Manchester Democrat. [volume], November 28, 1900, Image 3

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THAT BbY OF MINE.
In babyland to shine,
And yet the neighbors all admire
That little boy of mine.
Like many other baby boys
He dearly lores a row,
n'. r^And oft ,1 wish he'd stop his noise,'
His chubby little hands
In pure'and perfect innocence '":Ui
ry He looks almost divine—
•The sweetest gift of .Provideuce "\i'*
tlre
And smooth his troubled brow.
But^ when his little eyes'are dry—
Where tiny sparkles shine—
The wealth of Klondike would not buy.
That little boy of mine.
His faults are few—if faults they be—
I tell them iu a joke
To visitors, but generally
Feel sorry that I spoke.
For ere they have a chance to lftiigh
^His grandma cries, "Why, Joe,
You used to make more noise by half
Some thirty years ago."
Then as we lay him down to rest,
In childhood's snowy bands,
And fold upon his little breast 7'/
Is that wee boy of mine,
—Chicago Record. A'*1..:'
Prank's Football Fatality
A trim little figure In a fall suit or
moss-green with a bewitching little
toque of cerise silk on ber fair bair bad
come In at the gate—was ascending the
steps.
Miss Denslow fluttered to the hall
door.
"Come lu!" she cried hospitably.
"Thank you, no. I just brought a few
flowers for the poor young -gentleman".
Will you give them to him with my
sympathy?"
g|e smiled—disappeared. And Frank
Harland found himself holding a mass
of scarlet geraniums and delicate ferns.
The next morning it was a little bunch
of late violets—tlie day after a bouquet
of fragrant heliotrope. But despite her
dainty floral gifts.the young music
teacher never came in.
"Ask her," Frank -would" ebtrcat.
"Tell her I wish to thank her."
'ft have, my dear," his aunt would cry
in despair. "Here, you're getting fever
ish"again. You'll have a relapse. I can't
think what's doming over youj'
The days did not drag now—at least
not until,after Isola had passed. Then
there was the afternoon to watch for
when she came home. A delightful ani
mation thrilled the convalescent ath
lete. Once she had met his eyes—and
blushed. The next tlmo she smiled.
Finally—ecstatic day! she bowed.
But there came a day—one glorious,
copper-colored October day when
Frank's aunt got a shoclt which left ber
breathless—and Isola Ray got another.
This Is the way it came about: Twitter
ing old Miss Ucnslow, swooping In on
her beloved patient with a tray of deli
cacies, almost dropped the tray at sight
of ber tall nephew, erect, smiling,
clothed in his ordinary habiliments.
"It's all right," he assured her. "I
couldn't play 111 one day longer—not an
hour! To stay Indoors with that sky,
that sun, that breeze! It would be
criminal. Here, I'll drink your broth,
auntie. I'm only going for a short
walk."
It was a short walk. It was only as
far as the house with the flower-Ailed
windows across the street.
It was Isola Ray herself—Isola, In a
Quakerish little gray house gown, that
matched her eyes, and a fetching little
apron of ruffled lawn, who opened the
door to him.
"You!" she stammered. She grew
quite white. "Why—you
"I'm not a ghost," he assured, her,
smiling. "My name Is Frank Harland.
I've come to thank you for all those
exquisite flowers. Won't you ask cie
In?"
"But I—but my—iny friend said that
you—you were crippled for life! And I
thought—I thought—"
"ffow, isola Ray!" protested a pliln-
tows*.
f«*|
fijOT might be worse, Frauk, deal
II consoled the rosy little aunt.
"It uitghtl" admitted Frank,
ploomllj..
"It's a pleasant street to look out,on
If It Is quiet,'* slie.added.
It,, was a pleasant street tliey were
looking'out on then from the window
(of UlcMlttle Olfl-fdshloneil house with
Ito-flnttertog-dimtty curtains nnd bright
brass doorbell. It Is tucked awa
pie.Wsst SJile. Jt Is notfaiororttimftwo
(Mocks In length.- The fhouses arc' de
tached and have quite an air of exclu
•lrenegi. Two long green grass plats
run down (he center of'the street, nnd
between tliem a jolly little fountain
goes forever—
Leaping toward the sun-heart to be
warmer.
Then recoiling in a tremble from the too
much light above.
But despite the pleasant a: ct of the
place and his aunt's adoring miuistra-
A-
IT WAS ISOLA KAY IttcngEI.r.
Hons, Frank Borland found the days
dragged^ To have been hurt In foot
ball—In a practice game at that! To be
obliged to leave the team and cuddle
down and keep still like a naughty.child
who is doing penance In the corner!
Worst of all, to be even temporarily de
barred from the youthful companion
ship In which he so delighted—it was
deuced hard—It was,disgusting!
"Now that you're sitting up you'll be
out in no time,-' bis aunt assured him
.cheerily.. "Now," it's time for your
nourishment. Eh, my dear?"
"Who Is she?" cried the young fellow.
He had caught her arm suddenly. "Yes
—there! Coming out of* the opposite
lionse. She passes here every day. See
—out of that house with all the beauti
ful flowers'in the windows!"
"She? O, her name Is Isola Ray!"
"Isola Bay!" he repeated. His dark
poetic young face.lit up. "What a de
licious name!"
"She has been away at boardiug
schoot, She graduated this summer.
She is giving music lessons. They say
she is bright. She's a relative of the
old people over there. Why—she is
coming in here!"
rue mfstreu of tb^house
came
®*s rosy as the summer sky ,j :c
At dawning of the day
Hla little "goo-goo's" signify ..
things that he would say.
He's innocent of all desire
up to the ball. "I thought
ydu
nskcil
N.*V
VS. L. BTBONO.
'when
me tibout tbe sick
gentleman
at the window that you meant old Mr.
Benham, who lives at 33.- He's been all
•but bedridden for years. I did not know
you meant Miss Denslow's nephew.
Come lu, Mr. Hnrland."
Never was invitation accepted with
more alacrity. That wasn't the only
time Frank entered the -flowcr-fllled
'parlor—ah, not by mauy!
"A year ago," he says to-day, and
sighs. "Now I know the dire effects of
a foot-ball fatality.
Ami when his friends question him,
he just glances at glittering stone on
a white linger—and attempts explana
tion.
But his fiancee stops him. And they
both laugh. Which, after nil, Is the
only thing to do when oue is happy.—
Chicago Tribune.
HOW THE ANIMALS SLEEP,
Koch Species Has a Different Mode of
Taking Needed Rcat
Dr. Louis Itobinson tells us how vari
ous animals sleep. "The chimpanzee,
as far as I havejbeen able to ascertain,"
says the writer, "uever sleeps upon Its
back, Its favorite position being upon
Its side with one nrni under. Its head.
In this respect It restuibles children of
from 4 to 10 years of age. Tlie only
gorilla which I have had an opportunity
of observing also apparently preferred
this attitude, but occasionally seemed
to sleep comfortably In a crouching po
sition, with its head bowed down be
tween Its knees. Tills latter attitude
appears to be the one adopted by near
ly all the lower monkeys.
"When turned out at pasture all
horses except iliose which arc crippled
by disease or Injury lie down at night
with their legs folded beneath their
bodies. Some of the short-limbed nnd
thick-jointcd animals, sucli as the ele
phant, hippopotamus and rhinoceros,
find a diffletilt.V' In bending their legs
under them after the manner of their
more slender kindred. ,Hence they
sleep upon their sides, in a itiglike atti
tude.
''Bears, as far as I have beSu able to
Observe, have 110 characteristic sleep
ing attitude, for you see them lying in
all sorts 6t grotesque positions, as if
they found oine quite as comfortable as
another. Indeed, a "well-favored bear,
covered with a good layer of fat and a
thick coat of, fur, may be said to carry
his bed about with him, nuil any part
of his skin will serve either for mat
tress or coverlet, as occasion .arises.
Nevertheless, the bear, when sound
asleep, tends to curl himself up, with
his nose and paws Inward, nnd this Is
probably the attitude which in cold
climates he adopts when hibcrpatlng in
his den during the winter senson.
"Knngaroos also appear to be quite
indifferent as to the position of their
.bodies during sleep. Any sunny after
noon at the zoological gardens you may
sec them sprawling on the straw Iu all
Imaginable attitudes. The only things
they seem -to-demand In order to be
perfectly comfortable are reasonable
warmth and plenty of elbow room."—
Pearson's Magazine.
WILLIAM L. STRONG.
Last Mayor of New York City Before
the Consolidation.
The death at his home iu New York
of William L. Strong, ex-Mayor of tli4t
city, removes a man wiio stood high
in the business,
financial and polit
ical life of the me
tropolis. Mr. Strong
was born in Ohio in
1827. At the a^e of
3 lie was left an
orphan and was
thrown upon his
own resources. He
worked In different
dry goods establish
ments {ind while
still a young unm
removed to New York. In 1870 he
started in business for himself, and the
firm which he founded grew to be one
of the most prosperous nnd successful
lu the country. He also Interested him
self in banking and became president
of the Central National Bank.
Mr. Strong took 1m active Interest 111
politics and was one of the leaders In
the "reform" movement In New York
In 1894 and was elected Mayor on the
Republican-Citizens' Union ticket that
year. He was the last Mayor of the
old city "of New York before consolida
tion with Brooklyn and other boroughs
composing the present city of New
York.
Mr.'Strong nt the .time of his death
was connected with several prominent
business concerns and was a member
of numerous clubs. V'
His Greed Was Too Great.
A prominent Barton County farmer
was made the victim of a smooth, al
though by no means new,.'swindle re
cently, through which he was worked
for $375. Several weeks ago a man
claiming to be real estate dealer ap
proached the farmer with a proposition
for the purchase of his liind. An offer
of $50 was paid down to'biml the bar
pain, the "purchaser" giving a Carthage
nddress on his departure. {Some days
.^• afterward another farmsecker came
Wlong and offered $63 an acrc for the
same land.
Of course, the owner wanted to sell
to the second man at the higher figure,
although he had tied himself in a pre
vious contract. So he Wrote the
'Carthage" dealer with reference to a
cancellation "of his contract, and after
some dickering succeeded In persuad
ing the latter to accept $400 in cash in
lieu of the privilege of buying at the
$50 rate. Then he was ready for the
$85 man. But strangely eijough he had
disappeared, and so, It. was shortly af-~
terward discovered, had purchaser No.
1. Then the farmer began to appre
ciate that he had been swindled. He
at once began a hot search for the
artists who had separated him from his
cash, but, of course, their apprehension,
to say nothing of the recovery of any of
the money, la well-dight hopeless.—
Kansas City Journal.
7
The Sho^.
Hereupon I ventured to reason wtlh
woman.
"Your conventional immunities," I
urged, "are not compatable with the
new possibilities which you seek to as
sume! There Is where the shoe pinch
es!"
The worann gave me a withering
look.
"Pinches!" she exclaimed most scorn
fully "It's a mile too big! I could
weaf two sizes smaller!"
Oh, what a futile thing mere logic
seemed now!—Betroit Journal.
About the only difference between
laughing and crying is that laughing
draws the corners of the mouth up and
crying pulls them down.
As soon as a man discovers a new
thing good to eat, the women make
the discovery that it can be fried.
Many a black hat Is an example of
darkness tb«t nay be fe|t.--
THE THANKSGIVING PUMPKIN.
.c" stored.
When the care-wearied iimrf Keeks his moth
er once more,
And the worn matron smiles where the girl
smiled before.
What moistens the Up, what brightens the
eye,
That calls back' the past, like the rlert
pumpkin pie?
O, fruit loved of boyhood the old days re
calling
When wood grapes were purpling and brown
nuts were falling
When wild, ugh* faces-we carved lu Us
skin,
Glaring out through the dark with a can
dle with lu!
When we laughed rouud the cornheap, with
hearts nil lu tune,
Our chair a broad pumpkiu, our lantern
the moon.
Telling tales of the fairy who traveled like
steam
In a pumpkin-shell conch, with two rats
for her team!
Then, thanks for thy present!—none sweet
er or better
E'er smoked from an oven or circled a
platter!
Fairer hands never wrought at a pastry
more fine,
Brighter eyes never watched o'er Its baking
than thine!
And the prayer which my mouth Is too full
to express.
Swells my heart that thy shadow may never
grow lesf,
That the days of thy lot may be lengthened
belo-v.
And the fnme of thy work like pumpkin
vine grow.
Aud thy life be as sweet, and Its Inst sun
set sky
Golden-tinted and fair as Uiy own pumpkin
pie!
—John Greeutenf WbUtier.
THE THANKSGIVING FESTIVAL.
As a RcBUlat* National Holiday It Is
Distinctly Amcricun*
HANKSGIV1NG a*
a regular uutional
holiday is distinctive
ly Auiericau. Yet
there have been
Mi/ Vf ninny festivals in the
past that might serve
us its forerunner.
\J\ Anions tho Jews
there was the very
ancient festival of
the Tabernacles, or
the feast of the in
gathering. It occurred from the latter
part of September to the uiiddle of Octo
ber, lasting eight days at a. time. It was
the feast of rejoicing after the harvest*
ing of the crops, when the great work
of the year was done. The same idea
has prevailed in almost nil nations.
Oreeet^had its Elusiuiun mysteries, last
ing nine days in September, being held
in huuor of Ucmetcr. the goddess of crops
nnd plenty. The Romans, too, celebrat
ed a festival in honor of Ceres, who was
tho Uoman Demeter. This took place
early in October. When I he harvests had
been brought in the people of England
gathered to celebrate the Harvest Home,
a festival ot which there was iiiuck jol
lity and rejoicing.
Tho first Thanksgiving America was
.probably that held by the Pilgrim* in the
fall of 1021 when Gov. Bradford sont a
party out to secure game that a feast
might bo observed. The colonists had
seen the fir^t fruits of their sowing, and'
although the results were nothing great,
yet they were enough to make them
thankful and far better than they might
have been. The hunters went nut and
bagged great quantities of Iturkeys anl
other game, enough, says one of the eoK
onists, to last them a week. Mnssasiof,
who had been a good friend to the set
tlers, came into the feast with uinety of
his followers and they were royally en
tertained for three iys. Besides the
feasting, there were trials of their skill
with the riHe nnd general jollity. Off
and on the autumn eclebratious were held
by the colonists for many years. It did
not become a regular custom to fix day
for Thanksgiving until 1803. when a pres
idential proclamation \Vn& issued calling
upon the nation to offer up prayers and
thank?). Kvcr since that time, each au
tumn has seen the return, of the custom
and it has couie to be observed through
out the natiou. It is a day of rejoicing
It is pre-eminently, ttho day wheu
family ties are strengthened. The family
is the foundation of national greatness
and cousenuenlly the 'country is fat
stronger because or the observance of
this day. Mt is a day, when, as far aa
possible, rare is banished from the mind
The spirit of humauity ,is abroad and the
poor aud. needy are helped to happiness
by those who are more fortunatelv situ
ated.
In New Eugland the/day is associated
with the great old-fashioned house with
blazing hearths, armiud which the mem
bers of the family gather and listen to
strange alid thrilling tales after dinner.
Different congregations moot iu their re
spective churches and*offer up praise aiid
tluiuks for the bounties of the year. Con
tributions are taken up for the poor
Talks nre given that, are calculated to
inspire the listeners to greater effort iu
the future.
No doubt the most wholesome custom
of Thanksgiving is ,the gatheriug of the
members of a family about common
board and their participation iii common
pleasures. Nothing in the world so erases
care, so soothes down trifling differences
and petty feelings of resentment than
this sort of reunion. Especially is this
true if there are a number of young peo
ple, for then the elders put themselves
about to make the children have a good
time. There are games of blind man's
buff and bide qud seek, nnjl ghosts, in
the attic that are the source of niingled
wonder and fear to young hearts. There
is such romping,as the old house has not
known for many a day, and Its balls re
sound with the shouts and peals of mer
ry laughter. Then there is the mighty
dinner without which Thanksgiving is
not a success. The lo.ug, stroug table is
loaded down until it groans with the
weight of the smoking turkeys, the great
dishes of potatoes, squash, cranberries
and a score of other delectable things.
There follow pumpkin and mince pies
and fruit and candy aud delicacies that
can scarcely be named for uuinber. Then
stories are told or read, and there is sing
ing nnd playing by those who are gifted
in musical way.
Surely the world is better after so
much of rejoicing aud freodotn from care.
Prophetic.
CSOOD
un Thaiiksglviug
Day, wheu from
13ast and from
West,
From North aud
from South come
the pilgrim and
guest,
When the grnydmlr
ed New England
er sees round hla
honrd
The old broken links
of reflection re-
it
LET*GOOD* riOB/TJON' WAIT-OH•APPE.TJTEiAND- HXA-lsTJ* ON BOTH
ORIGIN OF THANKSGIVING DAY.
Why American People Observe the
Custom witlrSuch Fervor*
Far back iu 1001, when our great coun
try was but a tiny baby in its -English
long clothes, it happened that there, was
a greut scarcity of food i\nd the little col
ony settled on Massachusetts bay found
themselves threatened with a famine.
The prospect grew darker and darker,
the hearts of the poop!o. brave as they
were, were filled with anxiety, and they
knew not which way to turn. Finally,
feeling that (»od alone could help theiu,
a special day was appointed for fasting
and prayer. But before it cauie'the long
expected lmat containing an abundance
of provisions made its appearance aud
the day of fasting and prayer was trans
formed into oue of good dinners and
hearty thanksgiving.
This is the first general'Thanksgiving
of which we have any record, )Jut by no
means the last, for fronutliat day to this
successive governors and presidents have
set apart ntany different days for special
thanksgiving for some propitious event
in State or country. After the Revolu
tionary War was successfully ended
Washington appointed one which was
universally observed with the greatest
rejoicing, as we may well-believe, and lif
ter our-owu sad war of the rebellion was
nearly over. President IJncolu proclaim
ed another, and though many hearts were
full of sorrow there was a great deal to
lie thankful fur.
Tor more than 100 years the States of
New England have set apart a day in
the autumn for giving thanks to Wod for
the many blessings of the year. It grad
ually came to seem a very pleasant, ap
propriate chistom aiid one State after an
other adopted it. until for several years
past the President has issued a proclama
tion for a day of public thanksgiving
throughout the Union—usually the last
Thursday in November* It is now a legal
holiday, so that' rich and poor alike can
spend it as they will It is a great day
for family reunions and great dinners,
where roast turkey, pumpkin pie and the
like are alway« to be expected. Boys and
girls anticipate its coining and welcome
it with delight, for who in all the wide,
wide world have more to be thankful for
than the young folks of America?—
Teacher's World.
Since the Civil War.
It was uot until President Liucoln's
time that the custom of issuing a
Thanksgiving day proclamation by the
President of the United States was inau
gurated, although on two previous occa
sions of a special character proclama
tions had beeu issued. The circumstances
under which Liucoln's first proclamation
was made were in a sense fully as mo
mentous as were those under which that
of Gov. Bradford was issued.
Wearied with interucciue strife, the
American untion, which hud sprung fronj
a handful of colonists at that early period
of its history to a natiou powerful enough
to put 2,000,000 troops in the field, was
about to end thc'motft painful and bitter
war of all history. The conflict was uot
quite over, but the result was a foregone
conclusion, owing to the fact that the
Sputh vos uuable to further proloug it,
and the feeling of joy at this fact was
almost indescribable. It was, therefore,
with a practically unauimous feeling of
thankfulness that the nation in 1SU4 wel
comed the President's timely suggestion,
and, in spite of the tnahy sad gaps in the
family circles, united to celebrate the oc
casion nuj a feeling of profouud satis
faction reigned.
Since these two memorable proclama
tions were issued there have been many
others of note. A year later the darkest
episode in our annals had closed, and,
although the shadow of a murtyred Pres
ident somewhat marred tho "full joyful
neSs of the occasion, the nation was
agaiu profoundly stirred .to the uttering
of deep and heartfelt thanks. The swords
had been turned into pruniug hooks and
the battle charger neighed peacefully in
the pasture, while the blue and gray
clasped hands once more over the bloody
chasm which had rent the nutiou in
twain.
Comiug ctoU cast their shadows bo- We want not time, but diligence, tor
fore* •,*v-
5
great performances.—Samuel JobasoA*
"'junh'
as of 5
mem f@ a aw®
c£v
SOLILOQUY BY A GOBBLER.
lie Uejcrcts tile Football Hutclico* of
Thanksgiving.
A gobbler, whose beauty of figure and
stately demeanor had saved him.from the
headsinau's .b'lock for lo! these iuany
years, ouce upon a time on Tliauksgiving
day stood up on the top rail of a back
yard feuce when he beheld in the dis
tance a gayly decorated tallyho. It was
loaded with young men who. had chrysan
themums as boutouniers and ribbons of
variegated colors aud assorted lots lo
make glad the heart of the shopper oti
bargain day.
The wise bird deliberately scratched his
head until his curiosity was aroused, and
then showing unwonted energy he follow
ed the procession. Keeping well hidden
behind kindly disposed fences he at last
reached the inelosure where the game
was to take place. A delightful perch
was found in a neighboring tree and soou
the gladiators came forth to combat.
Wheu ohe after another they were
carried wounded and bleeding from the
gridiron arena the tender-hearted bird,
who.hud escaped when his brethren had
given up their lives for the cause of hu
manity and a proper observance of the
day of blessing and rejob-ius, slowly l:e
gitu to soliloquize in this manner:
"I always tiought it needless cruelty
for mankind to wage war on my race on
the day appointed by the President fur
feastiug. but bless me! I would rather
be hung, drawn and quartered than to
run after that ball those fellows are tight
iug over. I have heard of a society for
the prevention of cruelty and I aui con
vinced that a field for usefulness is open
right here.
•The human race is thoughtless of the
suffering it inflicts on inferior life, but
it is apparently as regardless of human
pain nnd agony. For me. would rather
be a dead turkey on Thanksgiving day
than a live football player."
How lo Dress tho Tuble
If one expec ts to give a Tliauksgiving
dinner, tinted autumn leaves should be
gathered,' waxed aud pressed with a
warm irou. Nothing is more beuutiful
for decorating a Thanksgiving diuner ta
ble than the brilliant, varicolored leaves
arranged in designs or strewn carelessly
over the snowy linen. A centerpiece of
any red autumn berries and glossy wated
autumn leaves is very effective.
A Try Intf Question.
If turkeys were tnll os telegraph poles.
Aud ten times broader nnd fatter
Wbo'd do the curving
To keep us from starving,
Amtovluit could we si* for a platter''
—Youth's Companion.
THEN AND NOW.
-vonrS! "So, when red men trod
The unbroken forest—crowned
\.l, B'onui'ng plume from eagle's wlug
lheir happy hunting ground
Iwas where the. Atlantic's waters rolled.
And 'neath the tossing pine
The Pilgrim fathers gathered lu
l'rultngc of tree and vine.
They hunted for the mammoth bird—
1 urkey—tThauksgiving's pride),
Aud dried the ears of ta^selled corn,
With golden inaixe beside:
A'jd in ttie open, wild and free,
I hey sang a hymn of praise
This was the tfrst Thanksgiving feast,
Our best of holidays.
Today 'tis mother spreads the fenst
Before our gladsome eyes
Turkey, jHHes, red aud white,
Hoth mince and pumpkin pies
And young and old crack Jokes and nuts
The cranberry, beside:
Play tag. and sleigh and coast down hill.
Pleasure the hours divide.
Moccaslned feet no lunger tread ,•
Lake Krle'» lovely shores.
No more the-bison swiftly tlee3 .V
The dip of ltidinu oars.
The frail canoe, the tosslug pine,
The Indhwi tepee
Are gone today, we gather 'neath,
The bauner ot the free.
—Cleveland Leader.
Figures that Show the Capacity of the
American People.
O only
one family in ev
ery half dozen
a
hank sgiving
Day, over 2,000.
090 turkeys will
be required to go
a
turkeys are sent
flying north, cast,
south and west,
to all parts of the
United States, in
refrigerator cars. Each of these cars will
hold about 1,000 birds if packed closely
in barrels, so that at least 2,000 cars are
required for transporting turkeys to their
destination. If placed end to end, a line
of these curs would be over twelve miles
long. Figuratively, therefore, a solid
phuiaux of turkey twelve miles long, five
feet wide and six feet high rushes along
in search of hungry diners. Nearly as
many men as there are turkeys are re
quired to handle this immense amount of
poultry, and the cubic contents of the
mass is very nearly a foot to each bird,
or, more accurately, 1,900,800 feet. If
piled together iu the same proportion,
these turkeys would make a column eight
times as high as the Washington monu
ment, aud a pyramid made of them would
look well beside the ancient piles of
Egypt. They would probably weigh up
ward of 15,000,000 pounds.
To kill a few million turkeys and ship
them a thousand miles to market is no
light task, and the old-fashioned methods
of handling and marketing have had to
give way to uewer aud more elaborate
arraugemeuts.
The great majority of the turkeys con
sumed by the American people are pick
ed up ou the poultry farms by buyers
who give their whole time to this work.
They arc gathered at the nearest statlous
and shipped in carload lots to the poultry
factory which the buyer represents. The
use of tho word factory in connection
with poultry is apt to convey a peculiar
idea, but in this case it refers only to
a shed-like structure, half open on the
sides, iu which the birds arc prepared for
market.
The birds are stored in a big shed from
which a narrow passageway, just wide
euough to admit them in single file, lends
to the factory proper. A driver stationed
among the birds keeps a steady linf
traveling along this chute and prevent.!'
them from becoming wedged in by crowd
ing. At the end of the passage, where
it opens into the factory, stands a man
who holds iu one hand a sharp knife that
looks like a diminutive ice pick. As each
bird marches through it is seized by this
man, who quickly dispatches it by
single blow on the head. He throws the
dead birds in a heap at his side, and
thence they are carted away to the
calding room. Prom the scalding tanks
the birds travel on to another room,
where deft bauds and plenty of cold run
ning water thoroughly cleanse them.
Next they are laid out on long blocks of
ice until thoroughly cooled,- when they
are packed with ice in barrels the bar
rels are covered with ordinary bagging,
and as soon as weighed me rcudy for
shipping.
Though this is the ordinary proceeding,
the turkeys which travel, to quick mar
kets are sometimes dry picked and do
not pass through the smidiug tanks at
all. Under this treatment they will keep
longer, without-icing, than when they
have been scalded.
From the factory the dressed turkeys
are shipped in refrigerator cars to their
destiuatiou in the big cities. Some idea
of the extent of the trade in dressed poul
try may be gained from the -statement
that for the eight or ten weeks of the
holiday season the receipts in New York
City alone run as high as 30,000 cases per
week. Each case or barrel contuiu*
about 200 pouuds. so that this means
something like 0,000,000 pounds of poul
try per week. When one comes to mul
tiply this by the number of big cities, he
realizes how capacious is the American
man for such delicacies as these.V.
An Opinion Indorsed.*
''What folks orter db," said the old col
ored man, "is ter try ter gib eberybody
nroun' 'em some 'scuse fob bein' thank"
ful."
Yes," cried Erastus Piakloy, with em
phasis "da's whut dey orter 'stid o' buy
in' new locks foh dab chicken coops."—
Washington Star.
A Redeeming Feature.
"It is certainly a terrible thiug," mused
the turkey, as it saw the farmer ap
proaching with his ax, "to be cut off like
this in my prime. But after all death
has its compensations. At least shall
hear no more Thanksgiving jokes about
getting it iu the neck."—New York Jour*
ml.
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The Dinners Thoy H«tl, |f|||
Tommy—1 had to go to bed for three
days after our Thnnksgiriug dinner.
Johnny—Huh! 1 had to take six kinds
of medicine after ours.-New York
Truth.
The Day Betbre Thanksgiving-.
Parrot (to turkey)—Boast uot 'of the
morrow, for no man knowcth what fl day
may bring forth.
HORROR OF THANKSOIVING—WAITING FOR SEC)ND TABLE.
LARGIIST OF ALL DIAMONDS.
Weighed Nearly Half a Pound While
(Jncutr and Is of the F*rat Water.
No single object exhibited at the
Paris exposition oven remotely ap
proaches In value the gleaming •'Ju
bilee" diamond, as It has been called In
commemoration of the jubilee of the
reign of the Queen of Kugland. It is a
diamond of the first water and of a
beauty aud size that leave anything
known heretofore far behind. This
largest and most costly of all diamonds
weighs In its present shape 239 carats,
while the next largest, the "Orloff,"
crowuiug the Russian imperial sceptre,
weighs bnt 104V6 carats. Also as re
gards whiteness aud tire, as well as lu
the wonderful perfection of its cut, the
"Jubilee" excels all Its rivals.
For the time being this Gollatli
among precious stones Is still owned by
a syndicate of capitalists counected
with the Jagersfoitteiu mine, in which
it was foitud. With regard to the price
oue can hardly speak about that until
the stone has been soldj an event which
is doubtless not goiug to take place in
a hurry, for the guard stationed by the
showcase containing the sparkling gem
gave its value at S.non.ooo fraucs.
whether correctly or not is hard to say.
Only one thing seems assured, namely,
that the stone shown to the admiring
crowds in the pnlais on the Ksplnuade
des luvali.des is paste, while Its original
is kept somewhere in secure custody.
This gem was found on June 30,1893,
Jagersfoutein, in the Orange Free
state. The stone was picked up by a
native while he was loading a truck,
and although a white overseer was
standing near bint he managed to se
crete it, and kept it on his person for
some time. In this case, however, it
did not appear that he proposed stealing
the geiu. but only wished to deliver it
personally to the tnauager. This be did,
and as a bouus he received £150 and a
horse, saddle and bridle. The diamond
weighed iu the rough exactly 97194
carats, or about 7 1-10 ounces avoirdu
pois. T'ufortuuately it had a black spot
about the middle, but it was so placed
as to allow the stone being cut into two
with the spot falling out.
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CARLOADS OF TURKEYS.
GOOD LOOKS A HINDRANCE.
Women of Hutncly Exterior Succeed
Best in Btieines* Pursuits.
As a class, women regard good looks
ns their most valuable asset iu life, yet
If they are to engage in business thev
find that beauty is a handicap they can
not easily overcome. A few years ago,
when woman begau to euter business
life iu considerable uuuibers, a hand
some face was esteemed a great ad
vantage. To-day tho reverse Is true.
Those still youthful can remember dis
tinctly when it was next to impossible
for a homely girl to get a situation.
Wood looks were insisted upon in type
writers and stenographers, and mer
chants were then under the impression
that pretty clerks brought trade. It
took some time to explode that idea.
The pretty clerks certainly attracted
crowds to their counters, but they were
crowds of dudes aud loafers, who would
buy a r»-cent paper of pins and then
flirt away three or four dollars' worth
of time, while the women, who consti
tute four-fifths of the patrons of all
retail houses, had a strong aversion to
being waited upon by a professional
beauty. Moreover, no dependence was
to be placed in the clerks themselves.
The handsomest girls were pretty sure
to be valu and "touchy," aud when oue
proved really valuable she was morally
certain to get married at the very time
her Services were most needed. So prac
tical men began to see that pretty cierkg
did not pay, as a cold business proposi
tion. and the same discovery was pres
ently made at the offices. Typewriting
belles made more trouble than they
were, worth. They demoralized their
fellow-employes and created uo end of
Jealousy and bitterness and friction. In
mauy eases, perhaps iu most, the poor
girl wasu't in the least to blauie. She
couldn't help being good to look nt. and
was probably trying her best to attend
to ber own affairs, but the idiotic men
wouldn't let her. However, results are
the ouly thiugs that couut in business
nowadays, and a few years ago a big
•eactlon against beauty set iu. and now
pretty faces are at a discount.
Could Nut Be Photographed.
Wheu Miss Helen Could visited the
tenth auuual convention of the rail
road department of the Young Men's
Christian AsMM/iatioa -'it Philadelphia
the newspaper artists -were boyud to
sketch her as she appeared at the re
ception. To this Miss Would objected
trenuously. but the artists were not
routed until the railroad men threat
ened lo demolish the photographers*
expensive cameras and tear up the art
ists' cardboards. A score of newspa
per photographers and artists appeared
nt the Y. M. C. A. building early nnd
were informed that they could not en
ter with their maehiues.
A dozen burly railroad men were ap
pointed to smash all cameras found In
side the bulldlug and tear up all art
ists materials. The picture meu theu
waited outside. When Miss Gould ar
rived with Mrs. Sage a flank move
ment was made and their carriage was
driven around to a side entrance.
The men of pictures rushed to the side
door, but upou arriving there found the
women surrounded by over fifty tall
men, who formed a bodyguard clear
into the building, shutting I he cameras
out completely.
In the crush to close out the picture
men Miss (lould and Mrs. Sage were
almost crushed themselves. They
seemed amazed at the excitement at
first, but soon learned the cause and
helped to deprive the picture men of
snap shots.
On Wheels.
Not ouly Is the bicycle in Cathay a
fact, but the Corcaus have taken to
wheeling. Consul General Alleu re
ports that two ex-cabluet ministers
may be seeu on the streets of Seoul ou
wheels, gettiug more pleasure out of
their machines than they ever got out
of their ofticcs. The consul general
there thinks there is a good field in
Corea for American bicycles, which al
ready constitute a majority of those
owned in that country.
A Celebrated King.
Once, after exposing tho ridiculous
blunders of the editor of certain old
plays, James ltussell Lowell concluded
with the remark: "In point of fact, we
must apply to this gentleman the name
of the first king of Spartn." No one
remembered, of course, what this was,
but when they looked it up they found
It was Eudamldas.
India Rubber Nails. I
Iudla rubber nails are a novelty in
Germany. They are used in places
where metallic nails would be HabTe-to
corrode.
We all know that some people are so
worthless that they need an old fash
ioned whipping, but uo one dares say
BO.
It is now positively known, after
vears of experimenting, that "wishing"
does no good.
"ML" DOWIE, OF ZION.
CHICAGO'S FAITH-HEALER AND
PREACHER.
In Ten Tear* He Has Accumulated
$5|000»000 and Built Up a Church
with 50|000 Members— Bis Per
•onality*
This is the story of a man who went
to Chicago ten years ago wltlra wife,
two children aud no money,'and who Is
now worth .$5,000,000, is at the head of
a church lie founded, which has 50,000
members, is the proprietor of several
hospitals, the president ot a college and
of a bank, owns a faith-healing hotel,
and the greatest city of religion plan
ned since the Mormons set oue on the
shores of Salt Lake.
Some time ago he left Chicago in a
private car with his retainers for a trip
through Europe ami the Holy Land. He
traveled In stale like au Eastern poten
tate, and weeping subjects followed
him to the train and to the steamer. He
controls millions of dollars and thou
sands of minds. He has a larger per
sonal following than any other man in
Chicago. He has no machine'! He is
the machine. The mvsterv of it all is:
"How?"
Hundreds of explanations have beeu
offered. He has been called au Im
postor and. a charlatan, and he has been
called a divine messenger. He is of the
latter opinion himself. ICvery man lu
Chicago knows who this man is. He Is
John Alexander Dowle, and his Institu
tion Is Zlon. But here the knowledge
of a great mauy persons stops. They
have read about Zion lu connection
with faith-healing and as an experi
ment in socialism, and have beard of
the workings of the church through the
troubles Into which the disciples have
JOBX ALEXANDER DOWIB.
got themselves. They have beeu
mobbed in Hammond, 1ml.. and Mans
field, Ohio, and in Chicago. Sensa
tional stories have been told about
them. Their methods have been harshly
criticised. They have been subjected
to many forms of persecution.
Their leader has been held up to
scorn, has beeu dragged into the courts
In civil and crimiual proceedings, and
has been characterized as Chicago's
worst enemy. His life and the lives of
his closest advisers have been searched
for evidences of wrong-doing. When
these have been found they have been
scattered broadcast.
It has lasted ten years, and iu that
time, in the face of many crusades
against him by ministers of the gospel,
by the press, the medical profession,
State and city officials and a large sec
tion of the people, Zion has grown from
200 persons to 50,000 its wealth from
$20 to mony millions.
Those who know Zion know, too, that
Dowle is Ziou. He thought out the
plan years ago, and has given his life
to the perfection of ft. No man Iu Chi
cago to-day has a stauncher personal
following than he. He is alone respon
sible for the thiug that has made men
say that a feudal system as strict as
that of the Middle Ages is alive in Chi
cago uow.
F^i Picture of Dotvic.
This is Dowie: He is 55 years old. His
beard and hair are white. He Is
strongly put together, and always looks
as if iu perfect health. His step is light,
his eyes clear, aud his voice is as the
voice of a dozen meu. He is well edu
cated. He has had tbs training of a
Congregational iniuister. and has beeu
a minister in th.' church. He has a
style of his own, both in the pulpit and
in his literary work. He wastes no
words. He is uuconventional in his
choice of words, and just as unconven
tional In his delivery. He calls names
from his puip'.t—sometimes uciy names
—aud he rides roughshod over the feel
ings of his cotigiegations. He abuses
them when he thinks they need It. and
he wheedles when he believes Uiat Is
the best course. Ills people love him
better than they love their homes and
their families, and mauy of theni have
left both to follow him.
He has magnetism. He calls himself
"the fighter of the devil." He also
fights secret societies, the use of to
bacco and alcohol, the medical profes
sion the press and the habit of eatiug
pork. He fights them all in bis own
way. Wheu lie is uot busy with them
he is working with his faith-healing or
pianniug aud carrying out his business
enterprises.
He weut to a theological seminary
Edinburgh, aud then to Syduey, New
South Wales. It was lu rhe seminary
where he was studying the principles
of Congregationalism that he first
found the faith-healing theory. While
reading his Bible he made up his uilnd
that Christ menat to vure the body as
well ns the soul, aud that prayer, ac
companied by the laying ou of hands,
would do what was required. He kept
his belief to himself. He had stomach
trouble aud was going to die. The doc
tors could do nothing for him. He read
the Bible all one night, prayed for a
cure and was cured. That Is, he says so.
Narrow Escape.
Yunker—Did I ever tell you about that
narrow escape I had from a hotel fire%
while I was in New York?
Eldster—Naw.
"It was the narrowest escape I ever
went through. The check from Uncle
John arrived while the landlord was
talking of seudiug for a policeman."—
Indiauapolis Press.
Different Sorts of Baldness.
He—You don't mean to tell me you
are going to marry that old bald-head
ed professor?
She—He Is rather bald, but think how
mauy young men of to-day are bald on
the Inside of their heads!—Stray Sto
ries. j-
A Good System.
Mr. Meddergrass—Hi Slocum sent ten
dollars to a feller iu New York to flnil
out bow to win at roulette.
Mr. Foddershack—What did the feller
say?
Mr. Meddergrass—Said to "run the
game yourself."—Baltimore American.
Many people impress you as having
the life worked out of them, while oth
ers Impress vou as bcijif 1" need of
aomething to do.
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