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VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, . OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1895.
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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.
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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.
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We are too Veife.e. f eJax anJ itaoas;
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We .r ht ryerj f tjie Wo.it1enij AUgl",
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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
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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.