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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26
TWENTY-N|NE CO TO
WATERY GRAVE.
Only Seven Out Of the Thirty-six
Persons on Board Escape with
Their Lives-The Only Wo-
man Passenger on Board
Was Drowned.

Marshfield, Greg. October 20.-ln q
binding fog the steamer South Portland.
bound for san Francisco from Portland,
with a cargo Of wheat and carrying a
crew Of twenty men ana fourteen passcn-
gers. struck Cape Bianco reef, while
steaming at the rate of knots at 5
o'clock last evening. The South Portland
immediately began TO till with water.
The captain, seeing that all hopes Of
saving his ship were gone, gave orders
to man the life raft with all possible
haste. Two boats and the life raft We're
lowered One boat. containing the cap
tain and seventeen souls, capslzed as they
werc gcttiisg away from the sinking
steamer. and only seven OF the eighteen
were able to get into the boat again.
The other boat also capstled and WAS
seen drifting away in the thick FOG, with
out q person in sight. The survivors OF
the iIi-fated steamer reached Fort earn
ford last evening in piIiaoe condition
from exposure to the cold wind and
waves 'lncy have little hopes for the
Remainder of the passengers and crew.
The survivors are captain j. Mcintyre
John Rcamel, sailor, san Francisco; En-
manuel Phomonls. chief cook. and Wi
liam l.. Wilson, Jr., of I5aitiinore; l..
baker. Alameda, Cal; Guy l5ent, aged ~
years. of Nova Scotia: Al Bailey, of North
.Jthota, passengers.
a heavy los IS hanging over the coast
here and weather Indications are moss
untavoIa BE tor rescue WORN
Following Is a list at The passengers ON
tho steamer south Portland:
CahIn-M tt. W cher, }. watson. >.
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26
GEORGE. HAMILTON KILLED.

George Hamilton y freight conductor
ea the Georgia railroad, was killed on
last Saturday night Ut Lithonia, Ga He
was IN the cabooso standing in the door
when the engine gave a sudden jerk for
ward, throwing him under the wheels OF
the cahoose.
Tho Body was brought to Atlanta from
Iithont ana carried to Patterson's an
dcrtaking establishment Monday the
hodV will be carried TO Conyers and the
funeral services and the iaterment will
occur there
Nj. Hamilton was one Of the oldest and
most trusted conductors on the Georgia
railroad. His regular run was between
Augusta and Atlanta. He lived in At
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26
CONSTITUTION ECHOES.
An Appreciative Big Bud"

0'rom The Sparks Enterprise)
The weekly press has q strong friend
ii The Atlanta Constitution. Il not only
humors US by copying our littlc para
graphic conceits but speaks Up for the
long primer weeklies in its editorial
columns as we'll The weekly press
should stand up for The CONSTITUTIONS
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26
zeigIer Exnedition Fails.

Paris october 24-The Petit Journals
correspondent at Copenhagen te1egraDls
THAT whaling vessel which has arrived
there reports the failure of the Zeieior
north pole expedition ON the steam whalcr
America, and under tho leadership ~
Anthony Fiala to reach Franz Joseph
land The attempt the whaler further
reported, viii be renewed in the spring
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26

institutions remembered in Ohio and at
Washington. D. G., are mainly SWedlSh
organizations.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26
LADIES' RING 25c.

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or stone desired fnr setting
~ @> II, Only one ring to any one party.
Et.~..s-oa---Si Write ~ once
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26

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Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27
TIE 1900" AND THE zoo.
An Alliance which Some Persons
We're Consum mntciy Ignorant
About.

"Some people" said the Philadelphia
woman, according to a New York ex-
change, have a queer idea of what the
400 does, and it does queer things, good
ness knows, without having things 1t
doesn't do laid to it.
Il was going through the zoo the other
day with n friend" she went on, "and
while we were standing before a cage in
the lion house my companion turned to me
and asked:
81 wonder who keeps all this up?'
"Hefore ! had a chance to reply, we were
both astonishcd to hear Q deep Irish voice
Sure, madam, it's the society,"
W turned and beheld as healthy n
looking specimen of the working woman
a. ever | laid eyes on.
""Ihe society! questioned my compan
lon, in a half amused a What soci.
ety.
The washcrwoman looked us all over
with contempt; then she blurted out:
The soclCty-the society! What min
nics ye are! Sure, an haven't ye ever
heard of the "4OO'-the society Of Moo
York;! That's the society that keeps this
here place up!'
And with that she turned on her heel
and left we two ignoramuscs staring in
blank amazcment after her retreating
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27
rise 70 the day, has been diminished.

rise 70 the day, bAS Oeen diminished.
In larger cities but a limited number
Of churches open their doors fer serv-
ices, while in the amaller one . single
house Of worship will conduct what Is
termed union service" for all denom-
nations. Usually there are many va
cant pews in those churches that are
opened.
The day has developed into home"
day, one in which the loved ones meet
with glad hearts, and doubtless thank
full ones, too, and felicitate one an
other hat it Is as well with them as
1t is. Those who live at n distance.
and those who are travelling upon the
road. turn their faces towards the
home roof in advance of the coming
Of Thanksgiving day, that they of n
blood may be together on that day,
and spend the hours in recalling the
past, so much of 1t as Is pleasant. Or
they engage in joyful songs. or inno-
cent pastimes, all filled and thrilled
with the goodness of life.
Whether or not the people are less
religious than formerly ices not enter
into his discussion. There are 81 days
in the year set apart for Sunday
church observance, and the people by
a sort of common consent have seen
fit to s.cnd this. the one day OF the
year. under their W vine and fig
tree. undisturbed by callers. holding
communion with those who are bone OF
their bone and flesh of their flesh.
Surely there can be nothing in con
%travention of religion in the home sem
timent. that is so marked a feature Of
THANKSGIVING day. The home Is the
safety of the state. II is here that
youth receives its influences for good
or III. II Is here that men are made
or unmade. Can there be higher tribute
to the bcncncent influences of home
life and the happiness of it than the
modern universal practice in these
states OF every man and woman, with
their children. making a home day"
of Thanksgiving? May not the happy
hearts and glad faces of these homc
gatherers be a pleasantor sight in
Gods eyes than the spectacle of long
and solcmn-faced couples going 10
church to sing solemn psalms. In any
event one may not sacrifice any spirit
of gratitude to the good Goo for His
mercics because his heart is glad and
warm in the surroundings of a loved
and lovable home.
Yet blessed Is hat nation whose
God Is the Lord, and it was a happy
suggestion that came TO the great Lin,
clon to ~natiOnaliZc one day Of the year
in which to praise the Lord because lie
is God, and to give thanks to His holy
name for mercios that endure from
generation to- generation.
WILLIAM EOSSER COERE.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27

THANKSGIVING day, known nowhere
else than in the United States, as a
national institution, is OF decided mod
crn invention. President Lincoln. just
40 years ago, was moved by the great
victories of Gettysburg, Vicksburg,
and other points, these coming thick
and fast after so many previous disas-
tiers, to designate a day in which the
people of the entire nation might meet
and render thanks to God. This first
national THANKSGIVING day was designed
to be distinctly religious in its character,
and the intent of the president was un-
derstood and carried out by the people.
The churches of the cities and towns
and villages we're filled that day vita
fathers and mothers and sisters who
offered grateful prayers to God for the
victories won and for the preservation
Of their loved ones who moved daily
amid scenes Of imminent danger.
True. the Thanksgiving day idea
dates back OF this. The andful of
Pilgrims in Massachusetts. in the year
following their landing at Plymouth.
met In their church in obedience to
the governors proclamation to return
thanks for a generous harvest. In
termittentiy thereafter for many years,
and then regularly each year. the day
was COMMUNICATED spreading through
out the New England states. 1t did
n reach New York state until 1921,
and was regarded lndiffercntly by many
states until Lincoln gave it national
staining.
Washington did make two Thanks
giving proclamat!ons. but only at the
suggestion Of the congress. Two sub
seqnent presidents fatty declined to is
sue such proclamations, insisting that
the silence Of the constitution as to re
ligion forbade any such exercise ol
power by the chief executive.
Hence, It Is within reason and righ'
20 say hat THANKSGIVING day, as q ma
tional festival, began in 1868, ana wa!
instituted by President Lincoln.
But by a rapid process of evolution
the religious feature, that which gave
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27
"A RrmuriSHbIc Woman.

Kokomo, Ind, Nov. 23.-Mrs. Anna M.
Willis, Of tins place, a charming old lady
If "A years, has given for publication a
very interesting letter.
Mrs. Willis u widely known and high
y respected, and the recommendation she
glvcs Is well worth the consideration OF
anyone who may be interested. Mrs.
" Ills address ~ X. Il. no. d, kokomo.
Her letter reads as follows:
g; have been troubled with Kidney
Trouble for 20 years. 1t was so bad that
it affected my heart and my back. 1t
burt 80 that | could not get up when
down, and ! began to think that ! would
De past doing anything. | was recon-
nendcd TO get Dndd's Kidney Pills and
purchased some at the drug store Of tlr.
!. T.. Neck. After using several boxes,
| was completely restored. | feel twenty
years younger, and am able to do all the
usual work IN the house and garden which
A person who lives on the farm has to do,
although ! am II years Of age"
He is great who Is what he il from na-
tulr, and who never reminds us Of othcIs.
-EulerBon.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27
lla NICInHY.

Mr.. Lewis had just come in from his
club. He appeared in the best of hu.
mors, md his wife soon found out why.
You've heard me speak Of Stafford,
haven't youE" he asked.
"Ihc man who knows so much about
the tariff" vcntured Mrs. Lewis.
"Thc man who talks 80 much about it,"
Lewis corrected. "Wcll, we had a long
argument about it this evening. and I
came out ahead"
"You did," said Mrs. Lewis, in a lut-
ter of delight.
Eyes; | got him to admit that he knows
no more about it than | do."-Youth's
Companion.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27

the times when the colonis,s thought
they had most cause to be thankful for
something. Sometimes it was for tho.
full harvest, and sometimes it was for
rain after a long, dry time that they
feared would ruin all the crops.
In these early Thanksgiving days
the children were not thought OF first
and foremost as they are in a good
many homes to-day. They were expect
ed to keep in the background, and the
little girls had to help their mothers
to keep house, and after that was kept
they had to keep right on being priln
and proper to such an extent that they
didn't always have as much fun as
their brothers. The boys used 10 play
wicket on the commons, and football
all over the place, so that in 1861 an
ordinance was passed f~OrbiddinG the
playing OF football in the streets on
ccoun of the annoyance TO foot pas
gengcrs.
At first there were no dolls for the
girls to play with, all the funny little
dolls that we see now in museums dat
Ing back to the times when our remote
great-rrandparents were little people,
having been brought over from En-
rope for the benefit Of the mothers, NOT
the littlc girls. The mothers didn't
wish tho dolls to play with. but for
models for their best dresses, for the
dolls, you ought to know, were dressed
by drcssmakcrs and mllliners in Lon
don and Paris and sent over hero for
r,,liar rlutau and fnp MANY Uppr, all
the dolls our Observation-Disclosures
had to play with were made Of rags. And
pretty nice doll babies they made, too.
o will admit.
"Battledoors and shuttles." which
the children used to play so much,
came over in 1861. and marbles got
here ten years later, in October. SO
they must have been played in the
house or else with frost-nipped fingers
till spring anne again.
There were no blocks Of houses and
big cities then, but only separate and
often widely-scattered homes. II a
big storm came the farmers had 10 get
out their numbering OK wagons Just as
they do in the far western country to-
day and "break" the roads. Sometimes
the storms were so heavy that the OK
pected visitors couldn't get through
the snow drifts, and the Thanksgiving
dinner had to be eaten by the family
all alone. But the family was general
~ a big one, and II the boys and girls
didn't have their looked-for company
20 play with they had each other.
In those early days there were no
steam radiators or furnaces or stoves.
and all the fun-making on Thanksgiv-
ing day that was done indoors had to
be done In the big llving-room. where
the huge fireplace blazed and cracltlcd
with It's great logs and piles Of under
brush, and the turkey roasted sizzling
on a spit before the fire hat burned
while you looked at II and froze your
back at the same time.
Everything considered, It's a good
deal easier and jollier to be a little boy
or cir. on THANKSGIVING OF this year
Of grace, 1903. han It was in 1880 or
foe a good many years after that.
Oon't you think 20 tool
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27

Massasoit. They stayed for a week
as the guests Of the white men. and
they all hunted and fshed and smoked
together and had a general jollifcation.
because the crops had turned out SO
well.
The first public Thanksgiving came
In 1890, and on the 22d of February,
the day We now celebrate a. Washing
tons birthday. In November of the
next year there was another Thanks
giving, and one year there were two,
but in the next SO years there was but
one Thanksgiving in about every two
years. It did not always come in No
vember, as 1t does now on a regular
day in the month, but skipped around,
sometimes being observed in January,
and sometimes in August. and some
times in other months. according to
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27
Cheap NOtOrIety.

Mrs. Coscist-Oh do buy me a new
bonnet, my dear. 1t viii set all my friends
talking.
Mr.. Closcn,t-lf you're after notoricty,
why don't you get the old one rctrimmcd!
That will make your friends talk twice
gs much.-Stray Stories.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27

"a man dat walks right up to de job
81 rcformln' de whole world" said Uncle
Ebcn, very often balhs at so simple a
matter as hrcakin' hlssclf Of ohcwin' u.
.aCCu."AMnsnnntnn Sinr-
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27
Thanksgiving Day
DAY Is as

7 NV WI IJlT 10 US
distinctly indigenous to
America as is the turkey,
that bird which is so indis-
sulubly connected with due
commemoration of the sea-
son. A dinner in that day
without the gobbier or its
mate would be no feast at
all, though a hundred 9TH
or viands were included
in the menu.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27
Just for Boys and Girls

wv, boys and girls, don't
you think that a good
many of you would think
1t a great lark to exchange
places with the Plymouth
children of more than 10
years ago, because on that
very first Thanksgiving
holiday that ever was OBJ
served on American soil.
there came to town 90 In
dian braves and their Chief
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27

1t is "A sad religion that is never stronA
unless It's owner IL slck.-Chicago Trib-
unc.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
Ave-. ' NJ MliunHn,eapoIis HMiinn' LA" Jan. e. $780,
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27

Conscience Is condensed Character
Chicago Tribune.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27

Our trials test our frIends.-Rain's
Horn.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27

Employment and hardships prevent
Melancholy johnson.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27

Chicago, st. Paul Minneapolis, four daily
rams VIA the Chicago q North-W Western
Ky.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27

THEY fade not, no matter how swift Is Times river
- We cherish them all Tor the loves that they hold
And dear-r they grow. hay they Nneer forever.
Framed by Affection In Memory gold
Again In the cleaning Of russell November
The tides Of another Thanksgiving doth flow.
Repeating the days we rejoice 10 remember
The ieasts and the smiles c! the dear long ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-02
Books and Authors
ONLY "THE BEST"

Harold Begbie has started a weekly
Journal In London which he announces
will contain only. the best OF everything,
the best and bravest things done,
things written. things seen and
things heard. This is an interesting an
nouncement. Some years ago there was
a demand by somebody for a daily paper
which would devote itself to relating all
the good and righteous things happening
in the world, carefully excluding the
meannesses and criminalities Of men.
The scheme has not materialized. That
Is, no secular daily or weekly has been
issued before Mr. Begbie undertook his
optimistic journal. The religious papers
rupted optimistic course, for they have
the function Of naming and denouncing
crime and immortality and human mean
ness generally. The fact Is, it requires
nerve to produce daily or weekly journal
which files in the face Of a demand by
human society for the publication Of the
crookednesses of humanity. The
French woman's remark, as she held
up, contemplat lively, glass Of sparkling
water: How delicious this would be II
there was only some sin in It," indicates
very human tendency. II Mr.. Begbie
can induce London to hunger for the
best of everything done, written. seen
and heard in the way Of self-sacrif1ce In
daily life and make his paper an organ OF
every day righteousness, he will have ac-
complished what has been deemed i'm
practicable heretofore.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-02
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Diagnosis Of Smallpox.
ditor of The Journal.

To the Editor of The Journal.
In Tuesdays Journal Health Commits
sioner Hall scores the doctors for be-
ing 'oM In diagnosis of smallpox, which
would be prevented if the attending
physician had a. proper knowledge Of
symptoms yf.5 Ez;x. :. SigS,assaH$
B 1t would certainly seem that the aver
age physician should be well read, up In
smallpox diagnosis, as. the entire country
has suffered from the epidemic even since
Uncle Sans boys returned from Cuba
after their little scrimmage with Spain.
But the average individual does not know
the preliminary symptoms and as many
Of us prefer" to do what we can when
under the weather. to restore normal
conditions without calling In the doctors,
will DR.. Hall kindly state in public print
just what the symptoms Of smallpox are?
It would seem that no one would willingly
rningle with his fellows when afflicted
with such an abhOrrent, contagious dis
ease, which seems of latezto be assuming
a more virulent form, and expose them
to it's ravages. 1t would be interesting
also to know the law or rules Of quaran-
| tine, ETC., and when patients are taken to
the quarantine hospital what kind of care
they may expect there. Are nurses pro-
| vided, if so, at what expense, and can
private rooms and private nursing be had
there? Also, who is the physician in
charge, land how often does he visit the
place?
Meantime, let us all be vaccinated and
protect ourselves from the disease in as
far as we may. We are told success
| fur vaccination is perfect protection
against smallpox. Again we question DR..
Hall: How IS a man unlearned in medi-
cal mysteries to know when a vaccination
is "successful?'' I myself want one of
| that kind right away, for I've no desire
to be attacked by smallpox. F.. N.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-02
THE FAITH OF THE SITTING HEN

Will Chamberlain in Elk Point Leader.
If men had the faith Of an ordinary,
mongrel setting hen they could do mir
acles. Why, any ordinary speckled hen,
when the fever of spring gets to working
in her blood, will hover for weeks and
weeks on a discarded knob, looking glad
ly forward to the day she will bring forth
a fluffy family therefrom. If this be not
blind faith and trust and hope, we are not
familiar with the terms In your ancient
times mighty things were performed by
faith and belief, but there is not in the
whole world, ancient or modern more
sublime example Of this quality than that
given by the sitting hen. The hired man
Vicious and ugly after night at dan
cing-may hurl her from the feed box of
one of the horses; the boss may damn
the sitting hens, anyway" but she will
creep back after a little of clustering and
jawing and shaking out her feathers,
nestle down among the corn cobs, hoping
doubtless thereby to hatch out field of
yellow dent. Gods Of our fathers, if we
had the divine faith Of the brindle setting
| hen, we would go forth healing the sick
and halt and giving the blind back their
sight.