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Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-11-23
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THANKSGIVING.

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The little brown house by the road,
With vines running up to the caves,
Where the summer long there were bursts of son
And flutter of wings in the leaves;
Oh! the little brown house was merry
In the days that used to be,
When the boys ard girls, with their sunny curls,
Were close at the mother tknee.
But the liste brown house by the road
Is lonely now and still,
For Robin is dead, and Alice is wed,
And Louie must bde at the mill;
Father is gray and silent,
And the mothers foot is slow,
And you hear the clock with its faint tick took,
AS you could not long ago.
The little brown house by the road,
From the swift train flashing by,
watch it stand in the quiet land,
Under the quiet sky;
From the time of the golden daisies
To the hour of the falling leaves,
From the time of seed to the waving mead,
And the flush of the ripened sheaves.
The little brown house by the road,
When passed it yester Gen.
Sudden and sweet it laughed to greet
My eyes with dazzling sheen;
There were lamps in the twinkling windows
knew as ratified past
That the fire was bright on the hearth alght,
And the children home at last
To the little brown house by the road
Had come Thanksgiving Day,
And the wntry air, If they felt 1t there,
Had the tender warmth OF May.
The fathers tongue was loosened,
And the mothers laugh was clear,
For the chrism of love was poured above
The home in the waning year.
The little brown house by the road
Oh mother, old and gray.
Honest and true they return to you,
The children who went away;
And Rev, who is off in the army,
And Archie, afar on the sea,
Never forget the tasks they were set,
At home, by the mothers knee,
From little brown homes by the road,
The strength of land is brought,
Paying their way from day to day,
Simple and puie in thought.
The chord of grand Thanksgiving
From homes like this ascends,
To the glory of One beyond the sun,
Whose kingdom never ends.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-11-23

that glad Thanksgiving Day.
The regular annual convention of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance Union held in
Battery D, Chicago, was a grand success, there
being one-and but one-unpeasantness Just
as the convention seemed all ready for the closing
exercises, Mrs. J. Ellen Foster arose and an
nounced that the Iowa Union felt it to be duty to
withdraw from the National association, owing,
as she claimed, to the partisan spirit that had
crept into the National Union. Mrs. Foster, it
seems does not object to spirit of partisanship,
when such ealty turns in the direction of the party
which she so strongly advocates, but she is up in
arms at once when the National president dares to
entertain personal preference for political party
in direct opposition to Mrs Fosters views. Miss
Willard is Prohibtlonist, Mrs. Foster is Repub-
lican, and there were doubtless many Democratic
sisters present. all equally honest in the conviction
that they were right in their own individual prefer
ence, yet no one of them possessing the right 10
cast vote in behalf Of the party of her choice,
and it really must have looked rather absurd to see
those thirteen disenfranchsed Republican sisters
marching out OF a partisan association just az
though they were ful-hedged citizens Of the re-
public, and each carried in her reticule Repnbli-
can ticket which she could vote as soor as she got
outside. Just at present it seems ridiculous for
women, who are allowed to take 30 small part in
forming political sentiment, to squabble over their
LII al ,;o h. fbay
up to convention leaving all such feelings and
prejudices at home, feeling that only Gin union
is there strength, and thus together work for that
blessed day when women shall be great and puri.
flying factor in the nation, and all parties no mat
ter what it's name, shall be compelled through
them to come to the front wearing clean apron,
or forever after take back seat and hold its peace
Though much regret was felt by members Of
the convention at the withdrawal of Mrs. Foster
and the Iowa Union, the vacuum was soon filled.
Miss Willard remarked that she was sorry to have
the sisters co. yet felt that the long-suffering for
bearance of the National W. c. I. U. toward them
was equaled only by that of the minority in Iowa.
She added that the W. G. T. u. like nature, alb
horred vacuum, the sight of those empty seats
was painful, would the Iowa white-ribboners who
had been in attendance on the convention as visit
ors come forward and occupy them. They did
come, till soon the word was, "1he seats are all
full, and still they come" Mrs. Forbes, whose
delegation sat next called out, "Let Connecticut
and Maine make way for them" When the count
was made, there were thirty three women, all Of
whom were earnest temperance workers, to take
the place of the eleven who had left. 1t was felt
throughout the convention that Mrs. Foster evil
IDENTITY cared more for the welfare of the Repub-
lcan party than for the success Of the principles
w nv
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-11-23

! RUSSIAN authOress, vera LaroWlIcn, clalms
that "Looking Backward" was taken by Edward
Bellamy from her book "Mzorah."
MISS GENEvIEvE LEI HAwLEY, OF Fort Scott,
sent $40 to the Kansas Suffrage Convention, with
letter regretting her absence, and stating that
the money had been earned by writing suffrage
story.
MISS WILLARD proposed donating her share of
the profits on her recently published work
Glimpses of Fifty Years. sum OF over two
thousand dollars, to the National w. G. T. u, but
the convention declined to allow her to do so.
AMONG the newest reasons why Chicago ought to
have the Worlds Fair, is that Chicago is the only
great American city which possesses native
American name, and Chicago thinks "that Column
bus never discovered any country capable OF pro
ducing the name New York
SENATOR BLAIR was introduced by Miss Willard
at the National W. G. 7. U. Convention as tour
Republican brother, the great Prohibitionst OF the
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-11-23

Is resistance, And the good
8 ROCK, ARK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20
United States Senate where he used to stand
alone, but now is not so lonesome as he used to
be-" Mother Wallace reminded her of the fact
that he also stood as the champion of women.
Mrs. PRESIDENT HARRISON receives credit for be-
ing marvelously neat and orderly househeeper,
and Ills said chat she personally superintends the
several domestic departments of the White House.
THURSDAY, November 2S, is to be observed as
our National Thanksgiving, and many who have
enjoyed the annual retura of this festa day, can
scarcely credit the statement that not until 1863
did it become through President Lincoln, truly
American institution. The custom had SO long
been observed, that few thought to inquire its
origin, which dates back to remote PERIOD and
was observed by Pagan and Christian, civilized and
heather races.
The first of which American history gives any
record was the one held by the Pilgrims after their
landing on the rugged shores of New England
Later accounts tell of the colonies struggling for
existence, suffering from want, almost on the point
of starvation, setting aside certain days to be OBJ
served by all with fasting and prayer. On one Or
two occasions these days became genuine thanks
giyings, through the timely arrival OF the delayed
ships bringing to the colonists abundant supplies
From that time on, at different seasons of the
year, certain days have been set apart for special
observance by the rulers Of the land, but since
1868 it has become an exclusively American holi-
many of the pleasant features, without the dis
agreeable ones, that attended those of by-gone
years. We who are living in this glorious Nine
teenth century, have indeed much for which to re-
turn thanks. Particularly is this so of woman.
She has discovered that she has capacity, intellect
and the power to do many things she was not
deemed able TO perform. Already is she beginning
to enjoy freedom of thought and action that
would astonsh her venerable ancestors. She has
opened to her opportunities for higher education
that were denied her mother and grandmother.
Many good things are given to her, for which she
is truly thankful The little seed that falls to the
ground and is pressed beneath the soil by the foot
of the careless passer by, does not bemoan its sad
fate at being hidden, but starts into new life, send
ing its tiny rootlets downward and its leaflets up
ward and becomes perchance tree of healing under
its branches the weary may find rest. So woman,
having passed through this state of transition, is
improving the golden moments, grand opportuni-
ties, and not content with what has been done, is
pushing onward and upward until, like the tree,
she shall have attained her full growth. She will
not rest until she stands, where an AllWse Crea-
tor intended she should stand, side by side with
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-11-23

Vol. L. 49,

and its echoes shall roll from shore to shore,
nation after nation joins in singing the anthem Of
that glad Thanksgiving Day.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-03

The Oriental and Occidental attorneys
were at it again on Tuesday afternoon-at it
for five inning 60 with George Trimble as
umpire. 1t was an Oriental day-in the
luxurious sense of the word; the air was
fresh and balmy, the sun was taking short
vacation in order to change its fuel system
from slack coal to crude oil, and the crowd
on Lynch's lawn, above the ball ground, Sas
composed of the principal youth and !ovli-
ness of the east side. Over on the rear bal
cony of the Clifton hotel knot of guests sur
veyed the gay uniforms of the players with
field glasses. Gay uniform-yes, everything
from full bicycle outfit to a pair Of ancient
linen pantalets.
You should have seen how Madden and
Allen fell before the mighty prowess Of
entails won the toss and sought the field.
Cary smiled in high glee but his jaw nearly
ripped the fad off his mask when, with
Strawn and Griggs on bases, Lincoln swiped
the sphere for home run and three feet
struck the plate 1t was sight to make a
watch dog bark Then Chapman fondled the
stick and scored, and the Occidents arose on
its square.toed shoes and howled.
In the second inning the Occidents piled
up with three more ITALICS, Madden, Griggs,
and Burke scoring before the side died. In
the mean time the Orients, who could not
locate Allen, had made but two marks, Lee
land and Eckles managing to score by dint
of proficiency with the stick.
When the Orients went to bat in the third
they wore their hair in curl papers. They
pulled up their hose, threw their Boston
baked beans in the raging Fox and drew
their sniegersnees. Before the sweep Of
their mighty bstons Allen seemed to 60 all
to pieces. They hammered, kneaded, pound
ed him--there seemed to be no loophole
through which the ball might escape them.
Leland struck out, Lsrdin got his base on
balls, and Carey and Seeley hit the first.
With three men on bases, Stead made three
baggsr that left trail of su,phurous smoke
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-03
being expected he will reach Chicago next

being expected ne VIII 'each Ohio"So "eA
week
The British Beer Syndicate has pur
chased the three brewerles OF Omaha
John Hronek, the last anarchist sent tt
the Joliet prison tried 10 commit suicide
by severing an artery In his arm on we'd
nesday.
Edna Seldom, u Kansas City girl, an
inyeterate Gum chewer was on wednesday
sliced with cramps Of the facial muscles
as the result Of her habit She has "swOfr
of"
The great salt trust seems 20 have failed
Of organization, owing Ca the fact that the
owners OF the WORKS wanted cash insteau
of stock in pay for their works, and the
shares of the company did not sell as rapid
" as expected. However, the Associations
Of Michigan and New York will be able tC
keep the market regular"
The Britishers are now trying 70 gel
hold of the patent leather business OF the
United States There sre twen'y-siX lac
tories, twenty three Of which are at New
ARK. n. J. There Is a little hitch On the
price.
Three departments Of the Kolomo, Ind,
glass factory were burned on wednesday
| loss TiUUUU fSU,UOv ihoui hhSO'
John l.. Sullivan was arrested In New
York on Wednesday on charge OF prlz'
fighting with Kilrain, on requisitioI
signed by Governor Hill 1t will be Verl
discouraging to the "profesh" II John l.
shonld now have 10 do time along with TN
niggers In the Jackson, Miss, penitentiary
Let's hope for the best" Gov Lowry
appeared TO be little subsequent but he
"gets there just the same
FIX Senator Rollins OF New Hampshire
died on Wednesday last.
New Jersey has suffered from floods I'M
week, and dam two and one-half miles
from aud 2G0 out above Milburn Is being
closely watched 10 avoid repetition OF thu
Johnstown horror.
Seven hundred men In the Fishbaci
Rolling Mill, Pottsville, Penn, have strucl
for 80 cents Il ton increase for puddlers ant
a proportional increase In other depart
ments.
Illinois as usual heads the list as pave
Of internal revenue taxes, having In the
past fiscal year paid $3l ,007 ,4l9. The tota
for the whole country was $l3O,Soh,432 col
lected at cost of 80 per cent.
The widow and children OF John A
Little, one Of the victims of the JohnstoWr
disaster. have sued the South Fork Fishing
Club for $4,000 damages for the loss o.
Little's lie, caused by the breakage OF thu
dam
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-03
Leader, publishca y one j. w. Turner
taking up the cue given by the Journal:

Leader, publishca y one j. w. Turner,
taking up the cue given by the JOurnal:
There were six bids handed In, of which
the Ledder's was the lowest, being $G9,50.
The Ottawa FREE TRADER bid $72 So, Of
nearly $40 less than they received for the
publication of the proceedings of the pre-
viuus session, which We're considered
shorter.
The contemplate mendacity of this ut
terance is shown by the facts, % that Mr.,
Turner knew that only three bids were
made for the English work aud knew he
lied when be said there were six Counting
the German bids there were only fye); ~
that he lied when he said the FREE TRAD
Err bid $72 55-a repetition OF the J0u,Nors
lie, Mr.. Turner assuming TO hold the bot.
tie for that sheet on all occasions; (3) that
that the proceedings OF the previous ses-
sion were considerably shorter" when as
matter of fact they were three columns
longer Q3 columns), to say nothing of
three additional columns of solid agate
pauper list, making l6 columns, printed in
both the paper and supplements, but which
list Is omitted entirely from the July rec
ord speaking of liars" says this man
Turner, "I'm something of liar myself"
AS once before remarked, there is little
use and still less satisfaction In bandying
words with liars; but in justice to itself,
the FREE TRADER feels called on to ex-
pose their deliberate mendacity The
FREE TRADER has been published by Its
present management Gather or sons for
but few months less than 80 years. Its
integrity and honesty was rever called in
question until one Lester A. Rose and J
w. Turner put in an appearance. Turner
may be dismissed with the remark that he
has suddenly conceived the ambition of
being follower of Rosa sort of yaller
dog who barks when Rose spews. To at
tack the man Rose 10 like trying to sweep
back flooded Chicago sewer
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Municipal Matters.
business

The South Ottawa Water Works Co.'s or.
dinance is not acceptable to the committee
appointed by the council to consider it. The
gentlemen comprising the committee held a
meeting in Mr.. Armstrong; Office on Mon
day evening and after fully discussing the
city's need of "a good system of water works
decided not to consider the proposition of
the company but to refer it back to the
council without action. The committee then
adopted resolution recommending that the
council submit the question of water works
to vote of the people: first as to whether
they want water works at all; second, if the
city shall build them itself third, if the
city shall advertise for bids, opening the
question TO the market, and give the lowest
bidder the contract; and, fourth, the pres
ent proposition shall be accepted. The com
mittee is of the opinion that if the city can
! not construct its own works the better way
will be to draft an ordinance and advertise
for bids to construct works in accordance
with its provisions. It was the unanimous
opinion Of the committee that the city can
not afford to accept any ordinance which q
private corporation may offer as such or.
dinGaoe would necessarily be productive OF
injury to the city's interest.
The electric Lighting question is assuming
serious aspect for the bidding companies
and by its present completion it looks as
though neither will receive the contract
The gas committee were instructed to
communicate with manufacturers of electric
light plants and have done so. Several COM
panies are anxious to put in plant and
give the city time on it. One company had
its representative here on Monday and i:
willing to put in ninety arc light plant
dynamos, poles, wires, lamps, etc, ready tc
run, the city only to furnish the building
and power, for $4,000, or a one hundred
arc light system for about thousand dol
lars extra, and give the city four years tc
pay for it in. To maintain such system
would cost about S3OOO per year, say 81, ZOI
for an electrician, $500 for an ordinary as
sis.ant, and the remaining $1,000 for car.
bons and coal, the latter expense being
made necessary by the lack of water power
on the hydraulic basin, it being understood
that no more power will be leased at pres
ent. This would make the total cost Of the
plant and expenses S27, 900 for four years,
or 81, 200 this year and about $4,000 pei
year for the succeeding two years, only
about q thousand per year more than gas has
been costing the city.
From all accounts the west side ravine IL
to remain in its present putrid condition un
til the water is let out Of the canal, in othel
words until fall. The committee having IL
charge the work of placing food gates in the
south bank CT the canal were carefully told
that by placing plank Golfer dam out from
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thirteen to ten.
OCCIDENTS.
ORIENTS,


On Wednesday morning the First Ma
ton Bank of this city entered up judgment
in the Circuit court against VIM. Trabing and
Will II. TRADING for $4,000 In the County
Court Mrs. Johanna Trabing entered judg.
ment for 1901 SO. At eleven o'clock Mr.
TRADING assigned TO A. j. williamson
In the schedule attached TO The assign
ment Mr.. Trabing fixes his assets at S4,250,
thirtyseven hundred and fifty in stock and
fixtures, and FIVE hundred In book accounts,
and his liabilities at $4, 495.22. of which
some twelve hundred is in Chicago, seven-
teen hundred and fifty in this city and the
remainder in Boston, New York. Philadel-
phia, Cincinnati, St. Louis, milwaukee e,
Reading and Dubuque, all for small amounts,
only one reaching over three hundred dol
lars.
Mr.. TrabiDg has conducted a merchant
tailoring establishment in this city for over
twenty years, the creator portion Of the
time at his old stand in the Gedney block on
Court street. His name has always stood
high in the circles in which he moved and in
the commercial world has always been equal
to many mans bond. That he should fail
in his later years is universally deplored on
the street where it is the expressed wish
that he will be able to make satisfactory
settlement with shis creditors and resume
business
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-03

behind it and three scored. Eckles went to
the first and MacKinley followed him when
Allen slugged him with the orange. Gull
len got to first and when Kelly ripped
the cover of the ball there was grand scor.
ing time in which Mackinlay ran over Mad
den at the plate. The slaughter was fearful
and when the side was finally retired by
MacKinlay's strike out they had piled up
eleven scratches Then the Occidentals, or
rather four Of them, Hit, Swift, Chapman,
and Madden toed the scratch and all went
down but Hit, who succeeded in scoring
Lardin, Carey and Seeley, of the Orient
then famed the stiff breeze that blew in
from the Fox river and sat down. Pitcher
Allen had evidently recovered his shape and
his curves were something unknowable to
the Orients When the Occident champions
came to bat they repeated their action in
the third. Griggs scoring while Swift, Lin
colin, and Hit welted the atmosphere.
In the irst half of the fifth Burke scored
while Madden, Lincoln and Chapman re-
tired the side. Then the Orients stretched
its crop and crowed and the glad refrain
foated across the adjacent hOusetops and
bore the tidings of their victory to the list
ening ears of Marseiles, for the score stood
thirteen to ten.
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The committee having the water works

The committee having the water works
ordinances In charge have agreed to rec
ommend that the ordinance be not passed,
but In its stead one adopted to let the job
to the lowest and b. st bidder after the
question of building works has been sub
mitted to q vote Of the people. This is a
sensible way of giving out this work. The
franchise should never be given away or
sold to any man or body of men. If the
city can get the works built so that 1t can
eventually own them without being COM
PEELED to buy back franchise she has
given away, there Is little doubt the people
will approve of the building OF water
works; but 1t should be distinctly under
stood that no gift or sale of the franchise
shall be made to any private parties.