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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23
ANOTHER CHRISTMAS.
Some of the Many Things We May Conf
IDENTIFY Expect with the Day.

f1Apcte VIZ DeJ'
Another Christmas day is about to
dawn, and the customary thanks are
awaiting the customary presents, and
everybody is prepared to criticise the
Christmas sermons, and compare the
weather OF this year with the weather
of last year, and we are all ready to
wish all our friends Merry Christ
mas and good many more of them.
We speak softly of those who are
gone, and recall with tenderness the
gracious memory of their sweet pres
ence; we wonder where we shall be next
year at this time, and we all hope for
something better and more satisfactory
as time goes on.
The young people sigh because Christ
mas comes but once year; the old peo-
pie are sad because it comes so often.
The man of large family and lean
poclletbook wishes it did not come at
all, and the hungry boy, with his grow
ing appetite, welcomes it as an epoch of
plum pudding AID turkey, with all the
''stufing" he can eat, and pound cake
in unlimited quantities to top off with.
The churches hang their walls with
graceful ferns and evergreens; the
choir practices FOR a week beforehand
on some noted anthem with zigzag
quavers and trills in it, and the good
and hard-worlied pastor changes pull
pits with a brother in some adjacent
town, and by this arrangement the two
manage to work off their last years
sermons on the new and unsuspecting
congregation. And who can blame
them? For if it does not require genius
to say something entirely new on the
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23

fireplace in the living-room, drinking
their coffee after late dinner. The
lights were not lit and the party sat in
the Pickering light of big fire of
cracking pine logs, which threw out
quaint shadows in every direction. This
party was the usual one that yearly
gathered at Jack Ralston's to spend the
Christmas holidays with him and his
family. AS they sat in the cheerful
warmth and glow of the fire they lis
tened to the fearful storm that roared
outside. A blizzard had been raging for
the past three days; the wind howled
and shrieked through the mountain
peaks, driving the fast-falling snow be-
fore it and piling it up in immense
drifts against every obstruction. 1t
was bitter, biting, Geld wind, too, as it
tore through the valley like 4 demon
seeking whom it might destroy, doing
its utmost to completely bury the house
from view la ths snewI but. sheltered
a. :. was by two giant rocks, C. "a Oh
each side, with the mountain-side at its
back, the house was safe, in its snug lit
Tie spot, even from the storms greatest
fury. The inclement weather had kept
the men indoors, and they were grum-
bling over their enforced idleness, and
Dragged about the amount of game
they would have bagged had they only
been able to get out.
Say, Jack, it's some time yet before
midnight. Can't you spin us yarn?"
finally said Bobby Caruthers, after a
long pause in the conversation.
"Well, l was just thinking" said
Jack, "of just such night as this,
fifteen years ago, when, if it had not
been for the pluck of that little woman
yonder, would not be here tonight tc
see the New Year come in" and he
gazed fondly at his wife, who still
looked like a young woman as she sal
in the Pickering light, although on ont
side sat her son, a fair young giant, ant
on the other her daughter, a beautiful
girl Just blossoming into womanhood
Lets have it." came in chorus from
the party.
well, fill your pipes, and I'll tel
you my story. You see, fifteen year
ago, wasn't as prosperous as l an
now. was just starting out ranching
had only been here some three years
then, and where this house now stand
we only had a small log cabin. Youn
Jack over there was only six years Of
at the time, and Miss Ruth was trottin
round. young three-year-old. TIL
winter had opened badly; snow ha
come very early, and with it bitter col
weather. We had plenty of fuel, so W
managed to keep warm enough. TIL
cabin was in the same spot as tn
house now is, so the two big rocl
helped to keep off the fierceness of Ii
wind; but we were completely burie
under the snow, so that we had to dig
tunnel from the front door out into Il
open air. Myself and all the boys wei
kept mighty busy taking forage out
spots where the cattle could get to
and so not starve to death. Well, OIL
morning, about two weeks befo
Christmas, after heavy snowfall,
started out with all hands on one
these trips, intending to gather all Il
cattle together as much as possible, al
to build some large hay-stacks, so tn
they would have plenty of food +
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23

same theme for fifty
two days in the year
something that.
somebody else has
not said before.
something that will
not displease a good
paying member,
something that will
be thoroughly with
in the old orthodox
standard If you
THINK II does not re-
quire genius, then
you had better try
TO do it, and if you
succeed you can
name your own sal
airy.
About the time
when Oh ristmas
puts in an appear
ance you can safely
expect cold weather.
Your aunt from the
country will come
on q. visit and stay
allwinter, and every
day she will telyou
that there is not
money enough in
the world to tempt
her to live in the
city.
The shortest days
in the year will be
upon you, anditwill
be dark at four p.
m, and the gas bills
will be frightful,
and the coal bin will
lower with the mer-
curry, and all the coal
dealers will be build
ing brow MS stone
fronts, and their
wives will wear dia-
monds in their ears
and on their fingers.
All creation will
have colds, and the
man who has pat
ented a cough sirup
and advertised it
well will be sure of
a bigger income
than the president
Of the United States.
Bright colors will
fame on the streets
as the pretty girls
and the fashionable
women go by to look
into the shop win
dows and note the
cut prices and OBJ
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23
No Faint Heart About Him.

Jennie (reprovingly)-But we're not
under the mistletoe now, jack
Jack (unabashed) = So much the
nicerl
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23

SUOrLH was cOLlluS
up; and it proved a
regular shorter, too.
We dug a hole in
the snow and lay
down for a few
hours sleep, for we
were dead beat; but
it was so cold that
we were only able
to get about forty
winks, and started
again, so as not to
freeze to death.
1.-THE storm in
creased, &c tting
worse and worse as
we went on; the
snow, driven by the
fierce wind, cut our
faces like so many
needles, while the
bitter cold seemed
to numb every fac
ulty and to be slow
ly freezing out our
very lives. My horse
then gave out
couldn't move an
other step, so | let
him go and mounted
tn e pack horse.
Night then came on,
and our whisky,th
had given US some
S t r e n G t h a n d
warmth, gave out.
w e didn't know
where we were, but
thought we couldn't
be many miles from
home if only we
were on the right
trail. My mans
horse next gave out,
and, as | was strong
er than he, l made
him get on my
horse, and, holding
on to the saddle,
walked along by his
side; but only a mile
or so further and
our last horse
dropped down ex-
! hausted. What were
we II do? l don't
know Vince l got
the Gtrepgth, but ut l
shouldered tie pack
myself and we both
| plunged on. l would
not give in the
thought that they
might he starving at
home forced me on,
IT don't know how
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23
CHRISTMAS EVE.

Father-Why, Tom, what are you do
ing on the roof, this time of night?
Tom-Well, I've got my doubts about
that Santa Claus story, and l came here
to watch the chimneys, and find out if
there is such person.-Life.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23

Frightened Youth producing CT
garettes and dime noveD-Here they
are, mister; that's all I've got-honestl
Puck.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23

The stock-king is monarch of Christ
mas day.-Brooklyn Life.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-10-28

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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-13
DIAMOND HsENGS.

ONE 3-STONE RING, ENGLISH MOUNT
~ ing, Roman finish the prettiest ring in
the Northwest for u gentlemaD; worth
e.I00i. Tor 81 500
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-13

graphs, our mails from tile Pacific slope
to the Missouri were carried on by an
uninterrupted chain of pOny-riders,
each OF whom had to do about fifteen
miles an hour. though / have known
this rate to be frequently exceeded. For
example, when Lincoln was standing
for the presidency, the election returns
had to be conveyed from Sacramento to
st. Joseph, a distance of 1900 miles
ana, mind you. the track was nothing
like so good as the road is sure to he
between Vienna and Berlin. Well,
in the carrying of these mats the aver
age rate of riding was seventeen miles
an hour. On one occasion l covered as
much as 322 miles i'll one continuous
ride, though not, of course, OH the sans
horse, at an average speed OF fifteen
miles an hour. and, mind you, this was
through hostile territory, too. In the
course of all my travels through Europe
| have come across no finer and more
etficient-lo0king horses than those that
Germans and their East Prussian breed
of cavalry horses? Yes; but l think
the HungarIans take the cake"
Bad Roads and Bridgeless Streams
"WeIl. colonel, and so did you, if you
will allow me to say so. with your 800
miles continuous ride. But this was
not your only feat of the kind?"
swell, no; for on three different oc-
casions in the course of the same winter
of 1869 / rode from Fort MACPHERSON to
Fort Kearney-a distance of ninety-five
miles. there and back-in twelve hours,
while once, on the Platte, l man
aged to cover 100 miles in nine
hours forty-fye minutes; and as for
horsehesh, why, bless you. l once ex-
torted from Gen. Custer, to whom / was
acting as guide, expressions of the
warmest admiration for mule on which
| had ouridden him, and which he at
first regarded with contempt as quite
UNEQUAL to the task before it..
The general himself, too, was mounted
on a splendid charger, but never
again., he said, will l judge an
animal by its mere looks And then
il was quite common thing for
some of our pony express riders to do
as much as one hundred miles continu-
GUS ride on relays of ponies, seeing that
the further they went the more money
thew got. And then l must remind you
that riding out West. with its frequent
detours owing to bad roads, rugged
mountains and bridgeleSS streams. is
very different thing from what it is on
the high road between two European
capitals.
A Mule for Which Kicking Was
Too Good.
"In the winter campaign of 1865
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-13
NOW IS The TINT:
TO BUY YOU.>
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
Diamond Goods,
As eur stock stands uequaled in the Northeast point
Of quality quantity and briee. Read the t0Aoz0ing
description:
DIAMOND STUDS.

Up, l-16, 1854 CARATS, WHITE-ABSO-
i lutely perfect; this stone is worth at least
$40 90; price, $4,000. This would make
lovely present for gentleman of means
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-13
BUFFALO BILL TALKS.
A Recent London Interview
With the Famous
Scout.
Comments on the Recent Ber-
lin-Vienna Riding Com
petition.
How It Compares With Some
Notable North American
Performances.
One or Two Of Cody's Own
Experiences in This
Line.

Buffalo Bill does not think the Wen
na-Berlin ride is quite fair test of en-
durance, says the Pail Mall Budget,
either in men or horses, when the
former have made arrangements for
their comfort at certain stages all along
the road and their animals can be dosed
with morphia and brandy as they go
along.
Blood Nowhere
81 am not at all surprised" he told
representiye of contemporary. "that
many of them came to grief. Blood IS
good enough thing in its way,
but in long-distance ride of
this kind it cannot, as a rule, hold
Its own against wiry bone and muscle.
On the race course at Manchester sew,
eral years ago laid bet that L would
ride ten miles on twenty of my ponies
faster than any other man on the same
number of English thoroughbreds: The
English rider chosen was George
Lafhom. but I beat him by sixty-four
Yards. and l guess that was about the
hardest twenty minutes work ever
diG for thst was all the time TO DO 1t,
with some odd seconds.
EN Seventeen Miles an Hour.
: "Before the days OF steam and tele-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-13
AT AN AUCTION.
To Attend Such Sales Becomes q
Mania With Some Women.

To Attend Such sales becomes Il
Mania With Some Women.
What a fascination an auction room
has for some women. The forced sales
that there take place are as great de-
light as gambling is to those who love
the very spots on deck OF cards or the
click of the ball in roulette wheel.
Day after day, week after week the
same faces may be seen In the same
haunts. 1t matters not whether real
estate or ribbons form the catalogue.
the sale is just as exciting to these IN
frequent buyers. That is just where
the mystery comes in. They seldom
bid on anything. though they appear TO
take as great an interest as though they
were large buyers and mark the amount
each article brings on the margin OF
their catalogue in neat little figures.
Some OF them are known TO the auc-
tioneer as starters" because they are
the ones who give the first bid and can
never he persuaded to offer second.
Sometimes they are in this way caught
in their own trap, as no one reels IN
clIned to make a second bid either, and
some extraordinary articles are III this
way knocked down to them.
A certain class of women who fire.
Quent auction rooms with logged per
SiStency make it Il point TO buy up odd
lots that 90 for a few cents: for instance,
4 broken vase, cracked bit of brlc-a-
brac, an inkstand minus tine well or any
other Heterogeneous collection that seems
of no earthly use to the majority
of purchasers, but which appears 10
give untold satisfaction to the one who
obtains it for a dime or a quarter. Some
times one imagineS what the home OF
such buyer must be like-clocks that
will not go, chairs minus a leg or two,
end cups and saucerS, mismated cur
tains. in fact a veritable divorce court
of crippled household belongings.
Some women are, however. on busl-
ness bent, and because they know so
well how to buy obtain many bargains,
which they either keep in their own
homes or sell at All advance, making a
very good thing out of the transaction.
but these do not prove as interesting to
casual on-lookers as the regular habl-
tues who come armed with scent bottles
and pencils, who secure front seats,
and, if need be, are provided with
luncheon. so that they are not obliged
to leave even for moment scene that
is so fascinating to them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-13
MILLIONS INVOLVED.
A Michigan Suit to Settle Title to
100000 Acres of Land.

DETROIT. Nov. 12.-Law suits di-
rectly and indirectly involving the title
to 100000 acres of Michigan land are
now up before Judge Swan, of the
United States court. There are
seven suits, with the Michigan Land
and Lumber company as complain
ant. The defendants are Stephens q
Co., of st. Helen, and the Detroit, Lam
sing, jackson 81 Saginaw railroad +;
Amasa Rust and Charles Worth, of
Saginaw; Peck. Woods IL Co., of Os-
coda; G. Merrill Il Co., of Saginaw
Whitney Il Remick, of Detroit, and
Butman q Rush, Of Saginaw.
Under the swamp land grant act of
congress Sept. rs, 1850. Michigan re-
ceived 100000 acres of land FROM the
United States. These lands were sub
seQuently patented to the state. The
100000 acres of land involved in this
litigation are claimed under this act
of congress, but Dec. z. 1888. Secre-
tary Villas, of the United States interior
department, refused to patent them.
The state took issue that the title to
these lands had passed to the state by
virtue of the terms of the act itself, and
proceeded to dispose of the lands. The
case now on is the Land and Lumber
company's suit against Stephens d Co.,
including city's site and numerous
mills worth $250,000.