CHRISTMAS DAY.
Christmas, as all well know, is
the day cnlebrated as the one on
which Christ was born. The in
stitution of this festival is attrib
uted by the spurious Decretals to
Telesphorus, who flourished in the
reign of Antoninus Pius (138-C1
a. o.), but the first certain traces
of it are found about the time of
the emperor Coiurnodus (180-92
A. r.). In the reign of Diocletian
(284-305 A. D. ), while that ruler
was keeping court at Nicomedia,
he learned that a multitude of
Christians were assembled in the
city to celebrate the birthday of
Jesus, and having ordered the
church doors to be closed, he set
tire to the building, and nil the
worshipers perished in the flames.
It does not appear, however, that
there was any uniformity in the
period of obseiving the nativity
among the early churches; some
held the festival in the month of
May or April, others in Jan. It is,
nevertheless, almost certain that
the 25th of Dec. cannot be the
nativity of the Savior, for it is then
the height of the rainy season in
Judea, and shepherds could hardly
bo watching tneir flocks by night
in the plains.
Christmas not only became the
parent of many later festivals,
such as those of the Virgin, but
especially from t,he 5th to the 8th
century gathered around it, as it
were, several other festivals,
partly old and partly now, so that
what may be termed a Christmas
cycle sprang up, which surpassed
all other groups of Christian holi
days in the manifold richness of its
festal usages, and furthered, more
than any other, the completion of
the orderly and systematic distri
bution of church festivals over the
the whole year. Not casually or
arbitrarily was the festival of the
nativity celebrated ou the 25th of
Deo. Among the causes that co
operated in fixing this period as
the proper one, perhaps the most
powerful was, that almost nil the
heathen nations regarded , the
winter-solstice as a most important
point of the year, as the beginniiijj
of the renewed life and activity ol
the powers of nature, and of the
gods, who were originally merely
the symbolical personifications ol
these. In more northerly countries,
this fact must have made itsell
peculiarly palpable hence the
Celts and Germans, from the oldest
times, celebrated the season with
the; greatest festivities. At the
winter-solstice, the Germans held
their great yule-feast in commem
oration, of the return of the fiorj
suu-wheel; and believed that, dur
ing the twelve nights reaching
from the 25th Dee. to tho fith Jan.,
they could trace the personal move
ments and interferences on earth
of their great deities, Odin, Borchtn
etc. Many of tho beliefs and
usages of the old Germans, and
also of the liomans, relating t(
this matter, pasBod over from
heathenism to Christianity, anil
have partly survived to tho present
day. Ji nt tho church also Bought
to combat and banish aud it was
to a large extent successful the
deep-rootod hoatheu feeling, by
adding for the purification of the
heathen customs aud feasts which
it retained its grandly devised
liturgy, besides dramatic repre
sentations of the birth of Christ
and the first events of his life.
Honco sprang tho so-called
"manger-songs," and a multitude
of Christmas carols, as well a
Christmas dramas, which, at cer
tain times and places, degenerated
into farces or fools' feasts. Hence
also originated, at a later period,
the Christ-trees, or Clnistmas
troos, adorned with lights and
gifts, tho custom of reciprocal
presents, and of special Christmas
moats and dishes, such as Christ
mas rolls, cakes, currant-loaves,
dumplings, etc. Thus Christmas
became a universal social festival
for young and old, high and low,
hs t other Christian festival could
have become.
Rucklm's Arulra Salve.
The bout sulve in tbe world for onto,
Bruises, 8jri8, Ulcers, Halt Iiheum,
Fever Sores, l'otter, Obnpped Uniuls,
Obilblmrjfl, Corns, nod nil akin eruptions
adi positively ourei Tiles, or no pay
required. It is gua'nnteed to sive
perfeot sutisfuction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
T. W. Ayers. Jr.
Not thi Never-Sweats, A man con
nected with tbe new paper fur the de
velopment of the immigrant hminew?
was arrested tliia inoruimr churned with
hIphIiuk wood from tho K. of 1'. It w
DleusiuK to know that the reputation of
the newbpuper frtiteruity g ill not sutler,
as tbe wood was aawmi. Tbe Dalle
Chronicle.
Visit your school and see what
tho teachers are doing.
Mayok Fiuexdi.ey, of Eugene,
has been appointed as oue of the
regents of the State university.
The convicts should be given
good, healthful employment. Bet
ter makes road than do nothing.
No change of school books is
echoed and re-echoed throughout
tho state. There will be none
worth mentioning.
Leadville is excited over a
strike of gold quartz. The ban
uer city of Colorado bids fair to
enjoy quite a boom again.
The Salem Statesman wants to
tax insurance companies on their
cross premiums. This will come
out of the insured. Such a law
will do no good whatever.
The principal religion of Japan
is Buddhism. They have one
temple that alone cost 88,000,000.
The Christians have some follow
ing and have established several
colleges.
The Oriental war will be speedily
ended, judging from present efforts
towards peaceful relations. China
couldn't even fight Costa Rica suc
cessfully and has been taught a
good lesson.
Since Capt. MofTettleft the helm
of the Portland Telegram, the
paper has changed front on the
money question. It is now as
rampant "gold-bug" as it was
formerly free coinage.
The matter of education should
continue to interest our people.
L'hese are times for rigid economy,
but is it economy to take from the
young the advantages of securing
at least a good, academic education?
Surely it is not.
Capt. W. V. Saundehs will re
ceived full pardon at the hands of
the governor about Jan. 1st.
iaunders was a Corvallis news
paper man who killed a rival in a
woman case a few years ago,
receiving a lifo sentence for the
crime.
It is certainly a creditable show
ing for tho .United States thai
there is hardly a state in the Union
that will permit prizefighting,
liven the principals of the Demp-jey-Ryan
match think that they
will have to go on Canadian soil to
pull off the fight.
The people of the state do nol
pay public servants to devote their
tinio to private business enter
prises. This applies to ono mem
ber of the Oregon railroad com
mission who is said to bo working
for a school book publishing house,
it the same time drawing a salary
from the state. This and Bimilai
ictious ou tho part of public
dlieials is what impresses the
people that they are being taxed
uselessly.
Albany has a liar, a smart aleck,
a pretty girl, a weather prophet,
an old maid who chews gum, six
women who gossip, a mau who
knows everything, seven men who
loaf, eleven boys wdio cut up in
church, "a thing" that stands at
church doors and stares at womon,
a widower too gay for his years, and
one or two men capable of running
tlio Uuited Stutes. Albany Demo
crat. Double up on this a fev
times aud you have ITeppner
"down pat."
The merits of a new voting
machine are being discussed in
this state. It is certainly an im
provement over the old way of
voting uuder the Australian ballot
system, and is a sine preventive of
fraud and vote-buying. The ma
chines will cost not less than $100
each, however, which will be in the
way of their speedy adoption in
Oregon, though in reality they will
save money in the long run, as they
will last twenty years, will save
time in counting votes and cost of
printing great, enormous blanket
ballots.
A. . Kilpatriok, of Fillmore, Dal.,
had tbe misfortune to have bia eg
cauiibt b. tweeu a cart and a etcoe aud
badly braised. Ordinarily be woald
have Wen laid up for two or three weeks
but says: "After using one bottle of
Chamberlain's Fain Balm I bean to ft el
better, and in three dins was entirely
well. The peculiar eoothinu qualities
whiali Clianilierliiin's Faiu lialm possess
j oh I littve uever noticed lu any olher
I liniment. 1 tuk pleasure in reeom
tnendint! it." Thin liniment is hUo 01
wreat value for rheumatism and lame
I back. For sale by Slocum-Jobnaon
Dtu Co,
AHOUr MTTLB PHIL.
And HiH rnrni'etinn With An Indian I'pris
mg She rnlnn's Rlnrklinnsp, on tlie Cnlum
Ilia anil the Kvents Which l.eil to
tin Cnntructiun-
Sheriilaii's blockhouse, opposite Cas
cade Locks, Or., on the Columbia river,
has tumbled down, its heavy bnnd-bewo
timbers, relics of stnrmv days in the
northwest country, still sound save a few
near the foundations, have been utilized
by tbe vandal fishermen to build fiah
ways, un'il the old river, soandalized by
tbe flesecrntion, wept them all away
during tbe ureat flood of tbia summer,
and now nothing remains to mark the
old stronghold of the pioneer but n few
moss-grown and rotten timbers.
An incident in tbe early history of
Gen. (then lieutenant) Phil Hheridan is
recalled by the ruiusof this old building,
which is thus related by the veteran
river pilot, Capt. J. McNulty, who fought
tbe Indians here as a volunteer during
the campaign of 1856, with "Little 1'bil,"
and who is yet making regular trips as a
pilot on the middle Columbia.
Tbe "fisbiug Indians," mostly Wasoos.
Snakes and Cascades, with renegades
from many other tribes, a regular hotch
potch of "Hiwashes," whose love of the
succulent Balmnn was greater than tribal
ties, and whose lodges lined the river
near tbe spearing rooks at the falls and
oascades, bad long been turbulent and
aggressive, but had made no serious out
break until March 25, 1850. On that day
a band of tbem attacked Brown's mill,
situated just nbnve Cascade Looks, on
the north, now Washington Bide, killing
and horribly mutilating Mr. Brown and
bia wife. The other whites living at tbe
mill, together with the captniti aud crew
of b little river steamer, the Mary, then
tied up at the landing, had gone several
miles up the river for the day, leaving
only the engineer, Buck Minster, and a
small boy named Jimmie Watkins, on
board. Luckily for fieee, there was a
little (ire banked under tbe boilers.
The attack was so sndden, that before
Minster could realize the danger the In
diana were upou bim. The foremost
reached the shore end of the g ing plank
aR he did the other, to draw it aboard.
A quick shot from bis pistol sent the red
headlong into the river. The plBnk wns
drawn in, while the boy out the shore
line, aud the little Mary began drifting
at once, under a hail of bullets and
arrows, from one great danger into an
other that of the terrible current Bbove
tbe rapids.
Sending the boy to the wheel, Minster
threw everything inflamahln within
reneh into the furnace some bacon, oil.
md even furniture and made stean
enough for headway, the boy, undei
orders, making for the eddy behind an
islnnd near the bend of tbe rapids, out n
reach of the Indinns. The little fellow
hnd proven himself a real bero, for ir
iroing to the wheel he had been exposed
freely to hostile bullets, ono striking hire
in tbe leg, but be crawled manfully te
his post nnd saved the boat.
As soon as full steam could ba madi
ibo steamer was headed across the nvei
o Antwells, where alarm was given o1
Hie outbreak. Messengers were sent to
t'ort Dalles Bnd Fort Vancouver. From
the former Col. Wright came to the
rescue with a company of U. S. troops,
while Lieut. Phil Sheridan, with a troop
from Fort Vancouver, embarked on tbf
Steamer Belle, bringing one oannon.
Landing at Lower Cascades, be wn
quickly on the ground nnd rounded np
'i number of the bostiles. A oompani
of volunteers from tbe Willamette
Valley came on the boat Jenny Clark
piloted by Capt. McNnltv. The troop?
oou subdued tbe Indians, but not before
a dozen or more whites hnd been killed
Mine Indians were hung nenr tbe smok
ing ruins of Brown's mill. The offloeri
decided then to build a blncU-honso bert
for the proti'otioo of scattered pioneers,
a rallying place for them during later
Indian scares.
This was done during the same yenr
1H50 and is always called Hberidnn's but
iust why no one seems to know now.
point of rooks on tne river n short
distance from the rapids, is also called
Sheridan's point . Soon the last of tbe
pioneers will have passed away, as has
this, their moss-oovered old log strong
hold, mid little moideuts like Jimmie
Watkins heroism and iven Sheridan's
prompt trip, too trivial to be noted in
history, will have been lost save for dim
tradition. Ho it ta ly be well to give one
passing moment to tbe old blockhouse
that nestled for so many years under the
hadow of tho House-Mountain, itsell
tbe eeei.e of one of (lie strangest Indian
legeuds of tho Northwest country.
George P. Morgan, iu Chicago Blade.
hen Others Fail
Uood'e Snrsaparilln builds up the shat
tered system by giving vigorous nation
to tho digestive organs, oreating an
appetite aud purifying the blood. It if
prepared by modern methods, possesses
;ho greatest curative powers, and Imp
tbe most wonderful record of actual
cures of any medicine in esistnnce.
I'ako only Hood's.
Hood's Pills are purely vegetable, and
lo not puree, pain or gripe. 25c.
MUlltOL 1SOUKS.
The school book question continues lo
bo discussed at length. Some of tlit
attacks upon tbe preseut system of book
are really amusing, and make at least
interesting reading. That tbe language
series in nse should be changed seems to
be pretty generally conceded. Outside
of (but we Btill insist the sentiment of
the teaubers of tbe state is practioally
unanimous iu favor of retaining the
present system We admire the pro
gressive teacher and progressive ideas
so long as they progress forward, but
that admiration ceases when like tbe
spirits at a seaeee, teir progress has
reached a point where ibev no loneei
use good lgiish The old hooks were
thumbed by Wt hater, nml before out
most recent omae for progress tbi
teachers who now bsva charge of tbe
schools themselves kwod from tlie old
books. If they are examples of the re
sults of old methods and old books, tben
from our acquaintance with tbem we
would say let the old books and the old
systems remain.
It is only six years since the present
school books were selected, and if tbe
school superintendents tben made so
poor a selection as some would have as
believe, they should not be trusted to
make auothor. Tbe Dalles Chronicle.
Care for Headache.
As a remedy for all forms of Headache
Eleotrio Bitters has proved to be tbe
very beat. It eff-cts a permanent cure
and the most dreaded babitnal siok
headaches yie'd to its influence. We
urge all wbo are afflicted to prooure a
bottle; and give this remedy a fair trial,
c cases of babitual oonstipatinn Eleo
trio Bitters cures by giving tbe needed
tone to the bowels, and few oases long
resist the use of this medioine. Try
once. Large bottles only fifty cents at
r. W. Ayers, Jr., drug store.
SKIRT LORE.
Skirts of gowns for Btreet and day
wear are eitber perfectly plain, or at most
have a narrow trimming ofteuer than
not, of fur around tbe edge. As to full
ness, everything goes. Some women are
the proud and happy possessors of skirts
measuring from eight to nine yards in
ciroumference ; but conservative women
draw tbe line at anything beyond four
yards and a quarter, which is quite nil
enough for all practical purposes, and
also for grace and beauty. However,
the fashion scribe does not attempt to
make or mold the fashions ; her duty is
simply to chronicle tbem, and leave each
woman to work out her own salvation.
The inconvenience anrl awkwardness
of tbe over-full skirts are sure to bring
tbem quickly into disfavor, for they flop
in cumbersome folds about tbe knees,
like the deep circular flounce which met
with Buoh short-lived popularity a few
seasons ago. When tbe modes of tbe
season are adopted with fastidions mod
eration, they bear oompanson with all
preoeding periods for beauty, graoe,
and elegacoe ; and they are so adaptable
to different figures and faces that every
woman oan be dressed becomingly. If
all her best points be not brought out
and her defects artfully oouoealed, My
Lady has only herself and her modiste
to blame. From "Review of Fashions,"
in Demorest's Magazine for January.
The popularity of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and tbe high esteem in
wbicb it is held leads us to believe it to
bean artioleof great worth and merit. We
have the pleanre of giving the experi
jnce of three prominent oitizens of
Uedondo Beach, Gal., in the nse of the
remedy. Mr. A. V. Trndell says: "I
lave always reoeived prompt relief when
I used Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy,"
Vlr. JamesOrohard suys: "I am satisfied
'bat Chamberlain's Cough remedy oured
nv cold." Mr. J. M. Hatoher says:
"For three years I have need Chamber
ain's Cough Remedy in my family and
itarpwilta have always been satisfactory.
For sale by Slooum-Jobbson Drug Co.
Not Appointed Yet. Tbe E. O. in a
recent issue gave out the information
that the construction board E. O. insane
asylum had been appointed and were
busy with tbe plans, etc. Wo have it
from a very, very reliable source that
nothing has been done further than to
o implete the purchase of tbs land for
lite of asylum, over near Union, Or.
The appointment of the board of oon
Jtruo tion will be left to tbe new state
iflicers, and the construction of tbe
asylum building will be commenced aud
completed under their administration.
For the many acoidents that ooour
about the farm or household, such as
burns, scalds, bruises, cats, ragged
wounds, bites of animals, nmsquitos or
itber insects galls or chafl'ed spots,
'rost bites, aches or pains ou any part
it tbe body, or tbe ailments resulting
from exposure, as neuralgia, iheuma
tism, eto. Dr. J. H. MoLean's Voloan
io Oil Liniment has proved itself a
sovereign remedy. Prioe 25o, 50o and
41 00 per bottle.
Oilhousen in order to have samples of
his work all over the oounty, oilers you
a life-size crayon portrait with tbe Ga
zette, one year in advance from date of
order, lor tfl.u.
Our Heppner people will remember
Max Smith, of The Vienna Cafe, formerly
looafed at the oorner of Heoond and
'.Vash. streets, Portland. We know that
his old friends will be grntifl! to learn
that be is again st the bead of "The
Vienna" at 251 Morrison street. His
reputation as a caterer certainly means
a oontiuuatiou of the old patronage.
rjimmiinnina Mnn.lnv rid, ft nn.l mi
each Monday and Thursday thereafter
iiuiii Jan. n, i lie u. it. a . win sen
I.ir. ;..lr.,u H..nnt,n V 1 n.l
and return, at ifD.'.lO, including two ad
missions to ine roruanci ILXnosuion.
Tickets good 8 days. The exposition
will undoubtedly be very Hue.
Mr, T. P. Condon, formerly with the
Union Pncitlo, aud very well known to
tu ny in Eastern Oregon, is the propri
etor of the Merchant Hotel, of Portlaud.
As will be seen in his advertisement in
these columns, be runs a first class
hotel and at prices to snit the timeB.
Mr. Condon is worthy of patronage
because be can give you exoellent enter
tainment and save you money. '
A life size crayon picture of yourself
or any member of your family, made
right here in Heppner by an experienced
irtist and worth 85 in the cheapest
markets of the world, and the Gazette
for one year, in advance from date of
order, for 84.70. Call and see ns for
terms. This offer holds good only till
Oec. 15th. All orders must be in before
that date.
TO CONSPMPTIVES.
Tbe nndersigned having been restored
to health by simple means, titer (offer
ing for several years with svere lung
sffeotioo. nnd that dread disease. Con
sumption, is snxions to make known to
i hie fellow snfferers the means of rare.
To those who desire it. be will eheerfal
I ly seud, dee of charge, a copy of the pre
scription ned, which they will find a
, -mre cote for Consumption, Asthma, Ca
I tnrrh, Hroucliitis and all throat and lung
I maladies He hopes all sulTerers will
! use his remelv as it is invaluable. Those
I d siring I be prescription, which will ocat
! them notbiug, and may prove abbesipg,
will pleae address. Rev. EDWARD A
k WILfrOX, Brooklyn, .V. 7. jirnll-w.
Three hundred thousand Ameri
can Christian women have petition
ed the sultan of Turkey to release
from exile Sahag Mahdissian, a,
Christian Armenian. Sahag's
crime amounted to nothing more
than the fact that he translated
from the Armenian to the Turkish
language some scriptural passage.
This a young friend, without
Sahag's knowledge wore on his
breast, and both were arrested.
The former died, however, before
reaching the land of exiles in the
Sahara. While the sentiment ex
pressed in the petition of the
American ladies is a coble one, yet
their efforts in that direction are
about as much out of place as that
of the English ladies who are over
in America trying to impress
society ladies with the necessity of
dress reform, or of the English
committee who propose to influ
ence tbe South to better and moe
lawful methods of handling negro
rapists. In the interest of freedom
and justice, the American ladies
occupy a positiou which is alike
creditable to themselves and our
country, but in effect it is much
labor lost on such a being as the
sultan of Turkey.
Geo. W. Jenkins, editor of the Santa
Maria "Times," Cab, in speaking of the
various Bilments of obildren said:
"When my obildren have oroup there ib
only one patent medicine that I ever use,
and that is Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. It possesses s?me medical
properties that relieve the little sufferers
immediately. It is, in my opinion, the
best cough medioine in tbe market."
If this remedy is freely given as soon as
the oroupy oongh appears it will prevent
tbe attack. It is also an ideal remedy
for whooping omgh. There is no
danger in giving it to obildren, as it
contains nothing injurious. For sale by
Slooum-Johnson Drug Co.
Numerous papers of Oregon and
Washington have been dropped
from our exchange list. In most
cases this has been caused by
suspension. The Gazette would
dislike much to join the list of
"has-beens," but that may be its
fate. Most of our business men
evidently think that Heppner
doesn't need a paper, judging from
the patronage that we are receiv
ing. It seems to be difficult in
deed to show them that they are
standing in their own light. Oc
casionally oue goes to the wall as
a shining example of the results of
doing business after the style of
one hundred years ago. Their
progressive neighbors who use
printers' ink are too numerous for
them, aud to this class the Gazette
today owes it existence.
iOOOOOOOOOO
True Economy J
doesn't buy what it '
doesn't need. Indices- '
' tion, Biliousness, Sick-
Headache, do not i
) need a dollar's worth
of doctor, but a (
quarter's worth of
Beecham's
Pills
(Worth
a Guinea I
a Box.
I Price 95 cents.
OOOOOOOOO
ALL WHO CULTIVATE
FRUITS
FLOWERS
VEGETABLES
For Pleasure or Profit,
Should see that tha Journal they subscribe
to is the be3t and most reliable
authority obtainable.
KING.
STANDS FOREMOST IN THE LIST.
Ii deals practically with fruits and vegetables,
oui uua bum iluwtia, Uliu VUVCI N llie
field of horticulture systematically
nnd thoroughly. It Illustrates and
describes methods of cultiva
tion, improved varieties and
labor-saving devices.
It Is, without doubt.
The Paperforthe People!
$1.00 a Tear (S4 numbers).
Specimen copy and fin.pag-e catalogue of
horticultural book FREE on application.
American Gardening, 1 70 Fulton St., N.Y.
Spray Your Fruit Trees
J. M. SALING,
PRUNING m SPRAYING
Now il the time to have vonr fnilt treMnnrar.
! ed. 1 have oneol tbe finest Spray Pumps In the
marcei, ana litem moat eneeuve remedies, aurl
iruarantee my work. Cbara-e reajouable I
can be found at D. A. Herreu Co. , or writt
aie at Hcrrner, Oregon. l-a-w.
T. TVT. HAIjI!Vt,
Dissolution of Partnership.
VOTH'K IS HKRKHY i.JVFN THAT Tllf.
1 co-partnership heretofore exlutiug bet cell
AU.mi Kvn a:-i Aa a Ttivu.Mi, :u;'.'ir IN
linn imnie ol Kans A Thoraaon, Is :hll dav
rtlstolved by mutual conaent. -
.- . . Al.LFV EVANS,
' ' ASAB. THOMSON.
lyi up i i l mil
or 1 wentv ears
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Scott's Emulsion lias beou endorsed by physicians of the
whole world. There is no secret about its ingredients.
Physicians prescribe
Scotfe EmuLsioo
because they know what great nourishing and curative prop
erties it contains. They know it is what it is represented
to be ; namely, a perfect emulsion of the best Norway Cod
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' The only genuine Scott's Emulsion is put in salmon
colored wrapper. Eefuse inferior substitutes !
Send for pamphlet on Scott's Emulsion. FREE.
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City :
rpHIS Popular Hostelry h&s again
I been re-opened and will be run
in first class style.
Meals and Rooms ot Popular
Prices.
Mrs. Tom Bradley, Prop.
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