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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-12-20
TNhe KaiSer'S
i Christmas.

wa ROBABLY no European court
- gives Christmas presents ON so
extended a scale as the kaiser's.
Every one gives presents to ev-
cry one else, and for weeks before
Christmas secret inquiries are made
about the most suitable gifts to be-
stow. The empress and her seven chill
dren mysteriously dash about Berlin
and Potsdam, visiting jewelers., toy
shops and other establishments where
something new or striking is to be had,
and they hold levee every morning
of tradesmen whom they have no time
to visit.
The kaiser does no shopping him
self, but he Is the greatest Christmas
box giver of ALL and his presents III
every case exactly fit the desires of the
happy recipient. Early in December
he makes list of the persons to whom
he intends making presents. His wife
heads the list, and at the foot is usual
ly some old pensioner or invalided
housekeeper who has served the Ho-
henzollerns for half century.
Soon before Christmas the royal mint
sends the kaiser bag of bright. new
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-12-20
CANADA'S CHRISTMAS STAMP
The Only Known Postal Memorial OF
the December Holiday.

the December Holiday.
Stamp collectors say that the great
est Christmas gift ever made was
postage stamp of the value of cents.
On Christmas. 1898, Great Britain pre-
scented to all her thirty colonies
a Christmas gift in the form of two
cent letter postage in place of the rate
of 5 cents, which for decades had ex-
listed.
In honor of this event Canada placed
on sale on Christmas morning, 1898,
Christmas postage stamp, the only
stamp of the kind ever issued by any
country. In many respects it is unique
among all postage stamps.
1t was larger than our Columbian
stamps and showed a map of the world
with the possessions of the British en-
pire printed in bright scarlet. The
oceans appeared in blush green and
the frame of the design In black.
Across the top was the inscription
Canada Postage" with crown rest
ing on laurel leaves tucked in between
the words. At the extreme lower part
of the design Is the declaration, I'VE
hold a vaster empire than has BEEN"
above this, Xmas, 1885," and figure
"2' in each lower corner.
1t is worthy of note that this Cana
dian stamp was printed by a bank
note company in the United States. 1t
marked a new epoch in stamp produc-
ton, having three colors. Bicolored
stamps are not uncommon, but up to
that time no country had ever attempt
ed a three color stamp.
This Christmas stamp was probably
the most expensive ever issued, cost
ing the Canadian government four
times as much as the ordinary single
color stamp. Although issued on Christ
mas, 1898, the stamps availability for
postage uses is unlimfted.-New York
Herald.
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An Old Christmas Custom.

A century or two ago there was
custom in Germany for all the parents
in a town or village to send the pres
ents they designed for their children to
one chosen individual, who called at
each house clad in a motley robe, a
mask and q huge faxen wig. Knock
ing on the door. he called in a loud
voice for all the good children to APP
pear AMI receive the gifts which the
Christ Child. the Christ Kindlein. had
sent them. This was the primeval
Kriss Kringle Coleridge DIES sribes this
custom and records that the bad little
children had a rod left for their cor
rection.- Brooklyn Citizen.
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triches and weird objects, all piled In
confusion with artificial plants and
floral devices, glittering armor and all
the thousands of odd things that were
being prepared for the most dazzling
comic opera of the year, 1.-THE Minstrel
of the Sahara"
The scenic artists had been working
day and night for weeks, and with the
Opening now only a few days off, the
managers were nervously dreading
that the beautiful effects would not be
finished in time. To add to this fear,
Henry Granger, the artist on whom
the projectors of the great spectacle
had mainly depended, had succumbed
TO the strain of working for days and
nights without sleep and scarcely stop
ping for anything to eat. He lay at
his little east side home, tossing and
raving in the delirium of typhoid fe-
yer. He had been absent from the
painters bridge" for nearly a fort
night, and, although his loss was con-
sidered serious at first, some one else
had filed his place, and now he was
forgotten. Scenic artists, like actors,
are improvident creatures, and if any
of the warm hearted stage folk had
had time to think of aught except the
duties that weighed so heavily on each
and every one they might have
thought that the sick man, out of work
and helplessly Ill, might be suffering
for want of money. Granger was a
fayorfte generally, and many a time
had he gone down into his scant saw
ings to help swell a contribution to
some needy professional in distress. If
anything ever reminded the company
of Changers absence 1t might have
been that his little girl, an only one of
seven, came no more with the artists
meals, as she used to when he painted
away up there on the bridge" She
was a sweetly coy little thing, her
great blue eyes set in a thoughtful
and pale face, surrounded by golden
curls.
And now 1t was Christmas eve, at 4
o'clock in the afternoon. Old Pete,
the stage door tender was startled
from his reveries back in the shadow
of his cage by the sweet voice of a
child She had "a note from mamma
to Mr.. Hardcraft, the manager" No,
the manager was not around just then,
but she could wait. He might be back
any moment. Tenderly the rough old
fellow led the bonny one to prosce-
mum box and, lifting her into a big up.
holstered chair. which she far from
filed. bade her wait A busy rehearsal
was In progress. which the child
watched with no special curiosity, for
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-12-20
THE NEWSBOYS' PIE.
It Took Man Who Looked Like 5ing
ham to Find 1t.

ham to Find II.
Tramp. Tramp. Tramp. Two hun
dred and fifty pairs of little feet, keep
ing step, are marching to dinner In the
New York newsboys' lodging house.
Five hundred pairs more are restlessly
awaiting their turn upstairs. In prison,
hospital and almshouse the great
city is host and gives of her plenty.
Here an unknown friend has spread a
generous repast for the waits who all
the rest of the days Shift for them
selves as best they can-turkey, cof-
fee and pie, with vegetables to fill In.
AS the file of eagle eyed youngsters
passes down the long tables there are
swift movements of grimy hands, and
shirt waists bulge. ragged coats sag
at the pockets. Hardly is the file seat
ed when the plant rises: II amt got
no pie 1t got swiped on mev Seven
despoiled ones hold up their hands.
The superintendent laughs-it is
Christmas eve. He taps one tentative
ly on the bullying shirt what have
you here, my lad?"
me pie" responds he, with an limo
cent look. II was scarf it would get
STOLE"
A little fellow who has been eying
one of the visitors attentiveiy takes his
knife out of his mouth and points 1t at
him with conviction.
81 know you," he pipes. You're a
p'lice commissioner. l seen yer picture
in the papers. You're Bingham!
The clatter of knives and forks
ceases suddenly. Seven pies creep
stealthily over the edge of the table
and are replaced on as many plates.
The visitors laugh. 1t was a case OF
mistaken identity Century
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CHRISTMAS NEAR THE POLE.
Where Seal Meat and Whales Blubber
lake TurkeY's Place.

axe urkeyS Fiace.
Il think Christmas, 1888, was my
most memorable one" said General
Greedy, the artic explorer with my
command l was proceeding southwark
In the hope of obtaining help, and
about the Goth of October we en-
sconced ourselves in a little hut at
Cape Sabine. Our supply Of food was
running very low, and we were on
very short rations. every one being al
lowed just food enough in each TWEEN
tyfour hours to sustain life. Under
these depressing circumstances and
amid the awful silence of the polar
night the cheerfulness that we contin-
ued to maintain was remarkable.
christmas day came at last-Christ-
mas in the arctic regions! At o'clock
we had our breakfast-thin soup made
of peas, carrots, blubber and potatoes.
Our Christmas dinner was served at 1
o'clock-first course, stew of seal
meat, onions, blubber, potatoes and
breadcrumbs; second course, served
one hour after first, stew of raisins,
blubber and milk; dessert, a cup of
hot chocolate. One of our party had
some tobacco still left, and he very
kindly made cigarette for each one
in our little party.
Il will wager that in all Christen-
dom that day not another present was
given or received that gave such in
tense delight to the recipients as did
those little rolls of tobacco and paper.
They were quickly afiame and being
puffed away at for dear life, and thus
my most memorable Christmas-a
Christmas near the north pole-ended
in smoke. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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%A HE week before Christmas in
New York, 'once upon time,
not so very long ago" showed
Broadway full of eager shop
pers making tracks through heavy
fall of snow which the street sweepers
had not yet cleared away Up and
down the magic street and its com
nanion arteries in the retail district a
iostling crowd. pushing. fighting its
way. sought to catch glimpses of the
many treasures temptlngly displayed
in the shop windows. Great extremes
of life bumped elbows. The girl from
the east side, coming down from the
slums to view the good thmgs-things
forbidden to her pocketbOok- brushed
her threadbare skirts against the fur
lined gown of the daughter of the rich.
The almond eyed Celestial from the
Chinese district mingled the opium
scent of his blouse with the delicate
violet of the well dressed crowd. Chill
dren from Fifth avenue in their smart
clothes edged away from squalidly
dressed urchlns with unwashed faces
and uncombed hair,
There was happy contentment re-
Elected on the faces of thousands, in
contrast to the pinched, hungry, hope
less, feverish eyed faces of the other
thousands so strangely mingled on the
worlds greatest thoroughfare.
At the Rialto theater great prepare
tons were in progress for the produc-
ton of new comic opera Rehearsals
had been going on from early morning
until midnight day in and day out.
The back.of the big stage was II verita-
BILE chaos. Unfinished scenery and
mysterious looking props" were being
skillfully fashioned into counterfeit
presentations of camels, for there was
to be grand march of the kings cara
van across the desert, There was an
elephant too, as big as life, and os-
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wh.r. Bella Rino Underground.

Near Raleigh, In Nottinghamshire.
England, there is a valley said to have
been caused by an earthquake several
hundreds of years ago. and 1t is now
usual on Christmas morning for old
men and women to tell their children
and young friends to go to the valley,
stoop down and hear the bells ringing
merrily in the ruins Of the church IN
der the ground.-T1t-B Bits.
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rurkax Once a Side pish.

Turkeys, mince pies and plum pud-
dings are now regarded as the chief
items In the Christmas dinner, but at
one time they were mere side dishes In
an enormous number of courses.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-12-20

In Norman and Saxon times an IN
was always roasted whole over ths
Yule log at Christmas.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-12-20

When Christmas Lasted Weeks.
Our ancestors thought nothing OF TAX
ing three weeks holiday at Christmas
time.
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A Theatrical
Santa Claus.
By JEFFERSON DE ANGELS.

YrsrAHE week before Christmas in
New York, "once upon time,
not so very long ago." showed
RrnndNrnv fnll of pnper ahOn-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-23
Jacksonville and DeLand Fa Wednesday, January 23 1907

very slight, but to be able to look an
other freeze calmly in the face, it would
seem that those who have, or contem-
plate planting, tropical fruit trees in
this region should make some provision
for protection, and the following sug-
gestions are offered:
Plant avocados, mangos and other
tropical trees on highest part of the
land, reserving any low places for either
citrus fruits, loquats, or other fruits
that have proved hardy. 1t is not
generally known that the Cattley
guava, little appreciated notwithstand-
ing its delicious fruit, is here perfectly
hardy. Have the young trees banked
we'll above the bud, and where straw or
dried grass is easily obtainable, cover
small plants with it at approach Of cold
weather. Trash and wood should be
heaped up on the north and west side
Of the grove during summer and fall,
and fired as occasion requires. Large
numbers of budded avocados and man
gos are now planted out every year,
and the purchaser should refuse to ac-
cept any and all plants that are not
budded or marched, less than three
inches above the ground. That the
trees may not be stimulated into active
growth until the danger of cold is past,
cultivation OF the trees should be avoid
ed during the winter and fertilizer
withheld until warmer weather sets in.
Subtropical Laboratory,
Miami, Florida, Jan. s, 1907.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-23

perhaps for the fear that it might hurt
the sale of lands.
I think it would be wise to divert as
much capital and energy from orange
culture as possible, and turn it to agri-
culture and stock There is little dan
ger of growing too many pecans Or
peaches, pears and grapes. | think our
success along these lines is great
My purpose here has been to raise
''hog and hominy,'' - to live on, and have
oranges as side show.
Today I saw some fine Irish pota-
toes, fresh dug-new potatoes! Also
several wagon loads of large, fine cab
bage heads. We have beets and onions
and some other truck, in our private
kitchen garden and might have had
plenty to sell. It takes a wide-awake
hustler to get it out, but there is money
IN this dirt! Orange money is too
easy, and for that reason we are
'moseying" along much in the even
tenor of Our old way We 'don't have.
to- and that's the reason we don't
make money farming, I suppose. If.
we should wake up some fine morning
and find the orange trees twining
with the woodbine (how's thatD I
guess we'd make the dust fy-the gold
dust, mean
WE'LL we are kind O glad that the
theory Of reproduction has had
clip over the head. We find that which
we seek, and this is Our consolation! .
River View, Fla. VIM P Nee1d.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-23
The Dog or the Sheep.

There is no doubt that in: time
Florida will become a great stock rails
ing State. Any branch OF the business
can be made profitable, unless it is the
keeping Of sheep. With sheep it is.
only question of protection from the
ravages OF worthless ours We wish
that we could be sure that the question
would come before our next Legisla-
ture in such shape that they could not
ignore it. We have frequently express
sed our opinion on the subject, ard
need not dilate on the present cond:-
ton of affairs. At this time the dog
has the floor, and it IS ilss>j his day. We
have law taxing dogs, but is no.
enforced, Not one dog, in ten pays
any tax. Why it is that our stock men
are so opposed to any change in the
law which allows them to pasture stheil
cattle and hogs on any ones land, who
will not spend a small fortune to fence
it, and still refuse to protect rhe man
who wishes to keep sheep, from the
destruction wrought by starving. dogs,
is something that we cannot under
stand.
Dogs still have, it very much their
own way in Maine, but it, is proposed
to ren1edy that condition. atr the nlees-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-23
The Late Cold Wave.
Editor Florida 4 A0riculturist:

Here in East Hillsboro County, we
have been frosted badly. The nights
Of December 24th to Goth were below
freezing, and oranges still on the trees
suffered even where they were fired
Grapefruit, too, felt the frost, though
it seems perfectly good four days later.
Oranges are being shipped, and if not
cooked" in transit will be good to
eat on arrival. In some locations old
Seeding trees show but little signs of
frost, and yet in some they look as
though they had been through the
lower regions (of the thermometer
So, just so, and still, owing to the
fact that there was no sap in them
because of an unprecedented drought
since, say 10th of October. they are
not believed to be hurt. I have been
told thermometers registered as low as
IL. | think % was as low as it was
with me. Young buds are no doubt
killed to the banks, and many large
buds, I think are killed where there
was moisture in the soil enough to
make them at all sappy. Reports from
the different sections are conflicting
Our papers are having but little to say,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-23
After the Freeze.
(By P. J. Wester.)

(By +. J. western
Once again we are compelled to ac-
knowledge to ourselves that we really
do have frosts even in South Florida.
The morning after the last cold night,
December 10Th, was not unlike waking
up after a bad dream, wondering
whether it really was true that our
tropical vegetation had grown stiff
from the cold, and that we had seen
ice one-hali inch thick For two years
we have tried to make ourselves believe
that We live in the tropics, and it was
not pleasant to be brought to face
realty so rudely. Freezes like the
one out Of which we have just emerged,
will occur again and again, and it re-
mains for us, taught by our experience
of the past, to adapt ourselves to the
conditions so that the damage in the
future will be reduced to minimum.
In the vicinity Of Miami, the mercury
tell, during the nights Of the %, "a and
70 to 81 degrees, % IA degrees, and
26 degrees F, respectively; this was
eight feet above ground and to judge
from the damage done by the cold the
temperature near the ground was not
far from 20 degrees F. One observer
in Lemon City noted 24 degrees F. out
in the garden, while others have report
ed as low as 10 degrees F. from low
lying localities. It is noticeable, even
to the most hasty observer, that the
damage, with few exceptions and these
without significance, has occurred be-
tween the ground up to about three
feet above. In some instances avoca-
dos two inches in diameter, eight feet
high were glrdled by the cold one foot
above the ground, leaving the top un-
injured, and the damage was not ap-
parent for some days until after the
leaves wthered
The greatest damage was sustained
in low-lying lands, swales and hollows
The reason for this is obvious when
we reflect that the cold air is heavier
than warm air and naturally drains into
the low places. Where fire was kept
going on the north side of part of one
grove, it is noted in one instance that
the smoke hanging over the land pro-
tected both pineapples and trees from
damage, while the adjoining half of the
grove suffered severely from the cold
In other instances, tenting small trees,
mangos, avocados, and Anonas, various
species, was only partial success. The
stems and large branches of the larger
trees escaped, while smaller ones were
killed nearly to the ground Young
trees well covered with straw escaped
without damage. The past freeze does
hardly seem to indicate that tropical
trult-culture III Our latitude is irnpos-
sible, as the damage to large trees is
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-23

ing of the Legislature this winter On
this subject, the Rural New Yorker
says:
One of the most important questions
affecting Maine farmers to come be-
fore the Legislature this winter is in
regard to the raising of sheep. There
are thousands of acres of ideal pasture
lands in our State, many of which
would be utilized if adequate protec-
ton to the sheep could be given. This
industry has dwindled steadily, owing
in great measure to dogs, until the
old time prestige Maine enjoyed for
the high quality of its: lamb and mutt
ton had become thing of the past.
The heavy losses sustained by farmers
from dog raids and the impossibility of
securing an effective dog law caused
the abandonment of the business
Within~a few years few farmers have
tried again fand if favorably situated
reported such good profits others
were encouraged to make the' attempt,
but the weekly complaints of losses.
published in the Maine Farmer, to-
gether with the desire. to see Maine
once more make the sheep industry
prominent, has induced leading agri-
cu1turists to take the matter under con-
sideration with the view Of having
new and effective dog law enacted.
Maine now has laws holding dog own
ers responsible. for damage to sheep,
but as the killing is done almost entire
ly ait night itzis impossible to fix the
responsibility &. The license law is
simply a dead letter, and thousands OF
absolutely useless dogs wander through
o1lr towns, hungry, enaaciAted and only
too ready. to- raid .4af sheep pasture if
there is one available. Different
opinions exist as to how the proposed
>change. must be- made, but there seems
to be two factors necessary to have it
effective a license of at least five dol
lars for every male dog owned in the
State, and compensation sufficiently
large to make it an object for the dog
constables to attend to their duty. If
they were paid So for every unlicensed
dog killed, the numbers of useless curs
would be reduced enormously. Then
there are those who contend that at
night dogs should be shut into their
homes and give authority to shoot at
sight any dog running alone after dark.
The dog owners, of course, all deny
that their animals are guilty. It is
always some other dog. It seems now
that public sentiment is becoming
aroused. The public, tired Of western
lamb, embalmed with poisonous boracic
acid, want the native product, sweet,
tender and delicious, and there will be
an effort to make some radical change
in the dog laws to enable the farmers to
furnish it.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-01-14
SUCESOS
EN- Ia ISLA

CorOnel Hamill, San Juan Anoche 4
las IL los guardias Manuel Scharon, Vii
cente Dfaz, Guillermo AaeDjo q Ines La
nause en barrio 81 sguaa esta Jurisdiction
capturaron Z Juan Diepa agresor del pri-
nero 81 "a de Diciembre y que DC fng6
del Dep6sito Municipal 81 de- EneTo.
Fue preao Jose Borges duefio de Ia casa
en- que Diepa estaba oculto poT despistar
Ia poliCfa haciendose contra 81 Ia cores
pondiente denuncia. Teniente Iturrondo.
QuebYadillaE. "A AprimeFas horas de la
msiana de hoy, con guaTdia Hernandez
arreste & Gabriel Nieves de Isabela, por
haberlc aorprendido vendiendo una cabra
que Iuego coDfes6 Ia habfa hurtado ca al.
cho pueblo. Cabo CasapovRs
Arecibo.--Los tabaqueroH de Ia West
Indian Cigars de eata pobIaci6n se han
declarado en- huelga pacffca.- Captain
Tallada.
Quebradillas.- Acabo de ocupar otrO
cerdo de los vendidos por jose Aceyedo
que anterior le inform6 usted. -Cabo
CaHanOyag,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-01-14
CONYOCATORIA

Para tratar asuntos de mucho interes y
gu nombre de Ia sefiora Presidenta, ruego
& las Heforas gefioritaB le la Hociedad
Protsctora de mendigoa, que asistan 4 Ia
Junta que Sc celebrar6 81 microbes 16 del.
actual, & las de la tarde, en- casa de Ia
sonora de Medins, Plaza de Colon.
San Juan, Enero IA de 1907
Amparo Ferndndes Mater.
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eraia VIsIta

Hemos tenido eI guuto de yer por eta
redacci6n al senior Carlos Dfaz Brunish
de Juna Dias repFesentanta Ia Cdmara
por 81 distrito de Ponce. El selior Dfaz
Branish permanecerS en- IA ciudad duran.
to 81 tempo de legislature coRdyuvando
con su inteligsncia y patriotigmo 4 y la-
Dor do lOs representatives.
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