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Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
The Day We Gather Together.

While in nearly every land and
cline there are holidays galore. it is
doubtful if there is any one more gen
orally celebrated than this, unless it
be Christmas. and that day, perhaps,
does not excite the interest given the
officially designated day for thanks.
Such a DAY goes, perhaps, farther
than any other to make the whole
world akin, for in almost every home
the whole family circle gathers at
pretty much the same hour. and then.
too. If there are vacant seats attention
is forcibly directed to them. and the
missing. wherever he be. If on this
earth. can be depended upon TO face
heaping plate of the toothsome meat
in the hostelries and eating houses
over the land, and then IL is that
thought will meet thought and one
grand reunion. with the old home
steads as the centers around which
thoughts gather, be the result.
Thus will the turkey gather us TO-
gether.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
Making a Great Map.

About 100 years more will be re-
quired to complete the work of making
Typographical map Of the country.
which was begun by thefUnited States
government in 1882. The work Is be-
Ing carried on in cooperation with the
states. New York, for example, hav-
ing appropriated annually something
like $4,000 as it's share. There has
never been a typographical map OF
the United States published other than
rough sketches. For that reason the
government work will be one of the
largest ever made.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
All Bend the Knee to the Turkey,

See how all the world bends the
knee to the great turkey! Bends the
knee" because 1t is impossible to seat
itself at the festal board in any other
fashion! See how it has superseded
even the peacock, for so long king of
the festal board. In that peacock's
native land of India the Hindoo now
regales himself upon imported Ameri.
can turkey. About 1541 when De
Soto was declaring to his followers
that he would "see gold or die in
poverty" our American bird was intro
duced into Europe. Poor De Soto,
lost in the wilds Of the Carolinas, no
doubt would have been hungry Sut
for the Oc-coo-coo gobbling In the
trees above his head. This was the
musical name given tho wild turkey
by the native Indians. The white.
faces vacillated between Bubbling
Jock and Turkey. the latter name
winning out at last.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
The Thanksgiving oocoocoo.

The original name of the turkey was
Oocoocoo, by which it was known by
supposed that our Pilgrim Fathers,
roaming through the woods in search
of game for their first Thanksgiving
spread heard the Oocoocoo calling in
the familiar tones of our domesticated
fowl, Turk, turk, turk" These first
Yankee huntsmen, mistaking this
cry of the bird for its real song, i'm
mediately labelled it turkey" and
turkey it is to this day. Much more
beautiful and musical was the Indian
name, "Oo-coo-coo," the notes peculiar
to the flock when summing themselves
in perfect content on the river beach
es.-Sunset Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23

white beds are women and girls who
are awaiting or recovering from opera
tions made necessary by neglect.
Every one of these patients had
feeling, pain at the left or right of the
womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the
small of the back, leucorrhea, dizzi-
ness, hatulency. displacements of the
womb or irregularities. All Of these
symptoms are indications Of an un-
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and IL not needed the trouble
will make headway until the penalty
has to be paid by dangerous opera
ton, and a lifetime of impaired useful
ness at best, while in many cases the
results are fatal.
The following letter should bring
hope to suffering women. Miss Luella
Adams, of the Colonnade Hotel, Seattle,
Wash, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
About two years ago was a great suf-
ferer from a severe female trouble, pains and
headaches. The doctor prescribed for me and
finally told me that had a tumor on the
womb and must undergo an operation if
wanted to get well. felt that this was my
death warrant, but l spent hundreds Of dol
lars for medical help, but the tumor kept
growing. Fortunately l corresponded with
an aunt in the New England States, and she
advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, as it was said to cure tu-
mors. l did so and Immediately began to
improve in health, and was entirely cured,
the tumor disappearing entirely, without an
operation. l wish every suffering woman
would try this great preparation"
Just as surely as Miss Adams was
cured OF the troubles enumerated in
her letter, just so surely will Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure
every woman in the land who suffers
from womb troubles, Inflammation of
the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous
excitability and nervous prostration.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all young
women who are i'll to write her for free
advice. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
DISTRESS AFTER MEALS
Sure Sign That Or.WiIIiams' Pink Pills
Are Needed to Tone Up the
Digestive Oroans.

Loss OF appetite, distress after eating,
shortness of breath, feeling of utter
weakness-these are symptoms that are
familiar to most sufferers from stomach
trouble. Too often the ordinary doctors
treatment serves but to weaken the dis
eased organs.
The new tonic method of treating dis
orders of this kind does not aim to do the
work Of the stomach, does not demand
that the food be pre-digested, but builds
up the weakened organs, SO that they can
do the work that nature intended.
Mrs. LO Law, of No. 324 North street.
Horton, Kansas, says: SIN 1897, while
we were living on farm i'll this neigh
borhood, became generally debilitated
as the result of overwork. 1 had serious
indigestion, lost my appetite, suffered
from sense of suffocation and from OBJ
struction of the circulation, so that arti-
fetal means had to be used to restore it.
After suffering for months without find
ing any relief. 1 tried a box of DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills of which had read in
newspaper. The first few boxes made
me lots better, and after using the third
box l felt entirely well.
Il am now i'll excellent health and am
able not only TO take care of my house
but also to assist my husband in store
which he has lately taken. DIR. Williams
Pink Pills cured me and 1 can recon-
mend them. They are so simple, so
easily taken and so prompt in their ac-
tom
Remember Dr. Williams Pink Pills do
not act OH the bowels. They make new
blood and restore shattered nerves. In
this way they carry health and vigor to
every organ and fiber of the body. They
are sold by all druggists or will be sent.
postpaid. on receipt of price. 80 cents per
box; six boxes for $3.50. by the DR. Will
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
Steel shroud and coffin.

During the inquest held at Philadel-
phia in the case Of John Forkin and
Joseph Garcia, laborers, who were
killed at the Midvale steel works No
vember 10th, it was testified that the
two men had entered a pit and that
10000 pounds of hot metal poured
from leak and completely absorbed
them. Not trace of the bodies was
discovered.
The company has decided to take
about 5000 pounds of the steel from
the place where the men were last
seen and have it buried out of respect
to the dead men.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23

Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks TO the iron, but because
each package contains sixteen ounces
one full pound-while all other Cold
Water Starches are put up in three
quarter-pound packages, and the price
is the same. 10 cents. Then again be-
cause Defiance Starch is free from all
injurious chemicals. If your grocer
tries TO sell you twelve-ounce pack
age it is because he has a stock on
hand which he wishes to dispose of be-
fore he puts in Defiance. He knows
that Defiance Starch has printed on
every package in large letters and fig
ures "1G ounces" Demand Defiance
and save much time and money and
the annoyance of the iron sticking. De-
fiance never sticks.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23

Although days of thanksgiving.
especially for the fruits of the earth,
have been customary in all ages of
the world and in connection with
every form of religion, Thanksgiving
day as an annual harvest home and
family reunion under Christian aus
pices is a purely American institu-
tion and, outside of New England, Is
of comparatively recent origin.
AS a national holiday it began in
the hes- and heart of Abraham Lin
coin, who proclaimed Nov. %, 1868,
as thanksgiving day for the stimuli
taneous victories of Gettysburg and
Nicksburg on July and for the
abundant harvests of that year. and
Nov. "a. 1864. as a thanksgiving day
for similar blessings.
There had been other days set
apart for thanksgiving during the
war, but these were the first of the
unbroken series in the month of No
vember. President Johnson CON
tinued the custom out of respect for
Mr.. Lincoln, and it has been instinc-
lively recognized by every president
since. In several states the COVER
nors also make coincident proclama-
tlons.
Though at present mostly a hal
lowed memory, Thanksgiving day.
when it was in its prime, was one
of the noblest and most delightful
things in American civilization. Time
was when on this day all the churches
were thronged with cheerful and de-
vout worshipers, and the ministers.
speaking from bowers OF corntops
and sheaves of wheat and pyramids
of pumpkins and red apples, moved
every heart by their tribute to the
divine goodness.
From the religious temples the peo-
pie turned to the family altars.
where the fires of flial devotion
burned just as briskly. The men,
bers OF the household assembled.
some OF them from remote localities.
10 look into the changed counte-
nances of "the old people" perhaps
Tor the last time, sat down to a roy
al feast of good things, the greatest
feast of all being the revived and
overtiowing family affections and the
ineXtinguishable attachment TO the
family hearthstone. That was Amer
lean civilization in its flower and fruit
age.
As long as our people are a home
loving people, as long as filial and
fraternal love are afiame and as long
as we will cross mountains and tray
erse continents to gather once mor .
at the old family homestead, to drop 81
tear for the departed and to receive
the embrace of those who survive. our
institutions are safe.
Those who have reached middle life
can not but regret the partial de.
cadence of Thanksgiving day within
their own recollection. In our day 1t
Is little more than a secular holiday
devoted to athletic sports. The sec
ular holiday and tho athletic sports
are, of course, good things in them.
selves, but it is not pleasant to see
them take the place of an admirable
and invaluable social CUSTOM
1t is a comfort to reflect that far
from the maddening crowd of the
great city, in numberless quiet vii.
lagos ard country homes. Thanksgiv.
ing day Is still observed in all its
original glory and beauty.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
az mined it in California an Oregon.

~ mined it in California an Oregon,
an | tried holdin' down a timber claim
in Washington, an one spell ranched
1t in Montana. There amt much of
the west | amt made money in an
lost it, he remarked.
Mrs. Bascom came in hurriedly
from the kitchen.
You amt never heard tell of boy
out there by the name of Willie Bas-
com, did you?" she asked. II know it's
pretty big place, the west, but I
thought maybe you might have run
acrost someone by that name"
Nom, dunno as l ever did," said
the man. Though that don't count
They're likely to have any name out
there, except their right ones. What
did he look like?"
He was bout your build, but bet.
ter lookin'." she said frankly.
Il warn't SO bad lookin' once" re-
turned the man.
"You warnt as good lookin' as my
Willie, though. He was the handsom-
est boy around here, though I do say
it."
Mrs. Bascom went into the parlor
and brought out picture in a zine
cone frame. 1t showed a smoothfaced,
boyish fellow of twenty or so, but 1t
hardly bore out her eulogism
"That was took when he first went
west" said Mrs. Bascom, twelve
years this comm June. He writ me
twice after that that he was doin'
well, an was happy except for wantin'
to see me, an then | never heard
again. He was my only boy and 1
didn't want him to go, but he an his
father didn't get along well. He
wanted to go west an make his for
tune. He must be dead-though 1
hate to think so-or he'd come home
to me when his father died-or writ
ten"
Maybe he was ashamed" suggest
ed her listener
Ashamed of what? Willie would
mt do anything to be ashamed of. He
couldn't. He was wild, maybe, an
headstrong, but he wouldn't do nothin'
bad"
But maybe he failed In what he
undertook-there's heaps of young
fellows does-and put off writin' until
he could make strike. an then the
strike didn't come, an he was asham-
ed to tell you. An now-if he's
a-livin'-after all these years he
thinks you've thrown off on him, or
forgot him. Or maybe he's got into
some scrape out there, an"
1T wouldn't make no mite of differ
ence what he'd DONE" interrupted
Mrs. Bascom. though 1 know ne
hain't done nothin': but if he he'd. I'd
love him just as much, maybe more
She rose and wiped her eyes on
the corner of her apron 81 guess thet
dinner must be cookin' to pieces" she
said, IAN here I set talkin'. I'll go
an dish it, an if you want to clean
up you'll find water an soap an towel
in thet room there. 1t was Whites
once, an l always keep it ready les
sen he should come home"
She slipped the turkey on its plat
oven. Then she emptied the onions
into dish and turned to put it on the
table. when she looked up quickly
Her guest was standing in the door
way and smiling at her. Twelve
come back, mother" he said.
The onion dish dropped from her
trembling hands to the floor "Wlllie,"
she cried. and then her thin, weak
arms went around his neck. her gray
head was on his breast and she was
crying happily.
20, Lord" she said. "for what l
have received l am truly thankful!"-
Boston Globe.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23

Doctor" said the oldest inhabitant,
Il have severe pains in my right knee
and foot. What is that sign Off" Il
should think man as old as you pro-
fess to be-" rejoined the NJ. D., ought
to know that is a sure sign of rain"
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23

Tell me-" said the fiighty person,
do you believe that dreams go by con-
traries?" Yes" replied the hard
headed one, especially day dreams. -
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
In Yankee Fashion.

=" 'Tis wrong said the startled ornng;
"Td even pronounce It n shame
To use a nailed hoof as YOU do;
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
HOSPITALS CROWDED:
MAJORITY OF PATIENTS WOMEN
Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Saves Many
From this Sad and Costly Experience.

1t is a sad but
true fact that
g v e r y 70 a r
brings a n in
crease in the
number ofopera-
tions performed
upon women in
our hospitals.
More thanthree-i
fourths Of the
patients lyin g
On those snow
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23

When people ask us to do something
we don't IKE TO do, they try to make
1t easier by calling it duty.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23

VIII have Defiance Starch. not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money, but also because of
superior quality.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
TEA
How much money do we
return to dissatisfied people?
All that our grocers get
asked for.

Your grocer returns your money If you don't
like schilllns's Best.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23

Woman's love for dry goods has not
broken up 80 many happy homes -
RaA's love for wet goods.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23

No literary critic is justified in abus-
ing a book-until after he has read II
Some merchants could sell a good
deal more than they do-by filling up
their measures.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
Sensible Housekeeper.

The easier 1t is to acquire a dollar
the easier II is to blow II In.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
TEA
Your grocer. has also our
coffee baking-powder ex-
tracts spices and soda.
All alike as to trueness
and goodness.

sehiilIng's Best is good foot.rule to measure
your grocer with.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23

1T don't seem hardly worth while
cookin dinner, an a Thanksgivin'
dinner at that, jest for myself" said
old Mrs. Bascom, as she looked into
the oven to see how the turkey was
roasting. and gave a stir to the
squash against it's burning.
But / s'pose it wouldn't be right
not to get it after Mirandy Leggett
sending me over the turkey an the
cranberry. an with them punkin pies
of Mehitibel Lees on the shelf"
The first flakes of snow were falling
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-23
A Touuh Proposition,

The ostrich TO the ibis said.
out on Sahara's waste:
I'm glad I'm not n turkey cock.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-08-05
Common Beans,

All the common beans (Phaseol1s
vulgaris) that we have in our gardens
are supposed to be natives of tropical
America, and this will account for
their great tenderness in the presence
of frost. 1t has been only after many
years of breeding up that we have
varieties that can be made to mature
in so short a time that they can be
sOwn after the danger of frost is over
and mature before danger of frost in
the fall. 1t is remarkable thing
that plant like the bean can have
its nature SO changed as to time Of
maturing that two or more successive
crops of string beans may be produced
in our short northern summer.
Beans really need good soil to do
their best, and above all things they
must have an abundance of sunshine.
as they had for untold centuries in
their tropical habitations the fierce
light of the tropic sun. If they are
given all the sun they need they ma
ture crop much quicker than if thew
are not. 1t is said by experimenters
that there is difference of two weeks
in the time of ripening crop given
the sunshine it needs over a cron
that has only partial sunshine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-08-05
Cross EertiIize.

Whatever kind of fruit we grow i j.
is best to plant it SO that if possible
it may get cross fertilization. We
do not know how many different kinds
of fruit need to be fortified by the
pollen from another species, but we
have learned enough about it to know
that as a general thing the fruit is
surer if cross Dollenated l could tell
of pear orchards that bore little or
nothing for years till they were graft
ed with other varieties to give them
the pollen. There is the Keiffer that
has so often proved fruitless till it
was grated with CARRIER The same
is true to a considerable extent with
apples. and it is notorious that plums
cross fortified.
Now when l plant a pear. apple or
plum orchard l put more than one va
riety in the same neighborhood. The
planting of many trees of one variety
in block operates against the pollen
ating of the blossoms, and this is
shown by the blossoms falling with.
Olt llult seCtlHS, VI, IL tHc lluIt SETS
it falls off before it is very old. This
is one cause l believe Of the great
falling of apples we have every year.
1t simply means that some of the bios
SONS were not pollenated and would
have no seeds in them if they grew.
In most cases the seedless apple does
not mature, though there may be a
variety that will mature it's fruit with
out seed.-Bradford Haight, Belmont
Co., 0.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-08-05
To Match Gown.

The fashion of wearing necklaces
Of large beads has been revived, and
quaint old stones and Venetian glass
beads are in demand
Sets of gems to match the color of
the gown worn with them are now the
rage, and in the jewelers. shops many
strange stones are to be found.
The spinel a pretty stone which
comes from Siam, can be procured in
almost any color, and is especially
attractive in red and blue Green
stone, the "lucky' New Zealand stone,
which is kind of jade, is also often
made into necklets and the aquama-
rine, which was in vogue in the Geor-
gian days, is once more favorite.
Other necklets are composed of am
Der, coral, topaz, lapis-lazuli, jet, Con-
nemara, marble, carnelians and gar
net, so that a great variety of color
can be chosen.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-08-05
Various Clever Makeshifts,

The economical girl this season con-
verts her frocks into two or three by
means of separate berthas, collars, rib
bons, suspenders and the like. She
drapes her plain parasol with flounces
and ruft1es when she wishes to be
dressed up. She slips undersleeves
into her elbow sleeved gown when she
runs short of long gloves; she makes
embroidered hats Which. will come
apart and be dubbed" and she colors
her old white canvas shoes to suit tho
tints of her summer frocks this year,
to say nothing Of using up her broth
er's. colored handkerchiefs for negli-
gees. So really, in spite of all the
necessary 3usses and frills of the moo
ern styles, she can make a very fair:
showing for small cash outlay, 4; ;,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-08-05
Keep the Onion Field Clean.

l can bear witness that it is neces-
sary to keep the onion field clean if a
good crop is to be expected Onions
40 not cover the ground as completely
with their tops as do some other
plants, and it is therefore necessary
that more work be done with hoe and
cultlvator. The corn crop, the potato
crop, the bean crop, all shade the
ground with their tops and help to
keep down weeds, but we have very
little help Of that kind from the onion.
remember the field of a neighboT
OF mine that I used to see every day
during one summer. He got behind
with his work and paid more atten-
ton to his corn than he did to his
onion field, which covered several
acres. The weeds came up thickly.
and it was not many weeks before
their roots formed almost complete
mat in the soil and checked the
growth of the onions. When the man
got around to cultivating that field he
declared that it was useless to at
tempt to get the weeds down, as they
were thrlftier than the onions. The
onions had been dwarfed, and the
work of cleaning out the weeds would
not be paid for by the onion crop
now already stunted and cut short,
IN spite of anything that could be
done.
1t will pay to put on extra help for
few days if the onions need to be
cultivated, especially when the wealth
er is wet and the plants and weeds
are growing rapidly. After the grow
ing season is largely over it is not
matter of great moment or not sc
great as it was earlier But now for
the next few weeks no time should
be lost in attacking the weeds il the
onion fields and the smaller they are
at the time of being disturbed the
better for the crop.-John Administer,
Chase Co., Kan, in Farmers Review.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-08-05
Lace Empire Scarf.

A pretty new accessory is the lace
empire scarf, which is worn with sum-
mer afternoon gowns and which is be.
coming an Indispensable attachment
with which to make graceful play in
the evening. It is about three yards
long and twenty seven inches wide
as it can be bought in the shops, and
comes in several varieties of modern
lace. The allurements of the newer
kind are not nearly so great as is
possessed by the old fashioned ones
that have been laid away, but if one has
not an heirloom there are none pref
tier than those which are made of two
or three yards of double width tulle
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-08-05
Dew on the HAY.

Before long hay making will
be with us, and we will have
to consider the various prob
lens connected with the harvesting Of
the. grass crop in the form of hay
Keep the dew off the grass when it
is being put into shape for hay. 1t is
mistake to begin to NOW too early
in the morning, especially when the
night has been quiet and a great deal
of dew has fallen. When the wind
blows little dew collects on the grass,
and if the sun is hot the mowers may
begin to NOW much earlier than they
otherwise would. Glover hay should
be raked up and put into cocks before