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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-22
ORIGIN OF H DAY.
why. the American People Observe
the Custom of Thanksgiving
with Such Fervor.

Far back in 1851, when our great
English long clothes, it happened that
there was a great scarcity of food and
the little colony settled on Massachu-
sets bay found themselves threat
ened with a famine. The prospect
grew darker and darker, the hearts
of the people, brave as they We're,
were filled with anxiety, and they
knew not which way % turn. Finally,
feeling that God alone should help
them, a special day was appointed for
fasting and prayer. But before it
came the long-eXpected boat contain
ing an abundance of provisions made
its appearance and the day of fasting
and prayer was transformed into one
of good dinners and hearty thanks
giving.
This is the first general Thanksgiv-
ing of which we have any record, but
by no means the last, for from that
day to this successive governors and
presidents have set apart many differ
ent days for special thanksgiving for
some propitious event in state or coun-
try. After the revolutionary war
was successfully ended Washing
ton appointed one which was univer-
sally observed with the greatest re-
joicing, as we may well believe. and
after our own sad war of the rebellion
was nearly over President Lincoln
proclaimed another, and though
many hearts were full of sorrow there
was a great deal to be thankful for.
For more than 100 years the states
of New England have set apart a day
in the autumn for giving thanks to
God for the many blessings of the
year. It gradually came to seem a
very pleasant, appropriate custom and
one state after another adopted it,
until for several years past the presi-
dent has issued a proclamation for q
day of public Thanksgiving through
out the union-usually the last Thurs
day in November. 1t is now a legal
holiday, so that rich and poor alike
can spend it as they will. 1t is a
great day for family reunions and
great dinners, where roast turkey,
pumpkin pie and the like are always
to be expected. Boys and girls antici-
pate its coming and welcome it with
delight, for who in al the wide, wide
world have more to be thankful for
than the young folks of American
Teachers World.
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FASHIONS FANcIEs.
Pretty tribes That Are Now i'm Use fer
the Finishing of
Costumes.

French batiste in black and
trimmed with lace makes a fashion
able corset.
FROSTED gauze in new material
called givrine is Lsed for evening
gowns, which are also made of en-
oroidered tulle, says the New York
Sun.
very frivolous and perishable neck
rnInes or boas are made of chiffon,
edged with chenille, and of white
taHeta silk in a series of points edged
with tiny black and white silk fringe.
Later and more suitable for winter
are the c~ollarettes of stitched mirror
velvet bordered with fur, and finished
Win long stole ends well decorated
with chiffon. frills and tails. If you
Yen!d be quite up to cate your collar
cite, muH and toque must match.
Long coats of black satin with fine
stitched down tucks, from the en-
pire yoke to a little way above the
hem, arc n variety of winter wrap
which is to be very much worn. They
are made effective with Jokes of jet
and silk applique, and lined with
white brocaded silk. Something styl-
ISL in the way of an outside garment
to wear in the south is made of black
pongee tucked down to a circular
nounce, which is headed with waved
bands of black cloth stitched on. The
upper portion is a cloth bolero hang
ing loosely from the pongee. and fin
ished with triple capes around the
shoulder. A narrow band of the silk
stitched in rows trims All the edges.
Some of the new winter hats look
like the summer models reversed.
They c-.me down low and fiat over the
forehead with a mass of trimming at
the back. Very long. narrow buckles
of gold and steel, or a mixture of
both, are seen everywhere on every
kind of shape, and some of them are
so long hat they are put through the
center of a bow and extend over on
the crown at the back. Again they
are used as a bandeau and with a lit
tie drapery serve 30 raise the hat at
one side. Very pretty hats are maze
with either brims or rowns of fur.
The variety in neckwear has in
creased astonishingly with the i'm
petus which gold has given to this
special branch of fashion. Gold braid
and black velvet form some of the
most serviceable stocks. the velvet
bias and finished around the edge
with a fine gold braid forming the
cravat with a knot in front. Inch
wide gold braid is carried around
above this, and then there are folds
of velvet with more fine braid.
Transparent stocks are made of
guipure lace striped around in various
ways with narrow bands of velvet rib
bon either colored or black, dotted
along the edges with goIu reads The
ribbon forms a bow and ends in front,
and is decorated with beads in the
same manner Gold gauze over white
chiffon is a pretty foundation for this
sort of stock. White chiffon stocks
are trimmed with gold braio between
the folds and little turnover points
of gold embroidery and the cravat.
which is the browning finish of all
stocks. may be of black velvet edged
with gold and the indispensable fer
refs on the ends. Gold ribbon is also
used for the cravat and boasts the
same dangling end of gold.
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/ one hanging up there this nAl4ate."
"And-and-Romeo-"
and, Julist2"
"Th-three s:hickens?"
sFour.n
He was bent on making the comfort
complete. He laughed with loud
| cheerfulness and made a good many
inferior little jokes to see her laugh.
But the dining-room haunted them
both mercilessly. 1t was ten by thir-
teen-ten by thirteen-ten by thir-
teen.
st have it," Romeo-John exclaimed,
suddenly, with a sigh of relief. We'll
have two tables of it. dear. I'm sure
III sit at the second Ia"
"Romeo-John!"
swell, 1 don't see what else we
can do" he muttered. diminished.
81 do-I've just thought. Oh, Ro-
meo, it's an inspiration!" she cried.
stop going round quick and listen!
Don't you know how we've said we
wished there were double doors be-
tween the dining-room and parlor-
don't you know it, Romeo-John? Well,
that's it. That's the inspiration. Well
have a carpenter come right away
and cut it. We can run the table
through; don't you see we can? Then
I'll hire a slim. up-and-down girl. to
wait on US. Mrs. Dooley's got one
just the right size. It's so lucky I
haven't engaged Ann Mary Flint yet
she's so hither-and-yon!"
'She could crawl under" murmured
R~omeo-John, absently.
The carpenter was engaged and the
turkey that weighed % pounds. Moth
er, John and the girls came over and
helped about the pies and the pud-
ding. There was great activity in the
little fiat. A certain amount of resig-
nation was born and grew slowly as
the days hurried TO Thanksgiving day.
After all, there were obligations.
They would be discharged, anyway.
And it would teach them a lesson in
morals.
"And l won't let it be an expensive
one to Romeo. either" Juliet thought,
setting her little white teeth together
with a click. ''I've decided that fur
cloaks won't be in style this winter!"
Annie Hamilton Donnell, in Country
| Gentleman.
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pITH AND POINT.
Solitude is the real test Of . mana
companionability.-The Philosopher.

Solitude is the real test Of o mana
companionability.-The Philosopher.
Every man thinks pain hurts him
worse than it hurts other people.-At-
Gibson Globe.
''Clara, you know I'm right" sOf
course, Clarence. That's what makes
me get so mad.".Chicago Record.
"Col. Topper, can you shoot better
before or after lunch?" "Eh? Well
ahemi It all depends on the lunch,
you know.r-Pick-Me-Up.
The Dealer-This landscape is
cheap at $40. Why, the frame is worth
more than that" The Connoisseur-
Eyes, if it were not for the picture
Boston Transcript.
Worth Preserving. - Borroughs-
Sorry to have kept you waiting
so long for that fyer 1 owe you.
but I'll send you a check to-mor-
row." Markley-tFor goodness sake.
don'ti" Rorroughs why not?"
Markley-Because I'd be tempted to
throw in another flyer for a frame for
it."-Catholic Standard and Times.
Ten Cents Saved.-Gazley-"Now that
We're engaged my girl IS beginning to
make me economize. You know I used
to take her a pound of sO-cent bonbons
every Saturday" Hazley-"Yes, and
now she insists on a cheaper sort, Ell
Gazley-Oh, no. You can get two
pounds of the s0-cent kind for $1.50, so
she insists OF a two-pound box."-Phil-
adelphia Press.
The Chair Person struck the desk vi
olently with her gavel. THE club" she
exclaimed, ARE not in order! The fit
of coughing should come regularly
right after the invocation, and it is
nothing short OF unparliamentary to
try to ~interject it at this point" As
for the members, they were clearly
much mortified to have given occasion
for this just rebuke.-Detroit Journal.
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somebody yesterday, or the day be-
fore, that the boy twin-there are
twins, you know-was sick, and they
were going to take him into the coun-
try for the quiet. She said they were
going at once. l shall have just time
to get in my invitation. You see there
are no risks, Romeo"
"No-o," he murmured, still uncon-
vinced.,
"Well, I'll take all of them there
are!" Juliet cried, gayly.
She had whipped a little tablet and
pencil out of her pocket and was jot-
ting something down hurriedly.
''Turkey-eight or nine pounds-one
goodsized chicken Zone will make a
pie, if you stretch him)-bunch of eel
cry"
She went on writing down items. in
her neat, slanting. little letters. Ro-
meo-John looked over her shoulder adj
miringly. They were the same dainty
characters that had filed in close ranks
across his l~ove--etters from Juliet, only
they had spelled different words then.
What sweet words they spelled!
Its best to order the things in good
season, you know, Romeo" she said.
Last year at home we had to put up
with second choice. because We waited
too long. So you'd better step into
Pitchers. going down, and give him the
list-see?"
The Observation-Disclosures. as Juliet
mentally dubbed them. were duly writ
ten and dispatched. She drew a sigh
of relief over the last one.
"The Lord forgive me if it's wrong!"
she thought. II don't think l take nat
urally to shining, but 1 had to do some
thing and 1 couldn't get up lunches
and things that they would come to
without asking for money-and don't
L know how hard the money comes
just now TO my Romeo? Don't 1? The
dear boy is trying to hide It, but I'm
not nearsighted!"
'~'Romeo-John forgot to run in" to
Pitchers, going down He usually for
got. It is the way of men, and has
been since the beginning.
On the way home, at night, Romeo
John ran in" He produced Juliet's
little list promptly.
ST want to-er-order a turkey and
the fixings for Thanksgiving. 1t is a
little early, little early. but it's never
too early to-er-mend," he said with
lame humor. Its always wise to be
the first worm to-er-catch the early
birdi"
"Sure." chuckled the marketman,
with ready appreciation but you're
too late-your wife's caught it,"
"Eh? What's that?"
"The early bird, you know-your
wife was in an hour ago and caught it.
A fine one-12 FOUNDER"
"a 12-you don't sayi 1 was under
the-er-impression that she wanted
an eight-pound turkey. That was my
impression"
He consulted the little memorandum
with a puzzled face. Eight or nine
poundsr-it was there plain enough,
in Juliet's slender photography. The
marketman rubbed his hands together
and explained:
Likely she's changed her mind since
morninI knew a woman once who
did She said something about havin'
ten folks to set down to him an she
thought he'd better be fairly sizeable.
IDromised her a i2-pounder. sure. When
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-22
o CATARACT.
a Distressing Affection of the Eye
Tina Result from Various
Causes

Cataract is a disease of the crystal
line lens of the eye, whereby its trans
parency is more or less diminished and
the sight correspondingly impaired.
The trouble occurs most commonly as
an accompaniment of advancing years;
but it is by no means confined to the
aged. for cataract is often seer in chill
dren, and may even exist from birth.
The opacity may be in the lens itself,
or in the capsule which covers it, and it
NAV involve the entire length and
thickness of the lens, or a part of it
only, says Youths Companion.
1t is impossible to discover the cause
of q cataract, but it is usually some dis
turbance of nutrition, such as ricketts,
in the young, diabetes in the middle
aged. and the normal failure of the nu-
tritive processes in the old. The cause
is sometimes a local one, such as a blow
or a puncture of the lens by a scrap of
iron-fling or other minute body
thrown with force against the ball of
the eye. Eye-strain, resulting from
astigmatism or other imperfection of
vision, which is allowed to go uncor-
rected by glasses, is another undoubted
cause of cataract.
The early symptoms of the trouble
are not very pronounced. There is no
main. the pupil of the eye is not cloudy,
and the sight-in the case of an old per-
son-may even be improved at first, so
that the patient is often said facetious-
To tn be renewing his youth and to be
getting second sight.
Frequently one of the first things no
ticed-and it is n which should al
WAYS suggest to q person past middle
life the desirability of consulting an
oculist-is the seeing of W or more
images of an object when it is looked
at with one eye.
Later the sight grows dim, and. If the
pupil is inspected, more or less OF its
center In seer to have a milky appear
ance. In most cases the patient can
see hest in a dim light, for the pupil is
4ben dilated and he sees around the OBJ
etruction: but sometimes, hen the
a of lens begins at the edge, the
a;ght In best in a bright light, when the
pupil is contracted.
The operation for cataract is usu-
.llv postponed until the process a
to such APPOINT that he pa
tient can just make out the light of
: candle acrcz the room, and the swell
Inp of the lens, which generally occurs
at one stage, has subsidized. The mos
common operations + "discission,"
the cataract is broken up and
Inscribed. and extraction. The first OF
49, Is. as a rule, more appropriate In
tLe case of a child, the second In the
case of an old person.
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you come in season you're usually able
to take your pick"
"a 12-pounder--sen folks to set down
to him-by the holy Moses, what does
hat mean, now?" soliloquized Romeo
John, as he jolted home in the six
o'clock car. He counted on his fingers
coyertly, under cover of his newspaper.
Basil and Leonora-mother, John and
the girls-and themselves. You couldn't
make ten out of that any way you
reckoned it-no, siri You'd have to
add on three.
"M-m!" he said aloud, in sudden
enlightenment. Juliet need not have
told him. She met him at the door
with a queer little smile.
"You see, Romeo"
81 see. my dear"
They looked at each other for the
space of a moment, without further
speech.
st came in the last mail; the post
man brought it. You see. I sent the
invitation direct to the house. It's a
case of the 'best-laid pians,' Romeo"
"Yes, my dear. certainly"
106N re all %IISe COnlIuS. one SdlO
she was delighted to change their
plans so thai they could take advan-
tage of my cordial invitation"
1.-THE dickens she did" he groaned.
Juliet fumbled with a button of his
coat, meekly.
1--WE been downtown and spoken for
a bigger turkey, and-andI told Mr..
Pitcher to save US a pair of small
chickens. 1 specified small. You can
make two small chickens go a good
way in a pie. Romeo"
"Way round the table, can you?"
queried he, gravely.
They went into the dining-room and
made elaborate plans, and Juliet
counted her best napkins. After all.
it was all right, they decided, with
a fine attempt at cheerfulness.
The next day Romeo-John, on his
homeward way, caught a glimpse of
d small woman that looked unmis-
takably like Juliet. She was hurry
ing out of Mr.. Pitchers market, and
he thought h glanced over her
shoulder guilty. He tried to catch
her car, but failed. Probably it
wasn't Juliet, after all-what would
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Juliet be doing down at Pitchers
again? Umph! there were other
small women in the world. But Ro-
Juliet. He was unsurpassed when she
met him at the door and confessed.
81 saw you, my dear" he said.
ST saw you, Romeo Then I hurried
like everything-Romeo."
"WeIl?"
But she need not have told him.
IL ordered one that would weigh
Is pounds. And, Romeo"
"Eh?"
81 specified two ~good-sized chickens,
you know"
az know"
"The postman brought it. She said
they had been planning to have the
entire Dorchester family there to
dinner, but they were very glad to
put it off till Christmas. She said it
would give them great pleasure to
come"
"M-m-m," muttered Romeo-John, in
distinctly.
Come into the dining-room, Romeo,
quick. l want to try turning the
table slanting-wise. 1t makes a good
deal more room, you know. Oh, and
1 forgot to tell you that Basil and
Leonora aren't coming. They can't,
anyway"
The tables are already turned, my
dear" Romeo-John said, so1emnly.
There was only one thing more left
to happen. 1t happened. It was a
few days before Thanksgiving. Juliet
took a downtown car and appeared in
Romeo-John's little Office in mid
morning. She was greatly agitated.
"Oh, Romeo-John!"
"Yes, dear; save your breath--you1l
need it," he said. soothingly. 1T
came this morning. The postman
brought
mo, a boy. I've got it in my
pocket"
They read the little perfumed note
together in silence. Then Juliet read
it again, aloud. Her voice sounded
frightened.
MY dear Mrs. IN, m, l write
at this late date to accept your kind
invitation to Thanksgiving dinner I
am sure you will excuse the hardness
and rejoice with me when / tell you
it is my little Reginald's unlocked
for Improvement in health that makes
my acceptance possible now. The
children are all greatly delighted at
the pros"
"Skip it, skip it-that's piling it on,
dear" groaned Romeo-John.
"After all, it's a relief, Romeo-just
to know there can't anybody else ac-
cent" she murmured.
"The dining-room is ten by thir-
teen" he said, relentlessly.
"Oh, I know i'll I know it,"
"And the tables are already turned,
my dear"
But in the end he comforted her.
What else could he do? He got her
down on his knee and swung her
about tenderly in his swivel chair. She
essayed a subdued little smile by
and by.
"And we'll call in at Mr.. Pitchers
on the way home, Romeo?'
"We viii that, my dear"
"And order a-20-pound one Ro-
meo2 Children are so hearty, you
know"
twenty-five pounds. dear. There's
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TO BE sympathized with.

"Ha, hal" said the jovial man. 81
suppose yon are going to eat all the
Thanksgiving dinner you want to-
morrow"
MY dear SIR" replied the physician.
YEARLY, you forget my profession.
Day after tomorrow viii be my busy
day, and I've got to keep in form
Washington Star.
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o let US not forget that chief
Among our treasures are our dead!
Let US give thanks that they have lived,
And on our lives such radiance poured,
That with the sunshine of the past
Our later, loneliest years are stored.
And that removed from longer share.
In these brief festivals of earth,
We feel their living presence still,
The angels of our home and hearth.
A light surprising sun or star,
A breath more sweet than bursting
flowers,
The ministry of souls beloved,
Gone hence, and yet forever ours.
o Father let our dearest thanks
Be for the feast immortal said,
That death has set Heavens lamps afame,
And Thou art nearer through our dead.
Frances L. Mace, in Christian Work.
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wIthout.Anx TrouhIe

81 told you. didn't I, that I had or
dered a Thanksgiving turkey that was
almost too big to lft?"
eyes"
"Well, my wife left it u on the
back porch for a few moments and
some measly tramp came along and
lifted it without any trouble."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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POINTED

Thomas B. Reed does not seek
10 make himself unduly conspicuous
in the Observation-Disclosures
Star (Rep.).
-Democracy's presidential candi-
date was knocked out, but the re-
united party will name the winner
in 1904.-St. Louis Republic.
THE American republic is so
strong that not even four years more
of Mckinley can TURF it's face back
from the ancient principles of liberty
and justice.-Boston Post.
Mr.. Bryan has done the grace
full thing. by t~elegraphing his con-
gratulations to President Mckinley.
Mr.. Bryan is a hard fighter, but he is
a good loser.-Albany Argus.
Now that the election is over
and won the other trusts may be ex.
pected to follow the lead of the beef
trust. 1t is one of the inevitable con-
sequences of the triumph of Hanna
ism. The public will be squeezed and
squeezed MISUNDERSTANDING Jour-
nal.
The reorganization of the DEM
ocratic party is inevitable, but it is
going to be accomplished entirely
without regard to the more or less
valuable advice and assistance yolun-
teered by republican editors and ora
tors. Democracy is competent to at.
tend to its own affairs.@Chicagc
Chronicle.
Mark Hanna confessas, and he
does it with a depreciation common.
surate with the well-known modesty Of
his shrinking nature, that he did heal
cries for him t be the e president
while he was on his stumping tour in
the northwest. He heard the cries be
u he could not help but hear"
Those westerners have a way of talk
ing so loudi-Utica Observer.
Whether in public or private life.
Mr.. Bryan will continue to retain the
respect, and in many cases the personal
affection, of a large number of Ameri-
can citizens. His views on many cues.
lions are not in accord with the senti.
ment of a large element of democrats.
but he is a plucky fighter, and the
American people like his courage and
tenacity of purpose.-Albany Argus.
Harvard is becoming very cosmopol-
This year there are students
there from every state and territory
the union and from Hawaii, Porto
Rico, Cuba, the Philippines, Japan.
Paris, Heidelberg, London. Liverpool
Bulgaria, Morocco, Norway, Nova SEQ.
tia, New Brunswick and Trinidad.
America leads in education, as in an
else.
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Contfngenf.

Dobson-If you marry my daughter
how long will it be before you call on
me for aid?
Hobson-That depends on low long
1t is before she strikes me for cash
Denver Newe.
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WAS Juliet's
idea. Most of the
ideas were Jull-
cts.
you see we are
under so many
obligations, r O.
m e OIL u1ie t
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Concerning women.

The sweet notes of the song rose
from the girls room on the floor be-
low.
'I'm sasddest when I sing" were the
words.
.Most women are" growled the
cynic on the floor above; because
they can't sing and AK at the same
tfme."-Detroit Free Press.
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-

We'll, Tommy" asked the minister,
"did you have a good time yesterday"
Not very" replied the youngster;
81 wasn't half as sick as / WAS last
year."-Chicago Daily News.
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greath is the most useful thing IN
che long run.1Chicago Daily NeWs-