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My First Christmas Eve Dance WRITTEN BY A JACK TAR HEN me and my shipmate. Bill llolthead, VII talcln' a little cruise aatiore laat year we each irot a pretty, sweet scented note with R. 8. V. P. at th bottom, request In' "the pleas ure of your company" at a dance on Christmas . Bill, who la well up In theae things, told me them lettera meant "Reply Sharp; Very PresslnV fUi we wrote our replies aharp, haccept in' "the very presatn' hlnTltatlon." Well. Cbfistmne v came round, and BUI and me rimed ourselves out In eur beet ehone gain' togs and set sail for the dance. On reportln' ourselves we was mustered In a big cabin like a battleship's gua room, all titivated up with holly and mistletoe, and with the deck polished Instead of holy stoned, end so slippery that I nearly pitched on to my bowsprit as 1 wont through the hatchway. "Vast heavln". Rill." I so, comln' to en anchor; "this Is worse than crossln' the bay In a gnle o' wlud." but Rill ho kept forgtn' ahoad. as cool as a middy In command of a dispatch bout, so I slipped my cable and went on full speed In his wake, swestln" like a marine recruit goln' Into hactlon for the first time. We was nearly the last ii I...H i-t for the cabin was pretty full, the men lookln' like restaurong waltors and the ladles all as smart aa cruiser squadron In rainbow rig. Presently a fussy little chap, who 1 tonic to lie the commodore, but who Bill said was the M. Sea man. though he didn't look as If he knowed much about the sea. came up and gare ni both a pretty card with stillln' orders -on. which HIM called s program Then ho iwssed the word to clear for hac tlon. and a band on the quarterdeck ft struck up and the dancln' begun. Aa I was leenln' against the bul warks the M Sea man came up and i ( JSC "I NKAHLY FITI'IIKD OH TO MY Bowai'UIT.' said aouiethlu' what 1 couldn't catch, mi I sitld. "Aye. aye. sir!" aud before 1 know ill It ho bad blntrojulccd mo to tin- xiiimiiim 4i silpper hunt little craft i erer turned my mMfeMgfeti on, and somehow (be next minute her sweet little tltfiuvl end wns close to mine, and I nmdo fuM mound her Hinldsblpe and steamed Into hactlon. "This I a pulker. not au 'ornplpe," i alio said presently in a voice as sweet as the hoVll'a whistle plpiu' at grog time. .--. I a Mil her pardiug and navl gated aceordlu'. Well, we taxed the compass about twice, wbeu some one run foul o' my starboard bow aud threw me on my beuiu end. My eou burl waa so consumed uud bore a hand ao prettily to haul me up tbut 1 quite forgot to say what 1 waa agoin' to to the ' lubber. Next time I waa golu' to dunce with her agalaV but she told me she waa engaged. "Hlndeed!" sea 1 as 'augbty ua a hadmlral. Then a red- , beaded swab took her In tow, aud the band strlklu' up the "Keel Row" there was the two of 'em a-caperin' uwuy just like old Muc. our second euglneer. when he bus bud what be calla "a wee drap" on i ij nights. Soon utier I see her slttln' fannln' herself, while the redheaded chap was a-carrylu' on shameful with a girl in pink, so 1 tacked towards her aud told her what I thought of the swab she was engaged to and boffered to bush In his headlights i thought she would never stop luugliiu' aa she told me she didn't wen know him and waa only engaged to bim for the dance. Aud Hun I felt better. Well, to cut the yarn abort, at eight bells I couveyed her down to the ward room to inee. and after that we hove to in a conservative full of palms and dowers aud smellln' like a tropical hlslaud. and then-well, after a very hot engagement. In which I had to bring both broadsides into hactton. my pretty prise hauled down ber flag, and a few months later we signaled fe.' a sky pilot, and I towed her safe Into port-London Tit Bit. I r- The Boy Bishop i i PERTIAI'S the iniiHi remarkable of all celebrations In honor of St Nicholas MM the old one of the boy bishop. The boy bishop assumed his office on St Nicholas day, Dec. 0. and held It till Holy Innocents' day. Dec. 28. The custom originated on the continent of Europe and was ndopted In England, where It reached whnt waa probably Its fullest development A boy was chosen to represent a bishop and waa clothed with all the robes and tfevfw-. Tine hot manor iifi i-n with ntoiimr POMP ani ai ill. nil 1 Invested with all tbe Insignia pertain lug to the station. Other boya repre sented priests, deacons and other Milt able pontons for the bishop's train The boy bishop conducted a service In tbe church, and In some cases he and his companioua went about from house to house singing and collecting money, which they did not ask aa a gift but demanded as a right The boy bishop attained his fullness Of dignity at Salisbury cathedral, though he waa known all over Eng land. Toere be waa cboaen from among the choir boya, tbe rest forming bla retinue, nd be ruled with the high eat pomp and moat absolute authority He la aald to have conducted all the services of the church except tbe mass. In some other places the boy bishop la aald to have celebrated the roaas Itself. If any prebend fell vacant In his term of office he filled It, and If he died before bla term expired he waa buried with all the bouora due to a genuine bishop There Is record of a boy bishop at Salisbury filling a vacant prebend by the appointment of his schoolmaster, n: t there Is In the ca thedral there the tomb of one who dlod while holding his office. On tbe top of It Is an efflgy of tbe child in full episcopal i '' M Such in isipierading playa aa this wero not then deemed offensive or deroguioix to the dignity of the church In fact, much coarser and more un couth exhibitions were freely permitted on some occasion, oven to the extent of burlesques of the service of the i-hiiii h within Its own walls Of course the evil and discreditable side was bound to be seen In time, and the fiinc II,, ns of the boy bishop were at laat forbidden by Henry VIII They were restored, however, for a time by Mary -8t Nicholas. St. Nicholas Eva. A stranger visiting the German colo nies of our great cities would think t tint his almanac needed resetting, for on the evening of Iec. 5 thousands of little stockings are hung up with the same careful clothospluulng and heart of hope as on the authentic Christmas ee St. Nicholas eve It lu that the "fatherland'' exiles are celebrating Just as early as any children ever get up those that are paying honor to the gift saint tumble out of bed and Mud their stockings well weighed with fruit and candles and apfelkuchen The naughty child that has been a trial to Its pureuts In previous weeks Is rather likely to And bis stocking ladeu with coal It Is a hint that a second gift season Is at hand and that it would lie well to fall Into Hue with the good children And the good chil dren ure encouraged to a renewed and severer virtue for tbe days between their present reward and the fuller holiday that Is coming. Country Life In America. Christmas Song. O'er H, tl.it-h, in town A stur looked down When shepherds watched by night. And Ise men gazed With hearts amazed To see the wondrous sight "Beloved stsr. We follow far." They said An angel voles I poa the sir Ran full -md clear. R sun "stole ' Rejoice!" "A Chllil I oorn!" 'Tie Chilitinas morn! Then sins dear children, sing. For history's page In eveiy sv hall hail that Child a King Lydls Avery Coonley. A Greeting God send s blessed Christmas To every patient life, A little resting from the totk A surcease of the strife. May Faith breuthr words of gntle cheer, Hope point to roses blowing Dear And lender love and friends sincere stake ibis s blesasi Cbrlstmosl MLwTHi B'if lsTaA awflril asD Wt Good Old Santa Goes To Many Odd Places GOOT) old Santa Clans looks In upon pretty nearly everybody at Christmas time, and the fes tival of which be 1 patron Is celebrated In some very odd ways and out of the way places In our country. At Ellis Island. In the harbor of New Tork. on Christmas day aeveral hun dred children, with their parents, usually await debarkation on tire chores of America. There Is a mul titude of German "kinder." of Italian "bambino" and of youngatera of every nationality, aa much Interested. all of them. In Chrlstmaa doings aa any Yankee young folks could possibly be. It Is Indeed an occaalon of great excitement for them. Inasmuch as tbe missionary such-tie have provided for these humble aliens a wealth of good cheer, and, with the help of donations made for the purpose, the day la ren dered Joyful for all. both young and old. toys being plentifully distributed among tbe little onea. The loneliest places In the world are some of the lighthouses which our government maintains along the coast for the protection of mariners. Vet Santa Claus find his way to them, and In his honor a feast, even though It be a humble one. Is held. It may be that the barren rock which the lighthouse murks affords room enough for the keeping of a dozen chickens, the fattest of which are suitably sacri ficed. Hut even this Is not practicable In such a spot aa Boon island, off the coaat of Maine, a dangerous bit of terra firmu which I continually awept by the waves. Only a few years ago, ao the atory goes, a little girl four years of age. daughter of the keeper of Boon light, was so distressed ta rause her father had lieen prevented by continual storm from going to the mainland for tbe customary Chrlstmaa goose that she atole out of the llght houso at night and knelt In a sheltered spot to pray. "Dear Ood." she said, "please send us a gooae for our Chrlstmaa dinner!" Hardly had she spokon the worde when a great wild goose flew (aa some times happens In such places) against the big lantern aliovo nnd fell dead at her foot to be promptly carried In and presented to the family aa a bird lit erally aent from heaven. Uncle 8am maintains about fifty lightships along the aeacoaata and on the lake to mark dangerous shoal. lonely indeed are the skipper and crews of these vessels, which, like tbe fabled phantom ahlp. pursue voyage CltHISTMaB AT KLLIS ISLAND that have no end. continually buffeted by storms Vet Christmas la not for gotten A brace of wild ducks, per chance, may be secured for tbe feast, aud the cook will surely provide a lib eral dish of the much appreciated plum duff" a preparation of pastry shaped like halt a watermelon, which, lu order that all tbe raisins it contains may not fall Into one slice. reiUires, under tbe rules, to lie cut "fore and aft." lu that far Hung archipelago known aa the Aleutian chain, which, reckoned gis, graphically as a part uf Alaska, stretches across the northern 1'aclBe. Itusalau customs are still retailed to a great extent, though the lalauda belong to the United Stales But, speaking of Alaska, It la a fact curious enough that Santa Claus in real life is seen there at Christmastlde aa nowhere else lu the world, with his reindeer The superintendents of the reindeer stations, established by tbe government for the benefit of tbe natives, harness tbe tamest of tbelr animals and, hitching them to a sleigh filled with bags containing provisions, tobacco aud other desirable things, drive through the Kakluiu village and leave at each humble hut one of tbe Kicks aa a reminder that the Christ Child, about whom these poor people have learned from the missionaries, U born fxis Angeles Times. "A Merry Christmss." "A merry Christmas ' Is th wish I send thee from m i.aart. A life all full of Ims. In which no sorrow finds a part Or. If some pain fall to thy lot. love guarded though It be. May he who c ne at this glad time then make It bl.ss d to the. Bound over sit waters, reach out from sll lands. The chorus of voices, th clasping of hands. Bins hymn that were sung by the stars of the morn; Sing songs of the engels when Jesus woe born! -Whittle. "jeS?" Tsl vsV eC yiVas ytor-'rEv Christmas Holiday Rates. Via Oregon Short Line. Tic kets on sale between local points ami to points in Oregon and Washington, December 19, '2, SI, ft, 23, '24, SB and 31, 1918, Jununry 1, I'-M-l. limit, January 6tb 1914. See agents for rates and further particulars. . Summons. In the Cirooit Court of tbe State of Oregon, for tbe County of Mai hsur, a. Mollla L. Skefflngton, Plaintiff. vs. Nelaoo J. Skeftlngtoo. Defendant. To Nelson J. Hkefflngton, Defend ant. lu the name of tbe Htata of Oregon: You are hereby required to appear sna anawar the complaint Bled against you In the above entitled suit toy Saturday tbaSrd day of January. A D. 1014. or tor want thereof plaintiff will apply to tbe oonrt for tbe relief demanded In tbe complaint, on lilo herein. 1 e for a decree forever dissolv ing the bonds of niiitrimnn v heretofore and now existing between plaintiff and defendant and for tbe custody or Winnie K. Hketflugton. tbe Issue of the union betwecu plaintiff and defendant, and for a decree barring nil interest of the defendant in lota 1, 3, 3. 4. and 5. In block No. 174. lu tbe city of Ontario, Otegon. This sum mon la served upon jou by publica tion thereof in tbe Ontario Argus, a weekly newspaper, published at Onta rio, Oregon, for six consecutive weeks, by order of Hon. Geo W. M Knight. County Judge of Malbeur County. Oregon. Dated November 20th. 1013. Date ot first publication November '-nth. 1 913; dst.- of last poblloatloa. January lat, 1914 U McOonaglll. Attorney for plaintiff. 01481 NOTICE KOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior U. S. Land OffJo at Vale, Oregon, Deoeui ber 3rd, r.'l.i. Notice 1 hereby given that CbarU C Qoaaett, of Ontario, Oregon, win. July Nth, 1910, mad Homestead A plloatlon No. 01181, for the WJ HE. ad SKt 8Wi, section 1, township 10 8. Kang40B., Willamette Meridian, bas filed notice of intentiou to make tlnal three year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before tbe ((agister and Receiver. V. 8. Land Office, at Vale. Oregon, on tbe Ittb day of January, 1014. Claimant name a witnes: A. K. Trent. Ira Dale, Albert Hut ler, Jr., Albeit Butler, Br., all of Ontario, Oregon. Bruce K Kester. Hegtster. I rain Service. West bound. No. 17 Oregon Wab Ltd 3:4f a m No. "ft lluiitington l'as 9.40 a m to. 9 Kaat Mall 0:15 p m No 77 lliiutlngti.il i'aaa 6:33 p m No. u Oregon Wash Express 0:50 pm Kast bound No. 18 Oregon Wash Ltd 2:61 a m No. 70 Boise passenger 8:60 a m No. 0 Fast Mall 1 1 :57 a m No. 78 Boise paseuger 3:50 p m No. 10 i n eg., u Wash Express 4:40 pm M.illo hi Valley liraucli Tbe ale train leave Vale daily at Ham. arriviog lu Ontario at 8:40. Returning will leave, except Sunday, at in a. oi. . arriving at Vile at 10:10, leaving for Brogan at 10:50, arriv ing there 11 '.'. reliiriiiug will leave Brogan at 1 '-' :30. arrive at Vale I :30. Leave Vale at M, arrlvlug at On tario at 3 '30. and return to Vale at V p. m. On Sunday the train will com to Ontario in tbe morning uud return at 7 p. m., making tnu ruu to lln no dale on that day iuatead o( Wednesday. iiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisismiiiiaiiiaiiiiiiii,iiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiii ?WMeaW" "Luraa ' Lavatory PLUMBING REQUISITES Vompfn--.Save you annoyance. HtUubUity good plumbing i a sick- nea preventative. OurtHtkly insures full value for your money. 5ruic la all of the above ai..i you make certain of getting service when you have ua place Uadard" guaranteed fixture in your bom. I). S. PLUMBING CO. eJCtsSaVei Ontario, Ore I i.i : :.,: i '", 'I ' " ' ', "." ""' ' '"! Administratrix Notice In th County Court of the State of Oregon, forllslheur Connty. In tbe matter uf the estate of Motes A. Woodruff, deceased. Notice is hereby given that tbe undersigned baa been CUly appointed by tbe Connty Court of tbe state of Oregon lor Malbeur County, adminis tratrix of tbe estate of Moses A. Woodruff, deceased. All person hav ing claim againat tbe estate of said deceased, are hereby required to present tbe same to me properly verefled, a by law required, at the office of C. McOouagill, In Ontario. Oregon, within alx months from tbe date of this notice. Dated tbla 13th day of November, 1913. Kiln Woodruff. Administratrix of the estate of Moms A. Woodruff, deceased. Summons In the circuit Court of tbe Stat of Oregon, for the County of Mai bear, si. O. 8. Smith risinilir. vs. lehsin li. AinleiMoii. otherwise known aa I. O. Anderson. W. E. Walter, and Ida Walter, hi wife. Defendants To labaui U. Anderson otherwise known aa I. (J. Anderson of tbe above named defendant. In tbe name of tbe State of Oregon: You are hereby required to appear and answer tbe complaint tiled agaloat you in tbe above entitled suit by Saturday the 9.7tb day of December. 1913 or for want thereof plaintiff will apply to tbe Court for tbe relief therein demanded, namely fur a decree foil-dosing Unit eciiniii indenture of Mortgags, described In the Complaint on file herein for tbe eale of tbe pro perty therein (inscribed, towlt: I. ids numbered Five (5) and six (6) In Block No. 5 of lha K.8. & D. I- mil Farm subdivision, according to tbe plat thereof on file In the nffic of tbe County Clerk of Malbeur Oounty, Oregon, also live shares of tbe capital stock of tbe Owyhee Mitch compuuy. I'lil summon I rvd upon you by publication there of for lx oonaeou tlve week In tb Ontario Argus, a weekly newspaper published at Onta rio, Oregon, beginulng on the 13th day of November and ending on the '-.'.in day of December. 1913, by order of Hon Dalton Biggs. Cirooit Judge of tbe above entitled Court. Dated Nov. hth. 1913. O. MoOooagill. Attoroey for Plaintiff. Oregon Agricultural College FARMERS' WEEK December 8 to 13, 1913. This will be it notable eveut in the educational history of Oregon. Farmers' Co operatlou will be tbe , leading topic ef it stimulating series of leoures. The week will be crowded with disoiisslous and demoustialloua . in everything that makes for the wel fare of the t ni mil iiini I,.. me maker ! WINTER SHORT COURSE January 5 to 30, 1914. The college bas spared no effort to make till tbe most complete short course in Its history. A very wide range of course will be offered In 'no. rul Agriculture, Horticulture. Animal ilijnsbaiidry. Dairying. Foul , try Keeping, Mechanic Arts. Domestic Science ami Art, Commerce. Forestry and Muslo. Numerous leutures mid discusslous on Fanners' Co operation at home and abroad, will be a leading fenthre. Make this a pleasant aud profitable winter outing No tiilton, icouiin,,ilal Inns reasonable. Be ! id rates on all railroads. For further information addiess, H M. TtiNNANT. Kegistrar. fni i all l. Oil-gun. Farmers' Business Courses by Cor re ninlence without tuition. 10" acres of fine aage brush land, deep rich sandy soil, first class water right. ' miles from Ontario. Price 150. per aore. Term given with low rate of interest or would trade for stock or other proiierty. Must be dispo-ed of sogii, aa I am engaged in other buaineaa. Po8toffice I .o 94 Ontario, Oregon trattlej WatrlaS 'l "I'J r"tfLU 'JeWi' M ' fn . BsMnil ' 'kit tiM or pboi'w artr I d r.M. fur rail IIARCH - ' '-. ' Ai tsftlctllUaUilily LUllk Itliltia PATIMTI BUILD PONTUNBS '" yutj i m.i frv Leuui . ( i. il huw, what 1-. IsWl Ml bumI save jruu mutwf Win tuiy. D. SWIFT k CO. PATE T LAWVI HI, 303 Scveath St Washianton, D. C ORS. PRIHZIN6 WEESE Ontario, Oregon Office in New Wilson Block. DR. I). C. BRETT DENTI8T Office 2nd door east of Ontario Phar macy on Nevida Avenue Near R R Depot J W McCulloch R W Eckhardt Mcculloch, wood & eckhardt LAWYERS Rooms 1-2-3 First Nat'l Bank Bldg. Ontario, Oregon OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS I'ii Hahhirt Hkaks I 'a I'APMNK Ska us Or in I uates American School of Os teopathy, Kirksville, Mo. Wilson Block Telephone. 1.14 I'.lk H. H. WHITNEY PHYSICIAN and 8UROEON Office In I. O. 0. F. Bldg., Ontario. - . Orroon C. MC60NA6ILL ATTORNEY AT LAW Will Practice in all Court Notarv Public. Office over Poatoffio Dr. W. G. Howe DENTIST Telephone No. 732 Firt National Bank Building Transfer. Baggage and Express Meet All Trains JOHN LANDINGHAM W. H LEMKE Public Auctioneer Will attend aeloa itnywhore Tonus Reuaonuhle. Phone 411-j Ontario, Ore. W. W. HINTON SfOOl INSI'KITOU Of MAI.IIKUR COUNT V DaWOTUaV Itoli't Udell, Ontario lieu Drown. Vale. C C. Morton, nld's Parry. N. O. White, Weiscr Hri'dip. j. at.. Holly, Riverview Aio I ic mi v, Jordan Valley. Joe Bankofter, McHerinitt J HomIcII Nyssa W II MeWll'limn- Jniilura Win Kine, Harper Farm Loans On Improved Property At current rates. Any amount. For strai(ht term or with In stallment privilege. Thomas W. Clajrett Onturio - - Oregon ONTARIO LAUNDRY Leave Bundles at Any Hotel or Barber Shop Prompt Attention (iiven All Ordera. J. H. BROWN Auctioneer (iruduute of Missouri Auction School. PhotM or write for dittou. Phone 201 nl Ontario, Ore. Lota fur Sulc ' in Kiveraids addition, noar ub bUIioh. In quirt ut Aiyus.