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proud IN make any advances. and they
won't either. Then there is Kate Whit
ing and her sister. Lucy Patch. who had
"A falling out years ago. and amt spoke
to each other since, and before that one
was the very shadder OF the other.
Reuben Hopes and his brother Silas
and their families fell out over the
property after old man Hopes died,
and they amt spoke since. Then the
Anderson and Robey families had .
falling out five years ago, and they
don't speak and before that they were
as thick as flies around molasses bari.
Then there are other families in the
district that amt as friendly as they
ought TO be. so your Thanksgiving din
ner might end in riot II all these peo-
pie come together in the schoolhouse."
mot with woman OF your tact at
the head of it," said.
"Well. you go ahead and get II up,
and | will aid and abet you all ] can.
IL will be break in the monotony OF
things here even il there is a fight"
/ spent all of my time before and
after school during the next ten days
in calling at all OF the homes in the
neighborhood and inviting the people
to come to the schoolhouse on Thanks
giving day with well-flled baskets.
The schoolhouse was unusually large,
and there would be room for all II we
took out a part OF the seats. Three
days before Thanksgiving old Mrs.
Dorton said:
II guess you'll have the house full
J Thanksgiving. Nancy Ross was in here
to-day. and she says that the whole
district Is coming, and Nancy knows il
anyone does, for She spends most OF
her time trotting about picking mp
gossip and retailing it ont again. She
is as good as the local columns Of a
newspaper for giving news about what
folks are saying and doing. and she
says that the idea Of the Thanksgiv
dinner in the schoolhouse has caught
like wildfire. Nancy says she wouldn't
miss it for a party"
The larger boys and girls OF the
school met me at the schoolhouse the
evening before Thanksgiving, and We
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land birth. and she had not come TO the
west until some years after her mar
riage. She was woman of good
deal of force of character. and no one
in the neigh borhood had a nimbler
tongue. One evening about two weeks
before Thanksgiving said to her:
do the people observe Thanksgiving
very generally in this neighborhood?''
NO. they do not" replied the old lady
with considerable emphasis. "And it
has always been a good deal of trial
to me that so little attention was paid
to day that we made so much of back
there in dear old New England. 1t was
the greatest holiday of the year to
us. and how we did enjoy it,"
"Why do they pay SO little attention
to il here?"
well, guess il is Just because they
have never got in the way OF paying
any attention to it. They never cele-
brated the Fourth OF July as it ought
to be celebrated until my husband got
them started to doing il ten years be-
fore he died. and now we have big
CeleDrlllOn every year.
"Somc one ought to start them TO
celebrating Thanksgiving.'
$50 they ought. But who is to do it?''
reflected for few minutes, and
then ! said:
suppose we start them off in that
direction"
"How?" asked the old lady dropping
her knitting into her lap ard mani.
Testing eager interest
Suppose we get up Thanksgiving
dinner in the schoolhouse. Invite al
f, the folks in the district to come and
bring their dinner with them. There
does not seem TO be any social life in
the neighborhood unless one can cal
occasional spelling matches and sing
ing schools in the schoolhouse social di
versions. The people never eat and
drink together in merrymaking Of
any kind. Don't you think that the
idea OF +. Thanksgiving dinner in thu
schoolhouse would take?"
The old lady reflected for moment
and then said:
"Ycs, I think It would. II would b
a novelty to every one, and think thu
folks would turn out big, only-only-'
"Only what?' / asked.
"Well, the fact is, there sre 20 many
folks in this neighborhood that dom
speak TO each other. never saw any
thing like IL. There is old Squire Bent
who won't speak to his daughter be
cause she married John Waiter
against the squire's wishes. There wa
nothing against John, excepting tina
he was poor. and he had brother tina
had been in Jail, but John couldn't hell
that. and he has done splendidly eve
since he married. and II is my opinion
that the squire would like TO make ul
with John and Nellie. only be = -
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.ics are welcome by any means, but
Massachusetts, owing 10 the so-called
inti-imperialist sentiment of its vot-
,rs. cut down Mckinley's plurality OF
1876 by 100000 votes. In New York,
state of immense commercial and in
iustrial interests. his plurality was
!airly cut in two, though the popular
uprising against Croker and Croker
ism largely Offset the effort of Croker
10 assist Bryan.
There is in ell this lesson which
Mr.. Mckinley will do well 10 heed. He
is not in himself a strong man; he is
the medium through which strong
forces operate. His nature is plastic,
his habit is to yield, and his will pow or
is a negligible quantity. As one result
OF his pliancy and opportunism we have
now 10 deal with a problem re ulting
from the lack of a settled and tn.ight-
ened policy in the Philippines. As an
other result We are face to face with
the serious problem involved in the
steady growth Of certain tendencies
looking 10 the Capitalization Of wealth
BY improper means and for imprOpt '
purposes. Up TO the present time this
administration has shown no well-de-
fined perception Of it's duty in the mat
ter of the trust problem. and stu less
has II shown any purpose 10 take any
effective action thereon. The trusts
which hold no special privileges anu
which are not oppressive and the trusts
which owe their very existence TO ia.
voritism and bad legislation have al
been grouped in the same class and
treated with uniformly tender regard
by the obhging administration. Those
measures of publicity. OF tariff reform
and Of reform in discrimination In rail
way rates which should divide the two
| classes. leaving unframed the benef
cial combinations which rest on 81
perior products and low prices TO con
sumers and curbing those which ard
harmful, seemed to have formed ne
part Of the administrations pro
gramme.
Mr.. Mckinley has yet TO make him
self known as an earnest friend d
measures beneficial to the great mass
Of the people az distinguished from thu
interests OF the few who have power
and influence. Record tInd.)
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one of the greatest OF the future. VIII
the old democratic party ever again
form a compact organization on that
issue? Is it possible for the democracy
of Whitney, German, Fairchild and
Charles X. Flint ever to harmonic
again with that of Mr.. Bryan and SEN
ator Tillman, so long as industrial mo-
nopoly and the growth of the class
spirit continue in America?
Some people are asking what VIII
now become of Mr.. Bryan? As quss-
ton Of politics, that has very slight
relative Importance. The real cues
ticn is whether the fundamental issues
which formed the heart and soul Of The
dc mocratic campaign this year have
been settled forever in this country by
the republican majorities. Upon the
survival OF those issues in the minds o.
the great masses of Americans will de-
pend the character Of the future devel-
opment of the democratic party. Only
one thing seems fairly sure. An effort
TO make the party conform to the imp
rialism. miltarism and unrestraincd
monopolistic spirit Of some of its fer
ner leaders and adheTents would rerd
it again. and probably increase amaz-
ingly the political power OF socialism
in the United States.-Springiie "a
(Mass.) Republican.
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And cloud bank rolled up gloomy to
the west'ard. threatenin snow.
30 l hurried on. and wondered what would
wife say when told her
About Rover. She and baby thought so
much OF him. you know.
As ! reached the corner yonder could see
the lamplght burnin
AT the window. and knew the folks were
waiting there for me.
And walked on in the darkness slowly.
though my heart was yearnin'
To sit down once more by Mary. with
my baby on my knee.
At the open door. awaitin' with welcome
smile. stood Mary.
Where is babe?" "She went to meet
YOU when she heard old Rover bark.
30 she answered. and my heart fell -
looked out on the prairie.
Just to think Of her a wanderin' alons
out In the dark.
She's all right: the dog Is with her" says
her mother. speakin' cheerful.
But, you know. l knew he wasn't. so
stood without a word
And Just thcn we both we're startled by q
dog howlin' fearful.
Somethin' like coyote yelpin'; just the
worst ever heard.
Goodness me-" says wife. that's Rover.
But I never heard him cryin'
Out In such dreadful way as that
then. suddenly. once more
Came that doleful sound a-ringin'. just q
" the brute was dyin'
An was asking US to help him. SO
dashed out through the door.
vse those ccttonwoods, just yonder? Al
the ground there's full Of water,
Soft and marshy. full Of pit holes. deeI
enough to hide a steer.
~ ran along prayed that God woult
save my baby daughter
Then | thought OF murdered Rover. and
J wished that ae was near.
" was farker than a pocket. but tina
race no difference TO me,
Do Gun on calling baby" Till II echoc<
s'l around,
Shen " God stock still and listened. and [
thrill 81 )oy vent ehrovgh ma.
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there ne sat talkin' 70 Nellie ant Johs
same as IL there'd never been any
trouble at all. And he had that baby
In his arms the whole afternoon, an
went around as proud sayin' to folks:
See my grandson. Amt he . mighty
fine boy?' 1t was the first tipe he had
ever seen the child, an the next week
he made Nellie and John come and live
with him. Then what did that Hammer
Dorton do but put Reuben Hopes an
his brother Sihs and their families at
. table by themselves, an heard her
say to EN-: Come, now, you folks want
TO be sociabie an have a good visit
together same as own brothers ought
to on Thanksgivin' day Their wives
have always wanted to make up, an
tell you they found their tongues
mighty soon, an fore that meal was
over they was talkin' away as IL there
had never been any row over property
or anything else. An before they knew
1t the Andersons and Robey families
found themselves at the same Ia bic
with Hammer sayin' TO 'em: Now IL
don't make no difference about the
past. This is Thanksgiving day, an a
good time 10 forget that there has ever
been anything but happy past be-
tween you folks
Then if She didn't up an set old
Ruth Morse an old Betty Underwood
down side by side, an they hadn't spoke
TO each other for years. an before they
knowed il them two old bodies were
chatting away together as If they had
never had falling ont in the world
Then when she had got all the people
that were enemies set down side by
side she seated every one else, an then
she said:
eve will now sing:
'Blcst be the tie that binds
An ey'rybody sung il. an then Elder
Sharpe asked a blessin' an the dinner
was begun. There never was such a
spread seen before in these parts. an
you never would have thought to have
seen them people eatin' an laN Chin an
merrymakin' together that there was
such thing in the world as malice OIL
envy or bitterness or ill-will or any
thing o that sort. no you wouldn't
After the dinner we had games an
sung songs an made speeches, an from
that time on there was more peace an
happiness an sociabi.iiy in the neigh
borhood than there ever was before.
tel you, we'd good reason TO stand M
as we did before we started for HON,
an sing Praise God from whom al
blessings flow. y. l.. Harbour. in De
troit Free Press.
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The responsibility for good bnsi-
ness during the coming four years ha,
been definitely assumed by the repub-
lican party. Now let the republican
government start in to make its prom
iscs good. put our industries on the high
grade OF prosperity and keep them
there. And the start should be made
without delay. Our workingmen arc
beginning to realize the hard fact that
their wages have not risen to meet the
increased cost Of living under the re-
publican policy Of war taxes in time OF
peace. They see the trusts all growing
fat, while labor is not earning as much
proportionally &c II used to earn - Bos-
ton Post.
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II hopes you'll 'scuse me fob men,
tionin' it, said Uncle Eben, but every
once in awhile human folks minds
me o. critters. Some 81 us cant feel
ginnerwinely thankful onless Yves got
both feet in de trough. "-WasbingtoA
Star
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The talk Of Senator Hanna TO

The talk of Senator Hanna for
the presidency four years hence Is SIM
ply one Of the inanities which pervadc
the silly season following the election.
Neither Mr.. Hanna nor any other sane
man believes for a moment that the re-
publican party would dare TO nominate
him and everyone knows that he would
be buried out Of sight II he were nomi.
mated. The American people tolerate
men like Mr.. Hanna as campaign mama
gers, but they do not make them presi'
dents.--Chicngo Chronicle.
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taught in the west good many years
ago. Christmas was the chief holiday
of the winter, and il was celebrated
without any special demonstration, for
most of the people were poor and there
was not much sem iment in their gen
eral makeup. Old Hannah Dorton,
with whom | boarded, was of New Eng
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Ethel--Did you have family Thanks
giving service at your house this
morning?
Mamie-No; papa saiS we had bet
ter wait and see II Ha.~y got back
from the football game.-Brooklyn
Life.
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Mark Hanna confesses, and he
hoes 1t with . depreciation common
surate with the well-known modesty Of
his shrinking nature, that he did hear
cries for him to be the next president
while he was on his stumping tour in
the northwest. He heard the cries "be-
cause he could not help but hear"
Those wcsterners have a way Of talk
ins 20 loudi-Utica Observer.
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nOlu-DaOys WIe
and me-and even our old dog.
mould thank God for all Ills goodness
in a song OF praise this season.
Though my genral disposition Is to grum-
bile like a hog.
For. II ever man had special cause to hold
a celebration
or Thanksgivin'-in his heart OF hearts
that very man is me.
II you'll listen for a moment TO word OF
explanation
lam sure that when my tale you've heard
TO this you will agree.
Though for years I've been a member Of
a church. yet I'm confessin'
That my vicious. wicked temper and fault
nndin' spoiled my life,
II has turned to bitter sorrow days that
should have proved "A blessin
And has marked deep lines of care upon
the brow of my dear wife.
Che has hoped and prayed and waited,
while she patiently expected
That some day her prayer OF faith would
bring an answer from above.
And az last, in Gods own time and way,
the change has been effected,
For my heart lost all its anger when 1t
found a Saviour love.
How it happened? Wen. I'll tell you. See
that dog there? Come here. Revert
He amt much for looks or breedn'. but
that dog no man could buy.
See, he hates TO leave the baby-though
she's FIVE years old and over,
Still l allus call her baby" she's the
apple OF my eye.
Monday mornin bright and early, came
my neighbor, Squire Carroll.
And he told OF signs of turkey in the tim
Der down the creek.
SO / called the dog and shouldered my old
trusty double-barrel,
And | grinred when Mary mentioned that
this was "Thanksgivin' week"
Wen. we soon got in the timber. and we
walked and walked and hunted.
But no turkey. SO. as usual. got mad
and almost cusSed
And in spite OF all Squire Carroll said. /
grumblc d. growled and grunted.
And | felt I'D have to kick the dog or
else I'd surely bust
SO my nelghbor said he reckoned there's no
use in us tryin
ANY longer. since twas very plain the
birds had gone away;
And he laughed and says: II see no use
In grumbln' or in sighin'.
For it's ten 10 one there's better luck for
us some other day"
So We parted. and walked on. gettin'
madder every minute
AT the turkeys. at the squire and at my
self the most OF all
For my wicked, foolish anger-I knew well
there's TO sense in it
Well. sir Just then "Gobble. gobble."
came the turkeys welcome call.
Down | dropped. and when / saw him II
just made me warm all over.
For thinks |. you're just about the
lie to suit Thanksgivin' day
But before I got a bead on him, this dog
of mine old Rover,
Done some fool thing-least ! thought
so-and my turkey flew away.
what did / do? Like a coward, grabbed
that poor dog by the collar.
And own | beat him shameful but he
didn't even moan.
Then l turned my gun upon him, just be-
cause he wouldn't holler,
Like a mad man pulled the trigger, and he
dropped just like stone.
Well. sir, can't tell my feelings: why, !
thought I'D surely smother
When l saw him fall l turned away In
horror from the sight.
Ard | thought knew how Cain felt when
ne left his murdered brother.
As / walked | cared not whittier till i saw
twas coming night.
When / got near home noticed how the
Air was growing colder.
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-Dcmocracy' presidential candi'
date was knocked out, but the re.
united party will name the winner
IN 100l.-St. Louis Republic.
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a RURkt ~
PfaeENARER.
~ MNMMsYwmsS>asN.

did not pay
much attention 10
Thanksgiving in
the country school
district in which |
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MAN DROWNED.
An Unknown Chinaman
Meets Death.
Found in a Pond Near the Old Chi
nese Tneatre--Result Of Inquest
Held Last Night.

The dead body Of a Chinaman was
found last evening near a pond in the
rear Of the old Chinese theatre. near
the terminus OF the Oahu railroad. q
telephone message to this effect having
been received by the Board of Heath
at $50 o'clock. When discovered,
blood was flowing from The nose ami
mouth Of the Chinaman. The body
was that Of a man about 81 years oil.
and was clad in a black coat. black and
white striped jumper and dark troll
sers, and the man appeared 70 have
been a person OF some means for one OF
his race, apparently a well-tO-do gard
ener or farmer. The body was remOv-
ed 70 the mOrgue and the coroner notI-
fed.
Some degree Of mystery surrounded
the identity of the dead Chinaman and
the cause of death, though the mem
bers OF the Board of Health believed Il
TO be a case of murder. The opinion
was also expressed that the man might
have been one of the Cinnamon who es-
capped from quarantine a few days ago
and vas not caught. Chas. Val POon,
Waterman at the Oahu railroad depot
said last night that last Friday evening
soon after dark he saw a Chinaman,
carrying a roll of blankets.in the vicin-
ity of the pond referred to. and be-
lieving him 10 be in the act OF escap-
ing from the quarantine district. he no.
titled an assistant of Capt. Bowers. the
patrolman. and with him endeavOred 20
capture the Chinaman. In the dark
they were, however, unable TO keep on
the track Of their man, and he disap-
peared.
ate last evening Deputy Marshal
ChillingwOrth impanelied a jury. which
after viewing the body held an inquest
and returned a verdict of death from
accidental drowning An autopsy will
therefore not be held.
The dead Chinaman had about $40 in
money in his pockets, which makes the
theory Of drowning all the more proc
able. IL is considered likely that the
deceased lost his way in the dark and
walked or ran into the pond before ne
knew Of the danger that confronted
hin. His name is not ye. known.
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shall be glad to be clearly shown that
l am wrong. I reason as follows.
Discarding all discussion of Hebrew
or Roman chronology, it seems to me
that the date of our Lords birth must
be represented not by a. ID. /, but by
A. ID. 0. In numbering any persons
age, We so reckon. he is one year old
after completing the first twelve
months and not when he is born. His
first year is year 0 OF his age. In other
terms, our enumeration of years is not
in ordinal. but in cardinal numbers.
The present year 1899 does not mean
the 1S99th year of the era; il means
the Booth year, just as the year 80 of
a mans age means his Tooth year.
This position is confirmed by what
seems 10 be the necessary arithmeti-
cal sequence of the years at the begin
ming Of the era. What does 1 p. c.
mean OF course il means one full
year before Christ was born. Then 1
A. ID. must correspond dinghy mean one
full year after He was born. The point
OF demarcation at the moment of birth
was 0 A. D.. or Il. c.. as you choose.
This gives Z regular sequence with one
year intervals. as follows: b. c.
b. CO \. D.-1 \. Do \. d.
But with the learned reckoning
which the Astronomer Royal seeks to
enforce upon us, you are compelled to
enumerate as follows: . y. CT b. G.
Il a. Do a. ID. Compare the alge-
braic notation: 81. 0. plus 1, plus 2.
from minus one to plus one is two and
not one. Just so from 1 3. G. to \. ID.
is two years and not one year.
Leaving abstract discussion. my
guess is that the common sense of man
kind will take the new century as be-
ginning with the change Of figures
from IS TO 10. The learned "academ-
ic" notions Of the schools are not like
ly 70 avert the universal tendency of
mems minds. The Pope will find the
general public with him this time. Next
Monday will be twentieth century by
general acclaim.
5 T. BISHOP.
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PLAGUE IN INDIA.
Its Ravages Were Decreasing at
Last Reports.

4JS haVaSeS were decreasing at
Last Reports.
The British Medical Journal OF De-
cember ., in an article on the bubOnic
plague in India. makes the following
statement: The summary for India
for the week ending November 4th
shows an increase on the previous
week amounting to 3,971. instead of
1872. Since then a marked decrease
in the death rate from plague has been
telegraphed. During the week report
ed upon, an increase was recorded in
Bombay City. but a decrease in the
Bombay Presidency generally. In
Southern India plague has generally
decreased.
The report Of the sanitary officer for
Calcutta, DR.. Nield Cook, is interesting
reading. DR.. Cook states that history
repeats itself and that a number of
people even now believe the statement
that plague exists OF has existed in
Calcutta during the past eighteen
months Is pure fiction. When IL first
appeared in Calcutta not only the laity
Dat number Of medical men in re-
spOnsiOie positions attempted to dis
prove the fact Of plague being present.
II was the same tale when plague
appeared in Hongkong, Bombay. and
almost every other place or city which
1t has visited. and the medical man
who first called attention TO the pres
ence OF the disease has in every in
stance been looked at askance. and oft
on held up TO ridicule.
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VIII used freely for eight months so we
Of machinery
this been used
the hundreds
Cylinder Machine
everything
rHn snooth
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