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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-25

Dassy's brotherSfrom Sand Lake was
with them. He looked at the blue plat
ter and said: Pears TO me. Villa m
Henry. that's a powerful qneer-iook
ing Thanksgiving turkey you've got.
I'll bet dollar there aiu'l any wish
bone in it,
You've hit il right. Hiram" re-
turned MIR. Dassy. Our Thanksgiving
turkey amt much TO brag of, but
we've got right smart heap of
Thanksgiving. HeaR that rascal Noah
gobbling out there! l tell you he's
got the clearest and the musica.est
gobble of any turkey in the whole
pesky worldi"-Hayden Carruth. in
Youths Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-25

stone. Andrew jackson fell forward
on his face, with George Washington
on top of him.
But they counted without their host
Noah was not there; with fierce
beat of his wings he shot out, and then
sailed away to the top of the lone tree.
There he stood@up and uttered a de-
faint gobble.
Hear that!" cried Mr.. Dassy, in a
rage. 9TH fix him now!" and he
snatched down his rife from the wall.
Now you put that gun right ba ok, 4"
said his wife, firmly. You know per-
fectiy we'll if you shoot at him so far
off that you are liable to wound him,
and / won't have him suffering. Wait
till morning. when you can get
up close to him and shoot him right
and so he'll never know what hits
him."
Mr.. Dassy snorted once or twice and
put up the rifle.
1t was just before the first sign of
dawn next morning. The house was
dark. and the only sound to be heard
was the sharp rush of the wind
through the pine.
Suddenly there came in the morning
stiffness the jangling gobble of Noah.
No Ole heard it. Then it came again,
louder.
Mr.. Dassy half awoke and said:
"Consairn that turkey!" and turned
over. There was another gobble; Mr..
Daisy half opened his eyes and saw a
strange light playing on the ceiling.
and then one of the boys began pound
ing furiously on the stovepipe, and
shouted excitedly from above:
Fire! fire! There's a prairie fire
coming! It's right on us; it's got in
side The firebreak!"
In two minutes the entire Dassy
family were out fighting the approach
ing fire. 1t was a long hours work.
But the grass had been grazed on and
srampled down. and at last with much
beating of brooms, shove1s. pieces of
boards and old blankets they subdued
the flames and saved their stacks and
buildings. Then. tired but happy, they
returned to the house.
1t was then too lateto return to bed
and Mrs. Dassy got breakfast. After
they had eaten they sat around the
stove for an hour. The sun was well
up. Noah was walking about cautious
~ outside, carrying his head high and
still somewhat alarmed. After awhile
he gobbled- Mr.. Dassy arose and took
down his rife.
William Henry" said his wife
sharply. what are you going to do ?''
What am I going to do? Well.
reckoned I'd take a turn along the
edge of the canyon and see If couldn't
knock over a jack-rabbit. To-mor-
rows Thanksgiving. Do you think we
can have a Thanksgiving without any
fresh meat?"
Then he went out.
1t was the ext day and they were
all gathered ound the table. Mrs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-25
A Heavenly Foretaste.

If there is one week in the year more
than another, when our burdens and
cares, and vexations. and complaints
ought to be forgotten, and our
mereies counted, and talked, and
sung, and prayed over. it is this
Thanksgiving week. In Heaven every
day will be Thanksgiving day; but
there ought to be for us. at this sea-
son of the year, at least. foretaste OF
the Heavenly joy. - United Presoy-
terrain
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-25
VIII so Large.

If you haven't family large enough
to fit a turkey. invite some one in
That's why the Lord made the turkey
SO large; SO that you will have 10 in
vite some one in TO help eat il. If you
invite some one who is friendless nd
homeless you will rank very high with
the oEgels when they look down on The
TharksgivirR dinner.-Atchison Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-25

did this one, but it was of no use; she
wasn't equal to it.
''Melvira," remarked Mr.. Dassy to
his wife, as he looked into the coop.
''Melvira, if / didn't know different, /
should say you was natural-bOrn
fool"
william Henry" snapped Mrs.
Dassy. Il am natural-born fool. or
I'D never married you"
'Mebby you're right, Melvira,' he
said. uneasily. But 1 wish you'd eX-
plain why you didn't pick cut bigger
hen"
THAT hen was the biggest one on
the place that wanted to set" re turned
Mrs. Dassy.. II suppose you'd have set
those eggs under hen that didn't
want to set, wouldn't you?"
well, not exactly that, Melvira. A
hen that hasn't fully and thoroughly
made up her mind to set isn't very
stationary critter. But why didn't
you keep the eggs till more siza bic
hen got the setting notion into her
head?"
Would you have kept those eggs on
ice, or would you have boiled them.
William Henry?" inquired Mrs. Dassy.
with vigor.
SWELL, l dunno what I'd have done,''
sighed Mr.. Dassy, "but I'd have done
something fore I'd set nine turkey
eggs under a little specl1led hen like
that. You'd better sew fringe on that
hen so she can cover the outside eggs.
Though what do we want lot of tur-
keys gawking round for anyhow"
We'll, you'll see what we want of
them about next Thanksgiving. Will
litm Henry, if you don't eat your share
of those turkeys, then lose my guess"
''Ail right, Melvira, all right" as
scented Mr.. Dassy. cheerfuliy. as he
went back to the pump. Only
don't like the gobble OF the pesky
things. Makes me want to choke
them"
The Dassys lived on the northern
edge of Nebraska. TheiT farm lay on
the open prairie, but right at the head
of Lone Tree canyon, an abrupt crack
on the ground which ran down to the
Niobrara river. The lone tree which
gave the name to the canyon was a
high and spectral pine standing a
dozen yards from their barn.
Never was tree so deserted l:y it's
kind before. There was not another
IN sight anywhere, although there
were others down the canyon and
along the river; but as you stood on
the prairie you looked over them, and
over the river and canyon as well. so
that in whatever way YOU turned your
eyes from the Dassy ranch you saw
nothing but treeless prairie; though
of an evening the wind sighed through
the top of the lone tree quite industri-
ousfy, and did what it could to suggest
a forest. The Dassy boys, Thomas
Jefferson. Andrew Jackson and George
Washington. often talked about
climbing the lone tree. but they never
did so.
One day month later Mrs. Daisy
came out Of the coop and said: well.
she didn't do so bad. think"
"How many?" inquired Mr.. Dassy.
Seven"
'No. that isn't bad. considering. Are
they likely-looking critters2"
well. they don't handsome much
now. of course. Young turkeys never
do. But I'm reckoning that next
Thanksgiving the biggest one of EN-.
baked to a turn. on the blue platter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-25

Mrs. Smith-Did you give your moth
err the invitation to take Tha nksgiying
dinner at our house?
Tommy JoLes-Yes. ma'am-
''And what did she say?'
''Said she supposed we'd have to sc.
but she'd rather stay at home and get
a square meal."-N. Y. journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-25

ZkClNH$1 together W h
~ <(V0 Thanks g wing
II takes a week for some of US TO make the
journey here:
Blu, we wouldn't miss Thanksgiving If we
Travelled all the yeari
We al tie dear old homestead to the attic
rafters quite.
And the bees could scarce hive closer than
de We. Thanksgiving night.
We bring host Of children but there's no
distinction found:
We're all pack of children when Thanks
giving comes around.
You ought to see US playing tag behind the
old red barn,
All running, twisting tangled like a living
skein OF yarn.
And then we all go coasting on the slope
of Mutton hill.
And. like as not get '.slewfng" round and
take a jolly spill
Oh. what anappetite we have when mother
blows the horn!
How good the crisp. brown turkeys smell.
all fattened up with corn!
The buildings and the pumpkin pies. the
1ellies white and red
All. mothers cooking is boast from Maine
TO Marblehead!
When dinners over. all round the wide old
hearth we sit,
And live our youthful pleasures DER, and
crack our nuts and wit.
o happiest day of all the time that through
the hour-glass runs,
Thanksgiving in the old-time was at Grand
pa Robinson's!
Paul Pastnor. in N. Y. Independent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-08
rREAoHEBT WINS IN MARYLAND.
BoitinG Republicans and Democrats Unite
Ohio Situation Duplicated.

Boiling Republicans and Democrats Unite
Ohio Situation Duplicated.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Jan. 1.-THE selection by tho
House of Delegates of Maryland to-day of Louis
Schaefer of Baltimore city as its Speaker was
not unexpected, and when Candidate Gould Of
Montgomery county announced his withdrawal
it caused no great surprise. Up to yesterday
the Speakership was in doubt. but last night 1t
seemed to be generally understood that tho
eleven disaffected Republicans and the forty
two Democrats held the key to the situation
and that Schaefer would win.
The Democrats are elated over the result, and
It is evident they expect somsthing in return
for assisting the "Malsterites" in perfecting tho
organization. They consider that to-day's work
will drive the Republicans out of power two
years hence. Gov. Lowndes, who was a Gould
man, was not surprised, having said last night
he thought Schaefer would be selected. Not
withstanding Gould. appealed to his friends to
support Oscar Quinlan of Baltimore city. tho
for Schaefer. A Baltimore county Democratic
member was the only absentee.
1t is believed the defeat OF the regular Repub-
lican organization may weaken tho chances of
Judge McComas for United States Senator.
Judge McComas Is a friend of the Governor,
who withdrew In his behalf, and OF Mr.. Gould.
the defeated candidate for Speaker. Congress-
man Sidney Il. Mudd, who wac much in evil
dence to-day, his friends say. will be a formi-
dable candidate for Senator Germans seat. DEM
has a large following and is not out of the race
by any means. Gov. Lowndes will 20 to Cum
berland tomorrow to be absent from the State
Capitol several days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-08
DEAD Ar THE THROTTLE.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 7.-Jeromiah
o'Brien, engineer OF the north-bound Chesa-
peake and Ohio express, due at Wilmington,
Del, at 10:4O o'clock this morning, was stricken
with heart disease and died with his hand on
the throttle Of his engine between Prices and
Newark station on the Philadelphia, Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad. Tho train was
moving at o rate Of thirty miles an hour at the
time.
o'Brion resided at 1888 Ellsworth street, this
city. and was one of the Oldest engineers in point
OF service in the employ Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. He was in charge OF the third section
Of the Chesapeake and Ohio expreaR. which
passed Elkton on schedule time on its north
bound trip. 1t is customary for tho train to
slow up for the water tower when nearing New
ark, and its failure to do this convinced Fire
man Brady that something was the matter. He
lowered the water scoop, as was his duty, but
seeing that the engineer was not Stacking up
speed he called to him and got no answer.
Fireman Brady took In the situation at n
glance. He ran to the engineers side and
clutched O'Brien by the shoulder. His hand was
tightly g~rasping tho throttle and his body was
bent forward as IL in n sitting posture. His
face was pale and his eyes were closed.
Brady removed the dead mans hand from tho
lever and quickly brought the train to a a
still. The body Of the engineer was lifted out
and placed in the baggage car. after which It
was taken to Wilmington. The fireman, with
tho assistance of o brakeman, ran the express
into Wilmington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-08
RAILROAD GRAB IN WASHINGTON.
The Fraction Company wants the Right to
Cross the Capitol Plaza.

Cross the Capitol Plaza.
WASHINGTON. Jan. IA bill is pending be-
fore the Committees on the District of Columbia
of the Senate and House which is1apt to stir up
o very lively row, especially If 1t should happen
to pass beyond the committee stage. The bill
provides for amending in various ways the
charter of the Capital Traction Railway Com.
pany of tho District of Columbia, the most
powerful street railway organization in Wash.
ington, by giving 1t the right to lay tracks along
B street north and across the plaza of the Capt.
toll to connect with the old tracks east of the
Capitol. Great indignation is expressed BY the
citizens of Washington and all others interested
In preserving the beauty Of the Capitol grounds
that any railroad company should have the
temerity to propose such o thing as crossing
the grounds Of the Capitol with an electric tram
way. However, local influences are strong. in
Washington, and after the hearing given TO the
advocates Of this latest scheme Of sDoliation
trict Of Columbia. the report. was published
broadcast that the sentiment of the Legislators
was Almost unanimous in favor of granting the
railway company's request. Thore Is good rea-
opposition among the members Of the commit
tee than has. yet been developed. and that the
plan will be defeated.
One railroad company already runs it's cars q
short distance into the Capitol grounds at the
ton Company has the same privilege at the
south end. They formerly awaited themselves
of II, but since the cable was used their tracks
have been along the street outside the grounds.
d dnsgd DO or rSd sase but 10 fe desire fhs to- l sse t q dae te sSsn,
in the grounds at both ends OF the Capitol and
the middle as well.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-08
FEARS FOR THE PELIoAX,s CREW.
She Has Boen Out Eighty-nve Days and HAD
ProvisIons for Only Forty.

She aas Beer Out Eighty-1vs Days and Had
Provisions for Only Forty.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.-Shipping men are
anxious about tho fate Of the steamship Peli-
can, now eighty.hve days out from Port Town
send for Takua. Japan. Nothing has been heard
from her since she passed Through the straits
outward bound.
1t is generally believed that the steamer has
broken her propeller shaft or become otherwise
disabled and has drifted out Of tho course most
frequently taken by vessels sailing to and from
the Orient. In that case she WIN probably be
picked up in time. As to the fate of her crew &c
Is different. II the vessel still floats 1t IL posi-
BILE that her forty-ive officers and men are
either dead or dying of starvation.
When the Pelican sailed from Port Townsend
she was provisioned for forty days. Assuming
that the accident happened to her when she was
twenty days out, there would then have re-
manned sufficient provisions for only twenty
days. Sixty.ive days have elapsed since then.
Even assuming that the crow were put upon
one-third ~rations from the day Of tho mishap.
the available supply Of provisions would have
been exhausted by New Year g Day.
The accident that happened to the steamship
Strathnevis is still fresh in the memory of ship
ping men. That vessel met with an accident to
her machinery during q voyage from this coun-
try to the Orient and had been out seventy-nino
days when she was picked up and lowed into
port.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-08
TAoHr o1uB CLERK 4 SUICIDE
PauI Anstis Fo,ssns Hiussetr at the erana
Union 1nstel,

Paul Anstie, bookkecpcr Of the New York
Yacht Club, killed himself yesterday with car
bolio acid In the Grand Union Hotel He went
to the hotel ct 2 o'clock and asked for q room.
II want q good sleep," he said TO the clerk,
who assigned him to q room on the fifth floor.
He registered as Paul Anstle, Montreal, Cam
ada.
About PAS O'Clock o chambermaid while
passing the room occupied by Anstio heard
heavy breathing. DR.. McCreery of 129 East
Fortieth street, who was summoned, saw that
Anstie was suffering from, .carbolio acid poi
sonins. Two empty bottles labelled 'Carbolio
empty glass into which he had poured the poi
son before drinking It was clutched in Anstie's
right hand. Anstie died of 4 o'clock.
Coroner Fitzpatrick, on going to the hotel,
found three letters on the bureau In the room.
One of the letters was open and read a. follows:
"wm whoever finds this kindly send word to
my address a. per inclosed cardi At the Same
time please let my family know that q letter
win be found from me In large album in front
parlor. PAUL ANsTIE.
The suicide expected that his body would
date on the letter. The scaled letters were both
addressed Mrs; Paul Anstie. l5S East Fifty.
her son, she went to the hotel, where they were
tOlu what nhu DHpncnoU.
Ono of the letters addressed to the widow con.
tanned q small amount of money, the last the
suicide had. The other bcsought forsivoness
for the deed which the writer was about to do.
II said that life was q failure for him and that
there was no use of his living any longer.
"As Christ forgave the dying sinner on the
cross, SO hope He will forgive me for what
am about to do" was part of the letter.
Mrs. Anstie told Coroner Fitzpatrick that she
know Of no reason why her husband should
have committed suicide except that latterly he
was afflicted with asthma and liver trouble.
Anstie had been in the employ Of the New
York Yacht Club for about a year. He came
TO this city from Montreal and was born in
Natal, South Africa.
Superintendent Olsen of the New York Yacht
Club was reticent last night in speaking Of
Anstie.
"Mr. Anstie," he said. twas an educated
man, perhaps too much so for his position. AS
far as / know, his accounts are all right.
John Rixton, q mechanic, killed himself yes
terday with carbolic acid at his home at ST.
First avenue, because he had been discharged
from the United Electric Light and Power Com
pany at 416 East Twenty.sixth street on &C
count OF his irregular habits.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-08
FIRE TRUCK DRrrER KILLED.
Pierce English Thrown from His Seat on
the Way to n Fire.

Pierce English Thrown from His Seat on
the Way to n Fire.
Pierce English, driver of Hook and Ladder
Truck 20, was thrown from his seat and killed,
yesterday afternoon, as the result OF q collision
between the truck and q light delivery wagon
owned and driven by Jacob Frenger, a sausage
maker. of 758 Tenth avenue.
When the accident happened the truck, whose
house Is in Amsterdam avenue, near Ninety
seventh street. was answering an alarm from
Sixty-second street and Amsterdam avenue.
Bicycle Policeman William A. Black was clear
ing a way ahead, riding about 100 feet in front
OF the horses. At Seventy.fourth street he
shouted 10 Erenger to turn out toward the curb.
This Frenger did. English, seeing q clear road.
had just let his horses out n little, when Frenger
turned his horse in again. directly in front OF
the truck.
English avoided q direct, head.on collision by
swinging his horses as far as possible 10 the
left. The horses missed the wagon. but the of
front wheel of the truck struck it and English
was thrown from his seat. He pitched forward,
head first. struck on the whifle-tree bar and.
barely missing tho wheel. fell on his head on
the asphalt pavement. His neck was broken.
The horses kept on. and the truck was saved
from an upset only by the efforts of John Regain
at the steering wheel. Fireman Michael Fl.
Roach, who was standing on the left-side step,
climbed up over the ladders to the drivers
seat and caught the relns. and Policeman Black.
when he saw what had happened. rode up to the
of horse apd Rrasped its bride with his left
hand. while retaining control Of his wheel with
his right. Between the two they stopped the
Fireman Valentine Mitsch, who was on the
right-side step. had jumped from the truck at
Seventy-second street, where he fell and received
O scalp wound.
Father Matthew A. Taylor OF tho Church of
the Blessed Sacrament, at tho Boulevard and
Seventy-first street. who is always ready for
emergencies, was called by Fireman Murray.
and performed the last rites Of the Church for
matned in him.
Frenger was arrested by Black and locked up
in tho West Sixty-eighth street station. The
fire was in the basement of a tenemc at %
Amsterdam avenue, owned by Charles Martin.
1t did about $500 damage.
English Is the third driver Of fire apparatus
killed within two months. The second was
James 8. Calnan of Engine "a, who was run over
on Christmas morning. o
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-08
PREACHER U THE President
Tho Rev. MIR. McNichoi OF Bridgeport Calls
Sr. Mckinley .His sieekuess.~

Tho Rev. MIR. mcNichOi OF Bridgeport Calls
sr. Mckinley ellis sieekness.n
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, Jan. Tho Rev. VIII
liam McNichol, pastor Of the Grace NJ. f.
Church. this city. has just issued a directory of
the church, which is looked upon with amaze
ment. Mr.. McNichol strikes out right and left,
and hits a head whenever one appears. Even
President Mckinley, whom no dubs "His
Sickness" is not spared. The directory. from
q financial standpoint, is a success. as each al
ternate page contains advertisements for which
o liberal price is paid. The directory has re-
suited in some of the trustees resigning. and 1t
is feared many members of the congregation
will follow.
Mr.. McNichol pays his respects to President
Mckinley as follows: THE present occupant
of the White House, by holding saloon prop
erty and serving alcoholic liquors at his table,
in scorn of his church and contempt Of the pub
lie school, has done more to stultify conscience
in the great reform than any, one man has ever
done or been capable of doing, for he took
Office as a Christian Mt a time when public SEN
timent would have sustained him and applaud.
ed him in keeping his own table clean. II it be
true that no drunkard shall enter the kingdom
of heaven, there will be hard lines for His
Sickness in the Judgment"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-08
PROF. DUDLEY IN JAIL.
A Teacher at Stanford University mistaken
for q Swindler.

SAN Francisco, Jan. 7.-Prof. WilliamlR- Dud-
ley of the Botanical Department of Stanford
University is the victim Of o peculiar case Of
mistaken identity, which caused him to spend
ono night in the jacksonville Jail on
a charge Of passing counterfeit money.
Dressed in q rough outing suit, he
was walking in Monterey county engaged in
collecting specimens OF q peculiar variety of
lily that grows on sugar beet lands. When he
reached jacksonville he was, arrested on a
charge Of passing counterfeit money. on q de-
~scription furnished by q saloon keeper who said
he had been swindled with spurious ten dollar
pieces.
To-day another man upon whom bad coin had
been passed said that Dudley was not tho guilty
person. and the professor will probably DO re-
leased tonight. Professor Dudley Is q graduate
of Cornell, Of tho class of "a, and has also
degrees from Strasburg and Leipsio. When DR..
Jordan was chosen President Of Stanford, no
selected Professor Dudley as one Of tho first
members Of the faculty of the new university.