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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-10-14

VI l., Bouiiou and Wlic and M~.
Mack Harrison. OF Fulton spent
Tuesday 10 Hickman
Underwear and hosiery at
Ricrs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
belt Some of the evening coats are
made with a faring cape section.
NOVEL IDEA FOR BUTTONS
Embroidered Leather Used Wish Pref.
ty Effect--Those Of Ivory In N
Great Demand.

Some of the new buttons for tai
lored suits are made of embroidered
leather. Very small beads and fine
silks are used for the embroideries,
and the colors chosen are so well har-
monized that even on close inspection
it is difficult to say how the button
has been made.
The leather which was in reality
soft glove kid, was almost entirely
covered with embroidery. Here and
there little corners of plain leather
gave strength to the design and the
silks were in several shades of dark
brown and puppies. The tiny beads
were iridescent, and were so small
that they made fiat surface with the
silk embroideries. These buttons
were large and they decorated a coat
of the Louis XIV order, which was fin
ished off with square sailor, made of
dark mink The whole suit was SUI
premely elegant and yet simple in
detail
For white serge and cloth suits
ivory buttons are In great demand
Some of these are carved and inset
with silver; others are quite plain.
Ivory buttons are trimmed in rose dia-
monds, but these are not suitable for
tailored suits. They would look well
if introduced on an elaborate visiting
costume which consisted of a black
chiffon velvet skirt and white char
meuse Louis XIV coat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
White Linen TeacIcth.

used for working, the cost is very
little. As gifts these decorated guest
room towels are sure to be liked. Bath
towels also come stamped for working,
but, to my thinking, a single initial
worked in cross-stitch should be quite
sufficient for this kind of towel To
add more is only waste of time
The girl who is sending her photo
graph as birthday or holiday gift
should inclosa it in a frame Of her own
handiwork. She will find linens for
covering the frames come ready
stamped for cross-stitch and in va
riety of colors. A soft old rose worked
in white threads makes an artistic
setting for the black-and-white card,
but it is, always wise plan to find
out, if possible, tie color scheme of
the room the picture will be placed in
and choose the frame that will be in
harmony there. Colors too, light in
tone for the frame are not a success.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
DUCKS KEEP DOWN MOSQUITO
Pennsylvania Physician Has Found a
New Enemy of the Pest-Re-
suit of Tests.

The duck is one of the greatest
known enemies of the mosquito, and
thus of yellow fever and malaria. In
the Journal of the American Medical
association, DR.. Samuel G.. Dixon, the
Pennsylvania commissioner of tealth.
describes experiments of his that sub
stantiate the fact After he had made
various unsuccessful attempts to de-
stroy the larvae by means of fish, he
divided the stream in which he was
making his experiments into two
parts. each about fourteen hundred
square feet in area. One he protected
from the birds and stocked with gold
fish; the other pond was left as
feeding ground for ducks Both were
ideal places for mosquitoes to breed
In the protected pond the mosquitoes
fiourished, in the unprotected they
were entirely absent. Then he put
ten well-fed mallard ducks into the
protected pond. Although at first they
fed upon the tadpoles, they rid the
pond of pupae within twentyfour
hours; and in forty-eight hours they
had left only few small larvae. The
author says that numbers of larvae
must have been drowned, owing to the
commotion the birds raised in the wa
ter. For some years." says Doctor
Dixon, Il have been using ducks to
keep down mosquitoes in swamps
that would have been difficult and ex-
pensive to drain, but l never fully
appreciated the high efficiency of the
duck as a destroyer of mosquito life
until the foregoing test was made"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
GOOD FOR SAGGING TISSUES
Nothing Better Than Applications of
Ice, Continued for Some Reason
able Time.

Did you ever use ice as an aid to
beauty? Specialists all over the coun-
try are advising its use for sagging
tissues. 1t not only makes them firm,
but acts as a general beaudfer.
Try it some day, after a massage,
and note the wonderful change in your
appearance and feelings.
DO not imagine that one or two
treatments will dispel the deep-seated
wrinkles as if by magic. but the CON
ditions viii be improved, and contin-
ned and systematic use viii bring last
ing good
Ice can be used at any time, but it
is most beneficial after a massage.
Place a small piece of ice IN a soft
cloth and pass slowly but firmly over
the face. using always the rotary mo-
lion, around. up and out. pressing
harder when going up than coming
down, in order 10 pull back the cheek
muscles. and continue until the cheeks
feel cool Dry with soft cloth. pat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
HAMSTER FUR THE LATEST
Makes Up Into Most Attractive Gar
ments That Are Bound to
Be Popular.

Have you seen the new fur ham
ster? 1t is decidedly effective and it
Is inexpensive-two points that are
favorable to its success. Hamster
is an odd name. For some reason it
does not suggest fur. But doubtless
IN G few months it will be as usual as
fitch or kolinsky or chinchilla The
hamster is really a rodent from Rus
STA and Germany, big rat eight or
ten inches long, plus an inch-long tail.
1t is pretty little animal and it is
pest, as it destroys grain crops, and
for that reason il Is a temptation. to
The trappers.
The fur is brown, white. gray, with
n few patches of red and a blue Ginge
to some of the gray.
AS the skins are small, and each is
multicolored, the fur when it is made
up is brown, black and white, with
red and blush patches. 1t is made
up in various ways, sometimes so that
the white part forms a diagonal de-
sign, sometimes with the furs spliced
so that the brown and white meet
ION the bias'-in way to suggest
quartered oakland sometimes with
the furs just ranged neatly side by
side.
Hamster is made up into decidedly
striking coats for afternoon and eve
ming wear. 1t is often trimmed with
some black fur. One lovely coat is
made with a long wasted section and
a short, faring skirt There is
black collar of seal and big seal but
tons. Another coat shows. a fringe OF
monkey fur below the loose, wide
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12


Mr.. Harold Begbie quotes in 1.-THE
Happy Irish,'' an amusing story that
he got from the doctor of a little
town that he visited in the course of
his tour OF Ireland:
| was rung up pretty late one night
by peasant from an outlying village.
Is miles away. 1t was in the days be-
fore | had car. The wind was blow
ing horribly, the rain was sweeping
against the house, and it was deadly
cold The peasant asked me rather
shamefacedly if l would come and
see his mother. | invited him to
come in. Patrick" / said to him.
your mother is a very old woman"
Il know that, DOCTOR" he admitted.
she's over eighty"
shes all that, doctor"
And nothing l could do tonight
would be of the smallest use to her"
Sure, DOCTOR" said he, Il know very
well it's the truth you are telling me;
but me poor mother, do you see, would
have me come and fetch you because
she does not want to die a natural
death. youths Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
An Island Of Giants.

Tory island does not. as one might
imagine, derive its name from rob
berthe now respectable source of
the name of one great party in the
state. The name comes from Torach,
towery or full of tors. Although not
so big as Epping forest, the island
once housed a race of giants, the
Fomorians, chieftain of whom was
Balor of the Mighty Blows, a one-eyed
gentleman who built himself undying
fame for keen-sightedness and skill
as a cutthroat. Tory island is now
civilized. with the usual village post
Office life. What the islanders chiefly
keep in memory is the wreck of H NJ
S. Wasp in September, 1884. with the
loss of all the crew except six. The
vessel had been sent to the island to
enforce payment of rent or evict the
tenants. Since the wreck nobody has
had the courage to ask or pay rent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12


rimony by fraud; led to suppose that
they were wedding a man of exem-
plary habits; that they had gained a
true and loving mate.
Also, they declare that they would
as soon have jumped into the fire as
to have become the wife of man
having such a violent disposition had
they but known it, though they kept
company steadily for years. AS mat
ter of fact, these women did know the
disposition Of these lovers. II they
did not, it was because they willfully
blinded their eyes 20 their shortcom-
ings. When a. lover begins to get will
fully lax in his attentions to his sweet
heart-for instance, having no hesita-
ton in breaking his engagements with
her repeatedly for no special reason,
Indifferent as to whether she likes it
or not-he does not need to wear sign
to the effect that he'll make her a
careless husband.
II his eyes are on every pretty girl
whom they pass, regardless that her
eyes are on him, she doesn't have to
light a dozen candles of her magma
ton to see clearly that he'd give her
no end of trouble after marriage by
too much admiration for other women
If he's always chewing cardamom
seeds and cloves when he comes to
see her, she ought to reason it out
that he does not take them for his
health. If he's on the street with her
and leaves her for the ostensible pur-
pose of getting a cigar in he corner
saloon and comes out wiping his lips
explaining that they didn't have his
brand, she's a very gullible young
woman not to know that he's had a
drink; and if he cannot refrain from
repeating this operation at least cou-
pie of times during their walk, it's
the irony of amusement to hear her
complaining in after years that it was
the last thing she ever dreamed of
that she was marrying drunkard to
disgrace her and the children.
So on the women write, naming all
the faults in the calendar. Once in
while one of these husbands writes
me trying to defend himself from the
charges he knows his wife has made
in a letter she has sent out to me. He
says, with blunt frankness: ITS all
moonshine that Mary didn't know
what sort of fellow / was when we
were going together. She knew
came from long line of ancestors
who loved women not wisely hut too
well; and with me money burned in
my pocket. 1t was come easy, go
easy. And as for my reason for stop
ping at saloons, she should have had
sense enough to know l did not go
there to pray" Girls should study
their lovers carefully and raise what
complaints they have to make before
marriage, or forever after hold their
peace.
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in its train. Recriminations are apt
to follow. Those who think that love
once formed can never die make big
mistake. 1t can die. like a flower
chilled by sudden and unexpected
frost. 1t is killed branch and root
Nothing in this world has power to re-
vive it.
Every wife feels the need of a
strong arm to depend upon if misfor-
tune should turn it's frowning face
upon her. The girl who has been
brought up to earn her own living is
brave and self-reliant if adversity's
storm comes upon her. Not so she
who has beeR born and brought up
with silver spoon in ner mouth. so to
speak. She has no trade or profess
sion; nor is she ingenious in making
fancy work or knowing how to earn
her own living in any way. The man
who marries a girl Of this kind takes
her with all of her advantages in
prosperity and disadvantages in ad
versity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
IN FANCY NEEDLEWIORK
NOTHING is PRETTIER THAN THE
cRoss-sTiTcH.
Decoration Particularly Effective With
White Linen Teacloth Guest
Room Towels So Treated Make
Acceptable Gifts.

NOT every woman is skilled in en-
broidery, but anyone who knows how
to use a needle at all can do the cross
stitch, and, be it said, this is one of
the most popular ways of decorating
linens this winter. Neither is the
work at all trying to the eyes, as are
some of the more intricate stitches,
writes Helen Howe in the Washington
Star.
One OF the most beautiful pieces of
needlework displayed at an exclusive
fancy shop is white linen teacloth
bordered with a conventional rose de-
sign worked out in a deep rose pink.
The cloth is edged with wide cluny
lace and the whole is wonderfully eff
fective. The cost of the lace would de-
pend upon the quantity, of course, or
perhaps the width, as fancy dictated.
Cross-stitch is peculiarly adapted for
towel decoration on account of its sim
plicity. While we see some adorned
In punch work and satin stitch, it does
seem waste Of time to put SO much
work on towel. | think, too, even
crcss-stitch can be Overcome on towel
ends. The usual way is TO take a band
of embroidery across the entire end,
while, If the design is cut up, say, into
little figures or animals, using five,
perhaps the result will be better and
the labor less. Or a large initial in
the CROSSWORD, surrounded by a SIM
pie vine, will be equally effective and
also quickly done.
The towels come ready stamped for
working, and as fast-color cotton is
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
Rattleshin Churches

At 1915 a. m. church call" is
sounded through the ship, the church
flag is hoisted over the national en-
sign, and the men gather to the strains
of the band or orchestra in the large
gun compartment on the main dec
A hymn is sung, followed by re-
sponsive readings, hymns, prayer,
Scripture reading, special music (at
times), a talk of about twenty min
utes, followed by hymn and closing
prayer in which all join; the service
is then closed with the benediction
The ships orchestra accompanies the
hymns and the enthusiastic singing
would be an inspiration to the aver
age church. The unity and regularity
with which the men join in the re-
sponsive readings is remarkable. In
tense interest is shown throughout
the service. Better listeners could
not be found than the enlisted men
of the nayy.-Christian Herald
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
ARE MEN OR WOMEN MORE
FAITHFUL TO LOVE?

To keep one sacred flame
Through life unchilIed unmoved;
To love in wintry age the same
As first in youth we loved;
To feel that We adore
To such a fond excess
That, though the heart would break with
more,
1t could moi live with less.
When | hear people speak of men
being inconstant ever, to one girl con-
slant never, think it pity that they
have no acquaintance with the noble
men have known. Men who admire
too ardently on short acquaintance are
few and far between. If you intro.
duce gentleman to lady today and
short while after ask each how they
like the other, the woman will tell you
frankly: Il have met him so few
times that 1 really cannot form an
opinion. He seems to be pleasant,
therefore agreeable. But men have a
habit of putting their best foot for
ward when they are toeing the mark
of first acquaintance" The man will
tell you: "She is a beautiful girl,
with charming personality, but we
have not been thrown in contact suf-
ficiently to determine each others dis
position"
This conveys the idea that before
they are willing to fall in love, men
require something more than a beau
tiful face and bewitching manner. A
very youthful man might be caught by
dash and glitter. The older man
knows that is like the froth from
champagne-when the bubble is blown
off the wine is tasteless. When the
supply of brilliant small talk is ex-
hausted girl finds it difficult to be
entertaining.
The man of good judgment wants a
sensible young woman whose judg-
ment, ready sympathy, and good lis
tening qualities make her an agree
able companion at all times and under
all circumstances. Esteem is the
foundation of his love. The oftener
he meets such a woman, the more
grateful is he for the privilege Of
ACi lIISlluollp- w HSu AS 10 lUuSly
he turns to her for consolation as the
sunfiower turns to the sun Slowly
and by degrees comes the thought to
him that a man would do well to
rest his happiness in such fair hands.
When this thought becomes fixed
in his mind the lamp of love has been
lighted in his heart; the steady fame
cannot be easily extinguished. If
aught happens to part them, never
again, of his own volition, would he
fill her place. The hearts of women
are faithful in love, but their natures
crave love fully returned. OF course,
there are those who love but once
ard forever. There are others of the
sex who, having known love, will
never afterward consent to live with
out it. If the object which inspires it
is tickle and from them should go, they
dry their tears and look around for
someone else to comfort them. You
hear a great deal about men breaking
women's hearts, but you seldom hear
of the men who are martyrs on loves
altar. 1t is easy to be faithful in love
if hearts are truly mated Weighing
both sides carefully, faithfulness in
love is the uppermost trait in both
sexes. Men hide this characteristic
a little better.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
CORSETS SHOW BIG CHANGE
Seem to Indicate Return to the Old
Fashioned Waist Line Popular
Seasons Ago.

The corset of the present year does
it's best to re-establish the claims of
the old-fashioned waist line, low-bust-
ed and long-hipped.
Although the corset of the present
may be called low-busted, there is a
noticeable frightening of the top por-
tons of this garment, 80 much SO that
a few advanced models permit us to
dispense altogether with the bras
siere.
Are we returning to the genteel
'hour-glass," little waist of our moth
ers' day? This question is answered
by all of these new models which
show an inward curve at the waist
line olninous to those who have al
lowed their waists to ramble afar dur
ing the last years of emancipation
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
STICK TO 1T
Until Coffee Hits You Hard.

1t is about as wei to advise people
to stick to coffee until they get hit
hard enough so that they Will never
forget their experience.
A woman writes and her letter is
condensed to give the facts in short
space;
Il was coffee slave and stuck to ii
like topper to his cups notwithstand
ing / frequently had severe attacks OF
sick headache; then | used more cot.
fee to relieve the headache. and this
was we'll enough until the coffee eff.
feet wore OF.
Finally attacks of rheumatism be
gan TO appear. and ultimately the
whole nervous system began to break
down and l was fast becoming a
wreck
After a time was induced to quit
coffee and take up Postum. This was
half year ago. The result has been
most satisfactory.
1.-The rheumatism is gone entirely,
nerves practically well and steady. di-
gestion almost perfect, never have any
more sick headaches and am gaining
steadily in weight and strength
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
instant Postum = is a soluble row,
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in cup of hot water and. with cream
and sugar. makes delicious bever
age instantly. soc and soc tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds is
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold BY Grocers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
DO RICH WIVES NEED SUPPORT?
All, what shall I be at fifty,
Should nature keep me alive,
If l find the world so bitter
When 1 am but twenty-five.

w men L am out twenty-five.
When a man marries a poor girl
who hasn't the second dress to her
back and not cent in her purse, he
knows that it's up to him to provide
the wherewithal for the rent, the food,
clothes, and expenses of every kind.
The rightly disposed man is mighty
glad to be able to do it. He is
proud to contribute not only comforts
but luxuries for the woman who chose
him in preference to all others. But
how about many man who marries
rich wife? He knows if he does not
provide her with a new silk dress,
modish furs, and plumes for her hat
which cost a fortune, her daddy will.
He has no incentive to redouble his
energies in the line of work, and does
not trouble himself as to the future.
Even the daughters of the rich are
old-fashioned enough to believe 1t is
the husband instead of the father they
should look to for support; that he
should consider this the first and fore
most of his matrimonial obligations.
If the father of the rich wife loses his
fortune, what is to become of her if
she has not a husband she can look to
in her hour of need? Her fine house
furnishings, her jewels, or clothes will
aot keep the roof over her head for
any length of time. If disposed of,
they go for song. This goes to show
that no matter how rich a girl may be
through her parents the man who mar
ries her should not consider this suf-
fcient cause why he should be de-
tinquent in her support. From the
hour she leaves her fathers roof she
should be her husbands care.
When a wife finds that a man has
no intention of providing for her.
though he may be able to do so had
he cared for her sufficiently, her love
receives shock Slowly, but surely,
she becomes disillusionized. When
he seed of discomfort is sown in mar
lied hearts the dove of peace is ready
10 take flight from the nest With
most wives brooding brings suspicion
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
To Clean SERGE.

White serge or flannel suits may be
kept in very good condition if they are
cleaned at homo every time they be
gin to grow little dingy. Ground
rice (rice four is one of the most
satisfactory cleaning mediums. Rut
the rice into the garments as we'll as
you can. and do not brush or shake
it for day or two. Then take it in
the open air, put it on hanger, fasten
it on a clothesline or other conven
lent place and brush it thoroughly. Il
is we'll to protect the hair with cap
for even in the open air some of the
powder will find its way into the hair
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
Decidedly ouencheu.

Il wish to see Miss Rluffham," said
the young man with brown shoes and
red hair
She is not in. SIR" answered the
maid, win a glibness that told of long
practice in the ways of deceit.
"Are-are you sure?" faltered the
youth, nervously twisting a mustache
that only became apparent when at
tention was thus directed to it.
The maids eyebrows elevated them.
selves.
do you doubt her word. sir?" she
asked, reproachfully.
Blushing deeply over his unworthy
thought he turned and went away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
Exact Copy of Wrapper.
One nay Missing.

He got carried away by the spirit OF
eral days. He came to himself in his
own room without knowing exactly
how he got there. A friend sat beside
him.
Hello" he said, as ne opened his
eyes, what day is this ?"
This said the friend, is Thurs
day"
The invalid thought it over min
ute.
What became Of Wednesday? he
asked Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
Undertaker's Philosophy.

A Birmingham undertaken. asked if
business and industrial depression af-
fected his business. replied: Sure, it
does. You see in hard times the peo-
pie economic. They eat palmer food
and less of it snd consequently do not
get sick. Then again. not having any
money they don't call in the doctor in
the event of sickness. and-they get
WELT So yol can plainly see how it
affects me" There's an ounce of phil
osorhy in what the undertaken says.
II we live plainly we live better,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-12
Wouldn't Work Twice.

Hello! Just the man l wanted to
see! l was just telling friends-or
trying to tell them-that story you
told me last week, but / could not be.
gin to make it as excruciatingly funny
as you made it. Come on, tell it to
them"
Il cannot tell that story again un-
til"
Until what?"
Until you have repaid the IS you
borrowed from me the last time you
laughed at it."