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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
VANDERBILT FLIES NoTORIETY.
Alfred G. in West to Avoid Mention of
Divorce Suit

CHEYENNE, Wyo- Dec. 27.-Alfred
Gwynn Vanderbilt Is in Cheyenne and
will remain in the west for some time,
ostensibly to look over his western inter
ests, but In reality to escape further
notoriety regarding the recent divorce
suit brought and so successfully prose-
cuted by his wife, formerly Miss Elsie
French. This much was learned from
\ tendants of his party. Vanderbilt ar
lived in his private car, the Wayfarer,
and gave strict instructions that he
would not be in TO anyone, most of all
to reporters. One reporter managed to-
break through the Gordon Of Wallets, cooks
and vassals thrown about the car. much
to Vanderbilt's chagrin. Vanderbilt
bluntly announced that be had nothing
to say, not even on matters of a general
nature.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
HYMNS AND THEIR AUTHORS
THE NEW YEAR.
By Philip Doddridge.


Phillip Doddridge Gondon, June 26
1702-Lisbon, Oct. &c, 1751), the famous
exposition, general writer and author OF
many hymns, was an English Congrega-
tional minister. He became pastor of a
church at Ellsworth at the age of 20
and at 27 he was engaged in training
others for the work of the ministry This
song for the new year was given to the
public in the collection of Doddridge's
hymns published IN 1855. 1t was usually
sung at what were known as the watch
night services" of the last generation
midnight meetings held to observe the
going out of the old year and the com
ing in of the new with appropriate hymns
and worship
Great God, we sing that mighty hand
BY which supported still we stand:
The opening year thy mercy shows;
Let mercy crown it till it close.
BY day, by night-at home, abroad,
Still we are guarded by our God:
By his lncessant bounty fed,
By his unerring counsel led.
With grateful hearts the past we own
The future-all to us unknown
We to thy guardian care commit,
AHu pedceIul leoNe peIoIe my leeI.
In scenes exalted or depressed,
Be thou our joy and thou our rest;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise
Adored, through all our changing days
When death shall close our earthly
songs,
And seal in silence mortal tongues
Our Helper, God, in whom we trust
Shall keep our souls and guard oul
dust.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
COW IN A PARLOR.
1t Took Possession of the House
When the Family Was Away.

The placidity of the COW has been
a proverb for all time That she is
endowed with a good bump of the
curiosity that killed a cat a subur-
banite learned to his sorrow one day
this summer.
Mr.. Blank lives in the east end with
his family of wife and five children,
the Louisville Times says. They have
cow that is pet, having been raised
from babyhood and now furnishing all
the tactical fluid and by-products used
by the family.
Not so long since, after Blank had
come in town for the day, Mrs Blank
took the children and went for a days
outing to a neighboring suburb, leav-
ing the house supposedly carefully
closed and the COW in her stable But
missing familiar forms and the sounds
of domestic activity, she grew lone
some and managed to escape the In
closure and came into the yard and
proceeded to investigate She climbed
the steps to the back porch, consumed
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

to recover the relics, which had been
buried in the river bed. The scientists
dug up first Of all the skull of a
mammoth, with part of the skin and
flesh and one eye cavity in a good
state of preservation. The right hind
foot was found next and was also well
preserved. The hair covering it was
from five to six inches in length. This
excellent state of preservation is not
as uncommon as might be imagined
In 1916 the remains of a mammoth
seen by Adams had suffered so little
through the lapse of time that its flesh
was eaten by natives, dogs and wild
animals. 1t was on this same occasion
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
ROBS TO GET HUSBAND.
Crippled Italian Girl Steals from Her
Fathers Bank at Behest of Her
Designing Uncle

CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. An unusual
story was outlined in the criminal
court here today in the opening state
ment in the trial of eight Italians who
are accused of conspiring with Grip
piled 17-year-old Angelina Schiavone
to rob her father, widely known Ital-
ian banker
Assistant States Attorney Fleming
told the jury that Francisco Schia-
vone, uncle of Angelina, told the girl
to get all the money she could from
her fathers bank, and to bring it to-
the uncle, who would save the funds
for her, and when she had o snug
amount she could marry his son
Michael
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
BRIDE DIES SUDDENLY
CORONER INVESTIGATES DEATH OF
RECENTLY MARRIED WOMAN.
Daughter of Harry S. Barton, Former
Milwaukeean, Passes Away Under
Peculiar Circumstances.

MADISON, Wis, Dec. 27.-[Special. I,
Mrs. Geneva Carton Robertson died
suddenly Sunday morning after an i'll
ness of a few hours. She was married
but few months ago to W. Ii. Robert
son of this, city.
Considerable mystery surrounds the
death and Coroner Lynch is making an
investigation. She was i'll only a couple
of hours.
Mrs. Robertson was the daughter of
Mrs. Harry S. Barton of this city. Her
father had been a newspaper man at
Milwaukee some years ago. He died
about two years ago.
She was 81 years old in March and
leaves a mother and a younger sister.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

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CHRISTMAS GLORY TWoFoLD.

D New d. z. NICHOLS.
THAT disciple whom Jesus loved
said unto Peter: 1t is the Lord -
John xxi Z.
A young man, stranger, comes to
home that has lost it's child Some
tricks of manner, flash of the eye,
seizes the sorrowing mothers heart.
She cries with tears, 1T is my boy!"
A like beauty of recognition, raised
to the divine power, lies in the simple
story Of the text. The Lord was once
little human child. How was the
Christmas baby greeted? He came
into a world of love, home, nurture,
growth. A world of foreboding, Of
peril, or burden-bearing. Mary, grasp
ing Him to her heart and picturing His
future, cries: 1T is my dear one! 1t
is my promised blessing!" Could any
one, even the virgin mother, foreknow
that future? Could anyone see the
Lord in the infant? God was most
human in the manger, on the cross.
1t Is an untrue temptation to find
Him in marvels.
Put another text by the side of ours,
the words, Eye have done it unto me-"
Both are Christmas texts, If we be
able to see it: 1T is the Lord; Eye
have done it unto me-
The first note Of Christmas is a note
of joy, an Illuminated picture. Songs
Of angels, shepherds with f1ocks, a star
leading wise men. All that story we
believe, we follow with them, we find
Him and worship.
But He comes again in another
guise. The beautiful German myth of
the Christ Child is true. Christ be-
longs to universal humanity in its love
and sympathy and service. In the
| darkness and the cold, in the driving
W1ntry storm a cry, a knock from
without our sheltered comfort. We
open to a ragged, weary, haggard child.
"It is the Lord" the Lord of Mans
common need and common devotion.
The glory of the Christmas time is
a twofold glory. Have you caught
both It's notes?
There is nearer truth these Christ
mas days We find Him to be Lord as
we strive to climb to the heights
where He lives, rather than as He
comes down to us. We find Him in the
child, the carpenter, the teacher, the
healer, the friend, so revealing what
1t is to be divine. We find Him in
the least Of His brethren, whom He
| loved, whom we serve as our trust
from Him. We find Him in ourselves.
Looking at our own lives, we may
share again the joy and wonder and
hope of Mary, may bring to birth the
| divine.
There is something worth redeem
ing In men. The stranger whom we
dimly see on the shore Of life's cloud
bank speaks: Cast the net on the
right side Of the ship" Keep at it.,
| Be brave, be steady at your work,
whether 1t be teaching or study;
whether outside labor or housekeeping
Let 1t not be a hard done duty, but
a willing use, the homage Of life
that is trust from on high.
Living can never be as If there had
! been no Christmas in the world. On
the shore, in the mist, by the fire,
in labor and doubt and monotony, we
minister to no stranger, no tyrant.
Everywhere 1T is the Lord glory and
peace, love and good will
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
FALL LOOSENS TONGUE.
After Having Been Speeches. for Years
Because of Sickness, Woman Sud
denly Receivers Her Voice

NEENAH, Wis, Dec. 2S.-[Special.I
Mrs. John Bawn has recovered her
speech in a most peculiar manner, prob
ably from an accident. Mrs. Bawn, who
has been unable to speak clearly for sew
eral years as the result of sickness, fell
on a slippery walk, striking the back of
her head. To her surprise when she
arose she was able to express her
thoughts in forcible language and is now
able to speak as well as anyone.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
PRINCE HANS IS ILL.
Brother of Late King Christian of Den
mark and "Uncle of Europe" on
Sickbed.

COPENHAGEN, Dec. III. - Prince
Hans Of Schleswig- Holstein- Sender
burg Glucksburg, q brother of the late
King Christian of Denmark and gen.
orally known as the ''Uncle of Eu-
rope" is critically ILL The prince was
born In 1925.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
CHILDREN OF THE CIRCUS.
Travel with Parents During Season
How They Are Educated.

Travel with Parents During Season
How They Are Educated.
1T is nothing unusual for the larger
cfrcuses to carry thirty and forty chill
: dren, ranging all the way from mere
babies to boys and girls Is and 16
years Of age" said Jerome S. Rogers,
Of Chicago, former circus man, &C
cording to the Washington Herald.
The majority are travelling with
their parents, both the father and
mother doing daily duties in the ring,
and while often they are trained to
follow In the steps of their elders they
are seldom allowed to perform in pub
lie.
1T is a common belief among circus
men that the performer whose train
ing is not started until after the age
of 6 will seldom make a distinctive
record. l often saw groups of boys,
some Of whom could not have been
over 4 or 5 years old, practicing rudi-
mentary somersaults and handsprings.
while their parents looked on with
gratified smiles These were the fam
lilies of the circus aristocracy, who
treasure the records of their ancestors
with the pride of a son in his fathers
sword and who see no more inspiring
calling for their own children than
that of the great white canvas
Not that their education is neglect
ed in other respects; several of the
families often hire an instructor-per-
haps one Of the performers who has
the time and ability for such work
to coach their children in the standard
studies. One circus, indeed, has now
established a travelling school for the
youngsters. If they are to be acrobats
they are to be educated acrobats"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
TAKES FATAL PLUNGE.
Sheboygan (Wis) Woman Reaches for
Article on Shelf and Falls Down
Cellar Steps,

SHEBOYGAN, Wis, Dec: 2S-[Spe-
cial. Mrs. Nicholas Molitor fell down
the cellar steps when she tried to reach
for some article on a shelf, and struck
the stairs and floor, sustaining among
other injuries fractured skull, from
which she died as she reached the hos
pital. She fingered in Inconsistencies a
number of hours.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

Mrs. Frances E. Clarke Appears Before
National Musical Association.

EVANSTON, Ill. Dee. 2S.-[SpeciaLl
The annual meeting of the Music
Teachers National association opened
here this morning with 80 leading mu-
sicians from all over the country in at
tendance Mrs. Frances E. Clarke of
Milwaukee is to speak on ''The Music
Section of the \. E. A" late this aft
ernoon. Canon Charles W. Douglas of
Fond du Lac will speak on ''Plainsong."
Wednesday morning Elizabeth Bintlif
of Ripon college will read a paper.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
LAUNCHES BOND ISSUE.
Sheboygan Public Utility Corporation
Floats $4,000 Worth of Paper.

SHEBOYGAN. Wis, Dec. 2S.-[S pe-
ciaI IA bond issue Of $4,000 was
launched today by the Sheboygan Light,
Power and Railway company. The bonds
are for $1,000 each with interest at 5
per cent. The proceeds are to De used
for increasing the power station to 1900
horsepower and for buying a steam en-
CINE, putting in double tracks, laying
heavier rails, extending aud bettering the
existing tracks and purchasing four new
interurban cars and 4 snow plough and
also for paving streets and new switches.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
SCORE HURT IN WRECK.
Detroit Interurban Car Jumps Tracks
on Curve Near Wayne and Then
Tips Over

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 27.-More
than a score Of passengers were hurt
Sunday night and one was killed outright
as the result of an interurban car on the
Detroit United Railways jumping the
tracks and tipping over. Frank Kendall,
% years old, of Plymouth, Mich, was
crushed to death. Richard Roe, Z years
old, Of Detroit suffered the cutting off
Of one Of his hands. and is in a critical
condition. The other passengers were
less seriously hurt The accident hap
pened on a curve four miles north Of the
village. of Wayne.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
WIS. SUMNERSTRICKEN.I
President of American Sociological So
ciety Has Attack of Heart Fail
ure in New York.

NEW YORK.. Dec. 27-WilIiam G.
Sumner, president of the American So
Geological society of New Haven, Conn,
was stricken with heart failure here this
afternoon just before the time came for
him to, address the meeting of the Ameri-
can Historical and the American
Economic associations.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
FIND FOOT OF MAMMOTH.

Monster Leg with Flesh and Hair
After Lapse of Centuries.
Northern Siberia. in particular, was
a happy hunting ground of the NAM
moth and other prehistoric beasts. as,
to-day, it is the happy hunting ground
of those who seek relics of the animals
of many centuries ago. The remains
two years ago on the banks of a small
stream by natives who were hunting
foxes. These men notified the nearest
town of their find, with the result that
recently the ST. Petersburg Academy
of Science sent special expedition
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
Kite Flying Expert Dead.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27,-William Abb
ner Eddy, well known as a kite flying,
expert, died on Sunday at Bayonne, n. J.
He was the first person in this country
to take photograph from a kite in mid
air, and he also made extensive expert
ments in taking upper air current temper-
atures and in atmospheric electricity
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
Make Noise Like a Trowel, Pat.

Foreman calling up to workman)-
Phwhat are yez dom up there, Casey?
Casey-Oim iayin' bricks, aV coorse.
Foreman-Be hivinsi by the still
ness av ye, yez moight be layin' eggs.
Boston Transcript.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
Cause for Suspicion.

When a man OATS tryin' to trade
horses wifi me stahts braggin' bout
how honest he Is in his dealin's," said
Uncle Eben, Il can't help suspectin'
dat he's gettin' ready to make an ex-
ception in my case" Washington
Star.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

Time is apparently Of more import
ance In New York than in any other
city, for the city displays more public
clocks than London and Paris COM
biued,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

that it was proved that the mammoth
used to feed on the shoots of confer
Gus trees. The mammoth varied from
nine to eleven feet in height-Illus-
trated London News
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-06-05
Fun! Fun! Fun,

r w. 49,. 20
The Celebrated Armstrongs. Ar,er.
lca Foremost Colored Magician,
VIII appear for the last time in tbi,
city az the True Reformers' Hail
second Street. Monday night. June
{" 1908 in one OF the most replete
magical programs extant. See LiIiie
IS. Armstrong, the greatest colored
iady mind reader in the world.
Hear Miss Olivia Wilson and 9TH.
ers with their latest songs.
There will be three prizes offered
Tot the highest number of tickete
sold. For the highest number owe,
one hundred, $500 in gold the bigb,
est number over seventy-hve. 50 40
$500. MY
This being his last appearance 20.
the season in this city. he viii CIV
one OF MS most complete programs
General admission. Is cents 20.
served seats, 25 cents. Doors oneno.,
az 1880 o'clock sharp. Come earIv
anu see the whole show.
There will be a Special Nf,,,,oo
Tor Children Monday. June : Jooe
al $3.50 O'Clock. Admission 10 cen+s
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-06-05
Child in Years
But a Woman
in Experience
CONTINUED From First Page)

him to come and catch them. and
Cook. the contemplate hound, think
ing that all virgins looked good 20
him. consented 10 this damnable ex-
Cuse and prepared himself with "a
shotgun and went 20 the cut at the
hour appointed boy Newton md, OF
course. caught the two-ltue May
and her brother-in-law Newton.
There iu that cut. the highway of
travel both OF these things forced
this girl 10 submit TO the desires of
their lustful passions, and both
threatened little Mays life if she
ever breathed a word of what had
happened in that cut
Now. Mr.. G.. NJ. COOKS wife q few
weeks ago had 20 go. or did go. %
visit friends near Atlanta. Ca. TAX
ing her children with her. leaving
her home i'm the care Of her husband,
and 20 this home little May Jones
says that he (Co0k) forced her 20 go
three times and there debauched her
20 his full
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-06-05
Millions of COlOred People and Their
Situation.

Editor of The PLANET:
VIII YOU allow this great question
20 come before your many readers
and true 10 say that this same cues
ton has waited for the answer for
thousands of years2
For what cause have the millions
OF colored people suffered shame in
the eyes OF the world? Have they
toiled hard as the people Of other
races 10 make LIES struggle q sue
cess Have they not been and are
a factor in the worlds progress ?
Have they not offered up their lives
FOR The good OF other people? Have
they not been true TO responsible
charges2 To these questions the an
swer is. Yes
WtiI' II this IS SO what is the cause
.of the millions being denied their
rights before the laws Of our courts ?
Have not all these thousands OF years
with this name OF Negro been the
only factor that has caused the light
Of every good deed done by these
millions to go out as nothing before
law With this answer. he or she
are only Negroes.
The millions of colored people
have long ago known that in every.
thing they do or say that Just as Iona
as the name % Negro is at the tor
that they would receive very little O,
the respect. The same is true tn.
Jay And why must millions unborn
De burdened with shame is too hard
ever 10 find an answer. And while
IL IS true that there are people in al
races who feel that the name nj
Negro is a DOWNRIGHT Insult and
VIII not allow their children TO use
II because of the respect they have
Ior The millions who have done the
most and get less respect.
II the wise thinking people of the
millions would take a stand for high.
er respect the name of Negro would
die out and respectable people womb
have a fair show before law. Tbous
ands of years with much talk and
nothing done to bring these million,
before other people as right to bf
respected has proved to be a failure
everywhere with the name of Negro
therefore the truth will bring
these millions in the front inst nc
soon as the world learns the name
OF colored man or colored woman
me leaders CT these millions must
be very hard hearted If they believe
mat humiliation is not just as keenly
felt by one people as by another
Now II good deeds had the right of
way there would not be any cause 10
write against the name OF Negro. but
the slang has killed the chances of
millions of faithful people What is
your answer?
e AN ENQUIRER.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-06-05
BROUGHT BY A CITIZEN.

One Of the best citizens of Oden-
vile brought Miss Jones to our Of
nee and heard her recital, and stands
behind us ready 10 swear that No
made this statement 10 us. and as.ra5
Us Tor the sake OF the girl to let
the citlzens OF her home know that
she Is not the sinner
The young girl is now al the
rescue home of the Salvation Army
brought there by a friend OF both her
and her father; because the peoDla
or her section look upon her as one
not fitted for good people 10 look
upon.
NOW somewhere in the year %
u that great teacher Jesus Chrfet
began telling the people of their
sins and the recipe therefor YIe
taught them that as they wouId bav.
others live, live so themselves and
that no one was guiltless We arc
taught thhat in the great bevonJ
tnere IS book in which an of orv
SINS are recorded, both the good and
the bad, by an accountant tbat
makes no mistakes.
We are also told by Him that no
that Is guiltless should cast the 6ret
stone on the guilty. and to forgive
those who trespass against Won 81
you would have your own trespasses
forgiven.
This friend who brought little Nav
Jones TO Birmingham told us that
ne did so for the reason that the peo-
pie OF Odenville held her as one OF
the disreputable class ana . person
that should not be associated with.
Now in the name OF Him who died
that all might see the kingdom. IS
this the Christianity that He taught
and died for? Is this the doctrine
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