davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-22
HIS WIFE BETRAYED HIM.
Conviction of n Man Who ImpersOna
ed His Dead Brother.

The pension bureau has received notifi-
cation Of the conviction Of Horace l.. How
ard OF Orting, Wash, for having imper-
scnated his deceased brother, Henry S.
Howard, who served in Company E, 9th
Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and having
fraudu!ently obtained a pension from the
United States government and having i'm
posed upon the state of Washington by OBJ
tanning admission to the home as a soldier
by pretending to be his deceased brother
Mr.. Howard formerly resided in the states
of Michigan and New York. He abandoned
his wife, went out to Washington, married
again, and the second Mrs. Howard advised
the special examiner that her husband was
carrying around with him a dose of poison
which it was his intention to take as soon
as the government ascertained that he
was fraud. He did not take the poison
hut las been sentenced to eighteen months
Imprisonment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-22
Gold From Yukon Not So Valuable
as California Product.
SMELLING COMPANY'S STATEMENT
Rush Continues to the Mines From
Pacific Coast Points.
WARNING TO PROSPECTORS

SAN FRANCISCO, July 22.-Assistant
Weigher w. A. Underhill Of the Selby
Smelling Company states that the god
from the Yukon Is not of so much value
as that produced in California In speak
ing Of this matter he said: I'VE have found
the miners from the Yukon a very nice
class of people to deal with and they have
not been deceived in the value of gold
they have brought back with them. 1t is
a fact that the Yukon gold is not as valu-
able as that produced in this state. We
have found that there are from 80 to 100
points more base metal in the northern
product. These base metals are iron, lead
and few Others and there is a large guam
ity of silver also We look principally for
the gold and silver. 1t is the iron that
gives the Yukon gold it's fine rich color.
Decrease Metals Value.
"Of course, these other metals decrease
the metals value little. The nuggets from
the Yukon are worth s17 and SIS per ounce,
and the finer gold dust is worth from SIG
to $17 per ounce. With the California gold
value is about 81 an ounce more; that is.
nuggets run from SIS to $40, and gold dust
never less than s17 per ounce.
Our assayers have found several other
metals besides those l have mentioned, but
no attention is paid to them, as the other
base metals do not cut much of a figure in
the general value.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-22
COULEN'T PLAY HIM.
Speaker Reed Not Susceptible to That
Kind of Manipulation

One of the comic papers had a cartoon
the other day, entitled THE republican or.
gan, with only one reed" 1t was a repre-
sentation of an immense organ in the
House of Representatives, with the keys
and stops and other paraphernalia of an
organ. except there was but a single reed,
an immense one. surmounted by a likeness
Of Speaker Reeds head
What do you think of that, Mr.. Speak
err" asked one of his colleagues the day 1t
was published, showing him the cartoon
Mr.. Reed looked at il long and critically
before he ventured a suggestion
That's all right" he said, at last "only
they don't play me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-22
THE STAR M NAH.

Persons leaving the city for any
period can have The Star mailed to
them TO any address In the United
states or Canada, by ordering Il at
this office. in person or by letter.
Terms: Is cents per week: Is cents
Tor two weeks. or 30 cents DER
month. Invariably In advance. Sub
scrfbers changing their address from
one Post-office to another should
give the last address a. well as the
rew one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-22
DEEP WATERWAY COMMISSION.
The Three Who VIII Probably De
Selected ms Members.

Selected ms Members.
1t is expected that before the adjournment
of the present session Of Congress the Pres
ident will send to the Senate the nomIna-
tidns of the three commissioners provided
for by the last Congress to prosecute the
inquiry to the feasibility of constructing
a deep waterway between the great lakes
and the Atlantic ocean, by which It will
be possible for ocean-going craft to reach
Chicago and other lake ports. While the
final selection of the members of this i'm
portant body Qor upon its report may de-
pend the expenditure of $2W.0o0.090) has
not yet been made. II is understood that the
personnel will probably be made up of Civil
Engineer Cooley OF Chicago, a member OF
the original deep waterway commission and
at present attached to the Chicago drainage
canal project; Civil Engineer Wizner of De-
troit, who engineered the Brazos river inn
provement. and Maj. Raymond of the
United States Engineer Corps, now in
charge of river and harbor works along
the New Jersey coast. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-22
WARNING TO PROsPECTORs.
Fred. Price, n klOndfke Miner, Pre-
diets Scarcity of Food.

SEATTLE, Wash, July 22-Fred Price,
a Seattle man who has returned from the
Klondike with several thousand dollars in
gold dust, says that there is great fear of
suffering on the part of those who attempt
to go into that country without an abun-
dance of supplies of provisions. He does
not believe the trading companies can be-
gin to supply the demand which will be
made on them. Price thinks the men who
take up horses to cross the pass from Dyea
will do well. They can get their provisions
in easy that way and sell the horses for
dog meat afterward.
Prospect Other Fields.
He also advises newcomers to look for
claims on other creeks besides the tribu-
taries OF the Klondike, the latter being
pretty well staked out. Stewart river
creeks promise as we'll as the Klondike. He
says further that gambling dens and dance
halls have already opened in Dawson.
Games of every description are running
ard some OF the miners play very heavy.
Ihey go into the mining town in sheer des-
peration at the loneliness and gloom of
winter and gamble in a reckless manner to
break the monotony. Price says it is hard
to get along in Dawson City on less than
so day, and many of the men spend ten
times that much. He claims that one
saloon cleaned up $4,000 in three weeks
tElS summer.
Elder for Alaska Trade.
PORTLAND. Ore, July 22-The Pacific
Coast Steamship Company has chartered
the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
panys steamer Geo. w. Elder, and will
put her on the line between Portland and
Alaska in the interest of the Portland
merchants. 1t is intended that the steamer
will make her first trip from Portland to
juneau Tulv
Two More Vessels Chartered.
VANCOUVER, Be, July 22.-The steam
er Islander is announced to sail for Dyea,
Alaska. on July 25. and already a number
of berths have been taken. The steamer
Capitano is expected to get away for Alas
ka some time today.
Navigation of the Upper Yukon.
question has arisen in the Treasury
Department as to the rights Of foreign
vessels to carry passengers and freight on
the Upper Yukon river to the KIondike
gold fields. A request has been received
from the owners of the Canadian steamer
Islander for permission to carry passengers
and freight to Dyea, the last port of entry
on the river, going up. The matter has
been referred to the solicitor Of the depart
ment for an opinion, but it is believed that
under existing laws the Islander cannot
proceed beyond Juneau, and that the trip
to Dyea must be completed in an Ameri-
can vessel. The Islander will clear from
Victoria
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-22
SCHOONER SUNK IN COLLISION.
r. L. Devils and Lottfe Russell CoIlid
fm Vfneyurd Sound.

H Nhueyuru SOuh0.
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, July PA
collision between the schooner p. L. Devils
of Parrsboro. N. s.. and the Lottie II. Rus
sell Of Leesburg. N. J.. occurred in vtne-
yard sound last night, as the result or
which the Devils today lies In about eight.
fathoms of water. while the Russell is af
anchor In this harbor. considerably damag-
ed. but not leaking. The captain and crew
OF the Devils escaped in safety and sue.
ceeded In saving some Of their personal
effects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-22
Government Receipt..

Government receipts from customs to-
day amounted to $1.153.sa0: Internal rev.
enue. $s48 1856: miscellaneous, $22.079 Ma
tional bank notes received for redemption
were sass. .S11.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-22
Appointed to we.t Point.

Appointments as military cadets have
been issued to H. b. Inman of Dayton, N.
T.; Joseph B. Bancroft OF Hopedale, Mass.
and G. II. Rich, alternate. Of Newton Gen.
ter, Nass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-22
An Inaictreeut.

The grand jury this afternoon indicted
Arthur Ford fer larceny and Henry Lenz
for embexzlement.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-24
CHRISTMAS
BY Christian Burke.

This Is that Holy Night.--O World, be
Surely. IL we but listen We shall hear
That Song that all the luminous dark
doth fll,
The Choir of Angels chanting soft and
clear.
GLORY to God and ON the Earth Good
will"
Now with the eager Shepherds let us
Across the starlit plains, mid shadows
dim,
To that poor shelter where the Mother
Maid
Ere break OF day her frst-born glo-
rious Son
With a narrow crib adoring laid.
Because His people found no rest for
Him.
o mighty Love, thnt NO "on''''" 80 Nv,
~. u,ien wilt Thou deign to seek
Thine own,
Who gave Thee yon bare manger for
Thy throne!
Come all We F~aithful!-lct us watch a
space;
Mary and Joseph will for us make
room,
That We may look on Him Whose ra-
diant face.
Like some fair flower in all its lovely
bloom,
With light and glory fills this lowly
place;
10! We have travelled from q country
far,
Through years OF failure, deserts sad
and wild,
And, even as OF old came Eastern
Kings,
With costly treasures. led here by Thy
Star.
We, too. would bring Thee our poor
offerings.
o Word Incarnate! Bethlchem's Holy
Child.
Accept our gifts and us OF Thy grea'
grace
Myrrh Of our Sorrows, Frankinccns'
for Faith,
And Gold for Love that Ia moro stronI
than Death!
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-24
It went out, 4 was considered a sign Of

II went out, 4 was considered a sign OF
ill-luck.
The Christmas dinner was the ccn
trail feature OF all the gay festivities.
The table was literally loaded with
good cheer. The boar's head held the
place Of honor and was a lordly affair,
brought in by the butler, attended by
a servant on either side with n largo
wax light. The head was carried on a
silver dish, the tusks piercing bright
red apples, while between them an
orange was laid, the whole graced with
an abundance Of sauce. When this,
"the rarest dish in all the land" was
placed at the head OF the table, one OF
the company sang a carol suited tc the
great occasion.
The Christmas peacocks were also
gorgeous. the bird being naycd, roast
ed and then scwed up again In all the
splendor Of It's brilliant feathers. a
piece OF cotton saturated with spirits
being placed within the gilded beak
to burn while the carver was at work.
Gill ro~~ ---i--. ".o ,nc an,ieI'
peacock pie. the bird being covered by
the crust. save that on one side appear
ed his plumed crest. while from the
other side protruded the gorgeous,
spreading tail.
Mince pies were called Christmas OF
December pies, as the old rhyme
went
"Trcason's in n December pie
And death within the pot"
They date back to 1896.
The classical plum pudding must u,
added to the list of good things
though, sad to relate. II was really
plum porridge, and not pudding, u,
we have always believed.
An old poem says
"And those that hardly all the year
Had bread to eat or clothes to wear.
Will have both clothes and dainty fare
And all the day be merry"
The leader OF all the merry-makini
was called the Lord Of Misrule or Alb
bolt OF Unreason. The wardrobes a
halls and manor houses were often lai'
under contribution to furnish fantas
tic DISCUSSES.
Snap Dragon was one OF the favorit
sports. Raisins were placed in n larg
shallow dish and brandy poured owe
the fruit and ignited. The lights Il
the room were extinguished. and 4
the weird glare the players attempte
to pick the raisins out of the flamin
dish:
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-24
THE FEAST TIME OF THE YEAR.

This Is the feast-time of the year.
When hearts grow warm and home
more dear;
When Autumn's crimson torch expires
To fash again in winter fires;
And they who tracked Octobcr's flight
Through woods with gorgeous hues be-
digit,
In charmed circle sit and praise
The goodly logs triumphant blaze.
This Is the feast-time OF tho year
When Plenty pours her wine of cheer,
And even humble boards may spare
To poorer poor a kindly share.
While bursting barns and granaries
know
A richer, fuller overflow,
And they who dwell in golden case
Bless without toll, yet toll to please.
This is the feast-time Of the year;
The blessed Advent draweth near.
Let rich and poor together break
The bread Of love for Christ's sweet
sake,
Against the time when rich and poor
Must ope for Him a common door.
Who comes a Guest, yet makes a feast,
And bids the greatest and the least.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-24

Here he comes with flaming bowl
Doesn't he mean to take his toll?
Snip, snap dragon.
Take care you don't take too much,
Be not greedy in your clutch,
Snip, snap dragon"
But in 1852, the question OF Christ.
mas was brought up In parliament.
They decided 1t was not In harmony
with the scriptures; pronounced II
"anti-C hristmasse" and abolished n.
So the jolly Lord Of Misrule became an
outlaw, and the old picturesque Christ
mas faded away with the severity OF
the Puritan atmosphere; but with the
nineteenth century came a revival
The new Christmas was merry, bu,
quieter. What 1t lost In noise and
frolic, It made up In cheerfulness ant
good. will; and now. remembering thu
message of that first Christmas morn
ing, we hail the merry Christmas daJ
with
peace on earth,
Good will to men,"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-24

gloom. The wind Is gloom. TIE same
man thinks OF Il.
81 am not the so van OF these rich
customers. I serve my pretty baby
boy whom | left in his cradle. He
shall have n better start In life than
| had. | serve his beautiful mother.
1t Is not my own mouth, not my own
back, not my " life, but theirs to
which | minister. All. hail New Yearl
My master Is unselish love. My king
Is my sense OF manly duty"
He breaks forth into a song. The
cold stars hear him. the iron-bound
wheels Of his milk cart drum an echo
as a kings chariot could not. He has
entered into a new world. He has for
gotten himself. Blessed work, when
work Is for n holy love. Alas, for him
who slaves II for his savings-bank ac-
count. with small earnings hoping to
get rich and growing sick at heart by
the long delay. The way for most OF
US ~ mos, each new year Is not 10
count how near-Or. alas! how far-we
are to being independent" but by
thinking thankfully how many loved
mes are dependent on us and we are
yet able TO care for.
Why not look upon each new load
that is added, year by year. as a new
sign OF manhood? Why not see in
each fresh care one more mark Of hon.
or from u creator? Why do we, poor
fools. dream Of a time when We shall
have money enough to be idle. and
then be obliged to go to Mexico for a
fresh sensation OF n new wine? Is II
O all n matter OF heart, anyway?
DO the opulent idlers escape? Can
Europe enew itself to a man who has
seen It all? What difference Ia there be-
tween the men who have played and
danced till life is old and those who
The springs OF eternity are In the hu-
man breast. Alas! for him who has
dried up those sweet waters, whether
by over indulgence or under thankful
ness.
The New Year comes in the invalid's
room. all Gagged and bedridden, II q
bright and deathless spirit inhabits the
pain-racked body. Do we not know Of
such bright chambers? Can WI moi
each visit some heroic sufferer to whom
the unconquerable soul within give.
such mastery over time that years Of
sickness possess no powers to cloud
What Is time to the aged who grow
happier as they grow old? What 1,
the date to some OF u fathers ant
mothers whose e~ver-youthful low
makes them seem as young as theii
childfen's children whom they dandl'
on their aged knees? Thank God foI
tho good and unselnsh heart that pcveI
grows old!
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-24
Christ mas Day,

christmas Is prominently q church
festival" writes Mrs. Lyman Abbott.
"The Puritans, seeing only the super
s~titions and disorderliness with which
Christmas had become encountered.
strove with all their ardor to destroy
It, but happily did not succeed. The
argument sometimes used against 1t.
that the birthday OF the Child Jesus
Is not known, and therefore cannot be
observed, does not prevail against the
almost universal longing to celebrate
In some way this great event. So we
are not surprised to learn that In the
first centuries OF the Christian era
Christians. though generally celebrat-
ing the Nativity, were not unanimous
In the time chosen for the festival. At
least q part Of the early church OBJ
served the sixth OF January, not only
to commemorate the Epiphany, or
the manifestation Of Christ to the
Gentiles, but also the birth OF Jesus,
and II was not until the end OF the
fourth century, perhaps not until the
beginning Of the NTH, that the present
date, December 25. was generally ac-
cepted. " The Christmas season
is sometimes used to designate the
time between December 16 and Febru-
airy !, more often the fortnight be-
tween December "a and January 8.
During all this period there was for
merly, and still continues to be, a spir-
IL of joy and festivity which entities
II to be called the holidays The vigil
OF the Nativity, or as We now call 1t,
Christmas Eve, was observed from the
first with exceptional devotion. per-
haps because the birth OF our Lord &C.
cured in the night. Unlike other Wig
lis 1t continued through the night, and
made, with Christmas itself, n great
solemnity."
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-24
A Queen. Christmas gifts.

1T Is quite impossible to form any
idea as to the value Of the presents
made by the queen or given to her."
writes Lady Jeune In an article on
what Christmas Means to Queen VIC
toria," in the Ladies' Home Journal.
I'm some cases, when her gifts consist
of India shawls, jewelry and the like.
they are very valuable because they
are unique, but the presents she gives
to her family, or in u receives from
them, are not expensive. The royal
nurse is not an ~inexhaustlble one. and
the claims IN 1t are enormous. so
that the presents given by royal peo-
ple must always be regarded In the
light of souvenirs and not as costly
gifts. The Queens children are not
rich. and as they are not able to AFFORD
EXPENSIVE presents SO We may consid-
er the value Of all royal gifts from the
sentimental, not the commercial, point
Of view, and 1t IL its p~leasantest as
we'll as most touching aspect. for 1t
shows that simplicity and depth of
the family affection. which Is neither
nourished nor fostered by any feeling
OF greed or expectation, but which is
as simple and genuine as that OF the
poorest subject Of u great Queen"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-24
Carloads of sheaves a

trees. Carloads of sheaves are
brought into town for this purpose, and
both rich and poor buy and place them
everywhere. The sentiment is that a
man must be very poor indeed II he
cannot spare a farthing to feed the lit
tie birds on Christmas day. In many OF
the valleys and mountain dales of the
countries watch is kept during the
whole OF the night. and all are merry;
candles are kept burning at the win
dows, and the people flock to church at
four o'clock In the morning. each car
rying a torch.
In some districts, Immediately after
the service, everyone hurries from
church, either on foot or in sleighs. for
there is an old saying that he who gets
home first will have his crop first har-
vested. At this holiday season the
~peasants dance on straw, and the peas
ant girls throw straws at the timbered
roof of the hall, and for every one that
| sticks in a crack a lover will come
| counting during the year..
In old English times. at the close Of
the CnuTCH SeTNICcs ~ was CustOuldTy
for the clerk In loud and emphatic
tones to wish all the congregation a
Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year. In those good old times an Eng
fish gentleman would throw open his
hall at daybreak to all his tenants and
neighbors. Beer. blackjacks. toast and
cheese were plentiful. The great sau-
sage must be boiled by sunrise. or else
two young men must take the cook by
the arms and run her around the mar
ket place till she is ashamed of her
laziness.
The "Yule log" is a great log Of
wood, sometimes the root of a tree,
brought into the house with great
ceremony on Christmas Eve, laid in
the fireplace and lighted with the brand
of last years log. While it lasted
there was great drinking. singing and
telling of tales. Sometimes 1t was ac-
companied by Christmas candles, but
In the cottages the only light was from
The rudy blaze of the great wood fire.
The Yule log was TO burn all night; II
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-24
Christmas Decorations.

The use OF holly and mistletoe, the
plants sacred to Christmas. is now
very general, and as they are abundant
in our markets. as well as cheap, every
household may be made bright with
them. In parlors and sitting rooms,
wreaths, crowns and festoons can be
arranged over mantels and windows, as
we'll as hung from lamps and over pic
lures.
For the Christmas dinner-table, a
large bowl OF holly leaves with the
scarlet and white berries, makes a
beautiful center piece; while tiny
punches Of holly laid at each plate
brighten the table wonderfully. Cakes
may be ornamented with candy
designs OF holly. while ices may be
nodded and colored in the same style,
II in remote localities 1t is not possible
to obtain holly and mistletoe, green
OF some other variety should be pro-
cured. All-over greens, such as pine
and cedar, can be utilized, and bitter
sweet and Indian arrow berries ar
ranged with these a be made into
beautiful decorations. When chrysan-
themums are yet blooming, they add
greatly to the beauty of the table; the
bright yellow and dark crimson are
particularly appropriate for the Christ.
mas dinner table.
In arranging the table, the cakes
bonbons. nuts and fruits may be placed
on 1t at the beginning, and will give
It a festive appearance, rendering very
little additional decoration necessary