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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
The "AngeI of the TomDs."

1t is not generally known that Mrs.
Ernestine Schaffner, the Angel of the
Tombs," is a wealthy woman, living in
a fine house near Central park, says a
New York letter to the Pittsburg Dis
patch. She is the owner of a great deal
of property, and on Sundays and holt
days may be seen driving a team of
beautiful ponies in front of one of the
finest road carts in town. Mrs. Schaff-
ners time, however, instead of being
spent in idleness or in seeking recreation,
is devoted to a cause to which she has
resolved to give the rest of her life. This
is nothing more or less than the work
Of helping people unjustly accused of
crime and of assisting others who have
been guilty of wrong doing, and whose
sentences have expired. Scarce a day
passes without the ''Tombs Angel ex-
tending a helping hand to some unfor-
tunate victim of Overzealous guardian
ship She has two Offices down town and
engages a lawyer by the month to assist
her. On several occasions she has loaned
out more than $4,000 for bail, and she
declares that her losses are less than a
thousand dollars. Just now she is tax
ing a deep interest in Barbara Aub, and
her efforts will undoubtedly shorten the
sentence of that peculiarly built young
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
JOYOUS DAYS OF LONG AGO.
Christmas Makes Everybody You A
just for One Dav,


| must confess that | like to see a
woman dress a doll, and the older the
woman the better like to see her. There
is something extremely fascinating
about it to me. | can watch her by the
hour as she straightens out the minia-
stockings, or tucks on the wonderful
little bow at the throat which always
makes doll look so fetching to me,
and without which | can never imagine
the dress of really well-bred doll to be
complete. All this makes a woman feel
young again, and why should it not?
The good Lord knows we have enough
in this world to make us grow old; why
not have a few things to make us feel
young? And nothing brings this feeling
with such keen perfection as the fun
and keen enjoyment of Christmas and
for whom we can buy toys or dress
dolls. But even then there is always
some child whom we can make happy at
Christmas-tide, and the very fact that
she is bestowing happiness makes a
woman feel young. For Christmas
portion as we enjoy it with others and
make them happy. A selfish happiness,
an enjoyment of our pleasures alone, is
no happiness at all. 1t is like kissing
the air. The real delight of Christmas,
that delight which brings the color to
Tic CuSch anu luc Spd1A1c " LI1C GS
and the feeling of joy to the heart, which
nothing else in the world can bring, is
the delight of sharing the happiness Of
the day with some one else, and making
some other person feel as happy as we
do ourselves. 1t is in this that the real
essence of Christmas happiness lies,
says writer in the Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
A Christmas full of JOY and gee,
which will make us feel like little chill
dren, is only possible where envy, NAL
ice and hard feelings are forgotten and
where we merge our own happiness into
that of others. Then it is that we grow
young again. Why should we be
ashamed to be like boys and girls again
for day? What means more than the
glad happiness of youth? We are happier
this year as a nation: let us be happier
rs individuals, forgetting the world and
its worries for a day and being once
more as we were years and years ago.
The children who see us will be the hap
pier for it. while we will feel the Young
er because of it. And the feeling of
youth will not harm us if it lasts for
some days after Christmas. SO to my
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
a Regiment of Relatives.

There is a movement in Horny county,
S. c., for the erection of monument
to the Confederate dead of the Tenth
regiment, South Carolina volunteers.
This regiment had in it one company
that became somewhat famous for it's
composition, as we'll as it's fighting quail
ties. The Athens Banner has been study
ing up the history of the regiment. 1t
tells us that it was made up almost en-
tirely of men from a dozen or more
families, and they were about all relat-
ed to each other. There were some ten
Chesnuts, fourteen Johnsons, six or
seven Affords, and so on. The captain
of the company was the cousin of nearly
every man in the ranks who was not
his brother. 1t was his custom in drill
ing to address his men in the most kind
ly manner, somewhat in this way:
cousin Jeems. dress to the right: Bud
dy George please swell your chest; Cou-
sin Arthur, you want to turn toes out,
not in" But when it came to fight there
were no more brave or daring fellows
in the service than the Tenth regiment
'butternut' company.-Savannah (Ga.)
Press
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

The picture over the old armchair,
which happened to be a picture of the
baby of the family, was draped in vines
of mistletoe. Mistletoe has greenlsh
white berries and a long leaf. 1t is diff
ferent from the vine that people take for
1.-THE red-berried native holly. Mistle-
toe is not very pretty plant, and is in
demand only because of its reputation
as a maker of romantic merri1fent.
The back of the chair this girl artist
draped in mistletoe, turning the berries
SO as to be above the top of the chair
and tying on the branches of the green
with stout bits of green silk. A home
in front of the chair, and the old arm
chair corner became a thing of very re-
markable beauty.
The girl artists say now is the time
for Christmas trimmings. Christmas
itself is only ten days off, and if you
wait a week later all the green will be
mauled over until none are desirable.
They should be bought now and put in
place at once. To keep them huddled
together is. to invite dampness while
stretching them upon the wall dries and
preserves them in the right way.
The best room for trimming is the
drawing room, as that room, being the
largest room in the house, has less heat.
The way to begin is by taking a double
handful of the green trimming and tying
1t to the side of the pOrtiere. Ii this is
| done where the portiere joins the rod
| near the ceiling the result will be a
graceful dropping festoon.
A Governors Table
In trimming the table for the Christ
mas dinner the girls have invented many
delightful things. One of the young Ia
dies, who is called by her friends Miss
c.. because she is so clever, has q SIM
pie method which she is going to adopt
for the dining table of an ex-governor.
On Christmas morning this clever Miss
c.. will take a beveled glass mirror and
bushel of holly. The mirror will be
placed upon the middle of the dining
table, and the holly stacked upon it.
The glass gives back the holly again
and again to those who are dining, and
the result is a perfect labyrinth of the
/ lovely stuff After dinner the uncles
and aunts and mothers-in-law will take
twigs of the berried fruit and trim them
selves with them, as souvenirs of the
dinner.
There is another girl artist who might
also be called Miss c., because she is so
charming This young woman has q
positive genius for home decoration.
Her speciality is doorWays, and SO in
geniously did she fit one out in Brook
lyn that the owner of the house. COM
ing home to dinner that night, turned
to 90 out of the door, not recognizing
his own hall.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
THEY HANDLE HOLLY.
Girls Draw FloWery Plans of What
Your House Might be and
Trim il for You,

New York, Dec 1.-THE pace for dec
Grating town houses is set by the very
ones who should set 1.-THE artist wom-
en- of New York These young peo-
pie, of whom there are precise
~ three times as many this year
as there were last year, have been
busying themselves all this month get
ting up pretty schemes for Christmas
decoration and, as they have been sell
ing their ideas and taking part in the
decoration of other houses, their time
has not been wasted.
The trimming of Christmas rooms in
New Y ork has long been an annual GUS
tom The wreath hung in the window
and the festoon from the archway are
crude compared to the wonders that are
accomplished in house-trimming This
year the ideas bid fair to eclipse all pre-
vious efforts, and it is the girl artists
of New York who are busy inventing
pretty things for trimming the house.
a Georgian's Idea.
There are different branches of work
in all kinds Of art, so there are branches
ment house in which many girl artists
live in harmony, each group having a
little establishment of its own. you can
mako a selection of artists according to
which part OF your home you want dec
grated: and you can be sure each branch
of decoration will be superbly done. The
young artists combine, sending people
to one another and each turning over to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

seized him by the shoulders, and together
we carried him in and laid him on a bed.
helped her to remove his shoes and out
side garments, but not a single word
escaped her lips. The children went to
the darkest corner and stood there like
statues-no gasping or weeping or Whis-
perins.
Il would sooner have given my right
arm than that this should have come
about" | said as | was ready to go.
The woman looked at me with eyes
which stared like those Of somnambu-
list. Her face was as pale as the face Of
the dead and there were wrinkles in
plenty which grief and worry had
brought there.
children, I did not know it was your
father-I am not to blame" l said as
turned to them.
They stared at me as the mother had
done, and l saw them shrink closer to
each other.
Won't you say you can forgive me-"
l pleaded with the wife and mother.
She looked from me to the dead-from
the dead to the children-from the chill
dren back to me. Then she pointed to
the door, and / went out in to the night
with her white face haunting me, as it
continued to haunt me for days and
weeks and years.
l had Santa Claus presents for the
children shrinking in the corner There
was blood upon them-the blood of their
father. [ knew how they would feel.
and nothing could have tempted me to
leave that box at the door. I have it
stored away among my relics of those
ever-to-be-forgotten years. The string
has never been united nor the wrapper
removed. On the wrapper is written:
Santa Claus present, bought for the
children of Confederate soldier in 1863,
but never delivered"
The day after Christmas there was
new-made grave to the east of the cabin
The widow had buried her dead with
her own hands, and therein lies his dust
today.-Detroit Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
"A SONG OF KRIss hR1NGLE's TREE.

Kriss Kringle's bells are jngling,
The frosty air is tinging,
All slyery sounds are m1ngling,
This merry, merry day.
With many tleecy feather,
The snowfakes dance together;
Here comes Kriss Kringle's weather,
In good Kriss Kringle's way.
Kriss Kringle's measures tripping,
Kriss Kringle's sweetness slipping,
The while his gifts were clipping
From brave Kriss Kringle's tree.
We set the candles burning,
Like stars and planets turning,
And every dream and yearning
There satisfied we see
Alone and solitary,
AlOof from elf and fairy,
1t grew in forests airy
Through many season dim
To reach it's day of glory,
When winter woods were hoary,
To hear KriSS kringle'S story
And dear kriss Kringles hymn.
o tree that wearieS never
o tree that charms us ever!
o tree that lives forever!
The blessed Christmas tree.
Where love and kindness blending
Round up the years fair ending,
There heavens own beauty lending,
Behold KriSS Kringle'S tree.
Margaret E. Sangster in Harper's Young
PeOulp.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

the next artist the bit of work which
comes IN her own line.
One OF these artists is a pretty South
efn girl. She is from Georgia. and her
IDEAS are the typical pretty Georgians
1ef specially IS window decoration, and
up 10 iast evening she had orders for
decorating exactly 100 Christmas win
COWS. Some were parlor windows. 9th
ers were for the banquet hall. several
were for kitchen windows, where a
young peoples party is to be held
CHRISTMAS eve. and one solitary window
Is for a slck-room, where lies an invalid
girl, the youngest daughter of the house.
Each window is already laid out on
paper A plan of it is drawn and has
been submitted to the people who want
the window decorated. Upon their APP
prevail the young artist gets up an esti-
mate of the cost from the nearest for
ist and when the work is done draws a
commission from the florist and a stated
sum from the one who owns the window
That Is the business side of the tranSac-
ton
The newest of the ways of decorating
the Christmas window is in trimming
the window shades. This is set at the
right height and is completely covered
with smilax, put on in straight lines
until it covers the window shade en-
tlrely. A Streamer of the SmilaX is hung
down for raising and lowering the shade
and from the end of the streamer dan
giles q rose.
There are flower lambrequins made
very effectively of chrysanthemums
These flowers are wrapt around with
wet cotton and will preserve their beau.
ty for week or even longer. If they
dry, without too much moisture, they
keep their natural color for month.
One of the girl artists has selected in
terror decoration as her speciality. Let
her loose in room and give her a
clothes basket of holly and few flowers
and your room is SO lovely you cannot
leave it long enough for your Christmas
dinner.
This pretty girl, also from the South
as SO many girl artists are, decorated
a room the other day and made it sc
pretty that a photograph was taken OF
it. One bit of the room, the corner
where the grandfather's clock stood
was SO effective that her artist friend
who was assisting her persuaded her to
stand still for minute with the holly
in her hands while n sketch could be
made of her. The work of decorating
was done at early evening, about {
o'clock. in time for q dancing party tC
be given that evening; and the girl art
ist, in evening dress for an entertain
ment. looked a picture as she arranged
the green's and dressed the furniture
Standing in front of grandfathers clock
she allowed another girl artist to sketch
her.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
A Tasmanian Wonder.

The greatest wonder of the antipodes
is the celebrated glow-worm cavern, dis
covered in 1891 in the heart of the Tas-
manian wilderness. The cavern or ca
yerns there appears to be a series of
such cayerns in the vicinity, each sepa-
rate and distincD are situated near the
town of Southport, Tasmania, in a
limestone bluff, about four miles from
Ida bay. The appearance of the main
cavern is that of an underground river.
the entire floor of the subterranean pas
sage being covered with water about a
foot and half in depth. These wonder
full Tasmanian caverns are similar to all
caverns in their limestone formation.
with the exception that their roofs and
sides literally shine with the light emit
ted by the millions of glow worms which
inhabit them.-St Louis Republic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
MRS. FREMONT'S HOME.
Picturesque and Attra ctive Spot in
California,

A Picturesque and Attra ctive Spot in
California,
Among all the aHe homes and beautiful
grounds in West Los Angeles, very
few OF the old places belonging to pio-
neer settlers on the coast and now in pos
session of their children, the one that IN
terested me the most in passing is the
pretty home of Mrs. Jessie Benton Ere
mont, secured to the brave generals
widow chiefly by the women of Califor-
MA. 1t stands just outside the city linn
its IN one of the most beautiful streets
of the place, and is set down in the very
center of what was an orange orchard,
trees enough being cut out to make 4
place for it. Driving Into town. along
Main street. which is the only street en-
tlrely through the city and on to the
ocean en- the west and toward the Sierra
on the east, one passes an old adobe
house where Gen. Fremont lived for a
time in the early days.
1t is said to have been very picturesque
and whole rows of enthusiastic sketchers
might for time be seen seated on camp
stools across the broad avenue, transfer
ring it's outlines to paper or canvas. But
it has been made commonplace by mod
ern wooden additions. At the eastern
end of the modern city Broadway, for
merly Fort street, ends against a high
bluff or hill on which Gen. Fremont in
1916 erected his fort and took possession
of the old Spanish-Mexican city, which
the height completely dominates, and of
the entire country, in the name Of the
United States.-Scranton Truth
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
Got His Receipt.

SIS they any way I kin git a receipt
for this here letter." asked the thin
haired man with the crocheted tie
You can get it registered for cents
extra" answered the delivery clerk IF
the letter is one of Importance and it's
delivery is of particular consequence.
registration is advisable
''Oh, the letter amt of no particular
importance-at least not 8 cents worth,
| don't think. I merely allowed mebbe
l could git some kind of a receipt to
show l had mailed it to give the old
woman. | guess I'll save the Spence
an put up with bein' called a ole liar, as
usual. "-Indianapolis Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

readers this year I do not say, after the
merry Christmas, but [ say: May you
have a young Christmas day when
you may forget that you are 40, SO or 60
and feel that you are once more back to
boyhOod days and girlhood years. Once
such a Christmas comes to you it will
be the happiest of all your life. And
that is the sort of Christmas I wish for
each and every one of my readers this
year-the happiest in merriment, the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
TO PRESERVE POTATOES.
Experiments with the Tubers Show This
Can Done.

Experiments WIFI TIC IuD6TS oIIUW IIIIs
Can be Done.
Evaporated potatoes is the latest Min
nesota industry and by next fall two
big evaporating establishments will be
in operation at Duluth. The potato crop
of the past season was SO vast that mill
ions OF bushels went to waste, and dur
ing the past week experiments have dem
onStrated that the tubers can be treated
and preserved in much the same manner
as apples. One factory will be located
at Island Lake.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
He Got Even.

The young wife of an elderly merchant
i'll Paris was caught by her husband send
ing messages by her favorite carrier pig
con to a distant lover. Thereupon, il
order to revenge himself he wrung the
carrier pigeons neck and compelled his
wife to make a luncheon of the bird. Any
doubts as to the truth of this little mar
rative will have to be charged UP to the
vivid and picturesque imagination of the
French.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
Salisbury will Talk.

New York. Dec, PA special to the
bury, through his private secretary, Mr..
Harrington, tonight stated that he would
probably take early occasion to express
his personal sentiments towards the
United States in some public address
from the platform or at private dinner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25

In giving grandfather's clock a dress
for Christmas the hard outlines must
be softened. That square appearance
at the top must be taken away. This
can only be done by heaping the holly
high upon it. Half a peck of holly is
not too much for making the top Of the
clock rounding and graceful. The, girl
artist managed it by throwing the holly
up at the clock. Standing upon tiptoe
she would take small handful of it
and toss it up. Then another handful,
and SO on. until it began to fall down at
bright red berries arrange themselves
stihy, but well. The less you place"
holly the better.
Another charming bit of home treat
ment, for these rooms that were to be
the scene of family gathering during
the next few days, was in the dressing
OF the old armchair. This is a feature
in nearly every nome, and none appre-
ciates its decoration SO much as the
member of the family who drops into it,
conscious that there is no longer strength
for the reyeries of Christmas. The old
of the fair young artist, was so cheerful
and pretty that it was the enyled post
of all.
F.oraI Fraud.
At the sides of this chair stood jar
dinieres of the long, slender kind. Into
these can be slipped pot of plants:
The flowers upon the plants look as II
just cut and fresh, but really they are
growing The fraud is never detected
until someone, wondering why the flow
ers do not wither in the vase, find out
that they are growing in soil. The girl
artist has her florist prepare for this by
growing roses, chrysanthemums ana
feathery green all in one pot; and when
it is slipped in the jardiniere it looks like
a bouquet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-25
A UGUST WIGGENHORN,
II
Matchmaker. and JeaUeLe9'.

Opposite Bank o. WatertoT1, corner Main and
stock of Watches, CLOCKS, Jewelry, Silver and
Plated Ware, etc. Particular attention paid to
repairing watches. clocks. jewelry, ETC.. and war
ranted to give satisfaction.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
SEEKING PEACE AND QUIET.

New York. July GA special to a 10
cal paper from Panama says: The
steamer Imperial has arrived with the
latest circular letter issued by Gen.
Eloy Alfaro, supreme chief Of the revo-
lutionary government in Ecuador in
Guayaquil.
The letter is dated June 80 and is adj
dressed to the authorities of the inte-
rior provinces. 1t recommends toler-
ance and justice, and makes a plea for
the effective practice Of lawful guaran-
tees to all citizens, without exception,
for the establishment of real harmony
and fraternal feeling among all classes
of society, and for an earnest endeavor
to forget all the differences that have
divided Ecuador.
About five thousand of the most emf
nent persons in Quitos society have
signed a memorial petitioning the
Quito government to accept the basis Of
the conference proposed by Gen. Eloy
Alfaro's peace commission, and submit
to the government of Guayaquil with
out delay.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
ANEW OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 6 HERMANN
A New Departure.

We will begin Monday,
July lst, to inaugurate a
movement which we will
continue to carry out twice
a year, July and January,
and that is a Semi-Annual
Sale of High Class Furni-
ture. AS we have made up
our mind that we will not
carry any high grade goods
over, and recognizing the
fact that the only way to
dispose of them in an of
season is to
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07
LOW RATES TO BOSTON.

The B. & o. R. R. Co. will sell round
trip tickets from Wheeling to Boston
and return, for all trains July 5th
to 9th, inclusive; valid for return pas
sage until July 22d, with the privilege
of an additional extension until July
31st, if desired. The rate from Wheel
ing will be $3.50 and correspondingly
low rates form other points.
A double daily service of fast express
trains is maintained from Wheeling to
all points in the East. Tourists will
bear in mind that all B. & o. trains be-
tween the East and West run via Wash
ington. For full particulars write b.
& o. Agent, Wheeling.