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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
SEVRES.
The Great Annual Output of Hideous
Counterfeits.

The Great Annual Output OF HIdeous
Counterfeits.
LOOKING around in the curiosity
stores of Paris we find everywhere
conspicuoasly exhibited Sevres cups,
Sevres statuettes, Sevres plates, all
of them bearing genuine manufacture
marks. Unfortunately, these SeYres
are brutal horrible, distasteful coun-
terfeits, made III Berlin or even in
Paris, for the manufacture Of false
Sevres has gained a nearly incredi-
BILE expansion.
Year by year sixteen million francs
worth of spurious Sevres are made,
which are sold in Europe and IN
America, and give a return OF forty
eight millions. A false Sevres plate
epoch of the Empire, has a manu1ac-
turing value of three francs, and sells
at six francs to the commission heI-
chant. who in turn conveys 1t TO the
curiosity dealer for nine francs. FROM
this stage on any statement OF prices
becomes impossible, two Plates Oh
false. Sevres, similar to each other IN
every particular and made Of the
same material. sell just according 10
the place they happen to be IN, at
the secondhand store in Orleans TOT
twelve francs, at profit of three
francs at the antiquities store in Lon
don for 175 francs, at 10 francs pro-
fit. Who wants to buy counterfeit
Seyres needs not % look for Sc
eret factories, the counterfeit come
to yoar house, If you have an open
store. as they art treated in by drum
mers. Nor is it to be presumed that
one is confronted with cunning imita-
tons. The forgers do not employ ex-
perts on ceramics, nor even especial
" skilled workingmen. The manufac-
ture marks Of Sevres are placed on
china wares such as even the manu-
facturers of Limoges would be asham-
ed of.
It must be remembered that the
great State factory under the vari-
Gus governments France has had
since the beginning Of the enterprise
has continuously varied the signature
Of its products; there is the double
capital L used during the times Of
the kings, there is the n Of the en-
peror; there is the fun inscription
Manufacture Imperiale de Sevres, "
the letter L Of the powerless King
Louis XVIII; the x of Charles X;
there are to be found the initials L.
p. of the Citizen King; the Of the
white Seues, or the words "dore a
Sevres" on the large decorative
pieces; there is, finally. the cipher Of
the French Republic as It is still used
BY the factory. Visiting hundred art
stores according TO the species OF
article carried BY the firm, you viii
find Series ware with the royal, the
imperial or the present ciphars. Sill,
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THANK you" she said, at is very
good of you to trouble yourself about
a stranger"
After alive are sisters" the other
said a little dryly. Gomez"
And for the next half hour Monuica
carriage, behind a pair of prancing
chestnut horses.
She did not remember till she stood
once more in the little room. which
looked so deserted now that Jim had
gone. that she had never found out the
name of her friend in need!
And the days slipped into weeks, and
the weeks into months. and all the
while Jim Ward. in a distant country.
was trying to court the fortune which
had failed to smile on him in England.
"It's due now, miss, quite due. and |
don't think it's more than a few min
utes late!"
Monica Ward. tall and slim, with the
pretty color coming and going in her
soft cheeks, stood once more on the
platform awaiting the train.
Suddenly there was a noise-a puff
ing, painting sound, and the train was
in!
Monica's heart beat fast and she was
so excited that she could hardly see
anything in front of her. Jim was com
ing home-home-
Was this Jim?-this man coming to-
ward her with Jim's face, and yet not
his face-with a rolling gait and I'M
steady eyes?
She shuddered; her color forsook
her cheeks. her eyes looked frightened
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her feet shook so that she could
hardly stand.
After all, as the other woman had
said. one gets accustomed to 1t. Better
far betrer-if he had stayed away
than 10 return to her Ike this,
Involuntarily she took a step back
ward: the advancing man noticed it,
and her.
My pretty dear," he cried thickly-
and Monica was just recouing in horror
when a man laid his arm en- hers.
"Monicar' he cried, surely you
haven't forgotten me?"
And then. somehow or smother. she
found herself in his arms-Sobbing and
laughing in one breath out of sheer JOY
and relief.
THAT other mani" she erie! little
incoherently. ''he was so Ike you-thai
| | thought 1t was you, jim"
Monica" returned her husband re
/ proachfully. "and that fellow was
drunk. Never mind. darling" slipping
/ her hand through his arm, come hom,
| somebody has come u claim him
somebody-Some poor devil of some
bodyI''
Monica looked half fearfully acrass
the almost deserted platform. Not ye-1
i far away stood the man whom she Ia
/ mistaken for Jim, standing surrounds
! by porterS, and q small group Of gaper
4, s,s.s,,,es r,-aS tr~s-f-,e-- frr,T,lr-fr,rr r,
his side. bravely facing them all, stoo.
some one whom she recollected as Il
dream.
Afterwards, one gets accustomed 4
| it!""
The words cleared -T.aica's brain
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
A PoIyulot Campaign.

The editors throughout Indian Ter
ritory have much to contend with.
Being unable to reach all Of the peo-
pie in that section OF the new State
by printing unauthorized English,
they are pursuing other tactics. The
New State Tribune, Democratic, ia
roasting everything Republican, in
the Creek language. Barring the TACT
that they have worn four messenger
boys to shreds in an effort TO get the
headlines translated before going to
press, and the fact that two or three
columns of the stuff will make a raw.
ing maniac out of an ordinary limo.
type operator, the system thus far is
meeting with Democratic approval
The South McAlester News is dam
ming everything Democratic in Itah
ian in an effort to teach the Italian
miner the proper way to cast his vote,
and the Muskogee Phenix is running
a column edited by big Injun. Kan.
sas City Journal
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Charles Lamb and Tobacco

Charles Lamb, according to his own
confession, was "a fierce smoker of to-
baeco." One day when putting vigor-
ously the coarsest weed from a long
clay pipe in company with DIR. Parr the
latter asked him how he managed to
acquire this "prodigious power" "by
failing after it, as some men toll after
virtue" was the prompt reply. AS he
advanced in years, however, Ella"
was obliged to relax his intimacy with
the weed, SO thUt. to use his own words,
he was like burnt out volcano emit
ting now and then only casual puff. F"
Eventually he took his formal leave in
a Farewell Ode to Tobacco" and in
forwarding a copy of the poem to
Wordsworth he writes, Il have had it
in my head to do Il these two years
but tobacco stood in its own light when
it gave me headaches that prevented
me singing its praises"
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They Used the Tub.

Douglas Watson believes that Il is
he environment of a man that makes
him clean or unclean, as the case
may be.
1T is all very WELL he said, "to
say that people don't take a bath be
cause they don't like to. The rea-
son they don't use the tub is be
cause there are none in the house
Now I am building small cottages for
poor people and each one has a bath
tub. Now we VIII call on those PEG
ole one day and see that / am right.
MI Watson went TO one of these
cottages and found that the bathtu
had been carefully packed with earra.
and a lovely garden was abloom with
fuehsias and geraniums.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Emit DRYING Square.

At this time of year we find many
people drying their fruits as a means
Of preserving them. Two methods are
actively employed, sun drying and
evaporating. The former method is
most universally used, even by people
who have eyaporating machines, be-
cause of the peculiar favor some
fruits obtain by drying in the sun, and
also because ofttimes the fruit must
be attended to faster than the evapOra.
tors can take it. The great annoyance
caused by sudden showers make sun
driving undesirable in many instances
When a shower comes up the fruit
must be protected from the rain, or
it is likely to sour or otherwise injure
The taking of fruit into the house or
she'd IS not always very easily done,
neither is ii always possible to cover
the scaffold where they are drying sat
jsfactorily. An easy method Of tax
iug care Of them is 10 construct a
square about 3x4 feet in size, which
is made by taking two pieces about g
inches wide 70 use for sides, flooring
these with light material and putting
an inch strip 10 serve as end ri IS.
The end pieces serve TO hold the fruit
on the square while it is being moved
about. When G shower is approaching
these squares can be stacked under q
roof Of any kind. placing them On one
another alternately lenglhwise and
crosswise. This allows the air to
pass through. and they can stay in the
shade for days without iniuriDg. "A.
NJ Latham, in Agricultural Epitomist
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the Directorate OF the Fine Arts, the
Ministry of Commerce, the record
Office for trade marks, and even the
factory itself, are compelled to sub
nit to this traffic in codnterfeits.
which by the ugliness of the imita-
ton, tends to discredit the genuine
product; for the administrations lack
any weapon for protecting their
rights. Under the present legal stu
alton it is impossible to do anything
against people who sell false odd
Sevres'-that is, the majority of the
sellers.
Inc Sevres are initiated and signed
with false marks mostly in Germany,
and sold to South America. There is
no international treaty, which war
rants legal proceedings. The old man
ufacture marks of the monarchical
and the imperial times are not now
employed in Sevres. and cannot be
claimed as proprietary marks by the
factory. In order to begin legal pros
ecutions the factory would have to
register the marks again and to make
some articles, such as We're made in
FORMER times, bat by so doing would
become a forger itself. The often
attacked factory of Sevres is init
mately connected with the history of
France.
Lord Lytton has placed on one shelf
five genuine Seyres cups, with the
factory marks of five different epochs.
The shapes, the decorations, the col
ors of each cup, expressed a whole
governmental period and the minister
pointing to the cups, used to say;
This is the history of France in por
celain poetry" Sometimes the fac
tories of spurious Sevres cause theii
customers great embarrassment. At
a banquet given last spring a dinner
service with the marks of Sevres APP
peared on the table. One of the guests
praised it. 1T is family treasure"
the host said; Napoleon gave it to
my grandfather" Every one express
ed their admiration. Only the Secre-
tary of Fine Arts smiled discreetly;
he had recognized the Sevres of Leip-
sic, pattern of 1906-Harper's Week
"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
MAGICAL PROPERTY OF LIGHT.
Exerting a Gentle Pressure on All
Objects on Which il Falls.

Astronomers long ago noticed and
were puzzled by a popularity of
comets. These objects invade the
solar system from a distance, push
| in toward the sun, swing around it
in a fairly sharp curve and then fly
off into space again. Now, whether
they are approaching or receding from
the sun, their tails keep further away
from the latter than their heads. AS
the comets advance the tails keep in
the rear, but when they depart the
tails go first. 1t is evident, therefore,
that some sort of repulsion is at work
simultaneously with the attraction of
grayitation which draws the more
solid material toward the sun. For
long time there was a disposition
to think that it was an electrical
force which pushed the tail away,
making it look as if there was wind
blowing out from the sun. OF late
astronomers have inclined to believe
that the strange phenomenon has an
other explanation.
1t has been discovered that light
eXerts a gentle pressure on all bodies.
This pressure directly antagonizes the
attraction of gravitation, but it seems
to be more effective with small parti-
cles like the dust in a comets tail
than with the strong, meteoric masses
in the head. To some extent though
the effect is almost imperceptible,
there seems to be the same warfare
between the attraction of the sun
and the repulsion of its light in every
one of the planets in the solar sys-
tenn. Ordinarily grayitation gets the
better of it.
A simple illustration may be given
which will render this curious action
ineligible. Let us suppose that In
some manner-say by the frequent
dropping of stones-a series of rip
pies were started from the centre of
a circular pond. These would spread
to the rim. If chip were afloat half
way between the centre and the edge
it would repeatedly be hit by these
tiny wavelets. The principal result
would be that it would rise and fall,
but if there were no wind or other
interfering influence another effect
also would be observed. The chip
would move very slowly toward the
edge of the pond. Owing to the mi
croscopic blows dealt to it, always
coming from one direction, there
would be a tendency to escape, and
escape would be possible only in the
other direction.
Just now the accepted theory of
the nature of light Is that it is
series of waves of almost inconceiv-
able frequency and speed in the ether
"a substance that perVades all space,
and that ought not to be confounded
with the atmosphere. These waves
are created by any luminous object,
and spread in all directions and in
constantly enlarging circles. The
Hertz waves which are used in wire
less telegraphy are believed to be
identical in nature with light waves,
though longer But whatever differ
ences there may be in this respect
they all ought to exert an influence
in moving small particles of matter
which they hit 1t must be feeble,
but it must be real, and it now seems
likely that it is brought to bear by
sunlight, moonlight and starlight on
all the matter distributed In inter
sellar space.
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they echoed in her ears-the bright
painting engine throbbed to the same
refrain.
All! she remembered. 1t was her
friend Of that black day three years
ago. whom she had not seen since.
What chance-what irony of fate had
brought them together again?
"Jim," she said suddenly. THAT man
over there-he won't move-they can't
do anything with him. Can't you, won't
you, go over and see If you can get
him away from those gaping crowds?
That's his wife-she was kind to me
the day you left. Ali Jim, if it had
been you!"
Jim Ward needed no second bidding.
With a few steady strides he reached
the little group The lady in furs was
pleading, scolding, threatening, but all
to no purpose.
What she could not accomplish Jim's
strong voice and steady authoritative
manner did. In a few minutes be had
escorted the traveller to the waiting
carriage, and left him there.
Monica stood just inside the, door
and he linked her arm in his once more
as they walked to the cab.
How could l have thought it was
you, Jimr" she said in a softly happy
voice I'm so glad-and yet-that
miserable day. envied her Z"
They were in the cab, and he took
her in his arms and kissed her.
But you don't, now" she answered
in tones of deep content. II almost
think-it was worth letting you go
to have you back again, Jim!"
And for the moment he thought so,
too Philadelphia Telegraph.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
The SiIO Pays.

The value of a silo is hardly known
in some of our dairy districts. Many
farmers in the dairy business, when
one speaks to them about silo, will
say it is easy enough to talk silo on
paper, but it is not profitable to build
one.
I will say that the economy in feed
ing a COW is not in saving feed. The
more you can get her TO eat and digest
the more she will make for her keeper.
If you feed little you lose the value
Of that, but if you feed generously she
makes you profit.
The first thing is. to procure feed and
a place to keep it. In having a silo
your feed is cut and put in at time
when it is in the best condition.-kim-
balls Dairy Farmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
CAN CONCRETE BE wATERTIeHT?
Various Measures Adopted to Make
1t So.

In many of the kinds of construc-
ton for which concrete is now used
the building of embankments and
houses. for instance-it does not mat
ter much whether it is watertight or
not. In others it does. Concrete
would furnish a poor lining for a
reservoir if any considerable guam
THY of water could soak through it.
This would also be trIe perhaps, o.
cellar walls that were liable to be
surrounded outside by floods.
Now, here are two or three facts
which have a bearing on the question
of preventing leakage, or, as the civil
engineers call it, seepage. In the first
place, a concrete which is made rather
wet is likely to have finer passages
through it than concrete that is made
pretty dry. 1t sets more slowly, but
is equally strong. Sometimes layer
of one kind of concrete is covered
with another The last may be made
in a different way from the first, and
if plenty of water is used the grain
will be fine.
1t has also been observed that af-
ter time the pores of concrete Will
become at least partially clogged with
fine particles carried by the water in
a stream or reservoir. SeepaSe will
sometimes diminish, if it does not dis
appear, from this cause after a few
months. Perhaps it would not be safe
to count on that result always, bat
it would not be unreasonable to eX-
pect a slow improvement occasionally
from the situation existing at first.
Some experiments were recently de-
scribed by THE Engineering Record y
the object of which was to hasten the
development of a state of waterttght-
ness. Water, which had evidently
not been treated with chemicals, was
forced through the concrete under
steady pressure. The author of the
plan, Baldwin Wiseman, fancies that
a part of the solid material is dis
solved aud then deposited elsewhere
inside the stone "The Engineering
Record" however, regards it doubt
full whether reliance can generally be
placed upon this procedure. It is so
highly probable as to be practically
certain that careful balancing of the
materials, fine grinding of the ce-
ment and the most thorough and wet
mixing must be chiefly, if not whohy,
depended upon to produce the i'm
permeable concrete"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
NEW LINEN PLANT.
A Brazilian Product Which Is More
Abundant Than Flax.

In a recent report to the govern
Consul General at Rio Janeiro de-
scribes a plant which resembles fax,
but is remarkably abundant in Bra
zil. 1t is virtually weed, reaching
a height of twelve or fifteen feet in
four or gve months. Experiments
in cultivation are now in progress
on several plantations, the largest of
the latter being at Rodeiro and Boa
Vista. The product is to be sold IN
England and Ireland. The fibre is
said to be equal to the best Euro
pean flax, but the plant itself seems
to be superior in two or three re-
spects. 1t is hardy and requires lit
tie attention after sowing. 1t thriyeS
equally well in wet and dry weather
and in all kinds of soil. A corp ma
lures in three months, and in the
tropics three crops a year are pos
sible. From the fact that Brazilian
fax will grow on waste land, Oh
which there is a vast amount in
Brazil, and from the circumstances
that no cultivation seems to be re-
quired, the Brazilians think that it
will prove much cheaper than the
best fax grown elsewhere.
The fibre runs generally into three
grades, the finest Of which corresponds
to the best linen, the, second to coarse
linen and the third to European hemp.
From the fibre of the plant, there
fore, come both fine linen and strong
rope. The residue of the plant is
composed of high grade cell1los, said
% be especially suitable for the manu-
facture of fine writing paper, the
wilderness and clearness of the stem
Of the plant simplifying the process
of manufacture. The fibre is adapted
to dyeing and bleaching. The dyed
samples have a lustre and silky APP
pearance.
Samples of fibre have been trans
mitted to Washington, and portions
will be loaned by the Bureau of Manu-
features on application from American
textile manufacturers. These were
taken from a plant growing wild. The
cultivated product shows finer fibre
with strands of greater length, being
much longer than European linen or
hemp. In fact, it is so long that 1t
must be cut before being used for
weaving purposes.
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Richness of Milk.

Some people never will learn. There
are any number of people who still in
sist that the feed influences the fat
content of cows milk in spite Of the
fact that almost every station in the
United States has demonstrated that
the food has nothing to do with the
relative richness of milk, says Farm
erS Advocate. The feed vitality in
fuences the total amount Of butter fat
a COW will produce in a given time,
but it does not make the milk rela-
lively richer. The per cent of butter
fat in milk is an Individual character
istic of the COW and not influenced by
feed to any appreciable extent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30

The fox is an excellent mouser. He
viii lie and watch for a field mouse
in the long grass like a cat, pounce
upon it, kill it with bite and lay
it on one side until he has caught an
other and another, when picking them
all up. as many as he can carry in his
mouth, he win canter away with them
to serve them out to the cubs. This
fact was confirmed by witnesses in
Scotland who were examined by
committee Of the Board Of Agriculture
when taking evidence on the occasion
OF the plague of field voles on the
lowland sheep farms in 1S93.-Ioudon
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WHAT THE NEIGHsoRs SAY.

She isn't very pretty and
She doesn't talk so very well,
So | can hardly understand
How she could ever be belle.
Sc has no money, which l know
Some mercenary men prefer.
He isn't mercenary, so
l wonder what he sees in her.
He's homely and he's awkward, too;
At any sport an awful muff.
He's not one of those fellows who
Can even make a decent bluff
No business gumption, and hear,
His salary is pretty slim.
1t certainly seems rather queer,
l wonder what she sees in him.
He sees she's beautiful and wise,
She sees him handsome. brave anc
strong
She's fascinating in his eyes,
She thinks that he does nothing wrong
Well, if that most deluded pair
Are quite contented l suppose
It's something that we ought to bear
But that's the way it always goes.
Chicago News.
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Packing Butter for Winter.

All housekeepers know the value of
butter in midwinter. They who have
butter in summer might just as well
be bountifully supplied in winter,
states a West Virginia writer. Try
the following plan, which has been
tested and found satisfactory. Pro
cure several nice clean jars, new ones
are preferable. After the butter is
worked, let it stand for perhaps an
hour, then work again, and so on
until sure that there is absolutely no
trace of water or milk in it. Now fill
the jars and cover the top well with
dry, clean salt. Place a cloth over
the jar to keep salt in its place and
turn jar upside down on a clean piece
Of slate. Let remain in this condition
until wanted for use
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business every wife to insist her hus
bands getting a vacation He can't afford the time?
Nav also afford the money buy you
outfit and send you off somewhere You have to go-for
your health? dispute that Wives need change?
That's all right They do. But nine times out of ten
they don't need it half badly as do the husbands
outing for your husband if it is the last thing
If he thinks he can't afford It, to him that
he can Go without something to make his vacation pos
sble Prove to him that a vacation is cheaper than
funeral and that you would be miserable spending his
life insurance. Work up your scheme. Get him away
from work for a while Come back with him and make
his home as comfortable you