Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908, November 26, 1891, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Paper fnr the Stork in 'in, .Merchant and .Miner. m The Paper for the Farm, tho Workshop and (he Home. 1'olumc A7. cv.rrav city, gh.'Lyt county, okkgo.v, thuusiuy. .mwcmuich go.isoi. Number Jtt. GIANT COTOLT NEWS as :Wm4 ? f7 1 nr.v ih mw ,.t ou Tt'a'iU-'iT tuff lull, I lt..!. ..i,iiin.- anil bubMIBi!. rotha A Cats t IM N vrtnbor Hilt rr Al wtrr M(M out ol u lair s' 0 voniter llh drvor. U alxitli u .V lii .'. ki g n r Irnls, mil thus up tit a dominion! Til the i.ovu ar a l tef i Uaf. Whs' I try In vl.ti la itu (ilattir. Pri'i.!.-., ilu . -r. ..te-t and !n Ol t ,i.i- .r . I v , i licvpaltur Ti ..ii i or. v . r if-l-: tttt a feait Tn( . i r Hi. r nl In eUrailoo nf i ...a i a i c nUiUftl tiling T ' '11' s ' - i i i i' uniii of n uultofl-- l!lv, Mr I ui-,'i!.,-:al. aitJ Mas'! I' .r lli!i !. . i J' i il . i- i f,. . il , . -i . ft it i en il.. r tii'tua; owr .. .? ..via: car ,r .ni . I t a hour - l l t'titi 1 1 (nun ufurt Wlttio rlhxi.tki- i li.ii- dav r -mtor. n.i t 'li I t 1 1 ..f Hell. Dm l.i'irt i i i:i 1.! I tunc I., irriiw ieoilrj Away tn.oi t!i.. li.wlauii. "I pelf. Tin- h..' t't niir ( cure r.t'r -itaring U ;. I - A i.' i i .i i,m.'r ur-.t ion, O it in., t i tilt ii. i i-.ei si arc tuarltia Tin' rrnvy of 1'iirlii, rl it u.i 1 iimu At nit inc.fj" li '.ui'i iv' Jill t t. you, V" vi.w, as wi" tint I mi I -lav. While likMt rti Ii . iiiuw 111 ')im yuu Aud turn you I. .nu t mi I in. Jl'l 1 1 II. Til iycu TIIK .MA.IOIi'S SI'KIiAI). How tlio OoimI Old Sou! Entor tnluod Vu- tnicH Unitwarcu. OST! Unt!' '"IV.l.ly!" "If you'll only li.ive hclii'il uio "Dnl you ni privicU lillu lis I iiiMm'iI you? is Hi.l-" "A p p ro noli liliu'.' lion- can n fellow up primcli ; mini tltnl lurnti It I in at tin- Ilrit Milly Willi tlio hwonl Ml.V'V.1 of ridicule, ami tlieu follow hU thrust w itli u cuniionadinif of vituperative cpl-llu-t-" "If you lmiln't alloui'il tliUM) fellows to run jmiir olil Sultun--" "(Hi, Sultan In; Imnoit! Tluy illiln't hurl him any" "He might hure overloohcd pai.t of foiiMH. nml iiiitilitn't " 'IjxU lu'ri'.lCittii' MrCnlllL'niii what's tlit urn of y ur 'mitfhu' unit your 'niiilitn!' I'litii Mac ili'loU. nlihora, iilmiiiinuti h, ill i piM'n,, haU'k uml liKithot the i-olli'tfy hoy. -" "Tor wlili.li I am painfully nw'nri' ho hna, too oflvn. Just ciiuw. Who tiei I'aUUi ti'iK win. !.m MiutUTu? Who put.1 turtle Pjflf un.li'r ilu- lu-n? Who fciuuv i;U' linwliinj ilni;i into the ot'llur at ileotl of uitflil. till Sullun't m.iuo with burn, ami miiiU the front feticu nsl, wlilu-mnl lilui' You mity un nil thu ti'llinrf hynonyma you cure to" "If he ilitln't lulu 'cm they wouldn't ilo it - " 'Tltin'- ttith TtdUy McCnlllgan, rlnif h-nUer. left out?" "Oh. 1 Ky, K it -' "You fellow i iloii'l ilo iiutuli loTiislie him love you llmt I liuire ever K'li. 1 1 rent, crown loiyn liUv you, 1 Hint, not n tuml atunutj you under duviiii two" "Nur one of ii over twenty. Twen ty' awful youiiu f"r a '"'y. Kit, nml all the fellow i bo fur Imin Imme, uiul llmt. Hint liu'f wuy Uomi klek. th moat nf 'em, uud not one iilluinil to yo hoiiut ut 'I'liaukiiifivlutf, n itli the Ilou If Icli liiK' up burh a dual iiUiut it all - " ")'au c.n go home, itt miy ritte, mill ii for kelutf hnwvaick, I'll Wilbur thut Jim " "Oh! Jim Junior 'beautiful Jim' he' the rtmioli l toc of the lut. If you like and yon ikkIu'I roll your eyei, nrnui.d Ifiauih n u Indignant iiiuiuter, either- you're not the only (firl living." Teddy I'' "Well, yu iki-, then; hut I hapHunt to M'O phologrupli In Jim'a cheat ivoeUet--" Teddy !" "hitunnliig pieltiru rM Win Mar, iiloulU like well, what you Drying ulmtr "Did you- .d lld -dW )hi ever hour Jim fcy !' wb-wiui hoiwalckir "ThlnU ih fellowr'a a WiihWrlit" hliot? h'po' y oil iimigine !' iirouiid dniuiK iiing liuii-lUi'iehlefa ! the Llilie! till, I aiy. KH. 'i:.t ' jihiitogrupH I euil fht on Vo ! !' f ' low oiil, won't you?" Wlwn a ttUM bU ImpeeenWiiia elrvim lvticva noli iu if m mm r awm -wh- UUUaU.il. 0 I'Miill he U htrulgliiwn ouuij. , if, nil the other h.il. of Uli I'l i'lj i'l I'1' il more- II .1.. ' ;t - UuiU i t hull ii. i . n' . i ' .i i.. i- . 1 ; n , imi;im. i rs :ii':i I il ! i' r uiul more .ii. nml p'r- i,U'lit i-n. .uj,-ii In 1,1 .-l.'ity l.i keep tlie kit Hunt t unl .:. tiiiu. illy upon the ti'tiguen of the i-.'i.l.' unluekily oliliged, liv btn'w of i Ireuin .t.-in"e, t.i iln 11 lnlde tho eorporuUon uf the MpnJoua eollvne town. The major hud acUled there loiig lH'fora itny greul bnrruk nf n iwhoiil l.iillillnjr htnl lnen ewtetl, !, fore the noise .md nnfiibii csan.iueiit umhi the Hrrlvul of humlmkof inanHer lem Joutli- nitliin the town joiithn who laughed luw and order to kcoru, Hllil hnd ulliee lillril the lunjor' llight with n hldeouo unnil. Thai ho. the hero of n hundred buttles, nhould In muted by ueh un etiemy u lila (vow, thnl he kIiuuIiI pull upsluhea uml lly 1d fore mi puling, mi I nolle a foe was a far from hi" tlmughta an that tbe major's I iv mum that ndvenary'a ehhjf Joy. In every way poMdhle, innocrntly or inalicioiialy, tlti'M" tormentors aought to !irtUM the mnjor'a wrath, deaUting iinly when they had won for Iheitmelvek the dear delight of aeelng Ida (Uivk Irish blood lly to bin ncowltng brtiw, anil hearing hU tpdek Irish tongue iK'rnling them with theeimlce invective ho hnd, wltliM'eming forethought, gath ored for kiieh oecutitoiia a theu In hit native liiud. In the college town, therefore, tins major hnd remained, pestered and en joyed by youtlia who grew to lunnhood, graduated, and. n the year Hew by, K'gau keinling on seeuiul editions ol theiiiM'lves to their In'loved Alma Mater. During this ptouiiige of time the iiiajur's sister the Mile Idol of hi heart had married and. after several years of married bliss, had found herself a ul.liiw. with two little ehildren to earn for. Although she realized their great need of her, and fought bravely to Urn for their Mikes, her elToi U were of no avail, anil each day saw her more ami mure the shadow of her former self. In vain her brother tried In eomfort her the fond heart was broken, and Ix'fore the winter frosl had melt.d ulsive th grue wherein lay all her lui'x's, there was another mound to lie covered by the Mift while mantle of the snow, and the major, lllled with that laoiirnful teiiileriii ss fell only h.v liimeiiltiig Irish hearts, led the t little ones back to hisoHii llreslile. aeeepling them as a stirred legacy, lie gave them his name ami tils undivided cure and attention, and joyed in the sense of his on uership of two charming rhilJreii. who were now as much his own though he hatl suffered sleepless nights during their infancy, and Iki ii fri tted by a wife of his choice- for the uuijnr was not a marrvlug inun, and the thought of an outsider a woinuii at that coming into TIIK M.Utlll WI'.tXtlMIM) lllrt ni'Ktr. his Irresponsible bachelor existence uiiil l.iing il'iuu uiiv sort of law, oi chalking any suit of mark for him U Us', was u luuihb'ning one. Hut even sacred legacies can 1h. at limes, trying. Not thut the major had had the fact borne in unun hiiu, as it were, until the children were well grown, Teddy hud slurtvd to college uud joined the rabble, and Kiltie had howu a decided ami unblushing pref erence for a certain sophomore w hum he had caught on his way back from a stolen visit to Teddy's room slldingdowu one of the pillars that supported his (the major's) rch, nud hU'uii he had there after forbidden the premises. (irautitd thcM) children tried him. nml thut ho made them aw ore of the fact of language peculiar to Uu .'. for all thu they felt that their uncle loved them as dearly u-i lln loved him, und when Teikly preferred his request, rash though it had been onsidered at the Ural blir.h, fiey ven (Uite toliUdeUl thut he would not rv thuui so liuio'eut uml emtuenll (iruissiworthy a desire. They hail talked it over lugxlhiir so often, this slater and this brother, that It had, by ilcgrisv-s, because of the Increasing fuinlllarity uf l)w Idea, lost lis tirst Impossiblu assict. 1 1 UM not occur to them that what tlu'.v hil Ulkod and dreamed over until it had grown to seem almost a thing oe ,ouillshd might hurst upon their ( . .d uncle with all tlw uiH'pectedW! .' i ttiui.ilcr i l,.p out of a uleur sky. II.,' ery mi liwilt pir Teddy hail I .u .is iinpr pitlotii: the. major had I just il.sc.ncifd freh traces of . i.ite nsiiipnlhm tlin the 'iiu .( In lieliweil wur liorse, Sultan, ami ns r.i.-e. Ilk inlUW'ilUl'lH'e, win, at a pro- I n ii. . .1 ) ,t. h ' I1. .1I. i.ur college fiieiuls to ent a 1 I 11 11 l.gn turkey, is it? - a 'Hi. inks jguiiik- ilitil! I'll tsilie them to gtu' tli.itil. . In y house! Would ye pour un- f il the mnnlhervr of your uncle, I ii-d -htir sugar In It to their liking? I I in .111 nuts, but you're a esil faeed lot. 1. 1 the ehake of a grinning 1 himpunrcc Invite the bloody lieg g.irs. say you - oh, no, je'll not! I l' luve 111 n-serve the right to do w hut invitation's done In me ow 11 house, or knovt the ralsoit why! And I'd rather have the coiuwny of tramps--d'ye mind that -the poor, mresernblc, nliitsed, mlsttitdhersUioil trauiM, that niver lift a finger to do anyone a mean turn, thorough, honest, dayclut mlu, that lave a cititcu iu puce, lave the gates on their hinges, the shingles 011 the roof " here tho major's anger roars amain -"and the roof on the house' No, sir! To perdition wld your college moiisthers hut ye may ask Ivery tnoup )e mate In the sthreet to come and dine, w id Maj. McOalllgan say that he is their friend, and that tur'ii'j s shall ls nmsted In honor of them - that the deserving hungry shall le lid at the ixplnso of Maj. .Me I'ulligan, ami that htvud and wuther's I,ni -i-l for the likes of" here fol low cd untranslatable, but limine atloti ubh v liiroils, t'eltlo epithets "college eomxiiilotta!" I'iir ehiidnuil Teddy's notion of doing the hospitable was nipped in the laid, uigncn thut there was 110 means uf ih ti i mining just how rich In hue or how U uut.ful a llower it might liave Is i i.tnc. and Kiltie's little dream of a is-ri.il of bliss wherein a most enchant ing gown of sach blossom tinting shared enual honors with the Hgutv f a tall and rather awkward youth kin.uit to tin" college world as ".liiii Junior" Ibis delightful dream vanished tu the miserable dawn of her uncle's ti mts'stuoti, iiuhhI, nud the wretched sun of a day of ilisapsiintaienl shone through 111 is U uf big unshed leu "I'm h-, you haven't forgotten your proposition concerning Thanksgiving - Iu ut her word to-morrow?" "Kh, Teddy? Mess mo soul, me loy, what?" "To fetch n pack o' tramps on Thanks giving day to dine with you. I've met thirteen In the Interim sorry It's thir teen such nit unlucky number; but siuce I told each one to fetch all the scarecrows he could scare up along with him, I wouldn't wonder hello, uncle, what's the matter'.'" "Noth - nothing, Teddy- nothing, me buy!" Tim luiili shotihlli't I-' 011 him, he'd In- IhmmiiI. What an ass -what a loiig-earNl, ileep-iuottthiil, bniylug ass ii li.nl Weil to give that Imjv Teddy iittal, if Teddy' others, of course, others who were his nreh enemies and e I , i..l uUMiiiitationsi mi ll a grotc miic, -11. h an absurdly ridiculous hold unui hint! "Had you forgotten ulsuit It, uncle?" Torgiiltc n1 '''.v think me uiiiu'r) 's fuilin' me? We'll have a regular falsi tin In y enough fer twlnty. and oyster dln i . ing t.. I'.infiiunil the natives! It's Maj Mii'ulligun that can tatch the Ik uighteit world the rule mailing of hos pitality, l'liilh, it shall Is- a beautiful sliprid'" And it vvuh. The great oaken table, pulled ( ut to Its last joint, with the 'mpitiiy najsTi covering Its pollahed surfaie, groaned with thu burden It Imre. There was no half-he artcilui'M alsuit Maj Mcl'alligan; the glitter of his Is-st silver, the suirkle of his llllest i'l't still, the glowing hues of the bright est II.iwith from his hot house, the urmita arising from w ell-cooked viands all these nwutled III due time, the coming of the guests. lly ones nud two, ami threes they cume - u motley crew - an unkempt, un washed lot of hungry men, UniH'kiui; at the side door, knocking al the buck door, ringing at llui front door each and ull cordially welcomed by Maj. Me t'ulllguii, who stood fitting (foreswear ing, however, the shaking of dirty pawi held out to him now and again), and seeming n ally to enjoy the revenge hu felt cotillil.'iil Trilih, the rascal, had thought to take Usui hllil. It actually warmed Ilu' gissl old Irish heart within him lo sec the hungry, gnunt-eyed men put away the deU'ctahle promnder with which he had piovidcd them, and the thought that fur one hour at least these outcasts were tip'Uking their sehloiiisatii.ticd apn'tites and were drinking 111. together with their fra grant Mis-ha, a glimc of life among the lofty ami retlned, touched his heart with the warm linger of wlf -satisfaction, and he Warned Wniguaiitlv iioii his imllvi t guests, ihe clatter of dcxtrously-hiindlcil knives (which weapon were favorlle i'O.ivi yors of fmsl fii.111 pinto to mouth) and forks, the loud swoop and gurgle caused by the swallowing of colfee ...Miletl Iu samiTs, the noisy crunch of teeth upon ruphll.v -disaps'aring edi bles, the half Inaudible grunts accoin p.in In;,' the poiulillg of nil unwashed digit lovvurd some deslrml viand, to gether with the major's giNsl-linturedJ.v eucouragiug and voluble chatter, made a cheerful hour of it all. Al times the hoit ca..l furtive gluucs's toward i'eildy, to mark Ills chagrin at the turn alfair !iad taken, but Teddy, list wily for hU in.ii eau.dit each gluuce unm n conn .liatii c s.i espressi.iul.'ss (Hat II tsilllld .t h i.i: mi l was lost s iincwhere lm itti eu the ehioUcn sal.ul uiul the cheese. At 1.11 Ihe huugilot mail uwolig lieiu tU'sisUil wl a sltfh-even he oulu tat no mora' itvuUy the guetk , l I II V--W 1-- sW it ,'fisv "that's iiKiuicaT, paiiusii!" arose, and. with an a'tenipt at a low, nml a gutterat s-.tiiethuig meant for thanks, lllisl sluwiv and sluuchlly to il unl the kitchen dour. Thu major, alter calling Kittle from the parlor to witness the triumphal evil, vitsMil Into the lilirarr to enjoy a ipilet smoke mid n retrospection of the heart-w arming scenr. A tall, awkward man brought up the rear; n lean, lank, cadaverous fellow, w ith black eye-MS'kcis, and Ward of a weeks' growth rovciing his unpre(ss sesslng lineaments. As the major dis appeared, mnl Kiltie. Warning with a smiling curiosity, brought ull thr bright beauty of hergirll.li Vi ars Into the note desertetl issim, llnhull. uf a rag-lug, the most res'lhiut, most un. leuiily snilalto gcther obttoAloti. tiainp of them all, turned, and. asif oveicuite by herdnluty charms, clasped lilt tie 111 his long, lank arms, and left a very dirty kiss niton the pretty bhaiin of her rounded cheek. "Thai's dessert, dulling." whUH-red the mall. "Ted's a lui. h brick? he' n whole pumi 'it' We bov s tire posi tively stinted kiss me good night, love 'sh there!" "DJIlii!" V.VA tlllsr. A GLANCE AT FOHCION LANDS. It.vi.v prisluced flJl.M.MHW gallon ol w Ine last year. O.st: of tho English hosiery Arms rv" fisits all stocking purchased of them. I'lit'saiA will irobabtv never gel out of debt. .She now owes ?I, I.VO.OOU.IXM. 1)1 tviiiMM In considerable (titantltles have )ieu dlscovereil in Ihe north of Lapland. Tin: ground on which Yakutsk, SI Wrlii. Is built. Is perpetually frown to a depth of M3 feet. Til): Chinese and ThlWlans have u week of live davs named after iron, wisst, waU-r, feathers and earth. Ii-Kl.k.vii, liners ft. .in that Island state, hud a pheriuiueual winter, with never a Hake of simw or an hour of frost. I r Is ankl In I'nrls that twiee a many crlmtis aro coiuiiiktud by persons be tween the ages uf 1 . tn.i! ;o as by thoso Is'tweeu Jli and I 1 Tin: North 1 i.lua News uv the nditese wriu 111 .t 1 . dtl i-f remark, alsuit fureiu 'i 1 I 1 '..i I., " f notes elrcuhiteil by f.u. i."i li..ul.ets which eolue int.) their i-.s s , a lliilo vsiis mi l r i.'. 1 I m made the radroiul line of llatis't , irisafe tluit mllltU hail to b . -I, m( men ut every statliin and l'i' im 11 on every gu int's ami braUcutaii s pu.t Wtwecu the i.tatlons. Tkmit TloX fur desverud'S' aslU III the s-vret Im.iriLs of w ..ll'i lit India. An Allahahad pupi r . tnuale . thattsiln and gems to the v.d i. f !.;W,i).)0,l)Xl are lis-kcd up la lb .1 1 untrv. In Am rllsurlity ulotte t'u re 4ie iod.len jew el worth sMlUM!.!! 1. TllKllt: are tvv.iv.- i.-rts in AutsU-r-ilaiu on which no I. .1. i, ever allowed to W driven, even t 1 ili .iw a he trse or tire-engine. Th. v are hem ,1 . lean us Ihsirs, ami win 11 a p .! ...,.1 w.i.ttsUi rtist he sit.s down in tin -.ti-tvt I.i prefer ence to risi-.ting 0.1 .1 i!r .kU box. DISTINGUISHED AMEfllCANS, Kin roil Joski-ii I't'i.l ui.it hu Invested cda.oou iu a yacht. Mn. W. W. Asrutt pay- $-ia,M0 n yBr rent for his I,. uuluii 1 1- 1 . -. W 11. sum itvunKrr. fie a -t'r, has Wen sued by .Saioliy, the l'ni .11 SijUUI'e phi tograidii r, for ;'Hii. t'.ie amount of un uiip'tiil .hot ;fr.ipl: bill. .lull w J. Is.l.Vl.lJi never Mn life until tfU-r six o'el.t-k i.i t'ie e,- ,i'i f. After hat hour h' s,.i Ut' sIj 1 lily uulll he .is to bud ut t Aviv.' i-'ii.s W. (ii:.t:uvi. At :u:i:.- ':.: owaed the l.'irgl-.l lll.'erv'i.tui.i I'l the world, and he hit -w h car I u,i -r.,1.. it without materially culllag sii 1 l l!,,- sjtait uf hi life lli:Mv II tT, one of New Ymk's rttl way and steamship lltagnut-'s, i over eighty, a bachelor, of mjiuII stature, ru.r red bull I, uml l- a -liv- a:, u muli ofllility. lie Is said t b worth over Is'ill.OIMI.'KK). (ii.v. I'ki.u Ao(t', edit ir nud jro prielor of tlte llaltlm Aiiierlwui. luo lieeulne failluu. a. 11 lireei T of line horses, lie ha., u b ' Kitiful farm Hear lialliuiiire which he e tli, 1 iretitu, the nume of his iieu'si.ijs'r i. veril. A iMMi n-eeutly killed iu 1'errj, (in., had Uinv complete wis of lung Tin.ltr. I n pig at Juie lion t'ily, Kaiu, which wcigheil I. .V.J pound. It la ls lieved to W the lurgesl hog ill the world on four feet. A Tfttvil" mcaaurhig four fet Iu cir cumference and weighing fifty jsmiul is oil ex In billon ut the New What com (Wash I chamh. r uf coiuinereti. A sow Wlongmg to a farmer of Wet town, Cheter Comity, died n few day afo, U'ttvlng t lx orphan. liu the denth uf their parent the fnriunr HIIihI her place Uy n big milk Isitilc with ix llulii 1wji wlbvctutieuts. ' 1 lVasl I IHULY THANKr-UL. Jlll 1 ty to I'l'ii tt.e Iti-iitliiT tluuil anil ' u'.l I.i' II itt(r. j I ttlwnvs liked i h.niksglvllig day. , Co ning, as it dis's, at su.-h all appnt ' pi i ite season just tie fore the long hard j winter, I nut III Is Iter shape, so to s;s il, , to have a H..11I lllled with gratitude, than I would 1st along a', .ut, k-ty, I'eliriiarv, when the I.M.'kwheul tlotir Is running low nml the rover doesn't wull upon mo with the ..M'r.'Uni1 S - 'S I J?,'. j J r jc ; ir,i "is.'r top in vt: ik ciiiiiur rot uuM.srv ?" same alacrity that he did when 1 llrst os'iicil the account with him early iu tin season , t nin e niteliilisil giving my imtronnge to .1 leitaiu grocer 1 went to him. in k'ifei tlv g.Ksl faith, and, as Is usual with inc. u.Ui'.l for a little time. Ite coughed about thrice ill u s'eullar way, to sorl of prepuro me for the worst, mid said: "Kit well, you sec. Mr. IIisnI, we Couldn't do It. Have to druw a line Kiitiewhere, you know." 1 was mad in n minute. You know how the Missis me, lly nil the h.ti.'.lle In ,1 JilTv mid say things they're likely to Is-s.in-j fur afterward. I blurted out Indignantly: "iKm't you glvo me credit for honest i ?" I "Why ecrlnlnly, llooil." he said, "but j eh-couldn't for any thing else, jou ikliuw." I Mill that Is alien to my subje.-t l'hanksgiv ings In general, ami iii.inli, ! lung dinners In p.u tleidnr, w ill al- wa.v s loucli it n'ssmslve clnuil when the button is pressed in my vicinity. We are such gissl caters, we IIihIs I'here are so few thln.'s that we 1I..11 t like. Light meat or durk meal, it's all the same lo us. A little of the breast, the neck, a drum stick or the w lhtont' will do us niivly, thank you, and if they are all goito we can get nloug Wautlfttllv with this glunrd ami plenty uf gravy and stulllng. Il l very seldom that you hear n llissl any: "I never eat that, thank you," or "None of the ao-mul-Mi for me, pleuse." We an nut rformamliiers, but what other s'ople eat and tike, yea, verily, can we also. s. And that one of the things' that Chillies New lull ll sl. familiarly , "Newt" lb!, has to In' thankful fur to dnV- his apl'tlte liising at a mo ment' notice to i(( .u jmi, ipuill on toast and blue puiuts. or happy with tewed groccry-klorc cislllnh and Wiled pol alts. If I don't particularly like a viand, I Just eal a little more to make up. Why, If I should happen along iu an African forest 111111 a pleasant party of cannibals enjoy lug u i'hauksgiviiic. dinner of stalled missionary and con tentment therewith, uml I wns hungry, and they should ask me tosit by and take pot luck with thi'iii, It would N- just like me lo iiiit right dow 11 011 the log nearest the hurWcuc, and send my order up for more spa re ribs a often a did the big chief with the ring In hi nos. Why ihould we blame the sir, hungry cannibal fur loving Ids fellow 'WIIV KIKIllMI Wll III. AUK TIIK CI. MIIA W?" mail, men If hu prefer him "well done?" It Is right that we should W thankful and cut much turkey 011 Thuiiksgiv lug day, fur yea. thai which we do not eat vv ill W warmed over for u the rest of the week. We have much to W thankful for. The world's (air Is bound to W held koiuetiinc, new stub s ha.e Wen added to us, ami lsiby' teeth have come through well Next year we will have (silltie. .et us W thankful that it I not this year. If we aru sou or daughter who have tied or been kicked from our father' liuitu' in dills gone by. let u renieuiWr that Thanksgiving day la the dandy lu te lo uulU home uud have all for given, uuless llui fcluiiduril Thankkgiv 1 1' ( duy klory la wrong. If wc ure rich, lei us be thankful that we know not the pang of (siveity, and If wy 11 rv vtr, ll u thankful that u;1 u '3V ft ' , mn we do not have tho euro and ivsmsil.il lly of gicnt wealth. Let Ui thankful anyway. ClUHl.Ks NCVVIO.V ItlHIII. IN THC FAfl NORTH. Al vsK ha the largest quarti mill. Tim gi'yM'r of Ireland, which have Wen among the greatest attraction of the Island, arc gradually losing their force. Is Alaska, two hundred miles up the Yukon liver, the snow never Inells, nml III S..IH.' place it is wild to In fully two utiles deep. Tin: rv uilt of the recent eieillt!on to Oreeitlauil prove that north of I'. do grvi the land Is covered with a sheet of ice .'i.isHi to ll.ooo feet thick over the valleys. Tin: smallest city In the world 1 Sew unl I lly, Alaska, Its Urns' Inhabit ant Wing respectively mayor, chair man of the lsKiril of uhlcnncli and pre Ideiit of the common council. i'limn. I very Utile ebb or llow of tide In the Arctic, biitis'caontilly them are very strong currents. All winter there I a general llow of tide and ten toward the south, while iu hummer this llow i iiortltwuiiL Tin: ih'sipulatlon of Iceland I gotng 011 steadily. The depreciation In tho value of the laud ha Won very marked of late, whilst the tae have consider ably liicieased, uiul tho Icelanders are said to Is' emigrating In shoal. Tho population, which was SO.lHW ten year ugo, is now uiulcr GU.IXW. I lo I'tlri- sin- I'al.l fur supri-liiarr, i:v Lady Mr. llarnynrd. we found n gold ring iu the crop of the turkey you sold to us. Mr. Ilai nyard - Just my durn luck! Mariar wanted that one for our dinner, but I was haul headed an' sold It. After this she kill hev her ow 11 way. Maria (aside) I fed that 'ur ring to the bird with my own ban's, an' uaow 1 reckon liter ain't no doubt who's golu' tor do thu Istssin'. -Jewelers' Weekly. an dm:v'i:s iiiasksiiiv ino. 'V-s. m-Mm ... 'l T V I . . .VlNiioiiuir, 'Iflnpln. Hatty ( an It W that old Sciulil was nt hi olllee all day i limili .giv lug? Kirk Why. ye, he followcil out tho r miiii'iidatiou to "repair to hi place of worship." - I'uok. NOTAOLC rOHEIGN EVENTS. Tvvri v 1: persons died from Injuries In the football seuson in Kiigluliil, which I Just over. A 111 m vlii;,lil.)l freak originated In llohemia is a tw o-heailed maiden, j.dned al the waist, having four arm. An Interesting ease will W tried at Antwerp In a short lime. Two din 111. .nd nierchanls, by tho use of aniline, have Won Iu the habit of "hleeching" diamond uf jsior ipiallty. livery thing went well mi long a he made kings only, hut when he tried the production nf high priests he committed archasdogleul errors that led lo Id de tection. A u VNtTAfri'liKIl of undent Kgypb Ian luiiiiimicH ha Wen severely sen tenced by the courts of Alexandria. He made hi articles w ith carefully lire pared asses' skins, and had a gmsl trade. A.v Knglibhiuau ha Invented mi ui paratii tlirmigli w hieh he ih dure ho can see the soul leave the lly. He ar range Iciim' that mi magnify the par ticle of dust In the air that their di turhanec by anything passing upward can Is- detected. REMAHKS UY LITTLE TOTS. "On, inamimi!" exclaimed little Muldle, a a bright winged lnect possi'd the diHir, "hvru gi' a llutler hi!" LtJH r. Pot "I'apn, I inns' havo n new dw i s to play In." Papa - "What ,1 the mullcr with that one?" Little Dot -"It's ull worn out cept III 'button holes." JIamvi "Why, what alls you, Charlie?" Cliarllo "Ohl tdil I'd Just us lief tho Uhis'iI walk oil mo, but It hurt whmi they bit dnwn," Deintuukt' Miluthlv. O ...... . , Bts3 y,t r rs I, W v iTt I V t . a -..i i.ll SH' r '. ZT&P'-'Z 'XXTiti CV 4" Jv-v Vs" V -s? N NO form of its- liiriotis se 11 1 i mciitdoko many minds niei I a are wont to Join 1 11 t h e simple prayer or Wor ship of Tlutuk.t- kivlttg. The average eouditlnn of mail ik 0110 of h.ipptuovt. Wherever t!ie mind reaches iutolllgence enough t make a fairly gissl use of life, and there fore to appieiiate Its wonderful i-iwors and mysteries, then the heart reaction a happlnc which enn at time cry out: "I bless. Thee, oh llisl!" Muny liinea lit eaoli senium, or year, the mind not lull or wicked say to Itwif. "TltutiU IIihI " It ue.il not dcllne Its liod. It need not Is- a Christhiu or a pagnn. Out of the two simple facts -uu InteHhrcut 111I111I nml tlie world of 11 Creator, come the religion of thniiksgtviiig. tt is the simplest form of piety, and U therefore the most universal. It sweeps over the whole arena of Intel ligent tnnuhissl uud womanhood tho atheist ut-tii King silent. Many religion 1 iiilnil hnviJ doillilcul vv helher they nhonhl ttsk the Maker tit the uiilvcise to grant them stout hloiut lug It bus seemed to tlu lu only all outburst of ejrutlsiii lo ask the lklty to confer Uiii their 111I111I or Issly or busi ness some special fuvor, but 110 lvllglott nature has ever hesitated ti brealho forth the audible or silent prayer of gratitude. To ask for favors might W a form of egotism, but not to tbiiuU the (bsl of life would M'ciu to W inhuman. It ha Wen the reasonableness of thin day of piety that ha made ll outlive the yours which saw the early fitl'icri of our country muH'iuhlc in the hunt.' of gialltude. It was so. 111 aeon thnl the Heavenly 1'ather was not a special f 1 it-nd of those who lauded tip.ui I My mouth Itofk His lout and euro touched alike all years, all pluoo nml ull men. The fall of the Ill's I g0U''r:t lion itilo its grave did not terminal. the history of the Thanksgiving tt.'ty, becaiiM the Hiv ine g,Hluoa lU'Ver end at a human tomb. It to,itc4i over irrnves like a m irnlug suuWam uu 1 follow the living ran. Tho day onc keen ami once established could not hilt liuvel on, bicaiiM the kind I'roviilcnoo w hieh ctvuteil the day tlavebil onward and was as active ami Wntiliful In tho eighteenth century as It had been III th seventeenth. Tho Thanksgiving day slnud forUi Iu our time In the same llirht us th t In which It stood In the days when Mllex Slmidish walked iihiii the Allaullil hhurc. There I nut a patriot Iu our nation who I not lis dear to Heaven a vv as 1 ach soul III the Ma.v lluuvr. Olio stalled iiui II career Thanksgiving lit v can end only by command of a nu ll, hi il atheism. The uilml may W slow In diseovci lug a truth or a duly, but win 11 it has leached such a sentiment as thut which comes out In bloom each NovciiiIit It can never recall tho liublil konliincnl and close up Its account. As the sciiKon uomt ami go thu na tion grows greater Iu all tho dlincnslois of merit. Ilehohl the growth of our country! The days of Plymouth Itiwk hie left far behind. The people move, in inure killliou, and In moie of educa tion, wealth, art, selcnec and goodness. The scene has become mi vital that the hearts In this land to-dny should ho Isivvmg Wfurc liisl' altar 111 a love nml Joy greater fur than Ihe sentiment w lilch expresM'd themselves mi Mileliiuty when our i.talo was young, (hir prayer of thankfulness should expand In fervor and gluiluess to meet the new gleatnesa of the republic which once was carried 011 the sea In a little ship. A great na tion should vvhUH'r a great prayer. Da viii Sttl.NO. ('llltrlliil lor II101ISM Islliirslirr. Mr. Turkey -I iobbler, what do yon think? 1 saw a lady today with n until gold wishbone at her throat! (iobbler Ahem! Ought to W ashamed uf herself! Ilreu our llcdgllllga know thut not the right place for nwlalf Ihiiic. Jewelers' Weekly. A Til AM.SdIV IMI ill. S Mill. ':J&' The reiiMiu Willie Wink did not en joy hi turkey, (loldeii Days. The I'n.ill'll l.lllln TurUry. Little Turkey -Oh, iiiaiuiiia, miiiniiiiil I miw some gold uml silver vv ikhlMineii in the jovvoler'a window, l'lotiso gut ine one. Mother Turkey My ctilhl, our lives are iu constant peril us It Ik. With gold and silver wishlioues nono of u would cM'upu. .1 0 vv olers' W'.'ek ly, , (lolililrr liurr lu re. The. turkey I not tho only gnhhUjr nt the timiikaglyliig Isiard, particularly hi fa 111 1 1 lo vv hen. them are isiys. 1 y 1 t k'.v ' r . . Wf.'-' 1 -si r?T7 . -- TV. Xki-