Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1897 — Page 2

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A NATIONAL SCHOOL.

TO CARRY OUT AN IDEA OP WASHINGTON’S. Patriotic Women Planning to Raise the Money Necessary to Fonnd a National University at the Capital City—An Innocent Man Hanged in Dakota. Great Kducational Plan, The oft-agitated question of establishing iu the city of Washington a great national university ou the lines suggested by President Washington has taken definite form, and a number of represents tive American women have taken hold of the project with a determination to push it to a successful conclusion if possible. They have started out in a practical manner by seeking to raise the first $250,000 necessary for the erection of an administration building to form the nucleus of the university, and hope to be able to lay the corner stone Feb. 22, 1899. Their purpose in the interim is to urge tbe matter continuously on the attention of women all over the country. They intend likewise to interest ail the school children in the work. As a first step for awakening interest in the undertaking they will assemble in convention in Washington Dec. 14 to decide on ways and means for arousing public sentiment. Many prominent Eastern ladies are active in the project. TO GOVERN SOLDIERS’ HOMES. General Breckinridge Favors Control by War Department. The question of more economical, efficient and responsible administration of the volunteer soldiers’ homes will be made the subject of investigation by Congress as a result of the recent inspection of these institutions by Brigadier General J. C. Breckinridge, inspector general of the army. That officer will urge in his Teport the necessity of greater accountability of the board of managers of the homes for the expenditure of money received, and that their status with relation to the Government be definitely established. Gen. Breekenridgo will suggest the advisability of a complete transfer of the administration of the homes to thp jurisdiction of the Secretary of War and the creation of a new bureau of the War Department to manage its affairs. BIG WHEAT SHORTAGE. America Will Have to Furnish Bread for Almost Europe. The agricultural department ut Washington has issued its monthly review of the foreign crop situation. Much attention is devoted to the grain crop of Russia, especially wheat, ou aecouut of its magnitude ns a factor in the European supply. The review says that all accounts agree in representing the wheat crop as deficient, but as to the extent of the deficiency much difference of opinion exists. After quoting many dispatches painting the crop situation in various provinces iu black colors and the statements of the United States consul at Odessa that this year’s crop has proved a failure the review calls attention to the fact that since harvest Russia has exported grain “very freely.”

Sealing Conference Ends. The Bering Sea meeting a t Washington* in which representatives of Great Britain, Canada and the United States have participated, has come to a close. The seal experts made a unanimous report concerning the condition of the seal herds and the diplomatic representatives of the respective governments reached an understanding by which they hope at a later day to effect finai adjustment, not only of the Bering sea question, but of other pending border controversies. Hanged an Innocent Man. “An innocent man was hanged by lynchers at Williamsport,” was the startling statement made by Chief Justice Corliss of the North Dakota Supreme Court. “I have ample documentary evidence to support the statement,” continued the judge. “The Supreme Court ordered a new trial in Coudot’s case because it appeared that he was convicted on the uncorroborated evidence of Holytrack and Ireland. Clubbed Their Father. George Seagraves, proprietor of’ a St. Louis restaurant, reproved his two grown sons for some trivial offense and they made a murderous assault on him. One of the sons drew a revolver and used it to club his fatheT into insensibility. Both then fled, but one was captured and lodged in jail. The father’s skull is crushed and he cannot live. Delta, Colo., Bank Suspends. The directors of the Delta County Bank at Delta, Colo., have concluded to suspend business and place the institution’s affairs in the hands of an assignee. A. B. King was named for that position. The capital stock of the bank is $50,000. Jay Gould’s Daughter Is Generous. The Countess Boni de Castellane, nee Gould, has bought for 1,000,000 francs a site for a charity bazaar in Paris. This she will give away absolutely. Killed His Little Daughter. At Leipsic, Ohio, John Firestone killed his 6-year-old daughter Effle with a flatiron, while in a delirium from typhoid fever. iThey Played Too Hard. The football eleven of Delaware College has disbanded. Every player on the team is laid up with a broken leg, toe, nose or collarbone. Rather Die than Be Tried. J. F. Herrman, for years a prominent attorney of Olathe, Kan., who was to have been tried in Lawrence on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, killed himself by taking carbolic acid on the day set for the trial. Herrmann came from Carlisle, Pa. Snowslide Kills One. A snowslide occurred on the Noble Five mountain range near Gannon, in the Sloenn district, British Columbia. Two miners were caught and one was crushed to death. New Boat Line to Dawson. Arrangements have been completed between Capt. R. A. Talbot of Sioux City and F. W. Shirk of St. Paul and other Eastern capitalists and the citizens of Bellingham Bay to run a steamship line from New Whatcom, Wash., to Dawson City next summer. Murder a Priest. Henry G. McPake, a curate of the Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation, at Tenth and Dickinson streets. Philadelphia, was found murdered in the rear of St. Paul’* academy, six blocks from his church, among piles of ashes and dirt in an area.

MONET IS EASIER. Gold Is Being Plentifully Poured Into Trade Channel*. The first annual report of Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer of the United States, has just been completed. It shows, among other things, that money is much easier than it was a year ago. At the end of the fiscal year of 1896 the aggregate currency and specie in circulation was $1,507,467,531, while at the close of the fiscal twelve months of 1897 this amount increased to $1,641,190,097, while during the same period the total stock of money in circulation and in the treasury mints increased from $2,348,338,571 to $2,500,371,978. A gratifying improvement in the condition of the stock of money has occurred in the increased proportion of gold which has entered into circulation. The estimated gain of gold to the country in the fifteen months ending Oet. 1 is placed at $112,511,570, of which about $43,000,000 came from abroad. The redemption of national bank notes during the period covered by the treasurer’s report entailed an expenditure of $125,061.73, which the national banks had to pay at the rate of $1.07 per SI,OOO of notes redeemed. A special deposit of $70,000 of United States 4 per cent, bonds is held in the name of the comptroller of the currency for the benefit of the unfortunate Fidelity National Bank of Cincinnati. LOADED FOR EUROPE. Barnum A Bailey’s Great Elephants Act as Btevedores. Hundreds of men watched a nine-ton elephant shove a mighty show truck, heavily laden, along the pier in New York. Fifty men had tugged at the big wagon in vain, but when the elephant put his shoulder to the wheel he moved it along without seeming to “hump himself” at all. The Massachusetts was about to sail for London with all of Barnum & Bailey’s animals. The second cabin passenger list on the big liner includes twenty-two elephants, fifteen camels, six zebras, thirtysix cages of monkeys and small wild animals, a few giraffes, royal Bengal tigers, African lions, leopards and other distinguished quadrupeds from far lands. The showmen are taking wagons, tents and all sorts of material, for after a season at London they will go under canvas and do the provinces.

THREE NATIONS VS. ONE. Chile, Peril and Argentine to. Force Bolivia to War. Plans of a dreibund which, if adopted, means wiping Bolivia off the South American map, are in contemplation by Chili, Pent and Argentine. Both Peru and Chili are now squabbling with Bolivia, the bone of contention being two provinces of Taenn and Aries, promised Bolivia in return for her recognition of the Chilian revolutionists as belligerents in 1891. Chili, however, has not given them up yet. Argentine is to he invited into the alliance io give it strength; a war with Bolivia would follow, nud tbe victors would divide its territory. Cuuscd by an Arrest. A dispatch to the Loudon Morning Post from Berlin Buys: "The United States is credited here with offering its intervention iu the difficulty between Germany nud Hnyti. But the German Government is waiting for the arrival of Herr Lueders and the report of Count Schwerin due by the next mail packet." The German war ship Gefion is under orders to sail for Port an Prince, Hayti, this month in order to insist upon redress for the arrest there of Herr Lueders, a German subject, and his alleged unlawful imprisonment, for which Count Schwerin, the German minister at Port au Prince, has demanded an indemnity. Lueders is now believed to be iu Germany, having been released from prison in order to avoid further complications, the natives of Port au Prince having threatened to mob the German legation and lynch Lueders. The fitting out of the war ship is being hastened as much as possible. The officials of the German foreign office do not believe the matter will be adjusted for some time to come, because the Haytian Government has assumed a stubborn attitude. The German newspapers are blaming the Government for the delay in bringing Hayti to terms. To Fight Sugar Trust. A special telegram from San Francisco says: Pluns have been perfected and the assurance is given that everything will be in readiness for fighting the sugar trust Jan. 1, when the five-year contract of the Hawaiian planters at the Western sugar refinery will expire. It will continue to handle that portion of the crop, say from 40,000 to 50,000 tons, which Claus Spreekeis can control. Of the remainder of 225,000 tons, 150,000 tons will be placed on the market by the California Beet Sugar and Refining Company, in which Welch & Co., George W. McNear and their friends are the principal elements. Of the 150,000 tons of raw island sugar, 90,000 tons will be sent to New York, where it has already been sold to refineries, independent of the trust. The remaining 60,000 tons will be refined at the California Beet Sugar and Itefinery Company’s works at Crockett, on the straits of Carquinez.

Ex-Treasurer Booker Mlsslag. Ex-State Treasurer Booker, of Grand Forks, N. D., Is among the missiug. Some time ago Booker was indicted by the Federal grand jury for making a fraudulent report to the comptroller of the currency ou the condition of the Grand Forks National Bank, of which he was president. When his case was called in the United States court, Booker failed to respond, and his bonds were declared forfeited. Poisoned by Moonshiners. Alfred H. Brooks, 68 years old, who was for thirty-two years at the head of the United States Internal revenue department In New York, is dead at his home in Asbury Park, N. J., of cancer of the tongue, brought on by poison administered to him In an illicit distillery upon which he made a raid three years ago. New Orleans Open Again. After a protracted meeting, the State Board of Health decided to declare off all quarantine at New Orleans. This has the effect of opening the doors of the city to all hitherto infected ports and will do away with the system of isolation of the fever cases, which has existed since Sept. 6. Missionaries in Great Peril. Missionaries hare been attacked by mobs in Hunan province, Central China. In one Instance a mob of 5,000 surrounded a party of missionaries and wag held In check by local police with great difficulty. The missionaries are supposed to belong to the Christian Missionary Alliance. Henry Hurlbnrt Lead, Ilenry Augustus Hurlburt, one of New York’s leading financiers, dropped dead at the dinner table at his home. The cause was heart disease. M. Kotzebne Recalled. The Russian minister to the United States, M. de Kotzebue, has been relieved of his post at his own request and owing to his ill health. Views of Bradstreet’s. Bradstreet’s commercial report says: “One of the most significant features of the business situation is found in the continued heavy weekly totals of bank elear-

Inga, those sos six days ending Not. il amounting to $1,347,000,000, an increase of 10 per cent over the preceding week and 13 per cent compared with the second week of November, 1896. Other favorable features are the continued firmness of and activity in wool, iron and steel. The slight reaction In the price of cotton, in view of the extreme depression to which that staple had been subjected, attracts attention as the possible beginning of the end of the prolonged decline. The unfavorable influences in price movements are declines for cottons and print cloths, tile latter touching the lowest price on record. Wheat, lard and lead are also lower and wire nails have been shaded. There is a long list of staples for which prices are practically unchanged. The more important advances are confined to Indian coni, oats, hoops and turpentine. Exports of wheat (flour included as wheat) from both coasts of the United States and from Montreal this week amount to 5,445,542 bushels, compared with 5,590,000 last week, 4,664,000 a year ago, 3,325,000 two years ago, 2,909,000 three years ago and 2,645,000 in 1893. Exports of Indian corn this week amount to 2,051.540 bushels, against 2,199,000 last week, 3,782,000 a year ago, I, two years ago, 197,000 three years ago and 073,000 in 1893. There is an increase in the number of business failures, the total throughout the United States this week being 273, compared with 223 last week, 258 one year ago.” ANOTHER LEADER CHOSEN. J. R. Sovereign Is No Longer K.of L. Grand Master. James R. Sovereign, who has been general master workman of the Knights of Labor for several years, lias been relieved of his office by the general assembly, in sesssion at Louisville, Ky. Henry A. Hicks of New York, district 253, New York City, was chosen to fill Mr. Sovereign's place, and I. D. Chamberlain of Pueblo, Colo., was selected as general worthy foreman. Sarsfield Fitzpatrick of Montreal and Henry Boetock of assembly 300, glassworkers, were chosen as the two members of the executive hoard, the third member being Andrew D. Best. Lynch Three Indians. Twenty-five masked men took the.law into their own hands at the county jail in Williamsport, N. D. They left the bodies of three men, who had been accused of murder, swaying in the wind as a testimonial of the completeness of their revenge. The men were Paul Holytrack, Philip Ireland and Alec Coudot, Indians, who were under arrest accused nf the murder of six members of the Spicer family last winter at Winona, Emmons County. They were aroused from slumber at 2 o’clock in the'morning, dragged from the jail to a beef windlass that stood near the jail, and were hanged to a bar that served to suspend the carcasses of slaughtered animals. Convict Burns to Death. Dock Goff, an escaped Florida convict, who was confined in the Waycross, Gn., city jail awaiting officers from that State, lost his life through the desire of two negro boys to eseupe. They set fire to the jail and in the general confusion escaped from their cell, which was near the jail entrance. Goff’s ceil was at the rear of the building, and the heat was so intense that he could not be rescued until he was fatally burned. Turns to Chulk. Frank Ritter, one of the oldest and best known saloonkeepers in St. Louis, is turning to chalk. Day by day lie is dying by inches iu the heart of St. Louis. Five years ago science told Ritter thnt he would die slowly. Since then it has cut off his left leg in eight chalky sections. Now the right foot and part of the rkriit leg is like that of a marble statue and time is coming when that limb must be taken nwuy. Strange Epidemic in Omuha. The physicians of Omaha are puzzled over an ailment that is rapidly becoming epidemic. The disease envelops the entire body, making it one mass of small sores. The eruptions are not painful. In three weeks it has spread with such rapidity that it has become general. At least 10,000 people are afflicted. New Russian Minister. A successor for Minister Kotzebue, Russian representative recently resigneu, has been appointed in the person of Count Cassini,- the present Russian minister to Pekin. Sanches Is Guilty. The jury in the case of Frederick C. Sanches, who killed his wife in the Colorado house in Denver Oet. 30, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Thirty Years for Murder. At Dover, N. H„ Joseph E. Kelly, one of the Great Falls bank robbers nud selfconfessed murderer of Cashier Stickney, was sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment. Fire at Fostorlo« Ohio. An explosion of gasoline in the basement of the Alcott building caused one of the most disastrous fires in the history of Fostoria, O. The loss will reach $50,000. Average Yield of Corn. Statistics from Washington are that the average yield of corn per acre this year is 23.7; last year, 27.3.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 93c to 95c; corn, No. 2,26 cto 28c; oats, No. 2,19 c to 21c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 49c; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 23c; eggs, fresh, I7e to 19c; new potatoes, 35c to 50c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 910 to 93c; corn, No. 2 .white, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,97 cto 99c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2,45 cto 47c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,92 cto 93c; corn, i\o. 2 mixed, 26c to 27e; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2,46 cto 48c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,92 cto 93c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; rye, 47c to 49c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 93c to 95c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24e; rye, No. 2,48 cto 49c; Clover seed, $3.15 to $3.25. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 86c to 87c; corn, No. 3,20 c t,o 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 23e t,o 24c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 49c; barley, No. 2, 4Qc to 45c; pork, mess, $7430 tn $7.50, Buffalp—Cattle. $34)0 to $0.20; hogs, $3,00 to $4,00; sheep, $3.0,0 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 96c t.o 97c; c,orn, No. i yellow, 30e to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 27c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 99c to $1.01; corn. No. 2,34 cto 35c; oats, No. 2 White, 25c to 26c; butter, creamery, 10c to 24c; eggs, Western, 21c to 23c. 4

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SONG OF THE THANKFUL TIME.

We think of Thanksgiving at seeding time: In the swelling, unfolding, Imddlng time, When the heart of nature and hearts of men Rejoice In the earth grown young again. We dream ofTlie harvest, of tteld and vino. And granaries full, ut Thanksgiving time. We think of Thanksgiving iu growing time: In the time of flowers, and tbe vintage prime; , , When the palms of the year s strong hands are tilled With fruitage, with grain, and with sweets distilled. When the dream of hope Is a truth sublime. Then our hearts make room for the thankful time. We think of Thanksgiving in harvest time: In the yielding, gathering, golden time; When the sky Is fringed with u hazy mist. And the blushing maples by frost lips kissed; When the barns are full with the harvest cheer. And the crowning, thankful day draws near. We think of Thanksgiving at resting time: The circle completed Is but a chime In tbe song of life, in the lives of men. We harvest the toil of onr years, and then Wo wait at the gate of the King’s highway For the duwn of our soul s Thanksgiving day. —Rose liartwlck Thorpe.

JUST IN TIME FOR DINNER.

ASIDE from some notetl criminal prosecutions which I conducted several years ago, the incident which I aui about to relate was one of the most interesting chapters in my professional life. It had been a stormy November day. During the morning the rain had come down in torrents. Toward noop the water began to crystallize as it descended, and all afternoon the snow had been blowing and drifting iu a very uncomfortable way.' It grew dark early. Perhaps it was because of this that J decided to go home an hour earlier than usual. I say perhaps, because I have always thought that providence had something to do with my going out on to the street a-t that moment. Passing up Broadway I turned into Fourteenth street to cross to the elevated railroad station. Near the corner I encountered a crowd of men and boys, in the center of which stood a bluecoat with a prisoner. Standing on tip-toe, I saw that the prisoner was a young lad with a remarkably handsome face and gentlemanly manner. A call had been sent in for a patrol wagon, and the policeman was waiting thp response. The hoy looked thoroughly frightened. As I reached the spot be was protesting his innocence and begging to he released. “I tell you honestly, sir, it is a mistake. I know nothing of the jewelry. I am innocent, sir; I am, truly.” “That’s all right, you young rascal,” the policeman replied. "Nobody that’s arrested ever steals anything. But when we get our clutches on ’em they don’t generally turn out such innocents as they claim.” Just then the patrol wagon dashed up, two officers alighted, and the boy was quickly hustled up the steps of the wagon and driven off. “What station?” I asked as they drove off toward the south. There was no reply, but by walking rapidly in the direction taken by the officers I soon brought up at the Mercer street station, where, as an attorney, I soon obtained an interview with the lad whose face had so greatly Interested me. When l was shown to his cell he was weeping bitterly, pud appeared to be in absolute dsepair. “I saw jou at the patrol box,” I said by way of introduction, “aad thought J would like to find out a little more abopt your case. I am a lawyer; and if ypp arp innocent, as J think you piU st be, f will see what can be done to get yop opt pf this. My name is Lawson, what is yours?” “Frank Orr,” he said promptly, as a wave of gratitude and hope swept oyer his face. Then he added; '‘This is ypry kind of you, sir. The whole miserable business is a mistake. I never took a bit of the jewelry; not a bit.” Then I saf down on the cos beside Frank and a6ked him to tell me a)l aboijt his trouble.

His home was in Western Vermont, he said, and he had been in New York about a year. He had come here to get a start in the world. While his success had not been nil that his fauey used to paint it, yet, considering the hard times, be had done very well. Once a month he had been able to seud a little money to his mother, who needed his help sorely. For six months past be had been employed in the shop of a manufacturing jeweler. That day twenty valuable rings and some other articles had disappeared from a showcase. They were missed just after the noon hour. During that hour the workmen were always out at lunch, and Frank and another young man named Lercb were usually in charge. But to-day Lercb was sick at home, and Frank was in the shop alone. “Did you see no one about the premises during that hour?” I asked. “No one but Hogan, the janitor.” “Was he in the room?” “No, I am sure he was not.” “Did you see him at all between twelve nnd one?” “Y ( es,'' said Frank, “he came to the rear door and called me to go back and look at A team of fine horses in the alley.” .“How long were you out of the room?” 7 asked. “Not more than two minutes.” “Could a person come from the front Jiall during that time without your knowing it?” “No, indeed,” sgid young orr , earnestly; ■•‘7 lacked the dpor before 7 ran out to look at tfie horses.” ’’Then if the jewelry was taken while *OU were in churge it «ould have been

taken by no one but yourself,” I said somewhat severely to see what effect the conclusion would hare on the prisoner. “It looks bad for me, sir, especially as one of the rings was found in my overcoat pocket.” "That last fact counts for nothing,” I remarked, and added: "Tell me candidly, Orr, have you no theory upon which the thing can be explained V” “No, sir, 1 have not; it seems very strange; I can’t understand it,” he said, his voice trembling perceptibly, and his eyes again filling with tears. “It is a trifle mysterious, my young friend,” I said, rising. “But I somehow believe you are not the guilty party. I will ask the sergeant to give you a more comfortable place than this for the night. In the morning I will see you again.” When the case came up at the Jefferson Market police court next day I secured an adjournment. Then I weut to work vigorously to hunt down the thief. I started out on the theory of Frank’s innocence. Then, it was clear that the janitor could not himself have stolen the goods. He might have had an accomplice, however, who may have been concealed somewhere in the room, and carried off the jewelry while Frank was taking his two-minute view of the horses in the alley. This Aief might have dropped the ring into Frank’s

pockpt so as tp point suspicion toward its owner. My theory proved correct. A guarded talk wjtl) soine people living near the home of Hogan, the janitor, made me acquainted with his character and habits. What I learned .was not to his credit. I also came into possession of the fact that he had been seen the previous night at a Bowery saloon in company with a fellow named Tingle, who had done time at Sing Sing, and who was now under surveilance by the police. I went to the saloon named, but learned that the men had only been there a few minutes earlier in the evening. ‘‘They had no money and were sober,” the bartender explained, “so guess they ain’t been into no crooked work of late.” The fact that they were not spending money made me believe that if these men were really the thieves they had not yet sold their plunder. So I decided upon a bold movement. Securing the aid of a trusty dptectivp who had once served me in somewhat pqmlar ease, J. went to Hogan’s house. A yed-facpd woman admitted us. “Mr. Tingle left some rings and othpy jewelry with you for safe-keeping,” I said in confident tone, purposely refraining from giyiug any hint that suspicion also rpsted upon her husband. “l'hp propprty is not Mr. Tingle’s, and if yop wish to save yourself from trouble you ■jyill .dpliver it up to this officer at opce,” I added. Thp wpman turnpd pale and hesitated. A threat to place her under arrest brought her to a decision, and a parcel containing the plunder was placed in my bantl.. At the police court npxt day Hogan and Tingle werp cpnfrpntpd with the evidence pf their crime, and Frank Orr’s eyes dancpd with joy when thp judge expressed regret that sp serious a mistake had been madp, and tpld him he >yas at liberty. It was ppw pppn pf the day bpfore Thanksgiving day—the day toward which Frank Orr had bppn looking forward joyfully for many weeks. But since his unjust arrest he had abandoned all hope of going, and a message had been wired to his mother, announcing that unexpected circumstances would prcvcut his being there, “Now, off for Vermont,” I said as we came out of the court room together. “Yon will pot have much time to lose, but you can make your train and reach home in time for dinner yet, Gome back as soon os yon can,” I said, when we parted, “and come straight to my office. No more work in a jewelry shop for you, Orr.”

In this little sketch I have told you of the remarkable circumstances under which I became acquainted with my present law partner. The neat sign over our office door now reads: ******».*«•*• * LAWSON & ORB, * • • * ATTORNEYS. * ************ Frank -Orr has spent many pleasant Thanksgiving days since he came to Now York, but he still declares that none have been half so delightful as the day he rumbled over the snow-clad hills of Vermont, ran up the old lane under the apple trees, greeted old Nero with a shout that woke the echoes, and burst into the dear old home just in time for dinner.—Lawrence I*w#on-

FOUNDED ON GRATITUDE.

We Follow the Customs of Pilgrim Fathers in Observing the Day.

hearts were full of gratitude. In the mercies they remembered they forgot the fearful hardships they bad endured, and when the mellow Indian summer of 1621 came they felt themselves moved by a fervent desire to thank God publicly in a general way for their improved position and the measure of comfort granted. “Our harvests being gotten in,” says the record of Edward Winslow, “our Governor sent four men fowling, so that we might, after a special manner, rejoice together. The four in one day killed as much fowl, as with a little help beside,

served thp company nearly q week. At which time, among other recreations, we exercised our qrms, many qf the {ndians coming among us, among thp rest their greatest king, Massasoyt, with some ninety men, who fpr three days we entertained and feasted, Rnd they (the Indians) went out and killed five deer, which th§y brought to the plantation and bestowed on our Governor and on the Captain (Myles Btandish) and others, And although it be not always so plentiful with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty.” Being such a sternly religious people, probably the Pilgrims aimed at repeating in this somewhat prolonged open-air festival the Biblical Feast of the Tabernacles, which includes the Feast of the “Harvest of the Ingathering.” It was evidently a hearty, healthy public playspell, a few days of much-needed rejoicing and good cheer. We moderns, with our luxurious taste, would not have much gratitude for the short commons they cajled “good cheer,” but even wp might have approved of thp wi)d turkeys, which tradition tells us sometimes weighed sixty pounds. There wpre also wilfl geese in their season, and as one writpr assures ns, “over 200 varieties of fish, including shellfish.” Love fqr the latter seems almost a gift of heredity with New Englanders. The relish fop oysters is undying, and as for clams, the rule sti)l prevails at the annual clambakes on the seashore that a feaster must eat til) the pile of emptipd shells in front of him screens him entirely from view. For several years there were occasional appointments of especial days to return thanks fop epptain mercies, such as “a refreshing rain which had fallen iq time to revive the crops perishing from drought.’ l In 1668 colonial records of Qpt. 28 say: “The Courf, taking noticp of the goodness of God in thp continuance of oup civil and religious liberty, tlpe geqepa) hpalth we have enjoyed—dop conpeivp thqt these and othep favors dpe call upon us fop returns of thankfulness. 1 ’ Then, peiqembpriqg op)y the mercies and fopgettiqg the horrors and sorrows which have beset them and the famine that almost came, thp propose) is made that aU unite to keep the 25th of November as “A Sojemne day of Thanksgiving, with respect to God's goodness In the particulars above mentioned,” There are uo more records of Thanksgiving days till 1680, Then another lapse till 1600, when Nov. 26 was appointed. All these celebrations were in Plymouth Colony, aud probably the bitter experiences that visited the struggling settlers made fasting take the place of feasting and prayers of agonized entreaty for the safety of lives and homes seem more appropriate than praise and rejoicing.

First Thanksgiving Diuner.

The first Thanksgiving was appointed by Gov. Bradford, at Plymouth, Mass., in 1621, the year following the landing of the Pilgrims, in order that the Colonists in a more special way could rejoice together at having all things in good and plenty, writes Clifford Howard in the Ladies’ Home Journal. In preparation for the feast “gunners were sent into the

E have every reason for believing that our forefathers celebrated their first Thanksgiving Dar with heaven's blue dome for a roof and the brown earth for a floor. They had been successful in their efforts to found homes for themselve in the wilderness, and their

The shades of night were falling fast As turkeys fat went flying past To find the trees where they conld stay Dntll the night had grown to day. They ranged along the lower limbs. According to their various whims, Except one old one. “Ah,” said he, “I guess I’ll also climb a tree, For since Thanksgiving’s come unloosed. You bet your life I’m going to roost Excelsior!”

If is computed that 20,000 tons of canned salmon are consumed annually In this country. On the Fourth of July the eagle’s the bird, But his eaglets now take a back seat; For the voice of the turkey throughout the land’s heard, And his turklets is goodly to eat. —Philadelphia Iteeard.

woods for wild turkeys, which abounded there in great numbers; kitchens were made ready tor preparing the feast—especially the large one in Dame Brewster's house, which was under the immediate direction and charge of Priscilla Molines, she who afterward became the wife of John Alden —while a messenger was dispatched to invite Massasoit, the chief of the friendly tribe, to attend the celebration. “Early on the morning of the appointed Thursday—about the first of November— Massasoit and ninety of his warriors arrived on the outskirts of the village, and with wild yells announced their readiness to enjoy the hospitality of their white brethren. The little settlement, which now consisted of seven dwellings and four public buildings, was soon astir with men, women and children, who gave the Indians a hearty welcome as they filed into the large square in front of the Governor's house. Soon the roll of a drum announced the hour of prayer, for no day was begun without this religious service. Then followed a holiday of feasting and recreation, which continued not only that day but during the two succeeding days. The usual routine of duties was suspended; the children romped about in merry play; the yonng men indulged in athletic sports and games in friendly rivalry with the

Indians; the little American army of twenty men, undep the leadership of Miles Standish, went through i(s dril) and manual of arms, to the great delight an<i qstohishmeut of the natives, while the women busied themselves in t3ie careful preparation of the excellent meals, which were eaten iq the open air,"

A Thanksgiving Hymn.

We thank Thee, Lord, for dally food. For all received of dally good; For sunshine and the songs of birds And melody of loving words. We thank Thee for the books we read, And for the books of books we need; For hopes of earth so sweetly given, And for the higher hopes of heaven. For children’s voices full of love: For the bright clouds that float above; And for the tears we’ve sometimes known For sorrows other than our own. For loved ones here and loved ones gone, Who still, with Thee, keep loving on; For spirit tones that softly call, And for the cross that's over all.

Just the Season.

“Where are you going, my Turkey maid?:’ “I am going a-walking, slrl” she said. “You bad better be careful, my Turkey maid, Or some one will ax you, miss,” he said. '

Unc’ Ephraim Gives Thanks.

I t’anks dp Lawd fo’ de crispy air An’ de spahklln: crus’ on de snow, Fo’ de life dat t’robs' In or dankey's vein?, Kz Novembah breezes blow. F<r life an’ lub I t’anks de Lawd, ’N’ shall yv'lle 'e gibs me firef—'N’ las’ plght, fo’ sho’, Et de hen house dp', Ez I stepped lq Fo' ter do my mahketln', Er-trepibllp’ like Ffi' fpah ipy Ike An' el' Dekkln Green Red swep' de roostses clean— Fum er swellln’ breas' I t'anked de Lawd Ter fln’ dey was sebberal lef’l

Thanksgiving,

Canned Salmon.