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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-27
Went Hunting From Sum-
mer Camp and Missed
His Way.
Made rleeting Point With Son But
Has Not Appeared--All Search
Is UnavaiIing.

tering densely wooded country after
promising to meet his son at a point
about one mile and a half distant.
aIav0r Hume failed to keep his
promise and after waiting a short
time his son began to search, IN
which he was Joined later by a Sec
ond, son. The two continued the
search all Wednesday night and today.
The mayors brother has been with
them. No trace of the missing man
has been found.
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26

care for ha as though he We're my
very own am called Baboushka.
and keep my promises"
Thea Katoma. the mOujik, died hap
py, for he knew that BabOushka was
a friend to MI little children, and when
she gathered Ossip close into her moth.
erly arms when the end came the child
ceased weeping for his dead father.
When Bahoushka and Ossip We're
we'll on their way to the old wOman's
home. In the next village. they heard
ptiful sound Of weeping somewhere
OH the tree ShadOwPd side of the road.
The old woman stopped at the sound,
we will 20 and see who is in trou,
bic OSs'p. Our eyes and ears. should
always b" Kept well opened so that no
G gn Of distress may. escape us"
Guided - the sound, they came to
q stone where. waillng and Shivering
IN the darkness of the wiutrr night.
they found little girl scarcely as
large as OS - who WAS not ut all well
grnwn for IS eight years
BalnGShl knclt down by the child
and. gath s.. her Geld little feet into
a warm cla g. mCttcrcd;
"Pcrlmi, his is the child"
Them Sh; said alord What is thy
miinr. l.,'c m.. and Whist docst tho
hrr G!O:c 10 t..,. i,:;,r uighttimc?"
40 wii;l t., vh.l~'S t,ars nowg
afrcsh cmG ra.w"H Esr N3hs she tel
the Eiul SIT Cypd .nan how SD
i"'8 ''''' IN: Wi,h great con.
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26

T7T was a brilliant holiday store
The windows and the shelves and
the cases ablaze with fligree
Il and thronged with dolls and
dishes and engines and trains and
skates and Sleds. and hObbyhorSes
that galloped, and cows that mooed
and mice that ran, and-and every.
thing. absolutely everything, that ever
enters the most rapturOus Christmas
dream
In the center of the large show win.
dows. fronting upon the gay street
stood two soldiers. They were by all
odds the finest soldiers i'm the store
much superior to the personnel com.
posing the different troops and regi.
ments and companies stationed here
and there along the aiSles. The pair
were made of tin, to be sure; but they
were OF heroic stature, eight inches
tail, richly uniformed in black and
yellow, and could be wound up so that
they would present arms several times
in succession.
The other soldiers. poor things. were
compelled to remain the whole time at
Il carry or right shoulder" with.
out relief.
Naturally these two soldiers were
proud and Of aspirations reaching be-
yond their present narrow quarters.
They pined for Il wider sphere. As
they stood and stared with stern. fixed
payp tlrOIlrh thn MIA tn ,rIo co in.o tbo
gay street they talked together in toy
language, and none, not even the most
vel ciSa,ile linguists among the people
passing and repassinS, knew that they
talked.
"Ch. to set away from this eternal
guard mount over Il lot of fripperyw
sighed the one.
with all my hearth agreed the
other. The mopotony is frightful."
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26

"And where seek you an asylum for
himf"
Baboushku looked pitifully at the
small, SD face Of the cripple. The tall
brother answered sadly:
ALIAS, that | know not yet was
seeking the nearest town to ask cuun
sci of the priest"
Baboushka laid Il kind hand on the
boys arm.
Put care away from thy young
heart. Thou hast found an asylum
for thy crippled BROTHER. He shall
travel no farther on the frozen roads.
He shall be u.y own little Petrusha. |
have tiny ruclile bed into which he
will Ht 20 nicely. Such as | have
dear child, | make thee welcome to in
the Christ Childs name"
The night, was but very little older
when the three children. OsS.p, Nasa
lIssa and Petrusha. fed, warmed al
comforted, were sleeping the care fr'.
sleep of innocent childhood
Only the tail lad and BaDOuShka sal
by the tircsidC because there was no
bed left for them.
Tell me- good mother the boy said.
looking straight into her kind eyes,
'why are YOU 50 good to all children?
Your fame has gone abroad"
Baboushka did not answer him ut
once. When she did, her voice sounded
as sweet and solemn as church chimes
at vesper time,
"Ees, | viii tel. you, my son, for you
ere nearing your own years of respOp.
Eibility, and it Will be well for you to
learn in good time the solemn lesson
that an opportunity once lost is lost
forever.
MANY years ago was setting my
house i'm order when three men stopped
at my door with Il great piece of news.
"'Wc have seen a radiant star in the
east they said, and we know that the
Christ Child must be come. Leave thy
labor. Come with us to find him and
TO do him honor.
"But | sent them away with words
of foolish impatiencc. 'SCCst thou not
that | am setting my house in order?
Go thou to where the star heckons
thee. and I viii follow at some more
convenient time. | can see its light
w.;Aout thy help
so they went their way and left me
10 so mine. Bat when the time came
that foSnd it convenient to follow
the star clouds obScurCd the heavens,
and there was no star to be seen, and
so | knew not how to seek the Christ
Child.
Il have been seeking him ever since,
up and down in the land, Whenever.
wherever | see a little child think
perhaps have found the one | seek,
und my heart yCarms over him. But
not yet have | found the Christ Child
whose face must shine with the radi-
Incc of the star lost
With tears of sorrow wctt.ng her
eycllshos Ea.o&shNa fell asleep in her
chair she Lad filled all Of he" led:
with cold ANA rrcndlpzs children.
And as sh.. slept tender uanL
seemed t. dry her tears nd Il loving
voice TO whisper in her C"rS:
"lnaSmuca as We have GU"r it unto
the least Of thes2 little ones yr have
done 1t unto me. They were homeless.
ard yc took them in They were hun.
CRY. AMI yea Lave FED thea. T.:.y
were cold,.a"d you have warmed tA":A
rhe Christ Child is in thy own Ee:rt.'
And on that glad Christmas morning
Baboushka awokp with great peace
in her soul. for she knew that she had
found him she had been seeking fer
end wide
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26

lear E0o" murmured GrOwsl-. see
C,.a ''''" ing the kind face bending
over her:
Dear, good Mr. Santa Claus. |
want
When sh" opr&cd her wistruI. dark
eyes again. the same kind face was
bending oTcr her as she lay on Ter cot
in the little brown house, her father
holding her in his arms. while beside
her WAS the most beautiful dell Of
which she had ever dreamed. and
claspiMg it close to her heart. little
Dorothy asked with revere@t joy, the
dark eyes filed to Overtlowing:
Dear Mr. Santa Claus. is you God
too"
CALLIE BONNEY MARBLE.
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26

= IN the snow was piled high
II VI against the outer walls of
- the hovel where poor mou-
jik peasant named KatO-
ma lay dying in a little village in far
away Russia
Katoma knew that he was going to
die. 1t was Christmas eve, but there
vas no gladnCss in the season for him,
ms wife, whom he had loved very
deacly, was already gone For three
consecutive years now his crops had
failed. \ few weeks before the wolves
had devouril his last COW. If he had
been cntiTeiy alone in the world he
would have said to death. Come; thou
art wclcomew
But there was one other. his boy
Ossip. The idea of death became ter.
rible when he thought of leaving his
boy all alone with not a copeck to bless
himself with.
When tell you that it takes 100
cOpecks to make a ruble and that q
ruble is less than GO cents. you will
understand how dreadfully poor Ka-
tOma was.
He could not die peacefully for think
ing of Osslp's future. His dim eyes
turned fondly toward the pillow by his
side, which the boys thick black hair
almost covered. Ossip lay motionless
in sleep. The sick man put one feeble
hand upon his boys smooth forehead
and silently commended him to heav-
ems care.
The house was very still. The hour
was late, Ossip's healthy, regular
breathing was the only audible sound.
If only kind heaven would raise up one
friend for his boy out of the millions
of good people this big world swarmed
with, Katoma felt that he should not
mind how soon he was laid away un-
der the frozen sOds.
While his hand rested OH Ossip's
head and his heart was filled with
these anxious thoughts the door of the
hoycl opened softly. The moujik
turned wondering eyes in that direc-
tion. and there, coming nOiselessly to.
ward him across the beaten earthen
Cror was tall woman with soft
as'oWn eyes full of plying tenderness.
:,lo came close TO the bed, on Ossip's
s.:!c of it, and, looking down upon the
)! pl ing child, she muttcred:
"iCrlHpS this is the one at last
K";oma looked at her anXiously.
"H'hvrcC came you, good mother,
an what seek you:"
Ac?vsS the sleeping boy she an
'cr"G yortly; roe.
have come for Ossip, They told
H." i" he village that thy days were
a.w.crcd, ana knew that Ossip
I'D reed u friend. s, ] will love and
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26
what pIn.nona Il LiIsr.

"Pingpong," said tho lady in the golf.
iiieSkirt, sis just like golf"
,.It is Just like tennis" declared ihn
lady in the linen suit.
You're both wr0p%." observed th.'
heavy set gentleman who W;.2 Vip'iI.
his brow and breathing with cvldcr'
effort. ITS just like harl work.
indianapolis %.wS
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26
HOW BABOUSHKA
FOUND THE
CHRIST CHILD
Bly,.
JEANETTE II.
WALWORTH

Copyright, 1909,
BB Jednnette
II. WdliCOrth

papy Of man and women who were
leaving their own village to seek a bet.
ter land uCrGSS the seas our own
blessed Am RIGA, | make no doubt -
ard how, when they had encamped for
the night, her aunt, who was the only
relative she had in the world. had sent
her into th' woods to gather fagots to
put under thc,r soup kettle, and how
she had wandered so far that she had
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26

IGHT was falling fast, and
the snow was piled high
against the outer walls of
the hovel where Il poor mou-
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26
LOOKING FOR
SANTA CLAUS

The snow was falling on the noun
tains. hiding their tops in a misty veil,
and the air was fall of whirlng flakes,
which were rapidly covering the brown
earth with 4 carpet of white and Oblit-
where trudged. or, rather, stumbled,
along a, ,grotesQue childish figure in a
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26
Test of Affection.

WHY, p"pa. hr'd make any sacrincC
for ne. He said Only last night that ii
| baCc Elm 30 hr would seek the noru
pole for mc-and bring it back too"
We'll, We woa't tcs him quite 50
severely, Ely dear. If he'll come VI
and sit in or unw&rmci paroi
throC. i tl. winter. with 70 cruI in thg
cellar az he -,@e"!y wherever f.
may chH.r, 10 .rop. wen let him OF
on TIE %i>- c~,caL" ..
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26

on a tour of Inspection,
and, having seen Dorothy
on a previous trip. he
mad. remembering anOth.
er little girl who was very
happy on Christmas eve.
brought down Il Christ.
mas box for Dorothy and
so Strollcd along with her
father as he started home
ward, tEat he might give
II into the hands Of the
little maiden herself. But
when they reached the
brown hut Dorothy was
not Shprp, and when re-
D"ated calls brought no
answer the two men.
2larmed. started in oppo.
site directions to seek her.
Mr.. Golden following the
almost oblitpratod path
up the mountain side,
where, Il mile beyond, he
foUrl the little one nj.
most buried in the falling
snow, and as he stepped
tN LIT hnr In hie- Nrnle Shn
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26

+ was a brilliant holiday store,
the windows and the shelves and
the cases ablaze with filigree
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26

Acr H.; Go!I IT, h. Eulp "~'ItT? %otn was as
brown h", w",I &'rvad nnd santa
as shelter amd homo. Claus.
SANTA !a.s m@y uGt come here
now mu,irt h:# gone" the little girl
said, "":' it mUS; &c near christmas.
so | WI liHI him aGG perhaps he viii
take lg /" A;s reindeer. sleigh TO see
mother and tud."
Little Dorothy paused in her task
Of sweeping ;hc one room of their
home, and. pUtling some potatoes IN
the ashes to bake that her fathers
supper might bp ready FIR him. she had
wrapped herself in his old coat. douhcG
her red hood and started out to find
Santa Claus.
II CHANGED that day that one Of the
mine owners was down from the city
Graham guardian., 1902-12-26

mum y A|N-N ,l''' 'NNA' NAAN
sleeves rolled over and
over 10 Let Uut the small
brown haaGS. while the
edge Cf thr coat. on Il line
with her heels, left a trail
in the SNOW. y red hood
covered the vll..$ head.
dark curlS pyCping out
around her L.c ,a..
the fearless. wistrul eyes
shonr Il new li-hi. for
Dorothy WHs :. iH:g to find
San@a Claus. When her
mother had gone to h2av-
Cn II short time hvIo9,.
they had carried her up
Che III -UUt"., &&d God
and Santa Claus were al.
ways ass C.-t.l t..2thrr
in tie cG.!,.'S EliIl. So.
II GGd Iivy& UP there. San
Ia Claus could not be far
away, T&uS r.%a.Wyd lit.
Il, N."',hy i0 the hours
when ar t.rHsr H&S off
work" : in liz" uiHa and
She " = ! Il ".0I} with
Mrl. L. LnlL ~ H. MIN
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04

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The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04
ANTS RESEMBLE MEN
MUCH THAT Is HUMAN ABOUT THESE
LITTLE INSECTS.

Their Ways of Playing. sleeping,
Eating and WOrkinG-S0me That
Are Above Toll - Distinctions OF
Class In ThoIr Burial Places.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04
what the Trume rs.

The ancient Romans, at whose sump
tuous banqucts truft'cs played an lm'
portant role, supposed that their ex'
istence was one Of the material results
of thunder. More modern botanists
have classed 1t as a species OF mush'
room. but it can scarcely be termed
such. To be exact. the trutfie Is tu'
berculous fungus, a sort of morbid ex
trayasation OF vegetable sugars anai
DgouS to oak balls or nntgalIS ana
doubtless originating. as these latter
from the sting or FN inscch
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04
rrirrorp OF the Israelases.

The earliest mirrors OF which men
Hon In made In history were In use
among the Israelitcs in the time OF
Moses. That gentleman, as recorded
In the Bible, commanded In n certain
emergency that these articles should
he transformed into wash basins tof
the priests. They were made OF brass
noubtlrss similar utensils o! this ana
other materials wercin use long Delor'
TINT. At that same period black glass
was employed for the purpose. as wen
as transparent glass with black fol- on
the back. 1t is related that the Span
lards found mirrors of polished black
stone. both convex and concaVe' among
the natives OF South America.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04
Mexican Drawn Work.

In Mexico there are mary things
which attract the attention of the
average tourist. or these one Of the
most distinctive Is Mexican drawn
work Some of this is very artistic
and the patience OF Mexican women
In the production of this beautiful
article of Mexican commerce has kept
for this modern active world OF ma
chlncry and machine made articles the
only survival of the beautiful needle
work Of a century nEo, for which the
women Of Europe had been noted for
ieyeraI centuries.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04
SAVES A WOMAN'S LIFE.

To have given up would have meant
death for Mrs. Lois Cragg. of Dorches-
ter Mass For years she had endure ::
untold misery from a severe lung
trouble and obstinate cough. often"
she writes. II could scarcely breath
aid sometimes could not speak All
doctors and remedies failed till | used
Dr.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption and was completely cured" :"
Sufferers from coughs. colds. throat
and lung troubles need this grand rem
edy for it never disappoints Cure is
guaranteed by all druggists. Price SOC
and ST. Trial bottles free
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04
ON'T FAIl

s. Wnenever an
Eleetric Bitters RI,
,ss mended TO,
surely be eff, n,
fone the stona =
Eorate the no; no.
g. It's a won
cures kidne,
ach disorders
ess. rheumati
8 malaria. s
oy all druggis
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04
Accidental Discharge of Pun.

A capital pun may arise by pure ac-
cidcnt. as recorded In Buckles BOOK
Of Table Talk"
"A Mr. Alexander Gun was dismiss
ed from post in the customs of EdIn-
hurch for circulating some false ru'
NOR. The dismissal Is said to have
heen thus noted in the customs book at
the time "A. Gun discharged for max
Ing false report
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04
The Hnraworkinx Farmer.
He Meant AL RIRht.

Miss Smith Ito Mr.. Dearborn. about
10 slngl-Mlss Jones will play your ac-
compartments. Mr.. Dearborn.
Miss Jones (coyly,-Oh. Mr.. Dear
born plays his own accompa so
beautifully couldn't murder them for
min.
Mr. Dearborn (galIantIy)-Oh yea
you coulA-Judge.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04
The Money Not lost.

Mr.. Lakeside (gloomilyl-The book
keepeY las run OF with all my money.
aud we have TO go to the poorhouse.
Mrs. Iakeside-N No need of that. my
dear. Wen get divorce. and you
marry the woman who got $4,000 out
OF you In that breach OF promise suit
and ri marry the DOokkeeler.-Nsw W
York Weekly.
The HRrdworking farmer.
"I used to think that all farmers
were oyerw orked until went to the
county fair"
And what did you see there
They had chairs covered WIKI Old
postage stamps and lace crosses cut
out OF perforated cardboard. and one
woman had n quilt with 5000 pieces In
It, Needn't tell me people like that are
overwOrked unless IL is from choiSe.
Washington Times.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04
rnn,l.A a, ..sh. 1, anoke.s

"Willam." asked Washington
teacher. why were you absent from
school this morning"
',Oh. some un stole me coat on me"
"WAats that? Stole your coat 'on
yon""
He can't talk" said Williams broth
or James He means some un stole
his coat of 'ini"-New York Times.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04
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The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04
VACATION DAYS.

Vacation time is here. and the chill
dren are fairly living out of doors.
You need only to guard against the ac-
cIdcut., incidental to most open air
sports. No remedy equals DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve for quickly stopping
uain or removing danger from cuts.
3sc:llds and wounds. Sure cure for
piles and skin diseases Draws out the
inflammation Beware Of counterfeits.
Belrs Pharmacy
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04

2 very finest b
IN latest dee
@t H. g. CapO
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04

What's the secret of happy, vigorous
health. Simply keeping the bowels,
tic stomach the liver and kidneys
strong and active Burdock Blod Fit
ters does IT,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
VERMONT'S GOLD MINES,
Developing Those in the yicin

Capitalists Developing Those in the yicin-
ity of Wilmington and Readsboro.
Rough pasture lands in the upper
Deerfield valley has taken a sudden rise
In value during the pas t two weeks, says
dispatch to The Boston Globe from
Wilmington. Barren farms on the rug.
ged hills between Readsboro and Will
mington have been leased for mining
privileges, and an astute prospector tray
cling as an agent for encyclopedias has
examined every available pasture and
obtained the mining rights with view
to future operations. This Is because
gold has been discovered in the valley.
The Newton's of IIolyoke, who have
already $500, 900 invested in the Deer
field valley in a pulp mill. saw mills,
chair factories, and who own the Hoosac
Tunnel 81 Wilmington railroad, a narrow
gauge line that winds its way along the
Deerfield river for II miles north of the
east portal of the tunnel. have been at
work for five days producing gold from
the ledge bordering on the railroad.
Slowly, but surely, the towns of
Readsboro and Wilmington have been
working up a gold fever, and since the
NewtOns have exhibited the product of
their experimental mill every one who
owns a rough hill farm is convinced that
he has a gold mine. II is very difficult
now to even lease mining right on any
farm, so enthusiastic have the owners
become during the past week.
The Newton family, comprising James
,p Il,
company, a director of the American
Writing Paper company (the paper
trusD; his brother Moses, who is in
charge of the enterprises in the Deertield
valley, and his son, Fred H., who has
had wide experience in Colorado min
ing, are responsible for the conviction
that the Deertield valley is to produce
tons of precious yellow metal.
On Tuesday, after they had sent more
than 400 specimens of ore to aSsaver:
with encouraging results the Newton.
started a $4,000 experimental mill two
miles south of Wilmington village, anC
began to refine gold in earnest. Before
commencing operations the capitalist
purchased mining rights on farms TO
five or six miles back in the hills. They
have been at work secretly for severa
months, and state that as the gold cal
be obtained at substantial profit the,
propose to keep the entire interest them
selves, rejecting suggestions that stool
companies be formed.
Several weeks ago, when they becam
convinced that gold mining would b
profitable in the Deertield valley, the,
sold out the Caribou mine at Ophr
Colo. for $3.50 600 cash, and Fred II
Newton says that hereafter his father
his uncle and himself expect to do al
their gold mining in southern Vermont.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
Chimney Tint Lenn.

"It's just this" said the man with
the restless eye, who was gazing sky
ward-"some ten years ago some man
who had Il grudge against me, guess,
called my attention to the fact, if fact
it be, that if chimney leans at all it
always leans to the east.
81 didn't believe it, and can hardly
believe it yet, but I've spent hours and
days and weeks and months squirting
at chimneys from car windows and
from sidewalks. but III be darned if l
ever yet have been able to discover a
leaning chimney that didn't slant to
the east. I've looked at factory chin
neys, hotel chmneys, farmhouse chin
neys and city house chimneys, and
they all, like the adobe gods on the
temples of Yucatan. bend their heads
toward the rising SUM-"
And the man with the restless eye
once more began an inspection of the
sky line.-New York Telegram.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

The minister of Scotch parish was
going from home and procured the
clergyman of n neighboring parish to
ofIiciate on Sunday. His servant. who
was also the beadle. was sent over to
the station to drive the reverend gem
tleman to the manse.
When the train arrived, the beadle
asked him to wait awhile, as he had
some messages to do before he went.
1t was two hours before he returned.
The good man was furious and threat
ened to report him to his master
"Weel. sir We can dae that If We
like" said the beadle, ''but he tellt
me himself to wait till it was dark
afore | drove We over, for if the folk
o. the village saw wha was to preach
the morn nobody wad turn DOT ava"