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Whipped by Her husband.

The wife OF John Giblin. living 1T Isl Mass
achusstts avenue, has, no doubt. o sore facs this
morning. Last nishs, about IL o'clock, her hus-
band came home. she said. on one Of bis usual
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Builders and Contractors,

1t ia worth your while, If you are building, to
investigate the Hills sliding inside blind, which
are taking the place OF the old style very rapidly.
Cheaper, haudsomer, no s~aggiug, no rafting,
very light and durable; don't interfere with cur
tains, and can DO taken out in one minute. Call
ard see ~fuil-size model. at 50 South Meridian
street. or send for circular.
H~uLpERRAHD e FCGATE.
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Annual Meeting Pos,poned.

The annual meeting of the Y. NJ. c. A. was
announced for last night, but the attendance
was so small, on account Of the number of mem
bers who yet remain out OF the city, that the
meeting was postponed until a week from next
Mopdav eveninp
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Last night occurred the dedication of the new
hall to be occupied by Major Robert Anderson
Post, No. 369. @. A R., At the corner Of Wash
ington and Alabama streets. The affair was q
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-04
Harrison Hats.

Nebraska State Journal.
Those people who are betting bats on the cleo
ton of General Harrison, and their name ia
legion, will rake in enough head gear this fall to
last them through eternity.
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Arrested for Grand Larceny.

Arrested for Grand Larceny.
John Hart, who is charged with stealing q
horse and wagon belonging to a farmer. was ar
rested yesterday in Noblesville, and returned to
this city last night.
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MEMBERS of the Columbia Gu will meet this
evening at Union Depot, at 6 o'clock, in uni
form, if possible, to 60 to Noblesville TO escort
General Harrison to his home. Fare for round
trip Go cents.
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Hot Weather Is Now Here.

We have the Success" stoves for artificial or
natural gas; Alaska" hardwood dry-air refrig-
orators, better than the best aud as cheap as the
cheapest; Quick Meal gasoline stoves; 'Eeono-
NY ics-cream freszers-the cheapest in the mar
ket. WM II. BENNETT e. Soy. 80 S. Meridian ct.
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FALL DRESS GOODS

We have now q very complete and we'll
assorted stock Of new Fall Dress Goods,
comprising almost everything desirable
in plaids, mixtures and plain fabrics.
many Of which are ours exclusively in
this market. Among them are:
Mslanges. in plain and illuminated ef-
fects.
Surah, q new soft weave, in all colors.
Henrietta, all wool, in So shades
Henrietta. silk and wool, in forty-six
shades.
Drap dEtes. Serges, Whip Cords, Cash
merss, Jamestowns, Heather Mixtures,
Plaids, Checks, Stripes and Electric Mix
lures.
Best quality French Sateens, in figured
and plain goods, fine styles, only Csc a
yard.
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Ryan, The Halter,
q and % South IIliuois street.
Always in tho Lead.

panel photos, best finish, only So per dozen.
STAPLES, IS 5. Illinois st
Only g~round-foor gallery in the city.
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my refusal raised an Internal din with tin
horns, bones and ..otller intruments At
length recognized tho voice of ason Of,one
OF my ncighbor's. q wealthy man, and he
asked mo for a pennyl | bought of the
whole squad OF O penny apiece, but had not
gone a square before was surrounded
by another squad, dressed IN woman &
clothes, their faces daubed with paint,
and they insisted on escorting me
home. And SO it went on oil the after.
noon, first q squad of little hoodlums and
then procession of tall lads and young
men; and some of them actually knocked
at the back doors and demanded gifts of
pie and cold turkey. All the boys of the
ward seemed to have turned hoodlums
for the afternoon And the parents said
it was necessity TO have a day occasion
ally to let off the BaNagery. Which is inhc-
rent in boy md must work ont some
way. at night there were blazing barrels
and other bonfres on the corners. and
little savages daubcd with paint bowling
and dancing around them. To western
man who had only known the day IS q
religious anniversary it was q queer ex-
periencc. sS
Tho origin Of this curious local custom
cannot be traced. One old citizen thinks
it was set up ON Long Island by tho
French Huguenots, who had day OF gen
cral merriment at the season afterwards
taken for Thanksgiving and that the two
merged IN one by mere accident Another
ventures TO guess that il was Dutch
custom. well established before Brooklyn
became an American city Still another
Is positive that the custom had its rise
among the first Yankees who settled in
Brooklyn, as a sort of jocular reaction
from the austerity of The Old sew Eng
land holy day According to him. the in
teriock of church and state was so com
plete in New England In the last century
that man had 10 be awfully solemn and
religionsly quiet all of Thanksgiving Day;
the lighter hearted and liberal fed TO
Long Island and finding there so much
more liberty than they hae been accus.
toned TO. grew quite hilafisgls over their
new found freedom and made the day q
sort Of white mans Emancipation Day
s'sse ss'se-< u frat Wild hilarfty In them
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ENOUGH "a m.

A clergyn al in a rural parish was re-
mcmbercd II Thanksgiving with a mon
ster turkey. one of the kind that hang at
the door OF the markets Thahksgivin
time. The family was small. and meal
after meal that turkey, '.bobbed mp
young boy manifested a prodfeious an
petite. Again and again he passed his
plate. until his father and mother became
alarmed and asked him what he was eat
ing so much for. With his mouth full of
turkey he answered:
Father. mean you sha1t have to say
grace over that old turkey again"
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beating cheap 9,tnts and whoopipg as
reckless3y as SO mhny young savagcs.
Boys in masks and outre Costumes would
salnte him with Gimme penny, mister
And he might even see squad of appar-
entity well TO do men marching in irregu-
lar order and conducting themselves like
tramps.
To sum 1t up in one sentence: Brook.
lyn alone. of all places in the United
States. celebrates Thanksgiving Day as q
heathen festival. And the custom is
peculiarly local to Brooklyn 1t has not
even crossed in. full strength to New
York city, though some OF its influence Is
discernibIe there; and 1t Is barely notice
able in the smaller cities and towns of
Long Island. And what is stranger still,
t is a very old local custom. and its origin
8, us the historians of Ireland say. lost
in the mists of hoary antiquity.
The phrase heather festival in the
preceding paragraph must not be con-
strued as term of reproach: II is simply
meant to imply celebration like that of
Christmas in the west and south. And
to explain these variations of local GUS
tom, bit of history is in order, AS all
classical scholars know. 1t is only by ac-
cident that some sections of the Christian
world observe Christmas as the annivcr
sary of Christ's birth. The day was celc-
brated in Italy for thousand ycnrs or
more before the Christian era. 1t was the
day of the suns return from his most
southern point IN the heavens, the day
when the people closed accounts for the
old year and started on new one: so all
rigid rules were relaxed, the most austere
smiled on the general levity and IL was
day of rout end revel. of mask and mum
merry, of feasting and giving gifts and
general sociul equality.
Through all the changes of $500 years
tho old custom has survived: and in more
than half the Christian world today
Christmas is practically "heathen festi-
val, celebrated just about us 1t wns in
Italy 900 B. c., except that gnnpowder
has been Invented and the turkey dis
covered since then. From southern Eu-
southern belt of the United States, and
from England to Virginia and the border
states north and south; SO. while New
Englanders assembled in their churches
for forenoon service on that day, the
people of Indiana. Illinois, kentucky and
ping firecrackers, drinking eggnog. shoot,
ing Mt a mark, having running and wres-
tling matches. pitching quoits. and get
ting ready for big dinner of fresh pork,
chicken and sausage, with whisky before
1t and plenty of "Jeemes river" tobacco
after it. Further south the slaves were
allowed unlimited license and reyel, and
Nc work was done til after New Years.
Well, all that Christmas is to the boy
of the southwest, all that July 4th is to
all American boys, and good deal that
school holiday is to most boys, that is
Thanksgiving day to the boys of Brook
lyn, in the afternoon. A gentleman
spending his first winter in the city in
1897. said TO me recently:
When l descended from the Greene
nv sta SNf IL &sA NJ
p. m. was amazed at being surrounded
by crowd of half f-grown boys in masks
and fanciful costumes who boldly de-
Landed the gift of penny each and en-
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1 COULD SEE his sTooP SHOULDERS HEAvE.
Hcre he stopped, and it seemed to me
that no gathered his failing powers to
gether. as if he were about to give cx-
preston to a great thought. Then he
blurted out:
'An' she were good woman, sir, an
loved herl"
"And what have you been doing since
her deathl" said l.
"oh. just knoclin' around dom an odd
job here an there-sta-vin' mostly. Part
of the time on the island for vagrancy.
In the winter time sleepin' in the police
stations an in the summer on the docks
I've rich relative in Michigan, mine
owner"
Why don't you apply to him for assis
tanceg said I.
because I'd die aforc he'd know the
shape I'm in"
By this time we had reached the door
of one of those modest and unconven-
tiopal eating houses where the menu is
door. Wo entered and he sat down et a
table. His unexpected good fortune had
paralyzed Linn. and the prospect of a
square meal had robbed him of speech
When tho frowsy wniter asked him what
he would have he couldn't reply. but sat
gazing ut the waiter dumbly as sheep
might look at its cxecutioners. Then !
OruSCSu IOE n1Il 4 DlR QlSn OF vegetable
soup. When 1t was placed before him,
with islands of potatoes, carrots md cab
bage floating in 1t, the savory steam arose
and dilated his nostrils and q wolfish
g1src came into his onion colored eyes
So famished was he that, there being no
spoon handy. he seized knife and
plunged it into the mess, and while he
ate therc seemed to be lump in his
throat which prevented his swallowing.
While he was busy with this dish or
dered big plate of roast beef. and the
waiter brought two cuts which looked as
If they had been taken from the forehead
of tho critter. This was fanlfed by q
dish of mealy potatoes. bursting their
brown jackets. and a bowl of coffee al
most big enough to take bath in
As Misery gezed upon this feast. which
in his estimation was plenty good enough
FOR the gods who sat upon Mount Olym-
pms. his eyes filed again and this time the
tears fell When asked for the bill the
proprietor handed me q check for the mu-
nificent snm OF. 90 cents, which I discov-
erFf was scheduled rates.
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has Beeoins masking and melTiment m
their youthful descendants
Thore Is a good deal ia history TO sup
port this view Il Is well known that the
first churches on Long Island Tere largely
built mp by religious refugees from New
England. and as the Pnritans had re-
jected Christmas and May Day becnusa
the Church Of England sanctioned some
license on those days. so II IS quite likely
these exile1 Yankees rejected the severer
features Of Thnnksgi giving Day because
cause what It may. the fnct IS patent that
while the forenoon is devoted 10 rel giou.
tho afternoon is a season ior masking
mirth and mummery And In Brooklyn
alone. among American cities. do parents
allow and even encourage wild. beyish
sports on Thanksgiving Day.
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q TRoe TURKEY sToKY.

There was time not long ngo when
turkey roasted too high for the man with
q moderate rent roll. but cold storage has
changed all this Tho public has but q
misty idesE of cold storage. but the busi-
ress is full of cold facts. In one OF the
twelve warehouses in New York city. ac-
cording to certain yeracious reporter who
was detailed TO hunt up SOM thing curious
for tho Thanksgi king number. ttere Is q
turkey of the harvest of 1878 still In n re-
marlablo state of preservation. This
featherless bird has O post morton his
tory He was raised in Orange county
and passed an uneventful life till his neck
was wrnng IN the interests of the human
race. lIo was hung up In Washington
market Rs the prize turkey. Weighing
forty pounds. Nobody wanted n turkey
of that weight on that Thanksgiving Day
While 1t had been good year, nobody
ielt blessed TO the extent of buying turkey
by the fraction of ton.
After Thanksgiving was over the turt
key disappeared. Patrons of Washington
market missed him. and imagined his
fGte. II was given out that an uptown
hotel had baeght him. In week he was
forgotten. A year later End forty pound
turkey was again suspended by the feet
on tho same beam in the market place.
BE had the rosy glow of youth. and no.
body suspected that It was the ghost of a
year-dead bird Styles ran TO small tur-
KEYS that year. and the butcher adger-
tised steaks OFF the big fowl. but the pub-
lie was not educated up TO turkey steaks.
That is why the turkey remained intact,
and again few out of the market.
Years followed and still n prize turkey,
weighing forty pounds was displayed each
latter part Of November under the inscrip-
ton:
Orange county's pride. Raised by
Farmer Biggs, of Meadowlake farm.
Boarders taken IN summer.
Marl1eters began to recognize the big
turkey as cocYal with Thanksgiving. Mo-
body not in the business suspected that
6ne turkey only was In the plot. Board
ers from Biggs' swore they saw the ideu-
tlcGl turkey In the summer time walking
around IN the best hen society.
Cold storage did It. The turkey was
this year on exhibition in Washington
market. as usual. His toughness was
somewhat tenderly inquired for somewhat
early in the season, but the answer then
was that Biggs had not yet sent in his
annual carload of turkeys. Later the
order was sent TO the cold storage ware
house 10 reproduce tho monster, and all
was busy about tho place in consequence.
But up to the hour OF going To press
there have been no ndvices from tho
metropolis to the effect that any ono had
the nerve to buy the frozen antiquity.
If you should ever visit the big city across
the North river from Jersey City about
Thanksgiving time. go to Washington
market and ask for Blggs' big bird. nnd it
will undoubtedly To pointed out to you.
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A MEAN BOARDING Housg KeePER.

'.T'm glad oil the bnarders are going to
be here to Thanksgiving dinner. said one
boarder to another.
Why. what difference does Il maket"
asked his companion in misery.
'oh. You see last Thanksgiving they,
nearly ali went ont to dinner and the,
landlBdy fed the balance of US on the
same every day kind Of truck. remarking.
that there were so few of us 1t didn' z
pay to get up largo dinner. She wilI
have no such excuse this year"
Yes. but she viii. though" was the
others quick answer; she just told me
that as oil the bOaTders arc going TO re-.
main homo to dinner Thanksgiving she
couldn't afford TO make any spread. . :,
Then the two, locked arms and wanr
dered down to the nearest lunch counter
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THE DRESSED TURKEY.

One OF the parish sent one morn
farmer kind anu able
A nice fat turkey, raised on corn,
To grace the pastors table.
The farirer,s lad went with the fowl,
Ard tn ls addressed the pastor:
"Dear me, II amt tiredi Here Is
A gobb,cr from my mnsteE."
The past Or said: .'Thou shouldst not thus
Present the fowl to me:
Come. take my chair. and for tne act,
And will net for thee
The preachers chair received the boy,
The fowl the pastor took
Went out with It and then ca1ne in
With pleasant smile aud look.
And to his young pro tom. he eaid:
Dear sir. my honored master
Presents this turkey, and his best
Respects to you, his pastor"
Good said the hoy; your tnastert is
A gentleman and scholar!
Ny thanks to him. and for yourself,
Here Is q half a dolInrI"
The pastor felt around his mouth
A most peculiar twitching;
And to the gobblCr holding fast,
He .'bolted" for the Kitchen.
He gave the turkey to the cook,
And came back in q minute,
Then took the youngsters hand and left
half u dollar In It.
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VISITOR from
the vest or
5 o n I b. VINO
should arrive
in Brooklyn on
the afternoon
of Thanksgiv-
ing Day. would
be ST Rrtled.
puzzled. and.
perhaps. II OF n
very deyoutna.
ture. somewhat
horrifed at the
actions of the
young people.
He would meet
PROFESSIONS of
lads and chill
dren blowing
ON tin horns.
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rwo MEN,s 1HANkseNlNe RgvERlgs

T Mr. Romans
fine country house
there was a great
Than k s giving
dinner Wits,
authors, &C tors
ar d artists of
high degree were
to grace the
board; for. be 1t
known, Mr.. Ro-
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TWO THANKSGIYINGs.

T is my belief,
founded on q long
and varied expe.
rience, that a man
should never give
money to n beg.
gar. AS a princi-
pie, the practice
of indiscrinlinate
alnsgiving is sub
versive of true
philanthropy. OF
course there are
exceptions to this
rule, but in the
main | think my
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The richest and I..uss cIvled man un-
shorn of his wealth OF money, but de-
pFived of all the common benefits which
his poorest brother man enjoys as an in
alienable right, wot8J be poorer than the
poorest pauper.
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argument is sound. L.. .;i.I tLJII per
suaded that if pressed to do so, could
not give good, sound reasons for my be-
lief. and l confess that often viulnte my
creed. The fact is, that in the discussion
of great fundamental ideas like those of
religion or sociology. find them to be
like n creek IN tho mountains. Follow the
creek up, and you will find innumerable
brooks babbling Into it from innumerable
hollows between tho hills. Each brook is
filled with the sparkling product of Gods
distillcrv. each rivulct adds something to
tho volume OF water in the creek flowing
onward to thesea. But have not the time
nor the genius to explore all these streams
of thought to their source, and so take
the sunshine as lie sends it. the water as he
brcws it, the laughter aud the tears as
they arc cooked ut his good pleasure. And
sometimcs-very often, in fact-I find my
self violating the conclusions of cold
ethics and giving money to beggar.
This much before tell my story.
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Just before the dream came true.

The verses drifted through Mr. Ro-
mains mind like far off bells, making
sweet. sad music. he was back in .'the
garrett near the sky" and the picture
Seemed sweeter to his fancy than all his
fine possessions of today He wished he
were poor again. if poverty could bring
back his early lore and his youth With
this thought in his mind he signing
turned toward home.
In shabby little house on lonesome
hill was a gray haired. dim eyed man.
who looked out of window and saw Mr.
Roman strolling idly by. BE, too. sighed
81 don't understand the rulings If this
world. " he said. There is Roman, he
has everything he wants Money and
fame have come ut his call. Twenty
years ago was rich and he was poor
Now, am growing old in poverty, which
have not brought upon myself by dissi-
patton or recklessness. If I could only
go back twenty years to another Thanks
giving, and he sighed again.
Mr.. Roman went back home to his dis
tinguished guests. The man who envied
him turned to his table of pork and beans.
Both envied the past.
Mr.. Romain was still dreamily hum
ming some lines from the newspaper
poem as he went up the steps of hiC
handsome house. They were these:
And We loved each other more
When there scarce was food to e9t,
And the wolf was ct the door.
NAOMI TRENT.
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IT is LIKE 4 CARNIVAL.
cEIesRATINe THANkseivINa M THE
CITY OF cHuRcHEs.

They HaI Proeesaion. ana aIasEsr- and
DIueh BIovins Of Horns. Bonares and
Aslring Of Gifts. but ..rhey.. Arc sIostlyH
6i,i,ars,-rhs sr,a,,s;,o1,.. f,,,xsn,;.
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Never get wet,' has been one of nd.
uliral Porter's rules in life, and it is said'
that he lived up 20 it-dur:ng all his long
career in the navy.
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The incident here recorded occurred on
q Thanksgiving Day not many years ago.
Twas q cold November day in Battery
park. New York. The sun shone feebly
from behind bank of clouds, yet the
air was keen and bracing. 1t brought
color to the cheeks and brightness to the
eyes of some twenty idlcrS seated upon
the benches. Most of the persons in the
park were apparently of foreign extrac-
ton. A little Frenchman, wrapped in
cloak and who took frequent pinches of
snuff. formed striking contrast to
brawny longshoremnn in a blue blouse
and overalls. Another picturesque group
was formed of Bulgarian mother with
her three children, aliens who looked upon
the evidences of new civilization with
fear and distrust. Tho rest of the occu-
pants of the park were bits of flotsam
and jCtsaal of humanity common i'll every
large seaport town. Tho day of Thanks
giving wns unknown to them. For the
most part they were drinking of the lees
of life and lad nothing to be thankful for
except the material fact of chcerless OK.
istence.
While watching this drift from aliou
shores and wondering vaguely what wera
the actual conditions surrounding these
heroes. my attention was drawn 10 thr
shambling figure of u man coming up one
of the aisles of the park. The sun came
out for minute and made him di .tiactlv
visible i'll all Lis abjectnesS. For he was
the most wretched looking man had ever
seen. His derby hat was 6rimless, his
once blue blouse had lost all of its orig
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didn't I have the

90, UuI-Why, you csLLHut Possibly
oe that mani"
But am that very chap. and that
square meal you gave me. besides the sill.
yer quarter. put new courage into me and
began to pluck up heart. And now |
am clerk in grocery store and earning
$40 week. My luck turned ON that sill.
vcr quarter had to part with 1t once
for bed. but persuaded the hotel
keeper to keep it until could redeem it. ''
He put his hand in his pocket and drew
tho silver piece. 1t was pocket worn. but
had the ring of the true silver in it.
God bless you.' said the rejuvenated
tramp as we stepped out upon the side
walk, placing his hands on my shoulders.
his features worked convnlsively as he
continued:
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4 OFTEN TAKE OUT THE QUARTER AND
JINGLE IT."
ut home and of Nellie and the baby
Even now, comfortably situated as am,
often take out the quarter and jingle it.
The sound is always comforting, and SO
find that Thanksgiving Day is not con-
fined to tho last Thursday in November"
Still this giving money to beggar Is
bad practice. ERNEST JARRoLD.