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j Huiidxy school, 10
Preach mg, 11
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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
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m..rning and evening. Prayer meeting, every
Thursday night. •*The Lord is in Hix holy t m
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Rgv. M. O. BRISK, Pastor.
NORTHWEST NEWS.
M ANUFACTURING
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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™ '» “ >•
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worts’, y .., M lg hott Urtisi sau 0 p.rta.
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ANHOOD RESTORED®“"”““?
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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
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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 *
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