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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02

The Senate Committee on Naval At
falrs, headed by Senator Hale of
Maine, reported the naval bill with an
amendment replacing the marines on
shipboard, from whence they had been
removed and placed on land duty by
order of the President Other changes
in the bill were increased appropria-
lions for navy yards, the creation of
the office of vice admiral on the re-
tired list, and the creation of COM
mission to examine the business meth
DDS of the Navy Department The
naval program is not reduced, the bill
providing for two 26,000-ton battle
ships ana the various auxiliary YES
sells called for in the House bill.
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Domestic shipments from the vari-
Gus great lake ports were % per cent
less in 1908 than during the previous
season, and about 20 per cent less than
during the season of 1906. During
1908 the shipments amounted to Co.,
51S,042 tons, compared with $780,
991 and 75.609,64S tons, respectively,
during seasons of 1907 and 1906. This
decrease is due mainly to the smaller
shipments of iron ore, although the
shipments of other principal items,
except hard coal and salt, also showed
reduced totals. Grain shipments show
a decrease of 22.8 per cent, and those
of lumber decrease of 81 per cent.
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By direction of the President, Col
William F. Tucker, assistant paymas-
ter general, after examination by the
retiring board at Chicago, will return
to the army and navy general hospital,
Hot Springs, Ark, instead of report
ing to the commanding general depart
ment of the lakes. as first ordered.
This indicates that Col. fuckers
health does not permit his immediate
restoration to duty.
Funds raised by the relief organiza-
lions for the earthquake victims in
italy have reached total of S3,641,-
000 this sum representing the money
which poured in from all quarters
through the three leading organiza
lions, the American National Red
Cross, the Italian government commit
tee and TIE italian Red Cross.
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Representatives Stevens and Nye
have received assurances from the COM
mittee on rivers and harbors that pro-
visions for a thorough survey of the
Mississippi river to determine the avail
ability of the single dam project shall
be incorporated in the river and har-
Dor measure that is now In process of
construction.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Truxton Beale. of San Francisco. on
the Assay Commission. The President
has been anxious for some time TO
recognize in suitable fashion Truxton
Beales signal services to the commu-
nifty in which he lives it was Official
~ announced at the White House
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BY striking out Of the naval bin
mandatory provision that marines do
duty on warships the house approved
President Roosevelt's order assigning
them to shore duty.
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President Roosevelt has signed an ex-
ecutive order providing for the discon-
tinuance of the federal land Office at
Mitchell, s. D., and ordering the same
removed to Gregory. S. ID. Public lands
in the old Mitchell district east of the
river are transferred to the Chamber
lain district. Chamberlain lands west
of the Missouri are transferred to the
Chamberlain district.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02

DIR. +. f. Gavin, health commissioner
at Waukegan. Ill. who fractured rib
recently in a coughing spell IL recover
ing. He felt a pain in his side after an
extra hard cough and found rib was
hrokau
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02
Drops Dead in Open Grave.

Wesley Price. an aged resident and sex
ton OF the AinsWorth. Iowa. cemetery.
dropped dead. falling into a grave which
he was digging for the body of his sis
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02
c..,o.a - Rah,e. Given Avay

A carload of seventy-ive babies was
distributed in New Orleans the other
day. The precious freight came from the
New York Founding and Orphan Asy-
mm. Scores Of foster-parents were wait
ing at the station to claim the little ones
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02
p, min Hand Nine Months.

A pin more than an inch long was re-
moved from the right hand Of Miss Cath
crime Behan. Of Harrison. y. J. 1t hai
been in her hand since May II. 1908.
when it entered the hand as she waip
cleapi...s a table
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02
Mere Men Get a jolt.

| Resolutions, introduced in the Logans-
port. Ind. Woman's Suffrage Club, bar
married members from using the prefix
Mrs" Members are pledged to use their
own. instead Of their husbands first
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02
BOY HAS FRACTURE HABIT.

Bones Are Like Chalk and Break
Whenever He Falls.
Possessing limbs almost as brittle as
chalk, Joseph Hurley, aged 10 years, of
Pottsville, Pa, who puzzles physicians
as to how he survives his many accidents,
fell again the other day, fracturing his
right thigh bone. Within three years he
has had his legs broken no less than a
dozen times, the slightest accident; result
Ing in fractures. Hurley spends more
time in the local hospital than out of it,
and his friends say he has the fracture
habit
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JAP.
BY Prof. Kiyokichi Sano.

Americans are very complimentary to the
japanese and give them credit for a deep, IN
DERIVING subtlety which they really do not
possess An American merchant who had been
living many years in Japan, representing
big New York firm, seid: I'm business, If you
find the japanese tricky. it is your own fault
When you deal with them rightly and Justly
the little Japs are your best friends and they
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02

Oil has been extracted from cookie burs
in Louisiana. and new industry prom
ises TO he opened up in that State.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02

The United States produces more
corn than al the rest Of the world put
together.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02
GIRLS DUTY TO APPEAR ATTRACTIVE.
BY Rev. Philip Cone Fletcher

= If / were young woman l would try to
n be winsome. Beauty Is duty Young women
ought to strive to appear to the very best ad
vantage, mentally, physically and morally. If
by the use of the powder puff, the paint brush
and the brow pencil you can make yourself
more winsome, you have my consent to use
them freely. 1t is all right to supplement the
) works of God. To be ugly in age like this
title short Of a sin against God and self take
ition that lovers should be sincere and honest
Oh other. Deceptive courtship means miserable
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02

Virtue commands respect even In a
beggar's garb.-Noyalis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02

E0wari Kelley a Chester, Pa. youta.
won IS - wager that he could not eat
fifteen meat pies in an hour. Kelley, who
prides himself on being the champion pie
eater of Delaware County. started in on
his CONTRACT in a local restaurant He
succeeded in devouring the first ten pies
within half an hour. The remaining i've
had to be eaten with lese rapidly, but
the youth succeeded in getting away with
the entire fifteen In hfty-eight minutes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02

The National Letter Carriers Associa-
t;ou has bought 100 acres Of land near
Colorado Springs for a sanitarium for
the members Of the body.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02

90 population OF 100000 and an annual fire loss
Of nearly 100000.
1t Is well to consider how to conserve natural
sources but 1t is equally important conserve our
created School children should be taught the
results OF careessness with fire. railroads should be
compelled to refrain from sending showers sparks
TO destroy the property Of others safety
everywhere replace the convenient dangerous
paror match the common practice Of placing ashes
wooden barrels ard boxes, evidenced by weekly
display along orr curbstones should be prohibited by
ordinance If equal taken to keep our cellars
and back yards clean and presentable, is taken
polish the shining metal work of fire engines and
th>ir equipment, it would more to prevent fire
losses
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02
PREVENTING THE ENORMOUS FIRE LOSS.

The total fire loss In the United States for
the past thirty-three years amounts to the
sum Of $4,5o0OO0,0O0. with an average loss
for the last five years Of s252, 100000 each
year.
The annual number OF fires In American
cities averages forty fer each 10000 Of pop.
Clation, as compared with eight for each TO-
600 of population In European cities Chica
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02

Representatives Stevens and Nye
have received assurances from the COM
mittee on rivers and harbors that pro-
visions for a thorough survey of the
Mississippi river to determine the avail
ability of the single dam project shall
be incorporated in the river and har-
Dor measure that is now in process of
construction.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02

President Roosevelt has appointed
Truxton Beale. of San Francisco. on
the Assay Commission The President
has been anxious for some time 10
recognize in suitable fashion Truxton
Beale's signal services to the commu-
nifty in which he lives" it was official
" announced at the White House
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02

BY striking out of the naval bin a
mandatory provision that marines do
duty on warships the house approved
President Roosevelt's order assigning
them to shore duty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-02

Funds raised by the relief organiza-
lions for the earthquake victims in
italy have reached a total of $3,641,-
600, this sum representing the money
which poured in from all quarters
through the three leading organiza-
lions, the American National Red
Cross, the Italian government commit
tee and tie Italian Red Cross.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-15
STEER IN STORE
CREATES A PANIC
PATRONS AND CLERKS FLEE FOR
LIVES AS THE ANIMAL
ENTERS DOOR.
TRIES TO INVADE HOTEL
logansport, Ind, Scene Of Frenzied
Scramble as Maddened Beast
Charges Through city's Prlnci-
pal Business Streets.

Logansport, Ind.-Pursued by men
on horseback. a wild steer that had
just been shipped In from the west
broke from stockade and tore madly
through the streets. The steer ran to
the business district, and with two
horsemen behind, trying to rope the
frightened animal. it turned into
Fourth street, the city's busiest thor
cughfare.
After running for nearly block in
the middle of the roadway, the ami
NAL bolted upon a sidewalk, and, bel
lowing loudly, raced along, scattering
pedestrians like chaff before the wind.
Boxes piled upon the sidewalk in front
of Dewenter's furnishing store,
blocked the animals progress, and it
turned and entered the store. Clerks
and patrons who were in the place at
the time quickly mounted counters
and ladders.
Painting and snorting, the crazed
steer came TO a standstill in the mid
die of the store. John MCCLELLAN, en-
ployed at the City National bank, next
door. who was in the store at the
time, ventured near to soothe the
frightened steer, but at that moment
the animal saw its own reflection in
a swinging plate glass mirror at the
rear of the store, and with a snort and
fling of heels high in the air, the ami
nal dashed toward the glass.
With lowered head the steer
charged the mirror. The animal struck
the mirror with such force that its
head and forepart of its body became
fastened in the frame so tightly that
clerks had to assist it in getting free.
Again free, the steer backed in be-
hind one of the counters and started
to run along the narrow path toward
the front of the store.
Herman Bailey, one OF the clerks,
was knocked down and was buried be-
meath an avalanche of hats and boxes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-15

Finally the animal gained the front OF
the store and again took possession of
the main aisle. There it stood look
ing at the crowd which filled the door.
way and the sidewalk.
Dashing out of the store, the ami
NAL turned into Broadway and then
swerved in at the Murdoch hotel. But
the crowd in front scared the steer.
and instead of entering the lobby. as
II seemed it was going to, It ran into
the alley az the side The two horse.
men and two patrolmen followed and
In the narrow space tried in vain to
corner the steer
In boiling out of the alley the ami.
NAL ran full into a cab that was stand.
ing in front of the hotel. With head
lowered the frenzied steer struck the
cab and raised il until it stood only on
two wheels. The steer then backed
out and ran into Dykeman's feed barn.
1t did not stop, but went out the
rear door and through the streets
again. 1t circled about the business
section and finally entered a yard at
the corner of Thirteenth and Erie
avenue. Here, after much effort, the
animal was lassoed and taken back to
the stockade.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-15
Announcing an Engagement.

"Polly" declared she must have
some unusual way of announcir~ h.r
engagement, so after much careful
thought this was evolved: The 20 spe-
clal friends were asked for thimble
party, and there was nothing doing
un0l refreshments were served. Then
each guest found little envelope on
the plate and the hostess explained
that inside there would be found a
jumbled lot of letters, that the letters
of each color would spell one word.
and there was just one word in each
envelope and all were the same color
in each envelope, so each one made
their word. and the light gradually
dawned as the story was told by the
guests putting their words together.
1t was great fun and ended the after
noon in a most happy manner as the
little bride-elect was a great favorite.
and she was fairly beaming when all
began to offer bod wishes and wanted
to know "all about it,"
MADAME MERRI.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-15
For the Hostess
Chat Interesting Topics of Many Kinds by
a Recognized Authority

children from eight to ten years Of
age, the souvenirs were made by the
guests from corn husks which they
transformed into dolls. A face was
penciled on the green stub of corn,
the husks made the dress and the silk
refully braided made the hair; bon
nets were also made from the husks.
These dolls were really charming,
and the prize awarded for the best
was a delightful little booklet in which
corn husk dolly was the heroine; it
was written by a clever woman must
clan. This idea is just as applicable
for "grown-ups" party as for chill
dren. for 1 never saw a woman yet,
whether she admitted it or not, who
didn't like a chance to play dolls.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-15
TAKE CARE OF GOOD HEALTH
Mistake Most People Make Is In Walt.
ing for Bad TO Come and
Then Coddllna Il.

II we would take as good care of
our good health as we do of our bad
health we would have more of the
former and less of the latter. We set
our good health down in a draft and
let 1t get its feet wet; we infringe on
Its sleep time and gorge it with UNI
suitable food at irregular hours. We
load 1t with nerve-racking cares and
duties, and reply to its frantic ap-
peals for rest with, you haven't
time" We squeeze it with clothing;
we distract its ears with noise and its
lungs with bad air. But we put our
bad health in a quiet room, on soft
couch. We robe it in a comfortable
gown; we give it pure air at stated
intervals; we put ice on its head and
hot water at its feet; we feed 1t with
food convenient for 1t. We take
away all care and responsibility; we
give it soothing draught to rest 1t;
and we pay a doctor two dollars to
come and leave II a scrap of paper
and say that it will better tomorrow.
One might think we preferred bad
health to good health. From an ar
ticle in Good Health.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-15

Simmons college, Boston, is said to
be the only place in this country
where women can be trained TO plan
and manage lunchrooms. The demand
for such training is reported to have
more than trebled during the last two
years, as more and more cities and
school boards are realizing the neces.
sity of providing working girls and
boys and school children with health.
fal midday meals.
In Boston the Women's Educational
and Industrial union co-operates with
the school board in conducting lunch
rooms for pupils. The school board
agrees to provide the room, equipment
and certain amount of care, Will,
the union prepares and serves tn,
meals at cost The union pays thu
women who manage these lunchroom,
So weeI' and their helpers So. The,
work on an average three hours a day
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-15
cR0ORE0 L/T7ZE DoXERS S1REFT -

and how liberal they are with money.
These tales also are nearly all fakes.
Anyone who has ever seen a real hop
joint" in Chinatown will never forget
the dirt and degradation of it, Some
of the weather. Chinese have apart
ments that are fitted up in fiashy orr
entail style, and few of the gambling
houses are we'll furnished Three or
four of the misunderstanding pat
roniZed by sight-seers-are gaudy in
the extreme, but back behind all this,
back beyond the tunnels, in the
kitchens, the living quarters and up
under the roofs of the tottering old
buildings, exist squalor and misery
such as can scarce be found elsewhere
on this continent.
The pitiful story of Moy You and
Ngeu Fung, two little Chinese girls,
is enough to set the hand of all the
world against the slave traders of
Chinatown.
These girls were sold-it is believed
by the police-to Chinese slave trad
ers in China and smuggled into this
of a Chinese merchant of some means
in Chinatown and their tale of the
cruelties to which they were subject
ed was brought to the attention of the
Chinese charge d'affaires in Washing
ton. The girls are in the hands of the
Gerry society. They declare that
they were compelled to work 20 hours
day at cooking, cleaning, scrubbing
and covering button molds and that
they were beaten almost every day.
Reading of these outrages the aver
age American wonders why the perpe-
| traitors are not sent to prison, but it
must be remembered that there are no
men more willy and skillful in con-
cocting false evidence than dishonest
Americanized Chinese. 1t is next to
impossible to obtain evidence against
the slave traders of Chinatown that
will stand in a court of Justice To
begin with any Chinese witness who
dares testify against one of his coun-
trymen in New York takes his life in
his hand. The boldness of the China.
town slave trader is almost beyond
belief. When the police of the entire
country were searching for the muir
derer of Elsie Sigel no fewer than
three Chinese who were supposed to
know something of the crime were
murdered. When the police tried to
obtain evidence against men they
strongly suspected of the murders
they we're baffled at every turn.
Capt. Calvin of the police depart
ment, who is in charge of the precinct
embracing Chinatown, has worked
hard to 'clean up" the place and drive
the white women out of IT, but his
efforts have been of little avail. He
has come to the conclusion that the
town" needs cleaning out" instead
of cleaning up" and has recommend.
ed this action to Commissioner Baker
If Calvin had his way he would
keep stunning and sightseeing par.
ties out of Chinatown. The rubber.
neck" wagon often is the net that
drags the innocents to the dens.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-15
For a Card Party.

At 900" party to which "a guests
were hidden, the hostess had these
refreshments: Nut sandwiches, lob
ster salad. coffee. ice cream and
small cakes. The sandwiches were
constructed of white bread cut ex.
actly the size of playing card Red
hearts and diamonds were cut from
beats and stuck on the breao like
spots with butter. The ice cream
was a rich vanilla made in bricks and
sliced like card Ornamented with
hearts and diamonds cut from
Maraschino cherries. The cakes rep
resented hearts, spades, clubs and dia-
monds cut with specially made tin
cutters. The place cards weee tiny
packs of cards. gilt edged. They were
only an inch and a half in length.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-15
"Maud MulIerv Party.

During these golden October days,
outdoor and indoor parties combined
are quite the thing. A hostess noted
for her originality invited her friends
to Maud Muller" party The invi-
tations said: Informal; please come
in country costumes AS she lived in
a suburb, time tables were Enclosed
with the train marked that she wished
them to take. The hour was five, and
a merry throng took the four o'clock
train. An immense hay wogan was at
the station, with the splendid big
horses gayly decorated and driven by
the regular farm men instead of the
liveried coach and footman. There
were horns for the men, and the
hostess awaited them on the steps of
the port cochere. Big straw hats
were given to the men with red rib
bons and the girls had blue ones
Rakes with gilt handles were given
the girls, who were thus attired as
MAUD Mullers." and went forth to
rake the hay on this charming sum-
mer day which had gotten by mistake
into the fall calendar.
The girl who made the largest stack
In ten minutes was awarded prize;
also, there was a prize for the neat
est stack. The men superintendent
this, and then pillow was brought for
the men to try their skill, with prizes
for the straightest row, and for the
one made in the quickest time. BY
this time twilight was falling and
guests watched the chickens fed and
the COWS MIXED. Then all adjourned
to the dining room, where spurious
supper was served, everything except
the meats being a product of the
place. The decorations were most
unique, being likewise home produc-
tons. Gourds, small squashes and
pumpkins were converted into most
attractive flower holders, and the flow
ers were wild purple asters and gold
en- rod, the combination being a most
happy one. At half-after eight the
hay wagon came TO the door and a
drive of an hour was taken over the
hardest of country roads and then
back to the station in time for the ten
o'clock train. Afterwards in talking
IL over we all agreed that our host
ess was so successful because her en-
terfainments were so simple and she
so ratrral and unaffected. Not but
W. could and sometimes did en-
e finally and had plenty of
mt spend; yet her favorite way
was 10 do things on the spur Of the
moment, and she always made use of
the things that were in season.
She also had the art of always as
sembling just the right people togeth-
er, and always remembered who hated
bridge" who didn't like golf and who
loathed to dress for a formal dinner
party. On the quiet, think she keeps
a book with the peculiarities of each
one of her friends carefully jotted
down, Just when she entertained them,
and just what she served on each &C.
casion. At least that is the way one
of the best entertainers l ever knew
does, and ii is worth considering.
Souvenirs for Party.
At an autumnal party given for
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-15
Yields TO Call Of wild

San Francisco.-Bertha Socha. a
fullblooded Indian girl, 16 years old,
cannot resist the call of the wild. She
has been a servant in the home of
Mrs. Margarita Salona. Mexican
woman living in this city. The girl
left the house recently to camp among
the trees in Golden Gate park, living
on birds shared at the lakes rim,
sleeping under the stars at night and
lodging the strolling visitors by day.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-15
Cleaning PIumes.

A woman who has success in clean-
ing ostrich and other feathers puts a
cupful of Indian meal. half cupful Of
flour and three level tablespoonfuls of
borax into a paper bag, and with it
one large or two or three small feath.
ers.
These she shakes about until the
soil has disappeared from the feathers,
and then she shakes them free from
the mixture. Fine KIN ed wool arti-
cles and laces are SOM lines cleaned
in this way.