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mmbnm ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1903. Vol. XXXV- No. 91 NIHiOn AN' fOR FiNE CONFECTIONERY IX yJ tCjL l D and CE CREAM PARLORS J fruits, Candies, Cakes, Pies, DouQiwuts and fresh Breid Bally egg Portland Journal Agency. Hendrick's Block, Opp. Depot g I. J. NORilAN & Co. Prop. 25s FARMERS' CASH STORE, Q. A. WOOD & CO, Props DEALER IN Staple ane Fancy Groceries. Highest Price paid for country produce. Fresh "bread daily. Your Patronage is respectfully solicited. Private Free Delivery to All Parts of the City TROXEL BLOCK OPP PASSENGER DAPOT Uncle Rasius on Thanksgiving. HELLO ga-S.--ar&JEC .TIT ;rX-iUfcU.gr. S3 im 8 Bring Us Your GHIGKEMS, SUTTER? DE mail whod sot n Inr trap in his chicken house on Tliuuks glbcn ebe am no Christian nn' t.i in i uuutH.T win in;. Derc's no plnce In hebben fur dc man ilat steals. Jess do same I 'spects do coon dat ain't got a cent an' jet brings home n turkey fur Thanksgiben will go to do good place. Do American people doau git half nuff sleep, an I 'spects dat's Jess why most ob 'em am alius complnluln' ob feelin' run down. De white man oughter git to bed early, 'speshually on Thanksgiben ebe. If any ob my fara'ly gits to allln' I doan nebber git no doctor, 'kase dey do a heap ob ha'm. When my Undo Julius was tooken sick one Thanks giben an' de doctor said he couldn't dun had none ob dat fo'teen pound tur key dat was hangln' In de kitchen what was do result? Why, when Ju lius smelled dat bird, all brown an Juicy, an' heard dc fam'ly smackln der Hps. he Jess gib one groan an' died. Yo' may s'arch through de almanac an de dictionary an' all de histories ob dls kentry, but yo' won't find no men shun made ob a cull'd man belli' 'lect ed president ob de United States. I reckon It am Just as well. If a cull'd man held dat office he'd kill hlsself on Thanksgiben tryln' to eat ail de tur keys dat am sent to de White House on dat occashun. 1 alius stick up fur de Illble an' be- lieb ebery word in dat good book, but I'ze kinder a lectle bit 'splclous 'bout MIstah Xoah an' his ark. Dat man might hev let all de birds an' aniniules In his ark, but did dey all git out FOR CKSH OR TRKDE. J.F. Barker & Co. A Full and Com plete Assortment of all kinds of TOYS. Etc, Etcjtjtjjtjt YOU'LL FIND J THE PRICES J SATISFACTORY HAVE PUT IN PLACE A stocK of HOLIDAY GOODS so com plete, so meritorious, that we Know we can please the purchas ing public Our stocK is large and embraces the latest and newest in Carving Sets Silverware Burnt Wood Novelties Cutlery Sporting Goods S. K. 5YKES. Hints to Housewives. Half the battle in good cooking is to have good FRESH GROCERIES And to get them promptly when you order them. Call up Phone No. 181 for good goods and good service. C. W. PARKS & CO. J. M.gWeatherby T. A. Bury D. L. Martin Roseburg Real Estate Co. Farm and Timber Land Bought and Sold Taxes Paid for Non-Residents. Timber Estimates a Specialty. List your proper ty with us. A, C. MAR5TERS & CO. i DRUGGISTS We Want Your Patronage and as an inducement we offer U. S. P. Standard Drugs, Fresh Patent Medicines, High Grade Perfumes, Soaps, Toilet Arti cles, and Specialties If you want to buy a farm If you want furnished rooms If you want to buy a house If you want to rent a house jf you want to build a house If you want to move a house If you don't know PAT CaII on or nddress . . . F F. pafefcefgon, Contractor nud Builder Koaeburi' Oregon Your Ranches and Timber Lands with me. : : : I List H I HAVE EASTERN CUSTOMERS I AND CAN SELL 1 R. R. JOHNSON, OFFICE IN MARKS BLOCK, ROSEBURG, OR. J 'IF ONE OF MY CHILIEK SHOULD ISQUAIt WUEI1E I GOT DAT UIIID"" again? Doan yo' 'siose dat tie turkeys was dun nilssln' 'bout Tbunksgiben Ume? When Thanksgiben comes an' I take de head ob de table an' de ole woman on' chlH'en gather round an' smack der Hps an' roll der eyes, when de hour conies dat I stand up wld knife In hand to begin carbln. when de mlnlt arroves dat I reach out wld one hand to cotch dat turkey by de lalg an hold him solid while I slice away. If one ob my clilH'en should look up an Innunr where I got dat bird den. I'm tcllln' yo' dat slch a calamitous sarcum- stanco would perspire dat dat child would remember de event nii de rest ob his bo'n days! A. B. LEWIS. The President Turkey. For the past thirty years the turkey which has graced the White House t:i ble on Thanksgiving day has conn from Westerly, It. I., the gift of Hiram Vose. In 1873 Mr. Vose sent a thlrty eix pound bird to President Grant. It was received with such favor that he has continued to supply the yearly presidential turkey, and his sons after him will keep on sending turkeys to Washington as long as tho race holds out Rhode Island turkeys are not as numerous as they once were, but their Quality has not deteriorated. Bronze and Narragansctt grays are the stand ard breeds. No change has been made In the methods of breeding turkeys as the years have gone by, but In view of the bad luck fanners have had recent ly In raising large flocks Mr. Vose, whose turkey market Is a clearing house for all the country round. Is try Ing to discover some means to prevent the national bird from becoming ex tlnct .copyright, 1903, or U. N. Iurla. THE bird was n turkey, not nu eagle, and I'll not say that It met Its fate Thanksgiving day, but It passed the way of all Thanksgiving birds about Nov. 20, 16C3. This uncertain chronology Is duo to the fact that half a dozen of us war prison refugees, who had escaped from the Georgia stockades, were making our homeward Journey by the solo guidance of the north star. When wo struck the eastern slope of the Cum berland mountains In southwestern Virginia bite autumn was upon us. The plentiful wild gropes had been touched by frost, persimmons were dropping, dead rlie. anil corn bad been shucked and stored beyond our reach. We didn't know tho day of tho week, much lot that of the month, for wc passed days and nights sometimes hid ing from pursuers in dark coves and slept from sheer exhaustion without reference to the rising or the setUng of the sun. One day we came upon a cabin bidden In the mountain wilds occupied by a negro who, like ourselves, was a refugee. At the beginning of the war he had run away from his master In east Tennessee nnd started blindly to meet up with "Massa Linkum'a so gers." Having lost his way and got frightened by the roaming bushwhack ers who Infested the mountains, he built a cabin and waited for that ju- Black Bam n-o-b-e-r goln eat turkey twell freedom done come. First turkey I cotch he git fat on' nice, an' freedom ain't come, bo he glt ole on tough, an I gib him ter de buzz'rds. Second tur key he glt fat, too, but no freedom ylt. He glt tough, an do buzz'rds glt him. Den I cotch one mo', on! I say dls do bird o' freedom, shuah. Sow, luk yer." With that he led tho way up the mountain side till ho came to a tangle of wild grape vines which fell over the rocks and trees like a huge wall. These ho parted deftly and conducted us to' a spacious glen shut out from the pryinB world. Tied to a stake with a long rope was a fat turkey. "See do bird o' freedom?' says he, with a broad African grin. "Cotched dls chicle about las' Chrls'mus ober de moun'n. Hide him yer all day, an' nighttime take hint out In do beech woods so bo get fat fo' do day o Jnbllec. Now I got do Thanknglbon tasY In de mouf, an' Jubilee done como." After more of his palaver It was set tled thnt he would roast the bird In a rude oven built In the hillside, then serve It In tho cabin. Meanwhile we woniout tramps would sleep ourselves Into a Ottlng nppettte for the Jubilee feast, which was to be turkey and com pone. Black Sam led us back to the cabin and shoved aside some of the poles which made a flooring for the loft overhead. Climbing up with the Tbnnlufilvlnfr Dnr Abroad. Wherever two or three Americans are gathered together on Thanksgiving day there Is sure to be an elaborate observance of the epicurean holiday. In every foreign capital a TbanksgiV' ing banquet at the American legation is one of the fixtures in the ambassa dor's or minister's ceremonial calendar. and to his official reception arc wel comed all of his countrymen residing abroad or temporarily away from their own firesides. The American churches hold religious services, where there ore American churches, nnd in their nb Bonce the natives usually offer their places of worship to the Americans for the day. Even In Peking Thanksgiving day Is a notable event. Its observance shared in by Christianized Chinamen and the members of other embassies than our own. Tho German agriculturists who ore making a tour of this country to study American farming are said to be favor ably Impressed with the beauty and comfort of tho metropolitan hotels where they pass most of their time. Possibly they are devoting special at tention to the study of irrigation. An English professor has been de scribing In words of three syllables how one of our high priced "twlrlers" curves a baseball. A quarter of n ecu tury ago otlicr professors were using words of four syllables to prove be yond question ttmt tho Uiing couldn't be done at nil. Even Andrew Carnegie's life Is sor row shadowed at times. Think of hav Ing the people of some offended town say every week or so: "You can tako bock your old $100,000 for a library, Wo don't want it So there!" u W I'm than! An' sd ll for the sunshine, on' I'm thankful for the doud. dal for the best o' health an feeling rather proud think In spite o" accidents that carry folks away I still can say I'm thankful I'm a-Iivin' here t'day 1 jJ dodged the trolleys, which are always grounds for fear; escaped a sunstroke in the dog days o' the year. m filled with thankfulness an ain't disposed f fret you see. I'm much too poor t' own an auto yet Pcrhaos since last Thanksgwin u Id been a millionaire I might have been a-guidin o an auto here an' there An' had a fearful smashup in some record breakin' race; I might t'day be lyin" in some quiet restin' place. An so I say I'm thankful that I'm livin here t'day An' had the luck t" keep myself well out o' danger's way. Though things have been ag"in me in a way, I've no regret; I'm thankful that an auto basnt mangled me as yet f J?- ices-air S5 m& r-suimsi ftiw t&Kr&2&& I haven't raced an auto, so I've heard no victim wail; I'll own I broke no record, but I haven't been in jaiL An" so I'm duly thankful there's no damage bills t" pay T weepin' wife or orphans on this blest Thanksgivin day. Tm thankful for the sunshine an I'm thankful for the cloud, I'm thankful I am livin' an' a mixin' in the crowd; But, more than all I'm thankful that 1 haven't been beset With the worry that is born of auto ownership, as yet I A bllee of freedom his simple faith told' him must come. With eyes almosv bursting from their sockets he listened to our story of the emancipation how Lincoln had struck the fetters off from every slave and If onco he could reach Yankee territory there would be no more dragging him back to slavery. When the poor wretch comprehended tho wonderful story he sat silent for a long Ume. Then he looked Into the face of each of us, a gleam of peace growing brighter and brighter on his ebony skin. "Yo all Is shuah nuff Yanks." said be, "else yo ain't talkln' fat a-woy to Black Sam." Nothing we could say was stronger than the ne gro's logic. "Yo's Yanks, an yo's hun gry. I'm hungry, too hungry for tur key, 'kase dls about Thanksgiben time. I'ze gwine kill de bird o' freedom on' gib yo oil a dinner." For o moment we thought tho startling news of eman cipation had turned the poor slave's brain. There was no sign of poultry culture about tho premises. Block Sam saw the doubt written on our faces. "Oh, I'ze got dat turkey, all right!" ho shouted. "Bin woitln' free year fur tas'c o" him. 'Twuz dls a-woy: 1 'lowed do nlggohs gwine get free oil account o' Massa Llnkum. an' I said help of a rude bench, we found n car peting of mountain grass for our bed and o space Just large enough to He down spoon fashion, as we'd done In prison, nnd nired by o hole cut In the gables. Black Sam descended, and we moved the loose poles back Into posi tion. "Ain no bushwhackln seccsh gwine luk fur yo' up dare," said he, with a chuckle, nnd went his way to prepare tho turkey. After a long sleep wc awoke and rrept down from tho loft, wondering lint wo had not been bidden to the feast Black Sam was sitting like n fliourncr, with his lank yellow dog for a compaulon In misery. By the light of a wnnlng tire In Uie chimney we aw tho well picked bones of n turkey and some scraps of pone on tho board What had happened? Surely that woe begone negro and his wocbegouo dog had not regaled themselves on the bird of freedom. We looked from one to the other of our crowd nnd then to our host, who tremblingly began his Btory of the disastrous Jubilee fete. Said hot "Doss I glt dat turkey an' dot pone ready an' mok to call yo' all to Thanks glbcn when 'long come posscl o' Cap'n Noah's secesh critter company sneokln nround an' say dey lookln fur Yan In view of the latest antl-Semlto out- rago In Bessarabia, the European pow ers might glvo the unspeakable Turk a brief intermission and read tho riot net to Uio Russian bear. Anent the kissing of babies by po litical candidates, bovo the Infnnts dc rights under the constitution which po UUcal aspirants are bound to respect? Cotton is certainly king, Judged bj Iho way Wall street Is kotowing to hto majesty. I Tho rapacity of tho packers seems likely to mako tho lump of pork In the poor man's greens look llko tho oyster In tho boarding bouse soup. If General O. O. Howard Insists upon topping Kentucky feuds ho will bo wlso If ho docs his Insisting at long range. Czar Nicholas' "religious tolcraUon" rescript appears to boar bloody fruit In Bessarabia. kees. Tell 'em I aln't seed none, an dey nst why dls roastln' dat turkey uess fur dls nlggah 'lone. ' 'Kaso I Jess hear about freedom,' I tole 'em. 'I got no mammy, no missus, no chile, only my ynllcr dog Slim. Done roast dat turkey oil for dls nlggah's Jubilee.' "Den dey eat dat turkey an' pone an' nebber gib me none an' nebber say "rank yo", Black Sam.' All de time dey eatlu' dey kept lookln' up to deui poles overhead, musln' like dey want Bee behln' dare. Dey keep mighty still, dough. One secesh, he stan' outside, on' de odd era tako some turkey fo him. Bymeby dat man he say, 'Sh!' an' dey all grab delr swords an' pis tols an' sneak out, nebber sayln' nut- tin'. Den I know why dey doan go peekin' behln' dem poles where yo all hldln on' doan take Black Sam along back to he ole massa." We forgot our hunger and the van ished luxuries over this recital, for we bad beard of Noah's company of bushwhack ers, who mas queraded as Con federates, but never smelled powder In tho field. They ter rorized the ig norant m o u n talneers, seizing their pigs and corn in payment for their pro fessed guardian ship of the ter ritory. Part of their business was to head off runaway pris oners and fugi tive slaves and return them to captivity. This won for them the toleration of the local Confed crate authori ties. We knew the risk of cross In their brnten trail and breath lessly awaited the sequel of Black Sam's story. "I looks at dem turkey bones an dat empty pone dish," continued he, "an I moan kase yo all glt none. Den I skeered call yo' 'kase yo. kill dls nlgcah fo' shuah. I stan' lookln at de bones, gittln' hun grier ev'y minute. Nex t'ing some body sneakln up an holler In de do. Whar dem rebs? 'What rebs yo meanr I say. Cap'n Noah's company,' he say. Wc seed 'em comln dls a-way las night. Dls one a Yankee all in blue. an I up nn' tole lm I rose dat turkey all by uiyse'f an' Cap'n Noah's men come cat 'lm all an' den run away. Dls Yank he laff all acrost he face, but be make no noise latlln'. Specie be t'lnk bery funny how de rebs eat dls chile's turkey an pone. Den he pi out de do, an' long come about 200 Ynnks. "Den I glt mad at dem Yanks, an I say: 'S'pose yo t'lnk dls nlggah cryln' Tease he got no turkey an' pone, he an Slim. I ain't cryln'. I'ze laffln' on de Inside 'kase I'ze a free nlggah. Den dey all laff ag"ln an' go way down de lane, sneakln after dem Noah's men. Now, what yo' all laffln atr Yankee soldiers, Sam? Are yon sure?" gasped half a dozen in a brtath. We didn't make any noise, either, not being certain we were out of the woods yet: but every mother's son of us grin ned like the man in the moon, Yankees of the right stripe were what we were looking to meet up with more than a feast of turkey and pone. Shuah, mars, shuah. Llnkum sogers from up de Kanawha way. I heercd SAM WAS SITTIXQ U a Mocitsna. Ft. W- FENN, OliZIL ENGINEER (Utoly with the governmontWraphlcal and geological surrey of Braill. South America.) ' United States Deputy Mineral Surveyor. Office over Postoffice. HOSHBURG, OREGON. Correspondence solicited 00 TO THE ROSELEAF for CIGARS, TOBACCO HND SMOKERS' SUPPLIES. Jackson Street, - - Roseburir. Oren Attention Rheumatics!! Why pay the Rail Road a lot of money to carry you to Springs of unknown medical properties when you can be guaranteed a cure at BOSWELL SPRINGS near home. ELATKRITB to Mineral Rnbber.l YOU MAY INTEND BUILOIKC or find It necessary to REPLACE A. WOKX4)t!T HOOF EIATERFFE ROOFING Tke the pUce of hlnrle, tin. Iron. Ur tad grsTel and mil prepared roofinj. 7orfltad Lfl?7I,T'.eUT,,E'.,oUJ. TeniJorafiefiSala. ISSoBabto tntSS sola on merit. Gamntced. It 'rill pj to ak tor price and laforaattoa. TILE ELATEKITE KOOJETIING CO., Worcester Boildins, POETLAKD WE SCRAPED TOGETHER A LITTLE YAXKZK XIOSET. Cap'n Noah's men say dey nil skeered o' lankeo sogers pin tin' dls a-woy." At last wo were among friends good enough fortune to draw thanks from yearning stomachs. Wo scraped to gether a little Yankee money to re ward Block Sam for tho loss of his Jubilee dinner nnd for saving our necks with that lone nigger bluff, which so rffectlvcly dulled tho curiosity df Kooh's Infamous gang. Tho negro grinned at the sight of the greenbacks, coming with his newly discovered freedom. We kept on grin nlng in our Joy at being onco more In "God's country," surrounded by boys In blue. No doubt the bushwhackers woro grinning, too, over tho after taste of that unexpected dinner. They got away from their pursuers, but we didn't begrudgo them this good for tune. And ns wo got next to Uncle Sam's fat rations In the saddle pouches of Crook's Kanawha cavalry division a few hours later we didn't begrudge them their moucpoly cf Hlack Sum's Jubilee turkey and initio. FIIAXK TOWNLEY, Tho young republic of Cuba has traveled nlono along tho hlghwny of tho notions for a year and hasn't wab bled tho least bit during tho whole tlmo President Talnm has been teach Ing tho Infant to walk. Tho youngster has n surplus of $2,0)9,000 In his little bank, and his first successful yeai wouiu seem to maicnto tnero wot Bometmng wrong nuout the ort re peated prediction that tho "Cubans are lncapabla of ce! gpvanmeut." CREAT REDUCTIONS IN LADIES' AND MISSES' JACKETS ahd GAPES $15 00 now $11 25 $10 00 " $7 50 14 00 " 10 50 7 50 " 5 65 12 50 " 9 40 6 00 " 4 50 11 00 " 3 25 5 00 " 3 75 $4 00 now $3 00 WOLLENBERG BROS., Phone 801, THIS STORE WILL BE CLOSED ON THANKSGIVING DAY A. SALZMAN, Pratical WatchmaKer, Jeweler, Optician. Watches, CIocKs, Jewelry Diamonds andSilverware Watch Repairing a Specialty. OOOOOOCOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCiOOOOOOO F. W. BENSON. A.C.ilAKSTESS. H.CGAIXT. President, Vice President. Cat&le Douglas County Bank, Established I883. Incorporated 1901 Capital Stock, $50,000.00. BOAUD OP DIRECTORS F V BESSON.R. A.JIOOTU J. H. 1WOTH. J. T. BRI DOES J. h. KKLLTf, A.CSTAIISTER3 K. UMIIXKK. 8 o 6 A genonil hauling broiiics transacted, andjeustomers given every accommodation consistent with sxto and conservative ban kin sr. 5 Bank open from nine to twelve and from one to three. 000000000000000000000Q B0YCE BENST0N The OlfflaS" up-to-date Merchant We also do the test work in Gleaning Scouring and Pressing. Call and see us. Opposite Post Office. Flowering; Bulbs Stock is now in from Holland, and it is time to plant them. Write today for our new catalogue, which tells all. The same catalogue tells about our ROSES, TREES and PLANTS. PORTLAND SEED CO. PORTLAND, OREGON. NOTICE! Call at the office of the Roseburg Water and Light Co. and pay your water and light bills, on of -before the ioth of each month and take advantage of the discount.