1HE DARKY'S
NEW YEAR SONG
Always ak for
The peoples $tor
The Place to Get
Your Xmas Gifts
We have the greatest Specialties in holiday goods
ever brought to the cit3, so while you are out shop
.pi.ug don't overlook the Peoples Store as we can
save -you money.
Christmas WeeK
we will maRe a
sp&ialty of Men's
Boys Overcoats
and Sweaters and
Ladies' CloaRs
and Furs. : : :
L Abraham, Prop.
" NEXT DOOR TO THE POST OFFICE,
Rosebnrg, - . Oregon.
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ROniNSON CltrSOE.
Copyright. 1KB. by P. A. Obcr.
JN B Christmas
morning not
many years ngc
I found mysclt
up a tree In
Crusoe's Island.
I was hunting
meat for my
Christmas din
ner shortly lift
er daybreak
thnt morning,
and as the most
abundant sup
ply was prom
ised by the pec
caries, or wild
hogs, that ranged the Island, I had left
camp and started out after them. It
was great fun for awhile, for I fell in
with a herd of about n dozen and had
secured two of the "varmints' when
the survivors, seeming to think that
"turn about Is fair play," began hunt
ing me. Then the situation assumed n
different aspect entirely, for the pec
cary when aroused Is one of the most
bloodthirsty of creatures and as re
vengeful as an Indian. Fortunately
for me, a great gum tree stood conven
iently near, and by means of the lianas
that swung from its branches I was
soon safe from harm and looking calm
ly down upon the little black beasts as
they raged around the trunk. But a
peccary, as is well known, can enter
tain only one idea at n time, and the
Idea that possessed the shallow brains
of my friends Itelow was how to effect
my destruction. After rooting around
awhile they all sat down in an attitude
of expectation and patiently waited for
me to descend. And toy would sit
there, I felt sure, knowing peccary na
ture as I did, until they starved me to
death rather than allow me to escape.
I had only a few rounds of ammuni
tion suited to their needs, but I killed
three more Itefore it was exhausted
nnd peppered the hides of several oth
ers so that If they ever had entertained
the Idea of leaving they abandoned It
entirely. I had not a morsel of food
about me. The limbs I sat astride of
were not so soft as they might have
been if they had been made to order,
nnd I was getting uncomfortable when
I noticed a commotion In the herd.
The leader of the band, n grisly old
tusker with recurved fangs like Turk
ish sclmiters. suddenly stood up and
sniffed the air; then he uttered n
'whoof' of rage and despair, struck a
2:10 gait and disappeared in the Jungle,
followed by all the survivors. I was
Baved by a black man and a dog.
It may or may not be true that the
peccary has as intense a dislike for
the black man as he has for a dog.
but anyway the combination proved
effective In this Instance. The man
who appeared at this Juncture was tha
while me done cut up nn' skin deso
liawgs one, two, three, fo', flbc. Golly,
massa, we done gut 'uutT meat fo' do
Christmus dlnnali, ain' we? Not to
menshun dls yere bag wlv two dozen
lino fat crapauds In uui, sah." ,
Pappy Ned sot to work dressing (or. i
to be exact, undressing) the peccaries, 1
being careful not to taint the llesh with 1
the contents of the peculiar musk gland j
which the species carries on its back,
and while he is thus engaged seems a
good opportunity for me to make my
explanation ns to the exact location of
Crusoe's island.
It is not. ns ninety-nine persons In u '
hundred think, the island of Juan Ier- !
nandez, on the southwest const of
South America, but it is a good many 1
miles nearer the coast of our own Unit
ed States, In the southeastern part of
the Caribbean sea. I will not waste
nny time, either the reader's or my
own. In argument, but respectfully re
fer the earnest inquirer to old Crusoe
himself. Itohlnnn Crusoe. Ksq., mar
iner, of Bristol. Kngland, wluwe adven
tures were first written out and pub
lished by Daniel Do Foe In 171!). was
somewhere in latitude 11 degrees north
of the equator when he was wrecked
that Is, of course, assuming there ever
fredemck a. oncn.
A rECCAKT.
was an entity called "Crusoe" In the
flesh. Hut. whether ho ever existed or
not. thnt Is where He Foe placed his
hero when he had him wrecked on the
coat of his Island. To quote the
word of Cruoe himself. jut before It
happened. "The master made an ob
servation as well as he could ami found
that lie was In about 11 degrees of
north latitude, so that we were gotten
beyond the coast of Gulnna and beyond
the river Aroaiones. toward the Orino
co, commonly called the Great river."
Now. that would be evidence suffi
cient for any sailor, but let Crusoe fur
ther explain. as be does well along In
his narrative, when he llrst circum
navigates his Island kincdoni: "The
land which I perceived to the west nnd
southwest was the great Island of
Trinidad, on the north point of the
mouth of the river Orinoco."
Trinidad, as everybody knows. Is oft
the north coast of South America and
with me back to
our hut. Hang
ing three of the
pigs up In a
palm tree to
await his rc
t u r n I' n p p y
Ned shouldered
i the oilier two
nnd the sack of
1 crapauds nnd
toted the load
to camp, which
was distant but
a mile or so,
i nnd I followed
. nfter with my
I gun. As Tobago Is n tropical Island the
, meat would not keep n great while, nnd
we really had much more than we could
I eat, but Flippy Ned said he knew of
some black people over on the other
1 side of the forest who would devour
, what there was left provided he could
get word to them in time.
There never was a more beautiful
situation for a hut than the site of
mine on u hilltop above the forest line,
with views of tropical woods and bhln
ing shore, and, as the weather that
Christmas day wns simply perfect. I
ordered my man to make our "spread"
In the open, beneath the cocoa palms,
sheltered from the blazing sun by the
golden rooftrees only. So he 6et the
table out of doors and lost no time In
getting at the cooking, which was done
over an open fire. Pappy Ned was as
adept nt preparing exquisite dishes
from next to nothing as nny Pnrlslan
chef thnt ever lived. We had n garden
filled with -such plants as the manioc,
tania. sweet potato, arrowroot, ynm,
etc.. not to mention corn nnd mountain
rice. From a wild grove of coffee trees
I obtained the fragrant berry for my
morning lwverage; also cacao, or choco
late, from another cop1-? on the lorder
of the forest, while the cocoa palms
1 aliove and around my hut held a de-
i Melons cool drink In their unripe nuts.
Pappy Ned dried nnd grated the cassa
va tulK?rs. making "farlne." from which
. he cooked great cakes more than n foot
across. The Juice of the cassava Is
poisonous In Its crude state, but It Is
i converted into a palatable substance by
heat and forms the basis of the nolcd
"casareep." or pepper pot. We always
, had a pepper pot on hand as a stand
by. Into which we threw the odd pieces
; of meat left over nfter ordinary re
pasts, and a goodly amount of the pec
cary flesh was thus disjKwed of. the
cassnrcep nctlng ns n preservative as
well ns condiment. But pepper pot
was n poor man's makeshift. Pappy
Ned always declared, and the day be
fore he had walked the beach for sea
turtle eggs, several score of which be
had brought back to camp, together
with n fine fish he bad caught on the
shore.
After working three or four hours
j9 Christmas
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Groceries
; ;a't-asto how they enjoy themselves, and as this is
f the one time when" evry. one should be feeling
' -tV their best it makes it (doubly necessary that thei
f YiaidVbe spread with piire wholesome food. The j
2 pesKway.to oe sure 01 jjeiung uie ngm ivinu is iu
W tfa'de- with a'house thati's reliable. We have- ever-
J-iing inthe way of special eatables for the occa- V
.T'-sio'n anSfet's- wWi you to do rour part. Don't y
delay. rGornownow and order. Have them when
you.want-tnem.
Wishiltgr all our patrons a Merrry
Xm&nd" a .Happy New Year
WE -XRE : TO PLEASE
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- Phone' 181. ' Roseburg, Ore.
A-
When" Xmas comes it brings good cheer X
and with his end in view
Kruse & Newland,
'r
u
' Staple and Faftcy Grocers
HAYE UWm A -COMPLETE AND CHOICE STOCK OF
Christmas Groceries
OF ALL KINDS
' -The finest assortment of Hill's Pickles ever
' , brought to the city.
..Please remember that we carry in stock Chase
& Sanborn's Coffees, Shillings Baking Powder
andAYilhelms Best Flour.
THE SUBVTV0RS BEGAN HUNTING ME.
only other In that forest save myself,
my sable servitor. Pappy Ned. He had
been out all night hunting crapauds,
or forest frogs, and was on his way
back to onr camp with a backload of
batrachlans, the legs of which were to
be served up In a style which only
Pappy Ned knew to perfection.
"Goramlghty, massa!" he exclaimed
In astonishment. "Was dat yo' gun
goln' off pam! pam! lak yo' shootln' a
reg'munt ob sogers? KI, but It's lucky
ole Pappy Ned come 'long, hey? Dem
hawgs done know Pappy Ned an' Jes'
cl'ar out when dey hear um n-comiu
along wiv dis ycr dnwg. Dey don' lak
niggers, an dey don' lak dawgs nuther,
but dey'se death on de buckra man."
"Well, pappy, the buckrn mnn, ns you
call me, has brought death to the pec
caries Uils time, and they've good rea
Bon for not liking me, I fancy. But
you came along Just In the nick of
time, old friend, and I owe you another
reward for saving ray life a second
time." lie had nursed me through n
fever a few months before.
"Oh, me massa, dat ain' nuflln'. Mo
only too glad to sarve me good massa,
fo shuah. Yo' Jes set down nu' rest.
M
ISTElt NEW YEAR, come crlong;
Mako a mighty show!
Blnsln" cr do Bnmo olo sonK
Evcr'body know:
Is one of ne finest Uritlsh possessions
In the West Indies. The only other Is
land which fully answers the descrip
tion given by Crusoe In relation of lo
cation to Trinidad Is that of Tobago,
from which Sir Walter Italelgh prob
ably derived the name of the "weed"
We call tobacco.
I long hold the theory that this was
Crusoe's Island, nnd In order to prove
It went down there on a hunting nnd
exploring expedition, afterward writ
ing a book about my ndventures which
gives nil the evidence, even If It does
not sutllclently establish the facts. At
any rate, I "played Crusoe" for months
In Tobago, the Island of the ancient
mariner's ndventures, built n hut of
palm leaves in the forest and for a
time lived as good old Itobinson lived,
with the exception that I did not have
any goats; neither did I tempt nu at
tack of rheumatism by residing In a
enve. I even had riy poll parrot, my
hammock under the palms and my
"Man Friday." only the latter was not
a Carlb, like Crusoe's factotum, but a
black mnn, honest and faithful old
Pappy Ned, who soon finished skinning
those peccaries and was ready to go
over the open fire Pappy Ned came to
announce. "Dlnnah done ready, sah,
at the same time handing me n
"cashew cocktail" made from the Juice
of nn aromatic fruit brewed with rum
and stirred to effervescence with a
"swizzle stick."
The grand repast of the day opened
with gumbo soup, followed by fish,
frogs' legs and turtles' eggs, while In
the center of the table wns peccary
roast, flanked by n nicely browned
guinea bird nnd n native wild turkey,
with a vast assortment of vegetables
from my garden. There were no drinks
artificially cooled, Ice being nn unob
tainable luxury In Crusoe's Island, but
there were tropical fruits In nbun
dnnce pines, guavas, mangoes, oranges
nnd custnrd apples all of which had
been plucked within a stone's throw of
my hut.
One thing only wns lncklng a good
ly company to enjoy that Christmas
feast in Crusoe's Island. But we were
content, for. ns Pnppy Ned observed.
"De good Gornmighty done gib us nil
we want, mo" dnn we need nnd a heap
sight mo' dnn we desarve."
FREDERICK A. OHEIt.
PLUM PODDING.
Plain Direction For Mnklnsr Thin
Clirintninn Luxury.
Place In n vessel one pound of beef
kidney suet, very dry, free from fibers
and chopped very fine; one pound of
seeded Malaga raisins; one pound ol
currants, cleaned and washed In plentj
of water; one pound of bread crumbs,
sifted through u sieve; a quarter of a
pound of lemon peel, chopped very
fine; one pound of powdered sugar,
four tablespoonfuls of flour, a quarter
of an ounce of nutmeg and allspice, a
pint of brandy nnd six eggs.
Mix the whole well together. Dip
n strong cloth In cold water and wrlnff
It out to extract all the moisture.
Spread It open on a table and butter It
liberally with butter softened to the
consistency of cream. Dredge over
with sifted Hour nnd shake the cloth
to remove nny excess of the flour that
failed to adhere to the butter. Lay In
the center of the cloth the prepared
mixture. Form It In the shape of a
ball nnd raise up the edges of the cloth,
bringing the four ends together all
around, so ns to Inclose the preparation
well, then tighten and thfirmly.
t t .1 ' .(:,, M.itii , ,
thr i'-. i ii r w:i er. WU. n
this Im;n pi. n-c In the plum pudd ng
and let It tt.ok ror three hours. Then
remove It and have It stand for live
minutes before cutting the string. Un
do the cloth carefully and Invert the
pudding on a hot dish. Sprinkle it
with sugar. Pour over some brandy
or rum nnd set It on fir. Serve Imme
diately with hard sauce. St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
tor. Boil until Vender, Tlien press
through n colander. Add a teaspoon
fill of butter, a dash or nutmeg or cin
namon and sweeten to taste.
Cranberry nnd Apple Snncp.
Take one quart of cranberries, two
cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls of wa
ter. Pick over the berries carefully
and wash In cold water. Put them
into n porcelain lined saucepan, with
enough wnter to cover, nnd cook until
tender. Then add the sugar and re
move from the stove Just ns soon ns
the sugar has been dissolved. Servo
hot or cold. Select the berries careful
ly; boll them slowly without stirring.
If treated In this way they will retain
their shape and the sauce will be clear
and transparent.
Apple sauce Is for roast goose. Peel
und core six tart apples. Put them in
to a saucepan and )us covej; with wn-
l'recnti For Men.
i In silverware there are toilet articles
such ns talcum Jars, cold crenm Jars,
silver mounted brushes, combs, clothes
brushes, whisk brooms, flasks and shav
ing brushes.
Bath robes come In the most attrac
tive guise, nnd the man who has none
will surely bless the sister or mother
who gives him one.
Gorgeous heavy silk mufflers, em
broidered suspenders, neckties of white
silk, linen or silk handkerchiefs nnd
chest protectors arc some of the things
men must expect, ns they generally put
off buying them until after Ch'istmas.
Other decorations for a man's den are
the hideous but picturesque Japanese
masks, swonls nnd bayonets. Panel
decorations In oriental design will sure
ly please If they are well selected. A
wastebasket would not be amiss, and
one of the new corkscrews, with n horc
top. silver trimmed, would be highly
acceptable.
"Howdy, howdy do. Huh;
Happy days tcr you, Huh!
LotB cr money.
Weather sunny.
En do whole uky blue. Buhl"
Mister New Ycnr comln" 'long,
Trompln" crost de snow;
Say ho Rwlno tcr right de wrong;
Mako do roses growl
-MA
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The Tilt or the
Workingman
United
OES
If you once try them you will always wear
them. A complete line of shoes for men and wo
men. We also carry a fine line of slippers. Re
pairing of all kinds promptly and carefully done.
James Millikin,
North Jackson Street. Roseburg, Ore
"1 TOO W'SE FKH YOU, BUIlI"
"Howdy, howdy do, suh;
Hiah'a my love ter you. sub!
Give you money.
Milk en honey.
Make dat ole coat new. sub!"
Mister New Tear, go yo' ways'.
I done my schoolin';
Been a lot er New Year days;
I too old fcr foolln'!
I too wise fcr you. suh.
Wld yo' "Howdy do. suht"
Talk too cheap:
Go sew en reap
En bring dem skies er blue, suh!
Atlanta Constitution.
THE NEW YEAR'S TABLE.
Dlilin Hot nnd Cold Suitable Far
thr Day.
Following is a list of hot and cold
dishes suitable to be served Informally
on New Year's day:
Hot Chicken consomme, beef tea.
clear green turtle soup, chicken okra
In cups, oyster poulette. chicken. lob
ster and sweetbread, croquettes nnd
patties, lobster Newburg.
Cold Pickled oysters, roast turkey,
partridge, quail, boiled bam. tongue.
Salads Chicken. lobster, potato, crab.
Sandwiches II am. chicken, tongue,
sardine, cheese, nut. beef, turkey.
Sweet Dishes ice cream, biscuit. Sor
tonL biscuit glace, cafe parfalt. straw
berry porfatt. charlotte russe. meringue
glace, meringue a la creme. New Year's
cookies, chocolate, lemon, orange and
Jelly layer cakes, fruit cake, mince.-ap-plc
and pumpkin pies, fruit tarts, all
varieties of fresh fruits, varieties of
cheeses, crackers, biscuits, wafers.
Beverages Lemonade, tea. coffee,
chocolate.
I Roseburg
I Brewing j
I Ice Co. '
j Srilsner ffieer
5
ZTAe S3eet that will maJcc
itloseburff famous
t
Doctor sa3's drink Pilsner Beer. It will improve 1
your health. Is made of pure malt and hops. No
better beer made than ours. Try our Bottled Beer
t for family use. Deliver- free.
Jfew Year's Cooklra.
Bent to a cream three-quarters of n
pound of butter and a pound of sugar.
Add three eggs and beat them through
the butter and sugar till thoroughly
mingled. Then add half a pint of sour
milk nnd a level teaspoonful of salera
tus dissolved In a tablespoonful of hot
water. Next put In a gill of caraway
Feeds and a level teaspoonful of mace.
Stir In flour till the dough Is stiff
enough to roll out thin. After It U
rolled as thin ns pic crust cut the
cookies out with a scalloped round cut
ter, lift them with a pancake knife
from the pastry board, put them In a
dripping pan. sprinkle over each cooky
a little sugar and bake them In a mod
crate oven.
..uconomv farcet..
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C07207722 A
GEORGE HOHLHAGEN, Pr.p
Wholesale and Retail Butcher 1
wo
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The Xm Vrnr'x Wajianll Cup.
Throughout all Europe the wassail
cup In one form or another Is a feature
of the day. In old times one cup of
gigantic size served the entire compa
ny, nnd when n man arose and took
the huge vessel In both hands to drink
to the guests a trusted friend rose with
him and with drawn sword stood by
his side lest he should be traitorously
stabbed In the breast while drinking.
Selected.
A Vcr and a Day.
"I always feci a pity for the poor
young men of Greenland, those Hsklino
chaps, you know." said Clarence. "No
matter If those poor fellows keep their
New Year's resolutions a whole year
people would throw It tip to them that
they could hardly stand by their prin
ciples for two days. Sad, Isn't it?
Very." Chicago Tribune.
Yenrs nnd Men.
The year Is dying: soon "twill lie
Ilchlnd ua In the fading past.
We wntch It going, nnd we sigh
To think It couldn't ulwnys last
All pensive for a little while
Wc count the vanished yenrs nnd fret.
Then greet the new one with a smile
And hurry onward nnd forget
The passing years are like the men
We have to serve they pass away
Wo mourn the master dead, and then
The new one welcome and obey.
Wc soon forget. If he Is kind.
The virtues of the kindly dead:
Wo do not mourn the years behind
If hope Ilea In the one nhend
-8. E. Klscr In Chicago Record-Herald
Kind Old Mnn.
Ascum What did that rich old uncle
of yours give you for Christmas? Some
thing useful, I'll bet.
llnuskeep Yes; a little device for sav
ing coal bills.
Ascum Ah! An arrangement to at
tach to the heater.
Ilauskeep No; to keep on my desk.
It's a bill flle. Philadelphia Press.
The Only One In Captivity.
Museum Patron Well, what new
freak have you for the holidays?
Manager The rarest thing on earth
Uie man who doesn't buy more Christ
mas presents than he can afford.
Then He Took Another.
Comfort Brown Don't you think It
nonsensical-nil this kissing urider the
mistletoe?
Tliomns Tubbs Sure thing! But a
little nonsense now nnd then Is rel
Ishcd by the best of men nnd women!
A Synonym.
Spacer Give me a synonym for the
word Christmas.
Popper (moodily) Broke!
Dealer in Live Stock 1
We respectfully solieityour patronage
The Market was established in 1S92
and is the only first class Market in
Roseburg. Nothing but the very
best quality of livestock is slaughtered
MARKET ON JACKSON ST- $
ROSEBURG - - OREGON g
LooR around before buying your
Xmas Presents
i
We have the finest assort
ment of
Holiday Goods
on the market. Also a full
line of Gents' Furnishing
Goods, Boots and Shoes.
LOHR SONS,
OPPOSITE THE DEPOT
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