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1 LJvjfcf Zr-tZZ- Tbankagiiiug was FT ,0 Governor VOllJl fls-Pvl en men Itn prtis, a people of the eastward which uaed lo come ia harvest lime TIIKV 1.IVK BY CKIMK. -UM wa coroo ana many limia kill their persona Ty returned Id aa file, aod brought home a L-ood ouamiie nf jSTwawrs, and made repc-rl 0f Ihe place, wiabinj; tbof had been a. Jl 7 uui ii nt-riua me Mru. Who dsmh-mh mun ti. I t- a.t i VM 1UI 1 jjs bjunda of their habitations, had apovntod it for nnulher uae) And inua they found the Urd to be with them In nil their wava Jf.liod to blraa their outgoings nod Incoming, for which lei bia a uaem mvij uuiuv- un.v 1UC uruiBr lorCVCr lO All tmnloril A 1 of bcerlng tew of the fYif-Bdlineai of the Indiana which they brought with them thai the day for public thanksgiving wit appointed, as well as rC i i mm iw run (Hilar i uimm in small scales, the girl was aga.i rubbed and exercised before retiring Hen was no Idle life, you see.

As thegreat (lay drew near, envoys from the press, appeared on the scene to sketch and snap-shot the celebrity In every pose. Sporty gents in loud clothes followed the morning play surreptitiously, in order that the betting centers might be kept Informed as to her condition, and sent to the papers none too delicate accounts of her 'form" and general appearance familiarities It wai Impossible to prevent or resent, as the girl had for the moment become the property of the betting public, which was putting Its money on her, And so expected to be kept informed ai to the chances of success. The strain of the last twenty-four hours was dreadful on the whole household. We talked of little but tho match and "odds." It was rather a shock, I confess, to discover that our fair Diana (on the verge of a breakdown) was being kept to her work by frequent libations of strong "tea," carried bv mamma In a flask for the purpose. All minor ills, however, were forgotten when at noon on the great day our sportswoman was brought home collapsed, but victorious.

We felt that glory had, Indeed, been shed up.m the house. Mamma, on the thin edge of hysterics, where she had been agger-Ing for a week, sobbed out that hi only regret was that "Tom" had not lived to tee the day; and that dear "Polly had always been the joy and comfort of her life! As all the papers published photos and biographical sketches of thu winner, needless I add that her portrait adorned most of the railway stations and hotel lobbies in the country, and that her pet name was on the lips of every stable boy and bartender ic th-i neighorhood who may have won or los their cash through her prowess. Eliot Gregory, In Century. i "vuu.nui uurvrai uuu oouDuaui proviaioua. of which Oov- rnor nradford, In hla own words, said: "Thev now benao to gather In the small harveat the, bad and fltte up their hui nnd dwellings again! winter, being all well revovered lo health and strength, aud had nil goode things in pienu.

for some were fhua employed In aei vlcea abroad, others ver-re exercised in flabing abouto for codd aud bass aod other fiah, of which I bey took great store, of which every family bad their tmrtinn- aii tber-was oo wante. And now began to come in atore of foule, aa i ma a j. iL LUi nuns- wunu una pun oio RtiouDd when thev came 6rst (hut afterward decreased bv degrees). And besides water foule there wag great store of wild turkiea, of which they took many, besides the venison, etc. Besides they had about a peck of meal a weeke to a person, or now, aioee harvest.

Indian i icorn to that proportion." SA -For these blessings, which aeem so Bmall to us, but were ao great to the atnrdv Puritans uam Aniiaj of thanksgiving and praise on December 13 (Old Style). It 'A aia tnar tne smell of tne savory feast which was prepared must- A have reached the nostrils of King Massaaoit, for he came with ninety Draves, wno nroupnt with tbero venison ond other good lhings8iifflrient for several days' feast and presented It to Gov ill pernor oruuiorn ana Miiea (MatuliBu, and for three days they all feasted nnd sang and danced. lit Wh So we find that the Thnnkaclvlnir tnrtoi A nl.l Ail Itself, and the sportive ns well aa festal ruatonis have heln-d to typify the bird with the day. For the turkey or shoot, which Invariably occurred on Thanksgiving all of the most nnrient and toughest gobblers for miles around were hunted up and taken to the village Btore, where the men and bovs of the neighborhood were gathered to-shake dire, hoping to win one of these rellra to carry home. In the shoot the turkevs were tied Half a Million lloueat 1'eople Supported by On'euse Against Law.

Not less than 100,000 of th'e good citizens of this broad land live by crimoj which they do not commit, reports the Chicago Tribune. Although anung the law-abiding and often most respecUU citizens of their several communities, they are supported entirely Dy offences ugalimt the law and against right Their living depends ou the energies of 250,000 oilier persons who commit the offences. Were these 250,000. suddeuly to become upright citizens and cease to break the laws, not only the 100,000, but four times as many more who depend upon them would be thrown out of th'r livll-hood and must depend upon charity for support uutil some other occupation should be found for them. If It be true that there is honesty among thieves this time cannot ue far distant as might be supposed, for by the national census it appears that the country is rapidly approaching a time when all the Inhabitants shall be malefactors, and therefore according to the proverb, being honest among themselves, will no longer require supervision.

In 1850 but one out of every 3,422 Inhabitants was a criminal. Ia 1870 thieves and other evil doers had Increased so that out of every 1,171 in-habzitants served a term in jaiL In 1890 one out" of every 786.5 was incarcerated, and the proportion has steadily increased, so that now it probably approximates one out of every faOO. To look after these evil doers tha United States maintains a police force estimated at 78,000 men, costing annually more than $50,000,000 for their support. In fifty-two of the chief cities of the land there are over 15.000 police, whose maintenance costs over In addition to these police is a great army of men who are employed in the machinery of trying and punishing criminals. There are police magis trates, trial judges, clerks, bailiffs, jailers and penitentiary guards in all 'amounting to several thousand moro.

On an average one guard is required for every ten prisoners In jail. On June 1 this year there were upward ot 85,000 prisoners in jail in this country. This Is taken as a fair daily average, so that there must have been 8,500 guards caring for them. mm to a stake and the men, standing at a specified distance, with hot cun or rifle, tried to kill them. This wna dim Clllt task On nrrnnnt nf thnlr tntinlinnaa In.

cn.nJ fF, illi-J (, aoHsrb shot like cornmenl, nnd occasionally survived fifteen or I flings." i wen iv oi i ne rrm1 Jvo -a jt. rti mm. mm ill" rs- ft. II THANKSGIVING Un I .11. UU Mil lUlllUl-ll, of Harvest, now we come CAnd humbly offer thank to Thee iior ripened gram, and bay in mow.

hor all tbe wealth of vine and tree; Tbe fruitage purpled in tbe sin, Tbe gifts of all the bounteous year, We uarne them over one by one They make Thanksgiving's song of cheer. gracious Father, for Thy care, Thy tender mercies all the way, (k Hliidrnnces to Success, Many a man with great brain and fine physique who started In lit? with good prospects has failed to attain great success because of little idiosyncrasies, peculiarities of speech or manner; things not in themselves vicious or wrong, out which render him disagreeable or unacceptable to those who have dealings with him. If It were possible for us to write of all the little things which have cut down the average ot our success, and to calculate just how much each has contribute 1 to the whole, It would be most helpful. For example, one young man's advancement has been cut down 25 per cent by bad temper, a surly, disagree able disposition; another's by carelessness In dress, an unkempt or slovenly appearance; and yet another's by a sharp tongue or an unkind habit of criticising, Many a brilliant and capable stenogra-rjhJ failed to advance because she greeable habits which annoyed ueveii.1ii;ver, who; ile recognized her ability, preferred a less able stenographer who had amiable and agreeable qualities. The lack of amiability has stood In the way of advancement of many an employe who wondered why he did not get along.

Success. For friendships true and love sincere, We offer Thee our thanks to-day. For gifts of sunshine nnd ot rain, For nil that made the momenta dear, Our gratitude In joyful strain Wc sing Thanksgiving's song of cheer. TO i vircnieivn Tha'Tiksclvini; haa n.nrh inn. ik i.

posed, for davs set anart IfflKVV posed, for davs set annrt fnr tncioi This army of 100,000 men engaged inj were known, to tjie Israelites, and ore rrentted throughout tie Bible. They were sot uncommon In England before the Reforma tion, and among the Protestant afterwards. The first Thanks- giving appointed by civil authorities of which there Is anepifle Cv, 3. 1 data occurred at Leyden. Holland.

October 3, j575, that being tke vS first anniversary of the deliverance of that city from siege. lb OiSs Eneland there have been a nnmher nr liAi 1 7 2S? morions the first one dating September 8. 1588: it was for Ibe defeat of the tnaniab Armada. On North American soil, tbe first Thanksgiving service of v.ucu uy no cngnsn minister Wolfall in 15.8. on the Newfoundland shores.

Tbe Oral KOOSEVELT'S FIRST COL'GAH. wi.uio present territory of tbe United 8iaies was be by IV Popbam colony al Sagadahoc, oo the coast of Maine. In In07. All of these. "first" thanksgivings, however, were appointed for K- vi iu.iukh lor owssiDgs wnirti Beamed to th armiPS Or OavifS hnd UAH rrnt viptApioa thav KJ IT from an enemy that tBrenlened to destroy tbem, or perhaps WM was a famine that had passed, or a pestilence had abated.

It mi)f Adl (T A SONG FOB THANKSGIVING. $3 Yi een Wbiineyciark. Sing a song tJTTbanksg'ing! 8ing a song of Thanksgiving, Zjrty ff The dny of all days. Of plenty end gain, Vk 7 JWrefAl jftftfe Whenr our henrts overflow Of the harvest's full sheaves. 14 jS'WiciiljS it In peans of praise! And tbe field's ripened graiol SWTOf-W'llT Q) When the feast of rejoicing -Ping a song of Thanksgiving, la gladness recurs.

When loved one draw near, III' jftflVw And the pulse of tbe Nation And of festal boards groaning Ifo i'elMV(7 tuleiW n'h With holiday cheer. Blng a song of Thanksgiving, yldWCfll The ad ones of earth, f. 'iSiKA Mini me aa.v oerame practically a fixed om? eacrfS year, to give thanks for general prosperity, for reasonable freeM dom from AirL-necta ttv kn. i. ni ivr iur rtrryuny oiess-'r ings tbat we all enjoy and never stop to think about as blessincsp; At All I fc i.

i5 ia ooserveo: in every stale in the and is appointed first hv.nrm-i and by proclamation of tbe Tarious governors of trying, guarding ad watchm thieves and other evil doers, recnonlng at the usual rate for this country of one to a family of five, is the support of 500,000 persons. The cost of the nation in wages, court expenses and support of these men, not counting the civil court is not less than 8125,000,000. All this expense is brought upon the nation through the desire of many paople to break laws. The expense is even greater than this, for there are crim'rals In jail to be fed and housed, which, if the average cost Is but little more than $100 per criminal, amounts to $10,000,000. If "Bill Sykes," as the English term the malefactor, should therefore suddenly reform he would save the nation aii expense of $135,000,000 annually, jn addition to what he steals and the damage he does.

But what a calamity he would plunge Into. Ot the criminals out of jail probably 0,000 have no olher occupation. Add these to the 000 who would be released, anl these again to the 100,000 honest folk thrown out of employment and the nation would be left in some such piight as It was at the close of the rebellion, with 200,000 men out of employment to be Into various lines of trade, and these same persons with all dependent upon them to be pensioned and supported until they could be cared for. The expense of the pensioning and the pension bureau would probably equal the present policing expense for a lime, butthj problem of caring for all the people and finding them employment would be great. til Mil TALK ABOUT WOMEN.

MAN FIGHTS FOR HIS WIFE. VAYS OF THE GOLF CIKL. The Animal lg Finally Killed with a Knife Thrust, While we were still some distance off we could see the cougar In a low pinyon moving about as the dogs tried to get up and finally knocking one clean" out of the top. It was the first time I had ever seen dogs with a cougar, and I was immensely Interested; but Stewart's whole concern was with his camera. When we were within fifty yards of the tree, and I was preparing to take the rifle out of the scabbard, Stewart suddenly called "halt," with, the first symptoms of 'excitement he had shown, and added, in an eager undertone: "Wait, there is a rabbit right here, and I want to take his picture." Accordingly we waited, the cougar not fifty yards off and the dogs yelling and" trying to get up the tree after it, while Stewart crept up to the rabbit and got a kodak some six lee' distant Then we resumed our march toward the tree, and the cougar, not liking the sight of the reinforcements, jumped out She came down just outside the pack and ran up the hill.

So quick was she that the dogs failed to seize her, and for the first fifty yards she went a great deal faster than they did. Both in the jump and in the run she held her tail straight out behind her; I found out afterward that sometimes one will throw its tall straight in the air, and when walking along, when first roused by the pack, before they are close, will, if angry, lash the tail from aide to side, at the same time grinning and snarling. In a minutft the cougar went up another tree, but as we approached, again jumped down, and on this occasion, after Tunning a couple of hundred yards, the dogs seized It The worry was terrific; the growling, snarling, and yelling rang among the rocks leaving our horses we plunged at full speed through the snow down the rugged ravine la small though old female, only a few which the fight was going on. It was a pounds heavier than either Turk or Jim, and the dogs had the upper hand when we arrived. They certainly would have killed it unassisted, but as it was doing some damage to the pack, and might at any moment kill a dog, I ended the struggle by a knife thrust behind the shoulder.

To shoot would have been quite as dangerous for the dogs as for their quarry. Three ot the dogs were badly scratched, and Turk had been bitten through the foreleg, and Boxer through the hind leg. Theodora Roosevelt, la Scribner. marked that divorces are not granted on the ground of desertion in New York. It Is not believed that Mr.

Bostock will seek to keep Chiquita in Canada for any great length of time. She is under contract to exhibit in Charleston and St. Louis. It is presumed that she will go to Charleston Immediately. Mr.

Bostock expressed his Intention of going there at once. brother of Woeckner states that Tony was discharged from his position with Bostock as soon as there was a suspicion of his love for Chiquita. He says the midget was brokenhearted, and refused to exhibit for two or three days when Tony lost his Job. He also says that Chiquita was enticed to Canada, and that, because of her fear of Bostock, she is afraid to tell the truth. The daughter of J.

Pierpont Morgan, Miss Anne, as might be expected from such a father, is a systematic business woman, keeping books of her expenses and Income and overlooking all her Investments herself. Milwaukee has a licensed woman embalmer In the person of Miss Antoinette La Grand, 693 Third street Miss La Grand is the first Milwaukee woman to pass the examination prescribed by the last session of the Wisconsin legislature. The German empress has the finest pearl necklace in the world. It contains three world-famous necklaces. Mr.

Bartlett charged that the departure of Chiquita for Canada was the result of a scheme of Bostock's to secure the custody of the midget and escape the jurisdiction of the court. Touching the allegation that Bostock showed the midget great kindness, it was charged that the animal king had knocked Chiquita down when he had learned of her marriage. Mr. Creemer alleged that the marriage of Chiquita to Woeckner was part of a scheme concocted by rival showmen of the Midway to get possession of the midget for show purposes. He did not mention the persons said to be concerned in this scheme, but he did-look quite Intently at "Doc" Wad-dell, the famous president of the Indian congress, and It was later sala that one of the persons concerned was one who had owned a gambling concession on the Midway.

It is stated that Mr. Bostock's plan will now be to secure from Chiquita an affidavit showing that left the jurisdiction of the court of her own free will; that she does not care for Woeckner and does not want to live with him. This will leave Woeckner with the alternative of divorce or a wifeless married state, aud it is re out threat or plea on the part of Mr. Bostock. Mr.

Creemer stated to the court that Chiquita was practically a member of the Bostock family. His client, he said, had found the midget In Mexico about five years ago. She was Ul-dressed, uneducated, and lived in discomfort. Her mother was dead. Bostock proposed to her father that he be permitted to take charge of the mldgett, agreeing to educate her and take care of her.

"Mr. Bostock took her to his home," continued Mr. "He educated her, gave her horses and carriages and everything possible has been done for her comfort. He has taken as much care of her as though she had been his own." "Yes," interrupted Eugene M. Bart-lett, attorney for Woeckner, "he has taken as much care of her as he has of his elephants.

As for the horses and carriages, they are part of the show, and Bostock claims title to all of them." Erie, Pa. (Special.) Frank C. Bo-stock, the manager of the midget Chl-qutta, is under arrest at Buffalo, in a (20,000 damage surcharged with alienating the little woman's affections. The suit and ordeY for arrest followed immediately upon the dismissal by Justice Childa of the habeas corpus proceedings begun by Tony Woeck-ner, the llllputian's 16-year-old husband, for the purpose of compelling Bostock to produce Chiquita in court. Bostock was able to show that was In Canada, and therefore out of his control and out of the jurisdiction of the court.

When the habeas corpus case came up in court, W. E. Creemer, Bostock's attorney, made the statement that Chiquita, the missing, wife of Woeck-ner, had on Thursday evening accompanied some members of Bostock's family to Niagara Falls, and had with them crossed into Canada. This movement had been of her own volition, he said. It had been voluntary and with One of them formerly belonged to the queen of Naples and another adorned the Image of the virgin of Atakha.

The entire necklace is said to be worth $50,000. Mrs. Sarah E. Phlpps, an authoress of Buffalo, N. lives in a tiny cottage of three rooms, her only companions being two cats.

She works during the day and writes at night. Charles Frohman has secured the rights of dramatization of her latest novel, "An Old House by the Sea," Dr. R. S. Linn of Detroit, who went to China as a surgeon in the volunteer army, has sent home several cases of looted goods.

Among other things is a sacred yellow robe which Dr. Linn thinks is possibly the only one sent to America. He took it from the shoulders of a god In the sacred temple of Pekln. What la Involved in Being a Champion l'layrr. Having had the honor this autumn to visit in a country house near New York at the same time as a golf champion, whose achievements on the links were thrilling the country, I learned many curious things about athletic fiamsels and their ways.

The young lady In question arrived a week before the tournament that was to decide her supremacy, accompanied by her English trainer, a masseuse, and Incidentally by ter mamma, a feeble-minded lady, so completely demoralized by her daughter's celebrity that she could talk of little else, and would confide, with little thrills.of pride, to any one she codld get to listen to her, how she could not take a ferry-boat or trolley-car ride without being pointed out as the mother of the "champion." Nothing more curious than the habits of the young athlete herself be imagined. After a morning round of the links, In company with the coach, she was handed over to her woman keeper, to be douched and rubbed and curry-combed till luncheon time The afternoon was passed exercisin; in a gymnasium fitted up In the Mlliard-room for her use. After her dinner, which, by the way, consisted principally of meat carefully weighed bj mamma. petent workmen to meet the demand of the numerous calls for help made by Chicago firms. better is a very one-sided affair.

The Northeastern railway of England haa just ordered twenty locomotives from a Chicago factory. A man In the country wrote to Mrs. Hetty Green informing her tbat he had named his first girl baby Hetty Green Blank. "The richest woman in America" was not betrayed Into aa emotianal nuthlirst of HlrnvKrnnM nn The industrial commission's report on trade unionism "shows that the membership of labor organizations is Increasing rapidly. Nearly 1,500,000 men are now enrolled in such associations, over one-third of this number being affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.

General Manager Schwab's marked down salary, from $1,000,000 to $250,000, provokes large gobs of pity from par-agraphers. Heretofore the profession held Mr. Schwab in high -esteem because he was one of the toilers whose estimated salary approached the generous stipends of brain workers. If the marked down figures are correct Schwab becomes a common swab. The receipts of live stock this year at western distributing centers were 21,325,304 head, an increase of 1,601,610 bead over the same time last year.

Great Britain has under construction 457 vessels, with a tonnage of 1,414,120. The United" States has sixty-four vessels under way with a tonnage of This Is a long way behind Great Britain, but It Is more than any of the other maritime nations-Is building. account of the compliment. She did, however, send a toy savings bank to her namesake, but it is not on record that she contributed toward filling the bank. The demand for bookbinders In Chicago far exceeds the supply.

The officers of the local union have appealed to the international officers to renter tasH asristsf la supplying com Nearly 5,000 colored workers employed in the southern tobacco factories are members of the Tobacco workers union. The two American glrla who are going to Turkey to be captured by brigands will probably be heard from next oa ths AnericM staff. School teachers of Philadelphia are bslng bled by the doctors to make I hm immnna to suialposB The controversy as to whether or American looomotlrsa art th.