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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-11-13

Ex-Congressman Frank w. Mondsll,
Of Wyoming, has been chosen for the
position OF assistant commissioner of the
general land Office, and will enter upon
the duties OF the Office next Monday.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-11-13

The United States supreme court has
refused to interfere in the death sem
tence Of Theodore Durrant, the San
Francisco murderer, which dispels all
hope of bis escaping the death penalty.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-11-13

Billiards. Snow Liniment is the most
penetrating Liniment in the world. ii
cures pain and Inflammation of all kinds
quicker than any other remedy. Price
Soc. Every bottle guaranteed. A. j.
Jones & Co.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-11-13

But you will never know it, If YOU
will buy one of those Universal Heaters
at T. v. Gaflock's
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-11-13

Throw away that old leaky boiler and
pail, and buy the Anti-rustware, that
never leaks, at Garlock's.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-11-13

Two Bit ID the livelisst districtiu the
Black Hills at present, says the Pioneer
Times. The hills are literally coysred
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
At A STORMS MERCY.
Chicago People Given . Fright b.
Sunday Nisht's Blow.

Chicago People Given Q Frisht By
Sunday Nlsht's Blow.
Out II a sky that was reasonably clear
ut sunsN IN unprotected storm Of win'l
and rain came suddenly mt $40 o'clock
md gave Chicago people aAoat and
ashore rome damp and thrilling cxpc.
ricnccs. The excursion steamer Maca.
tawa WINS caught In squat and 10.
tween the extinction Of the lights by u
grcnt roller which washed abOnrd md the
bulfeting Of the boat by the waves the
twenty-five pnsscngeis were frightened
into Il panic. There were twenty-five
passengers abOnrd--ton Of them women
md they all Joined In piercing cries for
help. Capt. Oliver I.andrcth. who as
soon ns Lc saw the danger began making
preparations to run out Of II, wns COMPEL.
Cd to turn his attention to the nirrightc'l
passengers. Some were preparing 10
jump into tho scn. The craft carried y
deck crew Of seven all told, some Of then,
acting NJ walters an well as deck hands.
They hcarkcncd to the commands Of Capt.
Landrcth and kept their senses. A fire.
man or two came up from the bOilcr.rOOm
and Joined the Captains force. They
seized men and dragged them into tho
cabins. wherc they dropped them uncere.
m0niousiy In safe places. Women whn
tainted were picked up and taken inside,
where In the Increased darkness they
were left to revive as best they could. while
the crow returned to round up the OthcI
passengers, who werO scnmpcring about
the deck like a lot of stampeded sheep
Then tho Captain turned his attention "a
saving Ills boat, and made the run Ia
HOssth C,hiCn On nm fO1v
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17

West Virginia coal can be poured into the
market. That the Ohio roads hauling
West Virginia coal to the lakes are re-.
quircd by their employees to quit hauling
that coal or have II strike of their own.
That the coal famine Is rapidly approach.
ing an acute stage, Inconvenience being
felt by all midtllc-westcrn cities consc.
Hucnt upon the decline in supply and ad.
vance in price of the fuel. a Cleveland,
u, dispatch says: Positive information
has been received that the Ohio railroads
have decided to refuse to haul West
Virginia coal. These roads include the
baltimore and Ohio, the Cleveland. 10.
rain and Wheeling. the Wheeling and
Lake Erie and the Cleveland, Canton and
southern. The information lacks vcrifi.
cation. A special from New Straitsvillc.
o.. says: Eight cars Of coal standing on
the siding at mine No. . were let loose
by unknown persons and ran hnlf p,ilc
down grade through n switch. making a
complete wreck" Dan Hanna. manager
Of NJ. a. Hanna & Co.. said that as long
as the West Virginia coal was mined
there could be no particular stringcncy.
ns there Is sufficient coal out Of tho earth
already to last until winter. Small deal
crs. however. IRE squirming over their In
ability TO get conl for retail orders from
the big dealers. The big dealers will not
part with their supply.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

ChicaYo-Cattle, common 10 prime.
$3.50 70 $5.25; hogs, shipping grades.
$500 to 1878: sheep. fair 10 choice. x2.WI
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 rcd, 09c to Tic;
corn, No. 2, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2, 1Ic
to lSc; rye, No. 2. 34c to 35c; butter,
choice creamery, lac 10 l5c; eggs. fresh
&c to DC; new potatoes, 45c to DOC per
bushel.
lndiaNapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500 TO
1900; hogs. choice light, $500 to Us TO-
sheep. common to choice. $500 to 500;
wheat, No. 2, &c to 20; corn. No. z
white, :'c to Csc; oats, No. 2 white, 2lc
to 22c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $5..5; hogs
$500 10 1878; sheep, $500 TO W w;
wheat, No. 2. Csc to zoe; corn, No.
yellow. DE to 25c; outs, No. ? white, tic
to Use; rye, No. 2, 32c to 33c.
Cipcinnati-Cattlc,S $3.50 TO $500; hogs
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to S3.7a;
wheat, No. 2, Tic to Toe; corn, No.
mixed, pic TO 2Sc; oats, No. 2 mixed, zoe
to 22c; rye, No. 2. 3.Ic to 34c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $5.!5; hogs,
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to S4W':
wheat, No. 2, 75c to 77c; corn, No.
yellow, 26c to 2sc; oats, No. 2 white. 24c
10 .oc, rye, die To 5Oc.
Tolelo-Wheat, No. 2 rcd. TIC to Zoe,
corn, No. 2 mixed, 25c to &c; oats, No.
white, lSc to 2Oc; rye, No. 2, 34c to 3Gc;
clover seed, $4.l5 to $4.25.
Observation-Disclosures, No. 2 spring, 73c
to 74c; Germ, No. 3. 27c to 2sc; oats. No.
2 white, 22c to 23c; barley, No. 2, 25c ia
34c; rye, No. l, 35c to 3Gc; pork, mess,
SI.25 to $7.75.
Buffalo-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 10 $500; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, soc to Sic; corn, No.
yellow, 3Cc to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 2ac
to 26c.
New York-Cattle. $500 to 1926; hogs,
$3.50 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, TIC to 7Sc; corn, No. 2,
zoe to Sic; oats. No. . white, 22c to 23c;
butter, creamery, 12c to 16c; eggs, West
ern, Zoe to loc.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
FOR The EAGLE.
4 COLLATION. Of News from
All Over tho World.
Feast Of Political, Commercial
and General intelligence
for Eagle Readers.
Twenty Persons Are Missing.


Melzingah reservoir. In the Fishkill
mountains. near Mnttcawnn, n. ", burst
at . o'clock Wednesday morning, owing
to the heavy rains. The water ran into
the creek and two miles below, near
Duchess Junction, washed away brick
yard buildings. including boarding
house occupied by lnborers. 1t Is reported
that nine Of them were drowned and 9th.
crs arc missing. The food ut Duchess
Junction washed away 2OO yards of the
Hudson River Rnilrond track. Trains
are stalled on each side Of tho breach.
There were two reservoirs In the noun.
tain. the lower one half mile distant
from the other. The upper dam gave
way. letting the volume Of water into the
lower reservoir. This also burst and the
water rushed down through n ravine.
Van Buren, X Iimony's brickyard on the
Hudson, just below Duchess Junction. Is
II mile distant from the site Of the lower
reservoir. without warning the flood
reached II through the ravinc and made
terrible havoc. Buildings were torn In
pieces and their occupants carried away
In the ringing flood. The water works sys.
tenn was operated by n private company
and supplied the villages Of MHtteawan
and hkill.On.thc. Hudson. At D o'clock
seven bodies had been recovered. Two Of
them were those Of Peter Mulligan and
his wife. who kept one Of the two board
ing houses for brickynrd laborcrs that
were swept away by the flood. The names
Of the others are not known. II Ii re.
ported that twenty are missing. Tons Of
earth and sand were washed down In the
Hood. Trains were stalled oil the why
from Fishkill to Poughkcepsic.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
Cattle Die by ThOmsa nds,

A Stuttgart dispatch received in Berlin
brings the news of a destructive hail
storm which ragged for hours in southern
Wurtenberg, causing the death of thir-
teen persons and damage to crops amount
ing to more than $4,OOO,OOO. Such n
meteorological phenomenon in the hottest
month OF the year has never before been
experienced in that part of the fatherland.
Before the storm the weather was OK
tremely sultry. Gradually the clouds be-
gan to larken and within Il few minutes
after there was n sudden darkness, fol,
lowed 10y rushing torrents of rain which
almost submerged the villages. The rain
was followed by a terrific hailstOrm, some
OF the hailstones being of almost incredi
BILE size. Thousands of head of cattle
were killed. In addition to the thirteen
persons killed outright many We're fatally
injured.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
AMERICAN BUTTER THE BEST.
Result Of Tests Made by Secretary OF
AleiCultUrc.


Findio, II difficult TO got nm unprciu.
diced and definite comparison made in
London lctwecn butter sent there by the
United states Department of Agriculture
with the best pro,lucts of other countries,
Secretary Wilson directed his agent at
London 10 buy there representative pack.
ages Of fine butter from various sources
and send them in cold storage TO New
York. This WINS RECENTLY done. md the
foreign lot included somnlc casks of the
best English UDorsctsbirc). Danish and
French butter. md boxcs from Austria.
liam and Irish crcnmcrics. os we'll as rolls
Of Sweet" or unsoltcd butter. such rs
Is sent daily from Rrittaoy and sells ut
the highest pricc on tho london market.
These foreign buttcrs were Inst week
critically cxnmincJ Inv tho leading but .cr
mcrchants NJ Nav vorL md compared
with packages reserved from 10, li;cly
sent nbroni nv tho dcnnr,mcnt from
crcamerics in N,pncs,,o and Nnssnc
sctts. On n .cni" ~ In0 no,n,s ,h. Min.
nesotn c,comor~ s,,,,or 800. nm ..hcI .,;ih.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
CROPS HELP OUT TRADE
Prospects for Good Void Are Highly
RCaaaueln1.

Il. q. Dun T. Co.'S Weekly Review OF
Trade says: ut seems to bc the fact that
crops In other countries IRE less promising
than usual, and the demand for American
wheat IL supplemented even ut this sea.
son by exports OF 2,GO5,5O4 bushels OF
corn. against $50, go bushels for the same
week last year. Each week raises the
estimate Of wheat yield, however, and II
the weather continues favorable the crOr
may prove most important factor In tho
future 1T national and international bust
ness. Tho prospect as to corn IL growing
more cheerful with each week. and M
immense crop IL now anticipated. Faii'
ures for the week have been 200 In the
United States, against 215 last year, and
80 In Canada, against 30 last year."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
New and safe Narcotic,

Efforts on the part OF City Of Mexico
physicians IN charge Of the insln hospital
for women to discover some snfe narcotic
which should produce sleep have resulted
IN bringing into daily use IN that institu-
ton simple remedy prepared from the
seed Of white xapote. 1t produces Il tran.
quill sleep, and since It has been used no
deaths from cerebral congestion have
been known ut the institution.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
How Chicago Suffered.

One week Of the extremely warm
weather closed Friday evening. and Fri.
day Chicago was the hottest place In the
United States. Thursday night was thu.
worst IT the year, and, except for the
slight effect Of nm occasional breath Ut
cnst win1, the mercury would never have
been below % during Friday. Never even
In the period after midnight and before
daybrcax did the thermometer stand at
less than So degrees, and ns result there
was slccplcssncss. much suffering and
several deaths. Over forty people have
been made temporarily insane BY heat In
Chicago, and the mortality record
throughout the country has been fright.
full,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
Good Wiutcr Whsat Crop.

The following IRE the percentages Of
condition Of winter wheat on July In
tho principal winter wheat producing
States. as shown by the monthly report
OF the statistician Of the Department Of
Agriculture: Pennsylvania. 1O1; Tcnnes'
SEQ, 10; Kentucky. 1Ol: Ohio. 81; Michi'
gan. ~: Indiana. O5; Illinois. 40; Mis-.
souri,, %; Kansas. 80; California. -;
Maryland. III; Virginia. 40; Washing.
ton, 100; Oregon. O?.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
oRxAr HOST or kNDEAvoRERs.
Nearly . Quarter Of . million Went
IN Aha 0Relac0 CnaYAaNl00.

Nearly Q Qwsrter Of . million Went
to the Frisco Convention.
At length II Ii possible to state with a
close approach to cxRctitudc how many
delegates attended the Christian Endcn.
vor convention In San Francisco. The
registration committee hns made a report
by States and counties OF the number cf
people registered. Tho total number Of
people from other States. territories and
foreign countries In attendance is IL ga.
From California the registration II H..
604. making a total Of 23,O1S. Outside
Of California, the biggest delegation was
from Illinois, the State sending 1.OS3.
Iowa being next. Pennsylvania \ird. fol.
lowed by Ohio. New York. Nils, pri and
Massachusetts In the order name 1t Ii
interesting 10 note that the won, from
all places outside Of the State Re nj.
most twice AZ numerous NJ the men. the
figures being: Women, 7.477; men. 3,747.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
Athletes Of the Diamond.
Following IL the standing Of tho clubs
Of the National Baseball League:


Decker. Howell 4 Co., bankers and
brokers Of New York, have assigned. The
firm was one Of the largest brokerage
houses IN the street. A representative Of
the firm attributed the trouble to being on
the wrong side Of the market. the firms
shortage on sugar being one OF the prin-
cipal elements. Five years ago this firm
failed for $12,OOO,OOO, but paid up within
sixty days and resumed business.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
E. X. Cun - ings Dead,

Columbus Il. Cuinmings. one Of the
most prominent capitalists Of Chicago.
died ut his residence. 1O4l Indiana ave.
nue.. ut D o'clock Monday evening. after
a lingering illness, which had incapaci.
tated him for business for many years.
Mr.. Cummings was prominent In gas.
banking ind railroad circles. He was one
Of the builders OF the "Nickel Plato"
Road. and leaves IN estate estimated ut
&1O,OOO,O 900.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
swINDLED IGNORANT NEoROKs

Sharpers Collect Money and Promise
Pcnsion.
From all over the black belt of Ala
bama come reports Of the pension swim.
dler's imposition ON the ignorant negroes.
Emissaries of the takers, who appear to
have made headquarters near MOntgOm.
cry, have gone through the country In.
forming the negroes that Congress has
passed u Inv pcnsioning all ex.slaves and
their children for a fee ranging from D
cents to ~. The alleged agents have on.
rolled thousands OF the negroes, who are
now hourly awaiting the payment OF their
pensions. Several Government detectives
are looking for the rascals.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
WILL 90 TO LAKE cmAMpLAlN.

President Decides Where He viii
Spend Most Of His Vacation.
President Mckinley will spend most Of
his summer vacation OH the shores Of
Lake Champlain. He will leave Wash.
ington on Aug. and go direct to Lake
Champaign. Plnttsburg. VT. will he his
nearest town. His party will consist Of
the members Of the presidential family, Of
vicc.ricsidcnt and Mrs. Hobart, Sccre.
tary Alscr and family. Secretary and Mrs.
Porter, and probably Of several other
members Of official society. The Prcsi-
dent will make quite prolonged stay,
lasting several weeks mt least. He has no
plans perfected beyond this.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
Pays s6,COO,OOO for a Mine.

1t is announced that the negotiations
for the purchase of La Esperanza gold
mining property, near Toluca, Mexico, by
G.. ID. Lane, representing Il California syn
dictate. have been closed. The cons!dera-
ton was SG,OOOOOO.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17

a Mobile man claims to have discOv-
cred process for making steel from
crude alabama iron ore with single
furnace manipulation without huxing. He
asserts that his process will produce steel
from ore as cheaply as pig iron can be
produced by smelling.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
EirO CnDn n Feu,l.

Hugh Joeson's family Of five, who lived
fifteen miles northwest Of Pincville KY,
were burned to death Tuesday night, be-
ing unable to escape from their cottage,
which was fired over their heads. ON.
Gals believe the fire was incendiary.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
WHEAT BINS WILL BIZ PULL.


Crop ID 80uth0Fa 1IIJn0JO TIE F100Ot
Reapsd In Years.
Southern Illinois never had finer
wheat crop than this year. The yield In
good. ranging from 70 to 30 bushels to
the aero: the grain II dry. clean. plump
and more than % per cent will grade No.
2. The returns per acre IRE fully double
this year what they were last. The corn
cnop Is looking very fine since the recent
heavy rains. Tomatoes are a large and
NO fur u profitable crop. The blackberry
yield II very heavy. both Of wild and cul.
tivatcd bci rics. and acres OF the latter are
going 10 waste because the price Ii too
low to more than pay the cost Of market.
ing. Grapes promise to be IN excellent
crop.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
Famous Mae Rsdtscovered.

John +. james and Henry Blake have
returned TO Phoenix, Ariz., from tho des-
crt region near the Mexican border, bring
ing Il story of extreme suffering and OF
success in the discovery of the famous
California mine, one of the famous lost
mines If the Southwest. For ten days
the men and their burrOs were compelled
to live b. drinking the bitter juice OF the
cactus.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17

Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease declares that
free silver Is dead issue. and says that
II Mr.. Bryan makes 1t the dominant issue
In the next campaign she will oppose him.
Socialism, she insists, Is the hope OF the
country.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
StrIkc May Laat Sixty Dave.

Three facts loom up from the mass of
news relative to the strike of the soft coal
miners. These are: That the strikers are
to make a most determined effort to en-
list the West Virginia miners In the strike.
They see that they cannot win as long as
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
Dark Year for Rusaia.

Continuous rains in Central and South.
ern Russia have well-nigh destroyed all
the crops. There Is every likelihood that
the present will be one OF the darkest
years in Russian history.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
WIND DOES DAMAGE.

Kentucky and Tennessee Towns 6uf.
fer from 6tOrss.
A week of terrific heat eliminated Fri.
day afternoon In n tornado which swept
over West Kentucky and Southern ILL
nOis. at Paducah the destruction was
confined TO the downtown section. The
fourth and fifth floors of the Three Rivers
mill, the largest flour mill In the State,
were blown away. Metropolis and Brook.
Ign, in Illinois; Mayfeld, Eddyville and
Kuttawa, In Kentucky, and Paris, Tenn,
suffered severely.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
Two 0lris Drowned.

BY unskillful handling u snilbont was
capsixed Monday on Eagle Lake. Ind.
and Georgia Coulter, Of Chicago. and
Bcrthn Yurncllc. Of Fort Wayne. Ind.
were drowned. Eunicc Munson. John A.
Coulter Jr.. and William Gray were
rescued. Miss Coulter was the 14.ycnr.
old daughter Of Prof. Coulter. Of the
University Of Chicago. and Miss Var
nellie Il daughter Of one Of the most prom.
incnt mon Of her home city.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
No Women There,

Thomas Nee'iha!s, an evangelist ut
New Brunswick, y. j., has stirred up that
community 10 II tremendous pitch hy de-
claring there are no female angels in
heaven.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
Suicide of Sheridan Mason.

sheridan +. Mason, the son of William
of Mason, Lewis 4 Co., committed sui
eide with a revolver early Monday even
ing in his fathers private office in the
New York Life Building, III La Sale
street, Chicago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17

The heat wave Is causing suffering al,
over western Kentucky. Two hundred
employed on the Illinois Central below
Paducnh struck, declaring that they could
mot work
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
Grcnt Gathering of Ire publicans.

The tenth annual convention of the Ma
tiOnal League of Republican Clubs was
called to order Tuesday morning at de-
trOit.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-31
Mr.. BENJAMIN DOTTEN

l T T L E POLLY
went over to her
grandmother's to
see Aunt Why, who
had just come from
Wisconsin.
Your Aunt vi
ny's upstairs I'M
p a C k i n g." said
grandma, land it's
cold there. Stay
here till she comes
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-31
Christmas Day.

"Christmas is pre-eminently church
festival" writes Mrs. Lyman Abbott.
"The Puritans, seeing only the super
stitions 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 it,
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 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 it was not until the end Of the
fourth century, perhaps not until the
beginning of the fifth, that the present
date December 25, was generally ac-
cepted. The Christmas season
is sometimes used to designate the
time between December 1G and Febru-
airy 1, more often the fortnight be-
tween December "a and January 6.
During all this period there was for
b bo ,ip
it of joy and festivity which entities
it to be called the holidays The vigil
of the Nativity, or as we now call it,
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 it continued through the night and
made. with Christmas itself, one grea'
solemnity."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-31
A Queens Christmas Gifts.

ct 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 articl 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 turn receives from
them. are not expensive. The royal
purse is not an ineXhaustible one, and
the claims on it are enormous, so
that the presents given by royal peo-
pie must always be regarded in the
light of souvenirs and not as costly
gifts. The Queens children are not
rich. ard as they are not able to afford
expc lsiye presents so we may consid-
er the value OF all royal gifts from the
not the commercial, point
of view, and it is its pleasantest as
we'll as most touching aspect, for it
shows that simplicity and depth Of
the family affection, which is neither
rourished nor fostered by any feeling
of greed or expectation, but which is
as simple and genuine as that of the
poorest subject of our great Queen"