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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-18

Some surprise is expressed at the
indifference shown by Spain to the
welfare of the sailors of the Cervera
squadron who are imprisoned at
Portsmouth, but there Is nothing
surprising about it. According to
all accounts these prisoners are the
best fed ane best-cared-for subjects
that Spain has. and the government
is probably unwilling to spoil their
happiness by bringing them home.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-18

now being harvested in the West
will make this years yield the larg
est on record in this country. An
early conclusion of the negotiations
with Spain should be insisted on, es
the ships now engaged in military
transportation will soon be urgently
needed to transport our exports of
food to the less favored countries of
Europe.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-18

One Minute Cough Cure surprises
people by its quick cures and children
may take 1t in large quantities without
the least danger. 1t has won for itself
the best reputation of any preparation
used today for colds, Group, tickling in
the throat or obstinate coughs. Snipes-
Kinersiy Drug Co.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-18

It is claimed that the wheat crop
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-18
ESTRAY.

Brown gelding 8 years old, branded
JP (connected) on right shoulder, weighs
about 1000 lbs. One cream gelding
about 10 years, branded i on left
thigh, came to my place on Smile
about January l, 1898. Owner can have
same by proving property and paying
charges on same.
jul9-1m. F. P. TAYLOR.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-18

One Minute Cough Cure, cures
That is what it was made for.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-18

Use Clarke & Falk's Floral Lotion for
sunburn and wind chafng. If
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
HOLLY BERRIES.


The Christmas Dinner.
II the heart be all wrong there's no mirth at the
board,
Tho the feast may be garnished from wealth $
golden hoard;
supply
Ger can of baked beans and bakers mince
pie.
YuIetide looks pretty in print, but nobody
ever says it out loud.
A big silver dollar just fits nicely in the
toe of childs Christmas stocking.
The woman who gets sick before Christ
mas won't spend money on medicine If it
kills her.
1t is a wise child who ignores his own
father rugged up as Santa Claus.
Christmas has it's sad side; dyspeptics
can't resist rich turkey dressing and gravy.
The average husband always gives his
wife her present on Christmas eve because
he can't wait.
AT Christmas the cynic is unwilling that
people should even pretend they are happy.
Only woman would think of buying her
self a present and pretending that it was
given to her
If you give your friend Christmas book
it is bad form to borrow it before he reads
it himself.
The Lord loveth a cheerful giver; but the
cheerful recipient is his own reward
To give captious woman a present she
can't criticise go to her church fair and buy
her pin cushion she made herself.
If Santa Claus ever goes out of business
the expressman will make very salts
factory imitation.
Executive ability is giving a crinkling
tissue paper glove box and getting a silver
back hair brush in return
The Christmas pessimist is a mind reader;
he can always pick out the sourest orange.
A woman always resolves to begin next
years shopping the day after Christmas,
but she never does.
Santa Claus ought to be a happy man; his
wood-cut portraits always look like him.
1t is mistaken idea that you can make
your friend love you by giving her copy
of Bonnie Briar Bush every Christmas
Children are like grown people; they don't
days are over.
Captains courageous are the young men
who carry a bunch of mistletoe in the street
car
Some women have an idea that they are
being literary when they buy a Christmas
book and change it four times before they
leave the book store.
A good Christmas dinner is one which
makes the participant feel that the only
thing he is fit for is to go to bed.
1t is generally the deafest grandfather
who buys the small boy drum and a horn.
At real Christmas tree the baby always
eats half wax candle before he gets found
out.
Christmas cheer is within reach of all;
there are places where you can buy five
aluminium thimbles for cents
When wife really loves her husband she
spends more money on his people than she
does on her own.
A degenerate is grown person who
doesn't believe in Santa Claus.
Noah had his faults, but the toy ark he
started has never been improved upon.
The small boy doesn't need the Sunday
school Christmas tree any more than the
small boy.
A Christmas immune is a woman who can
see a big lovely doll without feeling sorry
for herself because she is grown-up.
EMMA CARLETON.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
Opticist-Not Optic;nn.
New York Press.

4NGW 4OIk 1TeSS
"Opticist" is now the word. No modern
technical optician will allow himself TO be
styled an oculist Even ''optician' is
avoided as if it were plague "Opticist''
has not the advantage of long usage, but is
as good as oculist or optician. THE opticist
treats light, the oculist treats disease; let
each have his own said Prentice Senior
He might have added, 1.-The optician sells in
struments for aiding the sight, For half
an hour | went through the mill Of an
'opticist." risking one eye at time then
both eyes. stabbng red lights with CORY
needles. looking into telescopes as black as
Erebus. submitting to a hundred. more or
less, different lenses, some of which drew
the ball out of socket, while others brought
the calm. comfortable relief. When ii was
all over the M e" said: II am surprised
have worn them ten years ago. You are
suffering from faT-sightedness stigmatism
hyperphoria and esophoria.'' Great Caesar 5
ghost, doctor. Why not murder me at
once?' We'll. that's about as bad as it can
be-" Price-S13.5e. Hyperphoria and esopho-
ria are not in the dictionaries. The former
means deviation upward, the latter devia-
ton downward.
How old are your" asked the opticist
when he had examined a pair of eyes The
patient told him. Il didn't miss it far, did
I2'' On a corner of the paper he had writ
ten down the figures, which were within
one year of being correct. Said he: Il am
not a mind reader, but / can tell within one
year of the age Of any person whose eyes
| examine. Strange TO say, he doesn't ask
a mans occupation nor consult his general
health.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25


Through the long, happy past,
Each one exhaling spicy Christmas perfumes
More fragrant than the last.
Christmas-time again.
Clear away; my lads, and let's have lots
OF all the. good days in the year-on
Christmas eve.
Why. its old Fezziwig! Bless his heart;
I'll keep my Christmas humor to the last
So, a merry Christmas, uncle!
God bless you, merry gentlemen; may
nothing you dismay!
The happiness he gives is quite as great
as if it cost a fortune.
shouted TOT each other until the broad fields
were full, of merry music.
There was boy singing Christmas carol
at my door last night. / should like to have
given him something.
There's the parrot! green body and yellow
tail, with a thing like lettuce growing out
of the top of his head; there he is! Halloa!
whoop! Halloo!
Yo no, my boys No more work tonight!
Christmas eve, Dick! Christmas Ebenezer!
Let's have the shutters up before a man can
say Jack Robinson! -
In came Mrs. Fezzwig, one vast sub
stantial smile. In came the three Miss
Fezziwigs, beamng and lovable In came
the six young followers whose hearts they
broke.
There was an air of cheerfuIness abroad
that the clearest summer air or brightest
summer sun might have endeavored to diff
fuse in vain.
smiled. and stopped TO bless Bob Cratchit's
dwelling with the sprinkling of his torch.
Apples and oranges were put upon the
table and a shovelful of chestnutS on the
fire. Then all the Cratchit family drew
round the hearth.
But every man among them hurnmed a
Christmas tune, or had a Christmas thought.
or spoke below his breath to his companion
of some bygone Christmas day.
He looked so irresistibly pleasant that
three or four good-humored fellows said
Good morning, sir; merry Christmas to
your
I don't know anything. I'm quite a baby
Never mind! l don't care. I'd rather be a
baby. Halloo! Whoop! Hallooi
than | have given you for many a year.
I'll raise your salary.
1t was always said of him that he knew
how to keep Christmas WELL if any man
alive possessed the knowledge May that be
truly said of US. and of all of US.
Cheer up. Don't give way. A new heart
for New Year always.
I'm glad to think we had mullins. It's the
sort of a night that's meant for mullins
Likewise crumpets. Also, Sally Lunns.
Though 1T has never put scrap of gold or
silver in my POCKET. ] believe that it has
done me good. and will do me good: and
say, God bless it,
Holly, mistletoe. red berries, ivy turkeys
geese, game, poultry. Drawn. meat pigs
sausages, oysters. pies, buildings. fruit and
punch.
oh said Trotty. please to play up
there; Will you have the goodness
1t was clothed in one simple, deep green
robe, or mantle, bcrdered with white fur
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
bethlehem,

0 little town of Bethlehem!
How still we see thee lie;
Above thy deep and dreamlesS sleep
The silent stars go by;
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight
For Christ IS born of Mary,
And gathered all above;
While mortals sleep the angels keep
Their watch of wondering love-
o morning stars. together
Proclaim the holy BIRTH
And praises sing to God the King
And peace to men on earth.
How silently, how silently,
The wondrouS gift is given!
So God imparts TO human hearts
The blessings of His heaven.
No ear may hear His coming
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive Him still,
The dear Christ enters in.
Where children, pure and happy
Pray to the blessed child;
Where misery cries out to Thee,
Son of the mother mild;
Where Charity stands watching
And Faith holds wide the door
The dark night wakes, the glory breaks,
And Christmas comes once more
o Holy Child Of Bethlehem
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin, and enter in,
Be born in to-day.
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tdings tell;
Oh. come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Emmanuel
Phillips Brooks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

go at once to the bank, and be surprised to
find it refused. The truth was that Presi-
dent Celman had an understanding with the
directors of the bank to his signature,
according as certain curves were made this
WAY or that. If the final ~ for instance.
was elongated into a scrawl, ii meant that
the man was to have the money, whereas, if
il was cut off short, the directors would
know that the President meant, Il am just
writing this letter to get rid of the man. and
it would be a favor TO me il you would re-
fuse him." FRANK G. CARPENTER
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

thought is given to the matter. where the
santa Claus idea Is admitted. and a very
great number of schools now banish the
present giving to scholars entirely Those
that have not gone so far as this. give pres
ents to scholars in mission schools only, or
to very small pupils. In all others the Santa
Claus i'm all phases is rigidly excluded and In
its place is put the Christ. Giving Is done by
the children. not TO them. In many cities
now the larger children in the schools re-
ceive nothing. but themselves make = point
nf giving literally. either to missions.i to the
poor or to some charity in which they may
hncnrno interested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
The Nativity.

The NATIVITY.
She held her Baby on her heart
And mused with puzzled eyes,
They say of earth he has no part
Who came from Paradise;
Yet little son of mine thou art
Helpless, nor overwise"
She laid His head upon her breast;
The air was all astr
With breath of spice and blossoms pressed,
OF frankincense and nyrrh
And through her bliss vague unrest
Tore at the heart of her.
She held His cheek against her own;
mot heavens, but mine is He
Oh, mother-heart. whose eyes alone
Across the years could see
Above her clasped Christ the blown
Bleak heights of Calvaryi
-Theodosia Pickering. in Home Companion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
Gifts.

Gifts.
What shall I give to Thee, Lord?
The kings that came of old
Laid softly Thy cradle rude
Their myrrh and gems and gold.
Thy martyrs gave their hearts blood;
Their ashes strewed Thy way;
They spurned their lives as dreams and dust
To speed Thy coming day.
We offer Thee life nor death;
Our gifts to man give;
Dear Lord. this Thy day Of birth,
oh, what dost Thou receive?
Thou knowest of sweet and precious things
My store is scant and small;
Yet, vert Thou here in want and VICE.
Lord, 1 would give Thee ALL
Show me myself in flesh once more;
Thy feast L long to spread,
To bring the water for Thy feet,
The ointment for Thy head.
There a voice from heavenly heights:
''Unclose thine eyes and see
Gifts to the least OF those L love
Thou gvest unto me-
Rose Terry Cooke
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

To Bethlehem, at dead of night,
Came shepherds hurrying;
AT dead of night to Bethlehem,
seeking for the King.
In the dark streets of Bethlehem
Red blazed the inn before;
He is not there the shepherds said,
And passed by the door.
, Loud roared the jewellers within,
Then drowsed to sleep again;
'''Glory to God!'' the shepherds sang,
And peace, good will to menl"
For they did seem to hear once more
The angels on the HILL
In the dark streets of Bethlehem
They sang of Gods good will.
So came they to a stable mean,
And heard across the air
The crying Of a little child
And knew the King was there!
-Lizette Woodwork Reese
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

many secrets, indeed, worth being kept in
such a-well, never mind that Alfred s
coming home, my dears!
Great Bells as they were; melodious, deep
mouthed. noble Bells! Cast in no common
had they ever chimed like that before?
A merry Christmas to everybody! =
Bless your heart and soul! happy New
Year, and many of em!
1.-THE kindly heart is still: the voice is silent;
No more wait to hear
The magic accents of the great enchanter,
The story-teller dear;
But from the stormy shore Of dark Atlantic
To fair Pacihcs wave
Thousands of hearts still send a Christmas
blessing
To rest on Dickens gravel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

and on it's head it wore no other
covering than a holly wreath, set here and
there with shining icicles.
There! There's the teapot, ready on the
hob! And there's the cold knuckle of ham;
and there's the butter: and there's the
If your wife says to my wife, I'm the
happiest woman in the world and mines the
best husband in the world, and l dote on
him" my wife will says the same to yours
or more-and half believe it.
Friends, one and all, my house is very
lonely tonight. ] have not so much as a
cricket on my hearth. ! have scared them
all away BE gracious to me; let me join
this happy party.
Gardens arose, houses were built, ana
children played at battles on the turf. The
wounded trees had long ago made Christ
mas logs, and blazed and roared away.
The same contradictions prevail in every
thing. One must either laugh or cry at such
stupendous inconsistencies; and L prefer TO
laugh. Humanity-that' the joke.
Pile up the fire here Would you freeze
the people on this bleak December night?
Let us be light, and warm. and merry, or
I'll not forgive some of you.
"Ah. dear me, dear me, dear me-" said
Mrs. Tetterby; that's the way the world I'D
goes" Which is the way the world goeS?"
asked Mr.. Tetterby, looking around. "Oh,
nothing!' said Mrs. Tetterby.
AS to tobacco. she was perfect mistress of
the subject: and her lighting of the pipe
with wisp of paper, when the Carrier had
it in his mouth-going so very near his nose,
and yet not scorching twas Art, high Art.
A merry Christmas to US all, my dears.
God bless us. God bless US, everyone, .
said Tiny Tim.
The day arrived. A day to make home
doubly home. To give the chimney corner
new delights. Such a wild. wintry day as
best prepares the way for shut-out night:
for curtained rooms and cheerful looks; for
music. laughter. dancing, lights, and jovial
entertainment.
/ will honor Christmas in my heart, and
try to keep ii all the year. l will live in
the Past. the Present and the Future. The
Spirits of all three shall strive within me.
l will not shut out the lessons that they
teach.
Pile up the fire here Let ii shine upon the
holly till IL winks againl It's a world OF
nonsense-all nonsense!-but we'll be non
sensical with the rest or EN-, and give our
true lover a mad welcome!
Here. girlsl can't help IT; never could
keep q secret in my life. There are not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

Detroit Tribune.
We had our suspicious that Lieut. Hob
son was that kind OF man when We saw
how he combed his hair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
Mary.

Mary.
To Judah's maid an angel came.
Prepare, dear heart, prepare
When the angel came to the little maid,
And she heard his voice, she sore afraid
At the sorrowful, beautiful words that he said
20 Mary, maid prepare
Maid Mary waits at the stable door.
Prepare, dear Lord, prepare
A little bed for Thy maid to rest,
For she stands without by Thy strange behest-
Begs but a place to lay Thy guest
For Mary, Lord, prepare.
A mother-maid lies white within,
Gods circle round her hair.
Dumb kneeling brutes the wonder see;
A star attests the mystery;
While sage and shepherd reverently
Bring praise and incense rare
-
A virgin mother-queen' in state,
Her ermine robe her hair
The stable dim palace is;
Its moss trimmed troughs are chalices;
There lips wherein malice is
Drink to the royal heir.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
It is the calm and solemn night !

It is the calm and solemn night
thousand bells ring out, and throw
Their joyous peals abroad and smite
The darkness, charmed and holy now.
The night that erst name had worn.
To it q happy name is given,
For in that stable lay new born.
The peaceful Prince of earth and heaven,
In the solemn midnight
Centuries ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
CHRISTMAS BITS FROM DICKENS.

[''Forget not who hailed the Christmas season
In childlike faith and joy;
Sharing the festal songs and merry frolics,
A laughing gray-haired boy;
Forget not who yearly gave us legends
Through the long, happy past,
Each one exhaling spicy Christmas perfumes
More fragrant than the last
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

oh. strange indiffereneei-low and high
Drowsed over common joys and cares:
The earth was still-but knew not why;
The world was listening-unawaTes
How calm moment may precede
One that shall thrill the world fOreveri
To that still moment none would heed
Mans doom was linked, no more TO sever,
In the solemn midnight
Centuries age.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

and on it's head it wore no other
covering than a holly wreath, set here and
there with shining icicles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
VERSE.

Across his path. He passed. for nought
Told what was going on within;
How keen the stars his only thought;
The air how calm and cold and thin,
In the solemn midnight
Centuries ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

What was she year of the Hayinarket
riot in Chicago?-Reader.
1t occurred May 4. 1886.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
Aired Domett's .9Christmas Hymn.s

1t was the calm and solemn night!
Seven hundred years and ffty-three
Had Rome been growing up to might,
And now was queen of land and seat
No sound was heard of clashing wars,
Peace brooded Der the hushed domain;
Apollo, Pallas, Jove and Mars
Held undisturbed their ancient reign,
In the solemn midnight
Centuries ago.
Twas in the calm and silent night
The senator of naughty Rome
Impatient urged his charots fight,
From lordly revel rolling home.
Triumphal arches cleaning swell
His breast with thoughts of boundless sway;
What rocked the Roman what befell
paltry province far away
In the solemn midnight
Centuries ago?
Within that province far away
Went pIoddng home a weary boor;
A streak of light before him lay
FalFn through a half-shut stable door
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

Aunt Jennie" Radnor, Ind: The advice
you ask can only be given by a physician
after personal interview.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

When was the first battle ship huiIt? .
When. before last Easter did Easter come
On April 10? 3. Did Daniel O'Connen al
ways keep his hat on in Parliament while
all the rest took their hats Off,. A. c.
Perhaps Hiram. King of Tyre had the
first battle ships. The Greeks had battle
ships In the Trojan war and the Romans
had such ships, too. The first navy, in the
modern sense OF the term, was begun, prob
ably. by Alfred the Great. and John. King
OF England improved naval matters and
started regular establishment. Henry V of
England had battle ships named Jehu, Royal
Trinity, Holy Ghost. Peter. Paul, Andrew,
Christopher, two named Mary and one
George, 2 In 1887. 1914 and 1909 g. We
tAink not. t e customary il Parliament
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-06-26
COTTON.

New Orleans, June 25.-Total sales
6.400 bales here and 1900 in New
York with an extreme range of one
to two points and closing two lower
than yesterday, tell the story of a
short and most uninteresting session
of the exchanges. Reports indicate
an improved condition throughout
the cotton belt, and while the prices
look low, we cannot see anything to
advance cotton in the near future
and favor the short side for the
present.
SPOTS-MIDDLING.
New York, 3-S; sales, $50; tone dull
New Orleans, 1915; sales, 25; tone quiet
Liverpool, 7-l6; sales. 5000; tone. dull
FIITIIRES
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-06-26
SANTA FL EXCURSION RATES

San Francisco-Sell June Is and
%, return limit August 81; fare $50
for the round trip.
Davis, /. T.-Rate of one and one
third fares for round trip; limit thir-
ty days: daily until September 30.
Wooten Wells. Tex.-Rate Of one
and one-thfrd fares for round trip;
limit thirty days; sale daily until
September 80.
Marlin, Tex.-Rate Of one and one
third fares for round trip; limit thir-
" days; sale daily until September
30.
Rockport, Corpus Christi, Aransas
Pass and Portland, Tex.-Rate Of
s17.05 from Ardmorel; sale daily un-
til September 80; limit thirty days.
Port Lavaca-Rate of s1s.i6 for
round trip from Ardmore; sales daily
until September 80; limit thirty days.
A. LUCAS, Agent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-06-26

PUTs AND CALLS ON SRPTRMBRR WHEAT
Puts IS Ssh, Ia to S-s
Calls 67I-s, 3-s, 3-S