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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20

Meanwhile Nellie sat there mending
the clothing of her babies and the tears
fell thick and fast upon the garments.
I couldn't stand it so 1 jumped up and
went out into the street to walk off the
effect those childish voices had upon me.
When came back, thank Heaven, they
were asleep, folded in each Others arms.
Then I got to work on my poem. 1t
took me one hour and half to write the
first verse. 1 became discouraged before
I had written two lines and would have
given up but for Nellie's encouragement.
"Now, what's the use, Nell; just listen
to this stuff" said I, reading the stanza;
The turkey roosteth high tonight
He's hid in the hemlock tree;
In fancy see his plumage bright
But he gobbles not for me.
"Why, I think it's real nice. I didn't
know you could write so we'll as that.
It's splendid; write another stanza."
"But don't you see, Nell, that it isn't
true. The turkey don't gobble at night. ="
"Oh, well, that don't make any differ
ence. The poets always have license, you
know. Besides, how many persons will
know that he doesn't gobble at night!
Not one in hundred" >"
ssI'm afraid it's no good and that it
won't 60 with the editor. Anyhow, I'll
try few lines more"
The little clock licked monotonously
on the mantel. The fire burned low,
and Nellie put shawl over her should
ers, for the room was growing cold. But
the chill air did not affect me. I was
giving birth to poem. The second
stanza came easier. What bothered me
most was the rhyme. 1 think, to the
best of my recollection, that the second
instalment consumed half hour of in
tense thought. was better satisfied
than with the first stanza, because knew
it was truer. Here 1t is, just as I read it
to Nellie:
His comb is as red as ruddy wine,
His breast is shining sheen:
But his carcass is safe from me and mine
We can't pick his wishbone clean.
The muse was rather skittish at the
third stanza. I coaxed her with a pipe
of tobacco, the fumes of which made Mel
lie cough, and I persuaded her to go tc
bed. The clock struck II. The wind
ratified the window frame and I began tc
think that poets earned their money.
almost fell asleep over this stanza
While laboriously constructing it there
came picture to me of the old farm
house in the Catskills, the table groaning
with it's weight of good things. 1t oc
CURED to me just here that was doing
the groaning now. When finished, afte1
many interlineations and corrections, i
read as follows:
There was time long, long ago,
When deprived Of his featherY vest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
81, ALEXANDER"

This is what the present emperor of Rus
sia wrote in answer to the question, who
is to pay all these?" One Of his majestys
aides. .decamp, who owed great deal more
than he could pay, having dashed off the
above question at the foot Of the paper, had
fallen asleep in his chair. The emperor.
happening to pass through the room and
pen and wrote, Il, Alexander, ;" and left the
room without disturbing the sleeper.
When the latter awoke, he found himself
all at once released from his obligations.
Unconverted reader, this is the way God
freely releases you. There is no condem-
nation to those who accept pardon in the
name of Jesus Christ, who, by His death on
the cross, paid the debt we owed to justice.
and now we are released debtors.
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With heavy heart I started to walk
over the bridge just after sunset. The
wind blew cold from the northeast, and |
buttoned my coat close to my chin. 1t
was a starlit night. The great towers
loomed up above me like entrances to
some gigantic temple. The river rushed
and swirled below, and reflected in silver
CLEANS the light from the electric lamps.
I could see the little waves capped with
foam. 1t was fascinating sight, and I
felt strangely drawn toward the river.
For time forgot the babies and Nellie.
Behind me was the great, roaring city,
with its thousands of men and
women struggling for existence. l
had been trampled under foot in the
crush. Why should I return and renew
the battlc2 As I brooded over the river,
chilled to the marrow by the searching
wind, the water seemed to beckon me.
Its shifting currents whispered "Come;;"
its shadowy, cleaning riffs, its miniature
malestroms seemed to my excited fancy
to say: "Here's rest for you. Well
bear you away to dreamland, where hun
ger and pain and sorrow are drowned In
the nepenthe of eternal rest"
In this state of partial .unconsciousness
began to climb up the railing to reach
the roadway below, when q policeman
touched me on the shoulder and told me
to "move on" I did move on, but in
dazed, uncertain way, until I reached
the Brooklyn entrance. Here the crowd
from the cars was pouring out in the
street like torrent, and in the crush l
was hustled about and at last stumbled
into the arms of stout man muff1ed In
an old army overcoat. He held me away
from him by my arms. Then he shook
me and said:
"What's the matter with you, Tom?
Ye amt drunk, be ye9"
There was something familiar in the
voice, and looking up I saw the homely
face of Sam Jones, of Shandaken, before
me. Then came another shake, and this
time came to myself again.
"By George, Sam, I'm glad to see
you," I stammered.
"Well, let's 60 an get somethin' to
warm you up. You're near froze, man
Thawed and melted by steaming cup
of coffee, told Sam all the sorrowful
story. How the children would be wait
ing at the station for me expecting the
turkey I had foolishly promised them and
my inability to procure it. I was inter-
rupted at intervals by exclamations from
Sam such as
"Well, I'll be blessed! You kin bet
yer boots them kids is goin' to hav' their
turkey! B'gosh! alters did say that
the city's no place fur a farmer!"
Under the cheerful influence of Sans
sympathy I soon regained my lost cour-
age. He insisted that we should go to
the nearest grocery, where he picked out
the biggest turkey he could find. Then
there were two quarts of cranberries,
three big mince pies, a package of candy
for the children, bunch of crisp celery,
and other things appropriate to Thanks
giving Day. ,
When Sam left me at the elevated
station he pressed S. bill into my hand,
despite my protests, with the remark:
''Now, you take it, old man. 1 got
good prices fur my truck this season.
sides that am only lending it to yc.
Ye've got to pay me every cent back!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
THE KANSAS LAW ENDORSED.

Judge Guthrie, Of Topeka, Kansas, in
charging grand jury to make special in
quiry as to the enforcement of the prohib-
itory law, emphatically endorses the law as
follows:
"For nearly five years there has not been
saloon or any place where intoxicating liq-
uors were openly sold or given away in this
county. The law on this subject has been as
strictly obeyed as the statute providing for
the punishment Of murder, robbery OF lar
ceny. Hundreds Of thousands Of dollars have
been invested here in this city by strangers
on the conviction that public sentiment fa-
vored an honest, fair enforcement Of the law
prohibiting the unlawful sale of intoxicating
liquors, and it is believed that these condi-
tions have induced thousands of families to
change their homes in sister States to this
city and State so that they might, with their
children, escape the evil effects of the sa-
loonr
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RELIGIOUS READING.
UPON THE SHORES OF GALILEE.

The Sabbath morn was sweet to see
Upon the shores of Galiiee
BetwiXt white clouds. like lakes of blue,
The sapphire of the sky shone through:
Where Magdala once forished fair,
A falcon poised in languid air;
Mist fashioned into strange design,
Far mountains loomed in purple line;
Sweet strains that swelled to choral close
From oleander copses rose.
And through the calm heat doomed the bee
Upon the shores of Galilee.
Beneath stirred leaves along the marge
The swelling fig grew ripe and large;
Perpetual summer seemed to rest
Upon the waters tranquil breast.
No white sail swept the lake along
There rang no soaring worship song;
Bethsaida's razed walls were dumb,
And silence sealed Capernaum;
Gray old Tiberias alone
Upreared its parapets of stone;
And yet what joy it was to be
Upon the shores of Galilee.
Here trod His ever-patient feet
In twilight cold and noontide heat;
Pcrchance beside yon fountains brink
He paused awhile to rest and drink,
And blessed the children at their play
Before He took His onward way.
These are the waves He bade be still
That even now obey His WILL
The same sky throws its arch above
AS when He taught His creed of love,
The same winds blow their blessings free
Upon the shores of Galilee.
And though wild desolation now
Rests on the shores and mountains brow,
The living words that here had birth
Have zoned with glory all the earth.
They dwell in prayerful hearts afar
Beneath the New Worlds zenith star
And spread where blue Pacific smiles
Upon her peaceful palm-girt isles.
And when, in years to come, W th men
The lonely land shall TEEN again,
Reyered Of all His name shall be
Upon the shores of Galilee.
-[Congregationalist.
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TEMPERANCE.
WHO IS, THY c.EIGHBoR?

WHO IS THY tsEIGHBOR!
Thy neighbor? tits he whom thou
Hast power to aid and bless;
Whose aching heart or burning brow
Thy soothing hand may press.
Thy neighbor? tits the fainting poor
Whose eye with want is dim,
Whom hunger sends from door to door;
Go thou and succor him.
Thy neighbor? tits that drunken man,
Whose years are at the brim,
Bent low with poverty and pain:
Go thou and rescue him.
Thy neighbor? 'tis his wife, bereft
OF every earthly gem;
This wife and children helpless left;
Go thou and shelter them.
Where e'er thou meet'st human form
Meath drunkenness bent down,
Remember it's thy neighbor worm;
Thy brother, or thy son.
Pass not, oh pass not needless by,
Perhaps thou canst redeem.
Himself and his from misery;
Go reason, plead with him.
Geo. w. Cook, inBattle-Are Of Temperance
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
The Little Fiend.

"You must feel some satisfaction IN
eating the turkey that chased you around
the yard week ago." said the minister.
"He was very saucy bird when alive,
wasn't he?"
eyes," replied little Johnnie, sand
ma said when you got through there
would be nothing left but the cranberry
sa11ceO
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The GObbler's Vail.

I stand and look my old Eyeglasses
through,
Knowing full soon must give up the ghost
To makea holiday feast, without ado
And, oh, Bismillah, am feeling blue,
For in a amorning paper I have found
That first-class turkeys now bring eighteen
cents per pound!
What though the landscape bright about me
lies
What though the sun its golden nectar
spills!
What though the crow in sombre beauty
flies
Into the purple glory Of the hills?
My old anatomy has got the chills;
know that soon Pll be stuffed full Of sage,
And that is why my tears bedew the printed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20

In the meantime the little money I had
saved and brought with me melted away
like snow on the roof of barn. My time
was mainly taken up in running around
to the musical agencies looking tor q
situation. I had little job on Sundays
singing at mission on Avenue A, where
earned So, and for three weeks that was
all l earned. We lived in East New
York and my car fare over to the city
and back every day cost ne sixteen
cents.
You will readily see that we had to
live frugally. In fact, for two weeks we
lived upon oatmeal and molssses, and to-
ward the last there was no molasses, and
Thanksgiving coming over the hills.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
WHAT THE W. c. T. q. WILL DO.

When, twenty-five years ago, Alfred
Love first advocated the principles OF arpl-
tration to settle difficulties, some person
said: LAS we'll might one attempt to drive :,
span of fiery steeds with white ribbon reins."
This is just what the W. {. T. y. expecg 70
do. We have harnessed The Two merry steeoS
War and Intemperance, together, and with
the power of the white ribbon and the in,
spiration of our beautiful banner lowered
over by the white dove Of peace, we expect
to drive them from our beloved country, ana
finally from the eworld.-Hannah j. Bd'teu.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
THE BETTER WAY.

II would pay the nation to buy the entire
LIQUOR product at retail prices and dump it
into the two seas rather than to buy it at
the same price and swallow it. Poured into
the ocean, that would be the end Of the ex-
pense. Poured into the peoples stomach,
that is only the beginning for the millions
for lost time, lost labor, sickness, insanity,
pauperism and crime have still to be paid
+ C. Ferndld
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20

In countries where marriages are
regulated by love, divorces are COM
mon. In countries where love is left
out of the question, and marriages are
regulated by the common sense OF the
parents, marriage is not failure. So
SAWS Sir Edwin Arnold.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
Hardly a Bargain.
sauce

"What kind, thoughtful hubby you
are," said the young wife, throwing her
arms around his neck when he brought
home a turkey, land what dear little
bird it is"
81 should say it was DEAR" he
erowled. sI won it at rattle"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
GERMANY'S BEER BILL.

In advocating the use OF beer some mem
,,oint to Germany as a model. The folloyA
inc translation from an item current in u
German press will cast little light on they
model" ~.
Germany annually spends $50, 900, 900
marks for its army, but not much less for its
alcoholic drinks, which cost 406. 900, 900 marks.
Statistics show that the incorporate class
furnishes thirty per cent. Of all the insane,
fiftY per cent Of all the poor, and seventy
ner cent. Of all the criminals" ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20

In Paris the dramshops have in
creased from $4,000 in 1880 to $4,000
at the present time. The consumption
of alcohol has trebled in the last thirty
years.
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HOW WE GOT OUR TURKEY.
A THANKSGIVING STORY.

HERE was no doubt
that the country was
prosperous. No rea-
'sonable man could
deny it. The har-
vests had been plente-
Gus, the earth had
yielded up her fruits
in abundance, and
there were abundant
reasons for thanks
giving. I read the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20

With a parting hand shake he disap-
peared. As the train ratified along over
the shining rails I could see the lights OF
the big bridge fading away behind me;
The river rushed below just as it had
done one brief hour before, but its turbld
waters had no fascination for me now.
1 wish every man and woman who
reads this story could have seen the faces
of those three children as they stood at
the foot of the elevated station. My
arms were filed with bundles, and when
those three pairs of eyes gazed upon the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20

My wattles soon will light the old ash.heap;
NV pinions soon will make a kitchen
brush.
A subtle sadness sets me all a-creep.
Here in the bosom of the twilight hush
I see the beauteous maid in crimson plush
Laugh at the feast in most e1ultant tone,
While with young Thingumbobs she snaps
my frail wish-bone
IT'S growing mirk, and can read no more.
Goodbye, my wives and progeny, good
bye!
Soon shall lightly swing on yonder door,
Announcing that Thanksgiving Day IS
nigh.
The cranberries are plucked, the pumpkin
pie
Blooms like full-blown tiger lily-bell;
Alas, alack, alas! alack, alas, farewell!
R. K. MunEittricE.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-07
MINNEAPOLIS.
ALL SORTS.

Eddie A. Sumner wants to be post
master right here in Minneapolis. His
modesty is great surprise to his ac-
Quaintances, who were listening TO hear
his adult voice calling on the president
he elected for the embassy to the court
Of st. James.
Another Minneapolis man has re-
ceived threatening letters and still no
brave band of regulators has bearded
a ferocious widow in her lone cabin and
administered thirty lashes by way of
warning. The Minneapolis White Cap
must be a very cheap John desperate.
Harlow Gale is to be granted All eXten-
sion of his market contract so that the
building may be finished III time to be
dedicated with the ball celebrating the
opening Of the new court house.
Capt. j. \. Harris has condescended
to call on President Harrison. and Sena-
tor Washburn has Endorsed Bennie'S
inaugural lecture on protection. No
further fears need be entertained as to
the SoundneSs and high moral tone OF
the present administration.
The giddy masher who blocks the
sidewalk at the stage entrance when
the chorus girls come out is about as
big a nuisance as overhead wires, and
an ordinance relegatlng MN 10 Ine
same place would immortaliZe the coun-
Gilman who introduced it.
Great is the American newspaper.
The Evening Star fixed the day for the
adjournment of the legislature. The
Tribune's great exposure of the legisla-
ture's extravaganza caused the tempo
rary dismissal of fourteen clerks which
had been previously decided upon, and
now the Pioneer Press, which never
said a word concerning the judicial ap-
pointments until it knew which way
the eat was going TO jump, has had its
'slate" indOrsed in the appointment
of Judges Smith and Hooker.
The youngest soldier who took part
in the late unpleaSantness is now resid-
ing in Minneapolis, calling himself
from place to place is only equaled by
the dexterity with which he changes
his name,
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-07
HIS SUFFERING ENDED.
Capt. Charles Russell Shoots
Himself While DeIirious.

Capt. Charles Russell, q we'll known
citizen of the advanced age of seventy
four years, died by his own hand in
room in the Krell block. 213 Washin g.
ton avenue north at 1:15 yesterday after
noon. The deed was done with a re-
volver of large caliber which he placed
to his mouth and fired upward, killing
himself instantly. Capt. Russell has
been sick for some time with dropsy of
the heart and IS supposed to have com
mitted the act while in state of tenn
porary frenzy.
For the past twelve years it has been
Mr.. RusselPs custom to spend seven
months of each year in travel, and he
left here last October for New Orleans
and the Pacific coast. He was ill when
he went away, and growing worse in
stead of better, he started home. and
when he reached Tacoma, W. T.. be
was taken very sick, and his son,
Charles II. Russell. of the Manitoba
went as far as Sully Springs, Mont. to
meet him. me two arrived in Mime
apolis at 5:25 Tuesday evening, and
went to the captains rooms, where he
was tended by Charles and William
Russell. his other son, who keeps a
livery stable on Second avenue north.
Yesterday afternoon the two sons
went out to lunch and left w. c. HaW-
kins to attend to the old gentleman. who
was suffering considerable pain and was
delirious at times. Just after O'Clock
the sick man began to choke and gasD
for breath. As he grew worse Hawkins
became frightened and started to run
over to the livery stable, only a few
doors distant, to summon him. On the
way, however, he met Charles coming
back, and they entered the room TO-
gether to find the captain lying dead on
the bed with blood pouring from his
mouth, and forty-four cali
Der revolver lying beside him.
He had shot himself in his despair.
When he came here the night before
DR.. Ames, who was called to attend
him. pronounced the disease incurable,
and the suffering he had already en-
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-07
TWO YEARS LONGER.
Harlow Gale Gets Still Another
Extension of Time

Harlow Gale and about thirty mar
ket gardeners who sell produce in the
city. met with the council committee on
markets yesterday to consider the ques-
tion of extending the time on Gales
contract for furnishing new market
house. Mr.. Gale submitted an ordi-
nance extending his time until August
1, 1891, provided he submits plans and
site to the council by Dec. of the pres
ent year.
There was a good deal of talk and dis
cuSsiOn of the matter, some thinking
that Gale had been granted enough eX-
tensions already, while others thought
the council could not do better than to
give him another chance. They all
agreed that the present accommoda-
tions are entirely inadequate, and that
a new market house and site should
have been provided long ago. There
was some difference of opinion, how
ever, as to whether Mr.. Gale
had acted in good faith in
trying to secure new house and in
providing the best convenienceS that
the present space could be MADE to af-
ford. Mr.. Gale left the room a few
moments, and several gardeners ex-
pressed the belief that he had inten-
tlonly retarded progress of matters for
the purpose of retaining the old market
property-which is certainly increasing
i'll value.
Finally, after a vote by the gardeners
on the question of recommending the
passage of the ordinance as proposed,
in which it was shown that a majority
favored it. the committee decided to
recommend that the ordinance be
naSSad-
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-07
CHANG STANTON DEAD,
A Well-Known Gambler Cashes
In His Chips.

One of the best known gamblers in
the Northwest, who made and lost
several fortunes in the early boom
days of Dakota, was Chang Stanton,
news of whose death at Spokane Falls.
Feb. 81, of erysipelas, has been received
at Minneapolis. His real name was Ed
Curran. and he has been in Minneapolis
Off and on great deal during his
career. The name of "Chang''
was given him because of his height,
and he was quite character in his way
He possessed many good traits of char
acier, and, though he speculated on the
turn OF card instead of the fluctua-
tions of market values of articles of
food, was nevertheless man who was
true to his friends, and in his way did
many acts of kindness and generosity.
1t is understood that he died in strait
ened circumstances, and quite little
purse is being raised among the Mime
apolis gans and others who knew him,
for the relief of his widow and children.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-07
MAKING WATER PIPE,
A Manufacturing Industry That
Promises Well.

The meeting of business men held at
the West hotel yesterday afternoon to
hear the report of the committee ap-
pointed at a previous meeting held Dec.
20, TO look into the plan of George E.
Beach to establish an iron pipe and
heavy machinery factory here in Min
neapolis, was called about o'clock.
Among those present were: Judge G.
E. Cooley, w. G. Demorest, D. Collins.
Aid. g. II. Parry, NJ. d. Mack, Aid. ].
c. Sterling, Myers and J. B. Bassett.
The meeting was called to order by Mr.
Bassett, who had the report read
by Mr. Beach. This report was
a bulky document and stated
that the organization of a
company here would be good thing.
Ore could be got here cheaper than at
any other place, and pipe could be man
fractured at cost not exceeding SIG. 90
per ton. Pig iron pipe could be manu-
factured even cheaper than in Chicago.
1t would cost $3.50 here. The same
was declared true of pumps, heavy
machinery and the like. In connection
with the report the committee stated
that a firm with capital of $4,000 and
employing some SEQ or 400 men had
made proposition to come here with
its entire plant. This proposition de-
clared that the business would increase
the population of the city some 1000
souls. The committee further stated
that if the plant shonld be brought here
plenty of real estate bonus could be Sc
cured. Letters were read from the Off
ciais Of various roads giving informa-
ton in regard to freight rates, etc.
4 general discussion followed the
reading of the report. which was signed
by George E. Beach, Peter Durack and
Andrew Rinker, the city engineer. j.