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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-24
THE SONG OF THANKSGIVING.

We're thankful for host Of things
Too numerous TO mention;
For sweethearts true and hearts to WOO,
And all things worth attention.
For all and everything that gives
Our lives SO much Of pleasure
We offer thanks. Long may we tas(s
Thine overlooking measure.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-24

,ower be would ~ sosns day. seiss tAs
'sins Of government, and trample them al
inder his feet. II 20, half excuse the
murder, though am too much Of . Bud
ihist to sympathiIe with . festival which
sanctions the destruction Of living creatures,
and the eating Of them, too. In the ROUNDED
existence, depend upon It, my friends, all such
things are evened up. They who kill shall
BE- killed in turn; II not in this Life, In some
tmbodiment In tho far futuraS
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-24
sfor the good world and ths good thing b

T."
Think Of that little shivering band clustered
On tho bitter edge Of the continent. with tho
future before them almost - dark a. tho
forest behind them, many Of them with such
long lines Of happy memories in Old England
dashing across the SEA into tho gloom Of their
present position like CLEANS Of rudy freight
that stream far out Of the cheerful chimney
into the cold winter highland think Of TIE
same festival now, when our, govern
ors and our president invite millions OF
people to return thanks to the great giver OF
harvests; and the millions Of people obsying,
sacrifice hecatombs Of turkeys aud pumpkins
and pour out secs Of cider and harmless wine.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
Ideas of a Future State and
Ghosts.

With the progress of time mems
ideas about some future state began
to grow more definite and more con-
sistent. Instead of the corpse we get
the ghost, instead of the material un-
derground world we get the ideaIized
and sublimated conception of q
shadowy h1des, q world of shades, a
realm Of incorporeal disembodied
spirits. With the growth Of the idea
in this ghostly neither world there
arises naturally the habit of burning
the deed in order fully to free the lib
Grated spirit from the earthly chains
that clog and bind it. 1t is, indeed, a
very noticeable fact that wherever
this belief in a world of shadesi is inn
plicitly accepted, there cremation fol-
lows as q matter of course; while,
wherever (amOng savage or barbara
races burial is praCticed, there a more
materialistic creed Of bodily survival
necessarily accompanies it. To carry
out this theory to it's full extent, not
only must the body ITSELF be burned, but
also all it's belongings with it. Ghosts
are clothed in ghostly clothing, and
the question has often been asked Of
modern spiritualists by materialistic
scoffers, "Where do the ghosts get
their coats and dresses?" The true
believer in cremation and the shadowy
world has no difficulty at all in an
swering that crucial inquiry; he would
say at once, '"They are the ghosts OF
the clothes that were burned with the
body" The gossiping story of Peri
ander, as veraciously retaiIed for us
by that dear old grandmotherly scan.
dalmonger Herodotus, the shade OF
Melissa refuses to communicate with
her late husband, by medium or 9th
erwise, on the ground that she found
herself naked and shiverlng with cold,
because the garments buried with her
had not been burned, and therefore
were of no use to her in the world of
shades. So Fernandez, to put a stop
to this sad state of spiritual destitu-
ton, requisitioned all the best dress
es of the Corinthian ladies, burned
them bodily in a great trench, and re-
ceived an immediate answer from the
gratitied shade, who was thenceforth
enabled to walk about on the principal
promenades of hades among the best
dressed ghosts of that popular resort.
-Cornhill Magazine.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
Poultry.

In fattening for markets remember
that you will not only get pay for
every pound your poultry gains, but
by improving the quality you gain
from o%ne-fourth to one-half in price
on the whole. This improved quality
is more likely TO be gained by feeding
corn than otherwise. Give them all
they viii eat, and your poultry will
be more yellow and better than that
fatted On any other grain.
Keep stock from food for "a hours
before killing; because food in the crop
Injuries the appearance, is liable to
sour and consumers object TO paying
for this worse than useless weight. All
poultry, but more especially turkeys,
should be killed by bleeding from the
neck, and picked Immediately while the
body is warm. No strangled, scalded or
wet-picked poultry will sell for more
than half price. Always strip the
blood out Of the neck as soon as the
head is taken of. The skin should
then be peeled back a little and the
neck bone removed in the usual way.
Just before packing draw the skin
over the end of the bone remaining,
and tie and trim neatly. The wing
and tail feathers must be pulled out
clean, and the intestines drawn
through as small an incision as posi-
BILE.
Be sure that poultry retains none of
the animal heat when it is packed.
1t should be cold, hut notfrozen. Sort
very carefully and have No. i stock of
uniform quality. Each quality should
be in a separate box, containing not
more than 200 pounds, as greater
bulk is more inconvenient to handle
and more liable to get damaged.
Never wrap poultry III paper or pack
in straw. Line the boxes with clean
paper, pack closely, pack upwards
and legs out straight. Before the
cover is nailed down see that there is
no possibility of the contents shifting
about. In shipping, mark kind and
gross weight on the cover. The name
OF shipping mark ofthe shipper shc@ld
appear thereon, as well as the address
Of the firm to which package is sent.
An invoice and full advices mailed as
soon as the shipment is made will Of
ten save time and annoyance to ship
per and dealer.-Boston Produce Ex-
change.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
Keeping Onions.

Onions are kept in good order in
the following manner: They are first
thoroughly dried, and then spread
about one foot deep on a dry floor and
left until they are quite frozen through.
They are then covered deeply with
straw and left until the spring, when
they thaw out slowly and will befresh
and as good as at first. Onions are
not injured by one freezing; it is re-
peated freezing and thawing which
hurts them. II they ale kept in q cell
lar they should not be heaped in large
piles, but kept in barrels and we'll ven
tilated by means ofholes in the slaves.
An excellent way to keep them is to
tie them in long strings on straw ropes
and hang these to the ceiling of the
cellar or root house.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
One Woman Solves the Problem.

From the Christian Union.
The Spectator heard the other day
of one instance, which affords a prac-
teal answer to the question often
asked by women who are left uneX-
pectedly without means. What shall
l do for a living? The lady who has
afforded this answer was reared in a
luxurious home, surrounded by ample
wealth, and endowed with all the re-
finement and culture which wealth and
the best society can afford. Nature
had happily also endowed her with
that which wealth cannot afford.
namely, common sense; and she
awaited herself OF her advantage to 60
to q cooking school and become a
mistress in the culinary art. MisfOrt-
une Detailing the family, has thrown
her upon her W resources, with one
or more dependent upon her. Instead
of tallinginto the long line Of appli-
cants for school teachers positions,
OIL b%urdening the mails with chill
dren's stories and poems to
be rejected by cold-hearted edit
ors, she has called hercOoking skill in
to requisition. She has quietly let it
be known among her old-time friends,
that she will serve them in their kitCi =
ems on occasions. Whenany one ofthe
circle in whose parlor she once was,
and still might be a social ornament
desires to give a specially nice dinner
or tea they send for her. She brings
her cooking wrapper in a little hand
bag, takes charge of the kitchen as the
pilot does of a steamship on entering
port, relieves the mistress of all care,
anxiety and concern, and sends upa
charming meal, such as a!ess ~cultivat-
ed cook could not provide. She is in
such great demand that her prices
have already doubled.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

Maj. Gen. Prendergast who brought
victory to British arms in Burmah,
won the Victoria cross when he had
barely attained his majority. He was
educated at the military academy
maintained by the historic East India
company, and had been only a yearor
two in active service when the great
mutiny began. For gallant services
he was promoted to the staff of Sir
Hugh Rose. The following stirring in
cident at Jhansi is given as authentic:
While the British were pressed back
ward by the enemy until reinforce
ments arrived, g wounded sergeant,
badly hurt, fell off his horse, and the
swarthy sepoys swarmed oyer him
like wolves to finish their work. They
counted their victoryt too soon. Lieut..
Prendergast's command was nearly
100yards away from the wounded man
and had been ordered to fall back but
hold their ground, and wait for a
highland battalion to come up bafore
continuing the advance, for the force at
his front was too heavy to be driven
without aid. At the head of his col
ann he heard the shout, not I'M
like the scream of O wounded tiger,
with which the frenzied Pandies leaped
upon their prey. 1t was twenty ito
one, but the man who had been the
heaviest hitter of his class at school,
and was the best athlete and gymnast
In India, did not hesitate a moment.
AS the honest s~ergeant's English face
sank down among the black ones he
saw his lieutenant start, and he knew
no more until they were both dragged
out from under a heap of dead, whose
heads bore a sign-manuel one would
scarcely dare to see. s'This is the sort
Of thing they give us to risk our lives
with" said Prendergast, looking at his
bent and twisted sword, bloodstained
to the hilt, with which he had cut
down six Of the ehemy before his COM
pany came to his assistance. The
Pandies were so intent upon their
work that they did not see the aven-
ger until, with a mighty backhander,
he Glove to the throat one who was
Just raising his razor-edged tulwar to
give the pleading sergeant his death
stroke. With thirteen cold-steel
wounds he was q sight to see, and to-
day Prendergast's left arm bears the
ineffacable effects OF that morning,
twenty-nine years ago, under the walls
of Jhansi.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

In the first generation a man reck-
ons only two ancestors, his father
and mother. In the second generation
the two are changed into four, sinceh he
had two grandfathers and two grand
nothers. Each of these four had two
parents, and thus in the third genera
ton there are found to be eight ances-
tors, that is eight great grandparents.
In the fourth generation the nVA1beris
is, in the fifth 80, in the sixth ga, In
the seventh les, in the tenth 1,O24,
in the twentieth 1,048, 576 in the thir-
tieth 1,073,74I,S 34. Th:sm may prove
that all the worlds Gkin.-Chicago
Living Church.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

From The Hall Moon.
lit is not infrequent that O. wife
mourns over the alienated affections
of her husband when she has made no
effort herself to strengthen and increase
his attachment. She thinks because
he once loved her he ought always to
love her, and she neglects those at
tentions which engaged his heart.
Many a wife is thus the cause of her
own neglect and sorrow. The woman
deserves not q husbands love who
will not greet him with smiles
when he returns from the labors OF
the day, who will not try to chain
him to his home by the sweet enchant-
ment of q cheerful heart. There is
not one in q thousand so u~nfeeling
as to withstand such an influence
and break away from such a
home" This is the mans story.
"a woman's advice is generally
worth having, SO if you are in trouble
tell your mother, oryour wife, oryour
sister all about it. Be assured that
light will fash upon darkness. Women
are commonly judged inexperienced in
all but pure womanish affairs. No
Philosophical students of the sex thus
judge Their Their intuitions or in.
sight are the most subtle, and if they
cannot SEGA cat in the meal there is
no cat there. Aman should keep none
of his affairs from his wife. Many a
home has been saved and many a for.
tune retrieved by a mans full conf
dence in his wife. Woman is far more
a seer and a prophet than man if she
be given a fair chance. As a general
thing wives confide the minutest Of
their affairs and thoughts to their hus-
bands. The men who succeed are
those who make confidantes OF their
wives. This is the wife's story.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

Farmers are urged by The Western
EurE to gre the boys aplezsant bias
tDwara azrlc8turs By aEording a
GaEDee 10 make some money and to
aszrn bzsness methods. mot, how
ever h raising . pig to behis fathers
hog The eft, or purchase by labor,
CT heller calf makes a good basis for
beginning: Perhaps there is nothing
on the farm he can handle so well and
so p~roftably, and which wiIlg such
a good opportunity to deal with him
with such exact Justice. OF course he
should pay for the keep OF the COW, SO
far as that is practicable. He should
always be charged for the keep of any
animal given TO him. But it is not
practicable to do this with such JUS
tice with any other animal. He can
buy his grain outright and feed his
COW separately. Thefather can afford
to give him the grass in summer and
perhaps the haydn winter, or an agree
ment can be made for thepayment for
them. Now the boy is startedin busi-
ness He should have the entire har-
ding Of his COW and of her milk, do his
own milking and churning and market
ing, Of sell his own cream if the cream
is sold. Let him keep accurate ac-
counts; and as his profits warrant en-
courage him topurchase the best dairy
Implements hist he can make use of.
We do not believe that there is one
boy in ten who cannot be won to the
farm by such methods"
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
e owners wonder what made them

the n wonder what made them
sick.
Confined in a small pen hogs should
have at all times clean, dry places to
eat and to sleep. No animal is ever
gaining proitably to its keeper when
that animal is bodily or mentally un-
comfortable. A little muddy water
to wallow in will not seriously injure
a hog, if it can have q dry place to
lie in. Muddy water is better than
none, especially in hot weather. 1t is
believed by many that the pigs legs
should often be wet to keep the It's
sues open and active. At any rate,
water Is agreeable to the hog, and if
he is fed largely upon dry food, pure
water is indispensable to good
health"
Farmers who would grow special
ly fine article OF pork could obtain
prices somewhat above the average
market. especially if they would pa
tiently buiIdupa reputatiOnforch choice
goods. Select a good breed, give good,
clean, wholesome quarters, feed upon
healthful food only, keep them growing
thrifty from birth, and kill while they
are still growing, say from seven to
ten months old; let the public know
what kind of porkyou offer, and there
will be little difficulty in finding buy
ers that will pay enough above the
prices for which ordinary pork sells to
make the business fairly profitable
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

The chr of sleeplessness depends
upon the cause; how various the caus-
es are we have seen. ! uill not emu
merate the devices for procuring sleep
in the ordinarily healthy; they are
very numerous, but none ofthem have
any general application. One counsel
may be given, for it is not hackneyed,
it is this: Learn to sleep in the day
time. This art Is one which everybody
has not acquired. People there are
and 1 know such ~people-who are wise
enough to eat when they are hungry,
but have never attained that higher
reach of wisdom to sleep when they
are sleepy. But occasions come to all
Of us when we need to beable to sleep
in the day time at will. Have you
failed to get your needed sleep, wheth-
er because Of work or watching, or
pleasure? Then repose in the
daytime is the restorative needed
There is great virtue in n~aps-even in
short ones-and the art OF napping ii
the daytime, if you have not learned
1t already, is one to be learned with
out delay. 1t may require a little
practice, but nature il on the side ol
the learner.
And, lastly, here Is q bit OF philoso-
ply written by q wise man and physi'
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
Farm and Household.
Farming Scraps.

Farmers at Madison, Conn, harvest
ed nearly 600 bushels of corn for a
neighbor disabled by sickness.
The finest Early Rose patatoes
raised this year by a RuralWorld cor
respondent were not planted till the
middle OF June, and dug October /.
A Michigan man has invented a
machine with which he can fill $4,000
tomato cans in a day.
1t is not possible to keep cattle
through the winter upon hay and
straw alone with profit. Hay will per-
haps keep them alive and in steady
condition without loss of flesh if they
are well housed and cared for, but
straw will not, and they will lose flesh
and perhaps die before the winter is
over. II the cattle are fed from four
to eight pounds Of corn, linseed meal,
or cOttOnseed meal with the hay and
straw they may gain flesh and make
aprott.
The best permanent whitewash for
outside use, and one that will not rub
off from inside walls is made as follows:
Slack 40 pounds of lime in half a bar
rel OF boiling water; keep 1t covered;
then strain it and add a peck OF salt,
dissolved in hot water; three pounds
of ground rice boiled to a thin paste,
half a pound of Spanish white, and a
pound Of clean glue dissolved in hot
water. Stir all thoroughly together,
leave it for a week, and then use it hot.
Asparagus is indispensable to the
family garden. AS it must be planted
either in the fall or the spring, the
question which is the better season is
one of interest. ANew-Jersey market
gardener who has been growing it for
20 years says the fall is the best time
to plant, and a western farmer who
thinks highly of this necessary vegeta-
bic for domestic use says, plant In
the fall by all means"
Prof. Sanborn is a strong advocate
Of the use OF salt for COWS in a liberal
and regular ration. He says it may
be given ad Iibitum, or, IN plain Eng
dsh, as muck as the COWS viii con-
sumo every day; and he especially
states that this supply is indispensa-
BILE IN the dairy when fine butter is de-
SIRED A vel known dairyman also
observes IN tins connection that the
want OF a sufficient supply of salt is
undoubtedly the reason why so much
difficulty Is found III churning in the
winter season, when the COWS have no
opportunity Of getting thar natural
supp.y from the soil which they take
Ep Ii VARIOUS wEYs-
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
Comfort ut Home.
Soldier and Servant.

Soldier and Servant.
Put self last. Be prompt at every
meal. Take little annoyances out OF
the way. When good comes to n
one, rejoice. When any one suffers,
speak a word of sympathy. Tell nei-
Their of your own faults nor those OF
others. Have a place for everything
and everything in its place. Hide
your OWE troubles, but watch and
help others out Of theirs. Take hold
of the knob and shut, without slam.
ming the door. If the door squeaks,
apply the drop of oil at once. Never
interrupt any conversation, but watch
patiently your tnrn to speak. Look
for beauty in everything, and take a
cheerful view OF every event. Careful
ly clean the mud from your feet on
entering the house. Always speak
politely and kindly to servants. When
inclined to give an angry answer, press
your lips together and say the alpha
bet. When panied by an unkind
word or deed, ask yourself "Have /
never done an i'll an need forgiveness"
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
ian. DR. Frank Hamilton. Let us

clan, DR.. Frank Hamilton. Let us
hope that at least one of my readers,
if only one, will be wise enough to prof-
it by his wisdom: Gloomy thoughts
prevent sleep. The poor and u%nfort-
innate magnify and increase their mis-
fortune by too much thinking.
Blessed be he who invented sleep, but
thrice blessed be the man who shall
invent u cure for thinking. Titus
Nuns oil Coan, in Harper's Weekly.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

Cool as a cucumber" is scientifcal.
" correct. An investigation in Eng
and showed this vegetable to have d
temperature one degree below that of
he surrounding atmosphere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-20
KILLED IN an AQUEDUCT SHAFT

FALL OF AN EIFyATOR-THE MEN ON 1T NOT DAN.
GEROUsLY HURT-OSE MAN CRUSHED UNDER 1T.
There was another fatal accident the new aque-
duct Yesterday this time at ST. aft No II at One-hun-
ded- and venty -tourth-st and Tenth-ave In the
morning the foreman aud mechanics at the shaft con-
ceved the idea of advancing the work by getting the
new elevator in working order to supersede the ord
nary hoist and bucket already IN use. The elevator
apparatus was soon in position Oh the frame work
over the shaft The guides from the surface down the
100 feet OF the shalt in position and according
TO John Nolan the foreman, were mechanically
correct To test them he ordered his men to attach
the cage for passengers and the WIRE cable wMch had
been in use during the sinking OF the shaft and had
hosted hundreds of tons OF earth and rock trip TO
the bottom was made safely.
Nolan went up and down three times. testing the
guides. He found them to be adjusted properly ana
Ipon his third ascent ordered his men to remove the
tacklipg and take the cage one side The men EDWARD
Parrish and John lrefer who had gone WIN Nolan on
the Last descent and others OF the gang employed
about the works blocked the cage IN It's position at
the top of the superstructure and began TO shove u
back on the platform. 1t was then found necessary
to slacken the wire cable from which the cage was
suspended. As this was done cracking noise
was heard and in the next instant. the cage fell INTO
the dark shaft with Nolan, Ireter and Parrish on It,
The hook which the car hung had broken ,
Indistinct cries heard IrOm the bottom and oil
haste made TO rescue the men. John Burke,
workman was at the loot OF the shalt, and DID not
have time to get ont Of the way. lie was instantly
killed both legs and arms being broken At the bottom
OF the bhan the water IA about ten feet deep 0rdi-
narily AS as the bucket could be attached TO
new hook and sent down, Nolan was found sustaining
the eiess body of burke above the water, and soon
ali the men were brought to the surface.
None was seriously injured except Burke IL is sup
sd that tine water at the bottom OF the shaft did It's
EXPECTED duty as pillow for the cage and saved the
meu on il from death. Two OF the wounded men were
taken 10 their homes and will be out IN rev DAYS.
The men employed on the shaft unite 10 saying that
the accident solely due to the zeal OF t5e foreman
who thought that he would test the accuracy oil the
guides for the elevator against the instructions of the
contractor. John Brunton The coroner will inyesti-
gate the death of Burke.