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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
The Broken engagement.

at takes two to make a quarrel"
SO runs an old saying, but one might
supplement it with the remark that
one person is quite sufficient to keep
open the breach.
When lovers quarrel each promptly
sets himself or herself to consider
whose place it is to take the first step
toward reconciliation. Naturally, in
nine cases out of ten, they decide that
they themselves are the injured party
and should be sued for forgiveness.
Thus it often happens that two foolish
ly loving the other, make their lives
wretchedly miserable because they will
rot sacrifice little of their false dig
nifty and pride to make the Eecessary
advances.
Do not stop to consider whose place
1t is to take the first step toward rec
onciliation. That is but a trifiing mat
ter compared with the unhappiness
which the quarrel is causing both. One
word, one little look, is all that IS
necessary in the majority of cases to
bring two fond hearts together again.
If love is to flourish between two
people they must not only each be
slow to take offense but be willing and
glad to pardon at the first and faint
est sign of penitence.
1t is no sign of love for a girl to
maintain that her lover, who has of
Tended her, is entirely in the wrong,
and insist that he must come to her
and ask for forgiveness. There is
more honor and credit due to the girl
who makes the first advance than one
who magnifies it by expecting him to
make an apology before she shows
any signs of reconciliation. 1t may
be more satisfactory to her pride to
adopt the latter method, but it is IN
worthy of a true lover.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
Women should Laugh.

Women laugh too little, says a
writer. Whether this is due to their
lack of humor or to childhood's train
ing in gentle manners may be cues
toned. Certain it is that a hearty
laugh in a woman's voice is rare
music. An audience of women rustles
with amusement, but seldom laughs.
A group of girls giggle, but do not
laugh. woman reading the most
brilliantly humorous story seldom gets
beyond smile. When Sir Walter
Besant, in his clever skit, THE Revolt
of Man,, pictured the time in the
twentieth century when women should
have usurped all power-politlcal, &C.
clesiastical and social-he shrewdly
noted that laughter had died out or
England; and when men revolted
against their feminine tyrants they
came back to their own with peals OF
laughter. A Paris doctor has recently
opened a place for the laughter cure.
1t is a private institution, and large
fees are charged. The patients sit
around room, and at given moment
begin to smile at each other. The
smile broadens to o grin, and at sig
nal to a peal of laughter. Two hours
a day of this healthful exercise is said
to cure the worst cases of dyspepsia.
But whether the habit of laughing
easily and naturally could be acquired
nv tbic npoceSS is dO11htful
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Hooking Richard II. of England MUIR
dered.
1526-Treaty of Madrid concluded be-
tween Emperor Charles V. of Spain
and Francis l. of France.
1543-English Parliament passed meas
ure to forbid women and apprentices
to read the New Testament in Eng
lish.
1546-Martin Luther preached his fare
well sermon at Wittenberg.
1549-Liturgy of English church estab-
lished by Parliament.
1601-Treaty of peace between France
and Savoy.
1644-Swedish invasion of Denmark
1666-Louis XIV. of France declared
war against England.
11O6-Benjamin Franklin born. r.. Arti-
cles of union between England and
Scotland ratified by Scotch Parlia-
ment
1730-Gov. Montgomerie granted a char
ter to New York City.
1739-Pope issued edict against meeting
of Free Masons under penalty of the
rack.
1777-Vermont declared itself a free and
independent State.
177S-Sandwich Islands discovered by
Capt. Cook.
177S-Independence of United States of
America recognized by France.
17S4-Americnn Congress ratified the
definite treaty of peace with England.
1S04-Military post at Natchez turned
over to United States by Spain. -.
DR.. Jenner first declared vaccination
would prevent smallpox.
1S12-King of Sicily abdicated the
throne.
1S14-Point Petre, Ga, surrendered to
the British.
1S15-United States frigate President
captured by the British. King Of
Spain issued edict against Free Ma
sonry. =. National fast day observed
in United States.
1S40-Forty lives lost in burning of
steamer Lexington, Long Island
sound, between New York ana Ston-
ington.
1S54-Two railroad bridges at Erie, Pa,
destroyed by a mob of women.
lS5S-Attempted assassination of Napo-
leon III. by Orsini.
1S62-Burnsides expedition arrived at
Hatteras inlet, n. c.
1S65-United States Senate voted to abb
rogate reciprocity treaty with Can
ada.
1S67-Capiral of Canadian confederation
moved from Ottawa to Quebec.
1S6S-United States Senate refused to-
approve suspension of Secretary
Stanton.
1S74-COmmunist riot, Tompkins square,
New York.
1SS4-New State capitol building of
Iowa dedicated at Des Moines.
1SS6-One thousand cigarmakers went
on strike in New York.
1SS7-Freedom of city of London con-
ferred upon Henry NJ. Stanley.
1S91-Irish National League met at Dub.
lin with Parnell presiding
1S93-Rutherford B. Hayes, ex-Presi-
dent of the United States, died.
1S95-Felix Faure elected President of
France.
1S97-National monetary conference met
at indianapolis, Ind.
1S99-Capt. Richard O'Leary appointed
military governor of Guam.
1900-Alex. Majors, originator of the
pony express overland mail service,
died. Congressman Nelson Ding
ley of Maine died.
1904-Asa l.. Bushnell, former Governor
of Ohio, died, aged 50.
1905-Japanese entered Port Arthur.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Brown and green are worn together.
So are deep red and pale smoke
gray.
The ''pork-pie'' hat is the latest
atrocity.
In fact, anything goes that you look
well in.
Lots of the three-quarter coats are
In cutaway style.
The loveliest broche dress silks are
shown on the counters.
A mutt of ermine, bordered with sa-
Bile, is az rich as can be.
There's little hat of vivid sulphur
color felt for some daring girl.
One or two tiny little muffs appear
In the afternoon dress parade.
Most women prefer a veil with a sin
gle mesh of rather large spaces.
Little hats turned straight up in
front are worn by pretty women.
Long wrinkled gloves of yellow
suede meet the short jacket sleeve.
Black gowns are so elaborate this
year as to be more striking than colors.
Elbow gloves of heavy kid in OK
blood red attract good deal of atten-
ton.
1t is an original woman who hasn't a
bit of gold or silver somewhere on her
hat.
The surplice front appears on many
modish little bodice jackets tor outside
wear.
The home milliner can buy huge rib
bon rosettes with flower centers all
ready made.
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Mathilde Serao, wife of a Naples ed
itor, is one of the most popular Italian
novelists extant.
Mrs. Julia F. Williams has for thir-
ty-eight years been keeper of the
Santa Barbara, Cal, lighthouse.
Nine. Emma Calve, the famous sing
er, had a famous French sculptor pre-
pare a design for her tomb four years
ago.
Mrs. Astor is said to be the most
methodical woman in society. If her
dinner is announced at o'clock. it be-
gins on the dot.
Mrs. Alice Rollins of San Francisco
Is one of the few successful women
gold seekers of the Klondike. She is
rated as a millionaire.
Mrs. Gondel, the 45-year-old wife of
a Hamburg millionaire, has been mar
ried twenty-five years and has present
ed her husband with thirty-three chill
dren. She has had five sets of triplets.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
Unnecessary Questions.

Happy is the man in home with
a woman who does not ask unneces-
sary questionable she wife or sister
or mother.
A writer in one of her little touches
of description says: "She excelled in
the rare art of taking things for grant
ed" Which m,ans that when her hus-
band came home tired and hot and irri-
table she did not deluge him with stu
pid questions as so many women do,
but preserved a discreet silence.
"Are you tired, dear?" when anyone
with a pair of eyes could see he was
dead beat. HAS not it been a scorch-
ing day?" when the thermometer has
fiuctuated from 50 to 80. "Can do
anything for your" when all the poor
man wants is to be left in peace.
These are not the failings of a Won an
who has learned the art of taking
things for granted.
A wise woman, one who would pre-
serve the love and respect of her man
kind, never asks an unnecessary ques-
ton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
A Cnre for Nerxousness.

The man or woman suffering from
nervousness should seek the compan-
ionship of healthy persons, free from
nervousness. The meals ought to be
eaten very slowly. All ordinary ny
gienic rules are to be obeyed. Will
exercises are good. The nervous per-
son must, to use a figure of speech,
spring out of the warm, nervous bed
ana plunge into the cold bath of effort.
The thing he breads doing is the very
enc he should do.
One excellent plan for nervous men
and women is to attend a good theater,
and watch the demeanor of some self
possessed actor or actress. Let them
study that demeanor, and try to imi-
tate it. 1t will be something for them
to do when attacked by a nervous
squat. 1t will be found better than
buttoning or unbuttoning gloves, or In
dulging in any other of the purposeless
acLs SO common to the nervous.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
Water as Beautffer.

While women run after each new
thing in the way of face creams and
complexion beautifers, a very simple
aid to good Objection, and hence to
clear, pretty skin, goes unappreciated
and unused right at their hand 1t is
simply water, of which very few wom-
en- drink one-quarter as much as they
should do in the course of a day. To
do it's work properly the liquid should
be taken between meals, and at least
three pints-or six ordinary glasses-a
day should be the average of an adult.
A woman whose skin is the envy of
others, and who is believed by many to
resort to all sorts of beauty" devices,
attributes it entirely to the plentiful
use of water, both internally and ex-
ternally. She drinks it a glassful at a
time almost every hour Hot water,
if taken a cupful on rising and another
when going to bed, will help to reduce
the weight of a stout person. Cold
water, unless taken with meals, will
not increase flesh, but has a tendency
to harden and make it frmer.
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Before we discover the north pole in
an airship, hadn't we better first discover
an airship?
That's right about the inelasticity Of
currency. 1t never did have a tendency
to slap back.
Hazing seems to have been as preva-
lent at Annapolis as salary raising in an
insurance company.
So Mccall found he was "treed" and
crawled down before the insurance hunt.
ers had time to fire.
A few tons of mining stock seem to
have been placed right in the track of
the Joint Statehood bill.
The Gar appears to have come down
to the "shoot-on-sight" policy of a sore
ly harassed police department.
1t looks almost like mockery when
Edward Atkinson, student of perfect
cooking, dies of acute Indigestion.
Dispatches from Panama contain
news about everything except that work
on the canal is progressing rapidly.
Attorney General Moody says Annap-
oils hazers must have q fair trial.
Wouldn't that lodge some of them in
jail?
Miss Grigsby has not as yet declared
her intention Of going on the stage Isn't
she entitled to a vote of confidence or
something?
The pen is mightier than the sword,
but it isn't likely to supplant either the
pick or the steam shovel in the Panama
canal matter.
In the Dodge-Morse divorce case some
people believe that "Abe" HummeI
worked the dodge" and the other gem
tleman is the justly renowned r. E.
Morse.
There is a perjurer among the naval
cadets at Annapolis. The evidence tends
to show that there are also several
kinds of donkeys at the academy, not to
mention some officers who must be blind
and deaf.
Wouldn't it be strange if such an in
significant creature as the Sultan of Mo-
rocco should plunge France and Ger
MANI into war?
When the Russian troops finish their
work in an uprising the survivors don't
get together and organize any Sons of
the Revolution"
Up in st. Paul it has been decided
that a kiss is not caress. but an as
sault. 1t shows what a bracing winter
climate viii 10.
1t is all right to have a code Of honor
at the naval academy, but it need not |
embrace prize fighting under Marquis of !
Queensberry rules.
Senator Burton has dismissed his pri- |
vate secretary because there was nothing |
for him to do There is also very little |
for poor Burton to do.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas says hanging |
is barbarous and should never be per- |
mitted. Johann Hoch, the Chicago syn
dicate husband, is of the same opinion. |
When the government departments ask |
for over $S00,000,000 for ordinary ex- |
penses, we realize what an enormous |
sum it costs Uncle Sam to keep house.
There seems to be a good deal of local
color in the Russian uprising, with the |
Red Revolutionists, the Black Hundred |
and the White Terror all doing BUSH
ness
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
Don,ts for Hostesses.

Don't invite a single visitor to stop
in the house unless she is an intimate
friend, who would enjoy being treated
as one of the family.
Don't cover the dressing table in
the visitors room with decorative tri-
fes that will leave her no place for
her properties.
Don't give vague invitations; they
do not seem, and probably are not in
tended seriously, and no one is COM
plimented by courtesy of that sort.
If you really want visitor, indi-
cate the time or times when you will
be free, and leave the invited to fx
the date, or even ask the visitor for a
definite event.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
HOUSE PLANTS IN WINTER.
Rules for Watering and FeedinI
Them to Have Them Healthy,

Rules for Watering and Feeding
Them to Have Them Healthy.
All plants that have their pots full
of roots and are in healthy condition
are benefited by feeding, says the Gar
den Magazine. But a healthy condi-
ton is necessary. No sickly plant can
survive on a strong diet any more
than can a dyspepdc, but this sickly
condition Of plants is often brought
about by lack of nourishment and
feeding is then necessary. Chemical
fertilizers will enable you to have
smaller pots than would otherwise be
necessary, and for house plants large
pots are especially cumbersome.
Plants fed regularly with chemical
manure can be kept healthy in a pot
one-half the size that would otherwise
be needed. The feeding of plants in
pots must always be done very care
fully and at the proper time. Don't
give doses of food when the plants are
just past their periods of most active
growth.
A very clean, cheap and convenient
fertilizer for house plants is ordinary
household" ammonia. Commence
with five or six drops Of ammonia to
a cupful Of water and as the plants
get used to it increase the dose, but
never let it exceed half teaspoonful
to a breakfast cup of water. A tea
spoonful of the special plant fertilizer
sprinkled on the top of a six-inch pot
more or less, according to the size of
the pots sufficient Then water it
in. One application every two weeks
should be sufficient.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
CHAPTER II.

There was one in Marion's brigade
who was deeply interested in the con-
templated movement AGAINST Major Cal
ney. The individual referred to was
Frank Forstall. His home was on the
Pedee river, not far from Britton's
Neck; consequently his nearest and dear
est friends were there-his parents and
his fair and gentle sister Rose. Nor
was this all; Ruth Strickland. a young
and interesting maiden. who had awak-
ened IN his bosom the tenderest senti-
ments of friendship, resided in that vi
cinity, giving it, by her presence, an ad-
ditional charm
Mr.. Strickland, Ruth's father, was at
that time in the army IF Gen. Gates.
marching toward Camden. Major Cal
ney, the notorious Tory leader. had
heard of the rare beauty and accomp-
lishments of Ruth, and naturally felt a
desire TO see her: but the admiration
was all on his side, for she had no sym
patby with his cause, and shrank with
horror from the rehearsal of his deeds,
Although they had met only by acct
dent, the major had been very free in
the expression of his admiration, and
evidently desired to cultivate her ac-
quaintance; but Ruth treated him with
such GOODNESS that be quickly perceived
he had little or nothing to hope in that
direction. He embraced various oppor-
tunities that chance threw in his way to
endeavor TO convince her Of the business
of his cause; also to excite her fears,
and to awe her into something like a
reverence for himself and his authority.
This state of things was not unknown
to Frank Forstall, and he had hoped
with Ruth, that her prosecutions would
cease after her return home. His anx-
iety may in some measure be imagined
when he heard that Gainey and his ruff.
fianly followers were encamped at Brit
tons Neck.
Az yoUng Forstall reflected upon this
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ments in New York Sept %, 1900. 1t
was alleged that Rice was the victim of
a plot in which his valet, Charles +.
Jones, at the instigation and under the
direction of Patrick, murdered his master
by the use of chloroform.
A check against one of Rice's bank
accounts, found to be a forgery, led to
the arrest of Patrick and Jones on Oct.
4, 1900. Jones confessed to the murder
in several contradictory statements. He
was accepted as a State witness and was
never tried. He is now living in Texas.
Patrick, himself an able criminal law
yer, had the assistance in his defense of
the best attorneys but in spite of all was
found guilty of murder in the first degree
and April s, 1902, he was sentenced to
death. Then began that remarkable fight
for a retrial. Every possible means have
been used to delay execution of sentence
and get his case once more before the
courts. An appeal in every court in the
State open to him has been made, but
always in vain.
The plucky fight put up by the con-
demned man has attracted worldwide at
tention, and a great deal of sympathy
for Patrick has been shown. Commuta-
ton of sentence was asked for recently
in a petition signed by such men as DIR.
Allan McIIane Hamilton, former PTesi-
dent Grover Cleveland, Mark Twain and
others
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
HIGH TIDE OF PROSPERITY.
The Country Never Before So Pros
porous as 1t Is To-day,

The Country Never Before So Pros
porous as 1t Is To-day.
Never before in all the country his
tory has it been so prosperous as it is
at the opening of 1906. says Leslie's
Weekly. The products of its farms for
1905 amounted to over $6,000,O00 600.
This is not only several times larger
than the products of any other country,
but it marks a gain of $250,000.00 over
the highest previous record in the United
States, which was for 1904 The yield
of the country's farms in 1905 equaled
the country's aggregate wealth of all
sorts for 1915. The country's gold mines
furnished $90,000,000 for 1905, which
was $10,000,000 in excess of the LARGEST
previous year, and double the output of
1895. It's mineral products of all sorts
for the year aggregated $1,S00,000 600,
which is twice that of 1899 and four
times that of 1856. In gold production
in 1905 we ltd the world, except the
Rand, in South Africa. In mineral out
put in the aggregate we exceed that of
Great Britain, Germany and France
For 1905 the country's foreign trade
passed the $500, 600 600 mark for the
first time, but our domestic trade was
UNNECESSARILY in excess of this, being
far above $4,000 We produced
22,50O,000 tons Of pig iron in the year,
or as much as our three nearest COM
petitors combined-Great Britain, Ger
many and France. In manufactures, in
which we have had a precedence over
England since 1880, and have been in
creasing our lead ever since, the coun-
try has been particularly active in the
year. The country's railroads, which
exceed those of all Europe in mileage by
about % per cent, have been scoring new
records in earnings and activity. More
than $3,500000,OO0 has been added to
the wealth of the United States since
Jan. 1, 1905, bringing the total up to
$112,O00,0 100000, which exceeds that of
any other two countries in the world put
together.
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Time spent at a Mirror.

German statisticians with no great
burden of serious work on their
shoulders have been calculating what
part of a woman's life is spent in look
ing at herself in mirror. She begins
as rule at six years. From six to
ten she has daily average of seven
minutes. From ten to fifteen she de-
votes a quarter of an hour to her
glass. AT twenty she certainly spends
thirty minutes daily admiring herself,
and when past twenty a whole hour.
The statisticians are tactful enough
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
Cleansing Black SILK.

The silk must be Thoroughly brushed
and wiped with clean cloth, then laid
on table and well sponged with hot
coffee, entirely freed from sediment
by being strained through muslin The
work is done on The side intended to
show, then the silk is allowed to be-
come partially dry and ironed on the
wrong side. The coffee removes ey cry
particle q grease and restores the
brilliancy If the silk without impart-
ing TO it the shiny appearance or pa
perry stiffness obtained by using other
liquids.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

not to say when a woman begins to
take less interest in her personal ap-
pearance, but women more than sixty
years old do not, they say, spend more
than ten minutes daily at their mir
rors. All this time reckoned up-it is
simple sum in ltiplication-mak
1000 hours, or about ten months, at
the mirror. Then they proceed to
compare the time which a mana
German-devotes to this occupation,
and come to the conclusion that his
average is seven months.-Milwaukee
Free Press,
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Drying the Hair.

Always dry the hair in the sun. 1t
gives it the gloss and shiny appear
ance which cannot be had in any 9th
err way. Never put the hair up wet,
or wet the hair to make it smooth, as
It is apt to cause decomposition at the
roots, also to sour the hair.
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Health ana Beautv Hints

Never omit regular bathing in win
ter, for unless the skin is in active
condition the cold will close the pores
Never breathe with the mouth open
in sleeping in a cold room, but estab-
hsh habit of breathing through the
nose. ,
Never stand still in cold weather
for any length of time in the outdoor
air, especially arIer having taken ac-
tive exercise, and never stand long on
the ice and snow Or where the person
is exposed to cold winds.
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shnbhr Chair Covers.

To renoyate leather chair covers.
rub the leather first with a little hot
milk. Melt some beeswax in hot wa
ter, add sufficient turpentine to make
it the consistency of thin cream. Rub
this on the covers and polish with a
soft cloth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

A white felt hat is cleaned with equal
parts of powdered pipe clay and flour.
Rub the powder over every part of the
hat and then brush thoroughly. There
is nothing better for cleaning light
colored felt hats which are only slight
ly soiled than dry cornmeal rubbed on
with piece of clean flannel.
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criminal history, has
been granted a re-
prieve until March
10 by Gov. Higgins,
that his attorneys
may move for a new
trial on the grounds
of fresh evidence.
The crime for
which Patrick was
convicted was that
of being the princi-
pal in the murder of
William Marsh Rice,
an aged and very
wealthy recluse, in
The latters apart-