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C H U R C H D IR E C T O R Y . PKESBVTKRiAN CHTRCll— j Huiidxy school, 10 Preach mg, 11 C and I^MHKKI.AND 7 . . , Aral and third Sir day in each a . p M. a . m . m month. Prayer meeting, exen Wednesday at 8 p m . (“ We are Journeying unto a place of which the I«ord said, I will give it y«>u; come thou w th u* an 1 we will do the« g. od.” — Numb. 10:29. R ev . C. A. WOGLEY, Pastor. T1HRISHAN CIICRCH-8ERVH EH AT 11 A. m . and 8 P. m . wunday school at 10 a . m . Y. P. 8. C. E., each Sunday at 4 P. at. Midweek prayer and praise services, Wednesday evening at7 o’clock. Musical retear»al, each Saturday evening at 7 oc’lock. e t h o d is t c h u r c h - s u n d a y s c h o o l at 10 a . M. Pre chlng each fonrth Sunday M m..rning and evening. Prayer meeting, every Thursday night. •*The Lord is in Hix holy t m pie." Rgv. M. O. BRISK, Pastor. NORTHWEST NEWS. M ANUFACTURING AND ENT E RP RIS E S DEVELOPMENT. G overnm ent Land In Coos County N ot W o rth T a k in g ITp — K a y W oolen M ill« Subsidy K n tlre ly Subscriber»— From A l l Farts o f Oregon. Coquille C ity is going to have a sash and door factory. A commercial club has been incor porated by the citizens of La Grande. There are now 1,032 patients in the state insane asylum, and disbursements for last month averaged $10.89 per capita. T w o m ail lines w ill probably be es tablished from Ashland to Klam ath Palls, and from A g e r to Klam ath Falls, j doing away w ith the present, poij To Sncke. ' be $26,000 subsidy required for the '^building o f the K ay woolen m ills at ' Salem has now been entirely subscrib ed. Machinery for a four stump m ill o f double the capacity of the form er w ill be erected. It is stated that there is little g o v ernment land in Coos oounty worth taking np for farm ing purposes. Creek bottoms are nearly a ll settled and so is good bench land except in such places that are too far away from roads or navigable streams. There is considerable vacant land in Cnrry county. The samlon pack for the season of 1896 amounted to the fo llo w in g num ber o f cases for the Columbia river: 617,460, valued at $3,342,028.65. O f these 433,178 cases were packed on the Oregon side RDd 184,282 cases on the W ashington side; 467,812 cases were R oyal Chinnook and 31,600 cases were fa ll Chinook salmon. On the Oregon coast streams and bays 62,620 cases were put up. About 64 per cent of the catch on the Columbia river was taken w ith g ill nets. T w e lv e per cent w ith seines, 19 per cent with traps and 6 per cent w ith wheels. The number o f persons employed in the fisheries and allied industries in this state dur ing the year was 6,349, to whom was paid the enormous sum of $1,236,246 fo r labor. The pack this year was larger than for any season since the origin o f the indnstiy, save two, 1883 and 1884, when the pack was 629.400 and 620,000 cases respectively. W ashington. H. L. Thomas, o f Seattle, has a scheme to boild an eleotric road be tween Tacoma and the (Jaeen city. A bank is to be established in New W hatcom by a Chicago man, who has already established banks in Colfax, and at Union, Or. H e states that the new institution w ill be capitalized w ith $60,000. The ordinance providing for the is sue of $1,260,000 warrants for the oon- ■traotion of the water system at Seat tle was carried, w ith a lig h t vote and registration. The vote waa 2,331 in favor and 1,506 against. I t ia said the d istillery near Golden- dale w ill soon be in operation. The company ia nov arranging to bny 1,200 head of hogs and 300 of cattle, fo r w inter feeding for the early spring m arket The resumption of business by the d istillery w ill be of great bene fit to the K lick itat farmers. There is a movement on foot to send a ton of flax of Washington growth to the Barbour works in Ireland. And the manufacturers have said that they w ill hackle it and otherwise pre pare it to show jnst what oan be done in Washington and show its relative value in comparison w ith other flax. Judge Hanford, o f the United States court has rendered a decision that land claim ed by a railroad under its grant, but for w fc c h n o patent has been is- sued, are not assessable and taxable as the property of the railroad company. Th is w ill redtfjB the assessment of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in many counties. s As the gale came sweeping down the AN’T A C LA U S Is the childrens friend. Who he was we have little valley and roaring around the mountnin _ means of knowing. Authentic his base, there were wild war whoops and tory is almost silent on the subject, mere the crack of rifles. In the darkness a ly stating that he was the Bishop of score of Indians had crept close upon the Myra, in Lycia, and died about the year camp. Both sentries were shot dead. “ It’s only Injuns, boys; only Injuns!" 326. Tradition has woven many a pretty tale about him, and one runs that he appeared in the night time and secretly made valuable presents to the children of the household. What manner of person St. Nicholas was, seems subject to varia tion, according to the time, place or man ner o f regarding him. Medieval painters j represent him as slender, and clad in full episcopal robes with miter and crozier. Modern painters and storytellers in En- | gland, Germany and America, give us a jovial, rubicund type of a man, with none of the features of the cleric. Kris Krin gle is regarded as an alternative name for Santa Claus, but he is a totally differ ent being. Kris Kringle is simply a cor ruption o f the German word “ Christ Kindlein," or Christ Child. Christmas is children’s day; it is the day when, as Dickens says, we should remember the time when its great found- j er was .. child himself. It is especially the day for the friend^ss young, the children in hospitals, the lame, the sick, the weary, the blind. No child should he left alone on Christmas day.for loneliness with chil dren means brooding. A child growing up with no child friend is not a child at all, but a premature man or woman. The best Christmas present to a boy - i* ' • __ a box of toola, the best to a girl any — — .- y ■über of dolls. When tbev get older ! can write letters a postoffiee is a de- “ THEY WON’T TAKE ME PRISOXEB.” tful boon. These are to be bought, : they are far more amusing if made at shouted the Sergeant, and he fired his me. Any good-sized cardboard box will first shot. “ Now, then, push out." They had not moved ten rods before a •io for this purpose. The lid should be fastened to it so that when it stands up rifle cracked and one of the men pitched it will open like a door. A slit must be-, forward, shot through the heart. A cat oat about an inch wide and from five minute later two mow bullets whistled Inc: r W it t m .. v - tq atto» r W r over The*"st-u’S Tuae— iTIeTi the little postage of small parcels, yet not lante; band was hidden from sight of the In enough even to admit the smallest h oriT dian sentinels by the blinding whirl of Children should learn to respect the in snow. violate character of the post from the “ They’re after us. ma'am," said the Ser •arliest age. geant. Capital scrapbooks can be made by chil “ They won't take tne prisoner,” whis dren. Old railway guides may be the pered the Colonel's wife, as she held out foundation and every illustrated paper a the revolver. magazine of art. A paste box. next to “ That's right, ma'am. YVe are headed a paint box. is a most serviceable toy. for the fort right enough, and maybe the Hobby horses are profitable steeds ami red fiends will haul off after a bit and let can be made to go through any amount us go in peace. A merry Christmas to of paces. But mechanical toys are more yon, though I ’ ve seen merrier ones in amusing to his elders than to the child, my time." who wishes to do his own mechanism. A For a mile or more the little party boy can be amused by turning him out of the house, giving him a bail or a kite, or breasted the storm. Then came a sud letting him dig in the ground for the un den shot, and the rear guard went down. happy mole. Little girls, who must be There were seven men and a woman at kept in on a rainy day, or invalid chil 8 o’clock. At 9 o’clock there were but dren. are very hard to amuse, and re five men. at 10 but four, at midnight course must be had to story telling, to the only two. Two men and a woman—the dear, delightful thousand and one books Sergeant, the soldier-operator, and the aow written for children, of which “ Alice Colonel’s wife. The others had been In Wonderland" is the flower o f perfec picked off one by one. and the Indians still followed. Now snd then the trio tion. halted, knelt down, and peering into the snow-whirl, opened a fusillade which cheeked pursuit if it did not wound or kill. Instinct must have guided them lr. that storm—Providence must have shield ed them from the bullets, but the storm continued to rage and the vengeful foe to pursue, till the report of the firearms reached the ears of the sentinel at the fo rt No one had yet learned what was happening, when three figures staggered E G IN N IN O at Benton City, on np to the gate, and on into the fort, and the Union Pacific road, the tele up to the door of the Colonel's headquar graph line »'retch es to the north, ters. Two of the figures held up a third leaps across the Laramie moun between them. As he peered Iry the Ser tains. and at a point opposite the great geant saluted and raid: mass of earth and rock and tree called “ Col. Dawson, I report myself, and I Rec Butte, it comes to a sudden stop. bring you a Christmas present." From this point to the fort, a distance of And as the Colonel uttered a shout of » miles, is the roughest portion of the surprise and rushed forward with out w ay,’ and the skulking hands o f Indians stretched arms, the brave little woman make It the most dangerous. fell into them, and the two men sank At the terminus o f the line Is a rude down in their tracks, and those who lifted shanty and a soldier operator. Close by them up wet their fingers with the blood the shanty are tents o f soldiers, who of heroes. A handsome merry-faced woman, who are setting the poles and pushing the line along un;ll the fort shall ha-e electric Is five years older—a Sergeant of infantry who limps a hit—a lone grave in which communication with the outside world. It is December now—only- two days tm sleeps the soldier-operator—nothing more Christmas. There have been cold rains, to be seen. The Colonel's wife may tel! snow storms, Severe weather, and the you the story—the Sergeant couldn’ t be coaxed to, but he can't conceal the limp. soldiers are wondering why they have not been ordered back to the fort for the winter, when a mounted messenger ar rives over the tra g bearing the expected order. The colonel's wife has gone East. Thy operator is to wire her to remain where she is until spring. When her an swer Is received the shanty is to be closed up, camp broken, and the party headed lor the fort. The a f ernoon wears away, the night comes down, and some of the soldiers are asleep, when Benton City sends In its call, and follows It by a tele gram reading: "T h e colonel's wife start ed W est four days ago, and ought to be there or at ihe fort now." Next morning there was an arrival from the south. The colonel's wife, riding a horse with a blanket for a saddle, dis mounted at the front o f the shanty, and opened the door with a cheery, "H ow dy do boys." to the operator and the ser geant. As both men stood at "atten tion,” she removed the hood and cloak which enveloped her. shook off the snow. a,‘d sa,d ,0 th* sergeant: “ I came through with hardly an hour's rist’ and 1 m hungry as a w olf Tell ¡“ 1 co!o” e7a surprise. VU Evetybody hustled and bustled, and an I hour later camp was broken, and twelve people headed for the north, the strongest man breaking the way. and the colo nel’s w ife bringing up the rear, with a kind word and a smile for every soldier. The state land commission has in- The trail led up a narrow valley, and the gale had drifted the snow until the vested $160,000 o f the permanent wild line had to move forward at a snail's aohool fund in state warrants. This pace. A t nightfall they had made Just amount w ith the sum already invested half the distance to the fort. In a thicket ic oounty bends and the amount draw all a e supper together. S a il the ser geant, as he looked In vain foi the stars: ing interest on the oontracts o f the “ I saw Injun signs back by ;bs creek.' purchase o f school lands, w ill make a " I see that you have revolvers as well as muskets." remarked the colonel's wife. whole sum for the permanent school "Pleass give me one and extri ammuni fund now drawing interest, about $2,- tion. I'll try and net be a burden te yeu, 000 , 000 . at laagt." C H R IS T M S TH EE STATE . G r e a t D em and la A n n u a lly M ade on th e F o re sta ~f M ain e. H o w th e Y o u n g F o lk « M ay F in d P le a s u re i f th e D ay Be S to rm y . Devoted to the Best Interests o f Cottage Grove, Lemati and Bohemia Gold Mining District. s in e s s TH E IN DO O R C H R I S T M A S GAMES. THE LEADER. E d it o r a n d B u TO .... BOHEM IA GO LD MINES NO. 29. COTTAGE GROVE. LANE COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 21. 189c VOL. 7. LEAD ER ‘HE RAILROAD GATEWAY Not all who desire a Christmas tree for i the holiday merrymakings can sally forth, armed with a hatchet, and bew from their own acres. Therefore at each Christmas season great demand is made on the for ests o f Maine for young spruces. No tree but an evergreen will do, and no evergreen but the spruce presents the delicate, feather - flat, clean - limbed branches of dark perennial shade, which throw out by contrast the brightness of the suspended presents and favors. On Sunday, the fifth of December, 1891, ten car-loads of Christmas trees for New York were detained in the Portland yard because they were loaded so that it was Impossible to work the brakes. This ob jection was overruled, and the sweet- smelling freight was allowed to proceed to its destination. How the cars were loaded can easily be described, but the fragrance of twenty-five thousand fresh ly cut evergreen trees must be left to the reader’ s imagination. The ten cars, all "flats," or platform Come, old year, ’tls time to go. cars, were each thirty-four feet long, Age. perhaps, baa made yon slow. loaded eight feet high, and all came from Hut your time of rule has flown the small station of Wiscasset. which And I come to claim my own. lies at the head of one of the numerous You are popular no more. bays on the coast of Maine. All your triumphs here are gone. At regular intervals about each car. With what strength Is left to you. four on each side and two at each end. Had you better hasten on. were stout spruce stakes, originally Learning from experience, Christmas trees which might have done I have promised much, like you. duty at the Castle De Blunderbore. These When another year has flown rose to the top of the load, which was lim People will condemn me, too. ited to a height that would clear all over Hut whot matters that to us? head bridges on the road. Years, like men. must come and go. In this space the trees were packed We are fast with promises. lengthwise, butts to the front and rear With fulfillments we are slow. tops to the center, so compactly that the loaded car was one solid block of green. T old by T a tira g e . Each car held about twenty-fire hundred I never like a Christmas season to pass trees, large and small, tied In bundles of without telling a thrilling incident which four. From six hundred and fifty to happened, at my house just eleven years seven hundred bundles were packed in a ago this coming Christmas, writes Dr. oar, so that the ten car-load lot contained Talmage. We had just distributed the twenty-five thousand trees at least. fnmily presents Christmas morning whet, The marketing of Christmas trees is a I heard a great cry of distress in the hall Maine specialty. Every year speculators A F in a n cia l T rans .ction. way. A child from a neighbor's honse purchase the right to ent trees from the “ Say, mister,” said a hoy who had jnst came In to say her father was dead. It overtaken a market wagon after puruu was only three doors off, and, 1 think, in land owners, paying half a cent, one cent, ing it for four or five blocks, “ do you two minutes we were there. There lay and two cents apiece for trees from eight u anter know who hit you in the neck with the old Christian sea captain, his face to twelve years old on the stump. Then the natives are hired to cut and bring that hard snowball?" upturned toward the window as though “ You bet l do," replied the man. slack he had suddenly seen the headlands, and them to the shipping point, where they cost the speculator from ten to twelve ening speed. with an illuminated countenance as “ W ill ye gtmme a quarter ef 1 ketrb though he were jnst going into harbor. cents each, loaded on the tar. him and bring him here?” He pays also for their shipment to New The fact was he had already got through “ Y ep.” the “ Narrows." In the adjoining room York—sixty-seven dollars p?r car, or about “ Gimme 50 cents?" were the Christmas presents waiting for two and one-half cents per tree. “ Yes," said the driver, lifting his whip The trees retail in New York for from his distribution. Long ago. one night from the socket; "but I don’t give you when he had narrowly escaped with his one to five dollars ench, according to their any more’u that.” ship from being run down by a great size. The same quality of tree can be “ Well, git the money ready.” purchased on the street, in the city of “ You haven’t got the boy that threw ocean steamer, he bad made his peace Portland, at from twenty-five to fifty with God, and a kinder neighbor than the snowball yet.” cents each, while in other parts of the “ Yes. I have. That boy is me. Dad’s Capt. Pendleton you would not find this State hoys who wish for Christmas trees sick, and me mother can’t get work. The side of heaven. He had often talked to me of the good sally forth and cut them for themselves. twins is too little ter earn anything, an’ if —Youths' Companion. 1 don’t hustle there won’t he any Christ ness of God, and especially of a time mas tree at onr house. I’ ll take a lickin’ when he was about to go into New York A Christm aa C hurch Ides. harbor with his ship from Liverpool, and any day fur 50 cents.” I f the platform of a church or Sunday “ Sonny,” said the market man. in a he was suddenly impressed that he ought voice that was remarkably hiiskv, “ here’s to put hack to sea. Under the protest of school room be deep enough to admit of it an artiatic Christmas arch can easily be made bj au amateur carpenter, writes Florence Wilson, in the lotdiea’ Hume Journal. The upper part should have wires stretched across, to which may be fastened small hemlock boughs, thus forming a solid mass of green. The framework should, of course, be wound with evergreen, the whole placed about two feet from the wall, so that behind it way he hung the Christmas bells of red and yellow Immortelles at different lengths by ropes of evergreen. These bells may be made to hang at different angles by using fine picture wire. Let each bell he worded, so that they may seem to ring out their own song of "Glory to God in the highest.” For a Sunday school festival, a post- office where each child upon inquiring might find an envelop addressed and At tke bell<5 are sealed, containing a pretty Christmas card, is a unique feature. Then there is the huge snowball made of cotton, be are tae v'«i(ej ef t/edaj arvd gagas; sprinkled with diamond dust and filled We are tKe tonqueg of brocket And firiegti with gifts for the infant class, which are tke li^g ef ike gibilant ¿¡Iceberg, may be rolled through the window with Wke dreamed ef a ¿ ta r in. tke |>urj>le ee^fs an appropriate letter from Santa Claus. Parlor games like chess, draughts, dom inoes, etc., are too heavy for Christmas. The boys and birls want more rollicking, hlp-hip-hnrrah games. A committee ap pointed to provide desirable amusement for a well-known charity in New York selected the following program. Ten hours were spent in selecting appropriate indoor games and pastimes, and even then no more than were actually needed were decided upon, says the New York Mail and Express. I f the children can get out of doors their amusement is easy, for baseball, leap frog, hide and seek, and other games suffice, but indoors some thing akin to these games is wanted. In this class is a game known as "The Country Circus.” It consists in making riders, tumblers, clowns, strong men, etc.. of all the children and with this impro vised company giving a performance. Another good game for the house is called “ Jack-of-AU-Trades." in which those engaged must perform some work in the particular trade to which they are assigned by the foreman. In this game on Thanksgiving the boys and girls of an institution in Jersey cut snd sewed a lot of carpet rags, made a lote of brushes, and split and bundled several cords of wood. “ The Boy Hunters.” in which the chil dren learn tne name, habits, and peculiar ities of the entire animal kingdom, is an other good game, and “ Robinson Crusoe” one of the same kind and value. All these games are active ones, require constant movement, and are meant only for the daylight. For the evening, games less boisterous must be chosen. In this class are “ Anagrams,” “ Authors,” ’ History of Our Times,” and shadow pantomimes. The last named, however, are the most popular and enjoyable and have so in creased in favor that books written espe cially to show how to prepare and per form them can be had at any well-stocked book store. by tke aaleg of the ncyg(i(al merit Wkttv tke (k n it wag bera. 7% \j| * We are tke f>'vjyer(5 ®f tke wandering P\agì, c *’■ - degertg all “ 1 lev/el '■* and ’ 1 Istte- 0 0n n Syrian We are tke (Wag ef Judean g)ke fskerdg ; We are tke not®3 tkat from Heai/enwere,bls»n. from tke eelden tkreat efan'flnaelg ker m en tke (¡hrlgt wag bern. We are tke te a rd ro p ef grief and of We are tke e(kee< ef Yesterday’g | are tke Jubilant vei(e ef tflmerrew- Ufli Pea(e en t a r t k ; let 7ky ctead will reitji». © e ear lifts-break. silen(e en (VrcsYmaS mere. r 'D W k e n tke (krigt ,¿ yer 50 cents. I ’m in a hurry now—you needn’t bother about deliverin' the goods. YY’e'lI call it square.” —Washington Star. the crew and under their Vi ry threat h< put back to sea. learning at the simi time he was losing his mind, for it did seem so unreasonable that when they T h e TYoardtng-House T u rk ey. could get into harbor that night they “ Is the fuse laid?” inquired the land should put back to sea. Bi.t they pnt lady of the head waiter. back to sea. and Capt. Pendleton said to “ It is, uiadame.” his mate: “ You call me at 10 o'clock at “ Then fire it." night.” At 12 o'clock at night the Cap “ I have, madame." tain was aroused and said: “ What does “ But the turkey is still whole." this mean? I thought I told yon to call “ Yes, madame, the powder had no me at 10 o’clock, and here it is 12." effect on it.” hy, said the mate, “ I did call you at “ Then send for some; dynamite, and 10 o'clock, and you got up, looked around and told me to keep right on this same course for two hours, and then to call you at 12 o’clock." Said the Captain: “ Is it possible? I have no remembrance of that.” At 12 o’clock the captain went on deck, and through the rift of the cloud the moonlight fell upon the sea and showed him s shipwreck with one hun dred struggling passengers. He helped them off. Had he been any earlier or any later at that point of the sea he would have been of no service to those drowning people. On board the captain's vessel, they began to hand together as to what they should pay for the rescue, and what they should pay for the provisions. “ Ah,” says the captain, “ my lads, yon can't pay me anything; all I have on board is yours: I feel too greatly honored of God in hav ing saved you to take any pay." Just like him. Oh. that the old sea captain's God might be uiy God and yours. Amid the stormy seas of this life may we have al ways some one as tenderly to take care of us as the captain took care of the drowning crew and the passengers: And may we come into the harbor with as little physical pain and with as bright s hope as he had; and if It should happen to be a Christmas r-orning, when the presents' are being distributed and we are celebratiug the birth of Him who came to save our shipwrecked world, all the better, for what grander, brighter and is proud of the extra stripes be has tel) tbs boarders the tnrkey is so tender Christmas present could we h ire than worn on his sleeves ever since that Christ it takes time to carve it. heaven? mas day. H ie Reason. Now '-omes the glad New Year; H e W as Surprised. It was drawing near to a eery interest Tboigb fate may do her worst. Mrs. Gazzam—I've got a box of cigars ing season of the year. W illy was getting She cauDot blot that legend clear: or my husband's Christmas present, ready for bed. His mother looked happy. “ All bills due on tbe first!” vhich will surprise him. “ My dear,” she said, “ I am glad to see —Atlanta Constitution. | Mrs. Maddox—Women don't know how that you do not hurry through your to buy cigars for men. prayers as yon used to do." “ Yon haven't got $6 about yon, Jones?" M rs Gazzam—I know that, so I got “ No, ma'am," sajd W illy; “ Christmas “ No, I haven't. W ife borrowed the last Brother Jack to get them for me.— Is week after neat, and I have a good to bny my Christmas present. " —Atlanta Judgfc many things to ask for.” I Constitution. A R a c e T ra ck F ien d Cured. The following story la told by one who for years was an Inveterate better on horsea: “ It was Christmas eve. My 4- year-old stood by my knee in Ilia 'nighty' just before being tucked in hia crib, and in his infantile manner was praying to Santa Claus to bring him the treasure up on which he had fixed his heart. When he had finished I asked the master of the house what should old Santa Claua bring papa? He bowed his little head on my knee again and Innocently pleaded: ‘And, dear Santa Claus, please bring | apa a race horae that can win sometimea.' That waa his mother’s work, 1 suppose, but It went. I bought a tree that night, loaded it down with toys the boy had asked for, and then trimmed it with the tickets that hadn't won in the races. The unique festooning represented hundreds of hard dollars that had been scattered in the nake of a race-track ’skate.’ I hare not played a horse since that time, and I i.»ve made np my mind that I never will again. It's a delusion and a snare." J oh n n y’s W oe. Curly beaded Jobuny had s tear drop !a bis eye. Curly-headed Johnny couldn't speak without a sigh. And the Christmas preparation» that were 'round him everywhere Had not the leas', effect upon his melan choly air. “ Oh, what's the use of hanging up my stock ing," he would aay; “ There'a nothing to look forward to for me on Christmas Uay; He'll scratch us off bis program when he bitches np his team, For Santy nerds a fireplace, and they heat our flat by steam." —Washington Star. OFFICIAL WORK. A C T IO N AT R ECENT SESSIONS O F H O R T I C U L T U R A L BO ARDS Schedule o f W e ig h t* In Fru it P a rk in g — A Sure K em ed y for San .lo w Scale — P o u ltry Show * N eat M onth—Inspec tion Rules In O regon. The third annual session o f the Northwestern F ru it Growers’ Associa tion has jnst been held at W a lla W alla. H aving considered the adoption o f a uniform schedule o f weights for the varions standards of fru it packages, the ! GOOD FOR EVERYBODY Almost Almost everybody even,ooav takes lasers some some laxative laxative committee as follow s: I Mood pure. C‘T 1 h nose e J who take * ’ SIMMONS Q, w x, . . recommended . . | Four-basket orates, 25 pounds: stan- | LIVER REGULATOR (liquid or powder) dard peach box, 20 pounds pear box, 45 get a || the benefits of a mild and pleasant pounds; cherry box. 160 pounds; berry laxative and tonic that purifies the blood crates of 24 boxes, “ 6 pounds. | and strengthens the w hole system. And The committee recommended that more than this: SIMMONS LIVER REGU* the minimum number of cars required LATOR regulates the Liver, keeps it active and healthy healthv, and when the Liver is In for a special fru it train be fixed at fif- and :ood condition vou find \ ourself free from teen; also that transportation com-1 ^ , arj BilioUsnesSf indigestion. Sick- panies be requested to reduce the m in i-j Headache and Constipation, and rid of mum weights on a ll kinds of green that worn out and debilitated feeling. fruits from 24,000 to 20,000 pounds. These are all caused by a sluggish Liver. The fo llo w in g resolution was adopted: Good digest on and freedom from stomach “ Resolved. That the committee on troubles will only be had when the liver transportation be instructed to confer is properly at work. If troubled with any w ith the transportation companies and of these complaints, trv SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR. The King of Liver Medi request them to take favorable action cines, and Better than Pills. on the various recommendations above; mff-EVERY P A C K A G E - » ® that the transportation committees meet not later than sixty days from H as the 'i. Stam p In red on w rap p er. J. H. Zeilin & Co.. Phils.. Pa this date and confer w ith the railroad companies in regard to the above _ _ _ _ _ _ _ recommendations. ” J M Hickson, commission mer chant of Seattle, read a paper on A s sorting, B oxing and Packing F ru it.” C. A . Tonneson read a paper pre pared by Secretary T. R. Conn, of Hood PAID THE P E N A L T Y FOR M URDE R H AYW ARI) EXECUTED R iver, on “ Picking, Packing and Ship O F C AT H E R IN E GIN G. ping Strawberries.” “ Ideal Nursery Stock Methods of FTuning" by E. F. Babcock, by C. A.Tonneson on “ Protec The Doom ed Man Spr.it the N igh t ('» • tion of Orchards Against Insect Pests,” routin g W ith Frlc ndn-On the Scaf and by W illis Brown, manager of the fold He Said He It oped Cod W ou ld Oregon F ru it Union, on “ H ow to Ship F f»rgive Him for A l l Harm Done. F r u it” Minneapolis, Deo. 13 — H ayward A conference was held w ith the ra il road men, w ith a view to securing was hanged at 2:06 this morning. He specially low rates on fruit to Eastern ! made a statement of five minntes’ du- | ration, and, w h ile not m aking a oon- points next season. A committee of five was appointed fession, said he hoped God would for- to revise the constitution and by-laws, g ive him for a ll the harm he had ever 4: - and the committee on bureau of in for done. Before dark last night morbid mation was instructed to take up the matter of exposing dishonest con-mis crowds had assembled in the vioin ity of the jail. There was nothing to see sion merchants. The committee on the bureau o f in except the gray w alls and the oc formation made its report, recommend casional opening of the heavy doors to ing that a bureau be established for the adm it some official, yet they lingered purpose of enabling shippers to ship in iD the v icin ity, w aitin g for the tragic telligen tly and keep posted on the m ar event. A t m idnight the throng num kets. The condition of membership is bered several hundred. H ayw ard's sw ell dinner, “ the last to be an actual shipper of fru it in Ore gon, Washington or British Columbia. supper,” as he profanely expressed it, Application was made for membership was served asccording to his desire, in the Northwestern Fruitgrow ers' shortly after 10 o'clock, and he par Association. N ew Officers were elect took of it w ith apparent relish. Father Tim othy arrived shortly after— not ed as follows: President, Dr. N. G. Blalock, of upon the summons o f the oondemned W a lla W a lla ; secretary, C. A. Tonne men, but in case that at the last m o son, Tacoma; treasurer, W . S. Offner, ment a wish m ight be expressed by the W a lla W a lla ; vice-presidents, R. C. unrepentant man fo r a spiritual ad McCroskey, Garfield; E m ile Schanno, viser. In the evening H ayward had The Dalles; H. A . Russell, Kendick, a talk w ith his attendants and laughed and joked on his approaching execu Idaho. A fte r quite a spirited contest, North tion. As Captain Bandberg was cover Yakim a was chosen as the place for ing the windows o f the ja il looking holding the next annual meeting, to be into the alley. Harry noticed him and held the second Tuesday in December, shouted: "T h a t's right; block out the gaping 1896. crowd. People wishing to see me w ill Official W ork In British Colum bia have to call at the morgne, as I intend The semi-annual m eeting of the Pro to ohange m y quarters,” and he vincial Board of Horticulture, which langhed as he said i t was in session at V ictoria, adjonrned T o a newspaper man be said: to meet again dnring the next sitting “ 1 would lik e to see the aooount o f of the legislature. Monday was devot how this thing came out and m y ac ed to the consideration of correspond tions on the scaffold,” and again he ence, coming from the different Austra laughed as i f he were going to a picnic lasian colonies, South A frica , the east instead of to death. ern provinces, and several of the A m e ri can states Agricultural reports and T h e New O r l e a n s K l o t a . bulletins are received from all these N ew Orleans, Dec. 13.— Great B rit sources, containing the best inform a ain is m aking an issne w ith the United tion available. The second day’ s ses sion, was taken np w ith quarantine States over the wounding of the pur ser, James H. Baney, o f a British matters and the comparing of notes on the progress of horticulture in British steamship dnring the levee riots here last spring. Governor Foster has re Colombia. It was fonnd that fru it grow in g had received a great impetus “ ived, “ <? nJ“ onicat1‘on f,rom ol late, and that there had been gener-1 ®tote ° ! I,ey * sklnK toT ■ reP °n al compliance w ith the horticultural ° f th? levf « d l«^ b a n o e s , and what and quarantine regulations on the p a r t! " ‘ ,>ps„hav® been toIward brin gin g of those engaged in the industry, and, ; th« 0^ " der» to t n a l I t U M id that, therefore, no changes in them were OW,“ g 7 P01“ *0* 1 comb,nations, considered to be necessary. necessary. The five ? e‘ *h w »he men who wounded the Eng- lish purser or killed the negroes w ill horticultural districts in the province be punished. having been mapped out, it was decid ed that in each of these meetings should D r P r ic e ’s C r e a m B a k in g P o w d e r. be held, at which lectures w ill be given W o rld ’s F a i r H ig h e s t A w a rd . on fru itgrow in g, with particular atten tion to planting and pruning. The only difficulty the board has to contend w ith is the financial one, but the most possible is made of the provincial g ov ernment grant. T o F ru it Inspector Palm er’ s discreetness and good ju d g OO worth of lovely Music f»r f^rty ment the board attributes the harmony Cents» consistine of ioo pages ^ full size Sheet Music of the of feelin g among the frn it grow eis of latest, brightest, liveliest and most popular ^ the province. The inspector they re selections, both vocal and Instrumentaf. gotten up In the most elegant manner. In- ^ gard as a most valuable officer, w e l eluding four large size Portraits. come everywhere, and always ready C A H M E N C U A , th è 8 p u n is h D a n c e r, P A D E R E W S K I, th e G re a t P ia n is t 1 to im part nsefnl information. AD EU N A PATTI a n * The third day’ s session of the board M IN R IE 8 E L IG M A N C U T T IN G . ; was spent disenssing the varieites of A D O R I»« A U OROCM TO frn it best adapted to the oountry ly in g THE NEW YORK MUSICAL ECHO CO. ^ Broadway Bldg.. ” New "* York City. —* east o f the Cascades — where the " " Theatre "*"* CA N VA SSER S W ANTED. ^ hardiest varieties are required— and | that ly in g west of the same great la n d -' mark. General business came np for transaction at the fonrth day’ s session, I and on F riday committees were ap pointed to cons.der legislation and the general affsirs of the board. Members o f the provincial executive were present dnring the meetings. m c A v t A i a . i f m marks ^ w w m ym r n m w m t \ F R E E % È $10° H e r H e a rt's Desire. There comes a time once in every year, when children may without impropriety give their loving friends a hint In season. Uncle William waa talking with Lucy, his best little niece, about Christmas. He wished to know her mind upon a certain highly interesting object, but preferred to get at it indirectly. “ Now. Lncy," said he, in a casual man ner. “ if I were going to bny a doll for a little girl, what kind of a one do yon „ . think she would like?" T h . Outrage, at Seoul. “ O. Uncle W illiam ." answered I.ncyJ N ew York, Dec. 12.- A dispatch to with undisguised interest, “ there is noth) the Herald from S t Petersburg says: ing like twins!” A special dispatch from Vladivostock N o t h i n g S l o w A b o n t J o h n n ie . to the Novoe Vrem ya fays that the g ov ernment at Seoul is investigating the palaoe outrages. The Coreans are aronsed against the Japanese, whose position is precarious. liM iU iU ium iiuoiuS ¿pJE NTs V C O P P Y Y R R IG I H G T H S. T S .^ CO CA * I OBTAIN A P A T E N T » For a' K n f t S c T CO., o . . * who ^ “ hi®re , . ^ bad nearly fifty ▼ ears' s in the patent business. Commont«'a. " My c o n f l u e n t A HanUbeek o fT ^ <” noPrnt'-i y a t e n . and how to ob tain them sent fret .A lio a catalogue of teat anu «-lentiac took. .entftSk »wawn. Patent, taken through Mann A Oo. reeelr. sw>c.»J notice id tb- . t i l e AwterlraVknu “v* f roS fht, before the public with, out oort to the I. rentor. Tht. »plenum natter. IwneUwwaty. rtasaarty ùiartnrtJjShv C t ï S wóSy i S ^ y j j j °¿-“ L*c,®ntl0c wo™ '» “ >• I aa>Wa.1 ___ ____________________________ D r . P r ic e ’* C r e a m B a k in g P o w d e r. houieS.^tth piana»mibìto*ffi'KSTiolhcnr'tZ worts’, y .., M lg hott Urtisi sau 0 p.rta. ¿ S Ä T .,. M ANHOOD RESTORED®“"”““? C Tommy—Did yer havo a good Um« Christmas, Jota nie? Johnnio—D o s’t j t sao dat I did? —U fa . tlon o f a famour French physician, will quickly cure you o f all n .r. vou « o rd is e a M . o f the ge oera tlte ..realm, such » » Loet Manhood. " the B e c k ,te m l :.l IlebUltv Pim ple«, t nfltntwi to M urry, F z i , . n „ i „ g « * . V a rtco crtes cJ Cort»-!nation. I t stop« all Irewe« by U . t o r nlghL F rei7 m « q a * k II,« « o f Ulwnarse. which If not cheeked leads to KpernutotTtMMtand the horror« o f Im potency. C I ' r i n i t E c l - o i w . the liver t o . B H E F e O r R n E . a . n , o A . F T E R all kidneys and the ntdnary or*a « o f all 1m pun flea ' C t r l I > F N E Rtreng;ben«nod reetcre. rtnal) weak organa T h e reason sufferer, lire not cu.-ed hy Ix «cton Is bernose ninety per rent are trouble«! with « ( m f l i l t . C l’ P I D E N V. 1» the only known re ro x lr to core without am operator) t-w’ imr «,u - al«. - - A written guarantee given and m oney retom e«! if six boxes does not effect * D erm eu *m pu r» flj0 0 e b o x .s ix f.jr t M ». by msIL Send for r » x r o r m ls r and testlmooiais. permeuem c u r * Address D A V O L M E B IC I N F C’O ., P. O. Box 277th n u n Fra.«ctero. C e l f t * S iU e te J. A . B E N S O N . A fd n t.