I pin
and Beasts Prepare
^Clothes) and Bedof
the "year the birds
he woodlands are laynter
colthes and bedely
the extra thich
jathors that grows on
in autumn, but all
ial'-rugs and blankets
e themselves. Fiel.i
'arm every meadow,
)\r gaihering in sheets
vf 11 keep out the 'cold
heir tiny underground
sorts of luxurious
he St. Louis "Globe
I <lig out an underground 3ltm
at the end of one of their
and line it, to begin with
e, dry grass, smelling sweetv
hay. .This i3 a healthy fomi
and next they pad it wilh
id leaves, beech or lilac fo.- 1
specially the latter, when tney
any. A little raised bunch
here and there is also a point
eld mouse household, though
not1 care to be bothered with
inner. But anything to keep
te cold.
hey search in the neiglibora
feather or two, if such
re to be had. luey will not
JOl In the blankets, or any
Dvering, but are great on tho
ft of the cotton grass, which
i most luxurious mattress. '
1 hunt the meadows a long
id, at the risk of hawks and '
;mies, to find a crop of this j
even traveling over half a
ich equals a 50-mile journey ,
grass does not grow every- '
iwever. and they often nave ,
ID without it and make their mat- j
[ft and blankets of fine hay. When i
is done, a field mouse's winter ,
ir, with the store cupboard roimd .
:orner, is as cozy a place as ore
jaslha are great sticklers for com- ^
though they go out in winter g
than the field mice. They line
'winter parlors with thistle and c
se;feathers. But they like wool ~(
jjn|^i.ot turn up their nose at an- >
Kfmrs, as do the mice?though ~
rfiaveh't so much nose to turn ?
They sometimes lay down a
of mattress of thistle, collected
great pains, upon the hay, and It
s a very soft, springy bed. Then ^
search the low-growing brambles
its of wool, which have stuck in =
iorns from the fleeces of passing
i, and take the hits home. They
d them out, and inake them as
and soft as possible, then work
carefully into the texture of the
and hair, and make up an e.\dy
snug bed.
takes a lot of weather to turn
/ease! out of his couch, and it
e place where he can sleep
ly. Ho never brings anything
" to eat, but sucks the blood of
ictims when he kills them and
goes home and turns in.
ter , rats are famous blanket
rs. They fill their bedrooms in
in with sheets of the gray vegcilown
that grows on various
? in the marshes and by the
banks of the streams. The bed and
| - mattress of Mrs. Rat is generally
made of dry rushes, which form a
capital conch, if you know how to arrange
them. The * big, fat water rats
.. that live in fe any districts have a very
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION
By the Governor.
Whereas, the President or the United
States, in accordance with ctm10m,
has issued his proclamation appointing
and setting apart a day of
festival and thanksgiving to be observed
by all the people of the United
States; now, therefore. 1, Albert
B. White, Governor of the State of
West Virginia, do hereby proclaim
and designate
THURHDAY, NOVEMBER 24,
as Thanksgiving Day to be so observed
by the citizens of West Virginia.
On that date the people are
requested to cease from their ordinary
occupations and to assemble in
their various places of worship or
homes, there to devoutly thank the
fiver of all good for His many mercies
and blessings conferred upon us
as a Nation, as a Commonwealth and
as individuals, and to beseech a continuance
of God's favors upon us.
Aa one of the sisterhood of States
of this great country WeBt Virginia
has been favored greatly during the
past year. Our material development
has continued and expanded; our
husbandmen have been rewarded
with bounteous crops: we have been
spared from pestilence and great disasters:
our people have been contented,
happy and prosperous, and each
and all have abundant reason to feel
gratitude and to abound In the spirit
or thanksgiving. We have been more
generously favored than some other
sections of this great country and
should he correspondingly grateful.
Never were religious, educational
?nd benevolent institutions of our
rdate doing as great and beneflcient
<iork as at present. 1 ho uplifting
nfluences of our communities were
Lever more active and the results
nnre marked. The futuri is bright
.vith promise and West Virginians
ire full of hope ad courage.
Under those circumstances this anuial
festival and day of praise shou'd
>e even more generally observed than
my similar anniversary.
Given under my hand and the great
eal of the State at the City of
rharleston on this the eighth day of
November, in the year ol' our Lord
me thousand nine hundred and four,
ltd of the State the forly-second.
Seal.!
ALBERT B. WHITE, '
By tlie Governor:
Vm. M. O. DAWSON,
Secretary of State.
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Some of 'I'lieir Fnmoan I'ent" i> t I'Ei>'kIcyf
13i?J ti ranee.
One of the finest achievements of a
war correspondent was ' Hint of Holt
White, a ropreaeiiiative of the New
York Tribune, in the Fraaco-l"ruxsian
war. He witnessed tlie battle of Sedan
from tlie Prussian headquarters on
Thursday, Sept. 1. 1870. At lis c-oiiclusidiv
he rode to Brussels, but lliere tlie
postolflee authorities refused to traiisrnit
his dispatch to I-ondon untl even
threatened t? arrest him for sayinjj
thy t tlie Freoi'li had been defer,ted. He
then went on to Calais, crossed to Dover
by special steamer and took a special
train to Iandun. where tie arrived
at 5 o'clock on Saturday m orn his. X?ct
day there was a description of the battie
six columns ion;; ia the Tribune.. It
was not bill Tuesday that the Londsn
newspapors uuu acfSHuw ui uic w?filct
from their correspondents.
K?t the ?OBt fanioua deed of physicv
1 endurance in the race for news beIwcok
war correspondent* wn told *f
Archibald Forbes. In &i& Servian rrar
f 1?7?* Semllu. tfae nearest telegraph
*txti?a. was 320 mriie* distant fra-ai the j
scene of the buttle. S5? so?:i Ferfeec
knew the reanlt Jar rede ?*. s*j*ai all |
aight l?7ag he kept at a gratllep. e3?**g
ixg k?rsea evriy fifteen wiilea. At
lin he had eac Uaj drink ef beer and
then at ace sat sieww f the t*~k ?f
writing. bear ?<?*??- fecitr. tine.
J be tidings of \rfcti??b he was fetor bearer
After he had written the st?iy ?*f tiae
battle and pat It ?n the wires he lay
?3?ytb in his clothes arid slept t-.reub
kw.irs without waking. Ke had vrit
ssssed the battle, which lasted si a
hours: ridden 7 20 miles ac.l written
and dispatched a telegraphic message
four columns hi length to tlie Daily
News, all in the space of thirty hours.Macmilhin's
Magazine.
.font Like Americans,
A peculiar revelation in regard to
train travel in Japan is that the people
of various classes, customarily polite
111 their Intercourse with one another
and in their dealings with aliens. lose
nearly all sense of courtesy when they
enter a passenger car. When I first
rode in a first class car In Japan and
saw several dainty Japanese void en In
pretty silks standing while Japanese
men remained resolutely seated I could
almost fancy I was on an elevated
train in New York: bound for Harlem.
?Harold Boice in Book lovers' Magazine.
HIn Coat of Arnm.
"Now that 3*ou are wealthy, Mr. C.."
said the mail who deals in pedigrees
and the like, "jou really should begin
to adopt n coat or arms.
' I'll do just as I please," retorted
.Mr. C. Iiotly. "If I like to go about it?
my shirt sleeves, tliat ain't nonco' your
business!"
A Ileal Hero,
"You don't believe in divorce, then?"
"Xo. sir: I've got too much sportin'
blood."
"What has that to do with it?"
"I believe in it tight to the finish."?
Philadelphia Ledger.
AFE TELESCOPING TRAIN.
J*
m the freight train that always meets
y on its way without the usual tragic
?Chicago News.
RT SET
Cleverness,
d purpose.
wife, comes up for trial. The suit Is
that of James C. Pettigrew, of No. 83
Seventh avenue, against his wife, the
late Maude Mary .Mid die ton Pettigrew.
Though Attorney George Robinson,
of No. 99 Nassau street, who represents
the husband, has received Information
that Mrs. Pettigrew Is
dead, he will ask the court to grant
the divorce on the ground that it is
undefended and that the court has
no proof that the wife is not still living.
The suit for divorce was begun by
James Pettigrew more than two years
ago, and for a year an effort was
made by private detectives and subpoena
servers to serve upon Mrs. Pettigrew
the summons and complaint
in the action. They traced her from
place to place, but were always too
late. One night the subpoena server
followed her to a restaurant and waited
outside for her. When he attempted
to serve the paper as she was leaving
the place the woman's escort held
off the subpoena server while she
jumped into a cab and escaped. After
that experience she left the city and
went to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and it
was in that city she is said to have
died Line 8.
When Mrs. Pettigrew left the State
Lawyer Robinson obtained an order
of the court to serve her by publication,
and when, after the allotted
time, she did not file an answer to
the suit it was placed on the calendar
of undefended divorce actions. The
hearing has been sel down for next
Wednesday.
.a lew iihjs ago ivn. >. v. i
ceived a supposed transcript of the
certificate of his wife's death. This
transcript has not been properly certified
and Pettigrew fears that it is
another plan of his wife to block the
divorce proceedings.
Never equaled?often imitated?\V.
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Highland.
Ease, comfort, health.?all combined
in the Dorothy Doiid shoe. C. B.
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;rom an influenza to a grave typhoid; a siniph
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De. M. ML Fenner,. beforo one of the New York
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If you see a niee 1 .oking
couple driving around -with a
good stylish horse, elegant harness,
nobby run-about, carriage or trap,
with nice clean robes, and everything
to match, you can wager ten to one it
was hired irom the Jackson Livery
Barn, as we put out only that kind.
FRED S. JACKSON, Manager. Open
day and night, x
We carry a complete line of wood,
iron, and Cincinnati bucket pumps.
J. L. Hall's Hardware Store. x
Your "want" is not important?to
anyone but yourself?until it has been
"put into type."
I have some good lots In two squares
of Court-house tor sale at $375.00. H.
H. Lanham. x
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