole evening. Kitty, how
eves. did not in the least mind being left
TO her own devices, for being an extremely
pretty girl she soon had plenty Of young
men round her anxious TO be INTRODUCED
She filed her program rapidly and kept
two valses for Yandeloup. as she knew
he was going to be present., but he as yet
had not made his appearance.
He srrived about s quarter past ten
o'clock. and was strolling leiSurely up
TO the house. when he saw Pierre. stand
ing amid a number of idlers ST the gate
The dumb man stepped forward and
Nandsloup paused with a smile on his
handsome lips. though lie was angry
enough at the meeting.
Money again. l sncpoSei" he said to
Pierre. in a low voice. in French: don't
trouble me now, but come TO my rooms
tomorrow"
The dumb man nodded, and Vandsloup
walked leiSurely up the path. Then
Pierre followed him right up TO the steps
which led tdS the house. saw him enter
the brilliantly lighted hall, and then hid
himself in the shrubs which grew or the
edge of the lawn. There. in close hiding.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
LEADS WORLD IN FINANCE.
France Succeeds England - Re
suit of south African War.

France Succeeds England as q Re-
suit of south African War.
A writer in me Review of Reviews
role of the worlds banker. England
lost her claim to the title when she
went to war in South Africa. A gen.
Grafton ago one had to go to London
to feel the pulse Of the international
money market. To-day one makes a
better diagnosis in Paris.
The strides toward financial suprem-
acy which France is making must have
been most rapid in the last five years.
In that time French investors have
taken up many milliard francs of for
eign obligations. They furnished Great
Britain with much of the capital that
went to finance the Boer war; they
loaned enormous amounts to Russia,
practically supplying the money needed
in the struggle against Japan; they
provided Germany with 100000, 900
marks in 1904-5 to carry on her ire
mendous industrial enterprises: they
anese loan, more than half of the Rus
sian loan of last April, and finally they
supplied borrowers in the United States
with fully $150,000000 during the tight
money period of last winter, and are
now financing the bond and note issues
of some of our greatest corporations
There is Il great reservoir OF free
capital III France which is being tapped
by the other thirsty nations and which,
In spite of the drain ON it, keeps well
filled and shows no sign Of exhaustion.
The Bank of France, the largest hoard
er of gold next to the United States
treasury, has in its vaults to-day nearly
$6OO,O00,000 of the precious metal; two
years ago it had S450,000,OOO, and in
1900, when Paris began slowly to forge
ahead of London as the center of larg-
est money supply, the institution held
only $375,OOO,0OO
How has France, a nation Industrial
ly inferior to Germany, and with a
commerce much below that of Great
Britain, gained such power in world
finance? The answer is, through her
domestic economy. For frugality, thrift,
intense application to the work in hand
and the commendable ambition to carve
from Iife's labors enough to make
bright the inevitable rainy day and to
cheer old age, the Frenchman has no
peer. To save is an inherited desire
The poorest peasant in the least pro-
ductive parish of the republic man.
| ages to put aside a little each year for
a competency, and the fishermen down
| on the Brittany coast would have
starved a few winters ago, when the
| catch was almost nothing, had they
not been able to draw from the savings
of more fruitful years. Tens of thou
sands of small shopkeepers, ipnkeep-
ers, scantily paid government employees,
are investors, and their combined saw
ings have provided the funds to finance
many a nation and carry it through q
| lean period.
The population of France is about
| 100000 people, the wealth of France
is nearly $45,0O0,00OO This wealth is
evenly distributed. The number of es-
tates administered in 1904 was 1914, 1877.
! and of these One-half were for values
ranging from less than $4,000 to a lit
tie under 100000. Only three were
over $10O00,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
CHAPTER XXTY.

Owing to the quiet life Kitty had led
since she came 10 Melbourne, and the
fact that her appearance on the stage
had taken place in the country, she felt
quite safe when making her appearance
in Melbourne society that no one would
recognize her. Ii was unlikely she would
meet with any of the Pulchop family
again. and she knew Mr.. Wopples would
hold his tongue regarding her, so the only
one who could reveal anything about her
would be Vandeloup, and he would GER
tainly be silent for his own sake, as she
knew he valued the friendship of Madame
Midas too much to lose it. Nevertheless.
she awaited his coming in considerable
trepidation, as she was still in love with
him. and was nervous as 10 what recep-
ton she would meet with.
Vandelsup, on the other hand, was
auite unaware of the surprise In store for
him. When he next called on Madame
Midas he was shown into the drawing
room by the servant. There were no
lights in the room, as il was not sufh-
GENTLY dark for them, and Vandeloup
smiled as he saw a fire in the CRATE.
My faith he said 10 himself, Mad.
anne is as chilly as ever"
The servant had retired. and he was
all by himself in this large room. with
the subdued twilight all through il. and
the flicker of the flames on the ceiling
lie went TO the FIRE more from habit than
anything else. and suddenly came on bis
armchair, drawn up close to the side, in
which a woman was sitting.
"Ah, the sleeping beauty" said Ysnde-
loup carelessly. The white figure sud
denly rose and confronted him. The light
from the FIRE was fair on her face. and
with sudden start Vsndeloup saw before
him the wife he had deserted.
"Be5e," he gasped. recoiling a step.
Yes said Kitty, in an agitated tone,
''your deserted wife"
bah - said CASTOR. coolly, having re-
covered from the first shock of surprise.
That style suits Sarah Bsrnhardt. not
YOU, my dear. The first act of this COM
edy is excellent. but il is necessary the
characters should know one another in
order TO finish the play"
"Ahi said Kitty, with bitter smile,
do not know you too well. as the man
who promised me love and then broke his
word? You forgot all your vows to me.
MY dear child" replied CASTOR leis-
urely. leaning up against the mantelpiece,
IF you had read Balzsc you would dis
cover that he says Life would be intol-
cradle without certain amount Of for
getting ] must say smiling. Il agree
with the novelist"
KITTY looked ST him Is he stood there
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20

The New York Herald says that men
physicians in certain manufacturing
district Of Greater New York are COM
planning about petticoat practitioners.
At first the masculine doctor tolerated
the lady who appeared upon the scene,
but he has now come to think her a
serious evil. The young doctors, treat
Ing the men hurt in the factories, and
knowing that the fee was conditioned
ON the financial status of the patient
preferred in many cases amputating
the limb rather than giving for next
to nothing long course of treatment
The women, being more conscientious,
have in every case tried the treatment
first to save the limb. The men are
grateful and the woman doctor" Is
popular with all of them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20

Miss Mary S. Anthony, sister OF the
noted Susan b. Anthony, says that it
is not true that women tell secrets: at
least. they only tell trivial things that
harm no one. They do not tell secrets
that would affect their husbands or
children-that is, very few women do
and when such a thing does happen.
women are the first to condemn the
tattling woman. She related a story
Of a woman whose husband refused
to tell her about a business transac-
ton. saying, sneeringly. that no woman
could keep a secret. john said the
wife, did l ever tell the secret about
the engagement ring you gave me
about eighteen years ago? Did 1 ever
let any one know 1t was only paste?'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20

New YOrl's High Structure An
chOred by Ingenious Method.
The Singer building, now building on
Broadway, near Liberty street, New
York, which will be 625 feet high, the
tallest skyscraper in the city,'s to have
wind anchors so that it may be firmly
braced against every gale.
The wind pressure, on account of the
structures great altitude, will be tremen-
dous, and for that reason the building is
to be literally tied to its foundations by
an ingenious arrangement of steel rods.
They will be three and a half inches in
diameter and descend for nearly fifty
feet into the concrete which forms the
caissons resting on solid rock eighty-ive
feet below the curb. The lowest rod has
on the end of it great anchor plate to
which il is secured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
Helping Nervou. Child.

A mother who has a restless little
girl has taught her to make paper
flowers, morning glories, roses and 9TH
er triumphs OF art in paper. The child
has been much benefited by IT, as the
interest awakened has kept her from
the "firgets' at least, and while she
can work as little or as much as she
pleases she is never tired Of the pretty
recreation and has decorated her own
and her brothers rooms to her own
satisfaction.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20

Gus in temperance work, and in 1903
was chosen president of the British
Women's Temperance Association. She
also has been an earnest worker in the
woman suffrage movement in England,
and founded the Woman's Liberal Fed
GRAFTON and became its president.
Countess Carlisle likewise has been en-
ergetic in procuring higher education
for women. She has warm, impulsive
nature, great strength of character and
charming personality.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
Beaded Evening Slipper.
Romnn Wnmen Were Reautie..

Parsley was eaten by the ladies of
ancient Rome as cleanser of the
breath, and honey boiled in anise seed
and wine was also used for the same
purpose. Care of the finger nails was
given as much attention by the ladies
OF those days as at present, and beau
tiful finger nails were among the thirty
beauties OF Helen Of Troy. Only silver
instruments were used In caring for
the nails, and no lady ever cut her
own finger nails.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
True Enough.

Here" said the cranky patron Of
the reading room, you've been snor-
ing horribly"
"He?" gurgled the drowsy patron.
IF you only keep your mouth Shut
went on the cranky one. you wouldn't
make so much noise"
Neither would you" replied the 9th
er.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
Capable of Anything.

DO you think, queried the anxious
candidate. "that my opponent will take
the initiativeT'
Sure" answered the political boss
"He has a reputation for taking any old
thing that isn't nailed down"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
Few Suffering Women.

Suffering women are very rare"
said the physician. Il think it is safe
to say that the average person passes
through life without ever meeting a
suffering woman.
There are two reasons for This
First, woman naturally don't know
WHY'S less liable to the disease Of
stammering than man. Second, il she
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
Fishing i'm shallow water.

She-Poor Maude had such hard
luck at the beach yesterday.
He-Why, what happened?
She-Well. she tried the drowning
game, and. would you believe Ii. with
all the eligible young men on the beach,
her rescuer was an old fossil OF ben.
edict.-Boston Transcript.