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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-24
Joins the Rough Riders,

Mr.. Arthur Fortunatus Cosby, formerly
OF this city, where his father Pay Director
Cosby. general inspector of the pay corps
of the navy, resides, passed through Wash
ington from Now York last night, in re-
Spouse to a telegram from Lieut. Col.
Roosevelt, on his way to San Antonio.
Texas, to join Col. Woods regiment of
mounted rff1emen. Mr. Cosby is an honor
graduate of Harvard, and of Columbian
University Law School of this city. and Is
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a member of Squadron A, New Yorks crack
cavalry organization, but not having drawn
a lucky number in the competition of the
members of the squadron to volunteer, ha
has promptly taken other means of getting
to the front.
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William Clark, cclored, was today con-
victed of cutting Charles Pryor. also col
cred, in the back with a knife Clark was
sent TO jail by Judge Kimball for six
months
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13
SANTA Claus Was In Ii.

''Those Americans down there, said
Santa Claus, as he sat on the lee side of
all iceberg and waited for Christmas
eve, "seem to think I'm not up to date.
Now wonder, he murmured us he
went in end rang up his polar stables,
what they think if they saw me at
it just at PRESENT." Then he pressed u
button in the side of the iceberg and
said: "Grizzly, run out that new deer
less motor sleigh of mine. while load
her up. And look here, Grizzly, the
next time you take out that new cleo
trio airship of mine and break it just
when want to use it, won't let you
play in that toy orchard Of mine for a
whole year!
Sup to date, chr said Santa as nc
Jumped into his motor and pulled on
The robes "Well, Just watch me while
| motel"
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man who was at home with nature and

man who was at homo with nature and
had a way OF making the best of the
rougher side of life. His wife was
woman who Was in every way in accord
with him, and when Preston was usher
ed into the che room CT the hut she re
turned his greeting shyly, but still
frankly.
''Ihis is the new postmaster, Jane, y
the farmer had said by way of intro
duction, land old Melohisedec went at
him as if he'd been keepin back a
registered letter, and do yeh know, he
added, with wink that required fully
half OF his whiskered face to execute.
she didn't know that today was Christ
mas until l told him.
The woman looked ut her husband
laushingly and. understanding thu
meaning CT bis wink, she chimed in:
''That is funny. but l don't suppose
he'll object to hayin his Christmas
dinner With US Just the same.
"Well. replied Preston. looking
hungrily at a huge wild turkey that
was browning in heavy iron pan Gu
tho Goals before the roaring Grepaca,
"you may be poking fun at Me. hut
that old gnnbler is no joke. and hs
smells appetizing.
The bill of fare. though brief, was of
kind to satisfy an appetite sharpened
by vigorous exercise in the open air.
The savory turkey was stuffed with
chestnuts, and there was large wooden
dish full Of steaming potatoes that had
been saved for the occasion. These, with
fresh scenes of johnnycake, completed
the homely banquet.
While they were at the table there
was sudden stir in the pieces of blan-
ket that covered large sap trough i'll
the corner, and the querulous cry of a
paby was heard. The mother fastened
to take her child from its primitive
cradle, and while she was hushing him
the father explained to the guest:
'That's the little man that got Mel
chisedec into trouble and mace us post
pone Christmas.
4 ''But / DON'T understand how said
Preston.
"Well. I" replied his host half humor-
ously, half defiantly, "hardw orlAin
folks like us never have time for Christ
mas, hut when this little fellow came
along it didn't seem just right that be
shouldn' t have enc. But things wash
ready just in time. Yeh know yourself
there couldn't be no Christmas withou:
baby havin socks to be hung up, SO we
had to shear old Melchisedec to gel
WOOL and as the socks didn't get made
till this week we just naturally had tc
postpone Christmas until we were ready
for it.
Preston entered into tie -. CT the
occasion and added hant. pennie:
to the little doll and str..s OF glas.
beads that Santa Claus bad left in til,
stiff little pair of stockings, and thu
shadows were long before he passed TIT
guard of Melchisedec and returned t,
his lonely Office.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13
Christmas In oxford.

England, the land of the medieval
Yuletide festivities. is the home of
many strange and interesting Christmas
traditions. This isespecially true of the
town of Oxford, the place where Shakes
peare and his company of fellow actors
were wont to hold down the boards az
Christmastide three centuries ago. The
day Of the st1olling player has passed
away, but the old time Christmas
choral singers still go through the
streets of Oxford singing from door to
door their quaint old fashioned songs.
A strange old custom is kept up at
Queens college, Oxford, where each
Christmas day huge boar's head is
carried into the big old dining hall,
followed by the choir boys singing
Latin hymn of Thanksgiving. The
greens with which the head is dressed
are afterward distributed among the
guests present at the festival, and the
head itself is given to the poor of Ok
ford town. The peculiar part of the
ceremony. which has been held with
out break for several centuries, is that
the boar's head always appears with a
New Testament in its mouth. Tradi-
ton explains this as follows: During
! the sixteenth century pions fellow Of
! Queens college was walking ON Shot
over hill, just outside of Oxford, com.
mendably engaged i'll reading and study
ing the New Testament as he strolled
along. He was suddenly attacked by o
/ wild boar and only saved his life by
thrusting the New Testament he held
in his hand down the throat of the
fierce animal, which, when subdued,
was conveyed to the college in triumph.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13

shillings when they reached the Dice
at which they were to be delivered.
Letters from homo were naturally ths
greatest source of pleasure to these
lonely people, yet many We're SO poor
that it was impossible for them to pay
these fees. Letters that were not re-
deemed We're exposed in the window Of
tjle office, and it was no unusual sight
10 see some of the unfortunates to whom
they were addressed gazing at them
with hungry eyes. Sometimes they rec
ognized the handwriting as that of a
loved one beyond the sea, and then tho
disappointment was all the more bitter.
To escape from the thoughts and feel
ines provoked by such surroundings and
social conditions the young postmaster
often put on his skates and found relief
in tho eXhilaration he derived from
ski,nmirg through the forest along tho
CLASSY streams, just as a business man
of the present time escapes from his
cares by retreating to his yacht and
racing over tho water under full sail
| On one OF these occasions about the
middle Of February OF "a forgotten year
he plunged farther into the wilderness
than ever before, attempting to trace a
frozen creek to it's source, and about
noon suddenly emerged into a little
clearing OF whose existence he had not
previously been aware. Knowing the
hospitality Of the pioneers, he decided
to Visit the little log hut that stood Oh
the edge of the clearing and get his din
ner before returning to his Office.
After unstrapping his skates he start
ed toward the house, from the stone
chimney of which cheerful smoke was
ascending. He had proceeded but few
steps when he was confronted by al
aggressive apparition that startled hin
into headlong activity. Just in time tt
escape a gnarled and twisted pair o
horns he sprang nimbly to the top of ;
stump. Beneath him stood the stranges
creature he had ever seen. The head ans
horns were those of a sheep. bat inste;.s
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13


ago, when Henry Preston. the patriarch
Of an important Canadian family. set
tied in Kemoka, the strangely directed
energy Of Colonel Talbot was changing
the wilderness OH the northern shore of
Lake Erie into fruitful province Year
by year shiploads Of peasants came from
Great Britain to take up land in the ter
ritory where he was almost an absolute
monarch, and with them came many
younger sons of noble families who
were ambitious to make their fortunes
In the new world. Among the latter
came our hero, and it was i'll the first
year of his exile that the little adven-
ture occurred that all who enjoyed his
acquaintance often heard him describe.
In those days a Canadian winter had
many terrors that have sinca become a
memory. The sutEmral RATS 'anged
the level country into series ii vast
Ewamps and when these miry reaches
were frozen to depth of several feet
the winter had foundation on which
to build. In consequence, from the LIST
Of December to tae middle of March
there was almost uninterrupted cold
weather, when the thermometer remain
ed steadily at Il point it cannot now
reach without the aid of cold wave
from the northwest. but the swamps
are now drained, tic forests that held
the snow have been cleared away and a
variable climate has taken he place of
tho earnest weather that was then the
rule. Even worse than the cold, how
ever. was the almost uninl.gin lone
illness. Wleu tAe winter bi~a fairly set
in, the intense i.,cst pct q c.i.p-'. Oh al
communication. even tiloueh .as,,!iolhed
aud improved TIE roads that we1e usual
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13

of woolly fleece the animal wore u
kind of overcoat made Of hempen canvas
sewed roughly with cords OF basswcoa
bark. A careful examination convinced
him that his assailant was the veneer
able leader of small flock of sheep.
though he could by no means guess the
meaning of his masquerading appear
aEce Having satisfied himself that the
creature was not supernatural, he jump
ed down from the stump intending to
proceed to tho house, bat before ho had
taken five steps he was sent headlon;;
into sncwdrift. He was blinded ard
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13

the forest and gladden. the eye with
view that would give the imagination
the sense of freedom it craved. What
wonder that in such a situation the pio-
neers were sometimes known to climb
the Hottest trees at the risk of their
lives SO as to gain awider prospect such
as they were accustomed to in tho civil
lized and pleasingly diversified countries
from which they came.
But this distressing state of affairs is
now thing of the past. Instead of the
isolation that tortured the pioneers
there is now danger OF overcrowding.
instead of monotony there is overmnch
variety, where numbering stagecoaches
toiled once week over corduroy rail-
road trains pass every hour, aud a
Canadian winter is now season of
leisure and enjoyment.
The village Of Kemoka, where Pres-
ton kept store and was the postmaster
from 1920 to 1880, was one Of the
dreariest spots on the continent during
the long winters that then prevailed.
1t was deep in that forest that gave q
name to the Longwoods district, and
the settlers who patronized the store,
blacksmith and inevitable tavern were
scattered over large territory. In such
a place, where companionship was SO
necessary, it was but natural that II
man who had been gently nurtusea
could not find it, and during his first
winter young Preston was often On the
verge Of despair. In his position as post
master the poverty Of the pioneers was
brought home to him more keenly than
in any other way. AT that time the
young colony was SO misgoverned and
every department Of the public service
was so scandalously conducted fer the
benefit of private individuals that the
extortionate fees charged by officials
frequently made letters cost from 3 to !
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13

THAT'S THE LITTLE MAN THAT GOT KEEL
cAlSEDEC INTO TROUBLE
half smothered by the dry snow, as,,l rs
he partly rose to his feet, spluttelis !,
ard c1awing. he was howled over ;seaio
by his aggressive enemy.
Now Preston had heard in his youth
that when attacked by a butting ram
one should lie still and wait for ths
brute to go away. He decided to try tina
plan. but he made the mistake Ct his
life. He had barely flattened himself
out Gu tho ground when the ram landed
on the small of his back with the force
of q pile driver. The ram seemed inc!in.
ed to use him as the circus clowns a.,
tho cushion on which they turn somer
saults and he quickly realized that
though such a scheme might have been
all right With bellwether reared III
the lap of luxury, it was a complete
failure with this crook pated, cross
grained old wretch who had take. to
wearing burlap overcout and had II
pair of horns that would have dcEe
credit to q dilemma AS soon as Preston
recovered his breath he uttered yell
that reused the echoes for miles and
grappled with his tormentor. He caught
Him by the horns and together they
rolled through the drifts. collided witA
stunlps and sent the snow flying in
Clouds while Preston's yels mingled
with the Enlightened bleating cf the ram
The uproar brought the farmer OF the
scene and with u few we'll difcafsl
kicks he made the ram loso intr,a-: i
the battle aud return to his neglected!
flock, with his coat trailing after Kim.
| The farmer helped Preston . his feet
and inquired:
"How did yeh get inteh the w1assle
with Melchisedec?"
Beelzebub, you mean, don't you: l
was coming up to your house When the
freak hunted me. -
"Well, yen mustn't be too hard on
him, if yeh amt hurt. Teh amt, arc
yeh?''
"No."
"Yeh see, he's had lot to try his
speerit this winter Tho wind may be
tempered to the shorn lamb. as the sayir
is, but it amt by IL long shot for s
shorn ram, and kinder guess the fit o.
his overcoat amt exactly to his likin
J, But 'scuse me for talliin so much before
wisilin yeh IL merry Christmas.
"A what?' asked Preston as he look
ed at the farmer with an air of !,ewil
dern.eEt.
"a merry Christmas.
Nonsense, man This is almost th'
end of February. Christmas was ove
two months ago.
"Not by long shot it amt. Toaa.
is Christmas, tell yeh. Yeh must hav
got twisted when havin it out Wit!
Melekisedec. He didn't hit yeh on til
head, did hep
Nov, see here, what sort of non
i sense is this you are talking abou
Christmas:' asked Preston, with tn
air of man who was ready to &c
anery.
, None at ALL Yeh must come to tn
5 house and have Christmas dinner wit
: us, and maybe that'll convince yeh. F"
! Preston did what he could to relnov
4 from his clothing the effects of the CT
D counter with Melchisedec and followe
I tins farmer to his house. The man W.
a one of those natural pioneers who ha
I moved into Ontario because the settl,
} ,aents on the st Lawrence river wei
4 becoming uncomfoItably civilized
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13

LETTERS THAT WERE NOT REDEEMED WERE
EXPOSED In THE WINDOW.
~ quite as bad as those of Scotland "bs-
fore they were made. Z" AS neighbors in
the early twenties often lived ten miles
apart visits were infrequent, and during
the dreary winters not few Of the
hardy pioneers went mad from sheer
loneliness. And to this desolation was
added q sutfocating feeling of being
buried alive. The dark forests rose on
every side and travel where they might
the pioneers could find no relief from
the inclosing walls. For almost leo
miles in every direction there was 30
elevation sufficiently great to ovsr!vo.S
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13
copyright. 1895. by the Author.l
BY p. M'ARrnuR.

HE story of tse
postponed Christ
mas is a tradit:an
Of the Preston
family; but, like
most traditions,
it requires q few
words of cxpla-
nation to mako it
clear how such
an unaccountable
thing could hap
pen.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13
CHRISTMAS IN CHI, :
INTERESTING HOLIDAY CUSTOMS
THE FAR EAST.
Festivities Over the Return Of TIE
Sun That Somewhat Resemble the
Festivities of Chrintian Lands-'cir
Angel of Light.
copyright. 1895. by the .Author.l

ONE OF the fes'
Invites popular
at Chri S t L, a s
time are OF great
antiquity. The
feast Of Yule vas
held long hetora
the time of Eing
Solomon. To cur
Gothic -Gernauic
ancestors living
lin the north Of
Europe it was the
<oct;vo1 oe ,i,,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13

''Peaco on earth, eh:" grcwlea old
Crusty to his wife the day after Chsist-
mas.
peace on earth, eh? And you bought
that boy drum!'
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-05

or course one Of the principal feat
ures of the wheat carnival next fall
will be the prizes for competing ex-
hibits, musical organizations, etc. A
prize Of perhaps $500 will be awarded
to the best visiting band. The Hutch.
inson band has already announced its
willingness to attend. The Leaven-
worth, Topeka aud Winfield Lands
will also be here for the occasion.
There will be money prizes for ball
teams, military organizations and FIRE
companies, and implement prizes for
grain exhibits. The executive com
mittee will have the matter Of ar
ranging the prizes and it. is safe tt
say that inducements will be offered
sufficient to bring thousands Of people
to Wellington for the three or foul
days of the carnival.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-05

There was constant thunder and
the greater part OF the time
it was raining. The total rain fall
during the storm wds 2.S2
We have plenty OF water at present.
Had d light rain Saturday morning
before day. Began again at s O'Clock
in the evening AID poured down un
Til 10 am. Sunday, followed by an
other shower at 6 pm. when it rained
OBS in fifteen minutes.
Several between here and Yelling
ton have panied some Of their build
ings and made ether repairs.
Fred BOOrly painted his house G.
Felt painted his barn and graaary
and made new woven wire fence 10
front Of his house. Jake Perren
paintd his barn. Ben Peffley painted
his house and made a new picket fence
around the yard.
Last spring the experimc ntal
station sent sugar beet seed to all who
would engage to plant then and re-
port results and send a few samples
to be analysed. They received about
400 applications for seed. OF this
number l56 sent samples of beeis to
the chemist to be analysed. The
average per cent of sugar obtained
from the beets was l1.SS: which is l24
per cent higher than when they made
a similar test in 1891. The sample
sent by your correspondent averaged
ID SO. The lowest from any locality
was $40, The best sample was 1910.
The southern part of the state pro-
duced as good beets as the northern,
Those who wish for further infnrma-
ton can get a copy of the bulletin
giving the results Of all the tests by
sending to the experiment station al
Manhattan.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-05

Monday May End being the And
anniversary OF John L. Noel, relatives
and friends to the number of twenty
besides many little folks were in
yited to assemble at his beautiful
home to partake of sumptuOus supper
and exchange friendly greeting. The
table fairly gr0aned under its burden
Of luciOus yiands which had been prer
pared by Mrs. J. T. Noel and he
daughter Miss Nora who are the quint
essence of perfection in the culinary
art. At 10 pm. the friends took their
leave wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Noel many
years of pleasure.
o. S. Pickens met with very seri-
Gus and painful accident Tuesday,
the seat on the corn planter which he
was operating becoming detached
causing him to fall violently back
ward lighting on his head. In the
fall the check lines became tangled
around his body drawing him and
doubling his body under the planter,
in which position he remained for
sometime, until his stepson working
in the field noticed him 10 his helpless
condition and ran to his assistance
He was taken up unconscious and
hauled home. Drs. G. G. Engleman
and S. T. Shelly is attending him.
His body is paralyzed from his hipS
up and he is suffering greatly. The
doctors express hope Of his recovery.
Mr.. Pickens has the sympathy ~ the
whole community. xxx.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-05
PRAIRIE CENTER.

Fred ONO has fenced his yard of
with woven wire.
Conrad Albright and Howard Pratt
went down into the Strip last week
after corn.
Who says it never rains in Kansas?
We had four inches Saturday night
and Sunday.
Tom Sh waller is be liking out the
rest OF the prairie on the quarter
owned by NJ. II. Kirk.
There was a party from here went
over west on Prairie creek fishing.
They succeeded 10 catching about loo
fish.
F. W. Erwin is making big pre-
eratiOns TO 90 to Cuba. He has gone
50 far as to sell his corn to Il, H AL
bright for 81 per acre.
Frank Cole and Tap May to,k a
herd vi cattle out to Kingman county
to pasture. The cattle belonged to
Frank Cole and G. D, Able of Perth.
Tom Showalter'S mother and father
were here visiting with them few
days. They say that wheat is larger
up north where they live than II is
here.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-05
ILLINOIS TOWNSHIP.

Who said il never rained in Kan
sas.
D. ]. Downing finished planting
last week.
Charley Harrison shipped his fat
cattle last week; he had lS2 head.
Quarterly meeting at TIE Friends
church next Saturday and Sunday.
Some of the yOung men in ouT
neighbOrhoOd have enlisted to fight in
the war against Spain.
Henry Prilliman spent several days
visiting in the Strip last week. He
brings back glowing reports of that
country.
A successful eight months Schoo
at Silver Creek taught by Mr.. Young
closed last Friday. Several of the
patrons gathered at the school house
about noon with well filled basket:
and surprised the teacher and had
good time. Bic SIX.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-05
SOUTH HAVEN.

Taylor, the blacksmith has hired a
new man to assist him.
a heavy rain Saturday and Sunday
Wheat is looking fine; prospect never
was better.
]. A. Jeffries sold nearly 1900
bushels Of wheat last week for nearly
81 per bushel.
South Haven is repairing its all
most impossible sidewalks which are
much needed.
Prof. Limerick delivered a very
interesting talk on Sunday schools at
Portland last Sunday.
Dell Nave cultivated the first corn
in his neighborhood. He has nearly
twenty acres cultivated.
7. A. Hubbard from near Rome
passed through town Friday TO the
Strip after load OF corn.
KLONDYKE.