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3 OREGON nn VOL. 12. ST. HELENS, . OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1895. nn NO. 52. OK ISO ON MIST. I ISWmyfTW grja -. ... I ... i 1 i . .Vf- 1" "3 iWi '7MZ " -VPrSr m . muuUH UHRI8TMA8 QAMEa ..... ,, . wMmmJ 'msmm iMi'i:uKvt.iiv riuuAV noiiNinw ' -H- BEKOLK & DAVI8, OFFICIAL- COUNTY ubacrlptlon Hill... On. copy on rtii In advance........ who coiy am mourn.. ...... 8liigl. oui'jr ., , Advertising r.tu inula kuowu uhiii applleatlon COLUMBIA COUNTY DIKICCrOHY. (leuxly OMIeere. Jiiilt Clerk 8hrlir. Treasurer Hunt ul tfelioola. AtMinor. i , Murvoyor C'otninlaalohers I ...Peatl tll(iii)irtri . Kslnler ....Jllilmnt Weed, Veriionla (.'Iiua, t. liuau, Haliiler M. V) burton ( nliiiiilila Uty ......J. 1.1. Walta, HiHpiote Murtln W hite, Quluey W. N. Miuerve, lielvtia .... P. A. Frnkea, Hi'atio.Me a. u ncnuonover, vermin la I'UUKEMHIUNAU T, J. Cf.IB.TON, II, Allbx ALLEN A CLE ETON, Attorneys and Counselors at Law BT. HKI.KNS, OHEOON. N.t.fl.. Public. Conveyancing and ColHKtlona I) R. H. R. 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OFf, PATINT VFnCKi wninuiin, w, w. w f HI 1 ANTA CLAL'S I the children'! friend. Who be wai we have Utile ) moan of knowing. Authentic hi- tciry la almoat illpnt on the ulij.ct. miTe ly itnting that be waa the Binhop of Myra, In I.ycla, and died about the year Iniultlon baa worcn many a prutty tulo about biin. and one run that he appeared In the nlnht time and aecretly made valuable prraonta to the children of tn houei'Iiold. Wbut manm-r of peraon Ht. fnirholaa waa. oeui aubject to yarla Hon, acoordltig to the time, place or man ner of regarding him. Medieval painter ropreaent hlro a alender, and clad In full plecopal robea with miter and crozier. Modern painters and atoryteller In Kn gland, Germany and America, give ue a jovial, rubicund type of a man, with none ot the feature! of tb cleric Krii Krin gle I regarded ai an alternative name for Hanta (Jlau. but be la a totally differ ent belug. Krii Kringle ii limply a cor ruption or the Uernian word "Cbriat Kindlvln," or Ohrlat Child. Chrlatmaa I children day: It I the day when, ai Dlckena aya, w ahould remeinber the time when It great found er w aa a child himaelf. It la eapecially the day for the frlendlcea young, the children In boxpltali, the lame, the aick, the weary, the blind; No child ahould be left alone on Cbristmaa day, for lonelinea with chif dren mean brooding. A child growing up with no child friend l not a child at all, but a premature man or woman. lliu beat Chriatina nreaent to a boy la box of toola, the beat to a girl any number of doll. When thev get oldor nd can writ letter! a noatoOlre la a de lightful boon. Tbeae are to be bought, but they are far more amnaing If made nt koine. Any good-aized cardboard box will do for till purpoxe. The lid ahould be Everybody huatled and buitled, and an hour later camp wa broken, and twelve people beaded for the north, the etrong et man breaking the way, and the Col onel' wife bringing up the rear, with a kind word and a amlle for every eoldler. The trail led up a narrow valley, and the wild gale had drifted th (now autil the line had to move forward at a anall' pace. At nightfall they had made juat umr tne dlatance to the fort. In a thicket all at auppor together. Sold the Ser geant, a he looked In vain for the itare: "I as IV Injun alirna back bv the pnwk." "I e that yon have revolver! aa well a muaketa," remarked tb Colonel! wife. "Pleaae give me one and extra ammuni tion, i ii try and not be a burden to you, ai lean. Ai the gal came iweeplng down the valley and roaring around tb mountain Dae, there were wild war whoop and the crack of rifle. In the darkneaa a acore of Indian had crept cloae upon the camp, uotb aentriea were ahot dead. It only Injuua. bora: onlv InlunaT' houted the Sergeant, and be fired bi firat hot. "Now, then. Dusb out" They had not moved ten roda h.fnp. a rifle cracked and one of the men pitched rorwarti, Hot through the heart. A minute later two more bullet whlatled over the men bead. Then the little band waa hidden from aigbt of the In dian sentineli by the blinding whirl of mow. "They're after ua. ma'am." aald the Ser geant. They won t take me prlaoner." whia- pered the Colonel-! wife, ai ihe held out the revolver. Hint a right, ma'am. We are headed Bow the Tonnaj Folks Hay rind Pleas- i ms va; ix niormy. Parlor gam Ilk cheu, draught, dom inoes, etc., ar too heavy for Obriatma. Th boy and bin want mor rollicking, Dip-hlp-nurrah game. A commutes ap pointed to provide dealrabl amuiement for a well-known charity In New York elected th following program. Ten hour were a pent In .electing appropriate inooor game and pastime, and even then no moe than were actually needed were decided upon, ay the fw York Mail and Kxpreu. If the children can get out of doora their amusement i eaay, for baaeball, leap frog, hide and eek, and other game lufllce, but Indoor lome thlng akin to these game I wanted. In thi clans l a game known a "The Country Clreua." It conaiat in making riders, tumbler, clowns, strong men, etc., of all the children and with this impro vised company giving a performance. Another good "game for the bouse is called "Jatk-of-AU-Trades," In which those engaged muat perform some work In the particular trade to which ther are assigned by the foreman. In this irome on Thanksgiving the boys and girls of an Institution in Jersey eut and sewed a lot of carpet rags, made a lote of brushes, and split and bundled several cords of wood. "The Boy Hunters." In which the chil dren learn the name, habits, and peculiar ities of the entire animal kingdom, Is an other good game, and "Itubinssn Crusoe" one of the same kind and value. All these games are active ones, require constant movement, and are meant only for tb daylight. For the evening, game less boisterous must be chosen. In this clas. are "Anagrams." "Authors." "Histon of Our Times," and shadow pantomimes. Tbe last named, however, are the moil popular and enjoyable and have ao in creased in favor that books written espe cially to show how to prepare and per form them can be bad at any well-stocked book store. A Financial Transaction. 'Say, mister," aald a boy who bad Just overtaken a market wagon after pursu ing it for four or five block, "do you Come old year, 'tie time tp go. Age, perhapa, haa made yon alow. But your time of rule has flows And I come to claim my own. Yon are popnlar no more, AM your triumph, here are gone. With wbat strength la left to you. Had you better hasten on. Learning from experience. I have promised much, like you. When another year haa flown People will condemn me, too. But what matter that to aa? Years, like men, must come snd gn We are fast with promisee, . With fulflllmeuta we ar alow. A Race Track Fiend Cured. The following story Is told by on who for yean waa an Inveterate better on horses: "It was Christmas eve. My 4-year-old stood by my knee In his 'nighty' just before being tacked In his crib, and In hi infantile manner waa praying to Santa Claus to bring him the treasure up on which be bad fixed bis heart. When he had finished I asked tbe master of th house what should old Santa Claus bring papa? He bowed bla little bead on my ArtHQH. 'fx- fastened to it ao that when it atand un for the fort riuht enonzh. and mark. h i win open line a uoor. a eut must tie cut out about an inch wide and from five to six Inches long, so aa to allow the postage of smnll parcels, yet not large enough even to admit the innlli-st band. Children shdrjld learn to respect the In violate character of tb post from tbe earliest age. Capital scrapbooki can be made by chil dren. Old railway guides may be the lomidatlon and every llluat sated paper a red fiends will haul oft after a bit and let us go in peat. A merry Chrlstmaa to you, though I'v (ecu merrier one in my time." 'or a mne or more tho little party breasted the atom. Then came a eud- den ahot. and the rear guard went down. Ther were seven men and a woman at 8 o'clock. At 0 o'clock there were but five men, at 10 but four, at mirinlvht only two. Two men and a woman the magar,ine of art A paste lipx, next to Sergeant, the soldier-operator, and the a paint box. Is a most serviceable toy. Hobby home are profitable steeds find can be made to go through auy amount of paces, lint mechanical toys are more amusing to his elders than to the child, who wishes to do his own mechanism. A boy can be amused by turning him out of the house, giving him a bull or a kite, or letting him dig in the ground for the un. bappy mole. I.lttlo girls, who must be kept In on a rainy day, or invalid chil dren, are very hard to amuse, and re course must be had to atory telling, to the Hear, delightful thouoand and one bonk now written for children, of which "Alice In Wonderland la tbe flower of perfec tioa. B! EGIXNING at Benton City, on tho union I'ttclUc Koad, tbe tele graph line stretches to the north, leaps across to the Larauile mountains, and nt a point opposite the great mass of earth and rock and tree, called Hcd Butte, it comes to a audden atop. From this poiut to the fort, a distance of twenty-five miles, Is the roughest portion of the way, and the skulking bauds of In dians moke it the most dangerous. At the terminus of the line Is a rude shanty and a soldier operator. Close by the shanty are tenti of tbe loldlers, who are setting the poles and pushing the line along until the fort shall have electric communication with the outside world. It ii December now only two days to Christmas. There have been, cold rains, snow storms, severe weather, and the oldien are wondering why they have not been ordered back to the fort for th winter, when a mounted ueascnirer ar rive! over the trail bearing the exoected order. The Colonel's wife 1ms gone East. The operator is to wire her to remain where she la nntil spring. When her an. wer Is received the shanty Is to be closed tip, camp broken, and the party headed for the fort. The afternoon W0np. mvnv the night comes down, and some of the soldier are asleep, when Kenton City sends In Its call, and follows it by a tele gram reading: "The Colonel's wife atarted West four days ago, and ought to bo there or at the fort now." Next morning there was nn rrl,i from the South. Tbe Colonel's wife, rid tog a horse with a blanket for a saddle, Jlsmounted at the front of the shantv. and opened the door with a chcerv tioway ao, ooys: 10 me operator and the Sergeant. As both men stood nt ''at tention," she removed the hood and clonk which enveloped her, shook off the enow, ind said to the sergeant: "I enme through with hardly an hour's est, and I'm hungry a a wolf. Tell rim of the men to cook something. I'll iv tb Colonel a surprise." Colonel wife. The others had liwn picked off one by one, and the Indiana still followed. Now and then the trio baited, knelt down, and peering Into the snow-whirl, opened a fusillade which checked pursuit If it did not wound or kill. Instinct mint have guided them In that storm Providence must have shield ed them from the bullets, but tho storm continued to rage and the vengeful foe to pursue, till'the report of the firearms reached the ear of the sentinel at the fort No one had yet learned what was happening, when three figures staggered up to the gate, and on Into the fort, aud up to the door of the Colonel headquar ters. Two of the figure held up a third between them. A he peered In the Ser geant saluted and said: "Col. Dawson. I report mraelr M t bring you a Christmas present" And as the Colonel uttered a shout of surprise and rushed forward with out stretched arms, the brave little fell Into them, and the two men sank down in their tracks, aud those who lifted them up wet their fingers with the blnrwi of heroes. A handsome merry-faced woman, who is five years older a Sergeant of infantry who limps a bit a lone grave in which sleeps the soldier-operator nothing more I vm AM. m TC 7 . WMie s.11 j-fte world ig prvymen Ihev we Be,lma, wellma. tellirA fl II Or r a. oil ctj nta vr.15 ij .wiut, ;rve 60113 are 331 We are too Veife.e. f eJax anJ itaoas; We Are tke ttwvque ef brebKet od bnegfi l" iWL t5e -"to e7 lke 3'biJaRt 5lfer3, 111 ie purple eASW . nitriv f We .r ht ryerj f tjie Wo.it1enij AUgl", , 9 Sy'f deertj Al'level And lnes We Are fte V3 ef JufeAa JkekKer, nc are tnc iveje iivm, rent ne.veiv were tlen. Iron tKe aside tKrt f n flnselk Kr t s When tke sve bA. We re tKe teardrebi of dfref and of Swrew, We'.re IKe.etKtei fcf'YeJriw3 biM c j iiw jupmiu viic ei toirverrew- , U, fe,(e en UartKj let Jhy coed will reiofl XV Wh dree-iuecf ef . JUr 111 tke b fcJXrd by f he gte ef the myali'tAl nv WW tKe (knit wV brn. W J aur lib-bre,K XileRfe a rkTiATmajt mriv. wtieii t,ne Vvtft ii Pr. I M j Orat Demand la Annually Mad a tbe Foreet of Maine, Not all who delr a Cbriitmaa-tr for th holiday merrymaking can lally forth, armed with a hatchet, and bew from their own acres. Therefor at each Chriatina ieaon great demand I made on th for est of Main for young spruce. No tree but an evergreen will do, and no evergreen but the spruce presents th delicate, feather - flat clean - limbed branches of dark perennial ihade, which throw out by contrast the brightness of the suspended presents and favors. On Sunday, the fifth of December; 1891, ten car-loads of Christmas trees for New York were detained in the Portland, yard because they were loaded so that it was Impossible to work the brakes. This ob jection was overruled, and the aweet melling freight Wsa allowed to proceed to Iti deitinatlon. How the can were loaded can easily be described, but the fragrance of twenty-five thousand fresh ly cut evergreen trees must be left to the reader's imagination. The ten cars, all "flat!," or platform cars, were each thirty-four feet long, loaded eight feet high, and all came from th small atatlon of Wiscasset which Ues at the head of one of the numerous bays on the coast of Mate. At regulv intervals about each caa, four on each lide and two at each end, were itout spruce stakes, originally Christmas trees which might have don duty at tbe Castle De Blunderbore. These rose to the top of the load, which was lim ited to a height that would clear all over head bridgea on the road. In this space the trees were packed lengthwise, butts to the front and rear tops to the center, so compactly that tht loaded car was one solid block of green. Each car held about twenty-five hundred tree, large and imall, tied in bundle ol four. From lix hundred and fifty to seven hundred bundle were packed in a car, ao that th ten car-load lot contained twenty-five thouaand trees at least. Tbe marketing of Christmas trees la a Maine specialty. Every year speculaton purchase the right to cut trees from th land owners, paying half a cent on cent, and two cent apiece for tree from eight to twelve year old on the stumn. Then the natives are hired to cut and bring them to the shipping point when they cost tbe speculator from ten to twelve cent each, loaded on tbe car. He pays also for their shinment to New York sixty-seven dollars per car, or a boat two and one-half cents per tree. The trees retail in New York for from one to five dollan each, according to their size, -me same quality of tree can be purchased on the street in the city of Portland, at from twenty-five to fifty cents each, wjiile In other parts of the State boys who wish for Christmas trees sally forth and cut them for themselves. Youths' Companion. Yul ti !e Customs. It is customary to give a quarter pres ent and expect a $5 one in return. With the usual perverseness of nature, Christmas comes in the middle of a hard winter. The modern highwayman doesn't say "money or your lifer he wiabes you "a merry Christmas." The small boy who tries to make too much noise is spt to blame Santa Claus Cor not giving him an extra head for his drum. Some people wish yon a merry Christ mas instead of giving yon a firesent be cause it's easier to pay the compliment of tbe season than It is to settle with Santa Claua. Your wife expects yon to look Dleaaed when she gives you a S40 smoking jacket and tells yon she has had it charged. Truth. Father calls me William, alater calla me Will, Mother calla me Willi. but the fallen call me Bill I Mighty glad I ain't a girl ruther be a boy Without them aaah.s, curl snd things that's w, rn by Fsuntleroyl Lot. to chawnk green applea an' go swim- uln' In the lake Hate to take tb caetor-Ile they give f'r neiiy-acne! Most all the trm th hull year roun' their ain't no flies en me. But Je' 'fore Chriatmaa I'm aa good a I kin bel Got a yaller dog named Sport tick 'lm on tne cat; Fust thing sh know ah doesn't know where she Is att tvantcr know' who hit you in the neck with that hard snowball'" "You bet I do," replied the man, slack ening speed. . "Will ye gtinme a quarter ef I ketch him and bring hint here?" "Yep." "Gimme 50 cents?" "Yes," said tho driver, lifting his whip from the socket; "but 1 don't give you any. more n that. "Well, git the money ready." "You haven't got the boy that threw the snowball yet. "Yes, I have. That Imy is me. Dad's sick, and me mother can't get work. The twins is too little ter earn anything, an' if I don't hustle there won't be any Christ mas tree nt our house. I ll tuke a lickm any day fur AO cents." "inWy . stood at attftion." -' .' ' knee again and innocently pleaded: 'And. dear Santa Claus, please bring papa a race hone that can win sometimes.' That was bis mother's work. 1 suppose, but h went I bought a tree that night, loaded it down with toys the boy had asked for. and then trimmed It with the tickets that hadn't won in the races. The unique festooning represented hundreds of hard dollan that bad been scattered in the wake of a race-track 'skate.' I hove not played a horse since that time, and have made up my mind that I never will again. It s a delusion and a anare." Johnny's Woe. Curly beaded Johnny had a tear drop In his eye, . Curly-headed Johnny couldn't speak without a sign. And the Cbrlatmas preparations that were round biin everywhere Had not the least effect upon hla melan choly air. "Oh, what's tbe nse of hsnglng np my stock Ing." he would say; "There's nothing to look forward to for me on Uhrlatmas uay; He II scratch us off his program s-hen he hltehes up his team, For Santy needs a fireplace, and they heat our uut oy Bream. ' Washington Star. to be seen. The Colonel's wife may tell you the story the Sergeant couldn't be coaxed to, but he can't conceal the limp, and is proud of the extra stripes he has worn ou hiB sleeves ever since that Christ mas day. . I will remember the poor If I have to make a memorandum to that effect every morning, "Sonny," said the market man, In a voice that was remarkably husky, "here's yer 50 cents. I'm iu a hurry now you needn't bother about dellverin' the goods. We'll cnll It square." Washington Star. Now comes the glad New Year; Though fate may do her worat. She ennuot blot that legend clear: "All bills due ou the drat!" Atlanta Constitution. A Christmae Church Idea. If the platform of a chuiVi or Sunday school room be deep enough to admit ol it an artistic Christmas aroh can easily be made by nn amatenr carpenter, write. Florence llson, ill the Ladies' Horui Journal. The upper part should hav wires stretched across, to which may Im fastened small Hemlock boughs, thui forming a solid mass of green. The framework should, of course, be wound with evergreen, the whole placed about two feet from the wall, ao that behind it may be hung the Christmas bells o: red and yellow Immortelles at differeu lengths by ropes of evergreen. Thesr bells may be made to hang at differen angles by using fine picture wire. Lei each bell be worded, so that they may seem to ring out their own song of "Glory to God In the highest." For a Sunday school festival, a post office where each child upon Inquiring might find an envelop addressed am scaled, containing a pretty Chriatma card, is a unique feature. , Then there it the huge snowball mode of cotton, be sprinkled with dininoud dust and fillet with gifts for the Infant class, whicl may be rolled through the window wit', an appropriate letter from Santa Claus. Her Heart's Desire. There comes a time one In even- rear. when children may without imoromiety give their loving friend a hint In season. Uncle Wilham was talking with Lucy. hla beet little niece, about Christmas. He wished to know her mind neon a certain highly interesting object, bnt preferred to get at It Indirectly. Now, Lucy, said he, in a casual man ner, "if I were going to buy a doll for a little girl, what kind of a one do you think, she would like?" "O, Uncle William," answered Lucy, with undisguised interest, "there is noth ing like twins!" The Board ins-House Turkey. "Is the fnse laid?" inquired the land lady of the bead waiter. "It Is, madame." ' "Then fire it" i "I have, madame." "But the turkey is still whole." "Yea, madame, the powder had no effect on It" "Then send for some dynamite, and tell the boarders the turkey ii 10 tender it takea time to carve it Oot a ellpper-sled, an' when na boya goea eat to elide 'Long comes th grocery cart an' w all hook a ride! Bnt sometimes, when the grocery man Is worrited and cross. He rescbes st me with hi whip snd larrups np his boas; An' then I laS snd holler: "Ob, yon never teched me!" , But Jee' 'fore Christmas I'm ss good aa I kin bel Gnn'ma aays she hopes that when I get to be a man I'll be a mlssloner Ilk her oldes' brother Dan. As was et np by the eannibala that Uvea In Ceylon's Isle. When every proa peck pleases an' only man Is vile! But gran'ma she had never been to see a Wild West show. Or read the life nv Daniel Boone, or else I gneas abe'd know Hia Reason. It was drawing near to a very Interest ing season of the year. Willy was getting ready for bed. His mother looked happy. "My dear," she said, "I am glad to see that you do not hurry through your prayers aa you used to do." "No, ma'am," said Willy; "Christmas Is week after next and I have a good many thing! to ask for." He Wae Surprised. Mrs. Gazsain I've got a box of clirars for my husband's Christmas present, which will surprise him. . Mn. Maddox Women don't know how to buy clgan for men. Mrs. Uazzam 1 know that, so I it xtroroer jacx 10 get them lor me. Judge. Nothing Slow About Johnnie. That Buffalo Bill an' cowboya Is good enough f'r me . Excep' Jee' 'fore Chriatmaa, when I'm good aa I kin bet Then ol' Sport be hang around, ao solium Ilk and atlll Hla eyes they aeem a-sayln': "What' er mat ter, uttle Bill 7" Th eat ah aneaka down off ber perch. a-wonderln' what'a become Vv them two enemies nv hern that use tet make things hum I Bat I am so perlite and stick ao earneatllk to bis. That mother ses to father: "How Improved our Willie is!" But fsther, hsvln' bees a boy blsself, sus picions me, , When, Jee' 'fore Chriatmaa, I'm aa good as I . kin bI For Chriatmaa, with Ita lota an' pts uv can dles, cakes and toys, Waa made, they say, fr proper kids, snd not f'r naughty boys! So wssn yer face, snd bresh yer hair, an' mln' yer p'a and q'a. SB Tommy Did yer have a good turn Christmas, Johnnie? Johnuie Don't ver see dat I did? -Life. An' don't but ont yer pantaloons, sn' don't wear cut your shoes; fj yessum to th ladies, an' yesalr to the An' when they's company don't pass yer piste fr pie again; But thlnkln' uv the things you'd like to see upon that tree. Jee' 'fore Chriatmaa be as good ss yon kin bel Eugene Field, In Ladle' Home Journal. . A Christmas Entertainment. A novel idea for a children's Christ mas entertainment is -a butterflies' ball, writes Elizabeth Robinson Scovil, in th Ladies' Home Journal. This need not mean late hoors cor expensive dresses. The boys wear tight-fitting suits of black or dark-brown, the girl any pretty, fanci ful dresses. The framework of the wings Is deftly fashioned of wire and covered with paper or. the cotton crepon that comes in", such vivid color; these are spangled with gold or painted to repre sent th tinting of the butterfly's wings. A light yoke of wire is constructed to tit th shoulders, fastening under tho arms, and to this the wings are attached. Th effect is very brilliant and graceful. An other pretty fancy ia an archery fete. The children carry small bows dressed with flowers, and sheafs of arrows In flower-bedecked quivers. "Yon haven't got $5 about you, Jones?" "No, I haven't Wife borrowed the last to buy my Christmas present" Atlanta Constitution.