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The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

THE Great Mogul," and she has been
ambitious with her songs. too, having
many serious ones to her credit, but
no classical composition could ever
bring to her the pleasure and the sue
cess which her first flower song
brought. Since this 16 year old girl
launched Sweet Bunch of Daisies" In
Chicago, attending to the printing of
the music. desig gning the title page
and the placing of the song on the
market 1t has sold about one million
copies In those days the composer's 8
profits amounted to 10 cents a copy,
but since those days the prices of
sheet music have gone down and the
composers profits have gone with them,
SO that two cents a copy is consid-
cred fair profit to be handed over by
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-18

selves that we build the walls and
lay the hearth and kindle the fire
and spread the table. To gain
home and make it beautiful Is the
dream of many of these homeless
ones. To make home ministrant and
hospitable and SO to crown it with
a higher beauty ought to be the sug'
gestion of the happy feasting and fell
lowship Of Thanksgiving
The community was the host In
that first Plymouth festival. yet thu
community divided into families. Aa
they kept the feast In the large family
groups into which the necessity OF
house building and defense had up to
this time divided them, did any OF
them think, we wonder, OF the law OF
the passover established for other
exiles and pilgrims sc many centuries
before: "And If the household be too
little for the lamb let him and his
neighbor next unto his house take ii
according to the number Of the
souls?
AS a community we are today much
further from absolute want and peril
of starvation than the Pilgrims were
when they began the custom Of the
yearly feast of thanksgiving Yet
there are many Of our people who.
if they keep the feast, must keep it
in the midst of poverty and peril or
want. In the widst Of greater want
and peril the forefathers invited
strangers to the feast. providing what
they could They were wholly free
from that false pride. so common now
adays, which thinks most OF appear
ances and is ashamed to offer hos
pitality unless 1t is possible, also, to
make a show Of wealth. Out of what
they had the fathers gave God thanks
and entertained the strangers at their
gates The other spirit Of false pride
and shame robs both guest and host
Of the best JOY Of the Thanksgiving
tirne-the Joy of common faith In the
Gfver of all good. and OF cordial well
come which has nothing to conceal
and nothing to assert.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-18
KEEPING THE FEAST
TRUE MEANING OF LESSON OF
THANKSGIVING.
Should Be Time of Rejoicing for All,
Those Who Have Abundance
Sharing With Their Less
Fortunate Brethren.

The sober joyfulness of the first
New England Thanksgiving did not
exhaust itself in a single day. Gov
ernor Bradford after the first scanty
harvest made deliberate provision for
three days feasting and rejoicing,
during which the infant colony enter
tanned more than it's own number of
visiting Indians. 1t is true that these
guests contributed venison for the
feast, as they had earlier contributed
corn for the nse of the COLONY. hnt
the heart of the feast was in the
hospitality which made them well
come
1t would be hard to imagine a
greater contrast than that which
must have existed between the sober
garb and quiet manners of the Pill
grims, schooled in persecution and
priyation, and the fanatic dress and
unrestrained impulses Of Massasoit
and his people. The Indian could be
dignified enough upon occasion. but
his uncareful self-indulgence even
more than the colonists' hospitable
confidence. That mutual confidence
and good understanding, to the con-
tinuance of which these days OF
thaksgiving and feasting evidently
contributed not little, procured those
necessary years OF peace and security
which enabled the weakness of the
Pilgrim colony to harden into
strength.
We call Thanksgiving day especial
" home festival, and it's associations
are most delightful IN family reunions
and home pleasures. Yet the prece-
dent of Plymouth hospitality has
never been and never ought to be
neglected. 1t is a time when those
who are blessed with home joys take
pleasure in sharing them with the
homeless. Families enlarge them
selves to include not only the scat
tered next of kin, but those also who
are far from their own home circle
A touch of the blessed spirit of home
iov and mutual helpfulness stretches
beyond the limit of the family to
include those for whom the day would
otherwise be lonelier than others days
for privation of home comprehensive.
This gracious hospitality of the
Thanksgiving season brings home
memories to many guests. 1t ought
to have it's teachings for many others
Young men and women in our towns
who dream of homes yet to be earned
or realized-in keeping them in touch
with the true home spirit. There is
no selfishness in true home love 1t
II not merely as a refuge for our
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-18

the telephone that you had brought
home a grip and | hoped-Wel, Lord
knows we ought not to complain
You're here, damaged, but here" He
lifted his glass. Happy days, olo
mani
IF you will give me that black bot
tie and teaspoon, I'll drink that III
arnica, or whatever the stuff is.
Rich-the notes were gone before the
wreck"
He wheeled and stared at me, the
bottle in his hand Lost, strayed or
stolen?" he queried with forced light
ness
Stolen, although / believe the theft
was incidental to something else
Mrs. Klopton came in at that mo
ment, with an egg-nog in her hand
She glanced at the clock, and, with
out addressing any one in particular
she intimated that it was time for sell
respecting folks to be at home in bed
Mcknight, who could never resist a
fling at her back, spoke to me in .
stage whisper.
(TO BE CONTINUEDl
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-18
CHAPTER XII.
The Name of Sullivan.

had my arm done up temporarily
in Baltimore and took the next train
home. | was pretty far gone when l
stumbled out of cab almost into the
scandalized arms of Mrs. K1opton. In
Is minutes [ was in bed, with that
good woman piling on blankets and
bllstering me in unprotected places
with hot-water bottles. And in an
hour l had had a Whit of chloroform
and DR.. Williams had set the broken
bone .. .s....
/ dropped asleep then, waking in
the late twilight to realization that
l was at home again, without the pa
perS that meant conviction for Andy
Bronson, with a charge of murder
hanging over my head, and with some
thing more than an impression of the
girl my best friend was in love with,
a girl moreover who was almost as
great an enigma as the crime itself.
"And I'm no hand at guessing rid
dies" l groaned half aloud Mrs,
Klopton came over promptly and put
a cold cloth on my forehead.
"Euphemfa," she said to some one
outside the door, telephone the doc
tor that he is still rambling, but that
he has switched from green ribbons
to riddles"
There's nothing the matter with
me, Mrs. Klopton," I rebelled Il was
only thinking out loud. Confound that
cloth; it's trickling all over me-"
gave it fling, and heard it land with
a soggy thud on the floor
Thinking out loud is delirium,' >
Mrs. Klopton said imperturbably "A
fresh cloth, Euphemia"
This time she held it on with a firm
pressure that / was too weak to re-
sist. | expostulated feebly that | was
drowning, which she also laid to my
mental exaltation, and then | finally
dropped into damp sleep. It was
probably midnight When l reused
again. I had been dTealGing Of the
wreck, and it was inexpr assibly COM
forting to feel the stability of my bed,
and to realize the equal stability of
Mrs. Klopton, who sat, fully attired,
by the night light, reading Science
and Health.
docs that book say anything about
opening the windows on a hot night?'
l suggested, when l had got my bear
ings.
She put it down Immediately and
came over to me. If there is one
time when Mrs. Klopton is chastened
and it is the only one-it is when
she reads Science and Health. Il
don't like to open the shutters, Mr..
Lawrence she explained. mot since
the night you went away"
But, pressed further, she refused to
explain. "The doctor said you were
not to be excited she persisted.
Here's your beef tea"
Not drop until you tell me-"
said grimly. Besides, you know very
well there's nothing the matter with
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l am" ] muttered something ABOUT
the gratitude being mine. Owing to
the knock l was seeing two cabs, and
two girls were holding out two hands.
Remember" they were both say
ing, you have never met me, Mr..
Blakeley. And-if you ever hear any
thing about me-that is not-pleasant,
l want you to think the best you can
of me. Will your"
The two girls were one now, with
little flashes Of white light playing all
around. Tin afraid that / shall
think too we'll for my own good" I
said unsteadily. And the cab drove
on.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-18

me. This arm of mine is only a false
belief" 1 sat up gingerly. Nov
why don't you open that Window"
Mrs. Klopton succumbed. Because
there are queer goings-on in that house
next door, she said. IF you will take
the beef tea, Mr. Lawrence, I will tell
you
The queer goings-on, however
proved to be slightly disappointing 1t
seemed that after | left on Friday
night, light was seen fitting fitfully
| through the empty house next door.
Euphemia had seen it first and called
Mrs. Klopton. Together they had
watched it breathlessly until it disap-
peared on the lower floor,
you should have been a writer of
ghost stories" l said, giving my pill
lows a thump. "And so it was fit
ting flitfully!'
That's what it was doing" she re-
| iterated Fitting fiitfully-I mean fit
ting ftfully-how you do throw one
out, Mr.. Lawrence! And what's more,
it came again!"
ooh, come now, Mrs Klopton,' /
objected, GHOSTS are like lightning;
they never strike twice in the same
night That is only worth half a cup
Of beef tea"
you may ask Euphemia," she re-
torted with dignity. Not more than
| an hour after, there was a light there
again. We saw it through the chinks
of the shutters. Only-this time it be-
gan at the lower floor and climbed"
you oughtn't to tell ghost stories
at night" came Meningitis voice from
the doorway Really, Mrs Klopton,
I'm amazed at you. You old dufferi
I've got to thank you for the worst
day Of my life
Mrs. Klopton gulped. Then realiz
ing that the "old duffer" was meant
for me, she took her empty cup and
went out muttering
"The Pirates crazy about me, isn't
she?" Mcknight said to the closing
door. Then he swung around and held
out his hand
"By Jove," he said, I've been lay
ing you out all day, lilies on the door
bell, black gloves, everything. If you
had had the sense of a mosquito in
snowstorm, you would have telephoned
me-"
81 never even thought of it." | was
filed with remorse. upon my word,
Rich, / hadn't an idea beyond getting
away from that place. If you had
seen what | saw"
Mcknight stopped me. Seen it!
Why, you lunatic, I've been digging
for you all day in the ruins. I've
lunched and dined on horrors. Give
me something to rinse them down,
Lollie''
He had fished the key Of the eel
larette from its hiding place in my
shoe bag and was mixing himself what
he called a Bernard ShaW-a fOunda-
ton of brandy and soda, with little
of everything else in sight to give it
snap Now that I saw him clearly, he
| looked weary and grimy. I hated to
tell him what | knew he was waiting
to hear, but there was no use wading
in by inches. / ducked and got it
over
''The notes are gone, Rich,' 1 said,
as quietly as l could. In spite of him
self his face fell.
"I-of course | expected it" he
said. "But-MrS KlOptOn said over
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SYNOPSIS.

Lawrence BlakeIey, lawyer, goes to
Pittsburg with the forged notes in the
Bronson case to get the deposition OF
Iohn Gilmore, millionaire. In the latters
house he is attracted by the picture Of a
girl whom Gilmore explains is his grand
daughter. Alison West. He says her ia
Their is rascal and friend of the forg-
er. A lady requests Blakeley to buy her
a Pullman ticket. He gives her lower
eleven and retains lower ten. He finds a
man in drunken stupor in lower ten
and goes to bed in lower nine. He ava
Rens in lower seven and finds that his
bag and clothes are missing. The man
in lower ten is found murdered. His
name, 1t develops, is Simon Harrington.
The man who disappeared with Blake
Iey's clothes Is suspected. Blakeley be-
comes interested in girl in blue. Cir
cunstantial evidence places Blakeley un-
der suspicion of murder. The train is
wrecked. Blakeley is rescued from the
burning car by the girl in blue. His arm
is broken. Together they go to the Car
ter farm for breakfast. The girl proves
TO be Alison West, his partners sweet
heart
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-10
Flowing by Motor,

FIoWIn9 oy Mocor.
The gasoline motor plow Of the Gas
Motor works of Deutz, near Cologne.
Is designed to take the place of the
steam plow and Is claimed to be an
important advance in agricultural ma.
chinery. Though gasoline is more cost
~ than coal, the fuel expense for plow-
ing by the new method proves to be
about the same as by the old. Steam
plows are drawn back and forth by
strong rope between two heavy loco
motives, but the single gasoline loco
motive travels to and fro across the
field, pulling one of its two multiple
blade plows at each trip. Being rever-
sible, with an equal pull in each direc-
ton, the locomotive avoids the trouble
Of turning around, slight turn Of the
wheels giving the shift through the
blowing width. From twelve to TWEEN
ty-two acres can be plowed in twelve
hours, and the driver does this with
only occasional assistance from anoth-
er man, while the steam plow requires
the constant services Of five men.
Having only fifth Of the weight Of
the steam pillow, the new machine
needs no special permit for travelling
on ordinary roads and bridges.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-10
Legal Advertisements at Legal Rates.

Halvor Stevenson proved the other
day in congress, that it is possible for
a man of force and ability to make
himself heard in spite of the speak
er's objection and the distractions of
rules Of procedure. And not only
congress but the whole country has
had to listen to what he has had to
say. We refer namely to his charge
that improper influence has been ex.
erted by the Merchants Marine
League upon members Of congress
with view of securing their votes
for the ship subsidy bill, a huge graft,
that Mr.. Stevenson has fought with
all his might.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-10
ENGLISH sPARRoWs STEALING HOUSE.

numbers can be effected by using a
shallow box not less than four feet
square, open on one side and covered
with woven wire on the other. One
side of this trap rests on the ground,
while the opposite side is supported
by stick eighteen inches long. Near
the upper end of this stick Is attached
long cord. and between the top of
it and the edge of the trap is placed
chip. By setting the trap over bait
and pulling the cord from a sheltered
point of observation when a flock of
sparrows is beneath it numbers of
them may be caught. Instead of the
box described above. by which the
birds are taken alive, an old door or
similar device may be employed as
deadfall.
Sparrows are accustomed to feed in
close focks, and when thus assembled
a large number can be killed by a
charge of No. 10 shot.
Many persons will be surprised to
learn that the English sparrow Is good
to eat. Mr.. Dearborn says the bird
has been eaten for centuries in Eu-
rope. In America it is served often
under the disguise Of the reed bird.
Farmers who shoot or trap large num-
bers Of the birds will find them very
palatable food.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-10

The Marshall County Conservation
congress TO be held at Stephen on
March II, will be an important gath
ering. There are a great many things
TO be considered that will make for
the development of our county. By
discussing problems in which are spe
eially interested and which concern
us most vitality, we will be able. to
and correct solutions as in no other
way Cooperation is agreat thing,
AID by working together in harmony,
we will be able to accomplish results.
We have here as fine a county as any
il the state. but it's development is
just in it's infancy We need more
people to till our fertile lands, to build
homes and make this the richest and
most populous county in the state
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-10
80 BODIES ARE RECOVERED.
Avalanche Victims Being Removed
From Train Coaches

Wellington, March fifty eorpses
have been removed from the coaches
carried down by the avalanche that
destroyed two Great Northern trains
last Tuesday morning. Forty-flve Of
the oorpses have been sent to Everett
and Seattle. Only three bodies were
recovered yesterday but several were
exposed and these were taken down
to Scenic. -. s...
Men at work clearing the tracks are
making rapid progress. The two ro-
tary plows that have been stalled west
OF here are released, and with thk
addition to the snow fighting machi&
cry it is believed that there will be little
difficulty in clearing the tracks with
in short time.
Blasting powder is being used with
success in loosening the packed snow
on the east side of the mountains.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-10
SPOILED ITS EFFECT.
A Speech to tho Jury That Was Ef.
fectively Answered.


fectively Answered.
A we'll known English barrister.
whom we will call Mr. K. was a most
eloquent speaker. and his voice. par
ticularly III it's pathetic tones. was
melody itself. His power over a jury
was astonishing. and it was very sci.
dom that he failed to secure a yer.
dict for his client.
On one occasion. however. he was
beaten and in such ridiculous man.
ner that a crowded court and even the
grave judge were convulsed with
laughter at the burles~ue Of the result.
- The case was charge Of murder.
Mr.. K. was for the defense His
peroration was exceedingly touching
and beautiful.
"Gentlemen Of the jury" said he,
IF you can find this unhappy prisoner
at the bar guilty of the crime with.
which he is charged after the argu-
ments to the contrary which l have
laid before you, pronounce your fatal
verdict. Send him to the dungeon.
awaiting the death which he is to re-
ceive at your hands. Then go to your
families, lay your heads on your pill
lows-and sleep, if you canv'
The effect Of the closing words was
really thrilling. But presently the
counsel for the prosecution rose and
said:
Gentlemen of the jury, l should
despair, after the affecting speech
which has been made to you by my
learned brother, Of saying anything to
do away with his eloquence. never
heard Mr.. K. speak that better than
when he spoke it now. Once heard
him speak it In case of stealing at
Leeds and again in a case at Manches-
ter, and the last time heard it was
when two men were tried for pocket
picking. But never knew him to
speak it so affectingly as Just now" .
This was a poser. The jury looked
at one another, whispered together.
and the speaker saw instinctively that
he had them. He stopped at once.
closing with a single remark:
II you cant see, gentlemen Of the
jury, that this speech fits all cases
then there's no use my saying any
thing more
And there wasn't. He had made his
Ease and got his verdict Exchange.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-10
OLD TIME MANNERS.
Rules Of Good Behavior In the Early
Eighteenth Century.

Rules Of Good Behavior In the Earn
Eighteenth Century.
In work entitled youths Beha-
vior," published in 17Oe, there is this
injunction to young gentlemen, Put
off thy Cap or Hat to persons of Desert
as are Churchmen, Justices and the
like, turning the Cap or Hat to thy
STEWARDS; making Reverence. bow
ing thyself more or less according to
the custom of the better bred" .....
In the midst Of remarks which ipdi-
cate the utmost refinement we come
suddenly upon such directions as this:
"'Tfs not manners as soon al you
are set at Table to bawl out, 4 eat
none Of this, eat none Of that>I care
for no Rabbit: l love nothing that
tastes Of Pepper. Nutmeg. Onyons,'"
etc.
After stating that "some have been
SO refined in Foreign parts that they
will neither be covered. nor sit with
their backs to the picture Of an emf
nent Person." the writer goes on to
remark that ''there are some who eat
with that eagerness and impatience,
they eat themselves out of breath and
will pant like broken winded Horse,
but these are not to be injured"
he also warns his pupil thus:
"When you are talking to any one do
not Continually punch him in the side,
as some people do; who. after every
sentence keep asking the person they
are conversing with, Did l not tell
you so?' What say you. sir?' and in
the meantime they are every moment
jogging and thrusting him with their
elbows, which cannot be considered as
a mark Of respect"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-10
FLOOD At BELLE FoURcHE.
Residences in Danger in Lower Por.
tion of Town..

Deadwood, March 8-Fed by many
swollen streams, the Belle Fourche
river is overrunning it's banks and ID
now inundating the lower portion q
the town Of Belle Fourche. A mum.
Der OF residences are In danger. The
water is receding slowly, but large
Ice gorge has formed up the river and
Workmen have been dynamiting it ia
prevent a disastrous food.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-10
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ENGLISH SPARROW PEST.
Uncle Sam Tells How to Get Rid of tn
Multitudinous Command,

Uncle Sam Tells How to Get Rid of the
MuItitudinous Command.
The department of agriculture has
just issued Il bulletin, by Ned Dear
born. assistant in the biological survey,
which tells farmers how they may rid
their premises of the English sparrow.
which has been inspected and con-
demned as a nuisance, though some
good points. notably that Of destruc-
ton Of obnoxious insects, are admitted
in it's favor
Mr.. Dearborn says the sparrow's nat
ural diet consists Of seeds, though it
eats great variety Of other foods
The English sparrow seems to be the
champion bird gormand and thief 1t
even steals houses made for the good
brides. 1t destroys small fruits, such
as cherries. grapes, pears and peaches.
1t nips off tender garden vegetables as
they appear above ground. "The evil
dence against the English sparrow is
overwhelming" continues Mr.. Dear
horn, who offers these suggestions,
among others, for it's extermination:
The most effective method Of pre-
venting the increase of sparrows in q
locality is to destroy their nests at in
tervals of ten or twelve days through
out the breeding season. BY a con-
certed and continued movement to de-
stroy every nest after the eggs are laid
English sparrows in any locality may
be gradually reduced without resorting
to shot or poison.
Preliminary to the following de-
structive measures sparrows should
be baited until they are attached to
the spot selected for their execution
Seeds. grain or waste from the table,
if supplied regularly, will soon estab-
lish feeding place. If general cam
paign Is to be undertaken enough such
feeding places should be maintained
to attract to them practically all the
English sparuows in the neighbor-
hood. This can easily be done in win
ter when food is scarce. After thus
batting the sparrows they may be
trapped or shot.
Traps alone are inadequate to exter-
inmate sparrows, hut Reduction Of