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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-10
Baltimore Provisions.

Baltimore. Nov. Flour quiet winter
patents 75ep., spring patents 6559, eXtr|
~
Wheat dnll, spot contract Nov. ll3C0H
redwestern iiI@5[. Southern by sample g@ II
Corn irmcr, spot new 5l@h, new southern
whitecorn 700o3M
oats firmcr, No. , white 3i@M, NO. :
mixed "a.
Rye dull, No. we tern 89990. 49,,
Butter firm, fancy imitation lS@l9, o.
creamery %, do ladle l6@l7, store lacKe'
I3Ola.
Eggs firm, unchanged 26.
Oh csc ST. ady. large and small l0A@Il, me
'iiun 1lN%. o.,
sugar song, coarse granulaleu o'-V' hhe 49,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-10
~. Highest. I Lowest CLOSING.
Cash quotations were as follows:

10000, s,Talghts 4.eoS52o, sspTn;
bakers 9.OOa4.0o wheat No. : spring lIOa ll5
No. 3 lOO@ll2, No. red, llo54@n7,. corn M. .
5IG5b1s,. No. 2 yellow 59H, oats No. 2 2ih
No white 3ih@.i3 No; white r,a,, 8O55sS SSs1
fair to choice mailing 4ln5', flax seed No.
IlOl5, No. / northwestern llo% prime timothy
SEED Ito, mess pork per DBL li;2OG1i %
(loose) S.00a0.. I212, drysalted shoders (boxed
......... short clear sides (boxed) 7.O067l21a
whiskey basis of high wines 1.24 clover con.
tract grade 1900.
New YORK Provisions.
New York. Nov 8, F.ou- steady wIntei
patents S,.60Mh0O Minnesota patents 6,0066lO
DO bakers. Sl.000.4.2L straights 5l005.65.
Rye flour firm, fair to good 4.4O@I.50
choice TO fancy 4l564.50.
Buckwheat flour dun 20ld2l5.
Corn nal steady, yellow western l1l@llS
kiln dried 3.00613.10.
Rye nominal, No. 2western, 20.
Barley steady. feeding 49, mating 55@6a.
Wheat firm, No; red, l2fN, May lih'
Corn 1rm, No. e;A May 5l15 December
5556
Beef steady, family IO5O@ll.5o, packet 1000
9ll.00, city extra india. mess ll.O@l6.OO
beef hams % 00oH2I.H0.
Cut meats steady, picked bellies S54@l0-
ickled shoulders ~, picked hams 9l@0iU'
Lard steady, western steamed $50. Nov. 80;
No. nom., refined steady continent 1850,
1905
Pork firm, family 1900. ...,.., short clear
l3.156Dlo 10, mess l2.250I3.25
TaIlow steady, ity (s2 per pkg, 40 country
Rosin quiet, strained common to good
%.
Turpentine weak, 521%65I.
Rice firm, domestic fair to extra 27s05X.
Japan nom
Molasses steady, New Orleans omen kettle
good to choice 32G36. $500
Coffee spot Rio quiet, No. invoice S1s, mild
5 'ea1y, oordova l3@.3
Sugar raw firm. fair refining SO, centrifu-
gal 70 test s-lo(0, molasses sugar E@2s.
refined firm, ConfectioneT's a, 10. mold n.
i.e5, cut loaf %, crushed 600. powdered 5.]0,
grlnulated SO. cubes SIS.
Butter firm. creamery common 10 extra
in Is state dairy 1I02S. western factory II.
Eggs firm. state and Penn, nearby
fancy selec white 2St@49 Southern 1909.
interiors l3@l4.
Cheese strong state, full cream small coli
bred fancy l0H, small white fancy: 1917.
Potatoes fIrm Long Island l.7o02O1 state
mi western 5DDl62, Jersey Sweets lt092 10
Peanuts firm, fancy hand-picked 5@M, other
domestic 3@64.
Cabbage steady, per Dbl. 500 10.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool l01lo@.
Cotton seed oil market was steady
rude +. o. n. mills 90 prime summer yellow
,6Izo627 of summer yellow nominal, prlIn
white 30@3l, prime winter yellow S0@3l.
baltimore Provisions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23
STORM HITS THE EAST.
Furious Gale, Accompanied by Snow
Sweeps Atlantic Coast.

Furious Gale, Accompanied by Snow.
Sweeps Atlantic Coast.
New York was entirely cut off from
the South and West Sunday night by
fierce hurricane, accompanied by rain and
snow, which swept the Atlantic coast.
Starting from Florida Saturday night,
the storm of wind and rain came up the
coast at almost cyclonic speed. Early
Sunday morning it was central off Cape
Hatteras. although its ever-gathering
lOrce was felt far TO the northward.
Rain began fal'i ing in New York at :
a. m and early in the morning changed
to a wet snow. The wind, which had
been blowing moderately, veered TO the
southeast and shortly assumed hurricane
propositions. At 6 o'clock at night the
weather bureau noted velocity of forty
two miles an hour, which increased to
forty-eight miles at $50 o'clock. That
speed kept up for several hours At 10
o'clock the storm center was at Block
Island whore the barometer showed
y. cssure of 2S.62 inches, with the wind
blowing seventy-six miles an hour. At
Nantucket the barometer was a trife
higher and the wind sixty miles.
Wire service out of New York was
tied up more effectually Sunday night
,han at any time since the blizzard of
1883. The Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies had no direct com
munication with cities further south than
Baltimore. and all western points were
cut eff. The Postal cabled some of its
post urgent messages to Canso, \. y,
from which point they were wired to
Montreal and thence forwarded to Chi
Caso over Canadian Pacific wires.
Chicago communication with the storm
swept center Of the East was established
il meager way through repaired lines
aG5 telephones durir- MorLay md facts
conc erning the devastation of the terrific
Wizard were received with long Interrupt
tons. The business of the Chicago
board Of Trade, the Stock Exchange, and
i'll fact. all brokerage establishments. was
suspended during the entire day because
of the utter impossiblity of getting di
rect wires in working order between Chi
cago and New York City. Many brok'
ers. eager for quotations, tried early in
the day to reach Gotham by sending ca.
Diagrams that had 10 eueircle the globs
TO get there.
Adyices indicate that several persons
lost tneir lives in the storm. Many boats
along the Atlantic coast were wrecked ol
imperiled, and those that We're unable te
make ports of shelter presumably went
down. Valiant rescues were numerous
Scores of small towns were completely
isolated. Damage to property in them
viii aggregate hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars People living in Scranton, Pa
had TO shovel their way out of houses,
Three feet of snow fell there. In the
vicinity of Harrisburg the downfall was
not quite so heayy-the depth measuring
% inches in that section. In New YorA
State the storms center was near Al
hany.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

essentially true. 1t was not until 1863
that any President proclaimed the last
Thursday in November as a day of ma
tional thanksgiving. Mr.. Lincoln had
nineteen months before designated
particular Sunday for that purpose.
Yet it should not be forgotten that in
the early days of the republic there were
occasional presidential procla NATIONS Of
this sort The very day CT November
on which Thanksgiving falls this year
Thursday, the 26th-was set apart by
George Washington. in the first year Of
his administration, ITO be devoted by the
people of these STATES to the service of
that great and glorious Being Who is
the benefcent author of all the good that
was, that is, or that will be-" He pre-
faced these expressions by saying that
both houses of Congress. through their
joint committee, had requested him TO
make this recommendation.
1t was nearly six years before Wash
ington issued another THANKSGIVING roc
lamation; then he set apart a Thursday
in February, assigning as one of the
reasons, for the seasonable control
which has been given to a spirit of dis
order in the suppression Of the late in
surrection." referring to the almost for
gotten Whisky Instruction in western
Pennsylvania.
President Adams twice proclaimed
spring fast days, but he urged that the
duties of humiliation and prayer be ac-
companied by praise and thanksgiving.
Madison, during his eight years IN the
White House, set apart foui such days,
but none of them fell in November
Thanksgiving is not the only holiday
introduced by proclamation. The Gov
ernors Of the States in which Arbor day
Is observed usually take this means OF
calling public attention 10 its objects.
The old New England fast day was al
WAYS announced by n proclamation,
which was read in the churches the Sun
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23
THANKSGIVING ON THE FARM.

Feels liFe Thanksgiving round the FARM
The kind O. crispy air
That makes yer glad we're lIvin,' an not
much pertic'lar where 80,
30 longs yer lungs is workin' an Kin MI
yer to the brin
With that double compound extrac' o Per
petual youth an VIM
Inc kind that gives yer somethin 10 De
RELY thankful bout,
II IT'S only cog you're up an dressed an
able TO be out
Looks like Thanksriyiu' round the place.
The naples burma red
An the apples sorted out In heaps, a-ripen-
In In the shed:
The woods a-Eettiu hnrer ez the leaves
come ilutt'rin down,
An the puniins CROWN yeller an the pas
tur gettin' brown
The robbins flynn low along the sheltered
alder run.
An the orchard cleans whistle COZ the
cider makiR's done,
Smells like Thanksgiyin' round the housed
rather guess you'd know
What day Il WIZ by snitin' round, coz
every where you 60
You ketcl, the scent o stufTn' an the
smcil pies an cakes,
An cran,b'ry sass an t4rkey' an the pud-
din Sary makes
Jest fer Thanksqivin'; coz. she says, she
nggers th"t il brings
A man ter takin, somehow, a more thank
fui view O things
Sounds Ike Thanksriyin' r,rud the .lryn,-
The blackbirds lhatt'lia' So.
The pa fridge whlrrla Ia the wauds an
everywhere yUu 20
You hear the fai's .iyin' an yer hear the
drivers cali
Clean from tle pike (the airs SO clean, an
then, the best of ait
Yer near the waSon rattIin', an yer know
It's on tre way
From the station with the children-come
to spend Thanksgifin dag.
An 'tiz Thanksrtyil'. no mistake! Coz
money couldn't buy
The love see HhcGmln from the mothers
liisiH MN eye,
Ner the kisses Hy the children ner the han
piness feel
When see EN- gathered ronud US fer one
more ThapGsgivin' meal.
An proClprmation somehow amt REQUIRED
ter let lis know
That It 5 time that we WIZ thankful an fer
sit Us feeiin so,
William Cary Duncan In Farm and
Home.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23
LET US GIVE THANKS.

bright and the beautiful and there
the heart that does not
appreciate.
For home and family For
al the life which
hidden blessings mind but
cheer
defeats
resolves For that MONDAY sunshine for failures that
the failures
lie there
The rich the we'll the happysuy they need not be taught to give
vlb
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

The Postoflice Department has been
advised by the Postotiice Department
of Canada that on account of fle large
quantity of non-transnissahle mail
matter received at White IIorse, lu-
kon Territory. during the past winter
seasons. addressed 10 destinations
north of White Horse. the Canadian
department has determined to return
10 senders. through the dead letter Of
flee all On.trausmiSSable matter that
may be received during the current
winter season. There are forty-nne
postotiices announced by the Postoiiice
Department as places in the Yukon
Territory, north Of White Horse, the
mail for which win be restricted 10
letters, postcards and single wrapped
newspapers addressed to public libra
ries, to newspaper publishers or to pri-
waite individuals.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

times lacking in the true Thanksgiving
flavor, but the big thick. yellow pump
kin pie with the genuine New England
taste and od-fashioned filling capacity
Be the dinner ever so long and its courses
elaborate beyond description, there is al
ways room at the end for a generous
slice of grandma's pumpkin pie.
The pumpkin. as you may surmise, be-
longs TO the gourd family. Just where
1t originated cannot be learned with any
certainty. because in the early days rec
ords of such THINGS were not kept Manr
varieties of il are cultivated suseess-
fully in both temperate and tropical eli
mates, and in Southern Asia it is espe-
cially cultivated. There is no such thing
as wild pumpkin. The plant accommo-
dates itself to differences in soil and eli
mate very readily, and this : accounts
for the difference in shape and flavor
which is often noted
The cultivation of gourls began before
the dawn of history. and both edible and
ornamental varieties were abundantly
raised by the races of antiquity. The
pumpkin which of course belongs 20 the
former, has become SO modified by cul-
ture that the original plant from which
It descended can no longer be traced The
innumerable kinds to be seen in India
would seem to indicate that that part of
Asia was It's birthplace. but some appear
to have been under cultivation in Africa
from the very earliest ages. The Rom
ans were familiar with certain varieties
of II, and it was used by them as an
article of dict. Thus three great coun-
tries of the Eastern hemisphere might
claim it as their own rs far as we would
have any right to say. Perhaps the
pumpkin is n native of the whole world,
for 1t was found in the Western hemi-
sphere by the first white man Tho land
ed. and It must therefore have been in
digenous to American soil. The Indians
knew It and cultivated it for centuries
That the pumpkin was at one time a
much more important crop than it. is to-
day Is certain. 1t was as easily raised
then rs now, as a "stolen crop" the
seeds being planted in fields of corn or
potatoes usually the former Before the
Introduction of the squash the pumpkin
was used as n table vegetable and in
many of the countries of the Orient tn IS
use continues to this day. A winter
pumpkin grown in Turkey is snow white.
This variety is sold extensively on the
streets of Constantnople. In Hungary
attempts to turn pumpkins to account in
the manufacture of sugar, in the same
way that beets are used. have been
made. but they were not attended with
any great degree of success Sometimes
In the United States, when sugar and
money are both scarce the pumpkin is
boiled to r syrup. thus furnishing a sub
stitute for sugar, which, under the cir
cumstances. goes very well.
The American pumpkin is big yellow
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

While arbitration treaty negotia-
tons with he French government
meet with general approval, this par
ticular treaty. and all others framed
after this model, will not receive the
ratification Of the Senate save after
the most careful scrutiny. Ii is not
improbable that material amendments
will be made. Senator Morgan is ex-
pected to oppose it Vigorously. Beliey-
ers in the Monroe doctrine VIII not per-
nit any treaty to receive affirmative
action IL BE Senate that will weaken
the doctrine. This government has
been a party to a number Of arbitra-
ton treaties, but each dealt with d
particular subject. This is the first
attempt to negotiate n gtae,ai treaty,
with the single exception of that ne
g0tiated with Great Britain by Score
tarv Olney, which the Senate pigeon
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

Murphy he'd a turkey rattle,
All tn push wuz theyr.
Dinnis DOan controlled tn sale
Shtandin' an chair,
Tickits wuz 4 half o PUNK;
Turkeys they wuz fat.
Everybody winned a bird
'Ceptin' me and Pat.
Inter 'leven pools we wint;
Thought 1t wuzn't right,
An Pat e got is dnnder up
An shwore they'd be a fight.
He wuz one agin tn push,
So OF boltcd in.
Couldn't see an Orishman
18th nary chance to win.
Sich sight We niver seed,
All Ground tn floor
They wuz turkey feathers shpread
Mingled 18th III gore.
Pat e smashed . dozen heads;
doKan moro did OF,
An whin tn FUN wuz done they wuH
Nary foe.nan by.
They lift dozen fowls behind
(Not heiu' ca'fun
An me an Pat divided these
At Murphy's turkey rattle.
Detroit Pree Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

The annual report of the superin-
tendent of Indian schools, Miss EStelle
Reel, has been submitted to the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs. Ii shows
that considerable advances have been
made during the year in the general
field of Indian education. The Indian
child is taught to speak English in a
shorter time than formerly. The poll
cy Of giving agriculture the foremost
place in Indian education has been
continued during the year, and the re-
suits obtained are satisfactory. Among
the evidences of the good results of
Indian education are the reports of the
careers of returned students. which
show that they are endeayoring TO
overcome the environments of tepee
life and prove themselves worthy of
the education they have received \
feature of the report is the evidence
1t gives that the Indian is altering his
ways of living to meet the require
ments of an advancing civilization,
through the educational influence of
the schools upon the children, who are
being taught the white mans ways OF
living.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23
Thanksgiving in 1880.

1t is commonly understood. and fire.
queutly asserted that Abraham Lincoln
was the first President to issue a Thanks
giving proclamation. and that he estab-
nshed a custom TO which I'll his SUCCESS
ors have 3dhered. Before that time the
observance of the day was confined
chiefly TO the NV England States, where
it had been ushered in every autumn
from early colonial times by Governors
The common belief is
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

fellow, though attempts are constantly
being made to substitute the smaller,
and often less available, kinds The fact
remains that the pumpkin which grows
in the field along with the corn IS the
best for the Thanksgiving pie, after all
is said and done. 1t has no frils, and no
high sounding name, but, in the language
of the poet, it gets there just the same.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

The Acting Secretary OF War sent
to the Treasury Department SIG in cur
rcncr and 20 cents In postage stamps
to be placed in the conscience fund
An env5!4pe continuing this money and
stamps was received by the quarter
master general in December. 1899, aud
has been held since In the hope that
some explanation might be made Of
it. The package evidently had come
from the West, but there was nothing
TO identify the sender OF explain his
action.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

BY the completion Of the cable line
from Stka to Valdez. $50 miles long,
there is now an ail-American tele-
graphic line from the Emitted States TO
all important points in Alaska. This
cable was laid by the government as
a necessary business adjunct to the
1900 miles Of telegraph built in Alas
ka under the act Of Congress Of May
20. 1900. on which there are already
forty-six telegraph Offices.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

Postmaster General Payne was the
third Cabinet officer in twenty years
10 die in office William Window died
suddenly while SECRETARY of the Treas
ury under President Harrison. and
Walter O. Gresham died while he was
Secretary of State under President
Cleveland One has to go back only
a few weeks more than twenty years
TO reach the date when Charles j.
Folger, President Arthur's Secretary
of the Treasury, died. Daniel Man
ming, Cleveland's SECRETARY of the
Treasury. died few months after re-
signing from office on account Of i'll
health; but lie must not be Included
in the list OF those who have died in
harness. Changes in the Cabinet are
so frequent that man in normal
health usually lives ont the two or
three years which is about the aver
age term of service.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

Three new battleshlpes were recent
ly launched within fifteen days of one
another, namely. the Connecticut at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard: the Nebras-
ka in Washington and the Georgia in
Maine These ships are of the larg-
est and most powerful type yet con-
structed for the American navy. The
Connecticut is Of sixteen thousand
tons displacement, ana the Nebraska
and the Georgia are little un2cr If
teen thousand tons Each of them
will carry four twelye-iHch guns.
eight eight-inch and twelve six-ineh
guns, besides many small bore rapid
fire and automatic guns. The Con
necticut is to make eighteen knots an
hour and the other two nineteen
knots This speed is SO great that it
viii be practically impossible for the
warshlps of ? other nation TO Is
cape them. Q sequently these three
ships are potent peace arguments.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

Hereafter no person suffering from
consumption will be employed in the
postOiiice or other government posi-
tons from which they are Likely to
spread the disease. This decision has
been reached by the Civil Service Com
mission, and Commissioner Cooley has
,ent out an order that in future all
applicants must submit to a physical
examination.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

nan ASG1 V ING
is i n c 0 IN p e t e
without the tur-
key, so also is it
incomplete with
ont the toothsome.
if humble, pump
kin. No Thanks
giving feast is
properly ended
unless it has had
as its last course
the pumpkin pie
of our grandmoth-
ers. Not the
squash concern of
these later days.
which sometimes
is as dry as a
chip and other
tines as wet as n
bog. and at all
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

Going to celebrate Thanksgiving at
your house. EphP
use feerd not, sab. Dat neighboh Oh
mine dat raises chickens an turkeys hab
jes' bought a bulldog. sab"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

Jimmie" asked the Sunday school
teacher, why is it that so many people
are grateful on Thanksgiving
"'Cause that's the time they allus gets
tnrkav"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

Young Turkey-By the way the farm
er is feeding me, he must think I'm u
pretty fine bird.
Old Gobber-Yes but don't get stuff
ed up too much or the first thing you
know you'll lose YOUR head entirely.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23
AND NOW THE PUMPKIN.

Big and Yellow and, Under Proper
Treatment, Emil of Delights,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23

Mrs. C, Impton made her husband
pumpkin pie four inches thick''
What was that for?''
'She wanted to get ahead of the
pumpkin pies his Aunt Maria 10 in
Maine used to make"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-23
day preceding, as the Thanksgiving proc,
lamation still is--Youth's Companion
Training Down.

The Turkey-Why don't You eat IT'D
The Boy-I'm savin' up for Thanks
giving.
The Turkey-No. thank yon--so am I.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Washington times., 1904-11-30

riOus States give indication of strikins
Tendencies D.. certain localities. In ore
gon. for instance Roosevelt received
twO-thirds the total vote, while Dcbs.
Socialist, was given almost hall as
many votes as Parker.
In Indiana Swallow, PrOhibitiOnist,
pOlled over % 900 votes. and kDebs half
that number. Virginia did not show the
same enthusiasm for the cold water can
didate, giving him less than ! per cent
Of the votes cas-. Georgia made a
mark by giving its home candidate.
Watson, within ]. 800 as many votes as
Roosevelt got, while Parker had nearly
double the aggregate of the two. These
are the Official figure.
Indiana-RCosevelt, 36S .269; Parker,
ga. 345; Swallow. 23,496. Watson, 2,4i4i
Virginia~R oosevelt. $40: Parker. 50
63S; Swallow L8S2i Watson, 259; Debs,
Oregcn= Roosevelt. 60. ass; Parker. IL
81; Swallow. S.S06; Debs. 1913: Watson,
Roosevelt, 2i.O03: Parker. S.
so, Watson. y, 635; Swallow, 6Sj. Debs.
The official vote was canvassed yester-
day IN Ohio. Iowa, and California, show
ing the following figures.
OhiO-ROOseyelt. Coz. $50. Parker 344.G14i
Swallow, 10 339: Debs. 81 250: COTTegan,
? 633, Watson. 1892 ROOsevelt's plural
it's tOtaled 355. All.
Iowa-ROOsevelt. 307. 2O7; Parker 1914
Swallow, u.60l; Debs. 1i8f1; Watson,
2 20I. Roosevelt's plurality over Parker,
rs. 100
California-RooseveIl o05, 226; Parker
So "a: Debs, %. $50; Sw allow, 1880. Roose-
velts plurality, 1852.