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snatchinq Victory from Defeat.

They were married about the 1st
Of November, had just got back from
the honeymoon and settled down in
their new house in Germantown. The
new cook was about as green as the
lady of the house. The latter said. as
she went out for a visit on the day be-
fore Thanksgiving: Now Emma go
to work on the turkey and prepare it
just as you would chicken" Emma
did so. She cut the turkey into a doz-
en- big pieces and was about to fry
them like spring chicken when the
lady came in and saw the havoc that
had been played with the royal bird.
A good cry relieved her feelings and
then the husband suggested that they
sew the pieces into place, pack in the
stufing to support the fabric, and
make the best out of the dilemma.
This was done and the guests at din
ner next day never once suspected
that anything was wrong. But hubby
got reproacl,ful glance from the low
er end of the table as he cast a SOL
emn look at his wife, and said as he
welded the carving knife: "Our
turkey is certainly nicely basted,
dear-Philadelph Record.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
Temper and Marriage.

Every one agrees that marriage has
a strong influence upon the temper,
says a writer, but is it good or bad?
Taking q woman's point Of view for a
moment, we can easily see how her
temper may be improved by marriage.
When she marries she has, we may
assume, attained the ambition of her
life. She has got a husband and a
home of her own; she looks forward
to q happy life-in fact, the future is
as bright as a future well could look.
This is bound to tell. Perhaps before
marriage she was inclined to peevish-
ness; she might even have had grave
doubts about ever being wife; she
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
ILHI>Iy'IlHELL
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Lieutenant General Adna r. Chaffee,
chief of staff, favors the army bill pro-
viding for a reserve of $4,000 men.
Leon Zolotkopf of Chicago was elected
grand master of the Order of the
knights of Zion at the convention in
st. Louis.
Regular train service on the road built
between Elkins and Charleston, w. Va,
by ex-senator Henry Gassaway Davis
was inaugurated Jan. 1.
Andrew Carnegie has pipe organ for
morning by the strains of Lead, Kindly
Light" or "Silent Night"
E. E. Mcdaniel, president of the Dali
las Abstract Company, was shot and
killed in a Dallas, Texas, saloon by Elmo
Trimble, a discharged employee.
Governor Herrick of Ohio, as a New
Years gift, pardoned Leonard Kitzel-
man, who has served tweGty-three years
for murder in the second degree.
James Kittredge, who was a patient in
a private sanitarium in Philadelphia,
jumped from a second-story window of
the institution and was instantly killed.
The Montreal Express on the Boston
and Maine railroad was wrecked at Wal
lamoOsac station, New York, and seven
persons injured. The switch had been
spiked and the signal light turned to in
dictate a clear track.
The Wabash lines east of Pittsburg
have decided to issue no more passes.
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad
of the Vanderbilt system has also abol-
sshed free transportation.
A well-known ticket broker of st.
Louis declared that 100 ticket brokers
and hotel keepers around the Union sta
ton were compelled to pay money to the
police for protection.
While attending a ball at Hague, Va,
Mrs Mary Willoughby Brown Williams,
wife of Professor John Roger Williams
of Princeton University, was badly burn
ed by her dress catching fire from
lamp.
A cable dispatch from Caracas, Vene-
zuela, says that the visit Of courtesy of
Mr. Bax-Ironside, British minister to
Venezuela, to President Castro is result
ing in a settlement of the dispute with
G1eat Britain.
Creditors OF the failed Merchants
Trust Company at Memphis filed a bill
asking for new receiver in place Of
John p. Edmondson, who, they charge. is
a director and heavy stakeholder in the
bank. They also declale that the liabili
ties are 100000 and the assets 81, $780,
600.
The Kansas Supreme Court at Topeka
decided that a man who has murdered
his wife may claim her property even
though he killed her for the purpose Of
obtaining it. The case was that of the
husband of Kate Brandt. who killed his
wife ard then made over her property
to his attorneys. He is undtr sentence
Of death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
Needlework Notes.

A dainty fan bag is made Of dou-
bled strip of fancy ribbon.
A double fichu, edged with ruff
f1e, is the latest form for a scarf.
Some of the best evening coats have
wide insets of heavy lace and en-
broidery.
Flannel underwear is trigged up
with Ice and ribbons as fine as the
lingerie sort.
Turnovers of sheerest possible In
dia null are simply hemstitched and
given a border of colored dots done in
hand embroidery.
Embroidered pillow cases take the
place of the old-fashioIed sham. Top
sheets, too, are hand embroidered and
finished With scallops.
Baby shoes of lingerie lawn, en-
broidered by hand and finished with
little ribbon rosettes, are the cunning
est of infantile foot coverings.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
FAN Care of Fruit Trees.

Young fruit trees need protection In
winter, not only from the cold, but
also from rabbits and other rodents.
The trunks Of the trees can be wrap
ped with some material, such as old
clothes, etc, or have box little
larger than the tree set around II
high enough that rabbits cannot reach
above it. A farmer in South Dakota
uses wire cloth wound loosely around
the tree. 1t will, besides protecting
from rabbits, effectually protect
against sun scald. 1t will last several
years by loosening as the tree grows
Rotten straw makes a good mulch for
young trees. 1t prevents a drying out
Of the soil during the winter, which
is said to be fatal to trees. The mulch
should be removed in the spring early.
1t is claimed that to prevent trees
budding out too early in the spring
and being killed by late freezes a
good plan is to pile manure around
the tree after the ground has frozen
hard in the fall. The manure keeps
the ground frozen near the tree and
prevents the sap rising during the first
warm spells in late winter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
FEAT or ANCIENT ENGINEERS.
Bored Tunnel, Similar to SimpIon, in
Palestine $500 Years AGO.

Unmistakable evidence exists that
$500 years ago certain Hebrew en-
gineers Tin the time of King Heze-
h1ahD executed exactly the same kind
of work which was carried out in the
Simplon tunnel, though perhaps on a
slightly smaller scale.
Dr. Bertholet, a professor at the
University of Basic, is the gentleman
who claims TO have made this discov-
cry. The Jewish records state that
King Heze-Kiah, or Ezekias, VINO
reigned at Jerusalem 727 B. c., was
much troubled at the bad state OF
the water supplied to the people OF
that city. He accordingly had q vast
reservoir made at the gates of the
city, to which water was fed from
various springs lying at greater or
less distances from the reservoir in
question.
At first his project seemed doomed
to failure, as there existed between
Jerusalem and the springs from which
the water was to be derived high
chain of hills, over which it would be
impossible to convey the water. 1t
was therefore determined to open a
passage for the water through the
solid rock. One of the Sirach MSS.
dating from this period states in this
connection: "Heze-Kiah fortified his
city by bringing water thereto. and
q ht>%.nd fhrnI1Oh Aoly Gxy
means of bronze, and he collected the
water in a reservoir"
Recent explorations have enabled
this predecessor of the Simplon to be
thoroughly identified. 1t is said to
be the Shiloah tunnel by means of
which water was brought down from
a source to the east of Jerusalem and
poured into the Pool of Sloan, men,
toned in the Bible. This conduit is
$50 yards long. The distance, as the
bird flies, between the two mouths OF
the tunnel is also only 800 yards,
which proves that the work was not
executed in a perfectly straight line
due doubtless to the difficulties which
the engineers encountered in their
task which (for the period) was of a
really marvellous nature.
That the work was commenced from
both ends OF the tunnel is not only
proved by the inscription, but also by
the fact that the marks of the boring
tools, picks, &c, may still be seen, all
bearing in opposite directions. The
direction of the tunnel was altered
several times during the construction
thereof, as there are several short
galleries, which were evidently aband-
oned as soon as it was noted that
working was being done out of line.
The floor of the tunnel is finished with
the greatest care, and the workings
vary from five-eights of yard to one
yard in width by from three feet to
nine feet in height more or less, ac-
cording to the hardness of the rock.
In the light of modern engineering
science, the following questions sug-
gest themselves: How did these old
time engineers gauge their direction,
recognize and remedy their errors in
alignment? What tools did they use to
execute a piece of work which has
remained without equal or rival for
$500 years?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
WastefuI Ways of Saving.

Do not try TO save money by
Doing without your luncheon, even
if only for once. This will injure your
health.
Walking home after a days shop
ping. You can get more money, but
you cannot get new constitution
after yours has been undermined.
Sewing in the twilight. Artificial
light is cheaper than oculists' bills.
Wearing thin clothing. Flannel is
cheaper than druggists prices.
Using cheap soap. 1t will cost you
something in cold creams and suffer
ing to remedy the harm it does
Going about in thin shoes. Leather
is cheaper than quinine and porous
plasters, also than a case of pneu-
mona.
Trying to do the work of the uphol-
sterer and the carpet layers. You may
never feel like doing any work again.
Overworking. Nobody will thank
you. You will be so cross that the
very people for whom you are saving
the money will hate you, and your
husband will wish he had married a
spendthrift.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23

The new Queen Of Norway speaks
Eve languages fluently. She is ex-
tremely fond of sport and is a keen
cyclist.
Nine Dieulafoy is the one woman
in France who has official permission
to dress as n man. She accompanies
her husband on his famous travels in
the east, where the two discovered the
palaces of Darius 1. and ArtaXerxes
II.
Miss Minnetta Taylor, of Greencas-
tie, Ind, for years professor of ro-
nance languages in De PAW Uniyer-
sity, speaks fluently twenty-five differ
ent languages, is able to converse fair
~ well in nine others, and can read
four more.
Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Merrick.
the author and philanthropist Of New
Orleans, celebrated her SOth birthday
recently, and was rendered a recep-
ton at the Era Club of that city, at
which representatives Of every wom-
ans club of the city We're present.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
Water for the Sheep.

AS a rule, clear running water is
the best for sheep, as it likewise is for
all other animals, says a New York
farmer in American Cultivator. 1t I'M
dergoes complete exposure to the air,
and that tends to the decomposition
and neutralizing of the organic mat
ter in it. Water from sandstone or
slate rock also is generally pure.
Water from limestone, however, es-
pecially if magnesia Is mixed with 1t,
may be very injurious. 1t is liable to
produce various troublesome diseases,
and one Of these, known as goiter, is
exceedingly common. 1t causes a
swelling Of the glands Of the throat,
the enlargement of which is soft and
baggy. 1t is true that this ailment
may be due to other causes, but water
containing too much lime and magne-
STA is capable, nevertheless, Of pro-
ducing it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
Man Woman and Mon y.


Every now and then one reads in the
ayers an account Of some foolishly
onfidicg girl or woman who, at his
oIicitation, has entrusted her little
GARD of savings to her lover or fiance,
nd finds trust and trustee missing.
lear what Ella Wheeler Wilcox has
say on this subject:
"There is one type Of man l have
ever yet known to be strong, reliable
nd trustworthy man l would like
see any friend take for life COM
anion-and that is the young man
Vho asks loan of money from a wo-
lan he loves, or who loves him. Be-
eve me, there is some lack Of real
4 loral fiber in such a man.
"a husband and wife many years
1arried, and united by common in
erests, may become so one in thought
nd purpose that a common purse
would be as natural to them as a
ommon dinner-table.
A But before marriage, or immediate
after, the man who begins to ask
woman for the use of her purse
hould be distrusted by her. He could
= lot breach such a subject unless he
acked certain refinement and
strength which makes a manly man a
yoman's protector by nature. Even
where no sentiment exists between a
nan and a woman, the really strong
men of the world never become Dor
lowers from women.
where a man is a woman's lover
md asks her to advance money to him
for any reason, she may as well real
re at once the reed on which she will
can If she accepts him for a life COM
panion. \ vital quality is left out of
bis character.
"He is but one step removed from
the man who seeks a woman because
she has money, and he is the most
Idespicable of the human race"
This is true as Gospel" It has
been proven so many, many times, to
the cost of foolish women who allow
themselves to be led away by senti-
|ment or over-persuaded by a glib
tongue. The world respects no man
who takes money from a woman or
Hives on her earnings. When the cor
rect financial situation is reversed,
romance flies. No woman can be
blamed for ceasing to respect the man
who allows her to support him, max
ling no effort to assume his rightful
|place as bread-winner. And when she
ceases to respect, love and happiness
soon take leave also.
A man who has not sufficient prop
|erty to furnish a place for his wife
to live, or a position giving him a
regular salary has no business to take
upon himself the responsibility of a
wife. But a youth whose home is any
where he happens to hang up his hat,
and whose estate consists of a change
of neckties, can very often coax girl
into marrying him and wheedle her
out Of any little savings she may have
accumulated. The chap who wants
to borrow before marriage is very apt
to take French leave soon after.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
HER MAJEsTYs THRONE ROOM.
Beauty of the Great Central Hall in
the Winter Palace,

the Winter Palace.
Her Majesty's throne-room at the
winter palace fronted ON a court
which was surrounded by well-built
walls with curiously shaped doors
and windows and ornamented yellow
and greenfield designs at intervals.
In the center of the wall in front was
the immense gateway, with wooden
folding-doors, which had just opened
for her passage. The veranda of the
throne-room had two rooms projecting
upon it, making of it a rectangular
space with walls around three of its
sides. This veranda was quite diff
ferent from any at the summer pal.
ace, where they run the whole length
of the buildings, back and front.
Entering, l was struck by the
beauty of the great central hall-the
harmony of its proportions, the SOM
Der splendor of it's color. 1t seemed
to me the most satisfying, the most
picturesque, of all the restful, har-
monious interiors l had seen, with it's
dull red walls and it's splendid cot
fered ceiling glowing in color and
glinting in gold, the central dome,
with deliberately carved pendentives,
being planted in brilliant primary col
ors, subdued into a rich harmony by
the demi-obscurity, for it had no Ian
tern and received it's light from the
windows below.
The curious feature of the domes
in several of the palaces in the Violet
City, so effective from within, giving
elevation and space to the interiors,
is that they are not visible from the
outside of the edifice. The beautiful
straight line of the room, with It's up
turned corners, remains intact il its
purify and retains it's restful sim
plicity. ~ 81
The hall was paved with great
blocks of highly polished black mar
BILE, which dimly reflected the glowing
splendcr of the walls and ceiling. In
the center of one side was a low dias,
richly carpeted, on which stood a
great antique throne and footstool of
red lacquer framed in ebony and in
laid with cloisonne; the three-leaved
screen behind was of bronze, with
landscapes in low relief. On each leaf
poem in golden characters gave the
needed touch of brilliancy to the SOM
Der massiveness of the dull bronze.
Great wooden doors, with huge gild-
ed dragons in high relief, opened in
to apartments to the right and left of
this splendid hall. These portals
were always thrown wide, and heav-
lily padded satin portieres hung from
the lintels. The front and rear OF
the hall were almost entirely of glass,
with the pillars that supported the
roof standing clear between the win
dows-the lower half of plate-glass,
the upper of transparent Corean
paper.-From Katharine A. CARTS In
the Court of the Empress Dowager'
in the Century.
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Baby.
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Baby.
L thought twas hard-the toilin', the
tide pilin' strong,
But I shouted "Haleluja" when the
Baby came along.
He coaxed me back to youth time, made
my life Twin song
1 was happy, folks, l tell you. when the
Baby came along.
For all the dreary winter-for all the
skies so dim,
| seemed to see my mother in the twink
lin eye of him;
An a thousand sweetest flowers in des-
erts seemed to thfong,
An l heard the birds a-singin' when the
Baby came along.
Lord bless that little Baby-the best
one in the ranch!
He'll be yet there, in the springtime-
just a-wadin' in the branch,
And God gives him the pleasure of the
right above the wrong
We were happy, without measure, when
the Baby came along!
Constitution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23

Foulard petticoats are serviceable
and pretty.
Muffs are of immense size, but
feathery weight.
Brussels net with coin spots is liked
for evening frocks.
Albatross blouses with insertions Of
Irish lace are lovely.
Small check veivets are not so
dressy as the plain colors.
Many of the new muffs and stoles
are simply huge punches of tails.
Buttons of cut jet are effectively
used on black lace and velvet gowns.
Feathery green ferns are novel dec
orations appearing on the smartest
ats.
The lovely new embroidered silk
lierre lace bids fair to take precedence
over all others.
Wells of champagne-colored chiffon,
hand-painted with roses, violets or Or
chids, catch attention.
A plated skirt of soft velvceteen,
worn with a short packet of the same,
makes a stunning walking suit.
Many of the handsomest muffs, to
outward seeming, are backed with vel
vet in place of being fur all the way
round.
Some of the fur coats are distin-
guished by vests and cuffs Of bright
blue or green velvet, embroidered in
gold and silver.
Necklaces of rose quartz and pink
jasper are very lovely for young girls
who can wear rosy hues so close to
their fresh faces.
The sailor hat with fur crown, brim
Of Irish lace, tinsel band and a gen.
erous display of plumage, seems to be
the milliner's ideal.
All gowns not strictly for walking
purposes are made with skirts that
touch the ground. The bell-shaped
skirt is the most fashionable, although
plaits have by no means gone out.
Broadcloth and the soft, pliable ma
terials, such as cashmere, velvetS,
wolfe, ETC., are mostly used.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
For n Nursery,

For a nursery portiere nothing is
prettier than burlaps in one of the
artistic tones of blue or brown or
whatever color matches the room,
with a border of English tapestry il
Illustrating nursery rhymes. Strips of
these tapestries fifty inches wide cost
90 cents. They are delightful in color
and design and the choice of subjects
is ample. One may have procession
of goose girls driving their fiocks
through the lovely meadows to an un-
seen brook. a windy garden with
maids hanging out clothes, and several
others as dear to memory or as ex.
citing to the imagination. The strips
may be used for wall decorations also
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
travelling Schools.

Farmers daughters are educated in
many parts of Germany in travelling
schools, which go from village to viii
lage, to give girls over sixteen years Of
age practical lessons in housekeep-
ing, cooking, the selection of food,
care of poultry and cattle, the cult
walton of vegetables and butter and
cheese making. The results have
been so satisfactory that it is now pro-
posed to add instructions in nursing,
cooking for the sick, mending and
sewing. The teachers. who are grad
yates Of the schools of Homework, and
have passed Government examina-
lions, carry with them an outfit of a
cooking stove and the various uten-
sis for cooking and ironing. The
classes are held in the schooihouses.
the term lasts six weeks, and the cost
of tuition is put so low as practically
to exclude no one
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
To Make EyeIashes Grow.

Now that so much lace and frills and
picture hats are in vogue, long. droop-
ing eyelasheS are necessity. So prey
alent is the demand for long eve
lasheS that especial treatment is now
necessary for their development.
Warm milk, applied with soft
camers-hair brush, is very beneficial.
also clipping the extreme tips of the
lashes with tiny sharp scissors. Avoid
rubbing or touching the lids with the
fingers. Many women have the habit
of rubbing their eyes, which is a
harmful practice, as it makes the
growth of hair very sparse.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
Weight of Farm Horses.

The following from a Minnesota
man is sound: l have been Of the
opinion for a long time that we are
OVERRIDING the heavy horse business
for farm use, or for real hard work
anywhere. If breeders will begin to
look for bone, muscle, constitutional
vigor, etc., more carefully and care
less about size and weight we will
begin to make more improvement in
the real utility and soundness of our
horses. We want men for what they
can do, and not for what they weigh.
Why shouldn't we judge horses the
same way. 1 saw a beautiful team
Of six horses at the State fair this
fall. They were beauties in form,
color and style, and weigh, guess,
near a ton each. But I've got a
wagon load of wheat to bet that a
pair of !,2OO-pound mares on my farm
would bush any two horses in that
show team in half day, at blowing
or any other hard farm work on or
binary farm fields.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
What to Teach Daughters.

Teach her that 100 cents make one
dollar.
Teach her to love and cultivate
flowers.
Teach her to arrange the parlor and
the library.
Teach her how to sew on buttons,
darn stockings and mend gloves.
Teach her to say no, and mean IT.;
and to say yes, and to stick to it.
Teach her to dress for health and
comfort, as well as for appearance.
Teach her to have nothing to do
with Incorporate and dissolute young
men.
Teach her to have place for every
thing, and to put everything in it's
place.
Teach her how to wear a simple
muslin dress, and to wear it like a
queen.
Teach her to pay regard to the char
acter Of those she would associate
with, and not to know how much
money they have.
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Costumes for the street.

Starching that is properly done les
sens the work of ironing, hence these
hints. To make delicate fabrics look
new boil one cupful of rice in three
quarts Of water, drain it and use the
water for starch. Wet the clothes III
this, wiring them, roll them in a dry
cloth for an hour or two, then iron
them. Starch of all kinds should be
allowed to become lukewarm before
being used, for hot starch turns dainty
colors dark and ruins them