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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
Egyptian Onions.

Egypt has been regarded by some
people as the land of pyramids and
mummies only, but it has from time
immemorial had reputation for on
ions Ancient Egyptians swore by the
onion and regarded the plant as Sc
cred. The inscription on the pyramid
of Cheops tells us that the workmen
had onions given to them. and from the
Bible We learn that the Hebrews, when
slaves under Pharaoh, enjoyed these
bulbs, and that when far away they
remembered the leeks and the onions
and the garlic" The Egyptian onion
is handsome and useful vegetable.
and by selecting the best strains of
seed the quality tends, year by year, TO
improve. The Egyptian knows two
varieties. the "Baali" and the Mis-
kaoui," but supplies of the latter kind
are seldom sent abroad. as they absorb
so much moisture from the frequently
irrigated ground in which they are
grown they they do not stand a sea yoy-
age we'll The "Baali" onion is the
more popular Egyptian onion and Is
grown in yellow soil. which is sparing-
liz watered while the bulbs are matur-
ing, in order that the onions may stand
lengthy sea voyage with little risk of
sprouting-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
a strange story" said chinsrou, mus

"A strange story" said Chinsron, mus
ingly, where is the glass?"
1T is broken, doctor" replied Madame
Midas; lin getting out of bed | knocked
the table down, and both the night lamp
and glass smashed"
"No one could have been concealed be-
hind the curtain of the window" said
the doctor to Madame Midas.
NO" she replied. but the window was
open all night; 50 if it is as Kitty says,
the man who gave the poison must have
put his hand through the open window
DIR. Chinston went to the window and
looked out; there were no marks of feet
on the flower bed, where it was so soft
that any one standing on it would have
left a foot mark behind.
Strange said the doctor. ''it's pc
culiar story looking at Kitty keenly.
But a true one" she replied boldly,
the color coming back to her face; Il say
she was poisoned"
by whom" asked Madame Midas, the
memory of her husband coming back to
her.
Il can't tell you" answered Kitty, Il
only saw the hand"
AT all events" said Chinston, slowly,
"the poisoner did not know that your
nurse was with you, so the poison was
meant for Mrs. Villiers."
For me?" she echoed, CHASTITY pale
81 knew tiny husband is alive, and
this is his work"
ITO be continued)
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~N%NNNONN~

Bias folds of the material are found
in many striped frocks.
Black hats with long white feathers
are pronounced success.
Plain coloaed wool serges, mohairS
aud plaids are all fashionable for little
girls school frocks.
Held in place by a single great rose
is a popular method of placing the os
trich plume on the hat.
Skirts fit snugly over the hips. even
though laid in tucks and plaits, but
they flare very much over the feet
The principal change in bleuses is a
gradual turning from handkerchief lin
en- and batiste to lace and chiffon for
autumn wear.
In using braids, note that the wide
silk kinds should be the color of the
cloth. while in soutache black on color
is allowable.
Many hat frames are covered with
silk. MORE. crepe or some equally light
fabric, and even the velvets are often
faced with chiffon or silk. The feIts
too, are not Of a heavy quality.
The new laces and braid trimming
are really almost regal. Many of the
laees are outlined in gold thread; 9th
ers have applique-fowered designs il
silk of delicate Dresden shades.
suirings in broken checks and indis-
tinct stripes, showing a black satin
overstripe. viii be among the novelty
materials. The ground coloriags viii
be very effective. in dark combinations
Of blues. gzsens. deep reds. etc.
The new linen collar and cuff sets
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The News ~

Japan is for the open school door.

Japan is for the open school door.
That S75,OO0000 soap trust sounds
like a bubble.
Ohio has knocked the piers from under
the Bridge Trust.
They will have to stop making currant
jelly out of cows hoofs.
Cuba wakes up with headache, empty
pockets and owing money.
What we really need is government
ownership Of Congressman.
Philadelphia INDUCES in The kind Of
dramatic criticism the hens lay.
Gov. Magoon is going to clean Cuba
up if the cyclone don't do it for him.
The wild automobile is one thing that
doesn't discriminate in favor of the mill
ionaire.
Killing a general in Russia is becoming
so common that experts can 70 il at the
first shot.
Added to her other proofs of acquiring
American habits, the Cuban Congress re-
ports a deficit.
A man with wife like Senator Bur
toms comes mighty near deserving a fair
share of sympathy.
Germany ate 1,J6S dogs and S1y312
horses last year. This is enough to give
Chicago a Jealous fit.
The skeleton Of a horse 40 feet high has
been found in Wyoming. They'd be won
ders in a steeplechase.
Washington will now begin to get
excited over Miss EtheI's new hair ribbon
and Arches sore toe.
Burglars stole $4,000 from Stand
ard Oil Office in New York. The people
are gradually getting even.
Over 500 fossil skeletons have been
found in the Rocky Mountains. Wait till
they begin TO unearth Congress-
Gorky has gore to Italy to write book
on America, but that is about as near as
he got to this country, anyway.
The new magazine Is a militant week
~ for God and country but the sub
scriptions are payable in advance.
As long as we get over a million immi-
grants a year the race suicide movement
doesn't seriously affect the census re-
turns.
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favor was the order that the countess
may not take the children from France
without their fathers consent. The
count appointed the president of the
chamber of notaries 10 liquidate the af-
fairs of the husband and wife. The
Judgment was given with costs against
the count.
/ Anna Gould youngest daughter Of
the late Jay Gould, was married to
Count Ernest Boniface de Castellane,
eldest son of the Marquis de Castellane,
at the New York home of her brother,
George ]. Gould, March 4, 1895, the
late Archbishop Corrigan officiating.
Miss Gould's dowry was understood to
have been $1S0O0,000, and it was stated
that her income was 100000 q year.
Immediately after the marriage the
couple left the United States for
France, where the extrayagant manner
in which they lived attracted atten-
ton. About five years after the mar
riage Count and Countess de Castellane
were reported to be financially embar-
raised, it being alleged that the count
had spent about 100000 Of his wife's
money. An adjustment of the affairs
of the couple became necessary and
considerable litigation followed, with
the result that the Gould family inter-
vened and the income of the countess
was reduced to 100000 Feb. of the
present year Countess de Castellane en-
tered plea for divorce. The three
children of the Castellanes are George,
Boni and Jay, the youngest being the
namesake of his mothers father.
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are anything but mannish. They ind,-
cate more than anything else woman's
return to the frills and furbelows at
tributed to her sex.
London women are making tremen-
dous vogue for purple in all shades,
even for their houses. They are select
ing cretonnes and wall papers with for
al designs in purple.
One hat met had succession OF
three little green velvet bows mounted
on a wire one above the other, right In
front. and this little upright ladder eff
feet was really very good.
The cut of the blouse is the essential
point in its makeup. No matter how
pretty the material is or how gracefully
trimmed, it must be well cut to pass the
critical eye of Nine. Mode.
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WHEN 1T EAlNED SOME.
Crowd Around Country Store Listens
to Amazing Tales.

to Amazing Tales.
Each man around the store had told
his tale of the hardest rain he ever
saw fall out of the sky" Tom Limkins
was an easy winner with his of the
great harvest rain in '93.
1T began with big drops kinder
scatterin' like" he said. ''Then it got
to a shower, and l just thought I'd
crawl under the canvas on the reaper
till it was over-knowed the team
would stand. But, sir, when the light
ming took to hittin' right at that binder
1 concluded to get out from there. l
had a gallon-and-a-half bucket on my
arm and l lit out for the mule shed.
When l was about half way there the
thing began to get heavy. l looked
down, and if the blamed thing wasn't
full of water I'm a"
The lank individual who had been
leaning against a barrel broke in:
We'll, now, 1 reckon that must a
been the day I'm thinkin' about. What
made me know it was rainin' some
Wa Seelh hoCh VI VIII uuckS 70
over. Gents, them ducks had folded
their wings and was just naturally
padlin'."
For the space of two minutes not 9
sound was heard save the purring OF
| the cat asleep on the counter. Then
! silently, with bowed heads. the GROVE
/ sperSed.-Woman'S Home Compan
! ion
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
WIG Should study Her husband.

Wife Should study Her Husband.
Il wish girls could all be made TO
understand how important it is for
them to study their husbands, and new
er stop; to know how they will be re-
paid if they do so. and if they try to
realize that they are one, yet with two
different natures, and see if they can
not make the new nature part of their
own, and adapt their ideas to each
other.
"0h, how close together you can
grow, and how far apart you could get
If you didn't stop to think and try to
understand each other | know how
much | have to thank a good mother
for, and l see so many young married
people who seem to be gradually pull
ing apart without knowing the reason
why.
Never hesitate, girls. to speak frank
ly, in good, friendly way, about any
thing. Discuss everything you are in
doubt about, and make him understand
that 1t is the little things that count
Win women. Ii he forgetS some of his
little attentions after you are married,
don't keep your grievance to yourself
tell him of it and ask him to try to
remember that it is these little things
that go to make up your happiness.
Tell him in nice way and you will
find that if you are as considerable of
his thoughts and feelings he will grad
ually get where the little things are
never forgotten, and you will find your
lives growing closer all the time, and
love for you greater instead of less. l
have proved it and I speak from my
own happiness, and four years of try
ing hard to live up to my mothers pre-
cepts. Good Housekeeping.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27

crepe de chine costume just received
from Paris demonstrates the overskirt
vogue. 1t is made with three bias ruff
fies around the bottom of the full pet
ticoat. Over this, in thin cloth of the
same shade, are draped two deep points,
one back and the other front, the points
falling to the bottom of the skirt, the
drapery at one side going half way TO
the knees before it slopes away to the
back and front. With the approach of
winter it is prayed that the overskirt
may be hauled in and a more simple
effect Dreyail.
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ANNA GOULD DIVORCED.
Count BOni Loses. and Wife and For
fune Are Gone Forever.

SOuht ApsCSs aho "AAC ahu aOA~
tune Are Gone Forever.
Final separation from home and in
come is the cruel fate melted out by
French justice to Count Boni de Cas-
tellane, the wife-beating spendthrift
who had won the affection and fortune
of Jay GOuld's daughter and rapidly
dissipated both. The decision. granting
a divorce without even an "alimentary
allowance" handed down in Paris by
the Tribune of the First Instance of the
Seine, Judge Ditto presiding, gives
Countess de Castellane the custody or
her children, who, however, may not be
taken from France without the con-
sent of their father.
The end of the famous case came
suddenly The court brushed aside the
demand of the courts lawyers for an
examination of witnesses and, as ex-
pected, the public prosecutor did not
countess the custody of her children
the court allowed the count only the
usual rights to see them and share in
the control of their education, which
was not contested. The count is given
the right to see the children Mt stated
periods Mt the home of their grand
mother, and to keep them a month an
nually during the holidays.
Boni's demand for an "alimentary al
lowance of $4,000 annually" was pro-
nounced by the court to be without
foundation in law and was rejected,
The only point decided in the husbands
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
CHAPTER NNVI.

Madame Midas was not by any means
of a nervous temperament, yet ever since
the disappearance of her husband she was
a prey to a secret dread. which, reacting
on her nerves. rendered her miserable
Had Mr.. Viliers only appeared she would
have known how to deal with him, and
done so promptly. but It was his absence
that made her afraid. Was he dead? II
so. why was his body not found; if he
was not dead why did he not resppear on
the ScHs:
Are my troubles never going TO endg'
she said TO Selma on the night of the
Meddlechip ball. as she passed restlessly
up and down her room; this man has
embittered the whole of my life, and now
he is stabbiug me in the dark"
LET the dead past barry its dead.
Quoted Selma, who was arranging the
room for the night.
"Pshaw :" retorted Madame. Impatient
". walking 20 the French window at the
end of the room aad opening il: how
do YOU know he is dead? Come here. Sc
lima" she went on. reckoning to the old
woman. and pointing outside to the gar
den bathed in moonlight; Il have always
a dread lest he may be watching the
house Even now he may be concealed
yonder'-pointing down the garden.
You've left the window open" remark
ed Selma. looking AT her mistress, and if
you are nervous it viii not make you feel
safe"
Madame Midas glanced at the window.
"Its so hot" she said. plaintively. Il
will get no sleep. Can't you manage 20
tx il UP. so thar l can leave it Openg'
"I'll try" answered Selma, and she IN
dressed her mistress and put her 10 BEL.
then proceeded TO FIX up kind OF burglar
trap. The bed was a four>posser, with
heavy crimson curtains, and the top was
pushed against the wall, near the window.
The curtains Of the window and those OF
the bed prevented any draught blowing
in: and directly in front of the window
Selma set a small wood table. 50 that any
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27

Lace gowns for evening are being
trimmed with quillings and flower de-
signs of narrow satin ribbon.
When fitting a lining, always open
1t at the under-arm seam to remove for
alterations, leaving the front pinned
together.
Scallop embroidery is in favor for
petticoats. The designs of a century
ago are resurrected by those who are
fortunate enough to possess them.
Pretty glove garters are easily home
made by shirring ribbon over an elias
tic band and finishing it with a rosette
of soft loops. To make it very attrac-
tive knot the ribbon before looping it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27

cuffs of the material, ornamented with
bands and knots of the velvet.
The skirt of the second costume IS
of Scotch plaid, plated over the hips
and finished at the bottom with wide
band of the same. The blouse and
sleeves are OF the plaid, and the bolero
is OF velvet bordered with shaped
band of the same and trimmed with
soutache. The waistcoat, rolling collar,
revers and girdle are of leather, col
ored cloth or silk, the last two orna-
mented with embroidery or guipure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
STRANGE CHECKS.
The Odd Assortment Collected by
One Bank Clerk.

The Odd Assortment Collected by
One Bank Clerk.
torn linen collar, piece of lath,
a cuff and a half dozen other odd OBJ
jects hung above the bank clerks desk.
my collection Of queer checks" the
young man said Each of those things
is a check. Each was duly honored.
Each has a story.
Il have been collecting queer checks
for three years. That piece of lath
started me. A western bank honored
the lath for $3.50. 1t was made out
check by the owner of sawmill,
who was out at the plant with his son,
thirty miles from any house, and to-
tally without paper, let alone a check
book. The money was needed to pay
off the hands. The sawmiller wrote on
the lath just what a check correctly
drawn has on it, and he sent his son
in to the bank to get the money and
to explain. The lath check was hon
ored after some discussion among the
banks officers.
The cuff check was drawn by an
actor who had become slightly intoXi-
Gated, got into fight and been arrest
ed. He was treated cavalierly in his
cell. They wouldn't give him any pa
per, and he bribed boy to take the
check to a bank. The boy got the
money, and with it the actor paid his
fine. Otherwise he'd have been jailed
for ten days Thus the cuff check may
be said to have saved a man from
prison.
The check written on that linen col
lar won a bet of So. A man bet a
woman that a check made on collar
would be cashed, and of course he won
his bet
"Your bank, if you carry good ac-
count, will honor the most freaky
checks you can draw up. In such mon
key business, though, it won't encour-
age you"-Chicago Chronicle.
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work for the Ftrexide.

One of the popular ''fireside" indus
tries which the clubwomen of Missouri
are trying to revive is weaving. and a
pretty occupation for winter evenings
in the country is the weaving of por-
there's The darkest bands should be
at the bottom. and the colors should
become lighter toward the top. Handy
table looms may be bought for the
small sum of $12, and women will find
il easy to use up their scraps OF silk
and other material in making rugs and
rertieres that will be quite artistic
when finished. especially now when
they are so fashionable.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
Month In which to Marry,

Girls who are to be married this fall
may be interested in the rhyme for
autumn weddings:
Married in gold September's glow,
smooth and serene your life will
flow;
Married when leaves in October thin,
toll and hardship you begin;
Married in wells of November mist,
Fortune your wedding ring has
kissed;
Married in days of December cheer,
Loves star shines brighter from
year to wear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
The Wind and IN. widow

In Sumatra the wind decides the
length of time widow shall remain
single. Just after her husbands death
she plants a flagstaff at her door, upon
which flag is raised. While the flag
remains uniform by the wind the Ell
quette of Sumatra forbids her to mar
ry; but at the first rent, however tiny,
she can lay aside her weeds and accept
the first man who presents himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27

city who are backing training school
in household science In two respects
the school is a novelty. In the first
place, it offers to board its students
free, and in the second, it proposes to
fit its pupils with special reference to
service in homes of luxury. Among
other things they are to study the de
pertinent proper to such an environ
ment. Only girls who come duly rec
commended will be accepted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
Smiling Over the Bar.

"He has such smiling countenanee.' -
What? The mans face is a regular
sight. What with the rum blossom
and
We'll, it's his continual smiling that
has made his face that way"-Phila-
delphia Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
Change of WORK Profitable.

A writer in a Baltimore paper tells
of two school teachers who took up an
abandoned farm near summer resort,
raised honey and ducks and in a few
wears saved money enough for one of
them TO marry and support a husband.
The husband had his smoking and bill
lard room so arranged that he was
not annoyed by the cackIing of the
dueks. and the success of the venture
in every respect proved that abandoned
farms are much to be preferred to
school teaching.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
overxkirtx Again.

How fashionable dressmakers do en-
Joy making poor woman miserable
They now assert that overskirts are
coming 'in,'' and although more IN
esthetie sartorial style never afflicted
civilization. that does not keep the gar
ment from being admired by the powers
OF the fashionable world a brown
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
Males Exceed Females.

In the Jahrbuch. published by the
German government, it is stated that
the only countries in Europe in which
the number of males exceeds the fe.
males are Servia, Roumania. Bulgaria
and Greece. The Teutonic, Latin and
Slav nations have a slight excess of fe-
males, which is often only few thou
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27

The costume at the left is of dark
blue cloth. The princess or corselet
skirt is made with plaits which open
out below the hips. The blouse, of ba-
tiste or linen, is covered with a pelerine
of the blue cloth composed of two col
lars. the upper one bordered with a
band o.e velvet to match, the whole fas-
tened with a knot of velvet with gold
buckle. The sleeves are finished with
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27

The Woman's Journal comments on
the fact that some of the Methodist
brethren object to wonan's attend
ing the general conference on the
ground that her place is at home; and
vet they have no objection to her going
over seas as a missionary, possibly to
be eaten by cannibals, at any rate, to
suffer great hardshins.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
Monument TO Pocahontus.

At last pocahontas is likely to have
years much talk on the subject. Among
her descendants are the Randolph.
Fairfax and Cabel families of Virginia.
and they, with other descendants in
other parts of the country, have decid-
ed to erect the monument. Ten thou
sand dollars have been raised to that
end
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
what They Are Doing.

Some of the things that club women
are doing throughout the country are
very edifying The children Of ST.
Paul. Mimi. through the efforts Of the
Thursday Morning Club. have set out
1900 fruit trees. In Beaufort, s. c.,
the club women have succeeded in hav-
ing twenty-five miles Of hard shell road
bordered with shade trees.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
lee Tru.t Decision Stands

The Circuit Court Of Toledo. Ohio
upheld the decision of the Common Pleas
Court in the sentence of the three prin-
cipals convicted Of conspiracy in restraint
os trade in the sale Of ice. The sentence
was $3.50 each and six months in the
workhouse. and If the Supreme Court az
srms the lower courts, the icemen must
serve their sentence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
A Cure Needed.

Mrs. Nexdore-I'ye been thinking OF
having my daughters voice cultivated.
Would you?
Mrs. Knox-By all means. IL you
have tried every other remedy-Phila-
iielnhia Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
John ID. Rockefeller Indicted.

John ID. Rockefeller, M. G. Villas.
treasurer of the Standard Oil Com
pany of Ohio; J. NJ. Robertson. secre-
tary, and II. z. Mcintosh, dirtltor,
were indicted at Findlay by the grand
Jury, before which the recent oil in
quiry was reopened by County Prosecu-
tor David Bench warrants for Rookie
Teller and the others indicted were is
sued Immediately and placed in the
hands Of Sheriff Groves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
sad Lot of Russian Girl studen...

There is said to be terrible distress
among the Russian girl students at
French universities. Their families are
ruined by the recent disturbances, are
unable to send them money. AID some
Of them are subsisting ON a fsw cents
4 day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27

A temporary injunction was granted by
Judge Pollock of the United States Dis
trict Court restraining the members of
the Iron Molders' Union of Kansas City,
Kan. from interfering with the employees
Of the Riserside iron works Of that city.