let 0 Vol. XXXV ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1903. No. 9fr H. We Wish All jSf Our Readers a 3 Merry Xmas rk and a Happy New Year. 3 BRASSES A "LARGE LOT OF SPRAY MA I LR AL Marsters Store A CAR LOAD OF 1J OF SUPERIOR QUALITY There is notling more suitable for a Christmas g Present than nice piece of China. - Phone 20l (Ii you cannot decide what to give your friends for Christmas drop into BAUER'S STORE And look over our large stock of Fancy French and German CHINA; at all prices DON'T FORGET THE PLACE I Ask to see that 103 piece German China dinnerset J. F. BARKER CO. GROCERS At Strong's Furniture Store can be found the Finest line of FU RN m TT i u RE So all Styles and Shapes. An Elegant Line of Rockers, Morris Chairs, Dining Chairs, Bed-room Suits, Lounges and Couches, Book Casts, and Writing Desks, Combination Cases, Carpets and Rugs. 4For anything you may need write or come- and see us and we will save you money. B, W Rose-burg, . STRONG Oregon, After Forty yearns T Chri-rtmas 1ory by Elizabeth E. JTtottt ! Copyright. 1503. by Elizabeth E. Stow. OMEHOW she looked out of placo among the gay throng of Christ mas travelers that enlivened the dull waiting room. Whenever the station master's stentorian volco rang through the room she started tensely, only to Bettlo back Btlff and alert, as before. She was small and 6llgbtly bent Her decent black dress, though far from tho latest cut. had a nattlness of its own. She had probably passed twoscore and ten, yet there was a youthfulness about her that had dolled hard work and trouble and sorrow. I felt sure that she had experienced all three. At last she glanced shyly in my direction. "It's tiresome waiting, is it not?" I ventured. "Oh, no! It's all so new and strango to mo, and then I've only an hour to wait" Iler voice, like herself, had a pleasant alertness. "Perhaps you're unaccustomed to traveling," I suggested tentatively. "This morning la the second time since I was ten years old that I'vo been on a train of cars." she answered, with suggestive accuracy. "I didn't used to mind staying at home, but the longing to go somewhere has seemed to grow on me. Why. one time I even thought of setting In the milk train that makes up at our station. It backs up and switches round for 'bout an hour, so I could Imagine I'd started for no body knows where. I even got so far as hoping a cinder d blow in my eye, like when I was a little girl and went to the city with father. It's a mercy I never told my Idee. Folks would have thought I was getting In my do tage. I ain't tiring you, be I?' she asked anxiously. "I don't know when I've talked so much about myself." I hastened to reassure her, remark ing that home cares had doubtless pre vented her getting away. "How did you know?" she said, with a blrdlikc turn of the head. "Why. I was only eleven when I began making bread and pies. I was the only child, you see, and mother began to be lame then. She kept right on growing worse and worse till Anally her Joints all stiffened up. Just like the bones be tween. She puffered dreadful till the last fifteen years or so, when the sore ness kind of left" "How long did you say It was since yon rode on the cars?" I asked. "Just forty years ago this morning. It was on my eighteenth birthday. I was born the day before Christmas. I'm fifty-eight today." "I wouldn't have thought It" "That's what folks all tell me. I should think I'd look as old as Me thuselah, though somehow I don't feel it I remember that day, forty years ago. Just as well. 'Twas Just such a morning as this, the snow nil a-sparkle and crisp underfoot Goodloc said 'twas like fairyland. It was Goodloo Morton" a faint flush came on her faded cheek "who took me on the Christmas excursion to Ruffalo. Wo was going to the falls, but something I turned with a crank, like a windlass. bo I could lift hor alone, Just as easy. for all she was such a dead weight Our doctor said we ought to have It patented, but I made blm promise he'd never lisp it to father. "One time the doctor had a young doctor up from n New York hospital to sec mother, and he thought the ma- Rchlno was great "Why, he says, turn ing to me, 'you'll let me get out a pat ent on It, won't you? 'Oh, yes, says I, get out nil the patents you want to and welcome.' So be had a photo graph took of It Afterward I felt real kind of sorry I let him do It, he was so young and green looking. "Well, you can see, what with moth er helpless and father patenting, there wasn't much chance for me to get away, but I always had a hankering is see Niagara falls. It's a sight ones aeon stays by, they say. When our money was more plenty I laid out to go n number of times, but something er other always turned up to prevent The llrst time father was took with a crick In his back. The next time the daughter of the woman who was com-1 , tng to take care of mother had her leg broke In n runaway. Once everything seemed moving favorably. Clarissy . Strlngham had come to take care of mother. I had my ticket there and , back, and even my lunch was put up, for I was to start at 5 In the morning. j That night there come up the worst thunderstorm you ever see and wash- I ed out the track on our branch, so the j trains couldn't run for two days. j "Yes, mother died a little more than ' a year ngo. Just a rear and Jbrw patent on your mouiers mung appa ratus.' "lie gave me a letter which had a check In It and which said I'm to have $10 a week my lifetime. It's half tho royalty he gets for his patent on moth er's machine. Well, when I realized It wasn't a story out of a book I never waltf-d to have a dress made nor noth ing, for fear something 'd happen. And so here I am on my way to Niagara falls. The falls are pretty badly froze up, of course, but I ain't going to take any chances on not seeing 'em. Be sides' " "Train going west!" came in sten torian tones. A warm band clasp, and the last I saw of my little friend was a cheery expectant face lost In the hnrrylus crowd of Christmas travelers. Evolution OF THE XmswS Tree A Yulefido Sketch by JONATHAN JOYCE blj absent tire "ra sweats la tfi&w4 Christum prwwnt tfca can be csa celved fri Tcr th Kwrioa. An el trlcal outfli for lJrtlcj Cbrbrtsaa trees has been tawoteAat suUl crefc One clever bay naed X -ylth novel .re sults by applying t to. a magnVBoss? evergreen stawUnjt lq rest ot- hi DOGS TO HELP WOUNDED. Italian Officer Train Collie to Take Them For Cue In War. The use to which dogs have been put by the monks of the Hospice of St Bernard, In the Alps, In searching for lost persons and administering most urgent aid In the shape of cordials and food has suggested to the Italian army iht tmln!ni? nt iIivm tn llanvpr wnnnil- ed soldiers and to bring to them the water and stimulants they may needj after long exposure In the field, writes, the Rome correspondent of the Newi York World. I At the recent maneuvers of the Ital ian army, which took place near Ven ice, several collies which have been educated Ir t' ? Ulcers were trl- d f'r Copyright 13, by a N- Laxie. THE Christinas tree for the dl piny of presents Is an evolu tion. The true origin and slg nlflcanee of this arboreal fea ture of Yuletlde are uncertain. Appar ently It is derived from an ancient cus tom. The pagan races of northern En rope had a deep veneration, for trees' as the abodes of the gods. For Instance, the linden sheltered Berchta, the spirit kindly to babes. When celebrating festivals the chosen tree of the differ ent gods were decorated with HghU, wreaths and tassels, and offerings to the spirits were suspended In the branches. The Romans used greenery 111 the festivals of Saturn, celebrated In De cember, and carried the custom among the Germans. The Egyptians Tistd trees for Interior decoration, their fa vorite being the -palm. A work of Action produced In Prance over TOO years ago contains a descrip tion of a tree having Its branches from top to bottom decked with burning can dles, with the fisrure of a child at the A TEST TtBTiT rSZ OP TJQJ (TITSintU XSZS. mikS It $M "IT'S TIRESOME TAITDtO, ifl IT NOT?" prevented. It was the next spring ho asked me to marry him. Dear me! You wouldn't think to hear mo running on that you're the first person I'vo ever told it to. I wouldn't let Goodloo tell it neither, I was that afraid mother might hear. She was growing worso fast, and it would have worried her to think I couldn't leave homo and mnrry like other girls. Goodloo felt quite worked up for a spell, but finally ho married Sally Skinner. She's raised him a big family and been a good wife." I fancied a sigh escaped her, but aft er a moment she went on In her cheery way: "Well, as I was saying, tho last time I rode on the cars was on my eighteenth birthday. By pushing a chair In front of her, mother could walk a little yet, but I got Susan Ann Rugglcs to look In on her once In awhile, for father couldn't bo depend' cd on If he got after a new patent Idee, You see, he was always going after patents. Were they a success? Oh, my, no! lie spent pretty much all mother hud. Iler folks was pretty well off, you know. The only one of his ldces that was ever any good was a machine for lifting mother. I don't know what we'd havo ever dooo without It It months after father. 1 was so thank ful she went before me. You see, she had been sick so long, nnd then she was naturally pretty high spirited (she said I'd Just let folks run right over me), so she used to speak out pretty sharp, nnd sometimes 'twas awful hard to please her, but I never minded, for I knew she mennt nil right Oh, you don't know how lost I was after she was gone. Why, there hasn't been a night senco I don't wake up 'bout tho hour sho used to ask me to pull her a little to one side or lower the cushion under her knees or do something tc make her easier. Sometimes I find my self setting right up In bed, thinking certain she's calling me." Sho was unable to go on for a mo ment, and though I'm called easy In conversation I could think of no com forting word. "And I'm so thankful," she contin ued, regaining her self control, "tho money held out till sho was gone. I'vo had to let tho place go. Last week after everything was settled up I had Just $23 left Through It all every body's been Just ns good to mo as they could be. I often wonder why, for I've never had tlmo to do anything for them. Well, I had plans all laid to go to work for Mrs. Jennings at a dollar a week when ono evening It was Just a week ago I was setting alone feeling pretty blue nnd thinking 'twnsn't likely now I'd ever see tho falls, aud In stepped Dr. Brown. 'Well,' he says In bis offhand way, 'Miss Fannie, can you bear good news?' "'Why, 1 don't know, doctor,' says I. 'I've never had much experience nt It' You see 1 was feeling blue yet " 'Well,' he says, with a twlnklo In his eye, M guess you're going to havo a chance now. I've Just heard from tho vouug doctor who wanted to got a the purpose of discovering hidden sol diers lying supposedly wounded in the least accessible points of the field, nnd wonderful was the sagacity displayed by them in searching for the wounded and gently lying beside them In order to offer the cordials they carried In flasks tied around their necks. PASSES FOR HEAVEN. Dr. Donle Clnliun Ills Influence Will Open Galea to Worthy. The right to Issue free passes to heav en to those he may recommend was claimed by John Alexander Dowle In his address at Zlon City the other aft ernoon, says the Chicago Record-Her ald. The speaker dwelt at length on his claim of being sent to command the world. He said: "It matters not what people say of me, but It does nnd will matter what I say of them nt the day of judgment A man's power In heaven Is to be meas ured by his work on earth, and ns mine Is one of the greatest my word nt the Judgment day will be worth something. It will count much what I recoin mend." Kcir 3IaU For Automobiles. Tho difficulty automoblllsts And In protecting their fnces has nt last been satisfactorily solved, says n Paris ca bio dispatch to the New York Herald. Ugly masks and goggles are now like ly to bo cast aside for n new mask. which Is strong nnd transparent nnd modifies In no way the appearance of fair complexions. It Is constructed of transparent horn, with the usual spec tacle glasses, nnd thus obviates the danger of fire so much feared with lu flammablo celluloid masks. Christmas was cSWMl In atTLUIetiSc: It very top sending forth a "brilliant llgnt This tree In some way symbolised Christianity, the candles representing souls and the child typifying Christ It is said that tho Christmas tree was adopted In France and England In 1S40. Prince Albert Is credited with having introduced it In England the first Christmas following- his marriage. which was in 1S40. Within a few years after that one of tho treea at Windsor castle bore gifts valued at $45,000. Bu more than a century before Prince Al bert's advent an Improvised tree, called a "besant," processions In, England consisted of a pole decked with hollf or other evergreens and rlbbous, to gether with oranges and apples and sometimes n pair of dolls Tho Irrepressible desire for novMty has led to unique variations, in Christ mas trees. A society womr having a couple of valuable pet dog got up a dogs' Christmas tree and'ited forty or more of the neighboring thorough bred pups to the ovation. Tho device by which Santa Claus is cooped up In the trunk of a portable tree, with his head showing out at times, Is very Blmple, yet very taking with young folks; It Is accomplished by having two empty barrels without heads fastened one above the other and covered with moss, bark and lichen. Through a knot hole Santa's, voice is heard. The structure being on casters, the imp inside can ruavd it about the platform to the infinite de light of tho children. Another device for having a volco is sue from the Christmas tree Is accom plished by the use of the telephone, tho receiver being hung in the tree. Ih absent ones can then send familiar, tones to those present, and whed tho BEcakqrajayo jrcry dear and una vol da- home. It was lighted on Christmas eve after a snowstorm which -teckfld the branches- with fleecy gxrhv 2H beat of the lamps meitid" tho saow.AStl then it froze In all manner- of shapes. When lighted up again on jCbrlstcss night the pendent 1 aides and Icy erxnar glittered like a myriad of gems res ponded In tl" dare of shlfttax light. BAN ON CORSETS. CnxlianTTomen "Wajrtas: a, CrvAde Asaljurt Time Ilonfcred Article. Parhans ft is too mcch ta sar that tha BW wosas bss Inansurated a campaign against feminine V&ditlca. bnt it is certain that from Tee&s d Birmingham blasts: have beea aeasd upon the trnsets of tb astieozset crusade, while in. London ssd the sth- crbs the new rainy day -skirt which within the last few Ysoaths has bea Kg? In larse nnmbers. is already wcrk u9a reform ta teacttn? irec$a ta be carefnl txnr they valk, myr tba Kcv York Herald, Jjeasoea Lave beea ter3d for suppression of that first nsttocoi ax tide, wtlch has bo foe? beea rcgar&etf as essential to f esdnine desc, sBd .smb ara being enroUril aRc?g the tppnbers. That wocnea are. bad tcaJkers suu beAog pigeon toed is deciara te be osa revelation othe crcLr. Pay- Icjl Esitarista, dlscnsskiz t encetioa. my tba areata Affas&c ia- tfea "Tsaaa- xopx to nish gjji."-who( attea oan'a ease and fivalosa m an atMsri nrlKvtay- Watch a smeuo jotag xt- stall afr a rallwjx ttattos.' Is sin cased est ofjlenjkirill p)d afej( ocsly their HKalng dowd ft the? aide of the siER toes taned laJP Ib sitting, too, YQjocs are gnSty ft a ptsxher of ttsa ef avkwardis&t A stont wcupan Invariably tits cauarely.. wi)J 'fear feet piantad twtlva locics apart. The tea voma rvbsbi W f tetasbout he legs of tho chaur or m crosses' Imp Ugs and Ohixstfta fW cqt lament of tor, while th& aaqaB woman er&er tits lii her Wit dan gling in a Lelp&ss wayar pejaib her self on -a. high 6catwa oae foot tbacMcy the round- and the oth?f booked around the ankle of tae Ssvt . t LEMONADETKE UTESTi)l CutOal Food Fa4 of A ak a Wo b la Fattfeaal. Th only way to prevent poverty la to convince persoas that It Is csa essary for then to af aaya tAa Baroness Stettsel. and.: what b raafrei she practices wEat she pwaee, says the Chicago ttecord-Hcrald." nuny years tSe baroness resided la one of the Baltic, provinces, but receaUy ana rp moved to Liaboa, and Thar foro cd, with eereraJ other5 Vtitaes. a. ckib, the tcembqfs of which have p'MgcV tbemselves not to eat dayfhlag. Two glasses of lemonade s day aacsa ber siay Indulge in, but sothlag aaor Tho baronosa. says tbat ehs ipa Ure4 a tons-time on. this daliy ailQwaBee V lemonade, and she deSes doeten prove tbat she is aot a h&altiy aad a vigorous ns any ordinary jveaaaa of ber age. Solid fodd. she c&hsf d etocH mor harm taan good, aa& sa wnrns every one who desires to be come a member &T the plab- that Jb Btant cijfhon will bsthere tfs dares to eat even as sicca aa a mWft fui.ofead. In this jtranjee raperijaenj; bo ta. Lisbon doctors and restaara4tfcer are much Interested aBgLfw nWgs reasons. T&e FaaUtonnMo yiOTJ Flowers have ttxv!r,;la7 in tb4 fin lonatde world caj-wetfATs otbac tfbdee; says the WashlqRon Sfcr. Tba axpeo bX8 and beautiful crSaW the bke Bom of the moment sraat womea aro wearing as a corsage aOornaenx. This rare exotic has superseded eTea violet, wbtgb will be onry uaed in a Junctlon with it: JnsttVer th aeart Js tho spot la mode has aeieeted for eor sago Bowers rest! noplace. T3 Aaser lcan Beauty wQl"beatbe rose, par eifJ lence for decoratlonaBd as as oJlertaa ttt benuiy'a shrme. jS'ottjanto. fee Mo ral kingdom sema able- to taka tts place given this niagnMeenraae. Whttd chrysanthetnojaa ara.be era .nsctf for the a3tnuia.aa aawisjtftv tcr weddk&e ustlf &friamjxm it jbiotaijtoeattb!&' 'r -