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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-11-27

lessness of his life. With q hooking per-
sistence the many resolves he had made
to- himself the efforts to change, the ever
succeeding failure surged up before him,
and his lip curled in contemptuous scorn
of himself Never did man hold himself
up to more merciless scrutiny, more in.
tolerant judgment.
In his abstraction he nearly fell upon a
group Of 'wretched children of the street
who stood clustered about a restaurant
window.
And such window! The light of mel
low globes flooded it. 1t was decked with
holiday green's. In the center, on plat
! ter sprigged with parsley, reposed brown
and crisp, roasted pig, with the reddest
of apples in its mouth. On each side a
fair, fat turkey, dressed for the oven, lay
in state. HOLSTERS, in their scarlet coats,
brown quail with heads tucked under
their wings to swell ont the pitiful little
breasts, and divers other resources and
accessories of the culinsry art lent color
and suggestiveness to the tableau.
The man stopped. A tiny fellow, about
as large as his own boy would have been,
but ragged and dirty and shivering, as by
Gods mercy his own never would be, lift
ed newspaper up to him and piped in
shrill little voice:
Buy paper, mister. to help me git.
T'anksgiyin dinner!
lis this Thanksgiving?" asked the man
with dull surprise.
"Sure!' said the boy. Don't y see dat,
lay out in de winder?"
The man looked at the window. He
had not noticed it before. He stared at
the children. He put his hand in his
trousers pocket and felt the small roll of
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-11-27

brilliants. The particles stung his face
like elfn arrows. His features were
tense and rigid. His eyes were hot and
dry and his head ached with dull, in
sistent, maddening pain. He passed the
colored globes of a drug store and stopped.
Red, violet, and green the shafts of light
pierced the dark. The people about him
seemed shadows, the sound of their voices
leagues away. Dimly he remembered a
prescription for an opiate he had used for
headaches like that. Fumbling in his
pockets he found the paper and entered
the store.
Make twice the number of powders"
he said to the clerk. II don't want to
bother getting the stuff 80 often"
The clerk hesitated.
Nonsense" said the man. I'm per-
fectly familiar with the use of it. Give
me one of them now with glass of
water
Then he went into the street again with
the packet of powders in his pocket, and
already the mere taking of the drug had
somewhat soothed him. He felt hushed;
his mind seemed to clear and lift itself
into curious, impersonal attitude. AS
he walked he found himself quite willing
to contemplate calmly the sodden pain at
his heart, the utter hopelessness and use
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tatoes, and plenty of bread and butter
and-ah, pickles"
"Ah-h, pickles!" repeated the children
"And pie-shall it be mince pie or apple
piey" he asked.
This question required bordering, and
a youthful Alexander cut the Gordian
knot by saying: LES have bofe."
Here, here" said the man to a boy
who scrambled for the seat at his right
hand. when there's only one lady in
the company the seat of honor should be-
long to her."
The man touched her hand reassuringly
and turned to his left, where sat the little
newsboy. Long and steadily he looked
into the child's face.
He, too, had blue eyes," he murmured.
with catch of the breath as for a brief
instant his own eyelids closed and he bit
his lip.
At last, when each child had eaten two
pieces of pie, even to the last crumb, the
man rose to his feet, clutching at his chair
for support. He brushed his hand across
his eyes. Strange lights danced before
him, crimson and gold; the air was popu-
lous with unknown shapes, weaving in
slow mazes; soft melodies sang in his ears
as from infinite distances, thrilling, uncer-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-11-27
The Crownine of the Year.

This is the festival which the Pilgrim
fathers inaugurated, which New England
has annually celebrated for two centuries,
and which the nation has adopted and
sanctioned as a day of public thanksgiv-
ing to God. 1t exalts the home and
strengthens its sacred and tender ties.
1t brightens the shadows which have
gathered over it. 1t dignifes prosperity.
1t prompts men to reach out helpful
hands to their less fortunate neighbors.
It reminds us afresh from whence every
good gift comes. If it seemed good to
our fathers in the midst Of the hardships
Of this new world to give public thanks
to God for blessings, how much more
reason have we to follow their example
Abundance of food and clothing, happy
homes, free country at peace with all
nations and extending its influence
throughout the world, with marvelously
multiplied appliances for use and pleas
ure which surpass the widest dreams
of those who first were moved to set
apart a day of public thanksgiving and
praise, are ours. What shall l render un-
to the Lord for all His benefits toward
me? will take the cup of salvation, and
call upon the name of the Lord.
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| For answer the man opened the door,
and the children, without more ado, clum-
silly shuffled past him. All save one, a
| girl with an accordion .slung from her
shoulder and the black locks of Italy
straying from under the red kerchief on
her head. She paused with look of in
quiry. 1888
"Does de girl come" asked a boy.
"She'sa purity good feller-for girl"
Eyes, come along" said the man, with
an affectation of cheerfulness. I'm a
time ike this female suffrage goes"
They were led by a grinning waiter to
private dining-room where long table
stood shrouded as with new-fallen snow;
and viii the children were taken to wash
their hands and faces, the man, whose
head throbbed afresh as ne came in from
the outer air, took in glass of brandy
two of the powders from the package in
his pocket
Bring us real old Thanksgiving din
ner," he said to the waiter, land plenty of
it, without too many frills. Some soup
and-some turkey He paused and
looked archly at the children, who caught
the spirit of his glance and shouted: YES
yesv'
eyes, some turkey with cranberry
sauce"
The tiny newsboy Rugged himself and
murmured: "Cramb'rv saucew
"And some scalloped oysters" contin-
ued the man, stopping after the mention
of each delicacy to wa.ch the children.
who shivered with eagerness and punctu-
ated each pause with approving mods and
murmuring echoes, land some sweet po-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-11-27
THANKSGIVING DAY IN EUROPE

Baked Beans, G1ace, and "Bounkin
Pie PAmericaine."
A few years ago one of the diplomatic
corps in Paris complimented some Amer
lean visitors by giving Thanksgiving
dinner. He made some elaborate re-
searches regarding our national customs
as applied to the day and with help of his
chef offered among other things baked
beans, we'll thinned with custard and
frozen. The browning glory Of the feast
was a pumpkin pie. Its crust was shing-
ly puff paste fully an inch, thick. The
pumpkin was merely filmy glaze upon
the paste, with taffy-like consistency
that made it cling to the eaters teeth.
The chef must have impaired the secret
to the national pie, at least in part, to
others of his craft, for a little later a
well-known restaurateur announced on
little placard at his establishment:
"Bounkin Pie la Americana"
In Berlin the traveller will find, if he is
there in November, an addition to the
menu of some places of refreshment. The
addition is fourishing announcement to
Americans that Indian buildings, bean
buildings, pumpkin tarts, and other delica-
cies, which the waiter will affably say
are for the American Thanksgiving" but
which only resemble the originals they
initiate as the mist resembles the rain.
Foreign restaurants pride themselves
upon catering to American customers
tastes, but their translations are striking
and worked out laboriously from the die
tionary. One Berlin hotel proudly put
upon the menu, "False hair stewed Amer
lean fashion" 1t requires some penetra-
ton to discover that dish of smothered
beef known to us as mock rabbit Is
meant.
A Russian of wealth and position hav-
ing gathered accurate knowledge of In
dian corn and the ways it should be serv-
ed some years ago, invited some English
and American friends to dinner and, after
a little preliminary boast of the success
his gardner had made in cultivating the
vegetable, presented his guests with tiny
immature cobs an inch and half long,
boiled till tender and served like aspara
gus tips with rich cream dressing. An
American present found it difficult to
maintain circumspect gravity when the
hostess asked him if it was true that in
America this corn was always eaten with
the fingers, for in view of the dripping
ears she was daintily lifting, one at q
time, upon her fork, he had to assure her
that she was eating it in the only proper
manner.
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Tnt&)b'
ODE TO A coHeLER.

All hail! all hail! Oh. rare and ANTIQUE bird
That lately on the venerable tree,
Rolled In ball Of sleep, the chill winds
heard
Moaning In mournful gusts thine eleryl
NO more the sun will gid they red cravat.
Or ripple on thy wing;
For time hath caught thee, even as the cat
Catches the gray and agile whiskered rat;
And now thy praise we sing,
gathered upon the board, serene and gay,
Upon Thanksgiving Day.
With joy we see thee lying on thy back,
my chaste. lush drumsticks sticking in
the air;
Thy wings In sweet peace folded and, alack,
The incense Of thy stufnng, pungent, rare,
Filling our souls with heavenly melody.
The while with fork and knife
Thy dark meat and thy white meat fondly we
Sufuse with gravy In our revelry,
And then, with pleasure rife,
Each dainty morsel neatly tuck away
Upon Thanksgiving Day.
ThOu'rt nobler than the canvasback or goose,
The lOrdly shanghai or the OrtOlan,
Or any other minstrel that Is loose
From Tuscaloosa to Cape Mary Ann.
Compared with thee the woodcOck Is a mere
Delusion-all In all;
The upland plover neer can be thy peer.
Beside thee to the epicure and seer
The prairie hen Is small;
Thou art the bird Of freedom, anyway.
Upon Thanksgiving Day.
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bills he knew was there. He remembered
approximately the amount. Brushing
past the pleading child at his feet, he
went abruptly into the restaurant. After
brief interview with tie manager he re-
turned to the door.
who wants Thanksgiving dinner?''
he asked. Two or three voices said "Me"
explosively, but for the rest an incredu-
lous stare alone responded, until one boy
said, slowly and reproachfully: "Ah-h,
g'way! You're givin' Us guffv'
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-11-27
THANKSGIVING AT HOME.

o. it's early in the mornin' that Teller must
Thanksgivin' Day, like Christmas time, 1t
comes but wunst year.
The birds are stuffed an roastin' with an
The pumpkin pies are bakin' an the cider
fowin' freer.
There's piles an piles O. cookies, an there's
doughnuts till you're dizzy.
There's mounds an mounds Of jelly, an
there's biscuits Drowned an light.
All the mornin' In the kitchen mothers been
most awful busy,
o, you bet I'm mighty thankful that own
an appetite.
Two lonely, solemn turkeys, sole survivors
Of the flock,
Are a-struttin' round the yard with kind
O. anxious air.
The sort O. sudden absence OF their friends
is quite q shock,
An they're searchin' fer their late lament
ed crOnies everywhere.
With spreadin' tails and feathers fuhed
their quest they keep pursuln;
They don't suspect their fate will be the
others gloomy lot.
They notice how we're fussin' an they won
der what we're dom.
o, you bet I'm mighty thankful that tur-
key l am not.
The folks they keep arrivin' brimmin' DER
with fun an laughter,
Blun uncles shake my hand until the bones
begin to crack.
Girl cousins shyly kiss me-jes' exactly what
I'm after
An with promptitude quite Nightingale
gayiy kiss EN- back
But one Of them, the fafrest maid OF all my
fair relations.
To steal my heart by witchin' arts some
how she does contrive,
While in her eyes read tale beyond my
expectations.
o, you bet I'm mighty thankful-mighty
thankful-I'm alive.
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THANKSGIVING SONNET.

To God give thanks! From every hill and
plain
The fruits OF autumn crown the dying year
The ghost Of f1owery summer hovers near
AS II regretful for her shortened reign
The harvest of the year revolves again
The wine Of life Is In the atmosphere
For those to whom health holds her chalice
clear,
And healing comes from breath of ripened
grain.
Now Ger the gayly decorated land
The granaries are filed from base to brim;
The frost-swOrd strews the leaves on every
hand
In combat with the sunbeams' rapiers dim;
And heard throughout earths scenes OF
beauty grand
The grateful toilers chant their harvest
hymn.
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Tickletooth BUDDING.

'Tickletooth pudding" was the name Of
the Thanksgiving pudding of old colonial
days. It was only a-memory of the great
progenitor of that name which the pill
grims had left at home in old England.
There were no ten pounds Of solid fruit,
no twenty luscious eggs, rich beef suet,
nor was it dampened with choice brandy
and home-brewed ale. But it was prob
ably more easily digested.
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Every day is day of thanksgiving for
Christians. They do mot wait until the
crops have been gathered before returning
thanks. for they are thankful for every
days blessing. Still 1t is commendab1e
custom for q nation to officially recognize
mans dependence, and 70 ask its people
to unite In common thanksgiving.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-10
ONE WAY OUT OF IT.

Tho London Chronicle Correspondent
Would Settle the Venezuelan Affair.
LONDON, Jan. 8.-Mr. Henry Nor.
man, special commissioner Of The
Daily Chronicle, cables his paper from
Washington as follows:
There is one way of settling the
whole difficulty fraught with honor to
both governments and with results Of
priceless worth to both peoples. The
present delay consists in the fact that
the United States government considers
itself in honor bound to insist upon a
certain course which the British gov
eminent considers itself in honor bound
to refuse to adopt. Now, the kernel of
the dispute being the principle of arbi.
tration, the solution may be found
therein also If Lord Salisbury will
say that, although he must maintain
his refusal to arbitrate on Venezuela by
itself. he is prepared to conclude a
treaty with the United States under
which all questions failing of diplo-
matte settlement shall be submitted to
arbitration, and that this, Of course,
would include Venezuela, as the greater
includes the less, the American govern
ment, I know, will receive his com.
munication with warm sympathy.
Herein is a dignified and indeed the
most simple and friendly escape from
the deadlock.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-10
TRIUMPH or SCIENCE.
German Professor Ma % Great
Pl,Ot"gra Vl,ic Discovery.

German Professor Ma o Great
Photographs Discovery.
New YORK, Jan. S.-A dispatch from
London says: The noise Of wars alarm
should not d stract attention from the
marvellous triumph Of science which 10
reported from Vienna. 1t is reported
that Prof. Routgen, Of the Wurzburg
university, has discovered q light which,
for the purpose OF photography, will
penetrate wood, flesh and most other
organic. substances. The professor has
succeeded in photographing metal
weights which were in closed wooden
case, also q mans hand which shows
only the bones, the flesh being invisible.
IT'S simple Discovery.
The Chronicle correspondent says the
discovery is simple. The professor
takes so.called crook and pipe, viz, q
vacuum glass pipe, with an induction
current going through it, and by means
Of rays which the pipe emits, photo
graphs on ordinary Photographic plates.
In contrast with the ordinary rays Of
light, these rays penetrate organic mat
ter and other opacus substances just as
ordinary rays penetrate glass.
He has also succeeded in photograph.
ing hidden metals with cloth thrown
over the camera. The rays penetrated
not only the wooden case containing
the metals, but the fabric in front Of
the negative.
The professor is already using his
discovery to photograph broken limbs
and bullets in human bodies.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-10
LEASES DECLARED VOID.
Decision OF Judge shiras Regarding In
dian Lands. ~, -

Decision of Judge shiras Regarding In
dian Lands. X
OMAHA, Jan. 8.-Judge Shiras of
Iowa, in federal court at Omaha, rem
dered decision declaring that in cases
where Indians have become citizens
with all the accompanying privileges,
the government is still bound by all
treaty stipulations existing while tribal
relations were sustained. He holds that
it applies on all reservations and is wide
in scope.
The decision was rendered in the
Flournoy company appeal, wherein they
ask to have it's claims to Indian lands
sustained. The court declares: ''That
the fact that the Indian allottees are
declared citizens Of the United States
does not render void as to them or a. to
remaining portions of the tribes the
restrictions upon the rights of aliena.
ton contained in the several actsiof
congress under which allotments in
severalty have been made, and declares
the leases of defendants wholly void,
and that the obligation applies to al
Indian reservations. -.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-10
Wonderful Help.

Wonderful Help.
Il is hard to remember unrelated, m
associated facts The science Of mnemo-
MICS, if there is such q science, consists
largely in training the mind to hang
things upon their own pegs, as it were
lin other words, to associate ono thing
with another. But such processes OF re-
lation should be simple and natural.
''In what year was Abraham Lincoln
born?" asked q public school teacher,
who had been taking course of mne-
monies under a specialist. T. .
II don't remember" answered the
pupil.
''Don't remember! Well, you must
20 about it in the right way. How many
muses. were there?"
"Nine."
"Of course. Now double that num-
ber.'
Eighteen.
''Now multiply by 10o."
eighteen hundred"
every good Hold on to that. How
many graces were there?"
"Three." s''- &c.. ~
Precisely. Multiply that by itself. "
"Nine." l3 $&s-i s'@'t@>'s 81 es-t
"Just sol Now add that to the result
yuu first obtained, and what have your
eighteen hundred and nine.
"Woll, now, there you have It LAn-
ooln was born In 1909. Everything de-
psnas upon going 10 work In sproper
~ 0y1,nE s,nnynns-v 0nNHa n hit Al
halp. that's Ill. Youth Companion.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-10
PRESS FIGHTING GERMANY

Feeling Against Emperor william Grow.
ing in England. &ts
LONDON, Jan. =. The feeling here
against Emperor William and Ger-
many, on account of the formers dis.
patch of congratulation to President
Kruger, apparently ignoring British
suzerainty over the Transvaal republic,
continues among all classes Of people,
and the war sentiment against Ger.
many rises as time passes. 1t is under
stood that the arsenals and dock yards
are being overhauled. s... ..- ~. ..H
nd Consider Mobilizing Militia. y
The Globe prints some sensational
news under the following scare head
lines:
"Aotivity in the War Ohace-Antici'
pated Military Measures.
A dispatch received here from the
the military camp at Aldershot says
that the general belief, almost backed
by proof, prevails there that the an.
thorities are considering the mobilizing
of the army reserves and part OF the
militia The men employed in the
stores are all very busy.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-10
OFFERS THEM FREE LAND

scheme to Colonise Armenisns in Row
Mexico.
DENVER, Jan. ga special to The
Republican from Santa Fe, n. M,
says: Amado Chaves, territorial super.
intendent Of public instruction, has I'd.
dressed letter to Edward F. Cragin,
chairman Of the Chicago executive
committee to aid the Armenians. thank.
ing for his suggestion Of colonizing
these people in New Mexico, and Offer
ing to supply the necessary land free Of
cost. In Western Valencia county,
along the line Of the Atlantic and Pa
eific railroad, Mr.. Chaves has extended
landed interests and he proposes to
to place at the disposal Of the Chicago
Armenian association, free at cost, all
the land they may desire to oolonize up
to 500, 900 acres.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-10
DICKINSON WILL BE FIRST.

Gets the Benefit Of Law Of tho Lask
Nerth Dakota Legislature.
DICKINSON, n. D., Jan. Sit is prob
able that Dickinson will be the first
place in the state to take advantage Of
chapter 2S Of the revised codes Of North
Dakots, which provides that when q
town furnishes q building wherein not
less than 100, 600 pounds Of wool may be
stored free from June 10 to Aug. 81, and
shall notify the commissioner Of agri-
culture Of the same, he shall there upon
advertise in this and other states that q
wool market will be held at a certain
time in that town. Last year Dickin.
son shipped $40. 600 pounds Of wool,
and the clip Of this year will much ex.
coed that Of 1sb6. John W. Currie,
chairman of the state board Of railroad
commissioners, has taken the matter
up with the Northern Pacific officials,
asking them to erect . wool warehouse
at Dickinson that will hold from $780,
600 to 500, 900 pounds.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-10
Makes q Bitter Attack In the
Senate on the United States
Supreme Court.
Income Tax Decision Contrary
to Precedent and a Gem
eral Surprise.
\ Editor Pulitzer Denounced For
s@.1 Inviting Foreign Official
,.e. Opinions. @E T..

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-The senate
was treated to- one of Senator Vests
characteristic speeches. He arraigned
the supreme court for the income tax
decision; he laid the responsibility for
the lack Of revenue at their door, when
they exempted the ''sordid wealth Of
che land from taxation; he contrasted
the records Of the present and past ad.
administrations; he threw some light
upon heretofore unknown chapters in
the history Of the. Mckinley law; he
denounced the financial dependence Of
this country and Of others upon tho
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-10
BOWEL IS INCOMPETENT,

Reason Given by the Seeding Msmbsrs
Of the Dominion Cabinet. ''
OTTAWA, Jan. SIN the house OF
commons, MI. Foster, late minister Of
finance, made statement in reference
to the causes which had actuated him.
self and six colleagues in resigning
their positions a. cabinet members.
The sole reason given was that tho
seeding ministers had no confidence In
Sir Mackenzie Bowels leadership.
They. contended, said Mr.. Foster. that
Sir Mackenzie Bowel wa incompetent
to lead the government Mr.. Foster
stated that the question Of granting
remedial legislation to re-establish sep
arate schools in Manitoba had nothing
to do with the resignations.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-10
EXTRA SESSION PROBABLE,
One Will Soon Be Called to ACT ON Wis.,
consin Reapportionment.

consin Reapportionment.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. Sit is learned
from an authority close to the governor
that call will probably be issued Feb.
l for an extra session to convene late in
February or early in March for the re-
apportionment of Wisconsin. Governor
Upham refused to deny or confirm the
statements. It il said the decision to
call an extra session was made by the
governor after long conference with
ex-senator John @. Spooner. The latter
refused ia. discuss the extra session
question at tho conclusion Of their talk,
but admitted he was not adverse to Q
reapportionment Of Wisconsin. e