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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28

golden wheels of Phubus whirling
through the ambient gate of day.
The football is another Thanksgiving
institution which seems to fit the day be-
cause of its resemblance TO n plum pud
ding-not n canned plum pudding, but
one of these rotund, clock faced plum
buildings that beam upon you like old
friends and are eloquent in every raisin
and soulful in every plum. y good coat of
arms for Thanksgiving day would be the
Eobblcr lying upon his back upon the dish
with Il plum pudding shaped ovally like
football in its feet as if about to spin it
as a circus acrobat does barrel on his
feet. 1t is n great pity that the turkey
cannot feel the Thanksgiving joy that
he supplies with so lavish Il generosity.
Headless and foOtlcss and with artificial
Intervals, he is Il melody and Il dream
from the wrapper to the very core. And
now he is rooStinG on the bough lost in
sweet forgctfulncsS and fitting in spirit
over the playground of memory. The crisp
wind causes the leaves to rustic weirdly,
but he notes not this music that seems
to come from the heart of nature. He
sees the rosy apples dotting the sward
ever and anon. and when he mods his
classic head and his wattles clash like
pair of cymbals he continues to look
if pecring across the pensive fields
through the curtains of the past. Lucky
for him that he doesn't look into the flu
ture and see himself the cynosurc of all
eyes and mouths, the center of the fam
lily circle whose smallest members are
waiting patiently TO break his frail and
fragile wishhone while awaiting the APP
pearance of the plum pudding.
That the turkey is the sole proprietor
of Thanksgiving day there can bc no
doubt. Thanksgiving day was not made
to give him reason for existence, but he
was probably Matched into the world to
make n proper excuse for the invention
of this grand American holiday. which
was patented ~ plymouth in 1920 and
is still paying handsome royalties to the
many descendants OF its creator
Il. X. MUNKITTRICK.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28

use to roam the country and brave the
Gucrrillas in search of native birds to
grace the Thanksgiving board. Jake
knew better. He scented game nearer
home.
One Of the characters at brigade head
quarters was an uncnlisted attache who
in small way acted as purveyor for the
headquarters mess. The officers were al
ways ready to pay handsomely for any
special delicacy he could provide. He was
a foreigner, more greedy than cute and
the occasion of no little amusement for
the officers and men. On one of his trips
north in the summer he brought back
three or four young turkeys to raise on
speculation. When the army Travelled,
the coop was strapped behind baggage
wagon in pinch >on the back of a
mule which the thrifty fellow had picked
up outside the lines.
Jake and the purveyor, whose sur
name, Small, was exact definition Of
his stature and character, were Cronics
for revenue only. Jake often gathered
surplus on his raids, and Small relieved
him Of it ut mutual profit. BY the
use of fiattcry thickly laid OH the bum
mer acquired a prospective interest i'll the
young turkeys. 1t was u great scheme,
he said, and he would help it out by
til killing time. With one of the little
turks he struck up an acquaintance, and
it was soon known as Jake's pet. Every
attention of the kind and every word of
praise for his long headedncss tickled
Small, whom the officers affected to toll
crate in camp.
November was upon us well into the
second week. Corn was plenty in our
camps ut Falmouth, and the birds were
vrnV-iuO fat lake On hand daily
To feed his pet from his own hand. Sun
day found him putting in his leisure at
Small's quarters, where the turkeys wer"
under the eyes of thc stable guards. At
SHUTDOWN, when giving his pet the even
ing feed, he said TO Small:
Here's bad sign. See his staggerY
why. he has done that before"
so much the worse. / noticed It, bnt
didn't want to scare you. The bird has
the blind staggers."
That's 4 horse disease"
Turkeys get it. too: them from Mary
land. where you got these"
DO they die from it like horses % ask
ed Small in alarm.
Yes, and what is more it il catching
with turkeys. You may lose the lot"
Then I'd better kill this one and save
the rest"
NO. don't do that here. The scent Of
the blood will infect the others. When il
is dark. let me take him in a bag and tie
q stone to il and sink him in the river.
Meanwhile you move the rest off this
ground To- the other side OF the stables"
Jake took the pet to the river and tied
stone 10 il. But the stone had a long
'ether string and was not thrown into tn,
river. but anchored in a cave hidde
among the trees and vines along shor
The corn which he fed literally w
thrown on the ground. ard. being FREE
from whisky. the ''staegrrs'' ~ once dis
appeared \ party Of amazed fellow
BURNERS were entertained ia the cave u
Thanksgiving day, and there was a ban
quet at headquarters on the turks which
Jake's good Offices had saved for tho e.
casion- or. course Small said nothing
then Of the ''staGGers' for fear Of - IL
ing his long looked for profit. One tur
had up ana died suddenly, that was all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28

than tw" hours. All trains stop Mt the
crossing, and he did not notice until aft
or he had climbed aboard that the train
he had boarded was a swift special, and
it did not stop until il reached 4 station
30 miles away. They passed the train he
intended to take on his return ut Il way
station, and as there was no train coming
that way before next morning he had
walked and run the whole 30 miles back
since morning. All the way he was tor
tured 10y the thought that when his ba-
bicS got lonely they would wander out TO
hunt for him and get lost. And he thank
cd Harry again with Overlooking graft
tude.
While the starved man was eating
what remained of the Thanksgiving din
ner he explained how he had moved out
to that Go>Olatc place in the hope that 1
town would grow up around the crossing
and how his wife had died. Finally the
two tired men went to bed. and for the
first time in his life Harry felt his heart
filed with Il spirit of thankfulness. al
though on that very morning he had felt
all the misery of bitterness against the
whole world. He had learned that hap
pincsS comes not from the Kindness that
others do to us. but from the kindness
that we do 10 others. For the first time
in his life he realized that it is more
blessed to give than to receive. and that
was the first Thanksgiving day that ne
ever celebrated in the true spirit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28

leather shine. There is no substitute
for turkey. Caper gracefully over the
entire gHmut CT food, look carefully
and dspasSonatcly through the calen-
dar of tidbits. consult thoughtfully and
refiectiyely the enchiridon of all that
causes JOY as it annexes the inner man,
and you will find that roast turkey never
had and never will have an understudy.
1t stands alone, like the American eagle,
with whom it collaborates for the gen
eral glory Of the land of the free. 1t
may not be n graceful thing to say that
the city bookkeeper who was raised on a
farm and whose people are still bobbing
huoyantly over the choppy sea of the po-
tato patch returns TO the paternal roof
tree for the purpose of eating roast tur-
key on Thanksgiving day. And yet he
would not be so happy if eating, for in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28

I'm thankful ] am not king
And forced to bear a nations worries,
Nor head Of a commercial ring,
The victim Of financial iurries,
And am glad I'm not so poor
That must beg from door 10 door.
I'm thankful that ! haven't got
To work too hard for daily bread
And thankful no one yet has sought
To change my hour OF leaving bed
Ry giving me an eight hour day
through which to toll 10 earn my pay.
I'm thankful I rs, aped the craze
For nerves, appendicitis, golf;
While walking in UHnoted Was
Gave oarpinE fools 10 cause to SCOT,
And ! an likewise very glad
I've missed each literary TAD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28

regularly and gradually came nearer. AT
first he thought it was the cry of some
bird or beast. but at last it became dis
tiuct and uumistakablc.
Daddy. Daddy And each time the
call was followed by a pitiful wall.
To hear human voice in the midst
Of this dcsolation was surprising, but
that the voice should be that of Il child
was Incredible. At last a half clad little
girl ran out from among the bushes that
skirtcd the railway track and once more
cried pitcousIy:
Daddy, Daddy
1t was all right to hate all mankind,
but 20 hate little child was different.
And he was so miserable that he could
not Nhclp feeling sympathy.
What is the mattcr:" he asked. rising
Ia his feet. The little girl stopped cry
ing from sheer terror and backed away
We'll. what i the matteug" he asked.
Il want my daddy" she whimpered
and started TO cry again.
Where i your daddy" he asked in
the most coaSinE voice he could assume
He's losted. Elsie and ! want him.
And ives afwaid Of twamps.''
Harry felt his face flaming with a
blush Of shame. For the first time he
realized how low he had sunk He was
most n minute before he could speak
and when he did his voice broke with
sob.
Cant help-hclp you to find your
daddy"
With the quick tuition Of childhood the
little girl saw that she had nothing to
fear, and she came toward him.
Daddy has gone away. and Elsie and
arc hungry" she said.
But where i your mothsr!
she's sleeping away over dere under
the big tree and the little girl pointed
toward n scrub tree that looked big on
landscape Of bushes.
''Slecpinc+'
YES; and daddy says il ve are good
Wen see her some day
He understood instantly, and then he
asked:
~ 4 where i ElsieT'
she is 10 the house, and she is crying
too"
viii yoU take me 10 Elsie?"
The little girl looked at him doubtful
~, then she tvck the hand, he stretched
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28
THE ARMY
BUMMER' BIRD
BY THE REGIMENTAL HISTORIAN.

II the United States government had
issued rations of turkey, plum pudding
and cranberry sauce, Jake Ardun would
have foragcd for his Thanksgiving feast
just the same. Jake's capacity as n for
agcr astonished the regiment, for even
when campaigning in those war dcvastat-
ed regions of Virginia which the crows
had learned to avoid he managed always
to find Il savory joint for his mess pot,
and the. officers themselves would often
have gladly dined off the upturned crack
er box in Jake's dog tent.
Now Thanksgiving day was coming,
and the hummer must have his feast. No
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28

best of advice. Again and again he was
advised to grow mp with the country and
told how foolish it would be of him to
return TO the overpopulated east. When
he had read the last letter of the inter
eSting collection. he tore them into shreds
aud left the Office in fury. To see that
the people he passed on the street were
r. holiday attire and to hear the ringing
Of the church bells made him frantic. He
was in the mood to curse every one he
mot, but kEcw from experience that pro-
EliscUOus curSing west of the Mississippi
is likely 10 cause trouble. So he con
fined himself to crIrsing inwardly all the
friends he had ever had. And whenever
he remembered that il was Thanksgiving
day he laughed wildly and then returned
to his cursinG.
Naturally he wGs not fit to associate
with any one when in such mood. and
he rushed out of the little town as If it
were peopled with demons instead Of the
usual mixture of good and bad fellow
mortals. Tired and footsore as he was,
he was so dashed by his anger that he
hurried away along the railway track as
If he had purpose in life instead of he
ing utterly hopeless. He had walked
miles and miles before he began to calm
down. and then he noticed that he was
passing through one Of those desOlatc
stretches ont through The fertile plains.
But the desolatc. barren landscape ac-
corded well with his state of mind. He
felt that he hated all mankind, and this
inhoSpitahlc region seemed admirably
suited to Il miSanthropc. But rs the false
energy of his anger began To die down he
began to weakly pity himself and think
himself tn" most abused being in all the
wide world. The loneliness grew upon
in, ,,-r,tI1.lnaGS Tho
came to his eyes. and he almost cried
aloud. for. after all, he was little more
than 4 boy.
At last he felt so weak and tired that he
sat down on the side of the track and
wished that lie might die ont in this deS-
crt. Although he still had some Of the
food left that he had taken with him
from the ranch. he could not eat. While
he sat there broOding on his misery the
Thanksgiving day sun began to get low
in the west But at last his bitter rev
erie was broken by Il sound that required
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28

stance. canned corned beef at the pater-
nal board Consequently it cannot be
denied that the turkey has rare mag
nctic influence that belongs 10 it and
eI.ccS - II quite aS tenaciously As does
The onions razor backed scent to the
U7ior cater vino would cast II rUdeiy off.
and ii i this magnetic influence that,
say what you will. does great deal to-
ward iurlH= him back To the scenes Of
his youth. where he MIXED the knock
kRced Attorney To finish when the
east was cfui=eut with the kiss of daw
and the pancakes E.!mnered like the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28
TURKEY AND PLUM PUDDING
A Thanksgiving Layout With N Foot
ball Attachment

HAT the man
who doesn't eat
I u r k e V o u
Il h Il givin 8
day does not cele-
brate the day ut
all is an arGu-
ment t n n t n o
more needs elab-
Grafton than n
pair Of white
c q n V n S shoes
need Il patent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28

Should let their light in public shine;
So humbly l uncover mine.
j think it very commonplace
To thank for blessings ! have got
And feel it shows a better grace
70 thank for things that | have not;
For ! am happier. past doubt,
Because OF what do without.
When there's a thing / cannot get.
I'm thankful that | cannot get il,
For when ones ways of life are set
ilew things are likely to upset it:
And frugal fare and quiet ways
Most merit philosophic praise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28

I'm thankful, that ] have no land
To n0uTish weeds and yearly taxes,
I'm thankful I've no stock on hard
That daily wanes and seldom waves.
And, though I've but a slender purse,
An empty one would be still worse.
But think not like the PHzTfsee
I'm thankful 7 am not like others;
IRE simple fact IS agree
With men ! meet as vi.h my brothers.
Fer this I'm thankful. but guess
give most thanks for thankfulaess.
%
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28
Made Young Again.

lone Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills
each night for two weeks has put me
in my teens again" writes ID. II.
Turner, of Dempseytown, PA. They're
the best in the world for liver, stom-
ach and bowels. Purely vegetable.
Never grippe. Only % cents at Hartz
& Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve W

Dc " To . NILIu IIdHJI pdIFt VIII
quickly heal the worst burns and
scalds and not leave scar. 1t can be
applied to cuts and raw surfaces with
prompt and soothing effect. Use it
for piles and skin diseases. Beware
of worthless counterfcits. Il. Ii. Bic
Der, Hartz 81 Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28

'WELL, WHAT i THE NATTEBFT'
was Thanksgiving day. and his first i'm
pulse was TO feel thankful at the thought
that he was about L. be cmanciPatcd
from the drudsery and slavery of the
ranch But these thoughts were dissi-
patcd rs soon as he got Ms mail, He got
half dozen letters. but there was not a
registered one in the bunch. But advice,
There were pages GA pages OF the very
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-28
a PHELOSO
C. THANKscIVlNcI

A thankful spirit every man
Should daily try to Guilt
waite,
And those who have a work
ing plan
That other folks might
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-03-10
Loss by Forest Fires.

Washington, ID. C.-The former official
estimate of the wooded area of the United
States, placed at rs per cent, has been
raised to 81 per cent by the latest COM
putations of the division of geography
and forestry of the United States geo.
logical survey. That Office has issued Il
bulletin containing new figures ON Amer
lean forests, some of which tend to prove
the national timber resources greater than
is supposed.
The two latest states to be examined
are Oregon and Washington. The former
is estimated to contain 1853 million
feet, B. M, in standing timber; the lat
ter, ll4,77S million feet. Destruction by
fire has been exceedingly serious in Wash
ington. On the assumption that the
burned areas contained on an average as
much timber as the untouched portion,
10000 million feet have been destroyed
since numbering began. This amount
would supply all the saw mills of the
United States for two years, and at a
value of only rs cents thousand, means
dead loss to the state of 100000.
1AO ahlOuhC aSChdAly loSSSu III CllS ooAiO
period has been $4,000 million feet, max
ing the estimate by the same comparison
of areas. Oregon has suffered less from
both fire and numbering, owing to the
smaller facilities for marketing the pro-
duct.
Investigation of the causes, effects and
means of prevention of forest fires in the
west, will be carried on this summer in
Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona
New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming,
Montana, Idaho, South Dakota. Besides
field study designed chiefly to discover
means of preventing the evil, the division
is making a historic record of all import
ant fires which have occurred in the
United States since 1854. Although yet
incomplete, this indicates that the annual
recorded loss by forest burnings in the
United States, is, at the very lowest,
$4,000, 600 1t will probably run far
above this sum, as the Pacific coast states
have been only partially examined. Ac-
counts of over $500 disastrous fires have
been obtained in the II states already ex-
amined. Michigan, Minnesota and Wis
consin have suffered the most severely.
These records are taken chiefly from news
papers, and where it has been possible to
compare them with the figures of practical
lumbermen, it was been found that the
tendency of the press is to underestimate
the damage.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-03-10

main ledge of the Diadem has been cut
on the SO-foot level, 40 feet from the
shaft. 1t is said to be seven feet wide
and carries values of $500 to the ton In
gold.
w. H. Fulmer, miner employed by
the Bunker Hill Company, was killed
recently in the Stemwinder mine. The
accident was caused by a falling body
of rock weighing several hundred
pounds.
One Of the results of an important
mining deal which has just been nego-
tiated by Thomas Maloney. secretary of
the Drummers' development Company,
will be the erection of a smelter at Cur
lew, where the companys properties
are located.
A rich strike has been made on the
Iowa at depth of 10 feet, of ore that
assays $3.50 across 7-foot ledge. This
claim is one of group of 10 owned by
Henry Murray Of Grangeville, and is
located on Lightning creek, about two
miles down the south fork from the
Dewey and on the east side of the river
Samples from the Golconda, exhibit
ed in Levinger's drug store at Baker
City, are attracting wide attention. The
largest is about the size Of mans head
and is valued at $500. 1t contains two
streaks of free-milling ore with gold
plainly visible to the naked eye, and is
pronounced by experienced mining men
as the richest ore ever exhibited in
Baker City.
The annual report of the United
Verde mine, owned principally by Sen
ator w A. Clark, for 1899, shows a
profit for the year of $3,735,522. The
dividends paid aggregated 100000.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-03-10
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

The st. Eugene compressor has start
ed up, with an increased force.
Shipments from the North Star have
begun, the tramway is completed and
East Kootenays bonanza is producer.
Recent work has demonstrated that
the Grey Eagle at Phoenix has the
same ledge as the Knob Hill and Old
Ironsides.
A buoyant feeling prevails in the
SLOGAN since the labor war Arded. Many
mines are resuming ANA ~ SLOGAN Lake
district development and shipments
will soon be in full swing.
In Boundary district are found some
of the largest copper-gold ore bodies in
the world. They measure ore by the
acre. Greenwood City is the center Of
the district, and is rapidly growing in
Importance.
At Sandon the Miners Union says
they declared the strike off" Mine
owners say they "ended the lockout"
But no matter which is right the feel
ing of satisfaction is general that the
labor difficulty Is settled. The mines
are employing men whom they know to
be good and reliable miners without
regard to union Affiliations, and the
wage scale is 1926 per day. The I'M
ions have Endorsed that price as the
union scale. All told there may be
from 500 to 1000 men employed before
June, which will be less than nalf the
number that would be required if the
properties all had on full forces.
The ore in the Butcher Boy, in Dead
wood camp, is improving as depth is
being reached.
Manager Frank Robbins of the North
Star mine, in East Kootenay, says that
the new branch line of the Crows Nest
Pass Railway Is completed to the mine,
distance of 81 miles from the main
line. The North Star has commenced
shipping. and is sending rs to 100 tons
of ore daily to the smelter at trail. The
ore is silver-lead and 40 to so ounces of
silver per ton. 1t is one of the largest
mines in East Kootenay, and carries a
blanket lead similar to those of Lead
vile, Col. The completion of the road
is equally beneficial to the Sullivan
mine, which will shortly commence
shipping. The Sullivan lies on a hill
opposite the North Star.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-03-10
MINING NOTES.

The Silver King of Kellogg, Idaho,
has stopped for lack of water.
cave occurred in the Iron Mountain
mine recently at Redding, CAL, en-
entombing nine miners.
In the Warrens district, Idaho coun-
", an important strike is reported to
nave been made on the lola.
STATIONS Independence, the famous
Cripple Creek mine, paid a $480,000 div
ldend Feb. Is, making total to date of
d,440,00O.
Work on the North Franklin at Null
Ian has been suspended for the time be-
Ing. This is the new claim near the
Morning mine which was located few
weeks ago.
The announcement has been made on
excellent authority that the Spectator
mine at Butte has passed into the
hands of the Amalgamated Copper Co.
Tor the stated consideration Of $1,000
900.
1t is reported from Sumpter that the