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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18

She-Yes, papa is suffering terribly
from gout-he can hardly move his
foot.
He-Bah Jove, Miss Goldie, some
thing seems to tell me to speak to him
about our engagement to-day-bah
Courier Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18
What Did She Meant

Jones-I'm quite near neighbor of
yours now, Mrs. Golightly; I've taken
house on the river.
Mrs. Cob, well, hope you'll drop
in some day.-Tit-Bits.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18

Gracefully, Ethel! How could you
tell all the news in Mary's letter SO
soon? You haven't even read it.
Ethel-Well, you see. dear, read the
postscript frst.-Yonkers Statesman
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18
A Good Investment.

Bramble-What would you do if you
had million dollars?
Thorne-I'd hire private secretary
to answer fool questions.-Sm Smart Set.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18
One of Many.

Askitt-1s your son in business?
Knoitt-Yes; he's an architect.
Askitt = Indeed! What's his spe.
cialty?
Knoitt-Air castles.-Chicago Daily
News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18
Cincinnati

I'm going away tomorrow Won't
ysu think of me sometimes while I'm
gomez"
Hadn't you better ask papa if !
may?"-Chicago American.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18
His String.

'He says he accumulated quite
string of fish,
"He means he accumulated quite
string of fish stories" Philadelphia
Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18
Eggs That Are Co~.non.

In Virginia gulls' eggs Are common
" eaten, and in Texas thu Eggs of
terms and herons are gathered 2lapg
the coast.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18
Too Much for Him

"Ha~e you ever made bread before
Marie?'
ooh, yes. I used to make it for my
father until his doctor made me stop"
Chicago American.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18
He Got in Bad,

A sporty young man got in debt
Because on the races he'd bet.
lie was forced to succumb
When he owed quite a sumb-
And he's wearing his winter suit yebt.
Chicago Daily News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18
We Modern Mistress.

Fair Guest--My goodness! This
room looks like prison cell. What is
it for?
Hostess-That is to lock myself in
when I scald the cook.-N. Y. Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18

''Say, wholesome FOOLS collared my
hat"
That's funny-some idiots taken
mine. Ally Sloper.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-18


beneath me, when, upon either side,
lay open water, and a narrowing, I'M
certain path lay ahead, my nerve was
sorely tried.
AT times, overcome by the peril I
could not see, [ stopped dead and
trembled. I feared to strike my gait,
feared to set my foot down, feared to
quit the square foot of solid ice upon
which [ stood. Had it not been for
the high wind-high and fast rising
to gale-I should have sat down and
waited for the morning. But there
were Ominous sounds abroad, and al
though I knew little about the ways
Of ice, felt that the breakup would
come before the dawn. There was
nothing for it but to go on.
''And on I went; but at last-the
mischance was inevitable-my step
was badly chosen. My foot broke
through, and [ found myself, of sud
den, sinking. | threw myself for
ward, and fell with my nrms spread
cut; thus [ distributed my weight
over @ wider area of ice and was
borne up.
For time ] was incapable Of NOV
ing a muscle; the surprise, the rush
of terror, the shock of the fall, the
sudden relief Of finding myself safe
for the moment had stunned me. So
lay still, hugging the ice; for how
long | cannot tell but / know that
when [ recovered my self-possession
my first thought was that the light
was still burning in the surgery win
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

ruv- outer eoge sne- maze a poruer- OF
black. w. . -.
In hooking in the pieces she followed
the diagram laid out by the stains on the
rug was completed, she had very nice
pattern. 4 s. - y, Or.
Her next feat in rug making was the
completion Of rug which she called, q
~ real It was made upon q webbing
OF strong white linen threads which were
stretched over framework.
through the webbing and tied on top. This
held them firm and prevented the warp
from coming apart. This rug was: pre-
cisely as fine as the Persian article 1t
was made OF wool, but could have been
made of silk. III =. p - ~. ~
Following this she set up a framework
and covered It with coarse linen threads
cut three inches long. These she pulled
30 that they stood UP straight. She
marked out a. pattern on her warp, and
followed it. When her work was done She
had rug which was handsomer than any
: The reason for its beauty was that hat she i
She selected the Horseshoe falls of MI
agara and very realistic the while hi foam N
looked, carried out in creamy SILK.
=, When this rug was completed It was
clipped on top and put In the show win
dow as an example of the wares for SAFE
lIS]Ie.-
The making of a pulled rug, that is a
rug with the bits pulled through and
tied on the right side, Is long WORK.
end the young woman found that she
must have. help. So, after marking ouS
Sher pattern she hired another youns
woman to carry on the work.
s. The making of the real Persian rug,
as done in Persia, can be seen In manV
u Persian rug establishment, and the
young woman found that she could imi-
tate the real Persian worker by going
to work with her own nlmble fingers.
Her success in business dates from the
very beginning of her industry. for she
realized That YOU must work hard in or
der to prosper. 81 -.
But not every woman can go into the
bus mess In such a thorough nannerr.;
The top floors of the young Woman's
house arc filed with frames and workers,
TEen she employs outside help, and In
many q pretty home there stands q frame
with rug partly worked out, to be COM
pieted in time; and brought to the em-
pcrinm of the young woman who has
gone into the rug business.
For the woman who. wants TO go INTO
the business on smaller scale there
:lre easier rugs and rugs that take up
less space In the making and cost less
money to complete. 81 s
8 Cnesof these is the Egyptian rug soJ
called because it Is striped; and because
1t is light and because OF q certain re-
sennblancs to the common rugs Which;
you see when IN & Cairo. Is h1sh price
s Sesia = g = e - 80
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

> A man VINO resUTvev 10 cut OUT vlco
really means all he says-for the time
being. .< ,
Few women are willing to advocate a
radical reform which compels self-sac-
10 a. man there is something humiliat-
ing in having a woman direct his comings
When q woman attends church service
she takes on an air of piety that Is eX-
ceedingly becoming -
The man with, superabundance OF
lacking in progressiveness.
A won ans faith in a man is strength
ened nv another woman's want of faith in
Some men are led by woman without be-
ing aware Of the fact. . x
things said to them by. other women.
}, Tin e deals kindly when the man who
subst smiles for frowns.-Philadel-
rtia Bulletin. ..s s.-S .a.-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17
Strangely Beautiful
Serpents.

II NO interesting natives of the Ger-
man center of influence" in Africa
r nave just arrived at the Berinj
aquarium atlu n They represent a poison-
i Gus breed of serpent that bears the
name Of the rhinocerous viper.
This title has been given it from the ci..
Guns that above each nostril is al
Of the horn upon the breast from which,
~ taxes its name. Apart from this features
and it's rlft sufficiently colored skim it bears
al the charact eristics of the family of the
vipers. 1t is Extraordinarily short and,
stumpy-bodied. and has the broad and fat
head that marks those reptiles.
t is aet eauaed aSd OF Of the
known species of serpents: In general thel
upper surface is in black running into
white or yellow gray. Along the back
from the rear of the head to the point OF
the tail there is row Of deep brown
'deepsyeIlow lines. Where : these touch " the
spine they become sand-colored or red
dish yellow. In the fore and after part
gle Is Enclosed. In the brown field be-.
tween each two Of these rectangles fig
IRE like an hour glass is formed by the
Each green boundary line is accompanied
on the under side by a bright blue stripe
in the, form of festoon. Below every
brown field widening toward the stomach.
Through its middle drops a vertical stripe
Of golden yellow and dull blue. Between
each Of these two fields rises on the side
of the stomach a much depressed triangle
marked with mixed red, yellow and dulE
gray shadings. The first Of the rectangles
stretches from the forepart of the neck to-
the skull. The latter IS grayred and car
ries a black through the middle. The
temples and the back Of the head are spot
ted with black flakes.
In Africa the fhinoceros viper is COM
mon on the west coast from Liberia to
Damaraland It is a noctural in its hab-
its even in greater degree than any Of
its relations. It never moves from its lair
during the day. Unlike many other vi
pers, it does not first bite it's prey and
then wait for it to die before eating it.
-Ex.
WfsdOm's Wh1spers.
z When a woman writes letter Of SYM
oathv she usually exhausts her store Of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

to1. nm, however, the PRINCESS. mas TO De
chosen solely on account of family and
political considerations, regardless Of
whether she is attractive or not. Premier
Silvela and ex-Prenier Sagasta will have
more to say about the selection than the
prospective bridegroom himself. p
Another Of the four notable exceptions
to the general run Of plain princesses.
marie Josephine or BOURBON ls a grand
daughter of King Ferdinand Of Sicily,
who lost his throne some, thirty years ago.
This deposed family resides at Ca nm .s;s
Josephine is tall and active, an expert
yachtswoman, a skilled rider and a crack
lawn tennis player. She is twenty-one
years old, and an admirable match for
ROman Catholic prince, but, like the
Archduchess Marie, is debarred by re-
ligion from the competition for the Ger
man and Russian thrones. ISss-s 81. N..:
A. sad story. g., w.,
But the most beautiful of all the ma--
RAG eAble princesses Of Europe is W'Itrlld
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

Processes IN europe IN H1usrIy -rFu 1uu
Kood looking. Theoretically, OF course.
to refrain from mechanically writing
'sbeautiful'' before theiElnames as it used
to be for the country Reporter TO write
they were numerous aid costly" Their
heavy. stupid faces heSoms * source 9 Geo., OF
nany HE text describing their beauty.
Religious Difficulties.
There are some three dozen sovereign
tween ,ti1gm they Dan muster no more
than twenty princesaessw who are eligible
for marriage to reigninE monarchs. SIX
OF them belong to the Austrian FAMILY,
six to- various branchesfof the Bourbons;
two to the deposed heuse Of Hanoyer ana
the others mostly to the minor German
and grand :ducal families. ~ ~.
Fourteen Of the twenty are Rom an
Catholics. four are Protestants and TWO
profess the Orthodox Greek faith. This
Of course, greatly reduces the number
who are eligible as tho brides OF the Two
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

Its basis is heavy but cheap striped
burlap which can. be found in many
co1ors. If3youcannot get striped burlaps
there come heavy rugs in bright colors
with light stripes running through them
which make excellent foundations for
floor cloths. These are particularly cheer
full for bed rooms and are recommended
because they are quickly made and, being
SO cheap. can be thrown away-when nd
longer fresh. ..szs s 4
To make such rug select material
,fifty-four inches wide. For the trimming
choose some heavy striped novelty and
scpt out the stripes ready fol. applyipf
to the rug. In making an Egyptian rug
be sure that you have the enGsz different.
AT one end there should be one design
which should be quite different from the
pattern at the other, end. # 6. 4t
A prayer rug Is always interesting.
Make the pattern so that. there is a.
pointed design at one end with square
spot-upQa which the chin Of tina denhut
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17
,IsATURDAY. ia NUARY II. 1908.
The Crop Of Royal Brides~@~2 4;
Pretty princesses Wait Family
History Of the Most Beautiful of Them All. .. .

~ r
rrIorvx, u1ce1x- TuyH1rres, -wuero as It u
nothing uncommon for a Protestant prin-
cess to embrace new religion for politi-
co-matrimonial reasons. The present
czarina of Russia and the crown princess
of Montenegro were Protestants, who
have accepted the Orthodox Greek faith
for the sake Of their husbands.
X An Austrian Beauty. -
There are only two royal ladies of the
Orthodox Greek faith who would be eligi-
BILE as the bride Of the Russian heir-pce-
sumptive-one Of them is his cousin, al
Russian grand duchess Of scanty personal
attractions, and the other is Princess
xenia Of Montenegro, the daughter OF the
reignlng prince Of Montenegro and sister
OF the queen Of Italy. Princess Xenia is
now twenty-one years Of agetan and e o bru-
sionally- obscure portraits of her have
given a. poor idea Of her personal attrac-s
lions, but have at last obtained genu--
inc and recent photograph Of her. and
will leave 1t to any reader if she. is not ad
beautiful as all princesses ought to be-
but SO few really are -
she was, educated in st. Petersburg and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17
UNCLE SAM IS GETTING HIS EYES OPENED.

p-,. purr1s III rurope-rne RUSSIAN ncn,
presumptive, Grand Duke Michael, ana
the successor to the German imperial
The czarlna must be an Orthodox Greek
and the German empress must be a Prot
estant, so that were Roman Catholic
princesses chosen as the brides Of the
future car and kaiser they would have
to change their faith. Cases in which
Roman Catholic princesses have re-
nounced their religion are, however, ex-r
tremely rare. for It is a rule without ex-a
ception among the Hapsburgs, the Bour-
bons and other sovereign houses that
their daughters may not even for, the
religion There is not one single contem-
porary Catholic princess in Europe who
has abandoned her faith in order to con-
tract m arriage with sovereign of an
German heirs will have to seek their con-
sorts in other, directions. A change OF
faith is also almost unknown among. Or
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

T. . - = 4 = Fr
,. QNDON, Jan. 2.-This year Of grace
n going to see some big royal Wed-
dings, the fruit Of long and serious
confabs between monarch ana mon.
arch behind palace doors.
The question OF mating prospexs..
tive rulers is becoming 50 dimcult4 tna!
the combined wits Of all the crowned
heads Of Europe, with premiers and am
bassadors ct hand to help think nSv,o ATS
remedv for what has become really en-.
.barrassing situation is to let each young
heir toza throne have his way and NARY aary
the American girl Of his choice. It HOOKS
as If that would be the rule with the
next crop Of heirs, but the present genera
ton Of royal parents and Of loyal subjects
isn't educated up to it yet, and no amount
Of RESIGNATION on the part of the American
girl or wiles on the part Of her mama WI
be able to effect the necessary change4
while Europe's thrones hold their present
occupants.
So it becomes imperative to find brides
for the heirs to the thrones Of Germany
ana. Russia. for the king of Spain and Tor
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

ss9 % y9 s on ne e. ne
spinach are all COED colors to. be used in
rugmaking The home dye pot can be
kept hotlingEand- the rags can. be colored
for them. s%t:5. *:.sEt,-5 =, -.
e st How to Make Fringe.
Every rug calls for q fringed edge, and
the cutting of fringe is not difficult. But.
fringe cutting. The fringe must be cut
all Of the same length with pair of
very sharp scissors that will snip fine.
a trife deeper or a little shsllower to
give it more strength than though it were
cut all precisely alike, as it weakens the
material TO have the strain all come Ill
the same place. ms 49, .. - ~ =
The trick in making pretty fringe is
in the underlay.> A second row of fringe
must be cut out Of cloth and seWed IN
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

10y m maicn-maK1ng as the ruyal
!aueensof England and RUSSIAN ',l czari ina
and4+the king Of Greece besides various
lesser personages, crowned sor likely to
be crowned eventually. So while there is
any hope of bringing OFF match between
the princess and the Grand Duke Michael
the other suitors will have to wait
Am ong them is the Grand Duke Ernest Of
Hesse, whose divorce from Princess Vic.
tor1a MeIita caused her august grand.
mother, the late. Queen Victoria, to DO
greatly disturbed. Failing Princess Xenia,
Grand Duke Michael will have to seek q
wife among the Protestant princesses Of
ing to adopt the Orthodox Greek faith.
ssr An Austrian Beauty. ~ <
Another young beauty who stands high
In the imperial marriage mart is Arch
Is nineteen years old and a distant cousin
of the Emperor Francis Joseph. Her
father Archdnka Fradarin-.ia tho haad o5
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

rue ,1esser young roy a1r1cs T0wrr .rv. .1ss.
riage market among the European
An Ugly Lot.
= One trouble is that all the royal young
folk are so closely related. Intermarr,ag g
crowned heads contain until such pessi-
mist writer's as Lombroso and Max Nor Tor
dau and Dr.. FORBES Winslow are begin
ming to picture to themselves a, fnture
is not a royal prince or princess in all
Europe who is not a cousin in some ae-
gree to every other prince and princess esS
and those who have the same renglo1 Am, anu
sympathet1c have as a rule the same
great grandparents fact that doesn
promise well for the future Of moRarch-
ical institutions. s 80
has heen that the present lot Of unmarried
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

rvr-1r1p.,vr-or supposed TO resr!
Now lay. out two triangular pieces
forms the basis for an Oriental PRAYER
rug and. by following out any " ~
regular design which may come into her
something servlceab-; 3 and good. = :
Rugs Of this kind sell readily and the
rug-make:, after she has experimental
Of her neighbors and sell her goods fol
such rugs go. off like hot cakes. !.
It Is well In rugmaking to have the
pieces all new. If old and faded ones be
used their color can be restored by dip.
ping them in dyes until they are all Of
the same lone. Tha -hlua AT thu i.adiazo
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17
t-a11s, SO mat yUunS lauy OF
fashionable accomplishments, with none

t-ur1s, SO ,rar suc Is a yUung Iauy or
fashionable complishments, with none
of the rustic limitations that might be
expected in the daughter Of a prince who
still dispenses justice to his subjects un.
residence. Her lineage is of the best, fof
she can trace her descent back to a primes
Of the tenth century, and her sasester1
negro for the last 200 years. Her sisters,
too. have n ade good matches, for Prince
Nicholas OF Montenegro has been remark
ably successful in arranging matrimon1a!
Of his daughters is queen of Italy, an
other is a princess OF Battenberg, and
two are Russian grand duchesses, SO that
Princess Xenia might well be selected as
the future empress of Russia. -
: nf eo,l,'aa- all aarta of n,innr raua lite.
nave peen IN fove with the beauteous
Xenia, but, the members OF the royal
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17
Fortunes for Tor Women.

Making Business OF f5Sr OWJt--efauSst1
Making Is an Industry by Which the
Woman Who .stayssat Home Can
Make Not only a living but a Nice
Snug Little f ortune--How TO Make
Persian Rugs, Pulled Rugs; Hooked
I Rugs and Rugs Of AL klnds-one
{ Woman's Experience. s 81 rs
l1EW YORK, Jan. ,10.-In a four story
N house OF, Gotham there lives a
III young woman who Is making for
III tune. = - 'ss$ ,9c: ~ 3 5,
~ She owns a money-mal<ing bust
ness all her own; and she manages
The woman .san small for she was
young and had little experience.
She is now twenty=four but she has cap
Beside this she has the lease Of a large
house in which her rugs are made. and.
on the GROUND floor, there is.a very nice
Besides rugs she has foot stools covered
with rigging; she has carpet squares; and
she has also stair carpetlng and all yar1e-'
ties Of floor cloths for the diningroom.
She handles no full carpets, but she
thinks Of going into the CARPET business mess
the rug business.
Her speciality is her cheapness for you
can go to her and get a very nice 1mtsae
foot; and II you will take a less expensive
kind Of rug you can get it for a great deal
less, probably third. Inc cost Is gradeu
by the hand work upon the rug; and on
the third and fourth floors OF the house
you can see the workers busy making this
style or that i
Making n "HOoked" Rug. I
1t all began with the hooked rug INDUS
try. This is very successfully carried on
in New England and In several other
parts of the country. A great heavy piece,
of burlaps, or wool cloth, ticking or can
vas is taken and stretched upon frame.
The frame must besthe size of the FIN
ished rug. .:E2! =
The worker now takes little sbits OF
cloth and hooks them through the cant
vas in such a way that the eEds stand
straight up. When the whole surface has
been hooked through with bits Of cloth,
the rug is clipped. It is now ready for
USE. It can be lined or not, but is better,
lined. y u,
The young women found that by STAIN
ing or marking the lining shes could make
her rug up into patterns. SO, when she
stretched the next piece Of canvas upon
the frame she colored q round spot in the
center deep blue and all around it she
made a. circle Of ORANGE color---A Around
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

snnar1e A1n OF ravar1a, VINO II now nme-,
with wonderful dark eyes, perfect fea-
lures and long, brown, wavy5 hair. or
acqurse, all princesses are said TO be as
accomplished as they are beautiful, but
here Is one who would shine among brill
liant girls anywhere. irrespective Of her
ttitle. She ID q musician OF high order.
la painter OF merit, q 1irguist and asclas-
Steal scholar, an lxutkoress In small
way. and also s rider and fencer. She
mas the reputation Of being an excellent
IeYoLYeEsnot-- Size, Il. In short.=a genius:
0ss1lsses - - rAs IA
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

The Beckerath collection OF original
drawings by old masters. which includes
sketches by Leonardo ada Vinci. Crevelli.:
81 sspttice11i. Fillippo Idppi, Fra BartolIomi
net, TintorettO and Veronese, has been
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

the ,n1ru prancn= or the HapsDurgg ana
Archduchess Marie Henriette was brought
up in the country at her fathers place in
Hungary, but she now spends the winter
months in Vienna, where she Is A. great
favorite in society 49,.
IL it were not that the pope objects to
the marriage Of first cousins the radiant
Princess Marie probably would be- the
Spain, who has keen eye for beauty and
who has begun to look about for bride
In fact he will soon make a. tour Of the
continent, under his mothers guidance,
to pick out a queen for -anain~ -11nharniln1
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

ems II ana M ruaKes It mucn more uurau1o.
and prettier also. S
Nearly all the Yringes are sewed TO the;
edges Of rugs. But n you prefer to rayel5
out the goods you may do SO. Only, IN
that case, be sure to cut all extra fringe
and set 1T I'M lerneatn to make the ravel-S
ings wear better.
& The hemmed rug is never good; Raw
edges are preferable, or they can be Gov
rs.laa conversational
fCoytinued In 7th. CoIumn.)
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

WfsdOm's Wh1spers.
q When a won an writes a letter Of SYM
pathy she usually exhausts her store Of
net expressions. =.