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ExGov. Waite Of Colorado has bccoma
q rich man in mining.
The oil wells of Senator Roger @, Mills
are said to net him about 500 a day.
Hobson is said to be writing a memoir
of his experiences in the Spanish war
DR.. Conan Doyle is described as tall,
bluff, hearty, and an enthusiastic cHcK'
eter.
Admiral Sampson graduated from the
naval academy at the head of his class III
1861.
/ Secretary Gage is said to be a passion
ate sportsman, and a remarkably goou
shot
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is ilrm
believer in and a stout supporter OF tno
Salvation army.
DR.. Scott Schley, the youngest son OF
| the admiral, has begun the practice OIL
| medicine in New York.
Miss Flora Shaw, who is now in the
Klondike, is the woman connected WIFI
| the London end of the Jameson raid
Ian Maclaren, who is to lecture in inc
! West next spring, is said to intend remain
| ing in this country for at least year
w. D. Howells, the novelist, is SAD u
| be contemplating trip to London, "Hel'
| he will be the guest Of Henry James
Captain Sigsbee's artist daughter, Mary
| Ellen, has won the competition lof
| scholarship in the Art Students League
| Burnett, the Harvard football player
says that he was not the original LUZ.
Lord Fauntleroy." That honor Delol5'
| to his brother.
Gov. Pingree of Michigan started me
! poor mill hand. Now he is the heau u 3,a+
| business, the value of the yearly pfoo"''
of which is about $1,000,0O0. -.
The empress dowager Of emma j. ~
years of age Her title runs as 1oiloms
''Tzu-hsi- tuan-y u- Kang-i-shao-yu
cheng- shoukung-c -hsien-chang-hsl
The death of Col Amos Webster u
Washington leaves Gen. Horace foIs .;r,
now ambassador to Paris, the only sur
ing member of Gen. U. S. Grant S pel''I
al staff. ,
Helen Keller, the deaf, dumb ana PM rnl
girl who is about to enter Kadcl!ile II
Iece. Cambridge has become deNo'1 Ifs.
the bicycle, riding tandem WIFI
Sullivan, her teacher.
Col. John A. Watkins, the Inulan ath.
torian. who died in New Orleans the oo
or day. was a veteran of the Mexican VT Wa
and direct descendant OF joseph az,
k;ns, the follower Of Capt. Jchn on14
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she has forgotten, for it is just one Of
the things Emily would notice. She has
oil her sheets hemstitched.
The children are beauties! Eric is the
picture of his father at the same age, and
what spirit! Cecil takes after his moth
er's family. l love them dearly, but it's
a good thing children come while one is
young-I couldn't stand the racket for
long nowadays. Ernest looks thin. He
doesn't get on, poor boy. 1t would have
been wiser if we had given him his own
way and let him so abroad, but we did it
for the best. Father says we cannot do
more than act upon the light of the mo-
ment, and that it is useless grieving over
what is irretrievable, but l can't help
grieving. Amy has had a hard time! No
one would think, to look at her now, what
pretty girl she was when they were
married. She has no nurse girl for baby,
and that is the same dress she wore last
year, with new trimmings to freshen it up.
We must give them check with their
Christmas present, but not before the 9th
ers-they would not like that-just quietly
when we are alone.
Minette and Charlie came last, though
they live nearest of all. She planned that,
the little rogue! I know her tricks. She
was not going to arrive in the character of
bride without making sure of her audi
| ence; and how pretty she was-a perfect
picture in those lovely furs. Father says
she is exactly what l was as q girl but
my hair was never SO golden. And Char
lie adores her. l ought to be thankful for
that marriage. Her house is prettier than
any Of the others, but | don't know how
she will manage sShe uses the best
things every day, and never draws the
blinds for the sun When l say anything
she pulls my cap on one side and asks if
remember Aunt Christina S soft blanket.
They all laugh at me about that, but /
can't see the joke. 1t was far too grand
for our room, and the red and green
stripes made the furniture look shabby, so
I put it aside for one of the children, and
now none Of them will have it. 1t can't
be soiled, for it is wrapped up in the same
paper in which it arrived ten years ago,
and it's a beautiful thing-there must be
pounds of wool in it, not to mention the
| silk.
Charlie sits next to Emily. l wonder
what she will wear! l wonder which cap
should put on! The one with the pearl
| drops is the most becoming, but the lace is
not real. I'll wear the new one, and let
her see that my Brussels is as good as
hers. 1 think I'll give Amy the old Honi-
ton. She has brought presents for every
one, the kind little thing, though she is so
shabby herself. She showed me Nelfs
tonight. Pink silk covers for cushions!
She is going to sew them on in the morn
ing, and they will be on the couch as a
surprise for Nell when she is carried down
to dinner. The pink viii make her look
less pale. My nrecious lamb! A week
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ago I thought she would not be able to
come down, but she has stayed in bed and
taken every care. She knew it would
spoil our Christmas if she We're not among
us. All! what was saying? Last year
she walked down; this year she must be
carried-next year, perhaps My baby!
The last of themSall! l can't face it, I
can't let her go! Thave nursed her night
and day for nineteen years, should have
nothing to do if Nellie were not here. And
yet to see her grow more and more help
less; to suffer worse pain! She would be
well and strong, and she has had nothing
but suffering here-neyer any enjoyment
like other girls. There are worse troubles
than death-much worse. If could think
Of Robbie in heaven! All! my boy, where
are you tonight? What are you doing
Have you forgotten me, Robbie, alto
gether? Twelve o'clock striking! Father
in heaven, Thy Sons birthday! Hear a
mothers prayer. My children! Remem-
Der my children!
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gv. understanding fur, SD Chat Safy the
| face appears. Every man has PRONG
| ious growth Of whiskers, sometimes loot
/ long, and hair that rea ches below the rim
of the caps and lies across the shoulders.
"There were but a dozen calendars IN
| all that region and very few men mad any
| idea of dates. Some did not even know
what month it was. One day, s we SAT
| at McCarthy's, some one suggested that
! Christmas was approaching and we
thought of observing the occasion. A
week before Christmas we all agreed upon
a celebration, and, crude though 1T was,
| we had q day that none of us Will ever
forget. It was more remarkable from the
| fact that there were in and about the ut
tie hamlet of Dawson City over 1,lOO
! men. No one earned less than S16 day,
and the larger part had each risen from
! poverty to possessions worth several thou
sand dollars in period Of three months.
I suppose the combined wealth in actual
gold in the district then was nearly Sl,-
OOO, 900, and clear prospect of increasing
it to twice or thrice that sum in another
five months. I don't believe that COM
munity richer per capita has existed In
this world than that was at Dawson City.
Yet we had mockery Of civilization and
hardly any of the comforts of life of lot
Of paupers.
"Every. one was informed on Dec. "A
of the fact that next day would be Christ
mas. Some 300 of us went down to Nc
Carthy's to celebrate the holiday. Dark
ness set in at that period at about 80 p,
M, but we had become accustomed to the
2O-hour nights. When it got along to
about II 80 p. m. we got our watches out
and waited. At exactly II the signal was
given. The whistle at Joe Ladue's saw
! mill screeched for half hour, and over
800 shotguns, rifles and pistols were dis,
charged, in volleys singly, in quartets and
in trios for hours. Every one shook hands.
Some danced about the room, and big,
burly miners hug ED one another, while
Merry Christmas was shouted again and
again. It was the first time In the whole
experience Of the Klondike that we felt
in sympathy with the outside world.
con Christmas morning we brushed up
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lieve 1 shall ever forget Christmas. It
was Dawson City's first. Dawson was
three months and half DID, and had set
tied down to be permanent town. All
the miners who had made good locations
had by this time housed themselves in
pine board shanties. A few had built
shanty frames about tents to secure
greater warmth within. All Of us who
made any strikes Of gold at all had done
so by October, so we were we'll along with
our gold digging; but we could do less in
December than in any month in the year.
From the latter part Of November to early
in January there is only four hours Of
practical daylight in any day. Many
days, when the wind blew hardest-in
fact, it blows a gale there all the winter
long, and snow and pellets Of ice were
blown along-candles were kept lighted
all day long. In winter, candles and
lamps were always lighted between l and
in the afternoon. The mercury ranged
from 26 degrees below zero to IS degrees
below. So we could not make satisfactory
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22
CHRISTMAS suPERsTlTIONS.
Things That One Must Not Do Under
Penalty of Bad Luck.

Things That One Must Not Do Under
Penalty of Bad Luck.
In North Germany you must not spin
during the twelve nights Of Christmas,
lest you should walk after your death, nor
after sunset on Saturday, for then mice
will eat your work. Speaking Of eating,
if you want to have money and luck all
the year round, you must not fail to eat
herrings on New Years day, nor, if you
wish to be lucky, must you rock an empty
cradle or spill salt wantonly or cross
knives or point at the stars.
If you leave a dirty cloth on the table
over night you will make the angels weep;
if you point upward to the rainbow you
will make the angels feet bleed, and If
you talk Of cabbages while looking at the
moon you will hurt the feelings of the man
in it, who was a cabbage stealer in his
salad days.
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seedlings were like ours, but that was
when I made my own. wish ! could
have made them this year, but dared not
E4gSest it They are so Eighty nowadays,
desc fne servants. Maria would have
aaAen offense at once, and it would never
have done to be without her just now
With house full of Visitors.
1t felt like old times tonight, and how
happy father looked welcoming them all!
He viii ruin those boys before the holt
days are over. 1t was the same with our
svn children; II he was obliged to dis
&spoint them, he was miserable for the
sest Of the day. Such tender heart as
he hasI / never knew man like him.
Hs has never lost patience with me in all
desc years, and have been sharp with
IN many time-about such little things!
When I have fretted about the children
ns away and leaving US, one by one,
ave remembered his faithful love and
Aeen comforted.
s"u1 children. three grandchildren, all
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sag days or weeks in preparing for pro-
ger celebration of holidays. OF all Of the
Aays that attracted unusual attention on
aae part Of the Yankee soldiers, Christ
mss stood at the head, however.
With most Of the young fellows Christ
MAS, 1851, was their first away from
Acme. Many of them had hard work to
appear happy as they looked at presents
arom dear ones and ate the good things
0ent them. But great changes had taken
@lace before Christmas, 1862. At least
$4,000 Of the Army Of the Potomac had
fallen out of line-dead, wounded or pris-
sners. The track of it's march was red
red from Yorktown to Richmond and from
Richmond to Malvern Hill; from Cedar
Mountain to Manassas; South Mountain
% Antietam, and the reddest spot was
TreGericksburg. What a gloomy Christ
MAS It was for the Northerners. They
Rad, only a few days before, been badly
defeated in their attempt to drive Lee and
Shs Army Of Northern Virginia from the
AaAxhts Of Fredericksburg. The people at
Acme may have started Christmas din
ner to the boys, but it did not reach them.
On Christmas 1858, the army was shiv-
sriag along the Rappahannock and Rapi-
dan, and as far out as Culpeper Court
Mouse. 1t was too cold, and the men
were too poorly housed to enjoy the day.
Christmas dinners were the order Of the
Aay In 1854. The army was strung along
behind Notifications from Richmond to
below Yellow House, on the Weldon Rail
Scad, distance of nearly forty miles. The
Sanitary and Christian Commissions had
arranged to supply the army with a
Christmas dinner. Few men were over
Booked. Except that in 1861, it was the
Aappiest Christmas for the Yankee army
since the trouble began. There were many
signs that the next Christmas would be
&atoyed at home, and so it was by all who
escaped from the hot times from March 20
- the evening Of April 8, after Grant and
Lee had met at Appomattox.
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Roadway even in the richest Of the dig
gings. All through December about half
the miners used to spend days in loafng
about McCarthy's saloon at Dawson. The
other half puttered about their cabins,
dug little now and then, mended their
fur suits and made shoes from walrus
hide.
"At McCarthy's sometimes $50 or more
men would gather around the roaring fire
and a strange scene it was. Imagine an
assemblage Of men in a rough, barn-like
structure, furnished with board benches,
and illuminated by dozen Pickering can
dies. Some men are dressed in baggy gar
ments Of fur, others in several coarse,
heavy overcoats over heavy wooden
clothes. All have caps of halfcured, shay
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a bit, and putting on our best rubber boots
went and called on our best friends in the
mining cabins and settlements, and re-
ceived our friends from the mining cabins
scattered up and down the frozen creeks.
Eat 2 p. M, when the darkness was set
ting down in the valleys, several hundred
miners met by agreement at McCarthy's.
It was the only building in Dawson that
could comfortably hold large assemblage
of people. Mac had prepared a program
Of events for the day and we had each
Clipped in an ounce of dust toward de-
fraying the expenses. The sawdust had
been removed from the floor and score
of candles and lamps were arranged about
the room. Mccarthy himself wore a boil
ed shirt in honor Of the occasion. On a
broad board table along one wall of the
room luncheon had been arranged for
the Christmas celebrators. For a half
hour after arriving at Macs we were busy
stamping snow from our rubber boots and
walrus hide shoes, peeling off extra cover
ings and in general hand-shakings and
more Merry Christmasings.'
Now, boys, fall right in and tickle
your gizZards over there shouted Mac
urbanely to the crowd.
"There was room for only fifty to eat at
a time, so while one squad was standing
up and eating at the table, the rest We're
sitting about on the benches. We told
stories of other Christmas days in other
camps, talked about what the people down
in the States were doing, wondered what
had transpired since we last heard from
there five months before), wondered who
was dead, how election had gone, and
what the people would say when we go
back with our heaps Of gold and stories Of
how rich we had struck it.
cat last the last man in the crowd of
Christmas celebrators had been to the
long table and had filled up on baked
beans, fried pork and bacon, Goldfish balls,
macaroni and coffee. Then Mac read the
program and the entertainment proceeded.
A dozen men made speeches--a few Of
them genuinely ous-appropriate to
the occasion. America and God Save
the Queen were sung and resung. The
Norwegians and Swedes sang their ma
tional songs, and the sounds of the first
Christmas celebration in the Klondike
were ca rried on the wind down among the
icy crags of the lonely, frozen Yukon. 1t
must have been below so degrees below
zero when we pulled our fur caps on and
strapped our heavy garments about lis
late that arctic night and went trudsing
home through the snow to our cEOin7
along the creeks"
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rian minister. After having received
common school education young Brice on
tered Miami University at Oxford, Ohio
He was then but ID years old. When tbn
war broke out he was among the first 70
volunteer in the university company, and
in 1862 he was enrolled as member a.
Company A of the Eighty-siXth Ohio vol.
unteers. After serving for a year with
the army in West Virginia, Brice returned
to the university, being graduated in 1861
Early in the following year he recruited
a company, which was assigned to the
1S0th Ohio volunteers. When he left tho
army Brice had been promoted to the
rank of lieutenant colonel.
At the close of the war Col. Brice tool,
up the study of law, and was admitted to
practice in 1866. He practiced with great
success until 1880, when he abandoned
the profession to take charge of various
enterprises in which he was interested.
While practicing law Col Brice BECAME
interested in politics. He was chosen
delegate large to the national Demo.
cratic convention held at ST. Louis in
1888, and as reward for his services az
the convention he was elected chairman
of the national campaign committee.
Col. Brice was elected United States
Senator from Ohio in 1890 to succeed
Senator Payne, and served one term He
had lived in New York City two years
but maintained a residence in Lima, Ohio.
He leaves a widow and five children,
three sons and two daughters.
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CARLlSTS LOSING GROUND.

Spain Wants tally to Watch DON Carlos
and Prove Its Friendship.
The Carlist movement in Spain is evil
IDENTIFY beginning to lose ground AS a
result the Spanish Government has be-
come more aggressive. 1t is now anxious
to locate Don Carlos, who has slid out of
view since his reported appearance in
Austria. The army is being slowly mo-
bilized in Navarro and the Basque prov
inces as a check to Carlist movements.
These provinces are in northern Spain,
bordering the French frontier. Spain has
asked the Italian Government to prove its
friendship by watching for Don Carlos in
Italy.
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CAPTAIN SlGSBEE 100 LATE.
Fails to Reach Fortress Monroe in
Time to Sail OH Texas,


Captain D. Sigsbee did not have the
satisfaction of sailing into Havana har-
Dor, his first visit there since the destruc-
ton of the Maine, in command of his own
ship. It was considered in naval circles
as a rather dramatic thing for Sigsbee's
ship to be the first to reach Havana in
response to a call for the protection of
American interests there, just as he was
sent to the Cuban capital in the Maine
for similar reason.
But they do things in a hurry in the
navy nowadays, and Captain Sigsbee
could not reach the Texas before she
steamed out of Hampton roads. A tcle-
gram was sent to Captain Sigsbce at
Fortress Monroe by the department tell
ing him to take the first train for Tampa
and take passage on the regular passenger
vessel, thence to Havana.
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XMAS IN KLONDIKE.
ONE DAY OF GOOD CHEER DUR.
ING A DREARY WINTER.
At so Degrees Below Zero, and While
the Bitter Winds We're Roarings
Dawson City Celebrated In a Crude
but Joyous Manner.

HE December days
and nights, accord
ing to one Of the
miners who came
back from the Yu-
kon diggings with
plenty Of gold, are
the most trying Of
the year in the Klon-
dixie region, especial
~ at Christmas time.
eff I live to the age
Of Methusaleh, he
Saws. "I don't be-
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indies towards the enjoyment of rare
fruits, rare scenery, and festivities that
always crowd the Christmas season.
Christmas trees, the American Santa
Claus, and stockings, cut comparatively
little figure in the celebrations at Havana
and In the other Cuban cities, still balls,
parties and masquerades follow one an
eAher In bewilderingly rapid succession,
and 1t Is not to be assumed that the soldier
bcys will remain in camp all of the time
that this fun and variety is going.
This mardi-gras class of celebration
sarticularly prominent in Porto Rico, IS,
however, bound to pail on the true Amer
lean taste, and while it extends over a
week or more, the one especial day Will
b remembered and signalized. In
ehs Philippines our soldier boys mo
European tastes quite in evidence, with q
aair representation Of residents from the
United States. Manila is progressive
ssty-cosmopolitan enough to include the
energy and variety that make the holiday
season quite a gay round OF entertain
Ments and celebrations.
In the tented field proper the soldier has
secession to feel joyous and hopeful. An
nkheY Christmas tide, and nearly every
regular and volunteer on soil now foreign
win have returned to where the home
stars and Stripes wave in peaceful gran
aenr: The palm tree will be a memory
ans Christmas tree-real and generous
win bear double gift for the soldier and
abe hero!
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they do now, while the gentlemen went
abroad visiting friends. The visitor en-
tered, shook hands, took seat, convers-
ed for few moments, and after partak-
ing of refreshments-of which boned tur-
key and picked oysters were the staple
dishes and sherry and whisky the most
popular drinks-had another handshaking
and terminated the visit. The custom is
of Dutch origin.
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A MOTHERS MUSINGS

YET, three-quarters
Of a pound, bread
crumbs, three-quar-
tiers, eight eggs. l
told her to be care
full in weighing, but
you can never tell.
Last year it fell to
pieces before 1t came
to table, and spoil
ed my pleasure for
the rest Of the din
ner. Father used to
say that nohody's
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n the armies during
the civil war holidays
were not notably diff
ferent from other
days. This may be
accounted for on the
ground that every
day with armies in
active service, liable
at any moment to be
ordered to engage in
dangerous undertak'
ings, all had near.
ly enough to think
y
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The New Arrangement.

II suppose you're going to have another
old-fashioned Christmas at your house
this year, Hoply?'
Cant possibly arrange it. Hired girl
goes to matinee in the afternoon, reception
in the evening and a dance later on"
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The BcAcmr's stocking.

HANS up the bachelors stocking.
Ye fn,Qs that fly by night:
And dance AROUND it mocking
It's lean and empty plight.
For him no gladness bring ye-
Dhe single, selfish soul.
In 1t no presents GiEx ye,
They'd all drop through the aole.
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An Old-Time New Year.
The method in vogue in New York City
half a century ago was for the ladies of
the family to remain at home, much as
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day afternoon at hi.
n Nome in IN New York,
take ill on Satur1arT'
but his condition WIS a.,
not regarded serion rs
until Monday, wbs ~,
symptoms of pneumo'
: MIA appeared.
Calvin s. Brice was
born in Denmark. @
Sept. II, 1916. He was
the son of the Rev, "
IL
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22
IN THE CIVIL WAR.

holidays Were Not Notably Different
from Other Days.
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able to celebrate
this Christmas just
as they would like,
but most Of them
will not make a
mournful time Of it.
They have become
accustomed to SOL
der life and indur-
ated to strange eli
mate. This is one
Of the first requi-
sitos in the West
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CALVIN S. eRlcE is DFAn
Noted Financicr Succumbs to an
tack of Pneumonia.

Calvin Stewart Brice, the velI-l,no
fnancier and former Unitea@States Sena 4
tor from Ohio, died Of pneumonia Tbnl