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NEWS OF THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week—National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.
Chaffee's report to the secretary of
war says the army is under-officered.
Fred Secord, a wealthy merchant ot
Kankakee, III., mysteriously lost $5000
In drafts, two tickets to New York
and $95 in cash at a Chicago hotel
recently.
Gloom Is over the congregation In
Shiloh tabernacle, Zion City, since a
message was read last week from the
first apostle, dated at Victoria, Mex
ico, in which he admits ho Is far
from well and fears another and fatal
stroke ot paralysis.
Torpedo boat "S 126" collided near
Buelk, Kiel bay, with the small cruiser
Undine. The torpedo boat sank and
one officer and 32 seamen are miss
lug.
The coroner at Dayton, Ohio, ren
dered a verdict of guilty In the case
of Dr. Oliver Crook Haugh, In Jail
there charged with the murder of his
father, Jacob Haugh; his mother,
Francis Haugh, and his brother, Jesse
Haugh.
Vienna.—Dr. Mlloszavljevltch, a
well known Hungarian member of par
liament and a lawyer, was murdered
In the street at Mariai herislopol by a
client named Ulrich, who had lost a
lawsuit in which Mlloszavljevltch act
ed as his counsel.
Thomas W. Lawson Is under $3000
bond to the December session of the
superior court on a charge of crim
inal libel preferred by Clarence VV.
Barron ot Boston.
The treasurer for South Australia
declares that if the British can not
make better use o f Australia than to
occupy It with 4,000,000 people only,
they do not deserve to hold It.
The Korean cabinet agreed to ac
cept the proposition for a Japanese
protectorate over Korea by Marquis
Ito.
The president announces that Gen
eral William Crozier has been detail
ed as chief of ordnance for the next
four years. General Crozier is now
serving in that capacity.
The Lenora National bank at Moore
head, Ky., has closed its doors.
Acting Secretary Oliver has accept
ed the resignation of Lieutenant G.
R. Fortesque, Eighteenth cavalry.
United States Senator J. H. Burton
of Kansas has been Indicted for the
third time on the charge of agreeing
to receive and receiving compensation
from the Rialto Grain & Securities
company for services rendered in be
half of the company before the post
office department.
The American Federation of Labor
convention has adopted a resolution
extenu.ng the heartfelt sympathy of
American labor to the sufferers in
Russia and congratulating the Russian
workmen on the success of the strike.
An immense subterranean channel,
which promises to surpass tn size
and beauty the famous Mammoth cave
has been discovered near Glasgow
Junction, Barren county, Kentucky.
Weakened by the cheering and the
stamping in unison of 2000 persons the
west bleacher on Ferris field, at Ann
Arbor, collapsed Saturday afternoon.
Only a few persons were injured.
So many teachers in the Nevada
public schools have married recently
that a large number have been com
pelled to close, and the matter of get
ting others to take their places seems
a very difficult task.
King Edward, while shooting In
Windsor forest recently, slipped and
fell, spraining bis ankle.
As no question Is pending requir
ing the presence in London ot White
law Retd, the ambassador has decided
to take advantage of a leave granted
by the state department and will
spend the Christmas holidays tn Amer
ica.
The battleship Kentucky now holds
the record for an American warship
for having sent a message the longest
distance by wireless telegraph. The
Kentucky, while lying in Hampton
Roads, sent a communication to the
station at Beauford, S. C., a distance
of 500 miles.
The grand duke Adolph, reigning
sovereign of Luxemburg, died last
week. He was born in 1817.
Phllhouse Brown, the embezzling
manager of the East End branch of
the Bank of Hamilton, Ont., has plead
ed guilty to three charges, and was
sentenced to seven years in Kingston
penitentiary.
It has been decided that the presi
dent's annual message to congress will
he submitted to the senate and the
bouse of representatives on Tuesday,
December 5.
President Roosevelt has accepted
the resignation of Lieutenant Gran
ville R. Fortesque, Tenth U. S. cav
alry.
It is reported Queen Margharita had
decided to come to the United States
next year. She is anxious to see
America, and traveling incognito, to
make a tour in an automobile from
New York to San Francisco, whence
she will take a steamer for Japan.
Paul Francke, an eccentric German
who had claimed to be a blood rela
tive of Emperor William of Germany,
has disappeared from Colorado Spring.
At Biggers, 10 miles north of Poca
hontas. Ark., John Shipley and a
young man named Dennis were killed
and Lee Jones, Deputy Sheriff Jim
Wisner, and City Marshall Jesse John
ston were seriously wounded.
The Spanish government is about
to issue an invitation to the powers
to attend the Moroccan conference. It
is probable that the conference will
assemble December 15.
William R. Hearst, candidate for
mayor of New York on the municipal
ownership ticket, certified to the sec
retary of state that his total campaign
expesses were $65,843.
The loss to live stock, grain and
(arm buildings on account of the re
cent prairie fire in South Dakota Is
estimated at $580,000. An area that
covered 5 miles wide and 20 miles
long was swept by the fire.
The total contributions from all
parts of the United Stales received by
the national committee for the relief
of the sufferers by Russian massacres
amounted to $67,119, making a grand
total of $380,900.
SPORTING NOTES.
"Unk" Russell, who made a good
showlug agains Young Corbett at Phil
adelphia, is scheduled to fight Dal
Hawkins In the near future.
The fiercest fight ever pulled off in
Spokane was that between Kid Par
ker of Denver, and Maurice Thompson
of Butte, Friday night at Elk's Tem
ple. For twenty rounds It was ham
mer and tongs all the time.
Maurice Thompson is now a man
ager of fighters. He has changed
places with Jerry McCarthy and Mc
Carthy is now the fighter. He will
take McCarthy to Great Falls, Mont.,
where the welterweight has a fight.
Indian Joe Gregg demonstrated Fri
day night at Spokane that be is the
superior of Dude Lewis in the ring.
He put the dude to sleep in the eighth
round of what was scheduled for a
ten round preliminary.
Milwaukee.—Young Erne ot Phila
delphia and Jack O'Leary of Milwau
kee recently fought eight rounds to a
Much interest is being awakened In
the quoit pitching contest for the
world's championship, which will take
place In Colfax on December 7, which
Is the first day of the log rolling ot
the Woodmen of the World.
In a three round boxing exhibition
Vvilllam A. Coakain, a royal marine
from the cruiser Drake, and middle
weight champion of the British navy,
beat Jack Reine of the battleship lowa,
said to be the champion in his class
in the American fleet,
draw.
Saturday Football Games.
Perhaps the biggest football score
piled up this season was by Notre
Dame—140 to 0—against the American
college team. Utah is classed as sec
ond, the university defeating Fort
Douglas, 127 to 0, ami Nebraska tia.nl.
90 to 0, in the game with Creighton.
Michigan's football eleven defeated
Wisconsin on Ferry field, 12 to 0, scor
ing one touchdown In each half.
Moscow.—Idaho 9, Whitman 0. In
i game remarkable for punting and
fumbling, eleven sturdy Congregation
allais from Whitman college went
down to defeat gallantly before the
University of Idaho's football team.
Portland. Ore.—Multnomah almost
lost its vaunted strength on the grid
iron against the Sherman Indians, but
by resorting to a kicking contest sav
ed Itself from defeat and succeeded
in preventing the red men from scor
ing. No score was made by either
side, although each team succeeded
in twice advancing the ball within half
a yard of Us opponent's goal.
Lewiston, Idaho.—The heavier elev
en from I^ewlston swept the Colfax
boys from their feet In a well played
game, winning by a score of 34 to 0.
New Haven.—Following the old
fashioned style of football, Yale gave
Princeton a 23 to 4 beating, the worst
In many years, but the Princeton team
had the satisfaction of breaking Yale's
clean record on a beautiful 43 yard
drop kick by Tooker. But. after all,
the Blue can still point to a goal line
that has not been crossed by an op
ponent this season.
Butte.—in 60 minutes of hard, fast
play the Butte and Spokane high
schools failed to score. It was the
greatest exhibition of the gridiron
game ever seen In this city between
high s'chools, and from a spectacular
standpoint the game was easily a rec
ord beater.
Cambridge.—For the third consecu
tive time the Harvard football team
failed to win a victory over the Dart
mouth college team, the score being
a tie, 6 to 6. X.ast year also the re
sult was a tie, while the year before
Dartmouth defeated Harvard. 12 to 0.
Rltzville.—Davenport defeated the
Ritzville high school, 10 to 0, in a
fiercely contested game.
SLAV PRISONERS MUTINY.
Officers on Ships Bound for Vladivo
stok Appeal to Japan.
Tokio, Nov. 21.—A telegram from
Nagasaki says that 600 of the Russian
prisoners of war. bound for Vladivo
stok on board the vessels Vladimir
and Boroneji, have shown signs of
mutiny. The officers of the two ves
sels applied to the Japanese authori
ties to dispatch troops and police of
ficers to their assistance. One hon
ored constables have boarded the
Boroneji and four Japanese torpedo
boats have surrounded the two Rus
sian ships. Admiral Rojestvensky is
on hoard the Boroneji.
Four Were Hung.
Reno, Nev.—At the old shoe shop at
the Carson state penitentiary, At Lin
derman of Stockton, Cal., and J. P.
Sevencr, a marine engineer, were
hanged for complicity in the murder
of Jack Walsh in Humboldt county In
August, 1903. The two men lost their
nerve and both confessed their guilt
a few moments before they ascended
tne scaffold. T. S. Gorman, whose
real name is O'Brien, of San Francis
co. and Fred Roberts of St. Louis, im
plicated in the same crime, were also
hanged later the same day.
Birmingham Fire.
Birmingham. Ala., Nov. 22.—A solid
half block of buildings was totally de
stroyed by fire which broke out at
the corner of Third avenue and Nine
teenth street. 1 ue loss is estimated
at $150,000. The amount of insurance
is unknown.
Try Gay nor and Greene Jan. 9.
Savannah. Ga., Nov. 22.—The case
of Captain Benjamin J. Greene and
Colonel John F. Gaynor, charged with
defrauding the government in connec
tion with the harbor Improvements.
will be called for trial in the United
States court on Thursday, January 9.
STEAMER WRECKED
OFF ST. MALO, ON NORTH COAST
OF FRANCE.
It Is Believed That More Than 100 of
Her Passengers and Crew Were
Drowned—Steamer Had Lost Her
Course During Snow Storm and
Went on the Rocks.
London, Nov. 20.—The Southwest
ern railway's cross channel steamer
Hilda was wrecked off St. Malo, on
the north coast of France, and It Is
believed that 100 or more or h»r pas
sengers and crew were drowned.
The Hilda left Southampton Friday
night for St. Malo, with considerably
more than 100 souls on board. Her
passage was greatly delayed by a tog
in the channel, and when nearing St.
Main she ran Into a severe snowstorm,
apparently missed her course and
foundered on the rocks off Jardin
lighthouse, three miles from St. Malo.
The company's steamer Ada, out
ward from St. Malo, rescued five of
the passengers and one of the crew.
These are now on the way to South
ampton. There Is an unconfirmed re
port that 70 had been saved.
Passengers All Frenchmen.
The crew numbered 26, and there
were about 100 passengers, all French
men, the majority being onion dealers
from St. Brieuc and neighborhood.
A telegram from St. Severan, ad
joining the town ot St. Malo, gives
the tew particulars yet obtainable.
The Hilda was near St. Malo Saturday
morning. She struck the rucks at 4
o'clock Sunday morning In the road
stead off the island of Cezambre, hav
ing missed the tide owing U bad wea
ther and fug.
The majority of the crew and pas
sengers were asleep at the time. Two
boats were lowered, one of which, con
taining five men, arrived at St. Sev
eran. The second boat was picked up
empty at St. Cast, where 13 bodies
were washed ashore. The top of the
Hilda's funnel and the top of her
mast were visible at low tide, accord
ing to advices from St. Severan.
The Hilda was built at Glasgow In
loo2 and registered 848 tons. She
was a screw steamer of Iron construc
tion and was 235 feet in length.
Mad Scratrfble of Passengers.
The shock as she struck awakened
me passengers, who threw themselves
from their berths and rushetj on deck
half clad. A mad scramble was made
for the boats, but long before the
frozen ropes could be worked clear
I he vessel had broken In pieces and
the shrieks of the drowning were be
ing carried shoreward by the wind.
Captain Alexander was on tne
bridge at the time the vessel sank be
neath the waves and his voice could
be heard above the shrieking of the
winds ordering the crew to their sta
tions to "launch the boats."
A later report says that 128 persons
lost their lives in the wreck.
HAAKON VII ..CCEPTS THRONE.
Prince Charles of Denmark Will Rule
Norway Linder that Title.
Christiana.—The words ot President
Berner, after the storthing's unani
mous election ot Prince Charles of
Denmark as king of Norway "this de
cision of the storthing is the keystone
of our independence which has been
constructed this year," aptly expresses
the feeling animating all Norwegians,
republicans or otherwise, after the
conclusion of the long struggle lead
ing to the enrollment of Norway in
the European states.
After President Berner moved the
election of Prince Charles, Pastor
Eriksen declared his party would vote
tor the motion because there was no
occasion to support any other propos
al. In view of the people's decision to
favor a monarchy, M. Castberg salu:
"Those who shared his views bowed
to the will of the majority."
BRIDE FOR KING ALFONSO.
Princess Ena of Battenberg, Niece of
King Edward.
Madrid, Nov. 22.—The Correspon
dence asserts that King Alfonso will
be married to Princess Ena of Batten
berg in May. 1906.
Princess Ena of Battenberg is the
only daughter of the widow, Princess
Henry of Battenberg, who Is the
youngest sister of King Edward.
LUMBER FOR NEW YORK.
Over 9,000,000 Feet to Go From the
West Coast by Water.
Portland, Ore.—Within the last few
weeks a new market has been opened
up for Oregon and Washington lum
ber. and already shippers are prepar
ing to transport by water more than
9,000,0>,J feet to New York.
Cronje Returns to Farm.
General Cronje, who surrendered to
Lord Roberts at Paardeburg, and was
afterward confined at St. Helena, has
just sailed from Southampton for
South Africa accompanied by his wife
and two sons.
The general has been In America,
where be conducted a military exhibi
tion. The exhibition represented the
scene at Paardeburg, and included the
surrender ot Cronje and his force to
Lord Roberts.
He intends to return to Potchef
strom and settle down on his farm to
spend the remainder of his days in
quiet and peace.
•Clarks Harbor, N. 8., Nov. 21—The
Norwegian steamer Turbin, with her
captain and crew of abont 16 men, is
thought to have foundered in a terrific
! gale which swept over Nova Scotia.
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' [ n g in England,' is the youngest arch
j bishop tn the world, being only 42
years old.
Dr. Olennon of St. Louis, now travel
THREATEN PRINCE'S LIFE.
Anonymous Letter Tells of Dynamite
Plot.
Now that the stay of Prince Louis
of Battenberg in New York is nearly
over the fact was allowed to become
known that the prince had received
numerous anonymous letters threat
ening bis life and that he deemed
them serious enough to call them to
the attention of the police depart
ment, and also ask for protection.
One of the letters informed the
prince that an effort would be made
to blow him up with dynamite.
The prince sailed Monday morning.
He has issued the following farewell
message to the American people:
"It is difficult to express adequately
how much I have enjoyed this visit
and how perfect the hospitality has
been. The entertainments provided
for us were like many other things in
this country—on an unprecedented
scale. The methods employed were
such as to make even the most for
mal affair thoroughly enjoyable.
"LOUIS, BATTENBERG.
"Rear Admiral."
One thousand and fifty-six British
sailors are missing from the squadron
of Prince I»uls of Battenberg, which
has been anchored in the harbor for
a little more than a week.
IDAHO NEWS.
A new railroad Into California from
Boise City, Idaho, with lines tapping
the rich mining, lumber and grain
belts of Washington and Oregon, and
terminating in Sausalito with ferry
service to San Francisco, was what
was promised the Sausalito (Calif.)
town trustees at their last regular
meeting.
Idaho state selection No. 6, com
prising about 40,000 acres of land in
Twin Falls country, now being irri
gated by private enterprise, has been
approved by the Interior department.
L. Faller, an old man living four
miles from Juliaetta, was accidentally
killed recently, while in the act of i
cleaning bis shotgun. He had been
using the gun In the afternoon and
evidently thought it was empty.
Many ot the large farm operators In
the vicinity of Moscow, report the
completion of their fall seeding. The
soil has been in excellent condition
for seeuing tor three weeks, and it is
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«aid more fall sown grain will be in
evidence In next year's crop in this
vicinity than there was this year.
The committee of nine appointed by
the Elks' lodge of Moscow to arrange
for an elaborate dedication of the new
Elks' temple, haa fixed January 5 as
the date.
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West, register of the
Lewiston land office, whose removal
was announced at the department of
the interior.
A plan is on foot to enlarge the
Bolse barracks.
The Federal Mining & Smelling
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company has adopted Pacific time ln
the operation ot the Morning mine at
Mullen, and henceforth this standard
will be used instead of Mountain time,
according ly >vhich the mine has here
tofore been-worked. Since the Federal
has adopted the same lime that Is
used at the other towns of the Coeur
d'Alenes it is expected that the Gold
"Pure, unadulterated politics,"
Clares J. B.
Hunter and Snowstorm managements
will follow, and that Mullan will be.
entirely regulated by Pacific time.
Ray Glassman, a logger whose par
ents reside at Valparaiso, Neb., was
brought to Piacervltle from the upper
Payette river above Garden Valley
suffering from a fracture of his leg
above the knee iu two places. While
engaged with others handling logs,
one escaped from control and rolled
completely over Glassman.
OREGON ITEMS.
Oliver Pierson, a pioneer ot Mor
row county, was found dead in a
closet at lone. He had cut his throat
with a small pocket knife.
A report from Athena, Ore., says
Hugh Roby and Dan Hart engaged In
a fight over a bottle of whisky and
Roby was probably fatally injured.
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Roby knocked Hart down, when he
sprang to his feet and, drawing a
large knife, stabbed Roby three times,
twice in the face and once in the
abdomen. Hart was arrested.
Tokio.—An eye witness of the re
cent riot at Vladivostock, who has ar
BURN HALF OF VLADIVOSTOCK.
Recent Riots Cause Property Loss of
$25,000,000.
rived at Nagasaki, reports that nearly
halt the city was burned over and
that 400 of the garrison were killed,
that the jail was thrown open, and
tuat General Kappek Is missing. The
damage is estimated at $25,000,000.
So.aters from Harbin are reported
to have joined the rioters.
Football at Night.
Los Angeles, Cal.—In the first foot
ball game ever played In the west
under electric lights, the St. Vincent's
college eleven Saturday night over
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whelmed the University of Arizona
team by the score of 54 to 0. The
game was played on the Fiesta park
grounds, under 30 electric lights of
1000 candle power. The light was
sufficiently bright to allow the play
ers to proceed without hindrance, and
at the same time the spectators were
able to see every play. The ball was
painted white.
Miss Roosevelt's Presents.
The examination and appraisement
of the presents received by Miss Alice
Roosevelt during her visit to the ori
ent has begun. The officials at the
Georgetown custom house have begun
to open up 27 boxes in which the
presents were shipped and other sou
venirs ot the visit which resulted in
a social conquest of the far east by
the president's daughter. The valua
tion of their contents will exceed
scarcely a few thousand dollars.
Mormons Pour Into Mexico.
Mexico City.—Almost dally large
numbers of Mormons from Salt Lake
Cuy are coming to this country and
forming colonies in many states
throughout the republic. Some ot
these colonists are contemplating lo
cating in the state of Tamaulipas.
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1 went on mj way, but the paths .Gratitude street lay straightway
Clad In a leafy gown, gorgeons
\i blight.
In the center of Plasa Con
tentment
Sparkled the fountain ot Har
vest Delight.
grew obscure
Where Greed streets meets Ill
gotten Gain.
And. somehow, the lights of the There
avenue, Gloom,
Only darkened the alleys of
Pain.
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I crossed to Misfortune and turned And as we drank of the Joya ot
In at Hate. the picture
Passing ou to Deceit and De- Sunny-faced children thronged
•pair. Gratitude street.
And my heart sank to depths In- Singing the songs of the Feast
deacrtbably sad of the Autumn,
When I entered Despondency Biasing a trail thro* the leaves
Square. at their feet.
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I »toed nI one lost when a child Swiftly the baby procession c
took my hand *£ wa ,, us; .
And. In voice that wna blessed 1 hapksglvlug shouted a greet
aweet, * ng of Joy:
I am Thangaklvlng; I'll Ble **[2 g 1 H P ° U f ou * ° Cb,,dM>n
ahow you the wav of Autumn I
That leads Into Gratitude '•» « happiness none can
Street." destroy!"
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Said:
Kach little chorister ran up and
kissed her.
Each had aome tender heart
tribute to pay;
Crowned her the 'gneen of the
Grateful and shouted;
"Long live thy festival. Thanks
giving Dav!"
— Indianapolis News.
And then, as by magic
was lifted.
We stood nmld scenes entranc
Ingly fair.
Before ns lay avenues glided with
sunbeams.
Back of us pitiless Wo« and
Despair.
a curtain
IN GRATITUDE STREET.
By W. M. Herachell.
I sought for the place where Gratefulness dwelt;
They
Not far from the corner of Peace and Good-will,
Where Faith and Hope avenuea meet.
Id 'twas in Gratitude atreet.
A Thanksgiving Dream
By Gertrude Rodermond.
"I'm powerful glad to see that ar
light in the window—it's like the light
o' Heaven In this November drizzle,"
muttered the old New Englander to him
self, stretching forth
with plow wrestling, to extricate an um
brella twisted in some bushes.
Farmer Sloan had seen that light in
the window for the past two years, but
not until now had its real significance
dawned upon him, and he sighed.
''I wish," he mused aloud, ''that I had
half the faith iu that ar boy that Marthy
has. Two years this Thanksgiving since
he went away, an' Marthy—but pshaw!
all mothers are like that—still some
times it makes me a little shaky—what
if I should be mistaken after all? Now,
that thar candle," gazing intently at the
speck of shining light becoming lighter
as the distance diminished, "is thar for
Joseph. 1 dreamed last night that he
wuz home agin, an' I swan I'd almost
forgive his getting off with the fowl
money if he - d , )nck to . morrow _
ust t0 reward the love back o' that
hand seamed
ar light."
For a moment he took a mental sur
vey of the pies and puddings seen in the
pantry in the morning, and wondered
why it was that Marthy had spent so
much time in getting up the little ettp
cakes no one ate but Joseph. He has
lened his lagging feet until he gained the
heights and entered the old colonial
kitchen, lighted by blazing walnut logs,
piled high In the huge fireplace,
"Wall, this is comfort," and stepping
to the fireplace, he dropped into a high
backed rocker. "Mother, mother!" he
ca, .l? d ' . , „ .
18 that y°u. fayther? called a cheery
volce from Rn chamber ,
Betore he eould rel)Iy ghe ran li({htly
down the stairs and was standing beside
him. A sigh of relief echoed through
the warm kitchen, and he rose with an
enthusiasm and agility that would have
done credit to twenty-one, and folded
the pretty, thrifty little housewife In his
arms.
"Who's a-comln' to-morrow, mother?"
j le Rsked
"Eliza; and many times my heart
would have broken but for her faith and
cheering words, and this, In the face of
Hie fact that her intended husband was
driven away as a thief upon her wedding
day, proves Joseph made no mistake
when he decided to add a daughter to
our household. She will be here to
f or her."
morrow, aud 1 have fixed up Joe's room
\ shadow crossed the old man's face
as ne gazed Intently at the fire. After
an Interval of painful silence he rose,
gave a weary yawn, then kissing Mar
thy on either cheek, slowly climbed the
high, narrow stairs „'».iid went to bed.
Sitting alone in the firelight, strange
thoughts thronged that mother's mnid.
Two years before there w
a scene In
that very room she would tcln forget.
Former Sloan had entered the house,
catling to her from the porch that he
!> ad ' ald tke m " ke ' , m T y ,he
kitchen table, and bade her take care
of lt ghe wa8 bu9ily car(ling woo| , n
an ou t er room, and did not heed the com
S)and ,
and going straight to the kitchen table
Finally she ascended the stairs
looked for the money, but not a trace of
it was visible. The kitchen door had
teen left open—certainly by her husband
—and she called impatiently to Joseph,
who was dressing in an upper chamber
to take Eliza upon the last drive she
was to enjoy as "Miss Eliza." and think
ing he was playing one of his childish
pranks upon her, she called in a voice
unuanollj harsh. The young man bast
ened to her. his eyes flashing fire,
"Mother, do yon think I am. a boy
again to twase you in this way?"
Before ahe tould speak her husband
threw wide the door and looking Into
roared:
her pallid face surmised the cause and
"Joe. hand out that money!"
"Father, I »wear before heaven and
mother, 1 have not touched your money
—have not seen It- "
The old man etrode forward and
grasped his son by the collar,
"None o* that," he roared, "give up
that money, or you leave this house for
ever, an' that gal for whom you have
, loleQ , t wl „ neT6r darken the / e doorg| ..
„ oh fayther , don't!" shrieked the ter
r jfied wife. "Joseph never touched that
money—I'll never believe III"
"You lie!" »led the father, enraged to
verge of insanity.
Instantly the strong young man grap
pled with his aged parent, and clutching
him by the throat forced him into the
chair upon which he had been sitting,
shouting:
"Take that back, father! Take that
back or I'll choke the breath out of your
kody."
Like lightning the mother wrenched hia
strong hands from her husband's throat,
and flinging her arms about his neck,
held him as in a vise.
"Joe—my darling baby, for mother's
sake don't lay your hands on fayther.
He's wrong, but remember you are young
an ^ *>' s • on - a,1, l something is due to
old age!"
"For your sake, mother, I will dealst,
but I leavo this house, and never shall
ha see my face again. If I stay It will
mean—murder!"
Aud picking up his
hat he left the house, striding rapidly
down the hill, going in the direction of
Eliza's home.
flushed face,
At the click of the garden gate a
pretty, demure looking maiden, clad in
a pink frock, ran down the walk to
greet him, blit started iu dismay at bis
il grove adjoin
ing bar home, unmindful of wrai*s, they
Taking lier into a
wandered almost to the roadside, he bit
terly describing the scene just enacted
at his home, she tearfully listening.
When her grief had spent itself she
raised her tear-wet face from his shoul
der and gazed steadily towards the road
way.
''Look, Joe," she whispered, ''see that
man !"
By the roadside stood a pony, un
hitched, and close beside him, seated
upon a fallen tree, whs a man with a
bine stocking across his knee, intently
rifling its contents. Joseph Sloan in
stantly recognized the homely safe In
which his father had kept his money. His
breath came hard.
"Uauchmau Jack, who supplies the
village with cattle from Texas!" he
breathed. "He has followed father and
stolen, not only the market money, hut
all father has—let me go," and he un
clasped the young girl's arms fiercely
from his neck.
There was a scream of terror. The
man looked up, and noting that be had
been observed, leaped upon the pony
and dashed down the road.
"Joe, don't follow that desperado—
It may mean death if you hunt him!"
Again her arms sought his neck.
Pushing her from him he fiercely cried:
''Hunt him! I'll hunt him into his
grave!
and he went like the wind In the direc
tion of the village. Two hours later a
pony was found upon the green, grazing
upon a patch of half-frozen grass, hut
the ranchman had taken the first train
out for Texas.
Good-by—explain to mother,"
Two years passed, and far away on
the plains ot northern Texas, a weary
exile is leaning upon a table. He is
alone in the wilds, and yet is not un
attended. On the table, close at hand,
lay a heavy rifle; In his belt glittered
ugly looking dirk, while at his
crouched a trusty bloodhound,
man's head dropped and he murmured
wearily:
"Two years next month since I start
ed my search, and yet no trace of that
man who has wrecked, not only my
happiness, but that of my mother and
Eliza. Strange I can find no trail of
him here in bis own hold!"
A fierce blast almost shook the log
house, but he felt secure and paid
heed until the dreary, sobbing wail of
a hungry wolf fell upon his ears. There
was an ominous scratching between the
beams, and he knew the pack had reach
ed his dwelling. A low snarl and a
cry of a human being In distress smote
lilts ear. Quickly going towards a chink
in the beams he saw a sight that al
most stilled his heart beats. In front
of his hut a human being w
face down upon the ground. The wolves
had treed him, and overcome with fright
he had fallen from his stronghold into
their midst. The back of his head
gory.
The man tn the log house waited to
see no more. Forcing the gun between
the beams he fired continuously at the
beasts of prey, until their leaders lay
dead and the others in fright took to the
forest.
an
feet
The
n •
lying
was
Throwing wide the door, he dragged
the wounded man to a place of safety
within the hut.
"Ranchman Jack!" he cried, looking
cvntemptuously upon the fellow to whom
he was playing the part of "Good Sa
maritan."
Te|t minâtes later his guest regained
consciousness, and looking into the face
of his rescuer, almost wept:
"Don't kill me! I will make good that
money, but do not kill me!"
"All I want Is my father's hard-earn
ed money!" thundered the young man.
"Hand that out and I will nurse you
back to life and health. If you refuse.
1 shall agaia throw you out to the mercy
of the wolves."
"Ï will, I will." groaned the
man,
feebly. "It is down under the oak tree
by the creek. There is a hollow in the
trank, and there you will find a box
containing the money 1 stole from your
home, and many hundreds in gold—all
honestly earned In trade—I swear it."
Binding up the torn scalp, Joseph
called to the dog, and left the hut, rifle
in hand. With rapid strides he went
towards the creek, never pausing until
he stood beneath the bare
branches of a giant oak.
search brought to light the heavy box.
described by the ranchman. Opening it,
the first object that met his gaze was
the old blue stocking, familiar to him
from childhood.
bruwn
A careful
It was now completely
stuffed with crisp, green bills. Replac
ing it, he took the box in bis arms and
returned to the cabin.
Placing the precious burden upon the
table, he sat beside the bed, cahuly
awaiting the time when his patient
should awake. An hour thus passed ill
gloomy meditation. Two years of his
life had been blasted by the thieving,
helpless wretch now lost in slumber. At
last the sleeper awoke. Looking at Jo
seph, he feebly painted to the box upon
the table. The young man placed it on
the bed beaide him. Painfully raising
himself upon his elbow he opened it and
handed him the blue yarn stocking his
mother hud knitted with one foot on his
era die.
The sick msn deliberately counted out
two hundred dollars, and restored them
to the stocking: then, with nervous haste,
added auoth
"The market money," and he again
handed the stocking to Joseph, who took
it with a gloomy air.
"Novg get well. Jack, for I want to
take you back to the old Bay State and
make an honest man of you."
A week later Joseph and his strange
companion arrived iu Boston,
night he telegraphed Eliza:
fifty, feebly murmuring:
Thai
"Am on the way home with thief and
money. Tell mother."
This, then,
ras the secret of that
ullent preparation which had so mysti
fied Fanner Sloan.
Thanksgiving morning brought Eliza,
radiant in new furs and brown stuff
dress. Drawing the old man aaide, she
quietly read to him a letter just receiv
ed from Joseph.
I swan, if I didn't think he
»-coinin' by my dream," said the old
father, nibbing his hands in glee. "An"
to think that he rnu down that ar thief
in Texas. Come to think on't, that ar
fellow was on the road behind
market day, but how he got into the
house is the mystery."
deuly fell upon the table whieh mother
was spreading,
chairs mean six persons—who can the
other two be'/"
me on
His eyea aud
"Sit plates and six
And he looked inquir
ingly at Eliza, who blushed to the roots
of her black hair.
"One is for this latter day Judas,
who lias caused all the trouble, father,
and—the other's fur—the minister."
Before the astonished father could
reply, a scream of joy from the mother
in the kitchen was heard, and looking out
they saw her clasped in the arms of her
stalwart son. In his wake was a man,
too feeble to make many steps alone.
The farmer recognized him as Ranchman
Jack. The repentant man reached his
hand to the man he had wronged. It
was warmly clasped, while the mother,
too happy for speech, pushed her son
into the little sitting room, where sat
El za, and quietly shut them in.
That afternoon there was a joyous
home wedding on the hill and the min
ister said it was hard to tell which one
of the quartette was the really happy
one, but his verdict was iu favor of the
mother.—Waverley Magazine.
AT THE CAPITAL.
How Thanksgiving Day Is Observed in
the Foreign Legations.
Our American feast is observed in
the foreign legations at Washington by
customs peculiar to the mother
try, and the dishes known in the "fath
er's house" are most in evidence,
though the American fowl has its place,
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand presides
at the feast in the household of the
British embassy and gathers about him
a coterie of friends. Here the custom
of the country represented and the
adopted bear a resemblance, and the day
is observed without
their mode of living.
But in the legations of the Japanese,
the Korean and the South American the
conformity to American observances, in
duced by the markets abounding in
American foods, means a decided change
on the menu cards, and yet with but
few exceptions the diplomats and at
taches make an effort to observe the
customs in ottr country.
The Chinese form an exception, for in
several instances the presiding genius
of the Chinese kitchen has refused to
become enthused into any flights of
gastrODomieal idealisms by Thanksgiv
ing or any other Christian feast. Yet
the spread made on that day is of true
Celestial magnificence. And when the
meal is over, with it varied» dishes, the
Chinese minister and bis close attaches,
no doubt, adjourn to the smoking room
with their pipes and hop dol and the
feeling that "all the world Is China,
and China is like heaven."— Ina Capi
tola Emery in Household.
, ..un
even
oue
marked change in
The Thankful Heart.
If ono should give me a dish of sand
and tell rue there were particles of iron
in it I might look for them with my
eyes and search for them with my clum
sy fingers ami be unable to detect them,
but let me take a magnet and sweep
through It, and how it would draw to
itself the most Invisible particles by the
mere power of attraction!
thankful heart, like my finger in the
sand, discovers no mercies, but let the
thankful heart sweep through the day
as the magnet finds the iron, so it will
find In every hour some heavenly bless
ings, only the iron in God's sand is gold.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The uu
Our Turkey Crop.
The turkey crop of the United States
finis its first important market at
Thanksgiving, when, according to a re
liable estimate, about G.IKKI.OOO of the
birds are sold. It is* raised iu small
lots ail over the country, each farmer
contributing a few. This crop of 0.000,
000 Thanksgiving turkeys, if all of them
wore marching In single file, would
stretch from Boston to San Francisco
and as far as Denver on the return jour
ney.
Harveit Gratitude.
When barn and bln and atorebouae are full
a» they can hold.
Of fruit and wheat- our riches—aa good aa
yellow gold!
hildren
grapea
Our Uearta give glad Thankagh Ing!
God bleaa o'- fi.-m and home!
go A-nuttlng,
for the wild
And c
•Wot VIp It tug.
r/
Mr. Jinks (3 a. m.)—What a all this
noise? _
Johnnie—^Jee!
nightmare!
in' after TliUiKag 1 vin'.
just had au orful
rhatight it was the mu ra-