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PRECAUTIONARY HINTS. ::
4H-H-+-HH-KH-H-H-H -M-I 1 I H *l*‘ ■
Uni ! r thin iihiu |.:ipa remarks
Irrelevantly ( c m ornai down),
" I havrn't
n u 11« I Ilk«
In any shop In llila whula town "
About llil» Unto Hi« inlnlatar
Drop« In lo mil on molhar dear
And li In t « llial ha la wall auppliad
With allpharu, alila of yaalaryaar.
A limit itila lini« Ida llrnthar Jack
l>ovl. .itya: "Clgiua no inora I
»Molai
A pipe whin now and than perhapa!
No. mol liar, llila la not a Juka!"
Ahotil Ihta lima poor molhar daar
Horplaard i. and Inollnad to alali.
"Mow «Iranaa I ha I aach »hould
allow illalaala
fo r )uat Iha alfla 1 maant lo
buy I"
• Klla A. Fannins
H 'H t l i-M-'.-M-H
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My First Christmas
Eve Dance
CHRISTMAS IN MANILA.
H4
( H IKIH TM AH for Iha majority o f tho
225.IXK) liilmliliaiita o f Manila—
Hint 1». ilia Filipino. -lx*glns on Chrlat-
iiiii » avo. Thar a nra no stockings hung,
Iinwavar, for stocking» nru not |>o|iular,
avail v Hli Ilia iiiim I aristocratic aaimrl
tna, wllo Daintily BO Iniro tinkled
Mhl
nlillit mu«» la llu* naanalon vvlilah
b r ills thoiiaiiml« lo tho ahnrchaa.
Tlia a flna edifice» nra thrown ©|iaii
unit blitz« with myriads o f rnndlea and
alacliIt* light*
Mnnlln nt midnight on Chrlatmna
eve 1» probably gayer than nt any oth
or time of tin* year. The atraata are
thronged with carriage» unit |H*o|ile In
tlialr l»>at attire
Mnny Ainertaana
turn out on Chrlatmna ere nlao to aeo
Ilia dlaplnya nnd tha ..... .
and make
church to I'liurt'h lu«|M*<*tlnn lour» lu
parties Kina trained clndra and string­
ed orahaairtia render a leal lent mimic.
The weather durlns tha holldny non-
von l< |u«l cool anoiiKh lo dl«|ial the
i lirolil" liuliu*»« wlilah pervade« .Mu-
ii II h during iiuwl of tha yanr and put
n l i l t a p l c e Into Hie bli»Ml
At noon
tin* Uiernio'iieter will prolmldy not b <*
over K| or NA degree«
At night. how-
ever, n blanket on the lied la not too
much
Tha Sevan Seta of Presents.
t l.l. ihr world a a Chrtalmaa tree,
• » And all the men and women merely
children
They have their preeenta and remain-
W KI7TÌ.N BY A JACK T A R
IIK N me and my
shipmate, II111
llolthend,
was
Inkin'
a
little
erillso ashore Inst
year we each got
n pretty, sweet
scented note with
It. H V. 1». nt the
iHittoiu, request
In' "the ideas
ure r f your company" at a dance on
Christ lima eve. Bill,s*wbo 1» well up
n llii-Hc tilings, told me them letters
meant “ Ueply Mlinrp; Very Preeslu'."
Ho wo wrote our rcidlcs sharp, haecept
In' "tho very presaln' hlnvltntlon."
Well, Chrlstmus eve came round, and
(till and me rigged ourselves out In
our licat shore gnlu' toga and set sail
for the dance. On reportin' ouraeive»
we wna mustered In a Mg cabin like u
battleship's gun room, nil titivated up
with holly and mistletoe, ami with the
j deck jiollehrd Instead o f holy stoned,
and ao sllp|iery that 1 nearly pitched
on to my bowsprit us I wcut through
the hatchway.
“ Vast heavin'. Bill," I ae*. cornin' to
an anchor; “ this Is worse than crosaln'
the bay In a gale o' wind.” but Hill he
kept forgin' ahead, na cool as a middy
lu command o f u dispatch l>ont, so I
■dipped my cable nnd went on full
s|M*cd lu Ills wake, sweatin' like a
marine recruit goln' Into hactlon for
tho first time. W e was nearly tha last
nlioard. for the cabin was pretty full,
tho men lookin' like restaurong waiters
and the ladles all ns smart as a cruiser
squadron tu rainbow rig.
Presently a fussy little chap, who I
took to Is* the commodore, but who
Hill said wna the M. Sen man. though
In* didn't look as If he k no wed much
about the sen. m ine np and gave us
both a pretty card with sal I Ilk' orders
on. which Itlll called a program. Then
ho passed tho word to clear for hue-
lion, and a band on the quarterdeck
nft struck up nnd the dnnrln' begun.
As I was loanin' against the hul
wnrks the M Hen t.inn rame up and
brancM,
And one man In hla time (r ie mnny alf>».
Ilia lot twins aeven aertea At Oral tha
Infant.
With hla feed Inn apoona and rutile«.
Then Iha trumpet and tin soldiers, akalaa
and alelah
And fireman's helmet, and then the lover,
Blahlna like a furnace wun a gaudy neck*
tla
KnU by hla lady's finger» Then a hubby,
I hnwered by hla frtenda with aocka and
Btovea
And plpea lhal will not draw. Ink walla of
braaa
And fountain pena Hint Irak, or alaa aoma
painted
China that hla wife can uaa aa well And
then
Tha middle a(r<| of fair round belly—«
III it* cap
To hide hla ahlnlnB pule The elxlh ael
alnka
Into the carpet clipper lim e or bad ci­
gars—
A Oliver cutler, elnce hla teeth are bad.
I .ait alft of all lhal enda Ihla alranBa
Kveolful hlalory la fnlllna alght
Then Hioy hrlnn a rnnunlfylna alnaa
Kor a rum)pa
-Detroit Free I ’reea
Sunty and tha Stork.
“ It o t daddy, la thero really, truly
Manly ?"
"W all, I Just Biles» ye»— a regular
corker he Hi too.”
“ la ho tilco?"
“ la ho? Well, I «hould any ao! Isn't
ho, M ary?"
“ Humph! Very nice, na Santaa go,
but not very m odest“
“ 1» ho handsome, dnddy?"
“ Oh, na linmlaume ns a picture— 'T NEARLY PITenKD ON TO MY BOWSPBtT.'
a|inrkllns eyes, flue forehead, beautiful
said somethin' what I couldn't catch,
complexion- very handsome. Isn't ho.
ao I anld. "A y e, aye, alrl" and before
MnryT”
1 knowed It he bad hlntrojulced me to
“ Henry, It's perfectly dreadful the
the smnrtest A1 clipper built little craft
wn.v you deceive that child. You ouBht
I ever turned my senrchllghts on, and
to tie ashamed o f yourself. You're set­
nomebow tho next minute her sweet
ting him a terrible example.”
little figurehead wns close to mine, ami
“ Hut. daddy, where does he liv e -
1 made fast around her amidships nod
away off somewhere?"
' steamed Into hactlon.
“ Oh. yes; very, very far.”
"This Is n polker, not an ’oruplpe,"
“ Away off where tho stork lives?"
she said presently In n voice ns sweet
"T h e stork! Who's tieon telling yon ns the bo's'n’s whistle pipin’ nt grog
about the stork?"
time, so I axed her pnrdlng nnd navi-
"M nm m y."—( 'hlcn ro Tribune.
gated accordin’. Well, xve boxed the
compass nl>out twice, when some one
Mistletoe.
i ran foul o' my stnrbonrd bow nnd
It Is high time that something was threw me on my beam ends. My con­
donenlsiut our mistletoe literature that sort wns so consnrned nnd bore a hand
crops up so regularly during the holi­ so prettily to haul me up thnt I quite
day season
forgot to sny what 1 wns agoln' to to tho
It systematizes about ns follows:
lubber. Next time I was goln' to (lance
The Joke about the girl who wears
with her again, but she told me she
n sprig o f mistletoe on her head.
wns engaged
"H ln d eed !" so* I ns
The Joke about the mistletoe that ‘stight.v ns a hndmlrnl. Then n red­
didn’t come In time, nnd the girl asks headed swab took her In tow. nnd tho
(always coyly) whether they cannot get band strikin' up the "K e e l R o w " there
wns the two o f 'em n-cnperln' away
along without It.
The rhurch trimming mistletoe Joke. Just like old Mac, our second engineer,
The sprig o f mistletoe thnt the long when he I his had what he calls "n xveo
lost lover on his dramatic return on drop" on» pay nights.
Soon after I see her slttln’ fannln*
Christinas eve always draws ont o f his
herself, while the redheaded chap wns
pocket nt the end o f tho story.
The fnct Is thnt the mistletoe has n-cnrryln’ on shameful with n girl In
now degenerated Into n chestnut. It pink, so I tacked towards her nnd told
her whnt 1 thought o f the swab she
no longer serves any useful literary
was engaged to nud hoffered to bash
purpose
It should he worn only by
In Ills headlights. I thought she would
mothers In law
Harper's Weekly.
never stop laughin' ns she told me she
didn't even know him nnd wns only
The Best Known Christmas Poem.
And
“ T w a s thè Night Itoforo Christmas" engaged to him for the dance
filose doligli) fui verses thnt wlll then I felt better.
Well, lo cut the yarn ahort. at elgh.
rhnriti botti thè old nnd young ns long
ns there are sfooklngs to he hnng—wns hells I conveyed her down to the wnrd
wrlften nlnety-one yenrs ago. Just be- room to mess, nnd a fter thnt w e hove
fori* tln» hnlldny sonami, hy Clement to In a conservative full o f paints
Clnrk Muore, tlieti professor of orien­ nnd flowers nnd smellln' like a troplcnl
tai Inngunges In' thè New York Theo- hlslnnd. and then—well, after a very
logtcnl semlnnry
It hns beconie an hot engagement. In which 1 had to
American elnsslc. nnd no Christmas bring both broadside« Into hactlon, my
day Is complete wtthont a rendlng o f pretty prize hauled down her flag, nnd
a fow months Inter we slgnnled fo r n
thls ehnrmlng little lyrie thnt hns llvcd
nnd glnddcncd thè Cbrlstmnatlde for sky pilot, nnd I towed her safe Into
nearly 100 yeara.
port—London Tlt-Blta.
B R IE F N E W S OF OREGON 1
1 he
1 Firs
Christmas
The fifth annual exhibition of the
Oregon Poultry arid I’d Stock associa­
T often has lieeu stated that the
tion Is In session at Portland.
birth o f Christ must have occur
The annual mooting of the Oregon
red four years Indore the date
W oolgroweralasaoclation w lll bo held
fixed on for tha current chronolo­
In Portland. December 10.
gy and that It Is probable the event be­
District No. 42, Tillamook, now has fell at aom© other time In the year
n new schoolhouse, built from money than a few dnye after the winter sol­
raised by a special bonding election. stice. The reason for the c-onfldent as­
The Polk County School O fficers’ sertion Is the ascertaining of the fact
that Herod died about four years U. C.
association haa been formed and the
The liasla o f this supposition Is the
first meeting Is to he held Saturday,
re|»»rt that nt the time o f the birth o f
December 20.
Christ "there were shepherds abiding
Mlaa K. M. Thompson, an exhibitor In the field, watching their flocks by
ar the chrysanthemum show at Cres- night.” a circumstance not natural In
well. named a pale pink "m um " the the latitude o f Ketblehem near the
“ Miss Jessie W ilson" flower.
shortest day. That la the height o f
A t the city election. December 16, the rainy season In Judes, and the
Ashland wlll vote on the wet and dry date does not np|>ear to have been ob­
proposition, as an annual custom. It served generally before the fifth cen­
tury.
Is now dry.
Many students o f Hlbllcal history
Hy a vote of 240 to 6», Klamath
have nrgued thnt fbe story about the
Knits has voted to bond the city for star o f Hethlehem points to a date for
the purpose o f raising money for the Nativity not later than May 8,
building a new city hall.
H. C. (I. On that date the planets
The Oregon Agricultural cadet band Venus and Jupiter were so closely In
haa made plans for n tour o f Wiliam- conjunction as seen from the earth
otte valley and eastern Oregon during thnt the apparent distance between
them was equal only to the breadth of
the holiday season
T h " twenty-eighth annual meeting the full moon. These planets were
o f the Oregon Horticultural society
wlll he held In the Portland public
library December 10-12.
H. K. Nichols of Laldlaw boasts of
having been sheriff In Oregon 67
years ago. H e first served when Ore­
gon was a provisional government,
nnd was first elected In June, 1646.
Senator Dane has Introduced a Joint
resolution Cor the preliminary exam­
ination and survey of the W illam ette
and Columbia rivers from Portland to
the sea.
Kollowtng a week's search In the
snows of the Klue mountains Sheriff
Kelsey o f W heeler county, haa cap­
tured Mack Vaughn, and returned him
to Fossil on a charge of bootlegging.
Albert 11 Stone was drowned when
the spAed power boat Oregon W olf IV
turned turtle in the W illam ette river
near Portland, while going at a rate
of more than 40 miles an hour. John
E. W olf and Orth Mathlot escaped.
With the assurance that not lesa
than 500 delegates from all sections
of the state would be In attendance,
elaborate preparations were made for
the commercial meeting held In Rose-
TUX STAR O F BETHLEHEM
burg Thursday.
A year's incarceration in the Jail then risible in the east a couple o f
at Albany Is the record o f Albert Pea­ boors before sunrise and must have
cock. convicted of violating local op­ produced a strikingly beautiful appear­
tion laws.
Unless he gets released ance and have been spoken o f as one
ob ject Tbnt wns about fifty days less
as result of an appeal, he w lll have to
tbad tw o years liefore the death of
remain In Jail a considerable time
Herod, a fact xvhicb harmonizes well
longer.
with other conditions o f the narrative,
Tw enty-five farmers of Central Ore­ for It is probable that the mandate
gon have been given packets o f dry­ fo r the slaughter o f all the children
land alfalfa seed sufficient to plant tw o years old and under was issued
one acre, the officials o f the Oregon some months before bis decease, and
Trunk rallwny seeking to demonstrate the limit o f tw o years would leave an
the possibilities of this particular kind ample margin fo r any uncertainty as
to the time o f the appearance o f the
o f seed.
star, as related by the magi; also there
A new monolithic silo has Just been
were no paschal full moons on a F ri­
completed at the Salem Indian achool.
day betweeu the years B. C. 6 and
This Is one of the very few monolithic A. D. 33 and no other follow ing that
structures of this class in the Pacific Ull A. D. 00.
northwest, and la said to be one of the
From this it would seem to follow
finest In the United
States.
The thnt Christ was thirty-eight years old
structure ts about 40 feet high and has at the time o f the cruciflxioti, and this
a capacity of nearly 150 tons of silage. would vindicate the sagacity o f the
Judgment fo r $950 and costs was Jewish doctors who affirmed that he
was not yet fifty (forty?) years old. It
rendered In favor of Milton Garnnett
1« remarked, too, that In the spriug of
of Renton county, against Frank Ed­
the same year there was a triple con­
wards. a Portland broker on a deal for junction o f planets-Siiturn. Jupiter
; the sale o f a team o f horses made 20 and Mars—and that the first two
| years ago.
Service was had whet, named w ere lu conjunction as seen
the defendant returned to the state from the earth no less than three times
In the year preceding—thnt Is, R. C. 7.
after the long absence.
Another theory about the star o f
M. V. O’Shea, professor of science
and the art of education at the Uni­ Bethlehem which has been advanced
versity of Wisconsin, has been secur­ is thnt the star seen by the magi is
Spicn, the leading brilliant in the con
ed as the principal spnker for the
8tellntion o f Virgo, the Virgin.
Fof
meeting o f the western division o f
many years before and after the
the State Teachers' association, which Christian era the star was changing
wlll he held in Salem December 22 to Its place until It was then literally a
24. Inclusive.
“ star iu the east." and its movement
In pursuance of the terms of a con­ in that direction may have been the
tract entered into between the govern­ very fnct noticed by the wise men of
ment nnd the Maxwell I*and company, some centuries preceding who expect­
of Hermtston, Secretary Dane has or­ ed that the prophecy about the Virgin
would be fulfilled when Its principal
dered a public sale of aevernl hundred
star reached the position noted.
If
acres of land embraced within
the
this were so the visit o f the uiagi from
Umatilla irrigation project. The sale Raetrla. In the fnr east. Is easily ex ­
will be held at Hermiston, on Decem­ plained. nnd the chief difficulty attend­
ber 27.
ing the 'explanation lies In the fnct
Not until 95 per cent of the area o f that such an Important search ns they
land held by the settlers in the first undertook Is noticed by only one ont
*f the four evangelists.
unit o f the Tutnalo irrigation project
The uncertainty o f the centuries In
Crook county. Is signed up under con­
tracts with the state for water, will regard to fbe date o f the N ativity In
year nnd month may never l>e cleared
the work be commenced on the dis­
up
Its existence has been unfairly
tribution system for the unit, accord­
cited as reason for disbelieving the
ing to an order of the Desert Dand whole narration. The people o f 2.000
Hoard.
years ago attached little Importance to_
Senator Chamberlain speaking at a dates, except current ones, and It may
luncheon to I«ntln-Amerlcan diplomats bo remembered that the destruction
snld he believed the United States o f Jerusalem occurred between Ibe
should make some adequate repara­ time o f the Nativity and the writing of
tion to Colombia for lts loss of terri­ the gospels, nt least in the shape In
tory when ex President Roosevelt took which It has come down to us.
the Panama canal zone away from It.
Sick Fish.
Senator Chamberlain nlso spoke In
Experiments by aquarium experts
favor of barring Orientals from the
have Indicated thnt salt water baths
United States.
wlll cure some Ills o f fresh water fish,
A movement Is on foot led by the while fresh water makes sick deep sen
Multnomnh Anglers' club of Portland denizens well.
to perfect an association, that will em­
brace all the rod and gun clubs of the
Alcohol Free Restaurants.
state.
Tho expressed object of the
Zurich has n number o f "alcohol
organization Is to unite the sporting free" restaurants, nt which ten. coffee
! interests o f Oregon in one central nnd milk are sold nt 2 cents per cup
body to ef'eetlvely secure need«d leg­ or glnss. They nre visited dnlly by an
islation, to offset the cannery Inter­ | average o f 11.000 persons. The low
ests and commercial flshln,: Interests prices nre mnde possible hy the fart
thnt the restaurants nre finn need by n
nnd to secure equal distribution o l
woman’s temperance association which
| eggs.
expects no profits.
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CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR
HOLIDAYS at HOME
LOW ROUND TRIP FARES
V IA TH E
The E xp ositio n L in e , 19IS
Between a ll points in Oregon, also
from points in Oregon to Cali­
fornia, Washington and Idaho
S A L E D A T E S A N D L IM IT S
Christmas Holidays:— Between a 11 points in Oregon; also
from Southern Pacific points to points in Washington j
and Idaho Dec. 18 to 24 inclusive. Between Oregon and
California points Dec. 20 to 25. Return limit all points
Jan. 5, 1914.
New Years Holidays:—Dec. 27 to Jan. 1, with final return
limit Jan. 5, 1914.
The New Year Fares apply only
between points in Oregon and between Oregon and
California.
S U P E R IO R T R A IN S E R V IC E
Observation Cars, Dining Cars add b ig , warm
all-steel coaches. All trains solid ly -eestibuled.
Call on nearest Southern Pacific Agent for full particulars
train schedules, specific fares, etc.
John M. Scott, Geaeral Passenger Agent, Port'land, Oregon
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The Lord of Misrule.
- ■.I-|.,|..|-l-l- l-M- H - 4-H -H -H -H I I .H -j -
The "Lord o f Misrule." who some­
A CHRISTM AS L E T T E R .
times rejoiced In the whimsical title $
of the "Abbot o f Unreason." wns a
: -H -l -H -l-M -l l-H M -l-l I m i l
very Important funcUonary o f the
T~YKAREST PH YLLIS, pray ramsmbr
Christmas ceremonies in the olden
1
when you're malting up the list
time. His office wns that o f master o f
Of vour present» for December funises l
the revels, nnd in castle nnd hall, from
am to be missed)
Christmas eve down to T w elfth day.
T h a t I've slippers, picture brackets, smo!
Ing sets of various types.
he wns absolute master o f nil. On tak­
a dozen smoking Jackets, thlrty-se'
ing up the duties o f his office he gen­ Half en
meerschaum pipes.
erally made some quaint speech, ex­ Twenty patent "kid glove menders," coi
lar boxes by tha score,
plaining to the company that he ab­
solved, them o f nil their reason and , O f embroidered silk suspenders, fort- •
’leven pairs or mors;
thnt they were to be Just wise enough
That each year since I was twenty D »
to make fools o f themselves Under
received a paperweight,
his rule all were to be equal. No one j Have pen wipers. Inkstands plenty, o»P r
cutter»— twenty-eight;
wns to sit apart in pride o f self suffi­
Thst I've Browning and Longfellow tv
ciency to laugh at others Moreover,
the hundred—every kind—
being possessed o f the magic power to
Hhnkespeara— black and blue and yellow ;
Milton till Pm nearly blind.
m m his auditory Into children. It was
his Intention while hip sovereignty , So there'a Just one present only that t*i i
lasted thnt they should conduct them­
wanting In this year
■
O f my bachelorship so lonely—that's you •
selves as such
self, my Phyllis; dear.
—J.mes Courtney Chalites
Arkansas Timber.
Arkansas is annually cutting 540.-
(100.1X10 feel o f short leaf pine timber.
Paper and String.
550.tXXI.lgXl feet o f loblolly pine. 40,-
When you undo a parcel fold the ptt
(XXl.tXiil feet o f cypress. 25.000.000 feet ' |*r nnd tie the string around I t Tbei -
o f oak. 2.00O.000 feet o f red gum and
will always be a string to fit a bundle
31,250,000 feet o f hickory.
i without looking for one.