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1 . ' i y ".-.-.. V- Yi Tim ' OBEGON : DAILY JOURNAL, POHTLA3TD, WEDXESDAT EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1902, . Holiday Time Finds the States fEnjoyi Business in All Sections. ?--.: :. H WL OVER (X)UiFRy ' -;iiFESpURNliURE : t$fiTQl: THB C0AST ng a Healthftil atid Lucrative BY JAMES MERIVALE. ' 'rJSTW YORK. Dec lt.-Tbe coming ot 'the 'prtsent Christmas has been heralded . -w.lth such unusual signs of prosperity '" Vitfns of so substantial a character that ,Wit may positively feel In the air the Approaching .fulfillment of. the promts , etvyn us In the prophetic words, "Peace , en, earth and good will to men." The wheat crop has been abundant and the industrial development of the country continues to progress with unusual oeler-ttr..- Is, the possession of all the- material blessings the United States is so far , -, fShead of any ether country at the present homent that we have reason for the most tftqrouga setl-congratulation. The horny handed pioneer. Uncle Sara, who, a few decades ago. was the object of " sneers . Item the European courts, baa now be eenfr the recipient of the most flattering eouytestes from the greatest potentates of the Old World, and It is scarcely too snuoh to say that he now holds the bal ance of power between the nations a accptre which be is undoubtedly the best equipped of all 1 the powers to wield. . .Tails situation has been brought about by the development of the country along IfncS ef peaceful progressiveness rather thaa. upon those of political aggrandize ment at the ,, expense of others, a moral and political vpbuildlng which has aston ished the rulers and peoples of the Old World and won for us their confidence knd support-, f -Last Christmas we had many causes for apprehension: Our war in the Philippines ..freA.tfrta'sa AH;!Va-Wod cfrtbeinetion An 4. we saw no sign of a permanent set t lenient of hostilities there. That phase of pur difficulties has passed and soon the thklpptnes wDl have become one of the most profitable of our possessions, the Aoot opening' there for our manufactured products as wH as for American indi vidual enterprise. Cuba ha beeu given her freedom, and, broiled anrbng the sisterhood of the -orld's republics has been made our Btoeest friend. Porto Rico has been started- en the pathway of prosperity and f some day be a gem In Columbia's . diadem. Everywhere peace and prosperity re, following the flag, whether temporar ily laced there for protection or as a Symbol of permanent possession. Of this honest and straightforward pol icy, e arg ppjv .reaping the fruits Jn the shape ef an aoundant harvest of good will' from the principal nations of the wpHdfej'uJtlng in an .abundance of tha. ' pails Or p6wer And success far any and every-"natlon--bU8lness. To this we owe the tnater-al prosperity Which has formed - 93.-'llke . astvevureole around the' Stars fcnd StrP-es, kidding fair to remain there partner, tritly vrteBs we fair to remember toe goof' resolutions and deeds which have made s a nation,, and depart from our traditional policies. Looking at things from a material point ot view we hear no distress cries through out" this broad land of ours to herald Christmas, but we see signs of plenty and' prcsperlty everywhere.. It does not heed the bandwagon to announce these things they ajc self-evident on all sides of tss from one end of our continent States to the other. A J barometer of national prosperity Which msy be considered almost infallible Is thc record of the Immigration bureau. With au almost Imperceptible but Invar lably correct rhythm It has sung the story of the wane and rise "of this country's prosperity, tor so many ' years past that when we note the fact of an upward or downward tendency in too influx from Europe we may read the cause as in the pages of an open book. During the past year more 'foreigners than ever before arrived In the. United States, having brought with them hope and ambition to aid the fund p general industrial pro gress. ' . '- ' ' -S The fact that we haveecome the great est creditor nation of the world has now been duly established, and in the past year New York, has fully Substantiated Its claim to being the, financial center of the world. S';.,;"-'l- t Not only hav we dendnstrated ability to hold our own markets, but the demand arising for American poods in all parts of the world is growing at an astonishing pace. '' :. '. . , ' ' ' " . Our financiers: and out; skilled artisans' are already, by tile sheer force of their skill. Invading the older countries and reversing the td expression of "teach ing the young idea how to shoot" Both are securing the- highest prices for their skill, and adding to the prosperity and re sources ot then" own land. , . In fact It Is the unfortunate exception today among nen of moral . balance and Industrious habits, lrh floes not wear upon his face tha sign manual, or success and prosperity. ..fy: ;"'r"'V: These signs of ih times fc5jous to all who hate the opportunity to survey the conditions prevailitsr ithf oughnut. tfee-iaud J. and-'williDSr -to do ib. without using a jaundiced eye-, -furnish evidence, over whelmingly strong, to the important fact, dear to the hearts of all of us, that Santa Claus will not this year as he has dona in- some seasons past, have to - pass us by with a sad sigh or else a chary pit tance. Old Santa is training for the most strenuous-Christmas he has ever experi enced and it will warm up the corpuscle,, of his rich old blood to enjoy the fun' he will certainly get. At the most extensive manufacturing and retail Jewelry store in New; York City there has been such rush 'of Join ders recently that thr forces -in' nil .da partments have been Increased to the capacity of the output of the house. Lit tle more Heed be said than this except that there have not been such signs of -activity seen Is all grades f goeds for Christmas trade for the past 10 years as now prevails and. little doubt obtains that the preparations being JQade tQ WXi 4hfi demands of middle and lower-class buy ers will prove inadequate when the full tidal waye of .European . gold In return for Western products has set in and the banks have sent out their golden flood to flush the coffers of the present-buyers. And does .not all this mean a splendid, a magnificent Christmas for all of us? for it is that little token of love or friend ship we are enabled to give or receive once a year that makes us feel happier and readier for the march onward and scaling the heights of other ambitions laid out for us to follow In the year to come. Prosperity means weB-nigh everything to the making of a happy Christmas, and we are in the throes of it, to may well make the moat of the blessings that we have and make the burden of old Santa Claus as heavy as we oan. hi i i i ;; CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE By ARTHUR FIELDS. LONDON, Deo. 14. In damp, foggy old Britain the spirit of Christmas has been kept-alive as heartily as in any part of . tie. world, bat thanks to the English loyalists, Its -celebration Is as -fell un derstood In America as in the " mother Christmas In Russia Is a quaint mixture' of Hh sacred and profane, a blending of , the, pant. prwas!tand iuture, wfaieh ero duces a curious" mixture of pain and pleasure. Christmas Eve is the close of a long and rigorous fast, for none but the deepest-dyed sinner would dare satisfy his "hunger or . slake his thirst ere the twinkling light of the first star bade his Crucified appetite appear. jOrie can imagine how incongruous such k . Christmas appears to an American, where the festive season is not unusu ally,', in its preliminaries, a little anti thesis of a fast. In one particular alone does the Bussian Christmas resemble the Artier lean, and that is in the extravagance Of its present" giving, for in both coun tries, the habit seems to be carried to the point of a vice. 4 There is one conspicuous feature about the '-keeping ot Christmas in Norway which I have never seen in any other country. It is the burning of the "great log of Christmas,' a most quaint and in teresting custom. Bafore sunrise on Christmas morning the head of the fam ily ; -precedes his family into the forest. where he at once proceeds. tocut down ' . falen stump. This done., he raises. -his hat to the log;, turns toward the east, crosses himself and utters the following words: "Give to me and to Christmas abundantly, O God." Should the log then by ay chance fall the wrong way an other is cut. unless they choose indeed to remain unlucky Tot the coming year, and perhaps for many following ones. Smaller logs are provided for each member of the family and each draws- his own back . to the" homestead, where they are leaned sgaJastthe wait, Jb nt enda ieg ex-, posed. Should one of these logs have boek-stood the wrong end up 4 he whole thing must be -repeated or else little luck nay b expected from the fates by any member ef the family. It is not until the Are Is lighted that the anxiety ef the lit tle lamily U Anally over. After the great tog has once been placed upon the hearth CBS-mast be very careful not to speak of. witches, for they are supposed to be, hoVertng- around to snatch at any excuse to mar a happy Ou-lstroas. - - Really about the Joiliest place to spend , Christina Is on the American continent m old- Mexico. There one hears nothing ef penance, little of prayer, but observes an immense amount of hilarity, which is almost VnverasJ.-wtth the exception, at rally, ef the solemn observances in the' ehvrehes which are unusually grand, com ing to a climax with the solemn midnight MSB at the Cathedral. Rather oddly the .. . 1 '"'I l- - t Mexicans Have a Christmas tree observ ance closely resembling that of the Ger mans. Santa Claus- is- as much a reality In Mexico as, he is in Germany, Kvery family has its tree Upon which things are hung, and: when Santa Claus calls, as he does -In the shape ef-amake4 -personage dressed up to resemble the bounteous old character, he simply takes the presents. irom 'ne tree ana distributes them to those who .have a right to them: This system is so much superior to that of the Germans, which calls for a midnight trip down and up a sooty chimney In white robes, that It recommends itself highly to persons of other nationalities. Naturally no public holiday In Mexico would be complete without' bullfights, cockfights, and some ot the brutal pastimes to which the people are addicted. . The Parisian takes Christmas languidly and gracefully, but scarcely enters into it with the vim of his Bertlnese brother. He is a creature of a different mould and temperament, and perhaps after all re ally means, to understand Christmas as well as his Teutonic neighbor, but he makes little fuss over It, has no quaint customs to observe and affects no un usual routine that would make it a par ticularly distinctive day. One lias to go to the nooks and corners of thoid world, It Would seem, to ferret out interesting observances of the great Christian holiday to nd those people to whom the glad clarion of the Christmas bells brlngsva thrill of realised hope and pleasure which no mere pen can describe. In the Balkan peninsula, there are many quaint observances among the Servians, Roumanians, and especially among the Montenegrins, that Strange race of proud and haughty beggars, whqse people re mind you of nothing So much as "supes" In the comic operas. Every Christmas night the Montenegrin' kindles a fire on the ample hearth, which is built of contributions in the shape of Ugtlsd -pte&s of att!k from each member of the family, Above the blase or this fire dangles a long kettle chain whleh be comes intensely heated as the Are grows stronger ' en. every other night except Christmast "Of "course no one ever tries to. prove that It does Hot follow the ordi nary rule on this particular night because faith may . be strong- but skin is tender. You dare hot tett Montenegrin peasant that the chain growl warm,, under -pen alty of being looked upon as a dog. If you argue gently with him he will explain to you why it does not follow natural laws an Christmas night His explana tion is that a chain of similar character hung over the fire butt In the stable at Bethlehem and that when Christ was born the Virgin aether grasped it for support. It i became eeol instantly so that her sainted hand should not be burned and that Is why kettle' chains In Montenegro never grow hot now on Christmas nights. hi m w i 1 if? - - The Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Company is on oi tht oliit and largest establishments of. the kind on the Pacific Coast, and has enjoyed an eta o prosperity seldom equaled. Incorporated in 1874' with a paid up capital stock of $100,000, its business has increased from year to yeay until today It stands without an equal la the North west During the years of business depression it withstood the finan cial storpas, something many of its competitors were unable to do. - The company; was organised by Mr. Sam Lowenstein,. who con tinued as president and manager until lour years ago, when, he was compelled to withdraw from the posit ion on account of continued 111 health, and, was succeeded by William Schmeer, and later jb? Fletcher Linn, whp has had charge of the business for the past three -years? . During, Mr, Linn's management the factory has undergone com plete repairs, alt the old machinery discarded, and the plant equipped . throughout with the latest and most modern machinery, so that today the factory stands as one of the most complete on the Coast, and ia 6ne of the leading industries of the Northwest. - - The company manufactures a complete line of bedroom Suits, side. boards,' desks, kitchen furniture',' etc,, etc. , using all natire woods, such as maple, oak, spruce and fir. It has also added recently a com plete upholstering department, thoroughly equipped with the latest machinery and manufactures a full line of couches lounges, parlor suits, easy chairs, mattresses, etc. This is a growing department and will be largely increaedi during the coming year. From 125 to 160 men are employed ia- the factory, and the plant has been operated 12 hours a day for some time to meet the increasing demand for its furniture. The' company enjoys the distinction of mak ing the best furniture that is manufactured -onf the Coast, and the largest line turned out by any ond factory, ' The factory buildings consisi of two- four-story bricks, with full basement, each 50x100 feet, and 0M two-story brick building 35x100 feet with basement, besides a corrugated- lror. warehouse 40x120 feet, with two stories and basement, which Is not shown in the illustration. Four traveling salesmen art kept on the road, covering Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California while shipments are sent into Utah, Montana, Alaska and Vladivostock, Siberia, t i 't f y 'I t I r - HER SUGGESTION. (Chicago News.) "Here is a' sample of the four-wKki-before-Chrlstmaa letter," said the grave man. with preternatural solemnity, and he handed the woman an plstle written in a dashing femtni.ie hand. It com menced "My Dear Uufle.:' and the-writer went on .as follows: . aiq' Just, Syrjing to warn you not to give me anything at Christmas lime, at least, not anything very handsome, for, as you know, my al lowance' Is always spent before I get it, and I am sn deeply in debt to my dress maker and milliner, and I will not be able to tilvt- any presents at all. I should BO. love to give you something as hand some fis you deserve, you dear old thing an automobile for Instance but cruel circumstances elect that nothing more Substantial than my love will be your por tion this holiday time. Now, remember, that i you are, not to give me a single thing during the holidays, for if you did I should. die Of embarrassment. I know t can .trust ,to . your understanding the clraumitances ...and forgiving your loving but - Impecunious niece. NELLY. '.?,?.: 6. If you tusirt upon upon givinf me -something, a. it would be just .like your dear self to do, you are so genrous, I will say. to.-prevent your worrying your sweety stupid head off, that. I need a muff and boa Ureadfully, anil that I love the squirrel ones one can get at Bank's In Naw-Yorevfi Tbsy-jtre-.ry -cheap, This t rtuched.- k iJ..' Is only a suggestion; please dWt'anink tt Is k command. . X , ' '.' t tW t - -a A DAILY THOUGHT, t v (Bacon.) ' I If one easily pardons and remits of fenses, it shows that his mind Is planted above injuries, so that he cannot be KBsnsnxiniaaatszuB F9 - " H n D n a M a R s U H M H M s OOO O CLUB oooo 291 ALDER STREET Portland Club Cafe .1 30 FIFTH STREET, PORTLAND. OR. MICROBES ON WINE . CORKS, tPublic Opinion.) ? : It lottes, .the distingTiished French DScterlologist, has just found that the sorks Of long-bottled - wine are full of salcroscOplc spiders, a species ot tyrogly- phua, a repugnant tnlte which feeds on detritus. Other microbes were also found In large numbers in old corks; Lovers of old wines must take care that Pottles are not only tightly closed, but with good corks. - - ' Fine Lunch at 9:00 P. fl. S B sranniinaiiii8aKUZS5S&siB Commissions accepted on California Races, and description of same by direct wire. AH important Pugilistic Events taken by direct wire from, the arena. - 'V-:;-. - a B M M t 4;
