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To the People of Wallowa County, One and All,
Greeting of the New Furniture Firm
is
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Make your Christmas truly merry
by beautifying your home with
gifts that not only please at this
time but are sources of joy for
years to come.
Ashley (& Bue
-:- Enterprise, Oregon -:-
Mission Furniture, Chairs, RocKers and Tables,
DURABLE AND HANDSOME
HIGHEST
WORLD SUN
FAMOUS CUSK DaRD
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Headquarters in
Wallowa Coun
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Best MaKes of
Pianos
Kr.abe. Mason-Haralin
Fischer, and others
Children's Chairs and Rockers, Doll
Carriages, Secretaries, Desks, Book
cases Make Dad Glad With a Section of the Famous
Globe-Wernicke Bookcase
Does Mother Need a New Sewing Machine?
WE HAVE THE WHITE-IT IS BEST
Our Big Store and Warehouse are
crowded with Useful Gifts for old
and young. You are invited to
call and inspect no obligation to
buy.
Beautiful Art Squares, Rugs and Car-
pets, Pictures, Picture Framss, Mould
ing, Iron and Brass Beds
Beautiful
Round Dining
Tables, Parlor
and Work
Tables
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Luella's Christmas Gift.
Ey RCEBRT DONNILL
T7 T Was tue fur.I;is: rr."
'Vju s..-'. Miss Lt:,-:hi und I
i.re c-:!ia u W so I
can tfil it. Miss Lil":);i t-.;; ii su-ales
fcu'j 1 1. La: uji Iit s-im-u;;. Cur;:
mas eve. jus: f .r :1j' fu:i or .;.
lui:s it U-u w th" in;. !:.;. s-?S:: a
niii:s trr;j n;i thf :i:n: -c i-vt-r t-:Lv
OLD WORLD ARMIES
DriKinc; WethoJs by Which Their
Strc igth Is Maintained.
7F.I3K3 CF THE C0MS2P.IPTS.
7 'Lim
" l fur.vi Ku isri;ii:::"
to h' i: YVl:r-;i !-!r- u'
tlio m.'irr.ir.K s.: r:.u t" :r s:
llild r-!ii.'i:iiTc.: li.T II !:(! il - ll ;
h- s!.r, .:,.! ) . .
ff :.r I in: n psT'-isi. , v r
a ;ui;t .'iTnuiii! i:h- mi,! rxi-'.n- '. i::
riii) i k;;; ?h imr v iurr -.:
shrink:::. I I..-..
tU- tJ. i;i !; (.ii;h-s
. t--.-r . r t J -jrS
A BEAL, LIVE CHI;lKTMA!5 1'1.LS:J.T.
wbere. but found no iiitrucer. 1 vud
liim in the Bi t:np.
"I drovnfl Uini in the wocli'iow!.
Then I twik ndrnnt.'iso of tin- onskm
to tc!l Miss Lut-.'la tbiit if tin- :n-ru:il!y
wantfd a real live Christ una jrte i:
the could have me." j
A'.i Manner cf Doiges Are Adopted by
ti-. Eiirible Yountf'Men to Avoid the
Lrfrrcsd .Viiltary Service That Is So
Hateful to Them.
V.'o !:- .". C"' 1 d' :'.l Kli'iu; ciiis..-ril-;!
:.. iMi v know it ac-
n;;.;;-. i.i.-;.i:. In u- vinni;:y is t-vt-ry
!': ' v. is ;.ii- t i a;.t drafted
i:.;-! :!." All ni;.l-s v liu ;irc
i,;.. ! . s-rii- uikI.t:.-.. :i III-r---iil;ii!
in only a i-i-rtain
: u;..ii r n-hx l :is,i ;l its lit f ir service.
uivori.ui"iit li:is su!l'n-'n'i!t funds
t '.::. ft :'.n- v!rii .f tin-sc uii'ii into
th- r-.'t;;: :- anry. s.i n s.-iwtiun is
lii ;; i'. i .ii ,t. tin- ihuhIiit i f iiiimi fli
f' : r. iiotii'ditiu I" the funds
::: ;; l:'i::u f tin- MKhorilif's.
: I'r ilil'i'. fir the consi-ript
:.' cs::r:'.y v-ry trilling indid and
v. i.I i: ,t iiu;:! rt- with that l;iid to vol
' ' .;;.'t-s. In i'aet. it is generally
!r;i Mir.t tin- f..ust-r:.t must fall back
til'-'U lu-i private iii-an.
T'.n- in'; irids vary in enr-ii conntrr.
V.:: ih- rasp i,f mic Ilurujiean
" v ;-. ! ,., n,ai. Kulj-t not phys
i ': i:ii'.'!;ariintcd is liable to enter
:'i in the ap- of ttveuty, ul-
' . u-.'ii t :: tvb tare to enlist may
i - at ei- !i;e'll.
.v : 'issiT is ki't of all the youths
r : :;, U sin- ae of twejity in the
; i : ':i r year. Men under live feet
: " In- ii! h'-icht are exeiiiit from
s i " w-'.l. of e.iurs", as those
-. ii - sister from natural infirmities
- I .; ! !M'. -r tiiem unsuitable for ae-
; " s.-r !-.
''!.;' iii' !i are also exempt if they
I.;;-, t- ie-.piess cb-jiendeiits tbtiK the
i tun . f a widow or of a disabled
f. !l,e latter category also includ-
;:. ::ie nn'v huh of a father tvho is
: t...e se'. enty years of njre. Tbeu the
i.l - t of a family of nroii: s es
: iii the case of two sous only
' :. i- !. !.;. there beiu- varinus other
( .- :.!!" i"!is.
"i he lej-ii: serve;i ,y the eor.ie-ript is
f twenty -live years, three ears
'i-e.ij-' sj.viit iu tlie regular army, six
; iiii .ie-li;!lf in the army rewrve. sis
in !ie terriloria! aruty and the re
liini: in- t.ine mid u half years in the
territuriul reserve, ail liability to Kerr
: e ':!si! at forty-live.
Tiie service is frequently ho hated
:!i:.t ::."! maimer of methods are adopt
i in or-Jer to avoid It. Iu many
-:ts;-s substirutes are provided by the
tver.Uiiy. tliouph there are Htriuceat
:--.i:ia:ioi!K with rejrjrd to tiie pro-
VMoll ,f the SlllrStitUteS.
1 ii most Kurojieau countries military
malineriiiK iu order to aroid compul
sory military servU-e has reached the
stase -t a hue art. Iu fart, a formida
ble list of new crimes has been added
to the statutes as a result, and medical
men frequently have to Buffer for their
assistance iu this particular kind of
fraud.
j Thus some time ago a number of
C'olocne doctors were arrested upon a
-linr:e of baring administered pills to
youu? eouseripts. These piils consist
ed of druss which produced the symp
toms of heart disease bo cCectively as
completely to deceive the military au-
. thori'ies, with the result that the eou
seripts were declared uutit for Bervice.
In this case the fraud was brought to
licht by one of the conscripts dying as
a result of an overdose of the medi
cine. Iu Germany, where the conscript is
frequently treated with the greatest
harshness, there are very few towns
where there are not specialists whose
living del tends solely iu inducing such
a condition of affairs as will render
young men exempt by reason of unfitness.
In the French army it is quite coni
mou for youths to feign all manner of
ills, deafness being the usual ailment
trusted to iu order to escape the serv-i'-e.
As a result the military doctors
have made an especial study of meth
ods of detecting feigned deafness and
to trap the tunning youth who acts
the part of a deaf man.
Auot her common practice in France
Is io tamper with the eyesight, though
this frequently results l:i )ermanent
injury. For lactam, short Bight is
produced by weariug imwerful eon
cave glasses for a considerable time
despite (he risk of briuging about per
manent blindness. It is uo uncom
mon oi-ccrrence for men to commit sui
cide rather than submit to forced serv
ice iu the army.
In eastern Europe most brutal metb-
j -ids are adopted by parents in order
'bat their sous may be able to work
for them instead of serving in the
'irmy. The boys are frequently ill
; treated, and it is uot tit all uncommon
even for their limbs to be broken or
their sight to be destroyed iu order to
prevent any likelihood of their having
to liecouie soldiers.
Switzerland probably has the cheap
est army and the least burdensome
methods of conscription, the service
j lK-ing much lighter than iu the other
continental armies. ludeed. the con-S'-ript
in the Infantry army has to un
dergo actual training for only 135 days
during the eutire wriod of bis service.
I'bilodelphin Ledger.
CHRISTMAS DAY
IN THE ARMY.
A CHRISTMAS CCN3E3VE.
Knew Her Minutes.
Bridget- Will yes hare your dinner
now. sorr. or wait for the missus?
Hend of the House AVhere Is your
mistress. Bridget? Bridget There's ,
an BU'-tion bey ant the corner, aorr. an' j
she said sbe'd stop there for mlnnlt.
Head of the House Have dinner now, '
Bridget. New York Sun.
CHRISTMAS in the various forts
garrisoned by luited States
troops never imsses without a
cut and dried celebration. Prep
aration Tor the event is made loug in
udv.-tiice. Every soldier knows that
something extra is going to be bis
portion for that day. The Christmas
diuuer. with savory extras in the way
of food, is uot the only speeial provi
sion fort lie soldier's celebratiou. There
h) a relaxation of the rigor of military
discipline, which to many eulisted meii
Is even more welcome than the turkey
ond crouherries. On Christmas day the
man iu the barracks tuny do pretty
much us be pleases.
But "p'S is pigs." and soldiering is
Boldlering. bo it follows that a few of
the men are shut out of the general
hilarity of the holiday because they
must erforiu a soldiers duty as ou
other days. The guard mount is for
Christmas as well us for all other days,
aud military regulations cannot forego
this requirement, no matter bow much
the victims may growl under their
blouses. Even the extra diiraer in the
barracks, while It is a rare treat to
most of the men. makes work for some
of theiu which is regarded in the army
as about the most calamitous detail in
the business.
Guard duty and kitchen work are
things studiously to be avoided by the
enlis'.ed men. It Is not pleasant "for a
soldier to be kept on guard, walking a
beat r paring up and down in rront
of headquarters wheu the rest of the
fellows are lnsidp the barracks sing
ing famgs. telling stories, eating tur
key or emt on the parade ground play
ing bnselKill or doiug skylarking stunts.
Accordingly the exiierienced soldier
makes it a point to esciqie Christmas
guard duty if iiossfble. There are sev
eral ways of doing this. The first
sergeant of the company sometimes, it
is hinted. hels the veterans out by a
passive co-orierntion. which throws the
burden of the day uon young rcruits
who ore passing their first Christmas
In the servii-e. He permits the old
titiK-rx to swap dates for guard dutr
with the recruits so That the latter
will find themselves detailed.
Kama Claus also comes to the sol
dier This is true literally and figura
tively. He comes through the mails
or the express companies in the shape
of lioses or packages from the home
folks. On his t: a month the soldier
does not have much of a surplus to
spend in buying presents to send
borne, but this fact dies not militate
against bis receiving mementos froln
the old benrthstone. It Is' always ao
vent in camp or barracks when some
man receives a hefty package -je-fore
Christmas" As a rule, the con
tents are shared with the soldier's
cronies if tbey hiipfieii to be of the
edible variety and any of the cronies
fall to receive almliar remembrances.
By ELLA STEPHEN
. ICopyrijht. 1S-. by American ITesi Asbo
ciu'.iua J
Tcke oranges and lemons, too;
Remove the juice and pulp
And acd the rinds, grated most fine
Or by machine ground up.
ON THE FLAT SHELL
! Next Put throuch the grinding machine
Or chop in woocsn bowl
' The walnuts and the raisins good
A"d almonds, blanched when whole.
) Dissolve the sugar in a pint
, Of excellent grpe juice:
I Then add to it the other things
And gradually reduce
By lirr.ircring all quite slowly down
Till like a marmalade.
Put into glasses, seal and place
Witbin the pantry's shade.
With Christmas react or toothsome
.' game
This conserve is delicious,
; Or thinly spread on buttered bread
j At tea time proves propitious.
Oysters Opened That Way With a Pur
pose, the Waiter Said.
The waiter had taken a h ug time In
gcttiug Ihe oysters, but as he was well
kuowu to his guests and his guests lo
It t in that occasioned uo comment.
When the oysters were brought the
waiter set them down before his cus
tomer and asked:
"Do you like them better that way?"
The diner looked, but he didu't no
tice any differeuce, so be asked, "What
way?"
"Why. on the flat shell." replied the
waiter. "Don't you see they areu't on
the curved part of the shell, as usual?"
"I see It now that you tell me about
It" said the dluer. "but I don't exact
ly get the Kigulfleuuee."
"Well, you see." saldft'je waiter,
"they always keep them tpstairs on
the round rhell. and wbeu ai y one calls
for oysters if they do come on the
round Bhell It isn't a certainty that
they have been oened fresh. Some
times they aren't good, just because
they have been standing. When I call
for theia on Ihe fl it shell, ui I do for
some of my customers, then they h -.ve
to open them specially for that or-r.
In that way you get them fresh.'
"Ah. I seer remarked the diner.
But wheu lie told the jirufesi'-'-ial
cynic about It the cynic said sv u
thing' about bettiug that they t' : t
them standing cpeued In both ways.
"Besides, any one knows they l---k
fatter on the flat shell, which 1
Ihe more reason they'd le likely t
serve them to some folks that way. If
they nsked for extra Iarj.-e oyster
they'd get them on the flat shell.
same oysters on the curved shell won''!
go as ordinary sized oysters." rem:'!'!:
ed the cynic gloomily. New York :'.
Chriitmas Firecrackers
In many ,,arts of the south fur rears
after the civil ar it wi.s Cbris'tnms
instead of the Fourth of Julv that was
the season fr fire.-ra.kers. Every
Christmas the siorekee-rs laid iu large
supplM of firecrackers, and rhe small
j-'.v of thr.t iH-riod fell ailly slighted
b- Santa ria,, uul(, routld nt
east on,. f llis blockings stuffed with
bunch. of ,,e ,iM, rw) ,.s,,Um,VM, h
these disiriet ,.,, iuht). Rr(t
cra.-ker on the Fourth of Julv was uo
tnowu Of late years, however, the
fire.-ra.-ker has . restored to its
proHT date ii, nearly ever .t.mmunlrv
and Christmas noise ,, ,.,,,,.';
t the blouing r horns and the beat
ing of toy , ruins.
Ths Humble Librettist.
In the history of opera there i "
many curious anomalies, but peruu'-s
the straugest is the role played by
librettist. For the most part obs inl
and unimportant and generally urn--uiembercd,
his rauks have uevertie'
less beeu recruited from Ihe ablest an 1
most brilliant meu of letters. Aniot.'-'
those who have undertaken the pus't
are such unlikely names as Voltaire.
Goethe. Wieiaud. Addison and Fi' -. '
lug. while others of considerable poet
ic talent, ss. for example. Metastasi
Culzablgi. Kiuucciul. Boito and Cop
lce. have tried their hand at llbrcM"
writing with assurance, giving to it
their best efforts. Aud yet the suc
cessful librettists arc few-the merest
handful out of a harvest of three cen
turies Forum.
What's In a Name?
fllrliT' m'b"1 J ,ou vau, tar
Christ mils'
Billy-I want n holmled.
Bobby - want a blllygoat
J pa-Suppose jroo wap.
Spanish Fritters With Bacon.
One cup flour, one teasiooiiful of
baking powder, half a cup of milk to
make a stiff Imtter Three eggs.
whites Iwuteu separately: chop and
j add two Spanish iepiers auj a can of
j com. Fry iu hot fat and serve with
I strips of bacou.-Good liousekeepiug.