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Gorky's Opinion of America.

In an article in Appleton's Booklovers'
Magazine, Maxim Gorky, the Russian rev.
olutionist and author, speaks out plainly
what his impression of this country dur
ing his brief visit has been. Upon his ar
rival in New York, he says, he noticed
that on the dark bronze statue of the
Goddess of Liberty, green rust had accu-
mulated but he says he did not then know
that the passionate idealism of the young
democracy had also become covered with
rust, "eating away the soul with the cor
rosive of commercialism." He did not
realize that the disease q money craving
had assumed such proportions in America,
He says he loves energy, but not when
men expend it for their own destruction.
Everywhere he sees senseless treadmill
of labor, but nowhere do we feel the beau
~ of free creation. Nowhere. as in New
York, have people seemed to him so unfor-
tunate and so thoroughly enslaved to life,
nowhere 80 tragicomically self-satisfied
as in this huge phantasmagoria of stone,
iron and glass"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-07
Shnr1 Nema Nnfea-

George Snyder, aged 80 years. a clerk
in the Carnegie steel works, Pittsburg.
committed suicide by cutting his throat.
The body Of DIR. William Patti, a
wealthy river man Of Memphis, has been
found in the Mississippi River at Brooks
Landing, Miss, bearing marks of violence.
Henry Kraft, a BelIaire, Ohio, saloon
keeper, was fatally shot and his porter,
Michael Maxson, dangerously wounded BY
two masked men who attempted to rob the
saloon.
Andrew l.. Davenport, a negro. was
hanged in the jail yard at Newport News
Va, for the murder of William Thomas
also a negro. Davenport made a full CON
fession.
The Executive Committee Of the Amer
lean Library Association announces that
headquarters for the organization would
be established at 81 Newbury street, Bos-
ton, Sept. 1.
Mrs. George ]. Jackson, whose husband
IS said TO be the son of a millionaire of
Fort Worth, Texas, drank a quantity of
carbolic acid after a quarrel in a Los
Angeles hotel.
Thomas Reid and Martin Krafee were
perhaps fatally injured and a dozen other
persons were less seriously hurt in Wor-
eester, Mass, when runaway electric
car struck telegraph pole.
Ignatz Krewzyp, an insane patient in
Scranton, Pa, asylum, yesterday killed
Mrs. Ann Golden and Ann Van Vaien.
fellow inmates and morally wounded
Richard Davies, an attendant
Delegate Mark Smith and Judge l.. o.
Cowan, both of Tucson, Ariz.. have sold
the Congresso and the FL Senado mines,
located near HeFm0sillO, Mexico. 10 a
British syndicate for $4,000.
Charles Davenport, who was convicted
az Trenton, n. J., Of trying to kill his
Josephine by sending her a box
OF poisoned candy. was sentenced 70 IF /
teen years in the State prison.
Circuit Attorney Sager Of st. Louis 4
nolle pressed tne perjury charges against I
Charles A Gutke, fermes member OF the I
house OF delegates, this disposing CT the 1
last but one Of the notorious Doodle cases.
Foreign STEAMER lines are charged with /
forming a trust and advancing rates on
United States army and navy supplies
shipped to the Philippines. The Depart
nent of Justice j. expected 10 prosecute
.hese concerns, although they are char
.ersd abroad !
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SHUTTING OUT THE WOMEN.
They Are Being Excluded from Of
fee Work in Chicago.


There is a movement in the Chicago
business world to supplant women with
men which has manifested itself there in
various ways lately. The female employees
of the Barber Asphalt Company quit I'M
der orders July i. In the Chicago post
Office Postmaster Busse has placed women
under the ban. County Treasurer Han
berg will give no employment to women in
his entire office force. The Chicago United
States pension office is an Eveless Eden.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Company long ago separated all its wom-
en- employees from their jobs. In explana-
ton one of the officers of the latter said
1T was clear TO us that a girl stenog-
rapher never could be developed into de-
partment head. Her physical and mental
limitations were such as to make her un.
dependable at those strenuous times which
arise often in the affairs of all concerns
doing large business. If urgent need on
the part of the company suggested that
she work a little longer on Saturday than
usual she was found with positively I'M
breakable matinee date. In short, while
she might be good for the one thing she
was doing, the qualifications for growth
into the class of employees we could pro-
mote and eventually pension were not
there. 1t was evident that for every one
woman we had in our employ we were
FORGETTING one chance of finding a man
with ability to grow into greatness in the
railroad business.
For instance. a stenographer serving
the acting president of railroad COM
pany is in position to acquire compre-
hensye knowledge of the railroad bust
ness Ii the stenographer be a woman
no matter how competent-her work
will be more or less perfunctory and the
knowledge she is in a position TO acquire
will not help her to become anything
other than what she is, the presidents
stenographer. young man in the same
position will absorb information and bust
ness methods that ought TO make OF HIM
an Invaluable employee in more important
lines of railroad work. So the order dis
eliminating against women was issued.
1t is not absolute by any means, but 1t
indicates the general policy of the road.
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How TO Launder Linens.

Many women who never did bit of
washing before in their lives are this
summer doing up their embroidered Ia
bic linens and even their fine lingerie
shirtwaists, the beauty of which, If sent
to the laundry, is often ruined.
The laundering of these fine pieces is
an art in itself, but one that any WON
an can master If she sets her mind TO
It. Before putting the articles to be
washed into the water they should be
first examined for any spots or fruit
stains
Ordinary spots should first be dipped
In warm water. then rubbed with a bit
Of CASTLE or other white soap until the
mark disappears.
If there are fruit stains on the linen
boiling water poured on them within
twenty -four hours usually takes them
out If there are rust spots. a weak
solution Of oxalic acid will remove all
trace of II. Boiling water should then
be used on the spot after the acid bath
until all signs Of the yelIowness il
causes have entirely disappeared. for.
II not thoroughly rinsed the acid will
eat the threads and in a short time the
material win fall to pieces
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-07

The contract for lubricating the rolling
stock of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg, which heretofore has been held
by the Standard Oil Company with an an
nual revenue of $4,000, has been can
celled, owing to disclosures made before
the interstate commerce commission. 1t
was shown that the Pennsylvania in ten
years saved $1,906,000 by having secretly
more liberal contract than was given
any other railroad company The at
torneys for the commission say that the
Standard is receiving rebates from the
railroads in the form of excessive prices,
and that they are paying at least 80 per
cent more than would be charged by indie
pendent companies.
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Rate Law Becomes objective.

The first step for the enforcement of
the new railroad rate law has been taken
by the interstate commerce commission,
which has ordered an expert to appraise
and fix a value on every railroad in the
United States, that the commission may
determine whether any rate is reasonable
and just. Prof. Henry c. Adams of the
university of Michigan and statistician for
the interstate commerce commission, has
been invited to enter the employ of the
commission, to devise uniform system of
bookkeeping for all the railroads, and to
appraise their value. The new system, it
is hoped, will be in operation by July l,
1907, and the roads will be required to
observe a fiscal year corresponding to that
OF the government.
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For Enlarged Army Posts.

Secretary Taft paid his first visit to
Oyster Bay and in an interview with the
President discussed with him the project
ed readJustment of army posts in the
West and South. 1t is the purpose Of the
War Department to increase the efficiency
of the army and bring some of the facul-
ties of the brigadier generals into more
active play by recognizing some of the
army posts and putting into active com
mand of each a brigadier general The
new ruling will affect Forts Leavenworth
and Riley, Kan. Sam Houston, Texas
Robinson, Neb.; Fort ID. A. Russell,
Wyo.; Fort Sill. Okla. and Fort Ogle-
thorp, Ga. Other similar posts are plan
ned for Pennsylvania and the Pacific
coast
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The Destiny of woman.

The first requirement in the ideal of
a woman is that she shall be a satisfied
woman, and that she does not at all
wish to be anything but woman. The
creed of pessimiSm and despair is, 1T
were better not TO be-" yet | would
give no more for, Il would greatly
have preferred to be something else !"
Woman should not be satisfied TO
accept herself at this valuation, though
that, doubtless, is better than to revolt
agains her fate; but she should APP
praise herself, feel the high dignity of
Ter position, recognize the advantages
Of life under the special form in which
she receives it, and which. in nobility,
Is equal to that bestowed upon man.
IN word. woman should have the
courage and pride of her sex
We often meet young ladies who
would like to be boys. In speaking
among themselves of certain others of
their set they say: There is a girl
who ought TO have been boy; she is
boy LOST" There is no harm in this.
inasmuch as it is no more than a Joke
and fashion of speaking. 1t amounts
to saying that certain young girls have
aptitudes which ordinarily are charac-
teristic of young boys. But these have
never prevented woman from being
truly and gracefully womanly.
What we wish to indicate and stig-
matize here is silly scorn of that which
we already possess; a refusal to put
1t into operation, to employ it, and the
dangerous illusion which lies in think
iIg that we should have done greater
work in this world If God had wished
to make us something other than that
which he has desired.-Pastor Wagner.
In Harpers Bazaar.
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Red Hair Is Fashionable.

If any one is heard to make fur Of
red hair, that is proof that the
speaker is decidedly oId-fashioned.
The present generation toves the warm
beauty Of red hair and gives it just ad-
miration. What did the red-haired
gi:, use to do years ago? Blush for her
misfortune with unhappyself- conecious-
ness. But these things are Of the past:
the red head is having now its glorious
day. and aided with the undulatjng
iron and the pompadour roll, is dis
played in all its wonder of high light
and warm shadow. The red haired girl
in evening dress, with an aigrette of
black or wreath of green. is a beauty
to be envied.
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Forgot About broadway.

Wilton Lackaye tells OF a man named
Brady, a press agent. who in summer
precedes n circus, and In the winter
goes ahead OF an opera company. This
work keeps Brady pretty busy; and he
is obliged TO travel mostly in the West.
Recently, however. Brady was enabled
to visit his beloved New York, the place
OF his birth. He declared that il was
like a glimpse into another world" so
long had he heen absent
A friend, meeting Brady on Broad
way. said: We'll. old man, l suppose
you're glad TO get back TO New York
once morefF
I'm more than glad" responded
Brady, with an expansive smile. In
fact. I've been away so long that /
have 10 rehearSe Ia cross Broadway"
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Women and Cheeks.

Thousands of girls are sent out into
the world with what is called finished
educations, who cannot even give a
proper receipt for money, to say moth
ing of drawing a promissory note, a
draft or bill, or understanding the
significance and Importance Of business
contracts.
Such woman presented check for
payment TO the paying teller Of her
bank. He passed it back TO her with
the request that she be kind enough to
indorse If. The lady wrote on the back
of the check, Il have done business
with this bank for many years and
believe it TO be all right- Mrs. James
B. Brown
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she said, and her lips trembled II don's
in the least understand what you mean.
If Edward is dead, then he must have
died in his sleep. | just sat beside him
as you were sitting, and / watched him
as you watched him, and then all at once
it seemed to me that he was very quiet,
and | bent over him and asked him to
speak to me, and when he did not answer
| thought | would try and revive him, but
there was no eau-de-C Cologne. so | went
to fetch some that l had. Don't-don't
You believe me?"
mo, do not believe you. know that
you are not speaking the truth; but do
not be afraid. What l say to you is said !;
for the rest | am silent. My uncle loved
you" said Antonio, her voice trembling ;
''only an hour ago / saw that love in his
eyes. You have trodden this treasure I'M
der foot for years, you have turned him
into ridicule, you have spurned him and
Knocked him, and lately he has been bar
rier; 500 you have set yourself free
To all the world the death will be nat
ural one; so let it be, but you will always
know that there is one person who could
set the world right. | am going away
from this house now, and l hope / may
never have cause to speak with you
again"
Betty Marchmont watched the tall, girl
fish figure walk slowly down the stairs
Swiftly she made her plans.
Going into the sick room, she first open
ed all the windows wide, paused to let
the air clear, then rang the bell and as
some one FASTENED to come to her she
was found bending over the dead man,
bathing his brows with eau-de Cologne.
will you ask Miss Marchmont TO come
to me?" said Lady Betty in a kind of
broken voice. Il fancy she must be in
the drawing room. IL am afraid Mr.
Marchmont is worse"
ITO ha continued
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-07
CHAPTER NNu

Gerald Tenby went out into the sun
shine ike a man in dream. He hardly
knew which way his steps led him. He
wandered on conscious Of nothing but that
one awful fear which lay Ike a band of
cold iron around his heart.
II was nearly half past three as he
reached his chambers. All the old unrest
and disquietude rushed back upon him
as he let himself in. and met the IN
curing eyes Of bis new servant he pass
ed into his own room.
There were a number OF letters snd
kilograms scattered on the table-for the
world did not intend to let him remain
In seclusioa too long-and his eyes in
stsntly caught the scrubbed address In
what he took 10 be Antonia's handwrst-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-07

One of the national schools Of domes-
tic arts and sciences is engaged In show
ing housekeepers how card index sys-
TEN can be used ia the home One of
the uses Of the system is substituting
for the old scrap receipt book and the
big cook book itself a box Of index
cards. One of the advantages of the
card receipts is cl.lmed 10 be the ease
With which the housewife may replace
a ,orn receipt 1t is bringing to the
ki.chen and receipts the same system
the husband gses in his Office to discov-
er his letters and filings.
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speaking of, but she should have moth
ing In her life which is intentionally
hidden from him.
The only secrets which she may right
ly keep from him are other peoples,
but of these she should hear as few as
possible. Condolences thrust upon her
without her consent she is not bound
to respect, and she should be very care
full to whom she gives her word not to
repeat anything which may be told her.
1t is a safe plan when asked TO keep
secret to say: Don't tell me if you
would mind my telling my husband"
and If the friend who would contide in
her Is a man, she should do so as a
matter of duty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-07

row after row of shirring) and even
dress yokes and cuffs are especially
good done on the machine.
1t is all trick of the tension. Loosen
lie lower tension, leaving the upper
tight. and stitch your rows exactly as
If you were doing plain stitching. When
II IS all stitched pull the loose threads
underneath, drawing the material up
until it is as full as you want it.
Then fasten both ends of your
threads, and your shirring is done, only
about ten minutes having been needed
instead of an hour or two.
But don't try it on delicate stuffs-
the stitching is sure to show.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-07
ELECTRIC TRUNK LINES.
Possible Eject They May Have on
Future Freight Rates.


Future Freight Rates.
Within the last few days an an
nouncement has been made of a pro-
posed air line electric route between
New York and Chicago, reduced to a
distance of 742 miles, the run to be
made in ten hours. The Pennsylvania
railroad line between Chicago and New
York is 912 miles. The electric air line
route would thus cut off 10 miles, or
1876 per cent of the steam road dis
lance.
Assuming that an electric trunk line
between Chicago and New York is
financially and otherwise practicable,
and this is open to question, the stra-
tegic value of such a project is such as
possibly TO have a far-reaching effect
electric lines could eventually parallel
the trunk lines to the Atlantic and gulf
seaports their influence on the railroad
situation might not stop with passenger
traffic They would begin to tell soon,
er or later on freight conditions. They
would not simply figure as feeders Of
the railroad, as they are now generally
doing, but possibly reduce the ton-mile
rate of freight to a new low basis of
cost. The average revenue a ton mile
for the year ending June 80, 1908, was
.T62c, and for 1904, 7S0c. This is the
lowest average cost OF any railroad sys-
tenn in the world, but can not be accept
ed as fnslity. The probable effect of
electric line construction on railway
rates would not only be found TO infiu-
ence through freights, but might be stlll
more marked In Its effect upon local
freight rates. This Is doubtless a far
look ahead, but the development of cleo
trical power has been so rapid and
marvellous that its possible future
growth becomes a subject OF fascinat-
ing interest.-Wall Street Journal.
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are finished around the hand with the
insertion and ruffie of lawn, and a ruftle
edges the rolling collar. If desired, the
tucks in front of the jacket can be ex
tended to the waistline and soft ribbon
IN the front. The dressing sacque has
become an important factor in a wom-
ans wardrobe to-day, but 1t Is a gar
ment so easily made by the amateur
and so satisfactory, even In the least
costly materials, that no woman need
want for a goodly supply.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-07

PittSburg. He was born in Philadel-
phia in 1889, and while a boy worked
was bookkeeper for a spike manufactur-
ing concern and later became a part
ner in small iron mill The amaSs-
ing of his large fortune began after he
became associated in iron and steel
manufacturing with Thomas NJ, and
Andrew Carnegie, and he has been for
years one of the noted American mill
lionaireS.
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Hair Ribbon Etinnetre.

The tendency TO oyerdo a fashion was
never better exemplifed than in the
way girls IRE OVERRIDING the wearing of
ribbon bows on their hair. When the
large bows Of bright ribbon first ap-
peared the effect was pretty. especially
on very young girls. Soon, however.
the b5w grew to two, and now TO three.
with no iimsnutlon In the width Of the
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Candfesffcks.

Do not stand the candIesticks on the
stove to melt the grease off, as peonla
50 often do, for an easier and better
plan Is TO I'll them with boiling water
Don't allow It to stand any time. but
pour It of and rub the candIestick wen
with dry cloth Enameled candida
sticks. as well as those Of plain metal
should be treated thus.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-07

Fine figured lawn, batiste and silk
are used for the fashioning of the COM
Portable matinees so necessary at this
season, when little jackets and sacques
take the place of the lounging robes
which are worn during the winter
months. White lawn is used in max
ing the sacque illustrated The front
is tucked to yoke depth and hangs
straight to five inches below the waist
line, being finished with eyelet inser-
ton and wide gathered ruffie Of the
lawn. The back is tucked and finished
with belt which runs only to the under
arm seams. The full, flowing sleeves
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-07
To Make TOILET so.n

To make toilet soap, dissolve one
box Of concentrated lye in half a gallon
Of rain water. Melt FIVE pounds of
clean lard or tallow. When about mill,
warm pour your colo I've In very slowly
and stir it rapidly, says woman's Life
Add one ounce of oil of sassafras or anv
other perfume you fancy. Pour into
box foot square, cover air tight
and let Ii remain three or four DAYS
then cut into cakes and it is ready for
use as toilet soap.
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holds next to Mr..
Carnegie the larg-
est interest in the
United : t a I e S
Steel Corporation,
of which he is a
director, aud he
also is Il director
of the Carnegie
company. Of the
Van Nortien Trust
Company and of
the Mellon Ma
tional Bank of
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With stirring occupying so important
a position as it does al present on
dresses and blouses and clothes OF ev-
cry description, way TO do il By ma.
chine is worth knowing. or course Il
VII never take the place OF hand work
nothing could But at least It Is a
fairly good substitute for many things.
GaG,es land so many OF them require
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$3.50"

ribbon. The consequence is, in the case
of girl with a small head, you can't
see any hair at all and the bows might
as well be ribbon cap. Another eau
ton, If girl wears these big bows let
her be sure that the ribbon is fresh and
crisp. Nothing looks more hopelessly
dowdy than soiled or crumpled rib
bon. Very particular girls press out
their hair ribbons each time after wear
tho
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should wives Have secrets +,

As husband and wife are one they
should have no secrets one from anoth-
er. A life can never rightly and safe
~ do anything which she would not
like her husband to know. She may
forget to tell him thing, or it may
seem to her too trivial to be worth
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-07

gan to make his EDWARD RoSEwATER.
own way. He started in rs a tele-
graph operator and served during the
Civil War as a member of the military
telegraph corps of the army At the
of the Pacific Telegraph Company in
Omaha, and in 1871. while holding that
post, founded the Omaha Bee, of which
he has ever since been editor and pro-
prietor.
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ed in Denver for is
suing a fraudulent
check for 500, has
attracted attention
by his unusual eX-
cuse for his crime.
He says he inner
tied criminal in
stincts and had no
chan &c of escaping
once t h e instinct
was awakened ia
him Ha lanul1c ~
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Trimming i. Attracstv.

A charming form of trimming. and
one which should appeal 10 the eco
nomicaily minded woman, is the piping
with bands Of satin or velvet. This
form OF decoration costs much more
in time and skill than Z does ii money.
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public men in the
South. He served
in the Civil War
with the Forty first
Wisconsin Y O lu IL
teers, ana ut the
close of hostilities
left his birthplace
in Pennsylvania and
engaged in business
in Chattanooga. He
has been tw ic e
NToN-o,. nf thut sitv