Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1898 — Page 2

aHegcniocroticScnttiiel J. W. MCEWEK, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - • - INDIANA

OUR COAST IS SAFE.

NO FEAR OF HOSTILE INVASION FELT.* • There la Much Yet to Be Lone, but Our Defenees Are Now us Good aa Those of Any Nation-Fatal Railway Collision, Defenses of Eastern Ports. Col. Jared A. Smith, United States Government engineer, has just returned to Cleveland after a month’s absence largely spent in inspecting the Atlantic coast defenses, and especially the harbor defensei at New York, Boston and Portland, Me. “Our harbor defenses,” said Col. Smith, “while not yet completed, are sufficiently far advanced that it would be suicidal for a warship of any foreign country to enter any of t,hese harbors, if we objected. A great deal of work is yet necwwary to be done, but work is being pushed forward rapidly. Very few people have any idea of the power or accuracy of our coast defenses. Our defenses are as good as any in the world for their purposes. No better can be found _anywhere. The works are being rapidly completed and it will not be a great while until the coast is well nigh impregnable.” STEAMER COLUMBIA WRECKED. Pacific Coast Vessel Disabled in a Storm Goes Ashore at Hilo. The .steamship City of Columbia, from Honolulu for Puget sound, sank in the harbor of Hilo, H. 1., and is a total wreck. The second day out a terrible hurricane arose and the seas washed completely over her smokestacks. She stood this terrible strain ten hours, when her engines broke. These were repaired and she put back with ten leaks, gaining one and one-half inches per hour over the pumps. Lifeboats were manned, as the failure of the engines or an explosion of the boilers was momentarily expected. It was a fight for life. She miraculously reached Hilo harbor. As she entered her engines broke again, and she drifted helplessly upon the beach. She soon began to break up and became a total wreck. Perfect discipline prevailed and passengers and crew were gotten ashore.

SELLS WIFE ON INSTALLMENTS. New Jersey Man Gets Five Dollars, Three of Which Is Paid Down. The sale of a woman on the installment plan recently took place in Newark, N. J. The woman is Mrs. Nellie Van Hise. She is 18 years old and pretty. The man who sold her is her husband, Harry S. Van Hise. The purchaser is William A. Devey. He- is 19 years old and was a member of Company D, First New Jersey volunteers, until that regiment was mustered out, a few days ago. The purchase price was $5. Of this amount $3 was paid down and the remaining $2 is to be paid later on. EXPRESS RUNS INTO FREIGHT. Eight Persons Killed or Fatally Injured In Train Wreck. The Grand Trunk express from Montreal for Toronto collided with a freight train near Trenton. Eight persons were killed or fatally injured. Three passengers, names unknown, were fatally injured. Twenty passengers, most of them being in the Pullman cars, were more or less seriously hurt. The accident occurred at a place called the Diamond Crossing, about two miles from Trenton. The express ran into an open switch and dashed into the freight train.

Indians Are Forced to Obey. Major A. E. Woodson, Indian agent for the Arapahoes, says that after new school houses had been built old White Shields of the Moon branch of the Cheyennes revolted and persuaded many Indians to keep the children from school. By order of the Indian commissioner their rations were cut off, which brought them at once to obey treaty rules. Son Accuses His Mother. 1 Mrs. Rebecca'Rosenberger was arrested at Princeton. Ind 4 on the charge of attempted murder, entered against her by her 16-year-old son, Alva, who alleges that she attempted to poison him in order that she might receive the money on his life insurance policy, which names her as the beneficiary. Death Is Due to Hydrophobia. Thomas Moore, aged 7 years, died at Sedalia, Mo., of hydrophobia, after having suffered for nearly a week, He was bitten by a dog a month before. He had convulsion after convulsion, during which he barked like a dog and frothed at the mouth, it requiring the efforts of two men to hold him. Adelina Patti to Wed Again. Patti, the widow of Nicolini, has informed some of her friends of her intention to marry again.* The gentleman who will become the prima donna’s third husband is Baron Cederstrom, a Swede, The marriage will take place in February.

Drive Out the Chinese. The miners employed in the vicinity of Silverton, B. C.„ have rounded up all the Chinese laborers in the various camps and shipped them out of the district. The Mongolians are expected to return to China by the next steamer. Great Fire at Dawson City. Dawpon has again been swept by fire and forty of the principal buildings are In ashes. As was the case before, a drunken and infuriated woman mid a lamp were the cause of the fire. The loss is estimated at half a million.

Merritt and Shafter Assigned. A special from Washington says: “Gen. Merritt will resume command of the Department of the East when he returns from Europe, and Gen. Shafter will go to San Francisco to command the Department of the Pacific, which he relinquished when the war began.” 2,600 Miles by Telephone. The last wire by which Austin, Texas, can have telephonic connection with Bar Harbor, Me., has been strung. The line is 2,600 miles long and is the longest in the world. Lives Lost at a Fire. At Hanover, Mass., fire in the general store of C. A. Stearns was followed by a terrific explosion, which blew out the sides of the building, killing four men. Over a dozen were injured, including C. A. Stearns, the proprietor of the store, who had one arm and leg broken, his shoulder crushed, and considerable burns about the body. Buys Columbia University Site. Dr. John S. White, head master of Berkeley School, has purchased, as the representative of a syndicate, the old site of Columbia University. The site was considered one of the most valuable of the Manhattan uptown realty and was valued at $1,000,000.

Death Dealt by a Meteor. A report from Perry O. T., says that there was a brilliant as well as fatal shower of meteors near that place,* cansing much consternation among the- people. ' Two children named Henderson ate -reported as having been killed by a large meteor. , ,o ? Two Injured by Derailed Engine. ' The engine on Baltimore and Ohio train No. 8 ran off the track at Mont Vernon, near Washington, D. C., turning over. Engineer Moore was seriously injured. H. Upham, clerk to the master mechanic, was slightly injured.

SAVED FROM SINKING VESSEL. Thrilling Rescue of a Norwegian Sailor In Midocean. The German oil tank steamer Standard, which has arrived at Philadelphia, brings Andres Anderson, a-sailor, who was rescued at sea from the wrecked Norwegian bark Sigrid. The rescue by a boat’s crew from the Standard was a thrilling and gallant one, and was accomplished after one boat had been dashed to pieces against the side of the steamer and a number of daring attempts had been made to reach the wrecked bark. Finally Anderson was thrown a rope, which fie fastened about him, and then jumped into the sea. He was dragged into the boat in an unconscious condition. Anderson says the remainder of the crew had been taken off the bark by an unknown vessel. He had evidently been forgotten, for the crew failed to come back to rescue him. The derelict was left nearly submerged. LAD DEFENDED HIS MOTHER. * Seven-Year-Old Boy Is Arrested for Shooting a Negro. Johnnie Gordon, aged 7 years, was under arrest in Justice J. C. Gillespie’s court at Columbia, Mo., charged with assault with intent to kill. Johnnie’s mother, Mrs. Sallie Gordon, owns a little home in the northwestern part of Columbia. Warren Field, a drunken negro, engaged in the pastime of throwing rocks at Mrs. Gordon’s house. She undertook to drive him away, but the negro would not leave. Johnnie, seeing his mother in trouble, got down an old shotgun which hung on the wall, pointed it through a window at Field and pulled- the trigger. The shot struck Field, injuring him slightly. When he sobered up he had the boy arrested. When Prosecuting Attorney J. 11. Murry heard the testimony of the prosecuting witness and the statement of the frightened lad he dismissed the case. NEGRO COLONY FOR SANTIAGO. Colored Preacher at Topeka, Kan., Has a Movement In Progress. Kansas will furnish the first colony of immigrants to settle in Cuba from the United States. John T. Veney, a colored Baptist preacher, well known in Topeka, has made arrangements for a settlement of colored persons near Santiago, and expects to start from Topeka with about thirty families in twenty or thirty days. For several years it has been a cherished dream of Mr. Veney to effect a settlement of his race in some southern clime. Since the war has closed he has turned his attention toward Cuba, and has concluded that there are more inducements for his project in that country. He has been over the region and understands it. His idea is to establish a town on the high land above Santiago, which he will call Topeka.

RUSSIA WILL ASSIST SPAIN. St. Petersburg Government Has a Scheme of Intervention In Philippines. Russia has undertaken to help Spain in her struggle to retain the Philippines, or at least to prevent the establishment of American rule over the group. The St. Petersburg government revealed its scheme through representations to all the great powers of Europe, with the possible exception of England. Italy is one of the powers which itussia desired to enlist on her side. The Italian government was requested to join in presenting a note to the United States regarding the control of the Philippines. Big Mills for Cripple Creek. Charles F. Phillips, a mining expert who has been in the South African gold fields, has gone to Colorado in the interest of Eastern capitalists who own valuable claims in the Cripple Creek district. “These gentlemen,” says Mr. Phillips, “have seen great possibilities in the development of low-grade properties in Colorado. They see the necessity of mills for treating low-grade ore, and realize that the only thing lacking is the facilities. I am in a position to state that several Eastern capitalists are planning for the construction of big mills. One is already in process of erection with a capacity of 500 tons of low-grade ore a day. This mill will quote prices greatly below the standard now prevailing, making a rate of about $5.50 per ton. There is every reason to believe that in a year other mills will go up, treating ore by the new electric process, for $3 or $3.50 per ton. This will revolutionize mining in the Cripple Creek district, as well as in Victor, Goldfield and other surfrounding camps. Seven-dollar surface and dump ore can be treated at an enormous profit, not only to the mine owners, but to the mill as well.”

Farmer Does Murder in Self-Defense. Joseph Woodward, a farmer living near Richfield Center, Ohio, died from the effects of injuries inflicted by his halfbrother, Edward Woodward, as the result of a quarrel. The Woodwards were unloading fodder and Edward started to place some of it where Joseph objected. Edward insisted and Joseph drew a jackknife, opened it and advanced toward his brother with the remark: “If you don’t move that fodder I will kill you.” Edward picked up a pitchfork and as Joseph approached struck him over the head and knocked him down. Joseph jumped up and again started for his brother, only to be met by another blow. This did not knock him down, but dazed him. He walked a short distance and sat down. Later he was taken to the house and it was then discovered that he was badly hurt. There were two witnesses to the affair. One, a neighbor named Clarence Woodring, says that Edward acted in selfdefense. The whole township is wrought up over the tragedy. Both men were popular. Joseph was about 40 years of age and a bachelor, while Edward is 35 and has a family.

Crew Libels Steam Whaler. Fifteen sailors of the steam whaling bark Belvidere have filed a libel against the bark in the United States District Court at San Francisco. They allege that they shipped for a twelve months’ whaling cruise, that they were frozen in all winter in the Arctic near Point Barrow.and that when the vessel got away and reached Port Clarence at the expiration of their term of service they asked to be discharged. They aver that the master, Captain Mallard, not only refused to comply with their request, but kept them virtually prisoners on board the bark for eight months longer. Private Mailing Cards Admitted. Postmaster General Emery Smith has issued an order admitting private mailing cards, authorized by the act of May Iff, 1898, into the foreign mails at 1 cent postage each for Canada and Mexico, and 2 cents each for all other postal union countries. This permits the sending of any kind of card in lieu of requiring the usual postal card, provided the size is the same as official cards. Troops Sail for Manila. The transport Newport has sailed from San Francisco for Manila with Gen. Miller and staff and the last of the Philippine expedition. The troops that went away comprise some of the Kansas regiment, the Alger battery of Wyoming and a regiment of the California heavy artillery.

Tie Up Dallas Street Cars. The lines of the Consolidated Electric Street Car Company in Dallas, Texas, are tied up by a strike. Several motormen were discharged by the new superintendent and other men were put in their places. The employes demanded the reinstatement of the discharged men. Golf Player Chloroformed. Ockley C. Johnson, 'see professional golfer, was chloroformed in a hotel on the Natural Bridge road near St. Louis and robbed of SIOO in cash, a gold watch and chain and other valuables. New Republic Moves Capital. The Government of the United States of Central America is removing its capital.from Amalpala, Honduras, to Chinandega, Nicaragua, which will be the permanent seat of government. Influence of Elections and Weather. Bradstreet’s views the business situation thus: “While the influence of the elections and of unfavorable weather has

been such as temporarily to reduce the volume of current trade, the innate strength of the general trade situation is shown by the very satisfactory reports received as to bank clearings, railroad earnings, prices and other measures of business development. More inquiry is to be reported for pig iron, and although new orders are not as yet numerous, this fact itself is an encouraging one. The cereal markets have been quite steadily held, notwithstanding the subsidence of the war talk and less active foreign demand, pointing to the strength of the statistical position of most grains. Spot cotton has been unchanged on good domestic and foreign demand, but quotations of futures have been affected rather unfavorably by the growing belief in a maximum yield. Government estimates pointing to a yield 1,000,000 below last year’s turnout are practically ignored. The sugar war goes merrily on, an independent refinery has started and the margin between waw and refined is now only .41 per cent against a margin before the fight began of nearly .92 per cent. Wheat, including flour shipments, for the week aggregates 3,647,693 bushels, against 6,773,643 bushels last week. Corn exports for the week aggregate 2,142,745 bushels, against 3,356,640 bushels last week.” CINCINNATI OFFICIAL KILLED. John C. Roth, County Treasurer, is Crushed in an Elevator. County Treasurer John C. Roth met a tragic death at Cincinnati. He was found with his head crushed on the elevator in his big pork packing establishment. The theory as to the accident which is accepted by the coroner and the family is that after stepping on the elevator he pulled the lever. It worked hard and he gave it a jerk. He started it, but in doing so he slipped and fell. His head dropped over the edge, and as he could not right himself in time his head was caught between the elevator and the bottom of the third floor. The elevator went on and did not stop until the automatic mechanism had done its duty.

AWFUL TRAGEDY IN KENTUCKY. Robert Brown Kills His Wife and Her Parents- He Is Captured. Near Glasgow, Ky., Robert Brown shot and killed his father-in-law, Louis McClellan, his mother-in-law and his wife, Bertha, and dangerously wounded his brother-in-law. He then made his escape. An alarm was sounded and a posse quickly collected and gave pursuit. Brown was tracked to his barn, which was surrounded. He opened fire on his pursuers, which was returned, over 100 shots being fired. The pursuers were about to burn the barn over his head when Brown appeared at the door with his weapons in his hands and surrendered. Murderer Bakes His Victim. A sensational murder was committed in a North London (England) bakery. A homeless Pole of the name of Schneider was given lodging in the bake-house, and he murdered the baker’s German assista.nt, throwing the victim inside the oven. The baker, aroused by the stench of the burning body, descended to the bakehouse and Schneider tried to murder him also, clubbing him over the head and stabbing him in the chest. The shrieks of the baker brought the police and Schneider was overpowered.

Is the Infanta Maria Teresa. Wreckers who have arrived at Nassau brought with them stores from the stranded vessel off Cat Island which establishes beyond a doubt that she is the Infanta Maria Teresa. They report that the water is in her between decks, that she has a list to starboard, which side is damaged, and that she is dismantled. Missouri Bank Cleaned Out. The Kirksville, Mo., Savings Bank was entered by burglars and robbed of $14,000 in Government bonds, belonging to Samuel Reed, president, and SIB,OOO in gold and greenbacks. Two thousand dollars in silver was left, evidently being too heavy, and $2,400 in the vault was overlooked by the robbers. Thirteen Murderers Hanged. The mails from Sierra Leone, West Africa, bring news of the hanging at Kwellu of thirteen murderers of American missionaries, members of the United Brotherhood of Christ, in the Sherbroo district of Sierra Leone, last May. Missouri Soldiers Mustered Out. The last company of the Fifth Missouri volunteers has been mustered out and the men have left for their homes. With the exception of a few soldiers, all at the Kansas City hospitals, all of the Third and Fifth are now out.

Lucchenni Goes to Prison for Life. At Geneva, Switzerland, the Italian anarchist, Luigi Lucchfenni, who stabbed and killed Empress Elizabeth of Austria in September last, was placed on trial. The prisoner w’as sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life. Tragedy off Turtle Light. Fishermen from Green Island report at Toledo that Lightkeeper Gibeant, of the Turtle light, small schooner with a crew of six men and one woman go down during the recent gaie. Suffocated In a Hotel Fire. Gus Enz, night clerk, and John Moore, waiter, in the New York kitchen at Wallace, Idaho, were suffocated in a fire in the Idaho hotel. Ex-Mayor Cregier Is Dead. DeWitt C. s Cregier, ex-Mayor of Chicago, died at his home in that city. For two years he had suffered from Bright’s disease. Death of Mexico’s Chief Justice. Francisco Baca, Chief Justice of Mexico, is dead, after a long illness. He was one of the chief members of the Liberty party. a Yamagata Forms a Cabinet. A new cabinet has been formed to assist Premier Yamagata in administering the affairs of Japan.

THE MARKETS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 66c; corn, No. 2,31 cto 32c; oats, No. 2,23 c to 25c; rye, No. 2,49 cto 50c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 19c to 21e; potatoes, choice, 28c to 35c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep and common to choice, $3.50 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 29c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.50 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,68 cto 69c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2,26 cto 27c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 53c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,67 cto 69c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 86c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2,56 cto 58c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.25 to $3.75; sheep and lambs, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; rye, 53c to 55c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye, No. 2,52 c to 53c; clover seed, new, $5.00 to $5.10. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 3,33 cto 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 1,51 cto 53c; barley, No. 2,40 cto 48c; pork, mess, $7.50 to SB.OO. Buffalo —Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $8.50 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $5.75. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 77c; corn, No. 2,39 cto 40c; oats, No. 2,28 cto 30c; butter, creamery, 16c to 24c; eggs, Western, 22c to 24c,

UNC’ RASTUS’ POSSUM YARN.

Thankssivine Story Told by the Old Negro for the Children.

N Old Unc’ Rastus Pettibone’s home, a very modest little four-room establishment, great preparations were being made for.the Thanksgiving festivities which the next day was expected to usher in.

The morning came and Aunt Patty took the opossum which Unc* Ras’ had caught and placed him in a broad pan and put him in the oven. After the opossum had baked for a while she opened the oven and put in the pan a lot of sweet potatoes which had previously been boiled and split and let them brown in the ’possum fat. When the animal was done brown the family and their friends gathered around the festal board and the middle-sized girls and the big girls, the old folks and the young folks pitched into the dish and made merry over the arrival from the South. After the dinner they had some music, and wound up with a dance. When the dance was ended the visitors, to the number of seven or eight, left with a chorus of good-bys and jokes and the family were left by themselves. “Put on some coal on dat fiah, you Bonapaht,” said Unc’ Rastus. “My law, dat ’possum remine me of ole Ahkansaw, yassah," it stoly do.” “Tell us ’bout it, pa,” said Ca’line, and the other children clamored for the story. “Well,” said Une’ Rastus, “down dah in de Boston mountains whah I’ze bawn we dun liv’ in one dese heah cabins, log cabins. Dey chink up twix de logs with mud, an’ buil’ a chimlcy on de outside. We all had nine dogs an’ so-teen in de family. Da wuz er smoke-houf.e an’ chicken coop an’ er ash-hoppah by de cabin an ’er cawn crib. We wuz in de valley an’ a mile down de road live Eph Baker an’ his family. Long ’bout dis time de yeah Eph an’ me

WHEN UNC’ RASTUS WAS YOUNG.

an’Wash Adams an’ de Beazely boys we’d staht out early in de evenin’ aftah ’possum. Tain’ no use sow to go twel de ’simmons is ripe an’ de fros’ ripe de ’simmons. Yessah, de fros’ it ripes de ’simmons an’ den de ’possum he gwyne come out in de moonlight. Dey wuz mons’ous woods dah. Dey wuz red oak, black oak, pos’ oak, gum tree, ellum, sycamo’ an’ a lot othuz. “Well, suh, we’d have ’bout fohty dogs mo’ er less an’ one de Beazely boys he’d fotch ’long ole musket. Das all de gun we got. De moon he light up de valley, de old ’broom sage’ fiel’s dey lay in’ round, an’ at de aidge de fiel’s wuz mos’ oftenest de ’simmon trees. Now, de ’possum love ’simmons. He eat berries, yassah, an’ buds an’ roots, but, my Lawd, he fine ’simmon tree de darkest night evah blowed. “De boys dey off in de woods chasin’ ’roun’ de fiel’s an’ tarin’ up de groun’ lookin’ for ’possum. Da jus’ three kine o’ dogs in dat country. Da is de houn ? dog, de cur dog an’ de fice dog. De cur dog, dey mos’ly call ’em mungrel heah, dey bes’ foh ’possum. We lisson to dem crazy dogs hollah an’ bark. Den Eph Baker he say, ‘Das Tige, de triflin’ scoun’rel.’ “Den we heah another bark an’ es we heah dat dog hollah all de boys dey say, ‘Das music. Das sholy ’possum.’ I gwyne tell you we rar over de broom-sage an’ we git ovah de fence an’ dah by er big ’simmon tree dah’s music. Bose, Venus an’ er lot tie othah dogs. Tige, he ain’ dah. Ole mist’ ’possum he up in tip o’ de ’simmon tree, and I climb de tree an’ soon I ketch ’im, he give up an’ play he daid. Yassah, he doan show no sign dat he livin’. Den we sets de dogs goin’ again, an’ mebbe we hear off in de aidge o’ de woods boo-woof, boo-woof, 00, 00, 00, an’ if dey is ernudder dog go wah-ah arp-arp-arp kine o’ high, den das music an’ das ’possum. Den we clar de fences an’ run throo de broom-sage an’ when we find ole music Jey’s ’possum dah. “Well, sub, when we git all de ’possum we want we go home, an’ den I take big ole ’possum an’ dress him an’ stretch him out on de roof of de smokehouse. In de mornin’ day takes ’im an’ day pa’bile ’im to kit out da wile taste, an’ den day puts ’im in old oven. De fat jes’ bile out, an’ when de ’possum gettin’ bake awhile yo ole mammy take dese yer long yams dat been bile already an’ put in de oven with mist’ ’possum. “Yo’ ole mammy got turnips an’ baekboie, cabbage an’ hambone an’ lye hominy an’ pone, corn pone. Well, suh, dey all bus’ deyselves eatin’ ’possum, an’ gen-ally has a little o’ dish yer apple-jack an’ dey sweetens it with ’lasses. Yo’ kin eat a heap o’ ’possum, caze it doan’ hurt yo’. When de ’possum all gone, all de sop cleaned up, de taters an’ de cabbage, de hambone an’ de backbone des out o* de way, den dey clears away all de dishes an’

THANKGIVING DINNER ON THE OLD FARM

de table an’ dey ’gins to pat juba an’ git de fiddle an’ de banjo down. “Day doan dance dese yer waltzes in my time. Dey dance one at a time or maybe dey’s a boy an’ a wench dey dances togedder. But dey dance. Dey doan slide. Dey buck an’ dey wing an’ dey doubleshuffle an’ puts in de fancy steps an’ de res’ dey pats an’ hollers. De fiddler he got de fiddle way down on de lef’ arm, an’ he sawin’ away on ‘Chicken in de Breadtray,’ ‘Cottoneye Joe,’ ‘Soapsuds Ovah de Fence,’ or some o’ dey hoe-down tunes, an’ de banjo keepin’ time. Dey loose de

DREAMING OF OLD DAYS.

chinkin’ out de logs. Oh! my law, all de dishes jumpin’ in de cupboard an’ de pick’ninnies dey jumpin’ up an’ down—yo kain hole ’em down. Ole Mammy Jupe—de real ole mammy—she sit in de cornah smokin’ one o’ dese yere red clay pipes with one o’ de cane stems dat dey cuts in de cane-brake. De dogs dey outside breakin’ de ’possub bones an’ growlin’ ovah de hambone. “When one boy get tiahd dancin’ ernud-

der boy he step in an’ dey des keep dancin’ an’ singin’ an’ pattin’ all night—yassah, twell de ole red sun he showin’ dat he gwyne come ovah de mountain. Den dey all slip away an’ go whah dey can sleep foh all day.” Mr. Rastus reached for his pipe. “Git along to bed now, you chillen,” he said, and there was a general scampering. The old man puffed away reminiscently.

Our Thanksgiving.

We’d thought on this Thanksglvin’ day To eat our punkin pie With dear old mother at the farm, As in the days gone by. But greater Power than we had willed That mother shouldn’t stay, An’ then we couldn’t bear the farm, When she had slipped away. So brother John, he sent me word Ter visit him a spell, An’ eat in style Thanksglvin’ day Up at his big hotel. Well, sech a bill o’ fare as that I never see afore, With all the things I ever eat, An’ several dozen more. I labored hard to do my part At talk an* etiquette; Though John was hardened to this world, Sometimes his eyes wuz wet I knew that though his purse could buy The costliest kind of dish, Fer mother’s rare Thanksglvin’ treat He often felt a-wlsh. An’ when I left him fer the night, I couldn't help but say, “It ain’t the food ner yit the style That makes Thanksglvin’ day.” —Detroit Free Press.

KEPT THE GOBBLER.

Farmer Bolton Finds He Has Many Reasons to Be Thankful.

LAMED if I quite agree with this yjWI'"JE" > ) here wa y of regala tin’ our givin’ of ■ ! "\\ thanks by law an’ ) p r 0 c l erma tions,” y said Farmer Bolton in a meditative P" way to his wife. “It looks too much like settin’ a stake an’ a servin’ notice that when you

reach it you must bow down an’ make your acknowledgment, no matter what your real feelin’s is. I can’t see that we’ve got much ter be thankful fur this year, Liddy.” “O, yes, we have. We ” “Hol* on, now, hoi’ on, Liddy. That’s a way you have of rushin’ me with argyments an’ downin’ me afore I gets rightly started. Jest wait UU I git through. Our

crops was mostly & 'ailer. owin to too much rain. What we did harvest didn’t really pay fur th’ raisin’. That two-year-old colt was killed by lightnin*, most of our standin’ timber was destroyed by fire an’ a good many rods of fence went th’ same way. Now you can’t honestly say, Liddy, that we’re as fur along as we was this time a year ago.” “I didn’t know you were so worldly, Josh. You talk as though we ought to rebel against Providence whenever the credit side of our bank book doesn’t have a steady growth. We’re both in th’ prime of life with good health. We’ve been given more time to pay off the mortgage. None of the great disasters we read about has touched us. There is plenty in the cellar and the granary to live on if we were without a dollar. That state of affairs would be a godsend to tens of thousands this winter, Josh. And you know that Jimmie pulled through after the doctor gave him up and is as hardy as a knot!” “So he did, the blessed little imp of mischief. But I won’t dispute with you, Liddy. You don’t give a feller no fair chance. I was goin’ to sell that 20-pound gobbler, but we’ll jest keep him fur a center piece Thanksgivin’.”

THE THANKSGIVING DINNER.

The Main Traditional Feature of This Annual Repast Is the Turkey.

z- main traditional {■ — feature of the Thanks■'l i giving dinner is the [ft M 9 turkey. Of course .I f there are regions Hl where mince pies and / plum puddings are religiously served every year, but it is growing more the custom

among people who respect their digestion to indulge in lighter deserts. The beginning and end of the banquet should be dainty rather than substantial. A modest but thoroughly satisfactory dinner planned for that day is to consist of oysters on the half shell, pea soup, lobster chops, roast turkey, stuffed with chestnuts; cranberry sauce, stuffed potatoes, fried cucumbers, celery salad, with crackers and cheese; lemon ice, coffee, fruit and nuts. The table must be spread with the finest damask in the house; the biggest, glossiest napkins must be folded neatly in squares; the silver must be polished, the glass shining, the middle of the table should be decorated with some kind of autumn flowers or foliage. Chrysanthemums of course are the most common blossoms, and as they come in colors to harmonize with any scheme of decoration they seem most appropriate. The tawny yellow and reddish browns are very effective. They should be placed in a big, low glass or silver bowl, round or oval in shape, in the center of the table.

Pumpkin Pies and Thanksgiving.

With the pumpkin borrowed from the Indian, and the Yankee ingenuity that grew up with the New Englander forced to rely on his inventive skill, the pie was an easy creation. The pumpkin no doubt was one of the earliest of its family, for fruits when the white man came were only such as he found wild and they would not keep through the fall and winter as the modern genius has made possible. The pumpkin, however, was a keeper, and therefore available at late periods of the year for pies and sauces, and it has never lost its place on the Thanksgiving table. Nor, to do it justice, is there any reason why it should. The pumpkin pie needs no apologies on Thanksgiving or any other day.

Our Own American Day.

No matter what its obsoure origin, the American Thanksgiving is our own American day now, and, set in its thoroughly American surroundings, it is a chief among all the.happy days of the year. May we all have opportunity and reason to appreciate and share in many of them.

A Wise Boarder.

The New Boarder—You don’t seem to enjoy this Thanksgiving turkey. You eat very sparingly of it. The Old Boarder—Well, you see, I don’t want to eat too much of this turkey the first time, or I won’t be able to stand it the rest of the week.—Yellow Book.

Signs of the Times.

First Turkey—Oh, cheer up, old man, you are superstitious. Second Turkey—No, I’m not superstb tious, but when I pick up cranberries by the kitchen door three days in succession it makes me kinder melancholy.

Circumstances Alter Cases.

Pa gives John a “little dressing,’’ Without asking, when he’s late, But John has to ask for “dressing” When he passes up his plate. The Night Before Thanksgiving

CHAT OF THE CHURCH

WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD. New* Nelea iom All Lands Regarding Their Religions Thought and Movement—What the Great Denomination* Are Doing.

MR. MOODY was recently challenged by the Manhattan Liberal Club to debate I j the merits of Christianity with £ two of the leadng Secularists of the world. Mr. Moody’s reply is worthy of readIng: “I cannot ac2ept your invitation to debate

with leading Secularists for many reasons, of which I shall only refer here to two. In the first place, my mind is made up on the question proposed, namely, the -relative merits of Christianity and infidelity, under whatever name it appears. Nobody who studies history need hesitate in answering the question; and I know what Jesus Christ has done for me during the past forty years, since I have trusted Him. Let the members of your club accept Christ as their personal Savior, and they need not waste time discussing such a question. If I had a remedy that never failed to cure a disease for forty years, I should not stop to consider its merits with another remedy. “My other reason is that the times call for action, not for discussion. Hundreds of thousands of men and women are dropping into drunkards’ and harlots’ graves every year right here in New York. Now, let us all join hands and do what we can to save them. I will try to reach them with the Gospel. I will tell them of a Savior who came to seek that which was lost, who died a cruel death on the cross in order that their sins might be blotted out in His precious blood. If there is any merit in infidelity let your members likewise put it into practice. Let them reach out a helping hand to those unfortunates who are sunk in vice and misery. “Then, when they are restored to purity of life, we shall have time to turn aside to discussion.—Yours truly, D. L. Moody.” The Preaching that Tells. “I leave these thoughts, with you.” Who does not recognize that as the familiar conclusion of a contemporary sermon? Some preachers still perorate, but perorations are old-fashioned and ineffective, and so, many conclude with a few telling lines of poetry or with a sentence meant to be specially felicitous, memorable, and surprising. But what has become Of the application? It has not entirely disappeared, but where it exists it is generally as a meager tail-piece, stuck on at the end. Even then it is seldom an application to the unsaved. It has somehow come to be taken for gu.nted that everyone to be found within the walls of a Christian church is a Christian, and that all he needs is stimulus to ascend. Now, it has never been thus in periods where the gospel was doing its work. The great principle of sermons followed by conversions is that there should be applications all through, or at least that a constant vein of application should pervade them. “This is for you and this is for you.” The sermon is not to be a formal discharge fired off as a matter of course which disturbs nobody. It should be directed with intention and earnestness. It should be full of light and fire and love. Certainly the solicitors and seducers of the soul are as clamorous in their importunity as ever they were, and they will easily win the prize from embarrassed and halting pleaders. They only will succeed who recognize that preaching means a stern and terrible struggle, and it may be a single opportunity.—British Weekly.

Have You To-day? Have you and I to-day Stood silent as with Christ, apart from joy or fray Of life, to see by faith His face, And grow, by brief companionship, more true, More nerved to lead, to dare to do, For Him at any cost? Have we to-day Found time, in thought our hand to lay In His, and thus compare His will with ours, and wear The impress of His wish? Be sure Such contact will endure Throughout the day; will help us walk erect Through storm and flood; detect, Within the hidden life sin’s dross, its stain, Revive a thought of love for Him again; Steady the steps which waver; help us see The footpath meant for you and me. —George Klingle. Security of the Lord’s People. The Lord’s people are to enjoy security in places of the greatest exposure: wildernesses and woods are to be as pastures and folds to the flock of Christ. If the Lord does not change the place for the better, He will make us the better In the place. The wilderness is not a place to dwell in, but the Lord can make it so; in the woods, one feels bound to watch rather than to sleep, and yet the Lord giveth His beloved sleep even there! Nothing without nor within should cause any fear to the child of God. By faith the wilderness can become the suburbs of heaven, and the woods the vestibule of glory.—C. H. Spurgeon. Forming Character To-day. One who does right to-day need not be troubled about doing right to-mor-row. Every act done is a seed that will bear fruit, each after its kind. The man who is generous to-day will find it easier to be generous to-mor-row. An act repeated often enough becomes a habit, and the fruit of habit is character. Subjects of Thought. The sun, reflecting upon the mud of strands and shores, is unpolluted in his beam. Covetousness, like a candle ill-made, smothers the splendor of a happy for- j tune Ln its own grease. A man can carry his mind with him as he carries his watch; but like the watch, to keep it going he must keep it wound up. A man that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. It is the character of consummate merit to be able to live in a retreat with honor, after one has lived in public with splendor. How will you find good? It is not a thing of choice; it is a river that flows from the foot of the Invisible Throne and flows by the path of obedience. The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice

so mean and low that every person o sense and character detests and despises It Opinion is a light, vain, crude and imperfect thing, settted lh the imagination, but never aririving at thfcunderstanding, there to obtain the tincture of reason. We should manage our fortunes as we do our health—enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity. A heavenly life is the freest from sin, because it has truer and livelier apprehensions of spiritual things. He hath so deep an insight into the evil of sin, the vanity of the creature, the brutishness of fleshly, sensual delights, that temptations have little power over him. Very few men can be found who have no unfulfilled desires which they are striving to gratify, or who are so absolutely secure of the future that they may give literal heed to the Biblical command to take no thought for the morrow. But this forethought is not worry—at least it need not be worry—it is merely incertitude, prudent care for the future, or even slight anxiety. Harassing impatient expectation, disproportionate fear of the unknown—this is worry, and this is what causes the heart to struggle, the arteries to weaken, and the mind to fall.

What Divers Are Called Upon to Do

James Cassidy contributes an article to the St. Nicholas, entitled “Under the Sea: The Dress and Apparatus of a. Modern Diver.” Mr. Cassidy says: Every large vessel is now built of iron, and, in order to keep up the requisite speed, her bottoms require frequent cleaning, also, should the screw become fouled or deranged, from various causes, the diver can always put it in working order. Should the anchor become fouled with the cable chain of another vessel, the diver can go down and free it, and so avoid the loss of the anchor. In many other cases a diver supplied with the necessary outfit may be instrumental in saving a valuable vessel and cargo by repairing leaks from collisions and other accidents. Our diver may also be' employed in the laying and inspection of mooringchains, the clearing of dock-gates and sluice-valves, in inspecting the founda-. tion of bridges, removing obstructions in rivers, entering shafts of mines overflowed with water to clear the outlets, and In the repairing of the pumps. Should a well-pump under water need repairing, a competent diver understanding this branch of engineering can accomplish the repairs with as much ease as though he were on dry land. He can lay tubes and pipes for waterworks under the beds of rivers, enter into and repair gas-holders, descend into dangerous places where foul air and noxious gases have collected, such as the fire-damp in mines or gases in old wells. Of course, a man undertaking such work must not only be a good diver, but he must also understand his trade—engineering, masonry, carpentery, wellsinking, or bridge-building. In opensea work he must necessarily be a good seaman. The sponge, pearl, coral, and amber fisheries, as you may imagine, demand the labors of a large staff of expert divers.

First American College of Forestry

Considering the manner of its endowment, It is particularly fitting that the first adequately equipped college of forestry in the United States should be organized by Cornell University. This has been done under an act of the Legislature instituting the New York State College of Forestry, and placing it under the government of the university. The college starts on its work with an Initial appropriation of 30,000 acres of forest land in the Adirondack Mountains, and the law contemplates the technical management by the college of the entire forest area of the State, which it is thought will ultimately approximate 3,000,000 acres. The college “rooms” are the forests themselves, and the lessons to be taught aim at the selection of trees of the highest economic value and. their cultivation on a system promising the most rapid growth. For many years the great forest tracts of the United States have been subject to unrestrained denudation. Now, cultivation and conservation are found necessary. This first State college of forestry will determine the kind of trees that can bq grown to the best advantage and howj this growth can be promoted.

Cut Up the Wrong Hat.

A Scotch university professor, Irritated* to find that his students had go<t) into the habit of placing tiheir bats and; canes on his desk, instead of in the 1 cloakroom, announced that the next ar-i tide of the kind placed there would bo destroyed. Some days later the professor was called for a moment from the classroom. A student slipped into his private room and emerged with the, professor’s hat, which he placed con-i spicuously on the desk, while his fellows grinned and trembled. The professor, on returning, saw the hat, thought some rashly obstinate student had been delivered into his hands, and, taking out his knife, he cut the offending article to pieces, while vainly attempting to conceal the smile of triumph that played about his countenance. He was in a very bad temper the next day.—Pittsburg News.

Why Locomotives Are Numbered.

A prominent railroad man saye that the old custom of naming engines instead of numbering them was done away with because there was such a pressure brought to bear in favor of this, that and the other locality. The| various influences used became so annoying to the officials that they decided! to adopt the plan of numbering the locomotives, which was done. A similar nuisance exists at Washington in the Navy Department Probably during the late war Secretary Long was pestered more with people who wanted vessels named in honor of somebody or something than he was with all thej other questions which came before him put together.

Sailors Explode Sharks.

The men in the fleet blockading Havana beguiled the weary days by shark fishing on somewhat novel lines. Thej men fasten a small dynamite cartridge* to the end of a wire attached to an electric machine. A lump of pork is at-j tached to the cartridge and thrown, overboard, and as soon as the creature swallows the bait the current is turned, on, the dynamite explodes, and the, shark is blown to pieces.

Big East India Tin Factory.

The largest tin factory in the world; is situated on Sulo Brani, an island In the Bay of Singapore. It turns out monthly 1,200 tons of tin, more than the product of Cornwall and more than that of Australia. The ore comes from Belangor and Perak in Malacca. Gossip is always short lived unless it is properly ventilated. 1 It’s sometimes difficult to get eveiL with a man who credits you. ~