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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-10

Marcus Christmas, the colored
preacher charged with the inhuman
treatment of a nine year old or
,phan girl, Pearl Ward, whom he had.
adopted was tried Monday7in Nanse-
mond county court. The jury brought
in verdict of six months in Jail,
a fine of S10O and that the defend
ant should pay the girl who is MAIN
ed for life the sum of $500. The
child had all her toes amputated as
the result of exposure and bore num-
erous scars from whippings alleged
to have been inflicted by Christmas.
Col. Rorer A. James, of Danville,
declares he has no idea of retiring
from the contest for member OF the
National Democratic Committee from
Virginia. He says he iisI Wholly Satl
,isfed with the situation,t ahdl that ne
will have the Is: support of many
friends an Washington" when the.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-10
NEWS OF THE DAY

A dispatch from Zurich reports a
recurrence of food riots in Berlin in
which machine guns were used to
subdue MODS of women.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-10
WHOLESALE 5LfQUoR BUSINESS
@ FOR SALE q
Established over so years at 227 Pa.

Ave. S. E. Washington
Two stories and cellar 22x14S,
#. to a paved alley, rear entrance,
elevator, business throughfare, 5
minutes to railroad station, fully
equipped, ideal place for handling
shipping orders. Proprietor has I'M
portant out of town business. For
full information apply 227 Pa. Ave,
s. e. Washington, D. c. 6-St.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-10

The faction led by former Gov.
P. L. Goldsborough was defeated in
the Republican State convention of
Maryland and the four delegates at
large to the national convention at
Chicago presented by the regular or
ganization we're elected at Baltimore
yesterday. -;
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-10

Struck by a flying ak, Wilbur W..
Button, 6 years old, of Baltimore, is
in critical condition. He is believed
to have fractured skull. The child
was playing in the cellar while his
mother was splitting kindling wood
yesterday afternoon. The ak head
flew off and struck him on the head.
AS the result Of drinking denatur-
ed alcohol in Plainview, Texas, Paul
J. Warren, Joe Dingler and "Mug"
Brock are dead and Tom Earnest is
dying. Three others are seriously i'll.
The young men, it is said, drank hair
tonic, which contained the alcohol.
Doctors assert they believe all will
die or become blind.
Joseh E. Widener, of Philadelphia,
who recently acquired the famous
tapestry from the j. Pierpont Nor
gan collection for price reputed to
have been 100000, has purchased
another of the famous examples! in
the same collection, it was announced
tonight. His newest acquisition is
"the Crucifxion" by Van Orley, for
which he is reported to have paid
100000.
John C.. Hines, blaster of Kearn-
eysville, w. Va, placed SO pounds
of dynamite in front of his home
Monday evening and exploded it. His
wife and children discovered him set
ting it off in time to escape. The en-
plosion wrecked the house and sew
erely injured Hines. Hines had been
in Martinsburg and returned on an
evening train. He is said to have
been drinking heavily. He was ar
rested.
Stewart Renfro, DO years old, Il
farmer, shot and killed his brothcr-in-
law, Orb Salyers, aged %, at Eliza
bethton, Tenn, 20 miles south of Bris-
toll, carly yesterday morning. Rcnfro
is said to have been intoxicated and
when Salycrs insisted that he go to
bed, he fired. After shooting Salycrs.
he turned the revolver on brother
of the slain man, but it failed to dis
charge second time. Renfro made
his escape. A posse is searching the
mountain districts.
Hostile submarines have been sink
ing each week about $4,000 tons OF
shipping with the regularity of clock
work, and the consequent scarcity OF
tonnage is causing the Englishmen
to look forward to a food crisis in
this country, which is believed by
many to be not far off. About 81 $780,
100000 worth of food has to be I'M
ported every year. In normal times
with the help of neutral shipping, the
British mercantile marine can just
about manage it. But not so now.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-10

Flowing in field yesterday near
his home near Seaford, Del, Milton
Laws, 16 years old, son of Hugh
Laws, was shot when gun he was
carrying On his pillow fell to the
ground and was discharged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-10

Charles G. Sadler, and Augustus
Kotwall, who were at work on; the
new machine shop Of the Maryland
Steel Company, at Sparrows Point,
Baltimore, were killed yesterday by
falling IS feet from a scaffold.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-10
prevented by the !: vigilance Of the en-

/. Famed y nigh lake breezes fire
yesterday destroyed the immense
plant of the Herhold Chair Company
in Chicago, with loss estimated at
$500, OO0.: The factory was seven stor-
les high and covered almost an en-
tire block.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-10

Twenty persons were drowned when
the steamer, S. R. Kirby of the
Northwestern Transportation Conn
pany broke in two during storm on
Lake Superior Monday and sank. The
disaster occurred four miles off Eagle
river, Mach.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-10

Agreement on the Army Reor-
ganzation bill was in sight last
night. Conferees of the Senate and
the House, who renewed deliberations
today, expect to be able to reach a
compromise, so that the first of the
big defense measures may be on the
Presidents desk next week.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-10

An attempt was made yesterday to
wreck the eastb6und,, Twentieth Cen
ttu Y oa the NsWSSssk Cen
ttal' Railroad by placing ties Fuaen
the track, but serious accident Was
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-10

For over t9a::ssaare s.ssEs what is
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29
BRONZE BEST liked
Beautiful P|umage and Large
Size Has Given This Tur.
key First Place.

NdE bronze turkey hOI0S the
place Of honor among it's tribe.
1t is cross between the wild
and the tame turkey. Its beau
tiful, rich plumage and it's size have
come from it's wild progenitors. To
maintain these desirable qualities
crosses are continually made. In this
way the mammoth size has been gain
ed. Their standard weight ranges
from Is to sc pounds, according to age
and sex. Probably more of this variety
are grown each year than of all others.
The coloring of this variety is a
ground of black, blazoned or shaded
with bronze. This shading is rich and
glowing, and when the suns rays are
reflected from these colors they shine
like polished steel.
The Narragansett turkeys are next
In size to the bronze. They are of
black ground color, each feather end
ing with band of steel gray, edged
with black. This imparts q grayish
cast to the entire surface plumage.
Mixed with this is the finish of me-
talic black and bronze luster.
The standard weights of this variety
are, for males, from "a to 80 pounds
for females, from IL to 10 pounds.
Some old males Of both this and the
bronze variety weigh over 40 pounds.
The buff turkey is not generally
known throughout the country. In
many localities it is almost unknown.
The standard calls for pure buff COL
or throughout, but this shade of color
ing is seldom seen. AS bred for mar
ket these turkeys are of reddish buff
or light chestnut color mixed with
white and some dark standings. They
are highly valued in some localities for
their quick growth and for their at
Effectiveness when dressed. Their av-
erage weight is several pounds less
than that of the Narragansett.
The slate turkey might be called a
blue turkey. They about average in
size with the Bluffs and blacks. They
range from 10 to Is pounds, according
to age and sex. The black color ranges
from small spots to larger markings,
but the less Of this the better for ex-
hibition purposes. It might be sur
missed that the slate turkey originated
from a cross of white and black tur-
keys.
In America the white turkey is called
the white Holland turkey. The reason
for this is not apparent, though some
think it is so called because it origi-
nally came from Holland. White tur-
keys were formerly quite delicate and
rather small, but now are more gener.
ally developed. The standard of
weight is less for the whites than for
other varieties. They range from 10
pounds for young hens to 26 pounds
for old toms. In color of plumage
they should be white throughout lex
cept that each has black beard on
the breast), with shanks and toes pink
ish white.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29

same to you, ma" he said that night,
/ It'd ADJUST as soon have bacon fer din
ner tomorrow"
'All right, sonny" the mother laugh
ed and agreed. And that is how Yank
became member Of the Scott family.
For Yank he was named. TO Southern
partisans it was term Of opprobrium,
but to Bob a term Of affection so ev-
erybody was satisfied.
BY good f1nanciering in the spring
Mrs. Scott was able to add a small
flock Of fowls to the Scott possessions,
including some turkeys. With these
Yank mingled, not without a tinge Of
condescension. He never did recover
the use Of that wing, but he could run
like dog, using the good left wing as
plane now and then to lift him to
the top Of fence. If Olive Chanute,
the inventor Of the aeroplane, had seen
Yank, we might have had that inven-
ton half century before we did.
Yank showed no disposition to leave
the Scott place, seeming to prefer the
good corn to woodland pickings.
It was seldom that any word or ru-
NOR trickled through from Bob's ia
Their, and then there was a silence of
months that left the Scott household
very solemn indeed. The sympathies
of the neighbors were Southern; but,
be 1t recorded to their credit, they
treated the SCOTS with Just as much
kindness as If the head of the family
had not gone iuto the Union army. But
when the guerrillas began to operate
In the valleys below, there was reason
for some uneasiness, regardless of
ones sympathies.
One morning, just at the break Of
dawn, there was cautious knock on
the cabin door. Trembling with appre-
hension, the family reused itself. The
latch lifted, but the man who entered
was clothed in blue. Bob could scarce
ly believe that this red-bearded man
was his father.
His story was short and soon told.
He had been wounded and separated
from his regiment. When he recov-
cred, he was assigned, quite willingly.
to detail to round up the guerrillas ;
and, as he was familiar with the vi
cinity he was now scouting on their
trail. He was to lie quiet that day,
gathering such information as he
could, and return to his comrades that
night
| II tel you, pop" cried Bob. 'rn 90
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29


was, and he soon had it slung from his
rifle barrel over his shoulder and was
picking his way down the mountain
side to find the trail at a lower point.
1t was moonlight when he reached the
hog-yard, and then the house, with his
trophy, which was now quite still. Hav-
ing exhibited the bird to his mother
and young sister, he laid it in the hay
loft in the stable, and, after a full
recital of his hunt, went to bed, as
tired boy as ever bagged a turkey,
and probably more tired than any boy
who never did.
Now, a most surprising thing hap.
pened the next morning. When Bob
opened the stable door the turkey was
still there, but it was standing on both
feet and with one wing trailing on the
ground. And, instead of fluttering
away as regular wild turkey should,
1t looked up at him with a look half
curiosity and half appeal. It hoped
few steps away when he approa ched,
and then allowed Bob to touch it with
his hand.
swell, fellow" said Bob, "you don't
seem to be very much a-scart."
He looked at the wounded wing. then
scratched his head moment, and then
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29

Table decorations ought to come in
this year, for there is a fad for artf-
fetal flowers as centerpieces.. And the
dining room is not the only one boast
ing beautiful touches of color in Won
derfully life-like flowers made of rib.
bon or paper or bought from the mil.
liner.
As centerpiece for luncheon ta-
BILE a little basket of ribbon roses sets
in the midst Of rose petals scattered
over the cloth. Each rose petal, made
Of satin ribbon, is tiny sachet.
In the picture three chrysaEthemums
are shown with sprays of preserved
maidenhair ferns. These chrysanthe.
NUNS are in yellow and saffron color
ings and are made Of paper. They
have wire stems wound with green
paper. At little distance they cannot
be told fror, the gorgeous real flower.
At the right small dark willow
basket bears asparagus fern and half
blown rose, together with two buds
made Of satin ribbon. This is the most
elegant of artificial flowers for the
table.
A basket made of rose petals and
a lace paper dolly is shown at the
bottom of the picture. The foundation
is of pasteboard, with h-ndle OF
green silk-covered wire. The petals,
which may be of either satil -ibboQ
or paper, are glued to the foundation.
which is circular piece of cardbca I'd.
Millinery rose foliage and two bids
either of paper or satin ribbon vail
over the handle. The heart of every
housekeeper will rejoice ever fuch
gifts as these.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29

down below and see what I can see
and let you know" It appealed to the
boys desire fer adventure and to the
soldiers desire for information So
after some, reluctance and many eau.
tons, the boy was allowed to 60. To
divert suspicion, for the turkey would
attract more attention than the boy,
Yank was permitted to accompany him.
The boy and the bird were familiar fg-
ures in the neighborhood.
Three miles from home voice
laughed, Heres a turk fer your din
ner, captain" and Bob found he had
walked into a hornets nest. They took
the two to a cabin a little back from
the pike and asked the boy a few ques.
tons, without gaining any information.
Nor did he loose his hold on Yank,
though the bird struggled to be free. A
black-brOwed giant entered.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29
Observation-Disclosures

Just how attractive q desk set may
be when it is made of heavy, delft
blue paper and ornanented with white
flowers and black foliage, may be gath
cred from the picture above.
An oblong the size of an ordinary
desk blotter is provided with two
pockets extending across each end.
They are fastened to it by means of
black passepartout binding which ex-
tends along all sides of the oblong.
Two smaller oblongs are cut from the
heavy blue paper, to cover an address
book and two white blotters. Narrow
blue satin ribbon is used for fastening
the leaves of the address book to it's
cover, and the two blotters to their
cover. Then the covers are lettered.
The flowers and foliage are cut from
printed paper napkins and pasted
down. They look exactly like stencil
painting This is convenient and
pretty set, which costs next to nothing
to make.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29

Boudoir or breakfast caps are among
the pretty luxuries that women delight
in and every year at holiday time they
flourish anew. 1t seems that they are
more captivating than ever this year
and it is certain they were never shown
in so great variety of designs. There
is no end to the original and beautiful
combinations of ribbon and lace and
tiny flowers, made of ribbon or chif
fon, that go to make up this most
fanciful headwear.
Two of the prettiest of the new caps
are shown in the picture and it is evil
dent that they are easy to make. At
the top a cream-cclored, silk lace is
made into small puff which is mere
~ circular piece gathered about the
edge to fit over the top of the head. A
frill of the same lace is sewed to the
puff. Over this little lace cap a shaped
piece made Of ribbon or silk or satin
is slipped. It is made of two pieces
wide at the top and narrowing to a
bride under the chin, and is lined
with silk. A narrow, corded piping
nnlSneS the edges, set between the out
side and the lining. The bride fastens
with snap fasteners under a prim little
bow Of two loops. Millinery flowers are
tackled on at the sides.
The cap below is made Of two
wheels of fine net joined by gathered
band of satin ribbon, about five inches
wide. The wheels are made of straight
strips of net shirred together and edged
with narrow val lace. This lace ex-
tends around the cap.
Baby ribbon is gathered and set
about the wheels where the strips Of
net join and inside the lace edging. At
the back a bow with long loops and
ends is made of narrow ribbon match
ing the cap in color.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29

There have been times in the history
Of the country when Thanksgiving day
was rather the occasion of expressions
Of hope for blessings to come than Of
gratitude for those being enjoyed, but
even so the nation has not been un-
mindful Of it's peculiar position as the
most fortunate of the countries Of the
earth. Much more, then, should there
be thankfulness on every side today
when not only are the people of the
land enjoying peace while thousands
mourn abroad, but with peace is plenty
in contrast with the hunger that stalks
elsewhere to carry out the horror that
shot and shell did not complete.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29

q uOpe1eSSs
Then he thought of Yank. Hardly
knowing why, he let go his hold.
There was a squawk and a fut-
ter, a man at the door was nearly
knocked from his feet, and a feathered
thing that half ran and half flew made
for the pike and the woods beyond.
HE got away!" "Thar goes your
dinner, captain" and half-dozen
shots all came at the same instant. As
Tor the boy, he poured outdoors with
the rest and plunged into the woods
back Of the cabin.
Two hours later turkey, both of
whose wings dropped now, the left one
stained with blood, fluttered into the
Scott clearing. To 60 to the boy was
the fathers first thought, to go for help
the second and better one. 1t was a
bit risky, but over the ridge he went
and down the mOuntainside.
Bob circled and crossed the pike a
mile above. On a white stone by the
road he saw drop of red. "Well, they
hit him but didn't git him." he said.
That evening, just as the sun dipped
to the West, there was another hor-
nets nest on the ridge. But this time
it was the enemy that walked into it.
There was time for only few shots.
But the guerrilla captain heard them in
the valley below and decided that it
would be well to move on, leaving his
missing men to join him as best they
could.
But they never did. Next night, 20
miles away, the captain turned to one
Of his men and asked:
do you reckon that fool bird had
anything to do with it?''
AS for Yank, the battle-scarred vet.
eran. what was one wing more or less?
He lived to see peace return to the
mountains, and to all Tennessee, and
to the nation. And you may be sure
he never played the principal part in
any Thanksgiving dinner.
(Copyrfeht 1916 Western Newsnaner rrr,on ,
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29

was off to the
cabin on a run,
shutting the sta
BILE door behind
h ! m. When he
returned he went
to work with ban
dages. He may
not have been
much of a sur
geOn or q bone
setter, but what
he lacked in skill
he made up in
good intentions.
Meanwhile his en-
thusiasm regard
ing the Thanks
giving feast rath-
er Oozed away
from him.
GSTf ifSo oil thu
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29

the whir change to flutter, and the
.flutter to thud, and the thud to
struggle in the brush down the hillside.
He followed the sound of that strug-
gle till he came upon the bird, and bird
at was, turkey not so big of body as
;,ts spread Of wings had indicated, but
"a turkey none the less fit to grace the
Scott Thanksgiving board.
The shot had broken It's right wing.
The Dcy decided to tote it home as It
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29

"A lemonade and q water server are
among the pretty and easily made
gifts that every woman will like to
receive.
At the top Of the picture above, an
attractive lemonade server Is made
of an ordinary set of tin muffin rings,
to which the tinsmith has added han
die.
The server is painted with white or
blue or other colored paint and al
lowed to dry. Flowers or leaves cut
from printed paper napkins are then
glued to it ut each corner, at the sides
and along the center. Finally a coat
Of shellac is brushed all over the
server. When this dries the server is
ready fer set Of thin glasses.
A small basket makes the water
server, which carries a water bottle
with glass turned over it's neck. The
basket is first painted white and al
owed to dry. Then it is decorated
with a festoon Of roses and leaves
made Of white sealing wax and tinted
with paints roses pink and the
foliage green. Finally the basket is
vanished with shellac.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29

Here are two pieces of neckwear
made Of ribbon.
One of them is generous scarf
made Of wide mole-gray satin ribbon,
with stripes in brilliant colors run
ming along the center At the front Of
the neck there la bow of plain, gray
satin ribbon narrower than the other.
The scarf fastens with snap fasteners
and is finished with gray silk tassels.
At the right ribbon ruff is made of
wide satin ribt On. It Is laid in double
box plaits and sewed to a neckband
stifened; with crinoline. 1t fastcns
nader q tic of velvet ribbon.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29

heard a racket of
there to the east
of the trail
"Whir-r-r-r-"
Some great liv-
ing. thing swept
across the ridge
like q cloud. Bob's
gun was up to his
shoulder in an in
slant, although he
shook with as bad
g. case of buck fe-
yer as a boy ever
had. "Bang!" he
.blazed away at
the flying cloud.
1T did not stop.
He must have
smisSed. But as
the report died
taw0v he heard
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-29

lay seemed better suit
ed to the turkeys than to the corn;
and, along in the very early spring
of 1861, Bob's father decided to
try a newer country to the South
and West. Late March found them
breaking a clearing for new
farm in East Tennessee. They got
their corn in, although little late;
they bred few hogs and small flock
of sheep; but, when they wanted tur-
key, they didn't go to the barnyard for
It, but up into the hills; for fathers
trusty rifle and trusty eye were COM
b!nation no wild turkey could hope to
escape.
There were plenty of rumors Of war
while the Yankee from Vermont was
carving out home there in the South.
When war came, that Yankee made his
way overland and enlisted in the COM
pany from his old valley in Vermont,
leaving Bob to take the responsibility
Of the Tennessee farm on his young
shoulders. Bob did very we'll; and,
when November came in due course, he
got the rifle down from its pegs above
the fireplace and went up the hills in
search Of bird. He had been up there
before with his father, but this was
his first turkey hunt alone.
There was trail that led from the
hog-lot up to the ridge, and along the
ridge, among the granddaddy poplars
and cherries and through the sweet
gum crush. Bob followed it until three
that afternoon without so much as a
sign Of turkey; and, as he had no in
tention of spending night in the hills,
1t began to look as though he must re-
turn empty-handed. Then suddenly he