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THE STATE OF DADE NEWS
VOL. X.
to ihcc me hmo
ur monks rorbtassings of-th* uear; ‘ '
'^sMw£ • tor Q en^? reuns in early spnno,
Svxveeb music (o Hie "farmer’s ear;
V ' rfjfjr+Z Jt or w s ? n Q birds, for blooming Homers
-a/l-i us from sun to sun,
?syvl® (|vd- while l‘oiim§ on Inrough vucory hours
j&s "Until Ihe harvesh uxork uxas done*
friends and kindled gathered near,
a We keep Thanksgiving as of-yore,
/ s bare uulii joy the bounteous cheer
U "~u%n)\ ? f ‘ faiit grain, a priceless store.
' We sing glad songs of praise lo thee,
b' esscc f olir labor uvhile uve slrove.
[by grace lo all the uvorld is free,
1 hij bounty Jooimcl thy tov/e. ’
fOMMI, have you count
ed the money yet? 1
am afraid you will not
have enough, and you
know I can add only a
little to it. It seems
to me as if we had
better do without the
turkey and have a piece of meat
roasted nice instead. It will he so
much cheaper.”
“No, sir-ee,” answered Tommy,
“We’re going to have a turkey this
Thanksgiving if we never do again.
My, can’t I almost taste it!” he ex
claimed. quacking his lips in delight
ful anticipation.
“I haven’t counted the money yet,
but I know there's enough, ’cause I’ve
been saving since last spring every
cent I could spare, and—well, there
must be, that's all. Let’s go over the
bill of fare and then I’ll count it.” As
he spoke he took a stub of pencil and
scrap of paper from a shelf and com
menced to write.
It was a dingy, ill furnished room in
a large city tenement house, where
few rays of happiness fell, and the in
habitants ever appreciated small
things at their full value. At the
table, busily sewing, sat Tommy’s sis
ter Dora, a girl of lifteen, fair and
pretty. Tommy himself was a news
boy, several years younger. They
had had a hard struggle for existence
ever since they could remember, and
Thanksgiving had hitherto been to
them an unknown event, but last year
they had viewed with no little interest
and some envy the preparations of a
neighbor for that event, and Tommy
had resolved to hoard every cent that
he possibly could before the next
Thanksgiving should come, so that
they might Lave a good, merry one of
their own.
“Listen Dora,” said he, looking up
from the paper on which lie had been
■scribbling. “Here is our bill of fare
—one pie, mince, that will cost fifteen
cents; I saw one down to the baker's
-on the corner this morning for that
price; half a pound of nuts, mixed
ones; two quarts of big red apples; a
-quart of cranberries; half a pound of
broken candy and The turkey. I’ve
picked Jiim out down to Maxwell’s,
and lie's a buster, I can tell you—
weighs six pounds and is at, tender
as—as chicken,” pausing for want of
a comparison. “Now, Dora, what are
.you going to get?”
Dora smiled at his eagerness, then
said: “The pudding, you kiow, and
it's to be a real old-fashioned one; Mrs.
Beede, downstairs, showed me how to
make one last week. I shall have to
get raisins, and eggs, and sugar, and
all sorts of things for it; and there, I
watched a neighbor’s bseparations.
haven't told you, Mrs. Bede made me
a present this morning <f a big pump
kin; she had three sent her from the
country, and she did no need this oue,
so I shall make two big pumpkin pies.
Won't that be nice:”
‘•Jolly:” said Tommj clapping his
hands, “why, we'll lia/e a dinner tit
for a king? Day aftr to-morrow—
don't I wish ’twould hurry up and
come!”
‘‘Remember, we lia'e much to do
before it comes,” relied Dora; “to
morrow will be a bus; day.”
Tommy opened the little box where
he kept liis savings and spread the
pile of coppers, nickles and dimes cut
before him.
There proved to be enough to get the
things lie bad planned and a few
cent3 over, which he said he should
invest in coffee.
Thanksgiving morning dawned bright
and clear, and Dora and Tommy were
early astir and surveyed with pride
their well filled pantry. The pies of
golden pumpkin looked delicious
enough to tempt a king. The rosy
apples reposed on a plate surrounded
by a layer of nuts. The mince pie and
ysaife
the bunch of celery beside it looked
quite pretty. Then there were the
little dishes filled with candy. The
plum pudding, a work of skill, and
last, but by no means least, the turkey
itself. It was really a remarkable
looking turkey’, so thought Tommy,
and Dora agreed with him. He lay
in majestic state in the long pan that
Mrs. Beede had kindly lent Dora for
the occasion, all ready for the oven.
“Seems most's if I was dreaming,”
said Tommy at length.
“There won't be another such din
ner anywhere round. Wouldn’t those
emigrants downstairs who came last
week just open their eyes if they
could look in here?”
“That’s just it,” said Dora, some
what sadly. “While I enjoy our hap
piness as much as y r ou do, I cannot
help feeling sorry for so many around
us who have none. I wish that we
might share some of ours, but I fear
that it would be hardly a beginning,
and I am selfish enough to want it all
for ourselves.” Taking a last look at
the turkey, Tommy went out for his
morning papers.
Dora had just put the turkey in the
oven when she heard the door bell
ring, and ran down stairs to answer
it. It was the postman, and he handed
her a letter, but a glance at the name
upon it told her that it was for the
emigrant family down stairs on the
right hand side. Dora knocked at the
door, and as she did so heard a child's
voice crying, and its mother trying to
hush it. No answer to her knock be ;
ing given she stepped inside.
TRENTON, GA.. NOVEMBER 23.1900.
The father had gone out to searen
for some work that lie might procurei
some bread and fuel that they sorely
needed, and a boy, about as big as*
Tommy, stood looking sadly out of thei
window. Tlie mother sat holding a
little girl, who was crying, trying tot
hush her with promises of something)
by and by. Dora handed her the let
ter, and she nodded her head in thanks.,
being unable to talk a 'Word of Eng
lish. )
“I wonder what rT 'immy will say
when I tell him,” f 'lit Dora, “that
I am going to giw i share of our
dinner to these pfc e, they are so
poor, poorer than w 'or I don't be
lieve they have ha< ,+ ’*ng to eat
for two or three daj nv Tommy
will not be willinJ am afraid
I shall not like ifl ich * letter, but I
aever could enjosH fter hearing that
little girl cry d.” .
As she oven, door a sav
ory smell t that mo
ment she oiee call
“ Dora, Dora, I want i .e oir
thing. Don’t you renter .owf
told you about that boy as run.
last week? Well, liv s in tliisi
bouse around on the . • side; I
didn’t know It before, ? hey just
moved in when he was (; and I
saw his face at the wlndo . I went
past, aud I went In to Be m. He
was taken tc the hospital, it tliej
sent him back as cured last i Adit, oulj
he says be won't be able to sWI papers
for two weeks more, anyway, so he
feels dreadfully downhearted. Hid
mother is sick most all the time, so
wliat Dick earned was a great help)
I’m almost sure they won’t have any
thing good for Thanksgiving, so I
want to carry them and old Granny
Martin, who lives in the next room to
theirs, some of our Thanksgiving din
ner.”
“Oh, I’m so glad, Tommy!” cried
Dora, “for I have planned the same
tiling almost to give some to the Ger
man family down stairs. That will
take it most all; hut we won’t carej
for we will have our Thanksgiving by
making others happy.”
“Yes,” said Tommy, “we will. When
shall we commence?”
“In a few moments the turkey will
be done, and we will begin to carry
around our things right away.”
So the turkey was cut up and di
vided, and Tommy and Dora bustled
themselves distributing their provis;
ions until only two apples and some
coffee remained, besides the turkey'
frame. But the delight of the German
children and the pleasure of their pari
ents were sweet to witness, and when
old Granny Martin, who was nearly
blind and had not thought of having
a Thanksgiving, kissed Dora, witlj
tears in her eyes, and told her that tin)
pumpkin pie made her think of those
she used to eat when she was a girl
in the country, she felt more than re
paid for the sacrifice she had made.
So did Tommy when he saw the
speechless surprise of Dick and his
mother at the unexpected kindness,
and Dick told him that he was the
best fellow in the world, and that next
Thanksgiving Day they wou and cele
brate it together, and have the best
one ever seen.—Alice C. Caldwell, iu
The Beacon.
Chestnut Stuffing For the Turkey.
Take bread one day old. grate or cut
off the crust, crumb it very fine by
rubbing between the hands and add
one-fifth the bulk of large Italian
chestnuts boiled, peeled and mashed,
two onions chopped fine and a season
ing of pepper, salt, mace and thyme.
Moisten this with four ounces of
melted butter, but no water must go
in this dressing.—New York News.
Z'EMOCKA TIC.
WORLD’S SNIPPING.
Tremendous Volume of Intentional
Commerce.
THE PAST YEAR A PROSPEROUS ONE
■*>
For the First Time Since the Civil War
the United States Has a Doci*nent
ed Tonnage of 5,000,000 Gro* Tons
Washington, Special.—The report of
Commissioner of Navigation Chamber
lain, made public recently, says the
past fiscal year has been the most pros
perous period known to American
shipping for some years. Returns
for the current fiscal year promise an
even more satisfactory record. For the
first time since the civil war, the docu
mental tonnage of the United States
exceeds 5,000,000 gross tons. On Juno
30; 1900, American doeumentaj tonnag.
gross tons, an increase of 300,000 ion?
over previous fiscal year. Our max
imum was 5,539,813 tons lit
1861. . .r the report adds
in IS6I was larger than Great Britain’s
and nearly equaled the British Em
pire. British shipping now amounts to
14,261,000 gross tons. American ves
sels are almost wholly confined to the
coasting trade, which employed last
year 4,338,145 tons, or more than the
total tonnage of Germany and France.
Our tonnage in the foreign trade was
only 816,795 tons and carried last year
only 9 per cent, of our exports and Im
ports. A century ago American ship
ping registered for foreign trade was
669,921 tons, while this tonnage now in
the 13 original States amounts to 482 -
907 tons. The report siys that for seri
ous competition with toreign nations in
the ocean carrying trade, we are prac
tically restricied to 97 registered steam
ships over 1,000 tons, agg.egating 260,-,
325 tons. Single foreign steamship
corporations own greater tonnage. Be-\
sides these gteampfips,.- we have 125
registered square rigged sail vessel
over 1,000 tons each for the deep sea
trade. More than half of these are over
20 years old and when such vessels
disappear their places are not supplied
by new construction.
The change in the world’s shipping
has been in the size of steamships. In
IS9O there were 218 ocean steamship?
1 4,000 tons or over, while now '230
L'uch 'steamships, averaging 5,600,060
constitute one-fourth of the
•world’s steam tonnage. The hulls
of 60 per cent, of the world’s
shipping are now made of steel, com
pared with only 20 per cent, in 1890.
The 30 principal steamship companies
of the world own 1,600 steamshipss of
5,616,000 gross tons (including some
vessels now building), or one quarter
in tonnage and -more than one-puarter
in carrying power of the world’s oceuh
steamships. Of these only nine of 81,-
COO tons,, owned by the Internationa’
Navigation Company, are American.
On the basis of the gross earnings re
ported by principal foreign steamships
companies, it is estimated that during
1899 the gross earnirigs of steam and
sail vessels in the foreign carrying
trade of all nations amounted to $700,-
000 000. The export trade cf the United
States requires about 20 per cent, of the
world's seagoing tonnage in foreign
trade, including the largest, fastest and
most expensive seteamships.
Tragedy hi Savannah.
Savannah, Ga., Special.—City Detec
tive Jerry Shea was shot and instan--
ly killed by-Johq J. Hart, in front of
Carson’s livery stable, of which Hart
is manager. The tragedy resulted
from the infatuation of both men with
a variety actress named Lizaie John* 1
son, at the Alhambra Mushy-Hall.
There had been severabe
tween them on account of
previously. Shea approached rttwrt at
i' is place of business and the yßrrel
was renewed. Shea ws an athlete
and Hait a smaller man. Hart called
in Policeman Sheehan to arrest Shea.
Sheehan resisted. As. Shea advanced
towards Hart, the latter drew a pistol
and fired. After the bullet had gone
through his breast Shea drew and
fired one shot, and fell dead.
Briefs.
Nine 'Z&ve been stolen from
graves in t h cemetery
Newago cofinty, Michigan,
The discovery was made by the sexton ,
when he went to dig a grave.
A correspondent of the Cape Ting
reports that 1,250 Boers are beseigßug
a British garrison of 250 regulars* at
Schweizerrencke, in Western Tnfans
vaal and that Lord Methuen and'Lofrd
Settle are believed to be going to the
garrison’s relief.
The naval board of construction
have decided to adopt the plan cf hav
ing tte new warships coppered in gov
ernment navy yards after the sheath
ing has been comleted by the contrac
tors..
Not Allowed to Parade.
Santiago, de Cuba, By Cable. —May-
or Grinon has refused an application
from the leaders of the colored party
for a permit to demonstrate against
the Castillo party, which is now in
control. It is expected that an at
tempt will be made to have the pa
rade without permission of the mua
i-iipa! government.
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
t The South.
TANARUS,. stockholders of the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Company met in Richmond Tuesday,
jU,. T. D. Myers was re-elected president
and the following were re-electefl*'H
rectors on the part of the individulft--
Stockholders; Henry Walters, B. F.
Newcomer, W. J. Leake and Charles
Chauncey. J. T. Ellyson was announc
ed as director on thej|part of the State.
Ex-Senator MatthlT S. Quay left
his winter cottage ah Y . Lucie, Fla.,
for Philadelphia. Wiui im were the
friends whom he to Florida
ten days ago. They traveled in Mr.
Quay’s private car, “Wildwood.” Sena
tor Quay expects to .return to his
winter home before the holidays.
President Lewis H. Beck, o f ha At
lanta chamber of commerce, a3 ap
pointed T. B. Neal, R. J. Liv
ingston - Minims, W. A. Hemp hi.,, H.
M. Atkinson, Barbour Thompson, J.
K. Orr, W. L. Peal, W. L. Cosgrove
and Robert Adamson & committee to
attend tne Southern industrial con
vention at New Orleans, beginning De
cember 4th. •
Two freight trains ran togetlp
the main line of the Savannah,
da and Western Railroau, one
west of Thomasville, Ga., and c.
a bad wreck. The fireman on one
gine, a negro named Floyd, was r*.
stantly killed. No others were ser
jously hurt.
The little two-year-old daughter of
R. W. Bennett, of Elsie, Ga., was
burned, to death Saturday night. The
child had been left In a room by her
self and her clothing caught fire,
A Columbia, S. C., dispatch’says that
John Brown "Field, colored, who killed,
a special deputy in Georgetown, S. JL,
six weeks ago, has been convictedfef
murder and sentenced to be hanged.
To prevent the threatened lynching of
Field at the time of the killing,
fantry, cavolry and artillery were hur
ried to Georgetown and kept there
several days.
In a collision between, a fast pas
senger tnain. and a freight near Knox
viUe,- Term., Engineer W. C. Thomas
was killed v and Engineer Pairrotts and
three mail clerks were seriously in
jured.
Three negroes who attempted to kill
a man named Stallcup* were lynched
by a mob at Jefferson-, Texas.
The North.
.I’!ness brought on by excessive tea
tasting is said to have been'tne cause
of -the suicide at Chicago,. 111., of Abel
P. Upham 1 a. well-known tea expert.
H. Victof Newcomb, at one time
worth miUiqjß* and a former president
of the LoiildqHlp-wmd Nashville rail
road, is malting . attempt to regain
possession of theTbmaipder of his,(tr
tune. He had been adjudged in'slKjgf
in 1899. Secret proceedings have been
I conducted In Ne “"c during
three days to pri <aD
is of sound mi wi. on
ey at stake 1, -n
to hi k ?fe ch.
Two hundred ~n u ‘fceen. >0
at tl)e Rhode si.
at Providence, V ' * >
An aged couple earned KVuldw 5 Jfo
burned to death in an
at Spencer, Wis.
James Lynch ancf Robert L. King,
murderers, were sentenced to be shot
at Salt Lake, Utah, choosing that
method of execution. *
A constitutional convention will re
vise the New’ Hampshire Constitution
so as to reduce the membership of
State Legislature. f
Father J. Fitzsimmons lias 'AJrw
pointed Vicar General of
cese of Chicago, to succeertiie late
Kev. D. M. J. Dowling"'
Because of the fuff in the price of
iron, 800 employes of the Illinois Steel
Company, at Milwaukee, Wis., have
T>een forceji-'to accept a 5 per cent, re
duction itr- wages.
Foreign.
Instructions have been sent to the
consul general at Yokohama to have
the remains of R. A. Moseley, Jr., late
United States consul general at Sing
apore, forwarded to xus home in Ala
bama for interment. Consul General
Moseley died last Wednesday, at Yoko
hama, where he had gone on leave of
absence.
(Citizens ~of Montreal will erect a
ni<’ ’msnt to Lord Strathcona, who
ecf jd the Strathcona Horse for the
S war.
dispatch says that Earl
/■4 . n< ?jL consented to continue to
I of Lord Lieutenant o£
I Ireland.
vmong the Boers' who were killed in
recent fighting near Belfast were
General Fourier and Commandant
Prihalee. -
Cien. Baden-Powell, according to the
London Mail, has xmntracted enteric
fever, but his condihipn is not seriousi
The Russian minister of
M. Ycrloff, after visiting the con) de
posits reJFeTtflw discovered on thefltlack
Sea coast in the government of Kutaiv
estimates that they! will yield 1.640,000
tons annually for 60Wears. He consid
ers the quality excelPs^t..
Sunday laws are in
Honolulu. Not only are
and bars kept tightly closed tmd sxnff;
forbidden to sell, but any one who r.Cv
tempts to play ball or indulge in any
other sport on Sunday is carried befoip
a magistrate to pay a fine or go to
Jail.-
It is officially announced that the
I Prince and Princess of Wales intend
• to visit Belfast next April.
THE NEGOTIATIONS
Regarding China are Advancing
Satisfactorily,
African prestige advanced.
Humane and Policy Adopt
ed is flaking Friends for tb-~
lean Position.
Washington, **"
State Department
Minister Conger for
His last report upon th
the negotiations now goi
Pekin between ministers,
connection with the Depai
ample instructions relative tc
subject, warrants the officials hf
'confirming the Pekin view th
•%-of these consultations is in
conceded, howeve
'nitertailed’of th
n military com.
lough our go
ted
vnhitiv hich it
gards a. calculateu
cause fresh the Ch.
nese, it fears the
There is no hesitation in energetic
ally denying the Euiopean implication
that tljp United States government is
its Chinese course by senti
mental and unbusinesslike considera
tions. On the contrary, it is pointed
out that while sentiment is on the
side of our government on this mat
ter, it is accompanied by the soundest
bu&jfcess eonsidf litionA, for the ani
mating purpose 1 thclfstate
meßt now is to p' Rent W\e destruction
of Chin&se terri \)ial .’rairritv upon
prete/tfc; to mah Mp tlieopeb'door
for \yh*dh our goV ‘•pent has alone,
contended to sc,#re indemnities
for the* past and guarantees for the
future. It is felt that these objects
can be secured without breasing the
implied tymee entered into between tLp
ministers and Li Hung Chang a T
Prince Ching.
A dispatch from Chinese sou /
agrees in stating that American p,
tige has been greatly advanced S* 1
China by the moderate and human,*,-
course adopted by the crated States.
u #
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Montgomery, Ala., Special.—At the
closing session of the meeting of the
.United Daughters of the Confederacy,
officers were elected as follows: Mrs.
E. J. Weew, of Florida, president; Mrs
W. W. Reed, of New York, first vie'
president; Mrs. S. T. MoCullogh
Virginia, .second vice president-
John |. Hickman of Tennesse'
ing secretary; Miss Mary V
North Carolina, corres •
tary; Mrs. J. deffe'
treasurer
It annual me r
\4lmington, & f
session renr£ s t ~C 2 rs *p.<j
heard. T sho. organization
to be condit:. .. heated dis
cussittirtook place the question of
voUog representation and credential-,
hart as the issue was local, it was ruled
rfmt of order.
Phi ippine Postal Service
WasM>on, T>. C., Special.—Recent
develops -nts in- tiftt postal service in
the Philippines by Direc
tor General of Posra Vaille, in com
munications just received by the
Postoffice Department. Regarding the
censorship of the mails, the director
general says General MacArthur is
fully iif accord with him in his con
tention that postal censorship shall be
resorted to only in case of absolute
necessity. He says there has been,
and will be OO friction between postal
and military authorities on ques
tion. He recognizes, however, that
occasions may arise where censorship
"is absolutely necessary, and has given
instruction that officers of the pcstaLj
service shall in every way assist the"
military.
The South’s Surgeons.
Atlanta, Ga., Special—The Southern,
Surgical and Gynecological association
which ha s been in session here for
three days, concluded its work Thurs
day. The following officers were elec
ted: President, Dr. Manning Simons,
Charleston, S. C.; first vice president.
Dr. George H. Noble, Atlanta;- second
vice president, Dr. L. C. Posher, Rich
mond, Va.; secretary, Dr. WJD. Hag
gard. Pfasdiville, Tenn.; treasurer. Dr.
Floyd W.Jdcßae. Atlanta. Ga.; general
council. Dr. George J. Englemanh, Bos
ton; Dr. George B. Jonnson. Rich
mond. Va.; Dr. L. McLme Tiffany,
Baltiore. and Dr. Louis S. McMurtrey,
Louisville; -
Th’ eat to B 1 w Up a Town.
London. By Cable.—“ The Vryheid
garrison*ls practicaliy besieged,’ says
I tne Pietermaritzburg correspondence
i of The Daily Telegraph, wiring Thurs
day’, “and the town is evacuated. A
portion has been taken up on the hills
coicmanding it, and notices have been
posted in the vicinity warning the
Boers that if they attempt to re-oc
cupy the town, it will be blown ta
pieces.”
NO. 30.