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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-25
A Thanksgiving
Worth While
by JENNIE FowLHR-wILLING
@ 1913. by American Press Association.

q 1913 by American Press Association.
THB merry sleighbells moclked
the agony Of the woman
II crouching over the dying fire.
The surly November wind
snarled down the chimney. throwing
gas and ashes into her face. She NUT
tered brokenly to herself: "Baby's gone
she's safe! | must save my boy"
glancing toward the shabby cot where
her chubby little three-year-old lay
asleep. "Now's my only timer
When they were coming home from
the "burying ground" and Melville
turned down Baird street she knew
that would be the last of him till he'd
slept Off his spree.
Something pulled so hard at her
heartstrlngs they seemed ready to
: snap. He was such a splendid fellow
when they were married! She shook
as IL in an ague 1T, mutteriDg to keep
up her courage, 81 must save my boy!"
She raised her haggard face and bit
back sitting sob. 20 God I've done
my very best for Melville, but I've fail
ed-failed-failedl l can only turn him
over to theel"
She peered around the room In the
dim light Her wedding presents made
2 a cozy nest of 1t at FIRST. but they had
. al gone to the pawnshop.
Mae Maude always had the knacIe
o. fixin' things up" her old farmer fa-
ther had said. TOOK after her moth
er. Make a nicer bouquet out of
J bunch O. meyweed an a mullen stalk
! than anybody else could with plnies an
lilies"
She smiled bitterly over the dear lit
tie fattery while she packed her old
suit case, even thanking God that her
father and mother, were safe in his
heaven. They'll keep poor baby from
being afraid of the newness-and
must save my boyr'
She took from its hiding place the
$500 that had been paid for the old
farm things. That would take her and
little Nellie to Aggie Duncan. down In
Texas, and she'd trust God for the
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resi-. Judge Tremalne's folks would
7ake care Of Melville Hs long ns he last
ed. Another great sob.
IN those awful hours alone with her
dying baby she had wrought out her
plan. A swing Of Mellles old hat be.
fore the locomotive when tho express
slowed for the bridge. tossing II into
the water with her old shawl, a clam.
aDeT up the steps OF the last car aud a
settling into a seat by tile door
IL never entered the heads OF the
train crew that the dozlng woman
with the sleeping little boy in her lap
had stopped the train.
After dragging the river for the miss
ing bodies the friends" gave them
slp. Poor Mae Maude! The loss OF her
baby had driven her crazy. aud she
fhad drowned herself and her boy,
She brought up nj the home Of Agnes
Duncan, the dear dumpy little help
meet OF a large sized home missionary
whose heart, everybody said. was las
big rs all outdoors"
Their bandbox OF manse was
packed TO the caves with babies and
happiness The small lady had few
isnug little Investments. the Interest on
which she knew would come In handy
ahep she "threw berself away" on big
gcan Duncan.
-oes here, Mac MAude." chippered
s1Es Agpm after tbs tornado OF well
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Pride Goes Before a Fall.

'Stop!
The word was hissed by goose just
as gobbler with all sails set strutted
by. But the proud bird. intent on ad-
miring his own plumage, ignored the
command.
"Humph," shifted the envious an
Eerine. He's all puffed up because he
heard the farmer say Thanksgiving
would be his day to enter society"
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To the small boy
Turkey and cranberry sauce.
To the debutante--
The first dance of the season.
TO the farmer and florist
Big business.
To the wanderer-
Home.
To the mother
The family will all be there.
To the father
More carving to do
To the collegian-
Football.
To the tired shopgirl-
A holiday.
To the chef
Extra work.
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ONCE A FAST, NOT A FEAST.

Thanksgiving Was Not Fatal to Tur-
keys In Early Days.
Turkey did not figure in the original
Thanksgiving feast, but 1t became a
feature of that historic meal so long
ago that the reason is lost in oblivion.
On the original Thanksgiving day the
pilgrim fathers tasted and gave verbal
thanks that they had been saved from
the perils of the sea and permitted to
find home in the new land. Giving
up every sort of occupation and spend
ing the time in Bible reading and in
prayer, the colonists regarded 1t as an
Tnnual occasion Of much solemnity.
II was not until thirteen years after
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A Candy Cornueopia.

A cornucopia formed of nougat or
white candy makes an effective table
decoration at Thanksgiving and has
the added advantage that the children
can break it up and eat 1t afterward
1t may be filed with candied oranges
and grapes, marrons glaces and other
pnts
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the settling of Massachusetts that
Thanksgiving day received official
cognizance, although 1t was generally
observed by churchgoing and-after a
few years of stern fasting-a better
dinner than was served on week days.
Thus by degrees the feature of the
great day became the dinner that ac-
cOmpanied 1t.
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Second St., w. S., Streator, Illinois.
Philadelphia, Pa. "It was at the
'Change of Life that l turned to Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
using it as a tonic to build up my sys-
TEN, with beneficial results. - Mrs.
SARA HAYWARD, 1925 w. Venango St.,
(Tioga) Phila., Pa.
San Francisco, Cal. have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for many years whenever 1
would feel bad. have gone through
the Change of Life without any troubles
and thank the Compound for it. rec
ommend it to young girls and to women
of all ages. Mrs. G. BARRIE, 3052
25th St., San Francisco, Cal.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held in strict confidence.
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Mrs. Lou Rockwell and daughter
Alice left Friday for an extended Wis
IL with relatives and friends in
Point Marion, Ohio and Brownfield,
Pa.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-25
Friday, the 10Th day of
December. 1913

between the hours of ! p. m. and 2 p, m.
of said day, the following described lands
and tenementS, to-wit:
Situate in Knox county, Ohio.
FIRST TRACT
Situate in the county of Knox, state of
bounded and described as follows: Com
mencing at the southeast corner of the
north half of lot 10 in section 4, township
S, and range Is, u. S. M. lands, at
stone, where lot corners with the late
Julia Thurston's land; thence north along
corner of lands formerly sold by A. L.
Myers to Norman Thurston: thence west
along the south line of said Thurston land
so rods to lands of Lewis and Sarah Litz-
enburg; thence south 120 rods along the
east line of said Litzenburg land to lands
east along the north line of said Julia
Thurston land so rods and feet to the
place of beginning. Estimated to contain
60 acres more or less.
SECOND TRACT
Situate in the county of Knox, state
part of lot Ii in section A. township S, and
range 10 U, s. M, lands, described as fol-
lows: Being four acres out of the south
east corner of a tract of land decided by
Rollin Long to Lewis and Sarah Litzen-
burg.
Appraised at $5,OOOOO.
Terms of sale-One-third cash on day of
sale, one-third in one year and one-third
In two years the deferred payments to be
secured by mortgage on the premises sold
and to bear interest from the day of sale
payable annually, or the purchaser may
elect to pay all cash,
j. M. wOOLISoN,
Sheriff Knox County, Ohio.
F Q, Leyering attorney for plaintiff.
Ills, 25;12-2,s,16S
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KNOX co. TEACHERS
EXAMINATIONS

Meetings for the examination of teach
ers will be held at the Central School
Building, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, the first Sat
urday OF every month. Order of sub
jects:
Arithmetic, U. S. History, Reading and
Agriculture.
Elementary, p. m.-Grammar Geogra-
ply, Orthography, Writing, Physiology
and Literature
Pupils examination--The third Saturday
of April and the third Saturday in May
Denominations will commence az 500
o'clock a. m.
Address all communications to the Cle'k
OF Board of Examiners.
Organization of the board:
o. 70. PORE, Presient,
Danville, Ohio
W. +. ALLGIRE. Vice President
Centerburg, Ohio
r. l.. JONES, Clerk,
Utica, Ohio
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pound Wherever l.
go. 1t has done me
so much good a t
Change of Life, and
it has also helped my
daughter. 1t is one
of the gr a n d e s t
medicines for wo-
men that C an b e
bought. 1 shall try
to induce others to
try it. Mrs. j. H.
CAMPBELL, 206 N.
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AIDES THANKSGIVING
FAITH.

Here Is story apropos of
Thanksgiving for which George
Ade. the humorist, is directly re-
sponsible.
The only time ever believed
in the transmigration Of souls
was one frosty November after
noon on my Indiana farm" he
said to some friends not long ago
'1t was day or two before
Thanksgiving. The trees were
bare. The fields were a russell
brown color Toward me over
those russet fields strutted very
plump. very large. very young
turkey.
"Then it was that an ardent
belief in the doctrine of metemp-
sychosis seized me.
You, sid to the superb
) bird-'you are now turkey. And
you will die tomorrow But
; cheer up. Your next TRANSMIT
grafton will be into the body of
humorist not unknown to fame
Il 4 4 4 L L l. L L = L 4. 4. 4. l.
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'ne thank thee for this place in
which we dwell, for the love that unttee
Us, for the peace accorded us this day;
for the hope With which we expect the
tomorrow, for the health, the work, the
food and the bright skies that mako
our ltves delightful for our friends In
all parts Of the eartb."
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Three WOMEN
TESTIFY
To the Merit of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound during Change
Of Life.

Streator, ILL., :" L shall always praise
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
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A Thanksgiving Prayer.

GOOD thing to read on Thanks
n giving day, If one feels that the
Al trials and trlbulations of the
year outweigh the compensa-
! tions, is the prayer OF Robert
] Louis Stevenson, the poet, writ
! ten during his last illness in Sa-
] moa. 1t breathes the very es-
Q sence of the Thanksgiving spirit.
a Here 1t is:
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sHERIFF's SALE

Noah G. Myers
VS..
Abraham Myers ct al,
Knox Common Pleas.
BY virtue of writ of partition issued oul
of the Court of Common Pleas of Knox
County, Ohio, and to me directed, I will
offer for sale upon the premises hereir
described on
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-01-02
many things that at the time they occur
crush US with despair.
A NEW TRUE LINCOLN STORY.


In the January American Magazine
Brand Whitlock, Mayor OF Toledo, Ohio,
begins series of personal "reminiscences.
The first article is entitled "A Boy and
His Grandfather. Following is the
story of an experience with Abraham
Lincoln that Whitlock's grandfather had.
1t is hard to conceive OF man being
kinder and gentler to another than Lin
coin was in this case:
my grandfather, Mr.. Brand, how
ever, did not go with his regiment to the
west. He had been transferred to the
Commissary Department, and he remain
ed with the Army of the Potomac until
the close of the war, and 1t was on some
detail connected with his duties in that
department that, in 1865, he went into
Washington and had the interview with
President Lincoln | so much liked to hear
him tell about. 1t was not IN the course
of his military duty that he went to see
the Commander in Chief; whatever those
duties were they were quickly discharg-
ed at the War Department, so that, in
the hours of freedom remaining to him
before he we t back to the front, he did
what everyone likes to do in Washing
ton, he went to see the President, But
he went in no military capacity; he scent
rather in that political capacity he so
much preferred to the military, and he
went as to the chief he had so long
known and loved and followed.
1T would be his old friend Chase who
presented him to the President, but their
conversation was soon interrupted by the
entrance of an aide who announced the
arrival in the White House grounds of an
Indiana regiment passing through Wash
ington, which, as seems to have been the
case with most regiments passing
through tie Capital, demanded a speech
from the President. And Lincoln COM
piled, and as he rose to go out he asked
my grandfather to accompany him, and
they continued their talk on the way
But when they stood in the White House
portico, and the regiment beheld the
President and saluted him with its lifted
cheer, the aide stepped to my grand
fathers side, and much to his chagrin-
for he had been held by the President
while he finished story told him that
it would be necessary for him to drop
few PAGES to the rear. 1t was little
C ontretemps that embarrassed my grand
father, but Lincoln, with his fine and
delicate perceptions, OWNED the whole
situation, and met it with that kindness
which was SO great part of the numor
and humanness in him, by saying:
You see, Mr.. Brand, they might not
know which was the President"
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This is overlooking the canal. at tho

This is overlooking the canal, at the
very start OF the journey. 1t is cruelty
to animals, if you please to pursue the
metaphor. The canal will live 10 "a
reasonable expectations; after it is adj
justed and has obtained momentum. #
will doubtless live up to now unreason-
able expectations. But grant it time to
get its breath. A little figuring with
pencil and paper should be wholesome
aperient for the present enthusiast who
cannot bear disappointment. Yes, even
a little quiet reflection, apart from the
madding crowd, will convince the most
optimistic that the canal, experimental
in its conception, must be experimental
for some months after its birth.
The canal is big; the industries which
it presumably will aid are big: the life
which it ought to affect is big; and
results must percolate slowly.
So, ladies and gentlemen. don't crowd
the canal. 1t will be little dazed and
awkward at first. Stand back, and give if
air; and wait. Edwin L. Sabin, in Jan
uary Lippincott's.
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REMINDERS FOR BOYS.

Don't be call in" too often. Invalids
are bad business risks.
Your boss may be a boor; this, how
ever, need not prevent you from being a
gentleman.
Save little from even a little: the
habit will be your dividend.
Don't be a ''quitter"! When you find
you are 'in wrong" however, get out,
no matter who boots.
You may be Kid, but refuse to be a
shorn lamb.
Hobby-horses need tight rein, else
they may hoof down sense.
The spur of the moment has fatally
rowelled many Boy.
To hedge is less manly than openly to
refuse to betray your own or another
secret.
Loud laughter belongs to the wilds.
Where women are, or indoors, bows
should modulate their mirth.
towards are mighty BlowH ards. If
fight you must, fight, but don't Blow!
Nothing so thoroughly emphasizes the
Importance of rival or competitor as
running him down.
You may be winner among the girls:
let them tell it.
For lad with his way to make, it's
more creditable to "stand in" with men
than with girls.
Bluff may go for awhile; but so may
you, when your bluff is called.
If you want your Customer to ask for
you next time, give him undivided atten-
zion.
The aftermath of ''cutting a dash is
sadly bruised spirit.
Good manners, not parlor tricks, are
valuable assets.
Play the game-if you as sure it's a
game you can afford to play
It's cheeky lad who introduces his
Crowd without girls say-so.
Your Dad being a Somebody doesn't
make you so. Buck up for your own.
Minnie Thomas Antrim in January Lip
pincott's.
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MUST BELIEVE 1T
When Well-Known Belfast People Tell 1t
So Plainly.

When public endorsement is made by rep
resentative citizen of Belfast the proof is
positive You must belief it. Read this testi-
mony. Every sufferer Of kidney backache,
every man, woman or child with kidney trouble
will do well to read the following:
l. w. Cross, retired farmer, 81 Miller street.
Belfast, Me-, says: II can still recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills again for they live up to
the claims made for them. They greatly bene-
fitted me when I was suffering from kidney
complaint and 1 willingly confirm all that
said in their praise six years ago.
Mr.. Cross is only one of many Belfast peo-
pie who have gratefully endorsed Doan's Kid
ney Pills. If your back aches-if your kid
neys bother you, don't simply ask for kidney
remedy - ask DISTINCTLY FOR DOAN'S
KIDNEY PILLS, the same that Mr.. Cross had
the remedy backed by home testimony. Soc.
at all stores. Foster Milburn Co., Props, Buff
falo. N. Y. "When Your Back is Lame-Re-
member the Name"
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SATISFY YOURSELF.

In little article in the January Ameri-
can Magazine William Johnston says:
ut is not what people say about you
it's what you are that counts. The one
person in all this word whom you should
aim to satisfy is yourself. You alone
know Yourself Other people know your
outward appearance, your actions, your
deeds. You, and you alone, know your
motives, your ambitions, your thoughts.
'Are you satisfied with yourself? 1t
is your own fault if you are not. Are
you satisfied that you are doing the best
you can in your work, that you are max
ing the most of your time? Are you con-
-ident that your conduct toward your
family, your friends, your neighbors,
your employer, cannot be improved?
"Look yourself straight in the face
this morning, in your minds looking
glass. Ask yourself whether it is what
people say about you or what you are
that hurts. Analyze your own conduct
in all matters.
"Put yourself in the other fellows
place and try to see your actions through
his eyes. Imagine that you are your en-
poyer instead of yourself. Answer hon
estly whether if he knew as much about
you as you know about yourself he would
discharge you or would raise your wages.
If you do this conscientiously there are
many things you will do differently.
Remember this, too. Other peoples
opinion of you is based on your own opin-
ion of yourself. Are you self-respecting?
Other people will respect you. Are you
truthful? The world will believe you.
Are you honest? Everyone will trust
you.
'But weigh yourself frequently.
Weigh yourself carefully. Be certain
that your own opinion of yourself is JUS
titled. Be satisfied with yourself. +"
CELEBRITIES OLIVER HEREFORD HAS NOT
MET.
In the January American Magazine
Oliver HEREFORD writes about "Celebrities
l Have Not Met" Following are his
contributions:
RUDYARD KIPLING.
l seem to see Shining One,
With eyes that CLEAN, now fierce, now tender,
Through Google that reflect the
with more than Oriental Splendor;
l see him sitting chest
Heavy with padocks. bolts, and cording,
Where untold treasures hidden rest,
Treasures of untold yarns he's boarding.
Oh, Rudya.d, please unlock the chest!
With hope deferred we're growing hoary;
Or was it all an empty jest
Your saying, That's another story?"
ARNOLD BENNETT.
IT'S very comforting to know
That every other day or SO
book by Bennett will appear
To charm the Western Hemisphere.
see him now, with zeal sublime,
Pounding from dawn to dinner time
Four typewriters, with hands and feet.
When the four novels are complete,
He'll fold, and send grande vitesse
His quadrumanuscript to press.
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stated what premium, if any, is desired. 1t is
also necessary to say that none of these publ
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FRIGHTFUL POLAR WINDS

blow with terrific force at the far north and
play havoc with the skin, causing red, rough
or sore chapped hands and lips, that need
Bucken's Arnica Salve to heal them. 1t makes
the skin soft and smooth. UnrivaIed for cold
sores, also burns, boils, sores, ulcers, cuts,
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ONE WAY TO LOSE TRADE.

A certain hardware store of my ac-
quaintance is to all appearances a model
of its kind. The stock is well selected
and up to-date; everything is in the best
of order. The floors are clean and the
show cases bright You can walk
through the alsles without collidng with
sharpedged tools or bundles of barbed
Wire. The owner is pleasant and accom-
modating, and so are his clerks, yet the
store has lost one regular customer and
this is how it happened. A customer
was entering the place when man
crowded past in the doorway, carrying
in his arms what appeared to be a wood
en- soap box filled with large yellow
candles. No second glance was needed
to realize that it was what is called
'powder' by the initiated, and known
to the rest of US as dynamite. However,
the worst was to happen. The custom
er passed in and stepping up to the
counter was about to give his order
when he noticed the clerk throwing some
of the same yellow candles into box
''lsn't that dynamite?" he inquired.
"Yes," cheerfully answered the clerk
Don't you think you are bit reckless
having it around like this?" "Oh, no, "
was the ready assurance, "this can t ex-
plode, and lest his statement might be
doubted he gave the counter couple of
vicious whacks with the stick he had in
his hand. The clerk seized another stick
and was about to make a drum of the
counter when my friend assured him no
further demonstration was necessary.
1t really seemed unwise to question the
word of man who wanted to drive nails
with dynamite.
AS the customer beat hasty retreat
the clerk called out to learn what he
wanted, and the answer was, Il want to
get out of here, which he did and never
came back. Now as a matter of fact,
what the clerk did was supposed to be
a perfectly safe thing to do, but the
customer could not forget visions of tons
of solid rock hurled high into the air
while the earth trembled far around.
The shock he received was not the same
kind, but it kept him out Of that store
ever after. Other dealers and firms
have similar smart young men, who as
thoughtlessly, in other ways are accom-
plishing the same result for their en-
ployers, quite as effectively as though
they pounded nails with dynamite sticks.
H. H. Windsor in the January Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine.
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Over Half-Ccntury.

Humphreys Specifics have
been used by the people with
satisfaction for moro than so
years. Medical Book sent free.