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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22
Training of MlIIionnires.

Writing in Everybody's of House
keeping OIL Half-a-Mllion Year"
Emily Harrington says of the children
of the very wealthy
while the hostess of this establish
ment is playing her infinitely complex
part, her children are being assiduous-
ly trained to fill, when their time shall
come, roles just as difficult. 1t often
happens that there is an almost utter
lack of personal relation between
them. A millionaire mother thinks
nothing of placing the width of the
continent or the Atlantic between her
self and her 6-months-old baby. EX-
pertly trained maids and nurses are
left in charge, and a daily dispatch
tells her all she needs to know and
frees her from undue anxiety.
when they get little older these
babies begin training as rigid as that
of princes and princesses. Music les
sons, dancing lessons, language lessons,
riding lessons, walks, recreations. par
ties crowd to overfiowing the hours OF
every day. A littleboy, almost a baby,
whose brief life had been passed under
these hurried, nerve-racking conditions,
used to go once in a while to the super,
intending houSekeeper, of whom he was
very fond, and say: Miss c., may
1 come into your room and play?
have just fifteen minutes to spare"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22
GAR OPENS DOUMA.
FIRST RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT is
CONVENED.
Nicholas, in speech, Asks Members
to Aid Him in Relieving Peasants
and Solving Nations Problems
Soldiers swarm About Palace.

The first session of the modern Rus
sian legislative assembly. born amid
the throes of terrorism, anarchy and
revolution, was opened Thursday af-
ternoon in st. Petersburg by Emperor
Nicholas Pomp and ceremony of the
most impressive kind marked the occa-
sion, which uShered in the dawn of lib
erty for the autocracy cursed, enslayed
millions Of RusSia's masses. From a
great golden throne in the magnificent
winter palace, the Car, clad in gor-
geous robes of state and surrounded by
his relatives, his ministers. counsellors
and navy in glittering uniforms, adj
dressed the members of the douma as
sembled before him.
The tone of the speech from the
throne was conciliatory. 1t expressed
the Emperor's wish that relief be given
to the peasants in their present unfor-
tunate conditions and called on the
members of Parliament TO put their
hearts into their work and TO cooper
ate with him in solving the present
problems of Russia and in handing
down a united and prosperous empire
to his successor.
The superficial observer who was
presentwould never have imagined that
this solemn gathering listening to the
kind, benevolent words of their mighty
monarch represented a great political
reform wrung from that same mon
arch-"a utoGat of all the Russias"-
and from his naughty, arrogant mobiles,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22

through sheer terror. Few would have
seen this terror still lurking beneath
all the pOmp and flashing brilliancy in
which the impressive scene was set.
But it was there.
Fear Turks Beneath All.
Beneath all their brave finery lurked
the ever present fear that gripped the
hearts of emperor and prince, noble
and minister, councillor and military
chief. Evidences of it were easily
found in the minute countless precau-
tons that were taken to guard the
ruler and his aids from revolutionary
aSsassinS
CordOns of soldiers with menacing
bayonets, supplemented with Calling
guns, surrounded the building. Every
corridor and chamber of the building
swarmed with soldiers and secret po-
lice. Every member of the douma
even, was under the watchful eye of
a member of the secret service. No
one was trusted-all were watched.
Men were arrested by hundreds all
over the city on the least suspicion and
thrown into Jail.
Troops filled all the principal streets.
All working men were prevented from
assembling in the city. Gatherings
of people on the streets We're promptly
dispersed and all loiterers arrested or
driven to their homes. Hundreds of
well-known revolutionists and leaders
of the workingmen were arrested in or
der to prevent the carrying out Of any
assassination plot Feverish energy
was displayed by both police and mil
itary authorities in this work. After
the report of plot to kill the Emperor
in the very douma itself. their precau-
tionary efforts were redoubled.
After an imposing religious service,
celebrated by the primate of the Rus
sian church, Antonius. Emperor Mich
olas delivered the address from the
throne
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22

The saying, "A fool for luck" was
never more clearly Illustrated than in
a little anecdote told by Colonel Evans
in his book on California. The author
speaks of "buck-fever" as being one Of
the most violent diseases which ever
attacked the human system. 1t has
been the undoing of many an expert
enced hunter but in the case cited by
Colonel Evans it proved to be the max
ing of reputation.
A farmer in Illinois named Wheeler
had never fired a gun. One winter,
however, he heard so much talk about
the sport of hunting that his ambition
became excited, and borrowing a gun,
he started out. When he came back
he brought magnificent buck, shot by
himself square in the middle of the
forehead He said little about his
achievement, but got the credit of be-
ing a crack shot, a reputation which,
although he went hunting no more, he
held for several years.
Then one day he told his story, and
lost his name as a sportsman.
He had seen a doe drinking out Of a
creek at the foot of a bluff about
twenty feet high. With wild excite
ment he got bis gun to his shoulder,
shut his eyes, set his teeth and pulled
the trigger. To his establishment he
saw the doe bound away unhurt, while
at the same time a glorious buck
pitched headlong from the bluff into
the creek, stone dead.
The buck had been looking down at
the doe, and Wheeler had not seen him
at all, but his shaking gun sent its
shot on q fatal although unintentionaI
GRAND
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22
FOREST MoNARcHs.
Washington Fir Trees Which Reach
Hight of Over 300 Feet.

Washington Fir Trees Which Reach
Hight of Over 300 Feet.
The big trees of the United States
are not all in the show groves of Cali
fornia by any means, although many
people have the idea that the sequoias
are the giants of American forests. 1t
is true that they are the largest in cir
conference, but many of the red frs
around Puget Sound grow to as great
hight, for specimens have been felled
which measured 325 feet from the point
where they were cut to the topmost
branch. They were really eight or ten
feet longer, because measured only
along the fallen trunk.
Such is the size of the red frs In
some parts of the State of Washington
that timbers for bridges 80 feet in
length have been sawed from single
trunk, while ship spars over 100 feet
long are frequently taken from them.
They are far more graceful and SYM
metrical than the sequoias for the rea-
son that, being smaller around at the
bottom, they taper upward more grad
ually.
The sequoias, such as is seen in the
Big Tree grove in Mariposa county,
Cal, bulges out for 20 to 100 feet from
the ground up, which gives it bulky
and ungainly appearance compared
with the fir. But this bulge is so large
that some of the trees have holes cut
through them in the form of arches big
enough to allow a two-horse team to be
driven through.
When a fir is IS feet in diameter at
the butt it makes pretty big tree. On
some of the islands of Puget Sound, as
well as in the country north of Seattle,
trees of this size have been found
among the smaller ones.
The timbermen consider the telling
of a tree of this sort something to brag
about, especially when the trunk is so
large that seven or eight men can sit
side by side in the cut made by the
axes without crowding.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22

Cold cream is useful in many diff.
ferent ways at this season of the year
One of the best is made of two ounces
of rose water, two ounces of almond
oil, one-half ounce of Spermaceti and
onehalf ounce of white wax. Melt the
wax and spermaceti in a basin set into
a dish of boiling water. If the mixing
is done with an egg beaten the cream
will be lighter and pleasanter to use.
As the fats melt remove from the heat
and pour in the almond oil Then beat
and very slowly add the rose water.
The cream when done should have the
consistency of whipped cream. If de-
sired a few drops of violet extract may
be added before it congedls. Keep
in glass or earthen jar. The addition
of one-quarter dram of liquid benzoin
Just before the mixture cools helps to
keep it sweet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22
Interestinu News Iter,s

George X. Young of Mount Holly, ".
j., who, it is said. was wanted in St
Louis for embezzl, ment, committed sui
eide at Mount Holly
Six bridge companies are declared to be
in default for failing to file answers by
May l, as required in the custer suits
brought against them by Attorney Gen
eral Ellis of Ohio.
Secretary Taft in Torrington, Conn,
spoke in favor of a contract built lock
canal across Panama.
Secret service men seized half ton of
Honduras lottery tickets and $500
worth of engraved places in a raid in
New York.
A bill has been introduced in the Eng
fish House Of Commons prohisiting plural
voting and limiting a man to one con
stituency.
A benefit performance planned 10 take
place in The Presbyterian building, New
York, in which a girl was to dance in her
bare feet has been barred.
Several persons were injured by the de-
railing of Santa Fe passenger train No.
81, at Horse Shoe Bend, Orange county,
California.
DIR. Hansteen Of Sweden, declares that
moss is destined to become the popular
food Of the masses, owing to its cheap
ness and nutrition.
John b. Brosseau, 90 years old, for
years an employe Of Tiffany & Co. New
York, is under arrest charged with tbeftS
that may reach $4,000.
Frank o. Stevens of Millersburg. Ohio,
convicted Of killing Joseph Burke, was de-
MED new trial by Judge Har;er and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
Secretary Taft, when in New Haven,
Conn, We presented with a huge bang
err" or cane, which he had carried when
at Yale.
Baron Kronpensky Of The Russian eIn-
bassy in Berlin, viii be councillor Of tie
embassy in Washington, new position.
He win rank next to the ambassador.
a ten weeks test on nine Yale students
who were allowed 10 follow their appe-
tite's dictates showed less flesh food con-
sumed and greater average endurance
China has taken stand against for
-igners holding property and the first ma
ton struck al is America, which is seek
ing to buy ground for consuIates in Man
ekuria-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22

The shoe should be three-fourths of
an inch longer than the foot, for the
foot works forward in walking.
Short shoes force the toes back and
finally the joints become distorted and
bulge out on the sides and above Thus
corns, bunions and other disorders are
developed.
If the shoes are cleaned every day
and oiled once a month they win las;
much longer.
The heels should always be kept in
good repair. Rubber heels viii prevent
the jarring that comes from contact
of the heels with pavement.
Be careful always to have fresh laces
and ribbons in your shoes. Nothing SO
marks woman untidy as worn ribbons
or flowing, stringy shoe ties.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22

find it extremely difficult to overlook
each others little failings. Jane
views with alarm Harry's tendency to-
ward uupunctuality his fondness for
smoking, sort, athletics and male So
ciety, and last but not least his dispo-
sition to please himself and have his
own way. And her alarm is increased
when busybody friends hint that such
characteristics spell disaster after mar
riage. Consequently, Jane ventures to
reprove Harry, and this wilful lover
resents her lectures, and possibly pro-
ceeds to point out certain failings in
herself. The result, of course, is a
quarrel and disagreement which is re-
peated as the ones failings clash with
the pleasures of the other.
If, however, Jane exercised a little
tact and common sense, shut her eyes
to outside talk, and endeavored to find
All excuse for Harry's little faults,
she would be surprised to find how
quickly her lover would recognize her
tolerance and endeavor that she should
have no cause to complain on the
ground of selfish or inconsiderate con-
duct.
Men are not so thoughtless rs the
majority of people would have us be-
lieve. and the girl who shows forbear-
anee toward lover who exhibits lit
tie traits which do not exactly please
her, is generally sure to find that he
loved her the more for so doing, and
is careful that he on his part does not
complain or grumble when his sweet
heart runs counter to his desires.
1t is easier to overlook each others
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22
Don't Grow Old.

Many women become middle-aged
from the simple reason that they al
low middle-aged habits TO steal upon
them and relapse into a state of physi-
cal Incidence just at a time when they
should fight against this tendency to
give up exercise. The best preventa-
tives against growing middle-aged,"
says a charming woman of forty five,
whose unwrinkled face and slim fig
ure give her the appearance of being at
least fifteen years younger than her
real age, ARE cheerfulness, a strict
determination not to worry over trifies
and a sense of humor that saves one
from depression. A cold tub every
morning, a walk every day in rain or
sunshine, a face massage with cold
cream at night, ten minutes physical
exercise Immediately on rising, friction
of the hair to stimulate its growth will
keep any woman free from wrinkles
and will preserve the contour of her
figure"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22
NeedIeyvork Notes.

Hold piece of white cloth back OF
the eyes of a needle and see how quick
ly the thread will go through
In mending household linen the most
satisfactory way to do is to mend il
before it is sent to the laundry, not
when it returns, starched and ready
for use once more.
When waist bands are burst and but
tonholes torn out, put on new bands OF
twilled cotton and work the buttonholes
with coarse thread, making the ends
especially strong.
The knees of stockings are patched
by laying a square cut from an old
stocking underneath and darning upon
it. Heels are patched in the same
way, but patched toes are apt to pro
duce corns on the wearers.
The wear of mems shirts can be
heightened by new wrist and collar
bands, mendilg the buttonholes and
darning where the bosom breaks from
the shirt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22
WAR ON DRUG IRusr.
Attorney General Moody Orders Ac-
tion Begun at indianapolis.


tion Begun at indianapolis.
Attorney General Moody has begun a
war of determination ON the so-called
drug trust, as a result of investigations
by the Department of Justice at Wash
ington extending over several months.
Acting under instructions from the At
torney General United States District At
torhey Healing began il. the United
States District Court at indianapolis be-
! fore Judge A. b. Anderson. an action for
an injunction against the corporations
and individuals comprising the combina-
ton which, it is alleged. is debating the
price of drugs to the American people.
The drug trade of the country, it is al
legged, is so organized that prices for all
articles are fixed by the parties TO a con-
spiracy. No retail druggist can buy pro-
prietary medicines or other drugs unless
he is member of the National AsSocia-
tioN of Retail Druggists. and in order to
be & member he must bind himself to sell
at ne prices fixed by the manufacturers
and wholesalers in their several associa-
tons. The retail druggist who refuses TO
be party 10 the arrangement is black
listed and it becomes impossible for him
TO purchase supplies except at list prices,
which are so far above the prices made
to members as TO make competition impos-
sible.
The Department of Justice announces
its determination to prosecute the case
with vigor and to leave nothing undone to
destroy the combination and bring back
conditions of competition in the drug
trade.
Joseph f. Toms. secretary of the Ma
tional Wholesale Druggists Association,
denies the charges made BY the govern
ment in calling the association an illegal
combination. Mr.. Toms said that sach
! charges as those. filed in the federal court
have been made against the national or
ganization heretofore and always have
| failed Of conviction. The manufacturers
| of proprietary medicines have been won't
| for Snars to fix both the Wholesale and
| retail prices at which their prodrlt shall
| be sold, he said. These prices, he added,
are fixed by each company independent
of any other organization or corporation,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22

things for dinner favors and place
cards this spring.
A lovely new brown is of an exquis-
tie chestnut hue
Many little hats have just a ruching
around the crown.
Hydrangeas are one of the millinery
favorites of the year.
Black and white is as good as trim
ming as it is by itself.
A patch pocket adorns the front of
the smart tailored blouse.
The checked skirt and plain-colored
bolero seems to be taking"
Most of the imported parasoIs have
extravagantly long handles.
Among the best green's are reseda,
apple and fine grass shade.
Linen collar and cuff sets sprinkled
with colored knots are pretty.
The lingerie hat of embroidered mus
lin is prettier than ever this year.
Stunning little dinner coats of sill
yer and gold gauze come from Paris.
All shades Of purple, gray and some
shades OF blue are becoming to elderly
women.
A popular feature of the seasons mil
linery in Paris is the use of peacock
feathers.
Velvet ribbons of all colors and
widths are to be used a great Geal this
summer.
One really ought to wear those fasci-
mating new lace nightcaps for some
more public occasion.
Springtime umbrellas have bios.
somed out in ruby red, leaf green and
similar cheerful shades.
Fearful and wonderful is an elbow
glove of red silk embroidered on the
back with yellow daisies
The best linen suit is made with
bOlero, which when removed will dis
play a pretty chemisette.
The newest linen or yoile suits have
the skirt full-either gathered at the
top or generously tucked
Most of the new veilings are snowy
in design, even when adhering strictly
to all black or all white.
Blue, especially the delicate hyacinth
shades, the medium tones, and the
classic deep blues are all good.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22
. Mothers words.

When the elder children were around me
And needed my every care,
Noisy and rough with cloth-rent knees
And tumbled, wind-tossed hair;
/ often thought when they were grown,
How free my life would be;
Then / could rest, and they would worl
And lift all care from me.
But now, my boy so bearded
/ hardly seem TO know,
He's half ashamed to kiss my cheek,
And afar in the world must go.
My girls, though loving in their way,
Have grown so very tall
And seem so strange often sigh
And wish that they were small.
All mothers when you are weary,
And the children seem to crowd,
When they seek you in their troubles,
Or their glad tones are too loud,
Think not of that far future,
When they may help you rest;
Enjoy the present, happy days,
While they love mother best.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22

These women, some of whom are
married and some single, understand
that neither money nor brilliancy ror
handsome features-alone or united
can make up a desirable husband.
CHARACTER is absolutely essential.
A woman cannot love a man whom .:he
cannot respect. These women--5S per
cent of then-put LOVE OF HOME
as the second essential of a good hus-
band. They did not believe a man
could go the pace of social favorite
and do his duty as a husband. And
that was about all these women asked
Of husband-that he be honorable
and high-minded and home lover. =
A reasonable wife asks only ordinary
manliness in a husband, not heroisnl
She asks only the love of an ordinary
man who is true to her and to her
home. If her husband has brains and
large ability so much the better, but
above all else he must have character
The American women is the most SEN
sible woman in the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22
PROGRESS OF CANAL WORK.
Chairman shonts of thc Commission
Gives ont Statement.

Chairman shonts of the Commission
Gives ont Statement.
In the statement given out by Chair
man Shonts of the isthmian canal COM
mission, he said that during March, 240,-
600 cubic yards of material had been re-
moved with eleven steam shovels working
on the average. Nevertheless, the main
part Of the work is still preparatory. The
actual cost of this excavation was 531s
cents a cubic yard. Reservoirs have been
created to give the active sections of the
canal strip a general waite. supply. There
are now from $4,000 to $4,000 on the pay
rolls and an effective force of 1900
workers. There has been no authentic
case of yellow fever since December Two
civil service commissioners, Cooley and
Higgins, accompanied Mr.. Shonts on his
last trip and decided TO create n local
examining board to test fitness for promo
ton of employees and TO establish lists of
eligibles for the canal service. At the
Culebra cut, Chief Engineer Stephens has
got tracks laid and ballasted on each level
and a double track line through the bot
tom.
Lindsay Denison, one OF the editors Of
a magazine, who was sent to the sthmus
to get at the whole truth about the canal
work, with special credentials from the
President, makes his report in the May
issue, He finds that the task is more i'm
presSIve in its bigness than he had mag
ined, that it has been undertaken in COM
prehensive, American fashion and that
an honest effort is being made TO get a
fair return for every dollar spent. He.
admits that there is some petty graft GO
ing on, but says it is of no more impor--
tance than mosquito bites on an elephant.
Under MGgoon there has developed sys-
TEN of government which makes disorder
and lawlessness out of the question. He
has a police force of 300 jamaican ne
groes differed by Americans.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22
The Worst over.

An old lady from the far north of
England was travelling by the North
British Railway. justly famous for
merly, says the author of "Reminis-
cences of Manchester (England), for
taking the longest possible time for
making the shortest possible distances.
There was a man travelling with her
in the carriage, and when at last they
approached some terminus where they
were to change to another line, he
thawed sufficiently to ask the old lady
where she was going.
"Ganging? Wen, I'm ganging ava to
China" she replied, but, Ell, mon, I'm
mair ma Thankful that I've gait the
wairst O. the journey a'er."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-22
DaImatian Peasants.

In the interior of Dalmatia the labor
ers still live in the old patriarchiaI
fashion. The eldest male rules the
household as might some Gar; in fact.
it is not so many years since he had
life and death power over its inmates.
When a son weds he brings his wife to
his fathers house, that the property
may remain in the family. There,
while he works in the ield-for they
are peasant farmers, working lands
held by hereditary proprietors, almost
as might the serfs of Russia-she tends
the dwelling. When his guests come
she sends out not only for him. but for
tie patriarch. since be alone can really
welcome the visitor.