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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-05-02
A"hASURY DEFICIT
m $25,OOO,OOO
Secretary's Estimate Receipts
Was Too High.

eo,. lnston' April 26.-The treasury de-
1cos tor the hscal year ending June 80
ts -, wiz De approximately sos 900 O0O This
.,oI'o opinion of officials and others best
A. tl 10 make an intelligent estimate
tto e result of the fiscal operations of
'e"r' In his annual estimates sent to
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-05-02
THE NEW FRENCH MINIsTR y
W. Sarrien Informs President FaUre
That He Has Failed.

Paris, April 26.-M. Sarrien, minister of
the interior in the retiring Bourgeois cab
met, who had been summoned by Presl-
dent Faure to form a ministry, has in
formed the president that he finds him
self unable to form a cOncllliation cabi-
net.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
ALL SORTS.

blaine railroads are giving more of
the crossing tending jobs to women.
The furnaces at Sheffield, Ala, are
turning out about 200 ions of iron
daily.
The non tidal part of the Thames is
1873 miles IN length and drains an area
of G,000 square miles.
On recent blackboard ride at Calais,
Me-. there were four grandmothers and
one grandmother present.
With the exception Of two years ago
the cranberry crop of 1896 Is the small
est for the past eleven years.-Boston
Herald.
1T must be such pleasure to sing as
you do. Does your husband sing. too?"
We'll John-John wants to sing aw-
fully-and he does. Harlem Life.
Miss Goodly-Whats the matter, my
poor man? You look ill., Tramp
Madam, something haven't eaten has
disagreed with me.--London Truth.
The apple crop in Calhoun county,
Michigan, is the largest in the history
of the county. Hundreds of trees are
breaking down under the load of fruit.
A big forest and prairie fire has been
raging in the southern end of San
Diego county, California, so that be-
tween Protero and Campo all the
ranchers have been out fighting fire.
Food is served in one of the London
restaurants on electrically heated
plates, so that the guests can eat lei
surely and still have the viands con-
tinue warm until the close OF the meal
Orders have been sent to London for
s 1000 Bibles, 5000 hymn-books, and
1000 catechisms, to be sold in the Fiji
Islands. The FIJI islanders gave near
ly $4,000 to foreign missions last year
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
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Y''Ss ,HYNsNl;; , ~

We thank Thee, o Father, for all that
is bright
The CLEAN of the day, and the stars of
the night;
The flowers of our youth and the fruits
of our prime,
And blessings that march down the
pathway of time.
We thank Thee, o Father, for all that
Is drear-
The sob of the tempest, the flow of the
tear;
For never in blindness, and never in
vain,
Thy mercy permitted sorrow or pain.
We thank Thee, o Father, for song and
for feast
The harvest that glowed and the
wealth that increased;
For never a blessing encompassed
earth's child
But thou in Thy mercy looked down
ward and smiled.
we Thank lnee, " falner, Oh all, TOT the
power
or aiding each other in life's darkest
hour;
The generous heart and the bountiful
hand,
And all the soul help that sad souls un-
derstand.
We thank Thee. 0 Father, for days yet
to be-
For hopes that our future will call us
to Thee
That all our Eternity form, through
Thy love.
One Thanksgiving Day in the mansions
above.
Will Carleton.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
Enlightened at Last.

An old Scotch lady, who had no rel
ish for modern church music, was ex-
pressing her dislike of the singing of
an anthem in her own church one day.
when neighbor said: why, that is a
very old anthem. David sang that an
them to Saul" To this the old lady
replied: 'Weel, weel, moo for the
first time understan' why Saul threw
his javelin at David when the lad sang
for him. London Household Words.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
Loves Service.

Love always gives Service has a
thousand forms. says the Christian
Herald. Sometimes it is poverty that
stands at our door and relief is want
ed. More often 1t is not money nor
bread, but something more precious,
friendship, sympathy. Sorrow or lone
illness is before us. A. mothers heart
is breaking. Money would be useless
it would be mockery. But we can
hold to the neighbours lips a cup of the
wine of love, filled out of our own
heart. which will hearten the sufferer.
Or It Is the anguish of life struggle,
a human Gethsemane, beside which we
are called to watch. We can give no
actual aid-the soul must fight its bat
ties alone; but we can be as the angel
that ministered to our Lords Gethse-
name imparting strength and helping
the weary struggler to win the victory
The world is very full OF sorrow and
trial. and we cannot live among our
fellow men and be true without sharing
their loads. If we are happy we must
hold the lamp of our happiness so that
1t will fall upon the Swallowed heart.
II we have no burden. it is our duty to
put our shoulders under the load Of
others. Selfshness must die or else
our own hearts life must be frozen
within us. We soon learn that we can
mot live for ourselves and be Christ
ians: that the blessings that are sent
MS are to be shared with others and
that we are only Gods almoners to
carry them in Christs name to those
for whom they were intended.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
THANKSGIVING {
2GH00230 SaCe 600 009G 0Oeo0'

The old-time honored custom of max
ing festival at Thanksgiving, as, in
deed, at all other national holidays, Is
simple, beautiful. right.
No greater argument can be ad-
vanced in favor of these holidays than
that We continue zealously to keep
them up in letter If not in spirit.
When we think of the terrible hard
ships the Puritans were constantly I'M
dergoing. and yet of the feast which
they spread in the wilderness-when
we think of their brave CHEEKY ways, Of
their courage that stopped at nothing.
and of that first primeval Thanksgiv-
ing dinner with It's attendant praise
service and air OF hearty cheer, We can
not help regretting that little of that
old-time sentiment has not descended
TO the present generation.
We who have everything to be thank
full for are often thankful for little. We
who are surrounded by every comfort
are often as ungrateful as IL we were
surrounded by none. If one does not
appreciate ones mercies. one may as
well have calamities, for what does
prosperity signify II one is not glad?
Let us then be truly. heartily glad for
the beautiful world that surrounds us,
for the books, the flowers, the pictures,
the music, the love OF kith and kin, the
lisping words of children, the helpful
hands of friends-for all this and much
more which We receive with apparent
indifference.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
and cookies and all sorts Of goodies"
for. tho Th N lrcuir,irrr
No 5.

and cookies and all sorts Of goodies"
for the Thanksgiving tea.
On Thanksgiving eve, at eight D. m,
might have been seen a torchlight pro-
cession moving across the mea low
from Mr.. Emery's barn. and along the
lane that led to Widow Gray's cottage
at the other end of the village. And
this was the programme:
Two boys with Chinese lanterns; two
little Cinnamon bearing on a pole be-
tween them a real Chinese tea-chest
filed with tea and sugar; wheelbar-
row, alternately wheeled by Joe En-
cry and Will Somerby. On each side OF
the barrow two pumpkins containing
pies. doughnuts, etc. One pumpkin in
front with celery and cranberries;
large oval pumpkin in the center with
turkey, decorated with laurel sprlgs;
spaces filled up with white potatoes and
sweet potatoes; at the head of the bar
row, on pole, a little banner-"A
Thanksgiving greeting from the
friends of Mrs. Gray"
Now, don't you think Joe Emery's
was new and jolly pumpkin lark?"
B. z.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
Thankful.

II don't see what makes people go 20
football games on Thanksgiving Day."
remarked his wife. 1T hasn't any
thing 10 do with the spirit of the o.
casion."
"Oh, yes, it has" was the reply. II
never went to a football game in my
life that l didn't feel tremendously
thankful that l wasn't one of the play
ers."-Ex.
The above goes very well with the
experience of the little girl, who. locked
up the dog in a dark closet while the
family were at church Thanksgiving
Day. so that he might be thankful
when they came home and let him out.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21


h.Al 80 ing they were going to have,
and Tom said, L guess we used to have
as good time as anybody when father
was alive; but mother says we mustn't
expect a turkey or a mince pie this
year
Il lay awake last night ever so long,
and planned 1t all out. You and | will
go up to Squire Fiske-father says he's
got big heart-and / shouldn't Won
der, If We tell him how hard Widow
Gray works to get along and keep the
boys at school, If he'll give the turkey,
and then the biggest thing of all will
be off my mind.
Then | want at least six pumpkins.
and here comes in the fun-these sur
prise pumpkins will be such pumpkins
as you've never seen in all your life.
You just come up to our barn tonight.
at seven o'clock, and bring your peck
etknife, sharpened up, and I'll show
you what / mean by surprise pump
kins.'"
And seven o'clock that November
night found as jolly and happy a half
dozen boys as you'd wish TO see, col
lected in Mr.. Emery's barn. Six of the
biggest pumpkins-one oval in shape
and six boys and six knives busy at
work on the straw covered floor.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21

First the pumpkins were cut in two
parts, about two-thirds from the base
then both parts were scooped out. !eav-
ing the yellow rind about an inch in
thickness: then a green willow withe
or switch was cut the right length and
put into the smallest part of the divid-
ed pumpkin (the cover. for handle.
Then the boys put thin coat of var
nish over their work, and left to dry
on a shelf in the barn row of splendid
new-fashioned orange-colored dishes
and covers!
The next three days were busy days.
can tell you. for the surprise party;
but Squire Fiske gave the turkey and
the "fixings"-cclery and cranbsrrles
and Joe's mother made n real Yam
kee plum-pudding; and Wills sister
made two such pies. as Will said
mince and squash-and the other boys
mothers and sisters made doughnuts
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21

lust as they used to when he was a
homeless orphan boy, whom nobody
else wanted in winter weather while he
was crippled and could not work. She
could not be kinder now than she was
then but she looked so poor and old!
He saw her taste her cup Of tea and set
it down again. with trembling hand
and a look at him. mo, wanted to
come myself" he clustered, wiping his
eyes and trying to laugh. and you're
going to have everything you need to
make you comfortable longs you live,
Mother Robb!"
She looked at him again and nodded,
but she did not even try to speak.
There was a good. hot supper ready,
and her own felix's had come; it was the
night before Thanksgiving.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21

and came in himself laden with pieces
OF the neareetfence to keep the fire 60
ing in the meantime. They must cook
the steak for supper right away; they
must find the package of tea among all
the other bundles; they must get good
fires started in both the bedrooms
Why, Mother Robb didn't seem to be
ready for company from out West! The
great cheerful fellow hurried about the
tiny house, and the little. old woman
limped after him, forgetting everything
but hospitality. Had not she house
for John to come to? Were not her
old chairs and tables in their places
still? And he remembered everything
and kissed her as they stood before the
fire as If she were a girl.
He had found plenty of hard times,
but luck had come at last. He had
struck luck, and this was the end of a
great year.
mo, couldn't seem to write letters;
no use to complain O. the worst. an |
wanted to tell you the best when |
came; and he told it while she cooked
the supper NO want goin' to write
no foolish letters" John repeated. He
was afraid he should cry himself when
he found out how bad things had been;
and they sat down to supper together,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
Teddy's Thanksgiving.

Hail Thanksgiving time once more,
When Turkey rules the day.
And aunts and uncles, cousins. too.
May come from far away
To grace the full Thanksgiving table,
And eat-as much as they are able
Teddy, one year old to-day,
In his new best dress"
Wants TO sit in his high chair
And eat his share-I guess,
And help mamma be thankful, may be.
For her Thanksgiving birthday baby.
So at mammals side he sits
Little rosy. dimplcd boy:
His turkey" only bread ond milk,
His little heart o'erfull OF joy:
And life TO us IS twice worth living
Since Il brought Teddy last Thanks
giving.
M. ID. Brine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21

THERE WAS A TALL MAN.
uitcnes. 1t seemed to her as IL in
the troubles that she had known
carried before this, there had al
II oeen some hope 10 hold, as il
had never looked poverty full in
\. ACE and seen its cold and pitiless
oeiore. She looked anxiously
= 'ne road, with a horrible shrink
- a"u dread at the thought of being
OUT OF pity, to join in some
In "sslvlng feast, but there was no.
NVinihg with gifts in hand. Once
I. aau been full of love for such days.
al nome or abroad. but some
nad chilled her very heart now.
POr old woman.
h. nearest neighbor had been fore
Ia -. nose who wished her to go to
H. iarm. and he had said more
MI, 'HCe that II was the only sensible
49, ut John Mander was waiting
kp Ivy ~. 70 get her tiny farm into his
Sopsr Illus He had advanced some
ke,ss upon II In her extremity, and
ser ~ That there was still a debt,
IN h ue mad cleared her wood lot to
d ora"' e'i mack lie would pillow over
u -. "''s IN the field-corner and fell
key NJ ems. and waited for his poor
koaehe"s. spider. lie had often re-
|ortbla.u ner Tor being too generous to
people In the past and com
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
Oh, Turkey with cranberry jelly!
OH Doughnuts and pudding and piei

Oh! Doughnuts and pudding and piei
II there is ever time when we want
our turkey to be tender and juicy, II Is
for the Thanksgiving dinner. 1t is not
every houeckeeper who knows how to
select a turkey, though 1t is not diff
cult matter. The best turkeys have
smooth. black legs with soft. loose
spurs. and are short and plump. The
end of the breast bone should be soft
and flexible. The breasts are full. and
the flesh plump and white.
The cooking is fully as important as
the selection. and the preparation Tor
u should he carefully attended to.
A turkey is greatly improved by
drawing the sinews from the legs. This
converts the otherwise coarse and
tough flesh OF the drumstick into DELI
cate meat
II you prefer to stuff your turkey.
,,ace enough in slit of neck to I'LL the
cavity made by removing the crop; NIL
the breast with the remainder ana sew
firmly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21

Thanksgiving Day is a timely pre-,
naration for Christmas. A thankful
heart makes one desire to share good
gifts with a poorer neighbor. and Sc
by the time Christmas Day appears the
spirit of selishness has been sup
pressed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21

Laura, my pride, my darling,
And my little Resale.
And the children all are coming
To keep Thanksgiving with me.
The great worlds din is softened
Ere it reaches this abode,
This mountain farm, that lieth
Under the smile of God.
So open the doors and windows,
And let in the golden air,
Sweep out the dust and cobwebs,
And make the old home fair.
For swift from Hamlet and city
Swift over river and sea,
My boys and girls are hasting
To keep Thanksgiving with me.
Agnes Kincaid.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
Turkey Humor.

Old Turkey-Are you trying to lay
anything by this year?
Young Turkey-No. | shall be satis-
fed il can only keep ahead until after
Thanksgiving.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
Let US Be Thankful.


~ sri ONE from Hamlet
" and city,
~ Home DER river
an and sea,
y ~ The boys and girls
4s,EO are coming
cEST$ To keep Thanks
N54 giving with me,
Hugh is a judge, they tell
me,
And John is a learned di-
vine.
They we're always more
than common,
Those sturdy lads OF
mine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21

AY, Bill, 'spose we
fellows give Widow
Gray a regular sur
prise party Thanks
giving eve.
81 heard those
Maitland b o y S
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
Calumet 4oughon County Saturday. 1896

as II her heart was going to break with
JOY. He left her in the rocking chair
ana came and went in his old bonny
way bringing in his store of gifts and
provisions. IL was better than any
cream. He laughed and talked and
went out to send the man to bring a
wagonful OF wood rom John Mander's
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21

stchen and a tiny bedroom that leo
"A of II and there still vemained the
la room and bedroom, with the
M garrett overhead. There had been
|tlme after she was left alone, when
lis Robb could help those who were
horer than herself. She owned pig,
n was strong enough not only TO do
|voman's work inside her house, but
80 mans work outside in her piece
garden ground. At last sickness and
"a had come hand in hand, those two
kentless enemies of the poor, and to-
k;her they had wasted her strength
hd substance. She had always been
Soked up 10 by her neighbors as be-
b Independent, but now she was left,
Ime-footed and lame-handed, with a
kbt to carry and her bare land, and
house ill-provisioned to stand the
tge of time. For a while she man
led 10 get on, but at last 1t began to
whispered about that it was no use
b any one TO he so proud; 1t was cas-
n for the whole town to care for her
: an for a few neighbors, and she had
klter go TO the poorhouse before win
b, and be done with it. At this ter
Die suggestion her brave heart
kemed TO stand still. The people
HON she cared most for happened to
y poor. and she could no longer go
Ito their households TO make herself of
De. The very elms overhead seemed
say "No" az they groaned in the late
b,umn winds, and there was some
bing appealing even to strange pass
fs-by in the look of the little gray
Puse, with Mrs. Robb's pale, worried
Ice at the window.
anniversaries are days to make other
kople happy in, but sometimes when
)ey come they seem to be full of sha-
Pws, and the power of giving joy to
Ehers, that inalienable right which
Pght to tighten the saddest heart, the
|ost Indifferent sympathy, sometimes
Zen this seems to be withdrawn. So
POr old Mary Ann Robb sat at her
Fndow on the afternoon before
thanksgiving and felt herself to be
or and sorrowful indeed. Across the
pen road she looked eastward over
great stretch OF cold meadow-land,
foWn and windswept and crossed by
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21

HERE was C sad
heart in the low
stored, dark little
house that stood
humbly by the
roadside u n d e +
some tall elms.
Small as her house
was, old Mrs. Robb
found it too large
for herself alone;
che only needed the
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-03-04
Denfer un6 Oihter.

vOos @DIt Der Oenfer uno Der 0i9ter",
Den itol5en Sitel bat man uns gei9entt -
gum @einen 1T es unb 3u9lei9 gum 2a9en!
gon 3ebnen finb'f bu Reun, bic @crIe
MAIDEN,
Gon 9unoerttanienoen @inen taum - Der
pentt.
(St. gt.) q
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-03-04
G n d..

Gommer3tenratb (Oer iOeben iein gbsIs=,
patent erbalten): n@noli3, enbli4 It a m I'll
S9ou9ab!"
Isl, 8l.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-13
FARMERS FAVOR WOMEN.
Their Congress Declares in Favor 0
Female Suffrage

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 13.-The
farmers congress adjourned yesterday
afternoon. President Clayton and the
other officers hold over until the St.
Paul meeting next year being elected
for q term OF four years
During the morning friends of Sam
ueI w. Allerton of Chicago We're Wor-
ried because of the throttling of the
resolution endorsing him for secretary
of agriculture. When it was seen there
was a string of opposition to him be
cause of the interests behind him. Al
lertOn's friends withdrew a second res
olution which had been prepared to
place before the congress with the mo-
ton to be passed under a suspension Of
the rules
In another resolution offered by J. A.
Ouirk the congress petitioned the gov
ernmental congress to restore the sugar
bounty Of cents to protect the beet
and cane sugar Industries Of the United
States.
The committee on resolutions report
ed in favor of the following resolutions
and their recommendation were adopt
ed:
THAT congress provide an amend
ment to the constitution to grant to
women the right of suffrage and the
ballot that man now enjoys; that the
laws against trusts be amended and
enforced: that the growth of beet and
cane sugars be encouraged; that the
Farmers National congress is in favor
Of the franchise for women in munich
pal state and national matters that
the postOfFice department forward the
betterrnent of mail facilities to rural
communities; that the United States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-13
TO BE CONSERVATIVE.
An Ex-LegisIatOr Says POpu-
lists VIII Be Prudent.
They Are Not Going to Legis-
late Wildly.
Have q Record to Make and Do Not
Believe in Going Too Far

3. I. Hale OF Rush county, a member
Df the Douglas house in 1898. was in the
city today.
10 a reporter concerning the recent
election he said. Now that Mr. Nc
Kinley is elected. and a gold standard
congress, suppose about the only
thing TO be done, to bring about pros
perity, viii be tariff legislation as
proposed by the supporters Of Mr. Nc
Kinley during the campaign. AS to the
election in Kansas, I am gratified at
the result I am surprised though that
the majority for Bryan, and the state
ticket was so small Il feel quite conf
dent that a very large majority of the
people OF this state favor silver as one
OF the standard moneys and are Opp0s-
ed TO the gold standard as promulgated
by the Republican platform.
The silver agitation is not dead by
amy means and it viii continue until
That metal is by legislation restored to
ats original place on the statute books
as one of the money metals of this
great country.
Il am very sorry that some people
are predicting bad legislation in kan
sas the coming session, I am satisfied
there is not one member elected in this
state who is not in favor Of good hon
est and conservative legislation, that
viii reflect credit on the iaW-making
power and on this great state
II believe G0VeFn0r-elect Ifeedy to be
q careful prudent man, and 7 predict
wise and economic conduct OF the af-
fairs of the coming executive. that viii
rebound to the best interests of the
whole state. I hope to see the Iegisla-
GIre elect an uncOmprOmising advocate
OF silver to the United States senate