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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
PROPER BREATHING.
More Essential than a Beautiful
Voice for Perfect Singing.

More Essential than Beautiful
Voice for Perfect Singing.
I cannot too forcibly insist that the
mere possession of lovely voice Is
only the basis Of vocal art. Nature oc-
casionally startles one by the prodi-
gality of her gifts, but no student has
any right to expect to sing by inspira-
ton any more than an athlete may ex-
pect to win a race because he is nat.
urally feet Of foot.
Methods of breathing, 'attack" AND
the use Of registers must all be peri
fectly understood by the successful
singer, who should likewise be COM
plete master Of all details relating I'd
the structure and use of those parts
above the voice box and be convinced
of the necessity Of perfectly control-
led chest expansion in the production
OF tone.
For perfect singing, correct breath
ing, strange as it may sound, Is even
more essential than beautiful voice.
No matter how exquisite the vocal or.
gan may be, its beauty cannot be ade-
quately demonstrated without proper
breath control Here is one of the old
italian secrets which many singers OF
to-day wholly lack. because they are
unwilling to give the necessary time
for the full development of breathing
power and control. Phrasing, tone,
resonance, expression, all depend upon
cal students, even when TOO young to
be allowed the free use Of the voice,
should be thoroughly taught the princi-
pies of breathing.-Nellie Melba ~
Century.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
America,s Growth in Wealth.

In 1850, the first year in which the
census bureau made any inquiry into
the matter of the country's real and
personal property was placed at a
value of S7,135 100000 1t was S16,-
159. 900 900 in 1860, s42, 642 100000 in
1880, $SS, 52S, 100000 in 1900 and 1o6,-
Ss1, O00, 900 in 1904. This increase has
far exceeded that in population that
the per capita wealth of the country,
which was $3o7 in 1850, was $519 in
1860, $3.50 in 1880, S1,2S5 in 1900 and
81 300 in 1904.
Although there are no official fig
ures for the country's wealth previous
OF 1850. the most careful estimates
which have been made place it at
less than s1,000,000,00O in 1900. In
that year the country's population was
5.30S, 900. Allowing for the growth
between 1900 and the most recent
year to which the census bureaus in
quiry has extended, we may place the
country's population at S5,000,000 and
its wealth at s115, 900, 100000. Thus
we see that from 1900 to these open
ings days of 1907. while the popula-
ton of the United States has been
multiplied sixteen times, that OF
wealth has Increased lis times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10

Eyes, my boy" said the man.
81 wish she would tum soon. want
90 bofe here now" complained Phil
again.
Lady Nab never knew how or why
she did it, but when her boy said that
she just went over to them and put
her arms round her husbands neck
and kissed him and then the baby. The
latter went to sleep almost at once,
having got what. he most wanted.
Dear" she said, "how good of you
to come up here and look after Phil.
1 didn't know you cared for babies!"
Il love this one very dearly" he
said. I've often been up here while
you've been out enjoying yourself, but
he's always been asleep until tonight"
Cupid, still standing in the room,
sprang on to the mans shoulder, and,
leaning down, kissed both him and
Lady Nab, and then gave a very tender
one to the baby, Phil. Then he van
ished, for he had set the seal on his
victory.
do you know, Nab, always thought
you didn't really care for the boy? We
have been misunderstanding each other
for long time, it seems" said Phips
father suddenly.
And he was right, for they had mis-
understood each other.
That night Lady Nab told her hus-
band everything, and they were very
happy, for she had loved him very
dearly indeed, and continued to do so.
And Cupid? How glad he was, for
had he not made three people happy
lgain?
Many were the people who loved
Lady Nab, but none loved her so well
as her husband and her son and one
other-Roy.
The latter declared that he would
never love another, but Cupid had 9TH
er views with regard to the disposal of
his heart
Lady Nab has taught Phil to rever-
ence the little god of love, and the boy
never sees a stone image Of Cupid
without shylv raising his hat. When
asked why, he says:
HE made my mother very, very
happy, and saved her from doing some
thing wrong. He must be very great
and good little god, don't you think 2"
SO he Is, Phil, and it would be better
for the world If everyone thought him
good and understood him as well as
you do.
1t is hoped you will keep your good
opinion of him as you grow up.-Phila-
delphla Telegraph.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10

The woman who had just returned
from abroad, where she had visited
some country towns, was telling of the
comforts and dlscomforts of the Euro
pean country hotel They have an
aversion to putting fresh sheets on the
beds for every new guest" she said,
land we always pulled down the bed
clothes the minute we were assigned
our rooms to examine the sheets. Ten
chances to one they were wrinkled and
had that 'slept-in' appearance, and we
invariably insisted on fresh ones.
Finally we struck a series Of towns
where the hotel proprietors got the best
of us, for the sheeting they used was
sort of creepy stuff, something like seer
sucker, and for the life Of you you
couldn't tell whether they'd been slept
on or not"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
SEA RAILWAY A MIRACLE.
Crosses 100 Miles of Ocean, and VIII
Cost S32. 900. 900.

Cost $32, 100000.
The railroad which Henry NJ. Flag.
Ter and his millionaire associates In
the Standard Oil Company are build
ing over the Atlantic ocean from the
mainland to Key West, Fla. has made
such progress that it Is announced that
the line will be completed by the sum
mer of 1909.
This railway is the worlds most ex-
traordinary engineering project to-day,
and engineers at least say that when
completed it will be a wonder of the
world. The railway will be 100 miles
long. All the way from mainland to
Key West are small islands or keys,
as they are called. some an acre or less
In extent. The builders of the road
are connecting these keys with immense
viaducts. supported by huge abutments
of solid concrete. At one point, two
keys are three miles apart, but the en-
CHEERS did not hesitate. They found
the ocean only forty feet deep, and they
proceeded at once to construct a great
connecting bridge Cofferdams were
sunk and the bed Of the ocean was
dredged out in places to solid rock.
Then the soil concrete foundations were
laid. The engineers are confident that
the worst ocean storms will not disturb
their bridges
The railroad Will be the most expen-
sive in the world. 1t Is costing 5000
600 a mile to build, which means a
total expenditure, exclusive Of termin-
ais. of $50. 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10

snorts and squirting Jets of water
through their nostrils; they stare
around with their ugly little plglike
eyes. yawn prodiglousiy, showing
fearful array Of tusks and a cavernous
throat, then sink with a satisfied CUR
gle below the surface, to repeat the
performance a minute or two after
ward.
Sometimes one stands almost upright
in the water; then he rolls over with
sounding splash, showing a broad ex-
panse of back like a huge porpoise. Or
a too venturesome young bachelor APP
proaches select circle of veterans,
who resent his intrusion and drive him
away with roars and grunts. There is
something irresistibly suggestive Of hui
mainly about their ungainly gambol.
Only bathing machines are wanted to
complete the picture
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10

was considered a remarkable feat in
rapid travel. When train day. each
way was placed in service the people
of the two cities served concluded
that the acme of convenience in trans
portation had been reached.
Next to the president of the rail
road the most important function
aries were the engineer and conduct
or. 1t was question whether orr
cred subsidiary official in popular
estimation to the men who ran the
train; but Robert Fogg, who pulled
the throttle, and John Wolfe, who col
lected fares, won the Difference of the
public because of their high and re-
sponsible duties.
Fogg, an Englishman, had all the
tenacity of opinion of his race; Wolf.
an American, had the ingenuity of
the Yankee, and seeing the need of
some method by which he could COM
municate with the engineer, devised
the scheme of running cord through
the cars to the locomotive. AS the
engine was a wood burner, Wolf fast
ened one end of the cord to a log,
which was placed on the engineers
seat and was pulled to the floor when
the conductor desired to signal for
stop.
Fogg resented what he considered
an interf ference with his rights on the
platform of the locomotive, and on
the first run out with the new device
paid no heed to the displacement of
the log from the seat when the con-
ductor desired to take on passenger
from a farm near Gray's Ferry, but
sped on over the bridge and did not
deign to bring his engine to stop
until Blue Bell Station, on the south
side of the Schuylkill, had been reach
ed. Then he demanded to know OF
Wolf why he had been jerking that
leg all about the locomotive.
Wolf hotly declared that he had
signalled to stop, but Fogg retorted
that he would stop when and where
he pleased, and that, too, without any
reference to orders from the conduct
or. whom he did not regard as his
superior in the management of the
train. The alteration grew very
heated and Wolf invited the engineer
from the cab to settle the matter and
the challenge was quickly accepted.
Passengers and group of men
who had gathered at the station to
see the train come in formed a ring
about the ccmbatants, but the fight
did not last long, as Wolf proved by
far the superior artist with his fists,
and with few blows made it almost
impossible for the engineer to see
sufficiently to complete his run; but
Fogg admitted that he had been fair
ly beaten and the supremacy of the
conductor on a railroad train was
settled.
AS the log signal was crude and in
effective, Wolf devised the use of a
bell on the locomotive, and this meth
cd was soon adopted by all of the
American railroads. Then code of
signals was adopted and these remain
practically to this day. The only
change in the bell cord is that by use
of the air from the brake system q
whistle has superseded the bell in the
locomotive cab.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
pou Wins Battle with Snake.

Although he does not possess much
beauty, nor has he ever won any prizes
at dog show, Yellow, a small collie
owned by Joshua Fenimore, is ter
ror to snakes Before Yellow came
to live in the country the Fenimore
farm was overrun with snakes. The
dog soon began to dispute the posses
sion of the farm with the reptiles and
seemed to know the poisonous ones
from the less harmful and would crush
out their lives by Selling them back
of the head and shaking them as he
would rat.
Yesterday afternoon Yellow had
what almost was his last fight with
a seven-foot blacksnake. While the
farm hands stood by, unable TO rend-
er assistance, the dog managed to get
such a hold that he could not be fang
ed. and maintained it for twenty min
utes, while the snake fought fiercely.
Finally 1t was killed by the dog
Beverly IN. j. Dispatch to Phila'
delphia Record.
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neck and nestled up to her, for did he
not understand? OF course, and he
had come to save her and the little
boy, who was so very like himself.
The cab stopped, and a man opened
the door.
"At last. dearest; I thought you
were never coming!" he said.
Roy" she cried, get in. l must
talk to YOU" And she hid Cupid under
her cloak.
Roy got In and sat next her and put
his arm round her shoulders.
''What is 1t, dear?" he asked-the
cab had started again.
Il cannot come with you, Roy" she
said. Il can't leave my baby to the
mercy Of that man, who, although he
has been so cruel to me, is still its
father"
Cupid edged himself higher up In
her arms, and his head came uncovered,
but Roy did not see him; he only saw
the woman's eyes, tear-drowned and
full Of longing, which he mistook for
love for himself! 1t was mother love,
really, you know.
you are not in earnest?- he said T;
after all our plans and all that you
have promised me. You said Phil
didn't matter; he must manage as best
he could with his nurses, tiresome lit
tie brat,''
He broke off here, for Cupid had soft
ly touched his arm.
What was thatT' Roy exclaimed,
half starting up. II thought 1 felt
what was l saying? All, no! Poor
little kiddie 1 must not say that-tire-
some! No, no, only"-again that gen.
tie, clinging touch-"only a very dear,
helpless little baby, eii. dearf A baby
that must have its mother at all costs !;
isn't that 1t, Mab?"
Such is the power of Cupid's touch
"Yes," murmured Nab. "A baby that
must have its mother. Oh. Roy, will
you ever forgive me? 1 must go back,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
GENESIS OF BELL ROPE.

Result of Combat That Settled Con-
6uctor's Supremacy Over Engineer
Although there does not seem to be
snything in common between pugil-
ism and railroad rules, yet the adop-
ton of the familiar bell rope that
stretches through every car of the
modern train was the result of a istic
encounter. At the same time, and by
the issue of The same combat, says
the Philadelphia Public Ledger, the
supremacy of the conductor in rail
road travel was ordained. 1t was
Philadelphia which gave both to the
world.
One of the oldest railroads in the
country is the Philadelphia. Whining
ton and Baltimore, now known as the
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton, which was opened in 1887. The
first schedule contained one passenger
trsin, which went to Baltimore one
day and came back the next, which
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
pons and Their Treatment.

Columbus has a new dog catcher.
1t is hoped he is humane man and
does not enter upon his duties with
a hatred of dogs. Some people have
an idea that dog is always to be
assailed like a snake. 1t is in that
spirit that a boy throws stone at
a dog going down the street, and
harming nobody. "A dogs life" is
common phrase, which indicates that
every mans hand is against it. This
is the fate of mans most faithful COM
panion, the most intelligent animal
outside of the pale OF humanity. Let
us always remember that sympathy
for a brute accompanies sympathy for
a fell0w-mortal. You can risk your
fortune on that proposition.-Ohi
State Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
Too Rnnid Grnuth

The minister's 6-year-old son Is of
very critical, literal turn Of mind,
and his fathers sermons sometimes
puzzle him sorely. He regards his faith
er as the embodiment Of truth and wis
dom, but he has difficulty in harmonic
ing the dominie's pulpit utIerances
with the world as it really is. His par
ents encourage him to express his opin-
ions, and clear up his doubts as much
as possible. So one Sunday at dinner,
after long period Of thought, they
were not surprised when he said, grave
ly, @Pspa, sou said one thing In your
sermon to-day that l don't think is 80
at all"
~Well, what's that, my boy? asked
the clergyman
"Why, papa, you said the boy of
to-day Is the man of tomorrow That0
too soon"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10

back to my little Phil, and perhaps my
husband viii love me once again, as he
used to do. All, my dear, forgive me
for the pain have caused you. But l
know you understand me, even now"
Even noww he answered. II hadn't
really thought about the little enc.
There is one thing l would asks-let me
see the kiddle sometimes, viii you?s
And she promised that perhaps she
would, though she never did.
She drove Roy back to his fiat aud
then home, and Cupid put his arms
round her neck and this time kissed
her.
Another victory!" cried he.
All the way back TO her home Nab
thought hard, and Cupid sat wide-eyed
and watched the thoughts fitting
through her brain; for the little god
can see all we think, and sometimes he
smiled, and once he frowned, and then
he laughed outright, for she had decid-
ed she had never really loved Roy. The
only beings She did love were her baby
and her husband
The cab stopped. and Nab started
for she had not thought they could
have arrived yet She looked for the
little Cupid. but he had disappeared.
Lady Nab alighted from the cab and
few up the steps and through the hall,
past the astonished servants and up the
stairs. straight to the night nursery.
She pushed open the door, and then
paused, breathless, and stood watching
scene that was entirely new TO her.
In front of the fire sat her husband,
and Ia his arms was a curly headed
little boy. smiling into the mans face.
The man was humming a lullaby TO
the baby, who held one OF his fathers
fingers in tight clasp. Where was the
stern. hard father?
Daddy. when will my lovely mum be
back?- asked Phil.
'Soon, little man-try to so TO sleep. :
The stern. cold voice. where was 1t
now? Gone. Only soft tender voice
had taken its place.
Lady Nab clutched at the door post
Eor support. as she realized that all
her trouble had been of her own max
( ing.
\ small boy with culver over one
shoulder was lowering about the pair
by the fire. but they did not seem TO
| see him
Does 90 love my lovely uIumr ask
ed the baby.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
If s $pAth :!

81 thought you'd like him." said the
man in the white waistcoat, with dis
appointed air.
Il did-at first said the man in
the negligee shirt IF I hadn't, /
wouldn't have asked him out"
''He always seemed to me to be a
good fellow" urged the man In the
white waistcoat.
I'm surprised to hear you say 50, ="
said the man in the negligee shirt II
thought you were judge of good
fellow. Oh. he may be all right in
his way, but he strikes me as off-eolor.
Just my opinion. you know"
'I've known him for close on TWEEN
ty years." said the man In the white
waistcoat- 'I've known him for that
long, anyway, and I never heard of
his doing a mean trick
THAT may be- Mind you don't
say that he would"
"And I've known Of his doing some
mighty fine things"
II can quite believe that But he
needs watching"
There's nothing stingy or mean
about him.
Probably not"
ION the contrary, he's liberal and
big-hearted. He's fond Of his family
and he's public-spirited and he's good
company-tells good story. I'm sure
he's as straight as a string"
you needn't get worked up about
it." said the man in the negligee shirt.
II don't deny it"
~Then what In thunder
''I'll tell you, Jim. Do you know,
that fellow doesn't like strawberries
won't eat 'em, in fact?"
The man in the white waistcoat
stared. Then he laughed
That's right" said the man in the
negligee shirt "I'm telling you the
honest truth. I'm not joking, Jim.
The evening he was out had on the
ice four quarts of the dandiest berries
you ever set your eyes on or curled
your thrice-blessed tongue around.
They were scarlet as sin and too big
for well-bred man to take into his
mouth all at once, and as to the fla
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10

vor! No, I can't tell you anything
about the flavor Nobody could de
scribe that. I've been eating strawber-
ries ali my life. and ] generally get
about the best there are in the mar
ket, but l never had the luck to strike
any like these. / knew exactly what
they were, because there were six
quarts Of them originally, and l used
up two boxes sampling them before my
wife dragged me away by main
force"
The man In the white waistcoat
picked up the bill of fare and looked
at 1t. 'sThey wern't extra good here
yesterday" he observed, ''but 1 guess
I'll have to try 'em again"
Il liked this chap mind you" pur-
sued the man in the negligee shirt.
II told you liked him. My heart was
warm to him. l wanted to confer
ecstasies upon him. 1 yearned to see
him smack his lips and roll his eyes
heavenward in a fine frenzy of rapture.
thought the time had come as we sat
out on the porch, and l nodded to my
wife.
"She signaled the maid, and the
Strawberries came on In lordly dish
accompanied by thick yellow cream and
sugar white as snow and fine as -four.
/ smiled on him benignantly as my wife
piled liberal whack for him, and
"Thank you, but I don't eat straw
berries he says.
"What? 1 shouted.
"'They really look very NICE" he
said, with a smile-a smile but
never eat them
You're joking 1 said.
"'No,' he replied, I'm not joking.
never learned to like EN-
"Now, that's as true as I sit here.
And he doesn't even like strawberry
shortcake! Don't you think, now, that
there must be something wrong with
man like that? Screw loose some
where, eh?"
Perhaps you're right" admitted the
man In the white waistcoat.
IF it was anything else l wouldn't
care" said the man in the negligee
shirt. But strawberries Chicago
Daily News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
H1pPo,s BATHING PLACES.
south African Lake 1cr Which Big
Beasts Have a Liking.

south African Lake 1cr Which Big
Beasts Have a Liking.
A few miles from Muhokya we came
to Kikarongo, a circular lake, once a
crater, about half a mile wide, writes
a correspondent of the Westminster
Gazette from Uganda The water IS
slightly salt, and is greatly appreciated
by the hippos who come here in large
parties f-om Lake Rulsamba to battle.
The ike is shallow for few yards
only and then deepens rapidly. so the
hlppcs, who do not like deep water,
never so very far from the shore.
On still day it is an amusing pas
time to sit by the lake and watch the
great 0rutes enjoying themselves. Tor
a moment nothing is 10 be seen. then
suddenly a score or mo-s u huge heads
burst through the water with loud
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
THE TURNED DOWN LEAF.

There's turned-down leaf, some writer
says,
Tn every human life;
A hidden story of happier days,
Or of death amid the strife;
A folded leaf that the world knows not,
A love-dream rudely crushed;
The sight Of face that is not .orgot,
Although the voice be hushed;
The far-dstant sound of q har2's soft
strings,
An echo in the air
The hidden page may be full of such
things
OF things that once were tair.
There's a hidden page In every life, and
mine
A story might unfold;
But the end was not fair TO that dream
divine
1t had better rest untold.
louisville Courier Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
Train.Timino Clock.

An electric clock, about three feet
in diameter. has been set up at the
departure end OF the Tube station at
Picadilly.
The dial is divided into twelve
sections OF one minute each, with
only one hand, and its purpose is to
show the motorman how long it is
since the preceding train left the sta
ton
As soon as a train leaves the sta
ton the clock starts recording the
time. and continues untK the next
train comes in. Immediately that
leaves, the single hand goes back to
the starting point and begi,ls afresh.
st James's Gazette.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
Testing n Submarine Light.

To test the qualities Of submarine
electric light diver at Aberdeen. Scot
land, descended twenty feet in muddy
water, taking a newspaper and the
light down with him. While seated on
an anchor at the bottom of the harbor
he read aloud ten minutes to the men
above. the words being conveyed
through the telephone IN his helmet.
The paper was held eighteen inches
from the lamp.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10

"Slicker. the architect. Is making a
big hit with his new scheme for subur-
ban residences"
What scheme is .aaI:'
with every Contract for a sas..-- ha-.
residence he guarantees constant sup
ply OF servant girls for ten years time"
philadelphia Press.