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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-11-27
Their CITY
THANKSGIVIN(
BY GEORGE MUNSoN.

John Robinson lay on his bed in the
hall room which he occupied in the
cheap lodging house, rea9i2g letter
-rom his folks upstate. 1t WAS sign
ed BIZ his mother and his two sisters
..H'e shall all be thinking of you
next Thursday when We eat our
Thanksgiving dinner" they wrote
Father sends you his love and hopes
sou are well. He is glad you are get,
ting along so nicely. We wish you
Gould be with us, but, as you say,
business is business and you will
have to be at work Friday morning"
There was much more, but Robin
son had only skinned that part about
the doings on the farm. His heart
was in the cottage in the little ham
let where he had been reared before
lie went to the city, two years before,
10 make his fortune. His tales OF sue
,;-.ss had been lies, amiably devised
-U- The sake of the old people.
JcEn Robinson was only twenty
sour, but he knew that if he were for
~ his prospects would be no brighter.
= d. JUDI an Nltcs4l-llAll-N-
ef. country boy, caught in the ma
.cEinCry Of the city, and just now earn
ing a wage of eight dollars a week as
a grocer's clerk That was as well as
he could do He might have been ,
lOngshore man, if he were stronger,
aad earned a little more, or A street
car conductor, or fill any one OF many
such positions. But he saw quite
clearly the exact Limitation of his
prospects He wished he were back
on She farm again. But he could not
swallow his pride. He had gone off
amid the saiutaCions of the half en-
vious village lads of his own age,
End to go back would mean a terrible
downfall in their estimation and a
confession of failure.
4 strange and yet familiar smell as
sailed his nostrils. OF a sudden he
realized that he was hungry. He had
intended TO spend that Thanksgiving
day in his room, resting, and had
made a cheap mess of bacon and eggs
upon the little alcohol stove on which
ne cooked his breakfasts. But his
starved body suddenly demanded bet
ter noErishment; it clamored desper-
ateiy, wildly. for this now remem-
bered delicacy.
He knew what it was. The girl in
the adjacent room was cooking a tur-
icy.
He knew her to nod to on the
stairs when she came home in the
evening from the department store in
which she worked. Fanny-that was
the only name he knew her by-was
pretty and gentle and had a sort of
frightened look in her eyes which
haunted him, since it was so like
the look which he had worn for the
first few months after his arrival. He
had never had the courage to speak to
her.
That odor was very tempting. He
opened his door little Then he saw
that her door was ajar also, and, as
he went softly out he came face to
face with her. Her hair was dis
heveled and her face red from bend
ing over her gas stove.
20 won't you-wouldn't you like to
5oin me?" she said timidly. It's nv
Thanksgiving dinner" she continued.
with a little laugh. Il thought was
afraid you might be hungry. Mrs.
Higgins said you cooked all your own
food" she continued.
Johns heart was beating quite vio-
gently, for some reason or other, as
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guard was stationed around the house
with instructions not to permit DR..
Byles to leave home under any circum-
stances.
On Thanksgiving morning the staid
old Puritans of the arrested minister's
flock were surprised to see their pas
tor himself pacing up and down before
his own front door with a musket on
his shoulder. The regular sentry had
disappeared and DR.. Byles was doing
sentry duty in his stead.
you see" DIR. Byles explained, Il
begged the sentry to let me go out to
procure some cider with which nv
family and l might celebrate Thanks
giving day. He would not permit me
to leave the house So | proceeded to
argue the point with him, and he has
now gone to get the cider for me on
condition that l shoulder his musket
and keep guard over myself during his
absence"
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l m sure they can't any OF them be
as pretty as yours" said John, and
he blushed almost as deeply as she.
And then as they sat there side by
side John found courage to draw his
chair so close that it actually touched
hers, and before he l-new what he
was doing he found himself holding
her little hand in his. And she let
him hold it-that was the astonishing
thing,
Fanny" he said-it was the first
time he had called her that-'if ]
could save up three hundred dollars
] could buy little place on mortgage
and make it pay. l know could make
II pay. But l can't save a penny anG
never shall, for l can't earn enough
But if you would go into partnership
with me for just one year, and we haG
one room instead of two-and two
could live just as cheaply as one
and after a year we had saved VI
three hundred dollars, do yor
think"
But it was more astonishing still
when she let him kiss her And theil
POOR little arrangement seemed like :
tinancier miracle and the heaven.
were opened in her little bare hall
room.
Next Thanksgiving we shall have
our home for ourselves" he said pres
emily. Doesn't it make you happy?
Can you be as happy as l am, Fanny
Do you know, | don't know what your
other name is. Isn't that stranger"
Il don't want to tell you, john
But don't you think l ought tc
know"
We'll, but what's the use of telling
you when you say I've got to lose il
so quickly?"
Copyright, 1912, by W. G. Chapman.).
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lIlOW

cannot hope to understand the ways OF
the Creator. All we know is that the
lakes were strung along our northern
boundary to keep back the hordes Of
Canucks who might. if the barriers
were not there, come over and gobble
us, while upon the south of us we lind
the Gulf of Mexico. 1t was doubtless
dropped down there to keep the Cen
trail Americans from rushing upon us
and robbing us of the birthright that
we have fought and bled for and that
is dearer to us even than some kinds
of public Offices.
Therefore, l, William G. Gallup, be-
ing of sound mind and body, do set
apart, designate and specify Novem-
Der q, 1913, as a day of thanksgiving
for the S27 pure, patriotic, progressive,
prosperous, perspicacious, popular,
potent, powerful and praisevorthy peo-
pie of this beautiful and lovely city.
Let even the man who keeps our de-
prorably poorly managed livery stable
II mention no names and a certain
last election join with our brave men,
our noble women and our sweet, sweet
children in showing that they are
thankful to Providence for placing the
destinies of this lovely place in the
capable and unsoiled hands of one
whom modestly forbids me to praise
at this time"
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we should acknowledge the kindness
of Divine Providence in arranging
aeons and aeons ago to have Skunk
creek run along the edge of our lovely
and beautiful little city, so that it is
unnecessary for us to drive our COWS
far to water. 1t was divinely ordained
long before the corner stone of the
first Babylonian post office or Masonic
temple had been laid that town was
some day to spring up on the banks
of Skunk creek. We have kept the
faith. Our heritage is unspOtted. We
have nobly set our heels upon the neck
of tyranny, and the only red light in
our midst is the one at the railroad
switch.
Let us then give thanks and pray
for help to walk bravely and uprightly
where the boards happen to be loose
in our sidewalks so that our shins may
be unskun as we blithely sAad the
path of life through and across the
twelve months to come.
Feeling that l have done no more
than my duty in telling you these
things about yourselves and the lovely
place in which it is your lot to live,
hereunto set my hand and seal, recon-
mending that you will never forget
what civilized theology has done and
may yet do for you"
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L. & n.
Train Schedule AT Lancaster, Ky.
ARRIVE.
NO 10: 500 a. m.

To Maysville. connecting at Richmond
with l. & " to Frankfort & Louisville:
At Winchester with C & 0 to Licking
ton & Frankfort, Mount Sterling &
Ashland. at Paris to Cincinnati.
No II; $50 a. m.
To Rowland & Stanford connecting
At Rowland, L & N to all points South.
No %; 11:O4 a. m.
To Richmond. connecting with L &
y to Irvine & BeattyviIle. Lexington
< Cincinnati. Middlesboro & Knoxville.
No 20; $50 a. m.
To Richmond, connecting with fast
train to Cincinnati.
No p; POO p. m.
To Louisville. connecting at Lebanon
Junction to Elizabethtown & Bowling
Green, and at Bardstowu junction 10
Bardstown & Springfield.
No 9; S:42 p. m.
To Stanford. connecting with fast
train TO Bristol & Atlanta.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-11-27
KEPT GUARD OVER HIMSELF
Good Story of How Celebrated Boston
Divine Got Cider for Thanks
giving Day.

The annual spectacle of a celebrated
Boston divine doing sentry duty with
a musket on his shoulder in front OF
his own residence on Thanksgiving
morning-and all for the purpose of
getting a drink of Thanksgiving cider
is worth recalling. even after a lapse
of 1874 years.
DIR. Mather Byles, Puritan clergy
man, born in Boston in 1906. owed his
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-11-27
THANKSGIVING

Say,
This is the day
When you ought to say
How glad you are the curse
Amt any worse;
When you ought to raise
Your voice in praise,
And your eyes
To the skies,
And see,
Gratefully,
In the sunlight, in the starlight,
In the earth and in the air,
More of gladness
Than of badness,
And some goodness everywhere.
What are you that you should measure
In your little scale the treasure.
And should call it short, when you
Missed what you had thought your due
Say,
That's no way
To observe the day.
Shake yourself loose
From yourself for awhile,
Look upward not downward
To catch the Lords smile;
You will catch it, don't fear;
1t is there, and it's light,
Falling clear on the shadows.
Make day out Of night.
And
this
the
Day.
See? w. J. HAMPTON
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-11-27

fame to his wit
and practical jokes
as much as to his
pulpit ability. In
November, 1177,
he was arrested as
a Tory ard SEN
fenced to confine-
ment in his own
homo A military
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-11-27
Thanksgiving.
loeu0qSht to

ELL c E n T E r,
Neb., Nov. 22.-
Mayor Gallup OF
this city has is
sued the following
T h a n k S g i wing
proclamation:
More than 16,-
100000 years ago
Providence picked
out this as n land
of freedom. Moth
ing. how e v e T.
came of it until
July 4, 1776. We
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-11-27
Skin On Fire -?

Just the mild, simple wash, the well
known ODD: Prescription for Eczema,
and the itch is gone.
A trial will prove it.
We have sold other remedies for skin
trouble but none that we could guaran-
tee as We can the Odd. remedy. If
the first regular size s1.00 bottle does
not DO exactly as we say, it will not
cost you a cent.
r. E. McRoberts & Son.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-11-27

Sos to give the good OF turkey room 70
circulate inside.
Then slide into the rocker, or stretch out
upon the mat.
An that you amt exploded, thank kind
Providence for that!
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Gel ETON

GGLETON, Mich,
Nov. 22.-In the
absence of Mayor
Freshwater, who
is in Dowagiac
helping his broth
er-in-ldw with his
corn Il u S kin &,
Abraham w a t t,
president of the
board of trustees,
h a S S sue d a
T h a n k S G iv ing
proclamation, as
follows:
1T is fitting that
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-11-27

DOn't bother bout
dyspepsee, but let
the vittles soar,
To that spot assign
ed by nature till
you just can't
hold no more.
lust loosen up the
buttons, an the
neckwear get un-
tied;
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After the Feast.

Well gather round the festive board
that's grOaning with good cheer.
For Of Thanksgivin' only comes lust one
day in the year.
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Public Sale.

Having rented my place, l will on
SATURDAY, NOV 18TH, 1913
at 2 p. m. promptly,
sell my household and kitchen furniture,
lot of farming implements, two-horse
wagon, pair of good work mules and a
good milk cow.
Mrs. Emma Elkin.
Am. Bourne Auctioneer.
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BY ADELE MENDEL.

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p
Truly wonderful rs Ihe at 81 ndtpa the decorative in
a pa n corn t. he dska
al Of
candle at the hid idea d ofesOf cUn ouo the napkns
and - d paper
o o. @ t STAN upoa und
o gree Td paper nj in he grass These at
da h vi S IN I o the ma Their on thcndybo Awhile
paa box serve card
ca ing o p tbd covered ncrn
signed paper
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May Well Give Thanks,

May Well Give Thanks.
Materially, despite the professional
mourners, we have been blessed with
abundance, The fruit Of the field, the
employment of labor, the reward OF
industry in every activity, has sufficed
to maintain a national standard of
life unequaled in the annals of the
world.
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r. E. McRoberts & Son.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-22
Nelson and C|app Of Miane.
sofa Deny Charges Made
by WuIhaII
Neither Have Any RecoIeC-
ton Of Seeing Or Talking!
With Lobbyist
MulhaIl Had Sworn That Mel.
son Had Told Him OF Ger
tain Matters

Washington July 21.--Two sena.
tors-Neson and Clapp OF Minneso.
ta-tonght took the stand before the
committee of their colleagues investi-
gazing the lobby, and denied the truth
OF statements made by Martin Null
hall, the former political worker and
confessed lobbyist of the National AS
sociation of Manufacturers.
In letters read into the record Null
hall told of conversations with Mel
son. a member Of the lobby commit
tee, in relation to the rejection early
in 500 of the bill amending the Sher-
man antitrust act by the senate sub
committee, of which Senator Nelson
was chairman.
secretary to James Van Cleave, pres
ident of the association, that he had
seen Nelson and that the senator
had told him what transpired in his
subcommittee. He swore on direct
examination by Senator Cummins
that Nelson had suggested the asso-
citation send a copy to the sub-com-
mittee OF an adverse report on the
bill to the president, MIR. Roosevelt
In one letter Mulhall told OF being
introduced to Senator Clapp by Sen
ator Nelson and of talking with both
aDOut the recent decisions under the
Sherman act.
Mulhall was questioned closely by
Senator Cum.nins. He first swore he
had been told by Senator Nelson
what occurred in the committee. Pur-
sued further, he agreed that possibly
that he had not received such infor-
nation, and then switched again and
declared if he ha reported he had
received such information it must ba
correct El..-
Senator Nelson said tonight II
nave no recollection Of seeing Null
hall or of talking to him soout this
bill and certainly would not have talk
ed to him about what transpired be-
fore the judiciary committee. 1t is
possible he stepped inside of my OF
lice and got them from the clerk. My
clerk cannot recOllect seeing Null
lal
Senator Clapp said, 81 haven't the
: clISILcSl ISCOllcCLlOll VI ever sCClilS
Mulhall and certainly have no recol-
ection of Senator Nelson introducing
ne to him." Senator Clapp swore 1t ~
would be clear in his mind had he 4
net Mulhall. '.. @
The Nelson matter arose when Sen
tor Reed introduced q letter dated
January 10. 1911. from Mulhall to
Schwedtman. Il sent my card to
Senator Nelson, who made an adverse
eport as chairman to the senate OH
he amendment of the Sherman law
cad the letter. "The senator gave
le a complete statement of what oc
urred in the judiciary committe be-
)re they made an adverse report"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-22
President Satisfied With the
Glass Currency Bill
With Changes
Declares His Confidence In
the Ultimate Passage Of
the Measure
National Banks will Continue
10 Use z Per Gents for
Circulation

Washington, July H. There is to
be no changes in the administration
plans for the enactment of !; currency
law at the present congress. This
was plainly indicated when President
Wilson and Senator Owen, chairman
of the senate committee banking and
currency committee, completed Il con-
ference at the white house.
The president said he was satisfied
with the speed with which the admin.
istration currency bill is being hand
led at the capitol and declared conf
dence in the ultimate passage of the
Glass bill with changes, proposed by
the house committee. He said he was
in perfect accord with these changes.
The most important change recon-.
mended would permit the national
banks to continue to use two per cent
government bonds for circulation. The
other amendments are OF minor i'm
pOrtarce
Continuing rather turbulent con-
sideration Of the administration bill
the democrats OF the house banking
committee. agreed on several tenta.
tive changes. Representative Rags
dale sQt South Carolina left1hs confer,
ehce summcrily, declining TO take q
further part in the days deliberations,
Announcing his, dissatisfaction with
the proceedings. .h
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-22
ADAMS COUNTY MAKES
ITS ANNUAL LEVY

He,tinger, N. d., July 21.-At the re-
cent meeting of the county commits
sioners the general levy for all coun-
ty purposes was made. The total
levy made was $4,000 as against $49,-
O09 last year. The large levy Of last
year was necessary to take care of
the seed grain matter levy of $16,-
0OO, however, is comparatively small
one and will please the taxpayers OF
the county. If townships, villages
and school districts could cut their
levy correspondingly, the taxes in
Adams county would be less than half
of what they have been heretofore.
Township and school boards however,
are probably not in position to make
this sort OF cut, but at any rate, it is
to know that the county
board finds itself in position to lake
so small levy.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-22
Declared That Il VIII Fail In
Its Purpose to Reduce the
Cost Of Living
Characterized as a Pdriizdn
and Sectional Measure
Of Secrecy
Dire Results Predicted Should
the Measure Become
I'LL a Law

Washington, July 21.-The bom'
bardment Of the Underwood-Slmmons
tariff bill was continued by the re.
publican senators today, Senator Eur
ton of Ohio expressing assurance thai
it would fail in its purpose to lower
the cost of living and Senator Smoot
Of Utah, in an address to be continued
tomorrow, branding it 1.-The most injllr-
ious tariff measure ever taken up for
consideration by congress.
Senator Smooth said the bill is par
tisan and sectional in measure, the
outcome of secret caucus methods
such as never ruled before in the
senate in his book "Our New Free
dom" President Wilson says there is
no excuse for caucusing, and in a
speech in Indiana before the election
he emphasized the point by asserting
that there was no necessity for secre-
cy in congressional proceedings. Yet
not in the history Of congress has
there been anything equal to that rec
ord in the way Of dark methods in the
preparation of the bill"
a Analysing the bill throughout Sen
ator Smooth declared that ."of the
many monstr6dis provisions Or this tar.
iff law, perhaps the worst is the. one
designed to annihilate the production
of sugar in this country
He predicted dire results when the
bill becomes a law, saying the first to
suffer wouldn't be the trusts but
thousands of manufacturers of small
capital" H....
Senator Burton made equally dire
predictions.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-22
KINGS CAREER ENDS
IN A PRISON

Brldgewater, Mass, July 21-A spec
tacular career ended today when Car
denie King, one widely known fin.
ancier and newspaper publisher of
Boston, died a convict at the state
farm here in the very hour friends
were making efforts to gain his por-
don. Only Il legal t2chnicality pre-
vented the last hours from those of a
Tree man.
Governor Foss attempted to issue
a pardon secured by telephone, but
was advised that his was illegal
King was convicted Of obtaining mon
ey under false pretenses from per
sons who had entrusted him with their
funds for investment and was sentenc-
ed from ten to fourteen years. lie
began his term in 1909
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-22
LAYING SlXIY.f|YE
POUND Steel RAILS.

Hettinger, N. D., July 21.--The Mil
waukee road has large force in it's
steel gang west of Mitchell. S. d.,
laying 65 pound steel rails to Cham
berain, and at the same time the
force is surfacing the road from Nit
chell to the river, to improve the road
bed The laying of the heavier rails
and building up the roadbed indicates
strongly that the Milwaukee will uti-
lie its Rapid City line Tor connection
with the coast line next year.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-22
Mexican Affairs Assuming q
Condition Of Very Grave
Concern
Ambassador Wilson Now at
Il Aavana and hEulrrying on
to the Capital
President and Other Officials
Will Hold l|.lIll Conference on !.
Thursday -.

Washington. Judy N.-Administra
ton officials are in an attitude Of the
keenest apprehension sover the re-
ports of conditions Surrounding the
Huerta government in. Mexico.
! Advices indicate that the strife be.
tween the Huerta regime and the rev.
olutionary elements are nearing a
point where some detiaite conclusion
must be, reached. 81
Information on the situation was
coupled with the authoritative state.
ment that the United sSates was MAX
ing no additional naval or military
Preparations. v
The reports of the Impending COL
lapse of the Huerta regime is being
talked over freely Sin officircles.
though no official OF the administra-
tion will permit his name to be cou-
pied with them sY..s l.
President Wilson, meanwhile, is
awaiting the coming Of Ambassador
Wilson, who is hurrying north from
Mexico City to make first hand re-
port on the conditions. These will
be compared with 8athose the presl-
dent has received from other sources.
Secretary Bryan, Ambassador vii
son and the president will confer on
the matter Thursday or Friday. The
ambassador is now at Havana and is
making all haste to reach Washing
ton.
Ihe refusal of the foreign consular
representatives to hold parley with
General Urbina, the Mexican revolu-
tionary leader, before his attack on
Durango, is given as the reason for
the outrages against the residents,
irrespective of nationality, following
the recent rebel occupancy of the
city, according to reports.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-22
TAFT WRITES
new BOOK

New Haven, July 21.-Among its
fall books The Yale University Press
will publish volume by Professor
Taft containing the substance Of the
eight lectures which he has just de-
livered at the university on Some
Problems of Modern Government.
The problems which he discusses
are: tr '.~ ..-N
The small proportion Of the people
in this country constituting the voting
and governing part OF our nation.
The present loim OF government,
for whic: it was proposed TO sub
stltute the initiative. referendum and
recall. ~ " s5
Discussion and criticism Of initia-
tive, referendum and recall .~
Proposed primary election laws.
more perfect union, tracing the
development of national power from
the drafting Of the constitution to the
present day, and detailed discus
sion of the pure food act, the child
labor act, the income tax, and other
measures.
The history of the federal power in
respect to judges and courts, en-,
phasizinz the immense benefit it con-
ferred upon the country, and especial
ly the western and newly settled dis
tricts, by the federal judiciary.
Domestic tranquility and common
defense--a more efficient army and
continuance Of the policy of two bat
tleships year.
Y Professor Taft carefully presents
each subject, complementing this in
every case with his own opinion and
advice