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Yi Tim ' OBEGON : DAILY JOURNAL, POHTLA3TD, WEDXESDAT EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1902,
. Holiday Time Finds the
States
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Business in All Sections.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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- 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.-
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(Bacon.) ' I
If one easily pardons and remits of
fenses, it shows that his mind Is planted
above injuries, so that he cannot be
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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.
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