The Edmond Sun--Democrat. (Edmond, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, November 20, 1896 Page: 4 of 4
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PHOTOGRAPHING THOUGHT.
)r. Da r it (I no Announce* III* Sueeew nn>l
Dr. Roentgen
been inclined
e matter. In-
ns he hu sue-
S thought, and
is photographs
It may be rash to pronounce thai
anything Is beyond the photographer's
art. But the communication Just mad®
to the Paris Academic do Mc-iklne by
Dr. Baraduc is bo astonishing that if
be had made it befoi
had rendered his discos
few people would ha\
even to inquiro into 1
deed. Dr. Barndtir afll
ceeded in photograph!
he has shown numerous
Jn proof of his assertion.
His usual method of proceeding is
simple enough. The person whose
thought is to be photographed enters
a dark room, places his hand on a
photogrnphi • plate, and tliink.s intent-
ly of the object the image of whit h
he wishes to see produced It is stated
by those who have examined I)r. Bara-
duc'a photographs that the mo3t of
them are very cloudy, but that ti few
are comparatively distinct, represent-
ing the features of persons and outlines
of things. Dr. Baraduc goes
further, and declares that It
is possible to produce n pho-
tographic image at a gr< at dlstan
In his communication to the A cad-
em It de Medicine he relates thai Dr.
Istrate, when he was going to Cam-
pana, declared ho would appear on a
photographic plate of his friend, M.
Hasden, at Bucharest. On the Hi of
August, 1893. M. Hasden at Budi; iv.-t
went to bed with a photographic plate
at his feet aud another at his hea l.
Dr. Istrato went to sleep at Camp;
at a distance of abort 300 kllom
from Bucharest, but before closing lii.s
eyes he willed with all his might that
his Image should appear on the photo-
graphic plate of his friend.
According to Dr. Baraduc that marvel
was accomplished. Journalists who
have examined the photograph In <!';•
tlon state that it consist* in a kind of
luminous spot on the photographic
plate, in the midst of which can ho
traoed the profile of a man.—Lor I d ,
Standard.
SPPW ■ a ■
; -M- MM-
l^i
PROMINENT CITIZENS TALK.
WELL KNOWN RESIDENTS OP
CHEROKEE ADD THEIR TESTI-
MONY TO HUNDREDS
OF OTHERS.
Vj£>
. IS)
jf TaaNk^iyiMg Day.'
flres started In both the bedrooms.
Why, Mother Robb didn't seem to be
ready for company from out West! The
great cheerful fellow hurried about the
tiny house, and the little, old woman
limped after him, forgetting everything
but hospitality. Had not she a house
for John to come to? Were not her
ntinel, t'h
J. B. Wll
kee. Kan
of the
resident
past four-
ntly to a reporter:
Kreat
rs. said re
t four y
fTerer from rheu
hat I could ■
I un-
told misery fur many months
lint time I trl«-<l several remedl
heumatlsm, but I got no relief fr<
iLlnl
>• my
; fe||
ated the
I did
he pills
nly a f
Impro
t pill In the t
| Thanksgiving Day. |
mm- n
mi
Mrs Neill
ney T J. I
July 1.
last M
f la grlpt
e imiiw eio^.
Ilef by Inj
Ivlsed
and by the time I had
f IMnk Pills I
n si
v:
srJ/ ^ i V AY, Bill, 'spose we
l U Wv fellows give Widow
/ la Gray a regular sur-
, : 't<. prise partyThanks-
The Official report t f th< State Min-
eralogist shows that California pro-
duced last year IIS.'. n4.10? in -old and
Hirer. while other substances yielded
18,000,000. Of the precious metals all
ixeept 1600.000 was gold. This was an
increase of 11,500,000 over tn© pro-
ceeding year. The development of
nany mines and introduction of elec-
tricity insures a greater increase tliiv
fear in the gold producing region.
William E. Smythe. who is an irri-
r t ion expert says the arid region of
the Trans-Mississippi West measure*
north to south as far as from Montreal
to Mobile and east to west further than
from Boston to Omaha. When s« mo
theap and practicable means of irriga-
tion is found it is exported that the
population of this region will become
greater than the present population of
the United States.
Herald. Sometimes It Is poverty that |
stands at our door and relief is want-
: ed. More often it Is not money nor
bread, but something more precious,
friendship, sympathy. Sorrow or lone- |
lines* Is before us. A mother's heart
is breaking. Money would be useless
—It would be mockery. But we can
I hold to the neighbor's lips a cup of the ,
wine of love, filled out of our own
heart, which will hearten the sufferer, i
Or it Is the anguish of a life struggle, J
a human Gethsemane, beside which we
are called to watch. We can give no |
actual aid—the soul must fight Its bat- j
those ties alone; but we can be as the angel j
boys that ministered to our Lord's Gethse-
i little Tom Gray mane Imparting strength and helping
prlf
giving eve
"I heard
Maitland
at ism. Ills left ar
iffected that at times
se it. He tried a num
without receiving any be
x of Pink PUls In his p< ket
, anil says they are a splen-
e for all forms of nervous-
7 bragging to
WjhJ what a «plefl4ld Thanksgiv- j the weary straggler to win the victory.
' ing they were going to have. The world Is very full of sorrow and
and Tom said 'I guess we used to have trial, and we cannot live among our
as good a time as anybody when father I fellow men and be true without sharing
was alive; but mother says we mustn't their loads, if we are happy we must
expect a turkey or a mince pie this i hold the lamp of our happiness so that
year ' j it will fall upon the- shadowed heart.
"I lay awake last night ever so long, j If we have no burden, It Is our duty to
and planned It all OUt Ton .md I will ! put our shoulders under the load of
go up to 'Squire Fiske- father says he's j others. Selfishness must die or els#
a l-:g a:: ! I :".dti • w <>'ir <>w n heart - life must be frozen
der, If we tell him how hard Widow within us. We noon learn that we ran-
:iray works to get along and keep the not live for ourselves and be Christ-
iNfS at flcboel, If he 11 give the turkey, j ians; that the blessings that are sent
and then the biggest thing of all will us are to be shared with others nnd
be off my mind.
Dr. Williams" Pink Pills contain. In
new life and richness
d restore shattered
i an unfailing specific
as locomotor ataxia,
to the blood
nerves. They
for such dlseai
partial paralyi
heumatlsm, nerv-
after effect of la
f the heart, pale
all forms
ouh headaches, the
grippe, palpitation n
and sallow complex!
weakness either In male or female.
Pink l'ills are sold by all dealers, or
will be sent post paid on receipt of
price, 50 cents a box, or six boxes for
(they are never sold In hulk, or
by the loO). by addressing Dr. Wil-
liams' Medicine Company, Schenec-
tudy, N. Y.
laid 11,
In 1870 the hens in Buss
900,000 eggs for export, in 1885 •.'JS.OOO,-
>00, and last year 1,-SO,000,000. In
Russia the eggs bring from six to ten
Bents a dozen. They are exported to
Hungary, then sold in Germany as
(Iungarian eggs, and finally they reac.h
England, where they are
Inan eggs. It is indeed a
knows its own age or nationality.
The importance of the fruit crop to
the people of California cannot be over-
estimated, says the Anaheim Independ-
ent. In value it exceeds the wheat
crop. This fact is quite u surprise to
many who have not examined the sub-
ject and although fruit has declined in
price, the increased production more
than counterbalances the difference
caused by diminished prices.
TO CrilK A COLD IN ONi: DAY.
Take Laxative llmiuo t,> •
Druggists refund Uie money A ti fails u-v. .re
X rays are to be applied to practical
fcgriculiure. Dr. Graetz, >f Munich,
has given a plctuie of a one-day-old pig
khowmg its bony construction. By
Continuing to make pictures of the pig
^he action of food on its growth will be
ibown.
The French excavators at Delphi
have unearthed a life-size broil/e statue
of a bearded man, the largest yet dis-
covered. The date of the work is 500
B.C. The statue is holding the bridle
pf a horse, and portions of the horse's
figure have also been found.
"Then I want at least six pumpkins,
and here comes in the fun—these 'sur-
prise pumpkins' will be such pumpkins
as you've never seen in all your life.
You Just come up to our barn to-night,
at seven o'clock, and bring your pock-
etknlfe, sharpened up, and I'll show
you what I mean by 'surprise pump-
kin*' "
And seven o'clock that November
night found as Jolly and happy a half-
dozen boys as you'd wish to see, col-
lected In Mr. Emery's barn. Six of the
biggest pumpkins—one oval in shape
—and six boys and six knlvee busy at
work on the straw-covered floor.
First the pumpkins were cut
Id as tier- | parts, about two-thirds from the base;
sc egg that j then both parts tfere scooped out, !eav- •
ing the yellow rind about an Inch in
thickness; then a green willow withe
or switch was cut the right length and I
that we are only God's almoners to
carry them in Christ's name to those
for whom they were intended.
r""'''"" Thankful.
(out Burglar. Cooler Vlrtlm.
In the current Lltteli's living Age
is copied an article by W. S. Lilly on
"The Theory of th« Ludicrous," in
which article the following story Is re-
lated:
"I think about the most curious man
I ever met," said the retired burglar, "I
met In a house In eastern Connecticut,
and I shouldn't know him, either, if I
should meet him again, unless I should
hear him spenk. It was so dark where
I met him that I never saw him at all.
I had looked arjund the house down-
HAT if the gold of
the cor
land
Is faded to som-
bre gray?
And what If the I
down of the
thistle
Is" ripened nnd scattered
away?
There's gold in the gath- ,
ered harvest;
There's homely and
heartsome cheer;
And so we will be full
Joyous
The day of thanksgiving is here.
! A sigh for the vanished splendor
Of the autumn's purple nnd red—
I For the golden-rod that is whitened,
For the gentian bloom that Is dead;
Then turn to the hearthstone cheery;
I Behold, 'tis the time of year
To count our blessings and mercies —
1 The day of thanksgiving is here.
Bare and brown In the shadows,
The meadowland meets the gaze,
Where the bold, blithe bee went peek-
ing
' Its sweets in the summer days.
' The honey is stored in plenty
j So what if the winter la near?
j The time Is not one for repining—
i The day of thanksgiving is here.
The fruit has matured In Its season,
The sunshine has ripened the seed,
Then sing to the Lord of the harvest
A song of thauksgiving indeed.
The morn and the moon have passed by
'TIs the sweet afternoon of the year;
So let not your tribute be lacking—
The day of thanksgiving is here.
—Hattle Whitney.
The Woman,
Tbe Man,
AndThe Pill.
She was a good woman. He
loved her. She was his wife.
The pie was good; his wife
made it; he ate it. But the
pie disagreed with him, and
he disagreed with his wife.
Now he takes a pill after pie
and is happy. So is his wife.
The pill he takes is Ayer's.
Moral: Avoid dyspepsia
by using
Ayer's
Cathartic Pills.
' i
OME from Hamlet
and city,
Homo o er river i Btalrg anj actually hadn't seen a
ant M,a> thing worth carrying ofT, and it wasn't
The boys and girls 1
are coming
V •'
A^OIVINO
*3
To keep Thanks-
giving with me,
l Judge, they tell
*
Hugh Is
me,
And John is a learned
vine.
They were always n
than common,
Those sturdy lads
mine.
Laura, my pride, my darling,
And my little Bosalle,
And the children all are coming
To keep Thanksgiving with me.
The great world's din is softened
Ere It reaches this abode,
This mountain farm, that lieth
Under tho smile of God.
So open the doors and windows,
And let In the golden air,
weep out the dust and cobwebs,
And make the old home fair.
For ewlft from Hamlet and city
Swift over river and sea,
My boys and girls are hasting
To keep Thanksgiving with me.
—Agnes Klncald.
bad-looking house on the outside,
either. I got upstairs and groped about
a little, and finally turned into a room
that was darker than Egypt. I hadn't
gone more than three steps in this
room when I heard a man say: "Hello,
there!"
" 'Hello,' says I.
"'Who are you?' said the man, 'bur-
glar?'
"And I said yes, I did do something
In that line occasionally.
" 'Miserable business to be In, ain't
said the man. His voice came from
kitchen and
HERE was a sad
hftart in the low-
storied, dark little
house that stood
humbly by the
roadside under
some tall elms.
Small as her house
was, old Mrs. Robb
found It too large
for herself alone;
she only needed the
tiny bedroom that led
and I knew ho hadn't even sat up.
"And I said: 'Well, I dunno; I've got
to support my family some way.'
" 'Well, you Just wasted a night here,'
said the man. 'Didn't you see anything
down stairs worth stealing?'
"And I said no, I hadn't.
" 'Well, there's less upstairs,' says the
man and then I heard him turn over
and settle down to go to sleep again.
I'd like to have gone over there and
kicked him. But J didn't. It was get-
! ting late and I thought, all things con-
sidered, that I might Just as well let
him have his sleep out."
TT/lc-. ' , Steamships are being constructed of
8 WAS THE PROGRAMME. . (1/ M\l\K llC. lawr and ever larfi-r dimension*. Out
,111 ' Jl_l AKl r\i)\J I V 11 \U some 400 vessels in course of con-
„ h, :iinll. ■ 1-art uf Ihc dlv.d- 4U ™ G„„, Brltaln >n4 lnlmi
i.pkln (the covert, for a handle. \v i "♦ TTTiUTm F-V .k. ..... •>...
When bilious <
candy cathartic,
Casci
ft ran teed. 10c, %
It is reported that the Egyptian co
ton crop this year will be the large
pver produced in that country.
An Idaho man has TS.ono sheep.
Use
rhe experience of tho . who have lieen euml
t>f scrofula, catarrh, rheumatism, by lb**}*
parbaparilln, and obtain like l>eut'llt yourself.
Sarsaparilla
Is the bent In fact tbe (1 *" * ~
Hood's Pills ;
True Blood Ptirlfi
DON"?
GET
WET.
FISH BRAND
SLICKERS
WILL KEEP YOU DRY
THIS
put int<
ed pumpkl
Then the boys put a thin coat of var- j
nlsh over their work, and left to dry
on a shelf In the barn a row of splendid
pew-fashloned orange-colored dishes
and covers!
The next three days were busy days. !
I can tell you, for the surprise party;
but 'Squire Flske gave the turkey and
the "fixings"—celery and cranberries
- and Joe's mother made a real Yan-
kee plum-pudding; and Will's sister
made two such pies, as "Will said-
mince nnd squash nnd the other boys'
mothers and sisters made doughnuts
and cookies and all sorts of "goodies"
for the Thanksgiving tea.
On Thanksgiving eve, at eight p. in.,
might have been Been a torchlight pro-
cession moving across the mealow
from Mr. Emery's barn, nnd along the
lane that led to Widow Gray's cottage
at the other end of the village. And
this wns the programme:
Two boys with Chinese lanterns; two
little Chinamen bearing on a polo be-
tween them a real Chinese tea-chest
filled with tea and sugar; wheelbar-
row, alternately wheeled by Joe Em-
ery and Will Soinerby. On each side of
the barrow two pumpkins containing
pies, doughnuts, etc. One pumpkin in
front with celery and cranberries: j
large oval pumpkin in the center with I
turkey, decorated with laurel sprigs;
spacee filled up with white potatoes nnd
sweet potatoes; at the head of the bar- ;
row, on pole, a little banner A
Thanksgiving greeting from the
friends of Mrs. Gray."
Now, don't you think Joe Emery's ,
was a new and Jolly "pumpkin lark ?" '
B. P. !
Oh! Turkey with cranberry Jelly!
Oh! Doughnuts and pudding and pie!
If there Is ever a time when we want
our turkey to be tender and Juicy, it is
for the Thanksgiving dinner. It is not
every housekeeper who knows how to I
select a turkey, though it is not a diffl- j
cult matter. The best turkeys have
smooth, black legs with soft, loose
spurs, and are short and plump. Tho
end of the brenst bone should be eoft
nnd flexible. The breasts are full, and
the flesh plump and white.
The cooking is fully as Importan* as
the selection, and the preparation for
it should be carefully attended to.
A turkey Is greatly Improved by
drawing the sinews from the legs. This
converts the otherwise coarse and
tough flesh of the drumstick Into deli-
cate meat.
If you prefer to stuff your turkey,
place enough In slit of neck to fill thf
cavity made by removing the crop; fll
the breast with the remainder nnd sew
firmly.
I.ov*'* Autograph.
Once only did he pas my way.
"When wilt thou come again?
Ah, leave some token of thy stay!"
Ho wrote (and vanished) "Pain."
—John B. Tabb.
a bed over in the corner of the room 0ut of It, and there still remained the
best room and a bedroom, with the
low garret overhead. There had been
a time, after she was left alone, when
Mrs. Robb could help those who were
j poorer than herself. She owned a pig.
and was strong enough not only to do
a woman's work inside her house, but
also a man's work outside in her piece
! of garden ground. At last sickness and
i age had come hand in hand, those two
relentless enemies of the poor, and to-
gether they had wasted her strength
and substance. She had always been
looked tip to by her neighbors as be-
ing Independent, but now she was left,
lame-footed and lame-handed, with a
debt to carry and her bare land, and
tho house ill-provlsloned to stand the
siege of time. For a while she man-
aged to get on, but at last it began to
be whispered about that it was no use
for any one to be so proud; it was eas-
ier for the whole town to care for her
than for a few neighbors, and she had
better go to the poorhouse before win-
ter, and be done with It. At this ter-
rible suggestion her brave heart
seemed to stand still. The people
whom she cared most for happened to
be poor, and she could no longer go
into their households to make herself of
use. The very elms overhead seemed
to say "No" as they groaned In the late
i autumn winds, and there was some-
thing appealing even to strange pass
at the end of the first quarter this yea
more than a seventh of the number
consisted of vessels between 3,000 and
6,000 tons. On the Clyde alone during
the month of April the total output of
shipping was some 39,550 tone, and
seven of tho vessels which made up
this total aggregated In themselves no
less than 35,130 tons. Tho average
size of tho vessels built at Belfast was
n remarkable feature of the output for
last year, and the same thing holds
true of the work now on hand. At Bel-
fast Harland & Wolff's steamers laat ers-by in the look of the little gray
year, seven in number, were consider- I house, with Mrs. Robb's pale, worried
ably over 6.000 tons, ranging from the face at the window.
GeorgK-, of 10,077 tons, to the Veda- Anniversaries are days to make other
more, of 6,f>62 tons, tho average being people happy In, but sometimes when
as high as 8,300 tons. they come they seem to be full of eha-
, i'i '
An Opinion on Cni-ranr?
"It's a great relief," remarked Mean-
dering Mike, "tor fink dat dere ain't
no call fer us ter worry 'bout de finan-
cial pollsy er dls country."
"Still ye can't help kinder t'lnkln*
•bout 'em," replied Plodding Pete,
'"specially when everybody else is
glvin' 'emselvee up ter It. Bight down
In yer heart, Mike, what metal do yer
honestly favor, gold or silver?"
"Neider," was the prompt responso.
"Er long ez beer Is 5 cents a glass I
dou't see no use er bavin* anyflng but
nickel."—Washington Star.
II u
trying to lnj>
1A os. to 1 It).
J. S, Standard, i
larr< «rts {'"V*' Mnlh
Uo*o «r«rr'., 0.(Te*t.li, J.^"'1 S e e ''i*^
U1 •. JaSaraoB i!"cmVoAuO (.'.'Alt' i i". UK
PENSIONS, PATENTS. CLAIMS.
JOHN W MORRIS,'AA3HINGT0N D C
Ult FrlBclptl 1.1in ii.rr ti 8 Nn.ico b«r«*'.
OPIUM
Buried money, mines, Etc.
I *S III'. I,... Ml it ■ II.' I > I
UINKItV M I'l'l.l CO. Box J - l.< baiion, !'*.
Love always gives,
thousand forms, says
Service has a
tho Christian
Old Turkey—An
anything by this year?
Young Turkey No. 1 shall be sntis
fled if I can only keep ahead until after
Thanksgiving.
t /I*. iu iMt 1J JjUdlcHiU4 lilt I ! *. kl(j . I
HabltOuroi
►, +<'A'
(T■}.
Guarding Royalty'* Gold l'Ut«.
About 10,000 pieces of gold plate cunie
up to town from Windsor for the state
I concert. It was brought by special
I train under n guard of soldiers, and
j was hedged round at every step with as
! elaborate a system of receipts as the
heirloom jewels of the empress of
1 Austria. There Is about 110,000,000
I worth of plate In the care i f the gold
, pantry department London binder.
Send 2 5 Cents In Silver
"I v, .. • • • -• .■ V
Cream of Chestnuts Croutons
Fricassee of Oysters
Olives
Roast Turkey Glblet Stuffing
Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potato s Diced Turnip
New Cider Apolllnarls
White Velvet Sherbet
Boast. Duck Currant Jolly
Hominy Brussels Sprou*
Apple aud Celery Salad
Cheese Wafers
Thanksgiving Plum Pudding Hard
fiauce
Squash Pie Mince Pie
Fruit Nuts Confectionery
Coffco
lOOOrnBravlnpot tlieuuwt i
in luumniiiis, sllvri war.-.
Watches. SeuU quickly. Chm
| Mrs. Doherty, of North Dakota, man-
' ages a house, live children and a news-
paper. The Nelson County lndepend*
eut is a legacy ft'otn her deceased bus-
I band, aud is a very creditable sheet
| She is said to be equally clever as a
mother, housekeeper aud editor.
[ Argentine has 10,000,000 cattle.
II
III
THERE WAS A TALL MAN.
dows. and the power of giving Joy to
others, that Inalienable right which
ought to lighten the saddest heart, the
most indifferent sympathy, sometimes
even this seems to be withdrawn. So
| poor old Mary Ann Robb sat at her
window on the afternoon before
Thanksgiving and felt herself to be
poor nnd sorrowful Indeed. Across the
frozen road she looked eastward over
a great stretch of cold meadow-land,
brown and windswept and crossed by
1 Icy ditches. It seemed to her as If In
all the troubles that she had known
and carried before this, there had al-
ways been some hope to hold, as If
she had never looked poverty full in
tho face and seen Its cold and pitiless
look before. She looked anxiously
down the road, with a horrible shrink-
ing and dread at the thought of being
asked, out of pity, to Join In some
Thanksgiving feast, but there was no-
body coming with gifts in hand. Once
ebe had been full of love for mcb daye,
I
whether at home or abroad, but some-
thing had chilled her very heart now
poor old woman.
Her nearest neighbor had been fore-
most of those who wished her to go tc
the town-farm, and he had said
than once that it was the only sensible
thing. But John Mander was waiting
patiently to get her tiny farm Into his
own hands. He had advanced somo
money upon It In her extremity, and
pretended that there was still a debt,
after he had cleared her wood lot to
pay himeelf back. He would plow over
the graves in the field-corner and fell
the great elms, and waited for his poor
prey like a spider. He had often re-
proached her for being too generous to
worthless people in the past and com-
ing to be a charge to others now. Oh,
if she could only die In her own house
and not suffer the pain of homeless-
ness and dependence!
It was Just at sunset, and as she
looked out hopelessly across the gray
fields, there was a sudden gleam of
light far away on the low hills beyond,
the clouds opened In the west and let
the sunshine through. One lovely
gleam shot swift as an arrow and
brightened a far cold hillside where It
fell, and at the same moment a sudden
gleam of hope brightened the winter
landscape of her heart.
"There was Johnny Harris," said
Mary Ann, softly. "He was a soldier's
son, left an orphan and distressed. Old
John Mander scolded, but I couldn't see
the poor boy want. I kep' him that
year after he got hurt, spite o' what
anybody said, an' he helped me what
little he could. He said I was the only
mother he'd ever had. 'I'm goln' out
West, Mother Robb,' says he. 'I shan't
come back till I get rich,' an' then he'd
look at me an' laugh, so pleasant an'
boyish. Ho wa'n't one that liked to
write. I don't think he was doin' very
well when I heard—there, It's years
ago now. I always thought if he got
sick or anything. I should have a good
home for him. There was Ezra Blake,
the deaf one, too—he won't have any
place to come to—"
The light faded out of doors, and
again Mrs. Robb's troubles stood before
her. Yet It was not so dark as It had
been In her sad heart. She still sat
by the window, hoping now, In spite of
herself. Instead of fearing; and a curi-
ous feeling of nearness and expectancy
made her feel not so much light-heart-
ed as light-headed.
"I feel Just as If somethin* was goin'
to happen," she said. "Poor Johnny
Harris, perhaps he's thinkin' o' me, If
he's alive."
It was dark now out of doors, and
there were tiny clicks against the win-
dow. It was beginning to snow, and
the great elms creaked In the rising
wind overhead.
A dead limb of one of the old trees
had fallen that autumn, and poor fire-
wood as It had been, It was Mrs. Robb's
own. and she had burnt It most thank-
fully. There was only a small armful
left, but at least she could have the
luxury of a fire. She had a feeling
that It was her last night at home, and
with strange recklessness she began to
fill the stove as she used to do In better
days.
"I'll get me good an' warm," she
said, still talking to herself, as lonely
people do, "an' I'll go to bed early. It's
comln' on to storm." The snow
clicked faster and faster against the
window, and she sat alone thinking
in the dark.
"There's lots o' folks I love," she
said once. "They'd be sorry I ain't got
nobody to come an' no supper the night
afore Thanksgivin'. I'm dreadful glad
they don't know." And she drew a lit-
tle nearer to the fire, and laid her head
back drowsily in the old rocking-chair.
It seemed only a moment before there
was a loud knocking, and somebody
lifted the latch of the door. The fire
shone bright through the front of the
old stove and made a little light in
the room, but Mary Ann Robb waked
up frightened and bewildered.
"Who's there?" she called, as she
found her crutch and went to the door.
She was conscious of only her one
great fear. "They've come to take me
to the poorhouse!" she said, and burst
Into tears.
There was a tall man, not John Man-
der, who seemed to fill the narrow door-
way.
"Come, let me in!" he said gayly. "It's
a cold night. You didn't expect me,
did you. Mother Robb?"
"Dear me! What is It?" she faltered,
stepping back as he came in and drop-
ping her crutch. "Be I dream in'? I
was a-dreamln' about— Oh there!
What was I a-sayln'? 'Taln't true! No!
I've made some kind of a mistake."
Yes. this was the man who kept the
poorhouse, and she would go without
complaint; they might have given her
notice, but she must not fret.
"Sit down, sir," she said, turning to-
ward him with touching patience.
"You'll havo to give me a little time.
If I'd been notified I wouldn't have
kept you waiting a minute this cold
night." It was not the keeper. The
man by the door took one step forward
and put his arm round her and kissed
her.
"What are you talk in' about?" said
John Harris. "You ain't goln' to make
me feci like a stranger. I've come all
the way from Dakota to spend Thanks-
glvln'. There's all sorts o' things out
here In the wagon, an' a man to help
get 'em In. Why—don't you cry so,
Mother Robb. I thought you'd have a
great laugh If I come an' surprised you.
Don't you remember I said I should?"
It was John Harris Indeed. The poor
soul could say nothing. She felt now
as If her heart was going to break with
Joy. He left her In the rocklng-chalr
old chairs and tables In their placee
still? And he remembered everything
and kissed her as they stood before too
fire as if she were a girl.
He had found plenty of hard times,
but luck had come at last. De had
struck luck, and this was the end of a
great year.
"No, I couldn't seem to write letters;
no use to complain o' the worst, an' I
wanted to tell you the best when 1
came"; and he told It while she cooked
the supper. "No. I wa'n't goln' to write
no foolish letters," John repeated. He
was afraid he should cry himself when
he found out how bad things had been
and they sat down to supper together,
Just as they used to when he was a
homeless orphan boy, whom nobody
else wanted in winter weather while he
was crippled and could not work. Shs
could not be kinder now than she was
then but she looked so poor and old!
He saw her taste her cup of tea and set
It down again, with a trembling hand
and a look at him. "No, I wanted to
come myself," he blustered, wiping his
eyes and trying to laugh. "And you're
going to have everything you need to
make you comfortable long s you live,
Mother Robb!"
She looked at him again and nodded,
but she did not even try to speak.
Montana leads all other states this
year in the production of wool, with
21,530,013 pounds. The National Wool
Growers' Association estimates tho
•op this year to be, unwashed, about
272,471,708 pounds. When scoured the
total weight will be reduced about 00
per cent, or to 115,284,570 pounds. Ore-
gon comes next to Montana, with
10,889,070; California third, with 19,*
179,709; Texas fourth, Ohio fifth, New
Mexico sixth, Utah seventh, Wyoming
eighth, Michigan ninth, Colorado tenth,
Washington fourteenth.
I00 Reward SiOO.
The rrailers of this paper will ho pleased
to ham tlicit there Is at least one dreailed
disease that science has been at'le to cura
l:i all Its Btages, and that is Catarrh.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being n constitutional d'sease, re-
quires a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is taken Interna'ly, aotni?
directly upon the blood and mucous sur-
fnces of tho system, thereby destroying
the foundation of ihe disease and giving
the patient stiengih l y building up the
constitution and assisting natur ' ' '
its work. The proprietors hav
faith in It-
offer One Hu
that It fails t'
timonials.
In doin4
e so much
that they
tired Dollars for any case
cure. Rend for list of tt-s-
Address.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggist*. 75c.
cstW
"DON'T YOU CRY SO!"
There was a good, hot supper ready,
and her own folks had come; It was tin
night before Thanksgiving.
| THANKSGIVING |
The old-time honored custom of mak-
ing a festival at Thanksgiving, as, in-
deed, at all other national holidays, Is
simple, beautiful, right.
No greater argument can be ad-
vanced in favor of these holidays than
that we continue zealously to keep
them up In letter if not in spirit.
When we think of the terrible hard-
ships the Puritans were constantly un-
dergoing, and yet of the feast which
(hey spread in the wilderness—when
we think of their brave cheery ways,of
their courage that stopped at nothing,
and of that first primeval Thanksgiv-
ing dinner with Its attendant pralse-
scrvlce and air of hearty cheer, we can-
not help regretting that a little of that
old-time sentiment has not descended
to the present generation.
We who have everything to be thank-
ful for are often thankful for little. Wo
who are surrounded by every comfort
are often as ungrateful as If we were
surrounded by none. If one doeB not
appreciate one's mercies, one may as
well have calamities, for what does
prosperity signify if one Is not glad?
Let us then be truly, heartily glad for
the beautiful world that surrounds us,
for the books, the flowers, the pictures,
the music, the love of kith and kin. the
lipping words of children, the helpful
hands of friends for all this and much
more which we receive with apparent
Indifference.
iSf*
Grossly exaggerated are the
mates of the large fortunes of tho
world. It is ensier to say one hundred
million than fifteen millions. Absence
of a sense of proportion must also bo
taken into account. When a Vander*
bilt announces that he would distribute
8150,000 among the men employed on
his railroad, all expected to be rich,
but after the distribution they found
themselves possessed of but 82 or 83
apiece.
Tho Fault* and Follies of the Age
Are nnmerouR, but of the latter none ia mora
ridleolotu than the promiscuous nnd random u*o
of laxative pills nnd other drastic cathartics.
These wrench, ronvuiou and weaken both the
stomach and thu bowels II Hosteller's Stomach
Hitters be used instead of these Do-remcdloB. thw
result is accomplished without pain and with
great benefit to Iho bowels, the stomach and thu
lirer. fie this remedy when constipation i* mani-
fested, thereby prevent it from becoming chronio.
It is reported that a mill capable of
turniug out 300 dozen cotton shirts haa
been established at Taubato, Brazil.
It is said to be equipped entirely with
American machinery for carding,
spinning and weaving aud making tho
manufactured cloth into garments.
The concern has a paid up capital of
1500,000.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
II you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, regain lost manhood, he made
well, strong, magnetic, lull of new life and
vigor, take No-To-l'ac, the wonder-worker
that makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten pounds in ten days. Over 400,000cured.
Buy No-To-Uac fiom j our druggist, who
will guarantee a cure. Hooklet and sam-
ple mailed Tree. Ad. sterling Remedy Co.,
Chicago or New York.
American wealth is estimated nt
800,000,000,000, nnd one-twentieth of it
is owned by rich men. If this was
equally distributed every inhabitant
would receive but $43, the earning
lower of which is about a year.
Ift'.iK Hu by la «'uttlnir Teeth,
n« (Uie anil use thai old and well tried remedy. Mrs.
Winhlow s SOOTIIIMU STKt p for Children Toethlng.
It is claimed that during tho last 23
years but one person for every 3,500,000
carried by the railroads of PenmarU
has been killed.
(legem
nphe
with Glycerine.
Ostriches are usually plucked once
every eight months. The average yiel<J
is one pound of feathers each.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures.—Ueorge W. Lot/,, Fa*
bucher, La., August 20, 1805.
The Emperor of Oermany stands
twenty-first in the direct line of suc-
cession to the British throne.
Cascarets stimulates liver, kidneys and
The Gulf of Mexico has
foot since 1850.
Just try a 10c box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel iemulator ever made.
We thank Thee, O Father, for all that
is bright—
The gleam of the day, and the stars of
the night;
The flowers of our youth nnd the fruits
of our prime,
And blessings that march down the
pathway of time.
We thank Thee, O Father, for all that
Is drear—
The sob of the tempest, the flow of the
tear;
For never In blindness, and never In
vain,
Thy mercy permitted a sorrow or pain.
We thank Thee, O Father, for song and
for feast—
The harvest that glowed and the
wealth that Increased;
For never a blessing encompassed
earth's child
But thou In Thy mercy looked down-
ward and smiled.
We thank Thee, O Father, of all, for the
power
Of aiding each other In life's darkest
hour;
The generous heart and the bountiful
hand.
And all tbo soul help that sad souls un-
derstand.
rop: 775,000 bales.
I be south
and came and went in his old bonny
way. bringing in his store of gifts nnd j
provisions. It wns better than any
dream. He laughed and talked and We thank Thee. O Father, for day. yet
went out to send the man to bring a j to be—
wagonful of wood from John Mander's, For hopes that our future will call us
and came In himself laden with pieces to Thee—
of the nearest fence to keep the fire go- That all our Eternity form, through
Ing In the meantime. They must cook Thy love,
the steak for supper right away; they . One Thanksgiving Osy in tho mansions
must find the package of tea among all | above,
tbe other bundle*; they muet get good .. —Will Carleton,
Gladness Comes
transient nature of the many phys-
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef-
forts— gentle rtforts —pleasant efforts—
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, tha'. so many forms of
sickness arc not due to any actual dis-
ease. but simply to a constinated condi-
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup f Figs, prompt-
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millionsof families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who valuo good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is tho
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating thd
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
ficial effects, to note when you pur-
chase. that you have tbe genuine arti-
cle, which is manufactured by the Call-
' u nia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may bo commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of n laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
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