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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08
Wonder That the Mechanism
Gives Out

It is q matter of everyday occur
renee for person to say to his watch
maker:
Here is watch which you sold
me some ten years ago. It has al
ways gene well till just lately. when 1t
has taken to stopping without any APP
parent cause"
The PEOPLE who speak in this way
little think of the amount of work a
watch has performed in this space of
time and might be astonished at the
following f1gures:
In ten years, which includes two
leap years, and consequently total
of 1862 days, the hour hand has made
1904 and the minute hand 87,648 rev
olutions The end of an average min.
ute hand travels more than 10,S20
yards-more than six miles. The Sec
ond hand has made 5,25S,SS0 revolu-
tions, and its extremity has traversed
on the dial a distance of upwards of
1913 miles. The escape wheel has made
52,5Ss 800 revolutions. and as it has
Is teeth, it has come 7SS, 1872 ,000 times
in contact with each pallet The bal
ance has made 1,577.644,00G vibra-
tons, and any point on the outside of
the rim has covered distance of
about $4,000 miles, and is equal to
twice the circumference of the earth
Answers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08

chuckle of comprehension And not
very obscure cipher, Watson" said
he. why, of course, 1t is Italian!
The "A means that it is addressed
to a woman. Beware! Bewarel Be
ware!' How's that, Watson?"
81 believe you have hit it."
Not doubt Of it. 1t is a very ur-
gent message, thrice repeated to make
it more so. But beware of what?
Wait a bit; he is coming to the win
dow once more"
Again we saw the dim silhouette
of crouching man and the whisk of
the small flame across the window, as
the signals were renewed. They came
more rapidly than before-so rapid
that it was hard to follow them.
PERICOLO' pericolo,- Eth,
what's that. Watson? Danger, isn't
it? Yes. by Jove, its's a danger
signal. There he goes again! p e l.!
Halloa, what on earth"
The light had suddenly gone out,
the glimmering square of window had
disappeared, and the third floor formed
a dark band round the lofty building,
with it's tiers of shining easements
That last warning cry had been sud-
denly cut short. How, and by whom?
The same thought occurred on the in
slant to us both. Holmes sprang up
from where he crouched by the win.
dow.
f710 RE CONTTNTTED
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08

window-pane. yes. can see a.
shadow. There he is again He has
a candle In his hard. Now be is
peering across He wants to tie sure
that she Is on the lookout. Now he
begins to fash. Tale the message
also. Watson. that we may check each
other. A single fias1-that is a.
surely. Now, then. How many did
you make It? Twenty. 80 did !. That
should mean IT. A TRAITS inteili-
gible enough! Another IT, Surely
this is the beginning OF a second
word. Now. then TENTA Deaf
stop. That can't be all, Watson ?
'ATTEN A. gives no sense. Nor
is it any better as three words-'A T.
TEN. ia unless ia are a per-
sons initials. There he goes again,
What's that? ATT E-why, ii is the
same message over again. Curious,
Watson, very curious! Now he is off
once more! AT-why, he la repeat
ing 1t for the third time. .ATTEN
T A. three times! How often will he
repeat st? No, that seems to be the
finish. He has withdrawn from the
window. What do you make of il,
Watson?"
"A cipher message, Holmes"
My companion gave sudden
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08
REACTION SEEMS NOT LIKELY
Styles of Summer Finery Bid Fair
to Be Extended for the Autumn
and Winter.

Now the tide of homeward travel
brings the summer girl and her sis
tiers and her cousins and her aunts
back to Fifth avenue. The daily
march Of fashion VIII be resumed and
the metropolis will speedily learn what
its most adored citizens win wear
Much has been said of the imminent
return 10 wide and voluminous gar
ments within which the female form
divine will rattle around like a dried
peanut within its too ample shell. Re
actions come in fashions as in other
things. and one seeras to be due in
this matter.
But III the summer just approaching
its close the maidens of Athens walk
ed in the cool of the evening in the
Place de la Constitution clad in gowns
which revealed the sculrturesque
lines OF their classic figures better
than the magical draperies o. Phidias
disclose those of the stone beauties
in the National museum. In Trieste
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08
Ell Mines With Sand.

The owners of many mines in Eur
ope and Australia fill the abandoned
workings with sand. so that the mines
may become once more part of the
solid crust of the earth. Old, worked
out mines are often menace to build
ings or communities above them; and
protection by timbering. which is the
American method, affords security for
no great length of time. Sand filing
has been practiced in the mires of
western Australia for the last four
teen years. w. H. Storms. writing
in the Engineering and Mining Jour
nal, says that the cost in Australia is
about 20 cents for each ton of ore ex
tracted
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08

Some time when in despair for
novelties in bridge or euchre prizes
buy the adjustable shoe trees, wrap
the wire part with ribbon, finishing
with a dainty bow and you will have
a prize that every woman win like.
You can always use one more pair of
shoe trees and the cost Is really
slight. Sets of tally cards, daintily
painted, make attractive prizes and
what could be more appropriate for a
card party than couple of packs of
good playing cards? Try to avoid
personal articles in prize buying, par
ticularly for clubs, for no two women
have the same taste in hatpins, for
instance, or neckwear. A dainty
handy handkerchief, rather, a pretty
guest room towel viii meet with more
general appreciation
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08
HARD TO SEE.
Even When the Facts About Coffee
are Plain.

II is curious how people viii refuse
10 believe what one can clearly see.
Tell the average man or womt that
the slow but cumulative poisonous
effect of caffeine-the alkaloic In tea
and coffee--tends to weaken IL heart,
upset the nervous system and cause
Indigestion, and they may laugh at
you IL they don't know the facts.
Prove it by science or by practical
demonstration in the recovery OF cof-
fee drinkers from the above condi-
tons, and a large per cent OF the hui
man family will shrug their shoulders.
take some drugs and-keep on drink
ing coffee or tea.
Coffee never agreed with me nor
with several members OF our house-
hold" writes a lady. 1T enervates.
depresses and creates feeling Of
Ianguor and heaviness. 1t was only
By leaving of coffee and using Postum
that we discovered the cause and way
out Of thee H'e.
~vhe OILY reason, / am sure, why
Postum Is not used altogether ID the
exclusion OF ordinary coffee is. many
persons do not kz1ow and do not seem
willing to learn the facts and how to
prepare this nutritious beverage
There's only one way-accJrding to
dIrections-boil 1t fully Is minutes
Then it is delicious" Name given by
Postum Co. Battle Greek. Mich. Read
the little book, 1.-The Road 20 Well
VILE" In pkgs. There's reason
Ever read the above Ietterf new
one appears from time 20 time. They
are genuine. true, and fall OF kumaa
tateses Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08

I came straight round to tell you what
had happened"
Most interesting" said Holmes.
Did he observe the appearance of
these men-did he hear them talk?"
NO: he is clean dazed. He Just
knows that he was lifted up as if by
magic. Two at least were in it. and
maybe three"
And you connect this attack with
your lodger?"
well. we've lived here fifteen years
and no such happenings ever came.
before. I've had enough of him.
Moneys not everything. I'll have
him out of my house before the day
is done"
Wait bit. Mrs. Warren. Do moth
ing rash. l begin to think that this
affair may be very much more impor-
tant than appeared at first sight. 1t is
clear now that some danger is threat
ening your lodger. It is equally clear
that his enemies. lying in wait for
him near your door. mistook your hus-
band for him in the foggy morning
light. On discovering their mistake
they released him. What they would
have done had 1t not been a mistake.
we can only conjecture"
Well, what am I TO do, Mr..
Holiness
Il have great fancy to see this
lodger of yours. Mrs. Warren"
Il don't see how that is to be man
aged. unless you break in the door.
I always hear him unlock 1t as I go
down the stair after | leave the tray. :"
"He has to take the tray in. Surely
we could conceal ourselves and see
him do it."
The landlady thought for a moment
Well. sir. there's the bedroom op-
posite. co,sld arrange. a looking
glass, maybe. and If you were behind
the door"
EXCELLENT" said Holmes. when
does he lunch?"
about one. sir"
Then DIR. Watson and / will come
round in time. For the present, Mrs.
Warren, goodby."
At haif-past twelve we found our
selves upon the steps OF Mrs War
ren's house-a high. thin. yellow
brick edifice in Great Orme street.
narrow thoroughfare st the north
east side of the British museum.
Standing as it does near the corner
of the street. it commands view
down Howe street. with its more pre-
senfi0uS hnuSpS Holmes DOinfel
with chuckle to one of these, a row
of residential fats. which projected
so that they could not fail to catch the
eye.
See, Watson!" said he High
house with stone facings-' There Is
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08
PRESSING THE PLATED SKIRT
Best Method by Which This Most
Popular Model May Be Kept in
Good Condition.

Now that plated skirts are creep
ing back to the realm of fashion,
women who like to attend to their
own clothes will want to know Just
how to go about keeping them well
pressed and in good condition.
First of all, you must haste the
plaits in place just as they were when
the skirt was new; run line of bast;
ing on the outside edge of each plait
the full length, catching it down firm
~ to the material underneath. Lay it
over the ironing board wrong side
out place a damp cloth over the
plaits and press with hot iron until
the damp cloth is dry
Allow the basting threads to remain
in the skirt after it is pressed for sew
eral hours; then remove them, and
your skirts viii keep their shape and
look nicer for a long time
This same rule applies to all plait-
ed garments
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08
HAIR ORNAM EMIT.

The present fashion for wearing
ribbon in the hair affords scope for
many dainty devices, such, for exam
pie, as the becoming arrangement
shown in the accompanying sketch.
The ribbon is Gfaped smoothly in the
center, and then gathered into rosette
bows on either side, and in the center
of each bow is small jeweled orna-
ment. A fairly long hairpin is sewn
firmly underneath each rosette at
the back, and serves TO keep the head
dress securely in its place.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08
TRAVELLING Neuilnee

The newest Pullman dressing gown
has hood attached at the back. and
when trip must be made through the
sleeping car to a dressing room the
hood may be drawn up over the in
complete couture. This new dressing
gown is made of dark colored messiah
inc and has the general lines of an
easily fitting motor coat. Deep revers
and turned back cuffs give extra
sInartness, but the garment hooks
across and fastens neatly and securely
with one fastening should all neg
ligees which may have to be hastily
donned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08
DAINTY TABLE FAvORS
LITTLE kNicKkNkcKS FOR THE
FORTHCOMING BRIDE.
ideas, All More or Less Good, May Be
Taken From the Displays in the
Shop Windows-Some Novel
ties in Pure White.


The teas given to forthcoming
brides are graced by the most charm
ing favors. The best of the trifies
are bought at the high class confec-
sioneer's, where they are to be found
III more novel and elegant form than
elsewhere, but smart florists also
show some pretty things for this pur-
pose, as we'll as most Of the large de-
partment stores. Here and there, too
one sees a tea table embellished with
homemade knickknacks of uncommon
cleverness, some of these initiating
the shop articles, and some inspired
by the family's own taste and in
genuity.
AS the brides newest bouquet is to
be in pyramid form, little corsage
knots are made in this shape of arti-
fetal flowers. Various tiny posies are
mixed together, wee pink buds, or red
ones, or yellow ones, forget-me-nots in
several shades of blue, pansies in all
colors, The most delicate green is
used with these fragile bits Of as
paragus fern and other featbery tufts
and small leaves. When the little
bouquet is made up in the pointed
shape, it is inclosed in horn of lace,
edged paper and the handle tinfoil.
All of the flowers used are very cheap
Just now, and for the paper holders,
when the pretty things are made at
home, many girls buy the packages
of round lace edged paper used upon
cake and bonbon dishes and sold at
the ten-cent store. If there are to be
men guests at the function bouton-
Eieres for them are made up in the
same manner. The rounds of paper
need to be cut the required size and
the edges pasted together. Such cor
sage knots and boutonnieres are per-
MISSILE for any smart tea, dinner or
luncheon.
The novelties strictly for bridal use
are always in pure white. There are
tiny dolls dressed as brides, wedding
trunks, slippers, little satin bags con-
tanning rice or confetti, wedding bells,
wee automobiles holding flowers or
candy, etc. Occasionally groom in
OldCh SCI-uP, Will IuS u dull1Oud1 WUII6
boutonniere, is shown in this snowy
gathering. and one such little gentle
man adds very realistic note to the
decorations of the table. Painted fig
ures on cardboard bedeck place cards,
the brides, bridesmaids apd blackcoat-
ed men all cut out and held up by a
little rest at the back of the card. The
cards are very easy to make if any
body in the family has gift for water
color painting, and when they arr
printed they are cheap enough
Mop caps and aprons made of GRIN
kled paper are new novelties for teas,
and as the girls always don these fin
cries for the function such inexpen-
sive trifies give a good deal of fun.
Only the paper itself is used, but the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08
PLAYING WITH HOT GOALS
Practiced One Was Sensible and Al
ways Dropped Them
In Time.

The little gilt clock on the mantel
had chimed the half hour of IL and
Hurlburt was slowing away letters
and papers in his coat pocket prepare
tory to leaving. He looked down at
the girl as she sat picking to pieces
one Of the red geraniums in the bowl.
Its wonder you wouldn't give me
one," he said. experimentaliy.
"A flower?" she asked, and pushed
the bowl toward him. Take your
choice"
He laughed {. little.
q didn't ask to take my choice. ]
asked you to give me one"
For a moment she hesitated, then
she rose and selected one.
Did you W.T. 20 wear It? III pin
1t on for you.
He rose fran MS chair and stood
doeilely, with his hands in his peck
cts. q quizzical smile dawning on his
face as he gaSed down at her assured.
white fingers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08

he was an aspirant for Elizabeth's
hand, it became necessary for the
neglectful husband to get rid ce his
Wife Accordingly, Amy was found
one day lying dead in Cumnor nall,
Eer neck broken
1t was soon after this tragedy that
the queen raised Dudley to the rank
of Earl of Leicester" She also sug-
gested him as a suitable husband for
the unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots.
(This was thought to be a blind to
hide her own love for him. Leicester
afterward proposed that Mary, who
was then prisoner of Elizabeth's. be
put out of the way by poison.) Eliza
beth gave Leicester the magnificent
castle Of Kenilworth and other rich es-
tates in Warwickshire At this castle,
in 1875 he entertained the queen for
some days with series of gaudy spec
tacles and revels that cost him $780,
600, which sum his various court of
ficers doubtless permitted him to gain
back from the people.
At this time his coming marriage to
the queen was matter of common
talk Just what wrecked Tie p;sS: 10
one knows In any case, something
occurred to destroy Leicesters hopes
and to turn him, in moment, from a
possible prince consort to mere
might have BEEN
He revenged himself by marrying
the countess of Essex, whose husband
he was suspected of poisoning. Eliza
beth could never bear to have her
courtiers look at any other woman ex-
cept herself. She flew into a mad rage
at news Of Leicesters marriage and
swore he should die in the Tower of
London. But she soon forgave him
and even afforded him new chances
for Official incompetency.
In 1883, in his ffty-seventh year
Leicester died 1t was at the time,
rumored that he met DEATH by drink
ing cup of poison he had prepared
for his wife. This may have tc.r a
bit of malicious court gossip; or, IL
true, 1t may have implied that lie still
believed he could win EIizabeth's
hand
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08
Historic Blackguards
By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE Il
Copyright BY Publishing Yokw Ordl.
Robin Hood Who ARobbed the Rich to Feed the Poor

! est money lenders and cruel landlords.
Robins favorite method with such pris-
oners was to conduct them to his Sc
cret glade and there regale them with
a least. (The food consisted largely
OF stolen deer and dalnties filched
from noblemen's larders.) After the
meal he would suggest that they pay
for their entertainment by giving him
all their money and jewels. At other
times he would go, disguised, to some
town, make friends with local rich
man and under some .pretext lure him
to the forest
That Robin did Tot steal from the
poor was net an especially noble trait.
The poor had nothing worth stealing.
Moreover, by helping the peasants
with little money now and then he
made them his friends and gave them
an interest in warning him against his
pursuers.
Robin and his men were splendid
archers Their skill with bow and
arrow reached the kings ears. His
majesty is said to have been so much
pleased with the bands archery that
he pardoned them all. But Robin
could not long remain out of trouble.
He fell foul of the law once more, and
the sheriff of Nottingham was sent
to crush htm. In the woodland battle
that followed the sheriff's men were
beaten of, Soon afterward Robin fell
dangerously i'll. There was no surgeon
nearby. So his men carried him to
convent, where his cousin was a lay
sister. She had great repute in medi-
cine. and Robin thought she might save
him. She dared not refuse shelter to
the sick man for fear of his followers
wrath. But she dared not cure him,
lest the king should hear that the
convent lad harbored and aided an
outlaw. So, according to the story, she
opened vein in his arm and left him
to bleed to death.
When the dying man learned OF her
treachery he set his bugle to his lips
and blew feeble blast Little John,
his lieutenant, heard it, and rushed to
the sick room. Robin, so runs the old
ballad, forbade Little John to take ven
geance on the convent. Then, setting
arrow to bow for the last time, he
sent the shaft whizzing out through an
open window and begged to be buried
at the spot where his arrow should
strike earth.
A likeable, rollicking, sentimental
outlaw. His life story (even stripped
of ali legend ana folklore) seems to
entitle him to a goodly place among
Historic Blackguards.
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The Earl of Leicester, Have-Been Who Failed

Here lies a valiant warrior who never
drew a sword.
Here lies a willy courtier who never kept
his word
Here lies the Earl of Leicester who gov
erned the estates
Whom, living, Man could never love and
q just Heaven now hates
Ywy HIS scurrilous, mock-epitaph,
written by a political foe, sizes
. up the character of Robert Dud-
ley, earl of Leicester, far better
than do the stately lines on his tomb.
But neither of the two tell the most
important thing about him: namely,
that he probably came within an ace
of being prince consort of England,
husband of Queen Elizabeth, and (if
the laws could have been juggled to
tit the case) even king.
Leicesters only claims to success
were good looks, charm of manner
and total lack Of conscience. Yet
these three qualities lifted him high
er than almost any other man OF his
day. He had the stil further handi-
cap of beginning his political career in
prison. The start WAS not favorable.
But the mans luck quickly made up
for this drawback.
His father, the duke of Northum-
berland, plotted to make unlucky lit
tie Lady Jane Gray (his daughter-in-
law queen of England. Queen Mary,
daughter Of Henry VIII, crushed the
plot, mounted the throne herself, and
condemned to death Lady Jane, her
young husband, and Northumberland
himself. Robert Dudley (Northumber-
lands second son and Lady James
brother-in-law), was also thrown into
jail, accused of share in the con-
spiracy and was sentenced to death.
But he was soon set free and given
court position.
When Elizabeth came to the throne
in 1858, her tickle fancy was caught
by young Dudley. He was strikingly
handsome-and she loved handsome
men He was a clever fiatterer-and
she adored fattery. She gave Lei
cester one high Office after another,
heaping rank and honors upon him to
the scandal of all Europe.
There can be no doubt the queen
was deeply in love with him. 1t was
rumored that this capricious sover-
eign, who had stubbornly refused to
marry any European prince or king,
meant to bestoW her hand on Dudley
But there was hitch in this plan
He was already married When he
was a mere youth he welded Amy
Robsart, daughter Of a rich old knight
For wears Amy had been kept away
from court in an obscure Berkshire
country house, Cumnor hall. There
Dudley. once in a great while, visited
hr. But for the most part she lived
a wretchedly lonely life. Now that
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08

the girls wore skirts which gripped
their limbs like vises. In Milan some
damosels STROBE across the Piazza de!
Duomo with slashes in their skirts
more than knee high. and stockings
naturally there were stockings. In
Venice the pigeons of st. Marks
sqlare-but why go further?
What did they wear ip Paris? That
is the only question. In answering it
one must not forget that in the sum
mer gay Paris" is mostly out of
town. But just before the middle of
August it was plain that not a few
real Parisians we're In the city. And
neither in what they wore nor in the
displays Of the great shops was there
any positive evidence that woman
kind intended to make an immediate
return TO the concealment of its hg.
ure.-New York sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-08

more taste one has the prettier the
dainty things will be. The aprons
should be very small, but they may be
heart shaped or square and trimmed
about with ruffies of the same or laca
paper. The mop caps can have big
books or flower wreath, or be simply
tied about the crown with strip of
paper in contrasting color. If the
luncheon is given by the bride for her
bridesmaids, she has the cap and
aprons in the color of the gowns they
win wear. The bordered lampshade
paper makes a very decorative effect,
and If liked the headpiece could be a
sunbonnet instead of mop cap The
apron and cap or bonnet are handed
to the guests as they enter the tea
room. so that they may at once be put
on.-Chicago News.