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8 OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1905. X FROLIC IN MEXICO BREAKING THE PINATA DURING THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL. This Mirth Provoking Pastime In the Great Social and Fun Muklng Fea- ' turc of the Season DrcKlng and Filling: the Olln. Christmas in Mexico is not the typ ical Christmas of cold and snow and ice, but one of bright, warm sunshine, cloudless blue skies, flowers in profu sion, trees In full foliage and a life of out of doors. At least a week before Christmas in the principal streets of Mexico arches are erected from sidewalk to sidewalk, festooned with wreaths of flowers and buuting in the national colors red, white and green. Under the arches booths are erected, and every toy man ufactured in Mexico is, on sale. In every Mexican house great prep arations are made for what is culled the "piuata." Every child bogs and scrapes and saves the ceutavos for weeks aud months ahead. All kinds of articles are made especially for this cereniouy, aud every family vies with its friends and neighbors to have Its pinata more beautiful and fanciful than nnv one else's. The pinata Is really an earthenware utensil which is In general use for cook ing. It is called In common parlance an olla aud is of brown pottery somo- thlng like the old fashioned earthen ware crocks used In the north befor enamel ware became the fad. The piuatas are large or small, as the purse of the purchaser permits. They are round, pot bellied and very large at the top. They are sold from door to door on the streets and in the markets. They cost only 10, 15 or 20 ceutavos, but the olla is the least expensive part of the game. The body of the olla for a woman is covered with tissue paper; then a crin kled paper dress Is fashioned; theu a bodice is built up draped to represent a loose white waist, and above this is placed a false face. The hair Is made with black pnper, braided into one long plait nt the back, as the women wear their hair in Mexico. Sometimes a white tehunna headdress is made of the lace paper used by bakers and confec tioners. A flower pinata la decorated with large paper flowers in every color of the lainbow. Red, white and green rib bons, forming long streamers, and sil ver and gold tinsel, glass balls and col ored lights all help to make the flower pinata very beautiful. The possibilities for dressing these piuatas are endless. In a large family the mother and daughters have their own piuatas, and great secrecy is maintained In the dec oration of the olla. It Is the aim of each to devise as original a dressing for the piuata as possible, and It can be made a very extravagant ornnmcnt. In the families of wealthy Mexicans the luxury of the pinata often mounts into thousands. After the olla is decorated to the taste it Is tilled. The tilling consists of pea nuts, hazel nuts, hard candles, like marbles, and all kinds of Mexican (Juices. These dulccs are candied fruits, nut paste, etc. Christmas night the pinatus are car ried In great state Into the sala and BUBpendcd from the celling one at a time. All the relatives of the family are present, and as cousins of the fifth and sixth degree are recognized and children are very numerous there Is generally a large gathering. They all Bit very demurely on chairs ranged tyl a row around the walls of the room. One person Is constituted master of ceremonies, the eldest sou or daughter of the house. He or she stands In the middle of the room. Near by Is a Jar or umbrella stand filled with aplsaco canes or sticks. When everything Is ready a child or grown person Is se lected and called by name. Sho comes forward and Is blindfolded. Then the fun begins. The person blindfolded Is turned round and round until she loses all kuowledge of where the pluatn hangs. A cane Is put lu her bands, and she Is told to hit the pinata and try to break It. She Is given three chances. If she falls to hit It she sits down amid laughter and ridicule. If she bits It without breaking It she Is entitled to a small prize. And so It goes on, one after another being called up, blindfolded and given a tane and three chances to break the plunta. Finally one more fortunate than the rest succeeds In giving n hard enough blow, and, crash, the pinata falls to the grounds In hundreds of bits, and Its contents are scattered far and wide. ' A wild scramble ensues. Kvervbodv rushes forward to gather as much of the spilled contents as possible, The fortunate breaker of the piuata gets a handsome prize and is awarded the seat of honor. He or she sits down and is debarred from another trial at breaking another pinata. As soon as the con fusion dies down aud order is somew hat restored another olla Is hung up and the same routine gone through. So the fii continues until the last pina ta Is broken, and then the prizes are awarded. The pinata party is the great social and fun making feature of the Christ inas season. After the piuatas have been broken and a supper has been served there follows dancing, or trav eling company of Indians from the mountains is brought in to sing aud dance lu uatlve costume. These traveling Indians are some what like the singing bands which go around at Christmas time from house to house lu England, Germany, France and Italy. They have been known and popular In Mexico from time Immemo rial. The are much lu demand during the Christmas holiday season. Kansas City Star. CHAUTAUQUA IS GRAND SUCCESS Continted from page 1 Reading of the Scripture, Prof. Ev erett Kemp. f Sermon, Ur. l'rank W. UunsaulUh. 4 Sacred concert for two hours by Parsons' orchestra. 8 Music by Chautauqua Chorus aud "Boy Choir." Sermon, "Jewish Socialism vs. Kockefollorisui," Dr. Roland Dwiglit Grant. A great exhibition of fireworks will be given Saturday evening, July 22, and the management announces that it will be the best ever given at tho assembly. The two great musical ovents of the i session occur Mirurrtav evening, , inly lij, and Saturday evemng, July 22, when a great chorus ot over 100 voices will render tho cantatas, "The May f)nnen," and "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast." LOCAL NOTES E. W. Ennlon, of Anaconda, Wash., is visiting Ins nephew, Ted Borden. Quarterly meeting for Oregon City M. E. church, South, will be held at Cnrrinsvillo, Or. , on the 2'Sd -f July, 1905. There will be preactiing in the morning and evening by the presiding elder, Kev. C. L. McCanslajUd, of Oorvallis. Mrs. Williams, of Denison, Tex., is visiting at the home of R. D. Wilson in this city. Mrs. Williams is the mother of E. E. Williams, formerly of Oregon Oity, but now of Portland. David Williams, councilman from the first ward, received a fine collie dog today from a friend in Washing- ton- - :C.f-SC?XIirI5! i L. E Jones and Carl Church re turned this evening from a two days' fishing trip at Barrius, on the upper Clackamas river. They brought homo wiMi them a number of mountain trout. J. M. Price is suffering witli an at tack of poison onk. Jains II. Reid, fruit inspector for Clackamas and Multnomah counties, is attending to business here today. Mrs. Mary Scougnll, of Portland, is the guest of Mrs. F. A. Sleight dur ing the week. Frank Newton has the only first class undertaking parlor and hearse in Oregon City. Tho paper mills have completed plans to build a new sidewalk from the west end of the suspension bridge of Oregon City, soutli Taloug to the mills. It is thoir intention to tear down the present bridge walk and replace it with a now walk eight feet wide and the boards will be three inchos thick. This will be a great improvement, for tho present struct' ure is becoming very weak, and many of the boards have been worn through. V' Mr. and Mrs. Thos. T;ylor, of Seattle, who have been visiting at the home of Mrs. N. W. Randall dur ing tho past fow daps, loft yesterday for their home'.! Ralph MoGetohio aud Chas. Put nam left this week for their ttock ranches in Washington. Mrs. Jamos Shaw, of Chicago, visited Oregon City friouds this week. Mrs. Shaw was formerly an Oregon Oity girl. Mrs. F. D. Sherman and o'uldren will arrive in this oity tomorrow night from New York. They will Bpond the summer here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Daulton Mrs. J. W. Boatman and daughter, Miss Glventh, of San Francisco, are visiting Mrs. A. N. Munsoy. W. Claude Adams, of this city, who hnB rocotly returned from a four years' course iu the dental colleges of Iowa and Denver, Col., has been elected one of the vice-presidents of tho Lewis and Clark dental congresg being held in Portland. R. L- HOLMAN, Leading Un dertaker and Embalmer. Oftke in Caufield Bldg., Oregon City, Ore, The Ladies' Aid Society of he Ger man Lutheran church of this oity will give an ice cream social on the even ing of Tnnrsdny, the 25th, on the lawu at the home of Mrs. Soiler, Third aud AdaniB street. Coffee and cake will also ho served. Mr. and Mis. L. Adams and Miss Sadie Chase loft Thursday for a visit with fiiends in Southern Oregon. EUREKA CADETS WERE HERE. Marched from California to the Expo sition. Oonari'untiotial Cadets from Eureka, Cal. , on thuir way to tho Exposition, at Portland, arrived in this city at ,3 o'clock Wednesday, and Thursday lott for Portland. Tim company, con sisting of tU) hoys, ollici-ml liy Capcnin Emory, furnicrly of tho United States Army, and thoir own complement of ulliocrs,' nnd ncconipiinicd by a Con isrcjjntional minister and several lend in hnsiness men of Eureka, are spending thoir vacation hy taking this march to the Exposition. On thoir way the tioys nro making their expenses by Riving entertainments All of the hoys, except the olliccrs, are under II) years of age, and all abstain ers from tohaccn, profanity and li ojuors. On arrival in this city they immediately went into camp. They will remain about ten days ut tho Ex position, after which they will leave for their homes liy steamer. The rudots were met. at t ho outskirts of tho city nod accompanied into camp hy the Oregon Oirv Boys' Brigade, captained by J, D. Shaw. Moki tea positively cores sink head ache, indigestion and constipation, j A delightful herh drink, Removes i nil eruptions of iho skiu, producing! h perfect complexion or money ro- 'funded. 25o and f0c. Hnntley 'Bros. Co. Women as Wei! as' Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney and Bladder Trouble. Kidney trouble preys'upon the mind, discourages and lessens ambition ; beauty, vigor ana cneertul ness soon disappear when the kidneys are out of order or dis eased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it is not uncom mon for a child to be born afflicted with weak kidneys. If the child urinates toooften, if the urine scalds the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet amicteu wiui ueu-wet-ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diffi culty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and' bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made miser aide with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, m inty cent and one-dollar size bottles. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also a Home ot 8wamp.Roo. pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root, including many of the thousands of testi monial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Biiigliamtoii, N Y , be sure and mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad dress, Biughamton, N. Y., on every bottle. The Illinois Central maintains unexcelled service from the West to the East mid Sooth. Making close connections witli trams of all trun-ojiitinental linos, passengers are given their choice ot routes to Chi cago, Louisville, Memphis and .New Orleans, and through those points to the Far Kast. Prospective travelers desiring infor mation as to the lowest rates and best routes arQ invited to correspondence with the following representatives: B. U. TRUMBULL, Co nmereial Agt. , 143 Third St., Portland, Ur. J. C. LIN USE Y, Truv. Passim 'r Agt, , 143 Third St., Portland, Ur. FAULK. THOMPSON, Passcn'r Agt, , Column Building, Seattle, Wash. WANTED CLEAN RAGS AT Courier office. THE MORTGAGE LOANS NEGOTI ATED at lowest rates. Latourette's office. Commercial Bank Building, Oregon City. WANTED CLEAN Courier office. RAGS AT THE WANTED TO KENT A SMALL farm for three or five Years. Ad dress T. W. Hornbacki 491 East Morrison St., Portland, Ore FOR SALE CHOICE CORNER LOT and building on Main and Eleventh streets, Oregon City. Large build ing in good condition, occupied by Y. M. 0. A. Apply to Otto F. Ole son or F. J. Meyer, Commercial Bank, Oregon City. OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO. POMONA AND ALTONA L eave Portland at 645 A. M. For Oregon City, Salem, Inde pendence, Albany and way land ings. Returning, leave Oregon City for Portland about 5:00 p. m. The Most Picturesque River Ride in Oregon. Special attention qiven to the handling of freight. PORTLAND DOCK TAR ST. OKEGON C1T.Y DOCK 8TH ST. jJVEW TO-DAY ICE! Ice will be sold at reduced rates by use of coupon books as follows : 500-Ib. book, $3.25 1000-lb. book, $6.50 Coupons good for 5 lbs. to 100 lbs., as required. All coupon books issutd by Willamette Ice Works will be- redeemed in ice. All orders promptly filled. OREGON CITY ICE& COLD STORAGE CO. Telephones 331 and 1734 1 FRANK BUSCH QUR FURNITURE FACTORY IN OREGON CITY is built up again and is running day and flight to make up for lost time. Only warranted goods are manufactured and sold, wholesale and retail. Our No. 1 0 Bureau proved to be a prize winner. We are taking orders now for this celebrated piece of furniture, which will be ready for delivery about June 15th, . -i. K'-.-W -rt I aB.11 1-1 11 jjiffy it a Summer Huor Cover Per yard I5c 1 N O, J 2 si Your friends will stay with you during the Fair, and you ought to have an "iron bed" to accommodate them. One of our serviceable iron beds only $.95 fr-u-.--' 'j Hammocks. Good one for $250 iimmsrsaimsEB f 3C BOW Miami uumiwijiwi.' This bureau is made of thoroughly sea soned lumber, fine clear mirror, flu shed in golden oak, dark cherry and white maple. Sold for cash only. Special price in doz. lots. Six-Hole Steel Range, i7-inchoven, high closet $27.50 Doors and Windows Are you going - to build? We have some doors left that were slightly dam aged by our disastrous fire, which will go cheap III 71 JUMSW? 1 uiii. wupmmi amnmamm ' Mum M le'ii 111 iXfffl ' fell 1 wJfm4 4, For the Bedroom $1.50 Look lust as large a dish of Hazelwood Ice Cream is served at Howell & Jones' as is served of ordinary ice cream at other places for the ' same price This is in spite of the fact that Hazelwood cost them considerable more per gallon than is charged for any other ice cream.' They feel that the quality they give their cus tomers make it worth while for them to pay the extra wholesale price. S Ff T ' AGENTS 3C3G twxmMjmummmwimMW wvmunvj Furniture and Hardware First , Prize $6,53. If i 1 i " v v. ft ' 1 1 F Mil 1 W riting Desk $5.50 at our Extension Table $7.50 3 Cm JONES I mm
