By VIM Allen Dromgonle, In Th
Household: Aunt Emmellne got up ont
morning with a pain In her bark, She
had been busy all the week, he'plng the
white people prepare for Thanksgiving.
" 'Pears like It wuzn't made fur no
body but de rich, nohow." she told her
elf, an she dragged on her old phues
and set about getting breakfast for her
self and little Fphralm, the boy asleep
la the bed she had Just vacated.
The complaint was not made aloud;
mot for the world woull she have per
mitted that boy to hear her throw a
suspicion on that season whl-h to him
was one br' t. beiutlful drenm.
For every nleht when she came home
a the cabin. had she entertained hhn
with accounts of the great d!nnprsfh
bad been preparing and th boy hnd
listened, ?d aked quep tfom, until
the wonder In h'R bl? round eyes would
be nulte eTtiTeulh"d In sleep.
For Fphralm wci a rripp. I little
erro w'th a twirled V, and a mind
ax hr'rM pi the one silver dollar that
had b"pn rK
Aunt Fmmcline ca'led b!m ber "T
roan.' her 'Ml" honsoVf-epf r.' when leav
ing the cnbfn mornings for her work,
and pro-nl'ed to tell Mm nil ebo't
Thsnk'rlvlrsr when Fhe cr t bark, "If he
tended rtcht peirt to things."
Ail d-y f-e Title fare woii'd watch
at the window for her return, although
i n-vr came nn'il tne onrKnes rnrt
fa1Ten, prd the p'rets wrre emTtv
Then wvo t'T v hid ("ten tser "r-.r
Wr''d ro-n fin hour rf pwef ronf "t
to t.'-t , 'h"n the mother wu'd tk"
her cM'd n hr prn nnr! te'l him o
the fcr1ht. r.t"or""I world m'ld" bright
er ed r-o-e beiutlful by the god, glad
Tl enVso'vlrcr.
A rd fo-r H !r''ed but one diy of
Thrt-"l"f, end now Aunt t'mmelin
mi't be off rir'y.
""p," :o r'Tui when the eofVe
p.pr to steam. "Jump up now, vu"rat yo'
hreVfur'. I'.trmv got to rro rn'pM'
dim. H't's rr'rtv nlrh ThkF'hln'."
"Am I?" Pit Ffb'ilm. d: fr-lfi-? o"
"M rrved c'd fh e. "V.'hre you gwinc
1o rt tirtv. mommy?"
"At f e May r's. "n. I got to dre-?
dv-'V turkey tedty."
V-!1 r""v h::h cran'.Trlr-i. ton, Ink
la'yr r'""v what you rooked de p
ft:r. yirlMdv?"
M."T a'r.'t (twine to be 01 ''one In
rt-r'-fr, I te'.l y u, let 'lone Thanksglli
n'." "WW dv hib syllabub, lak Mlsa Til-
eu-1", fO". ""
"T's. r 'h en p! nty ob It."
"Fn re""suTi cake?"
"Fn renun cke. too."
'Vn swet p'r kiex.lack de precher oh
ii copel's wife?"
ure de pime. en more."
T- Mr round eyes grew Mugcr.
"Met. by dry'll bnb oysrhers fried In
f rocker srr"ps, lack d resteran' man
gwlne habT'
"Yea, ssh. dey'll hub 'em. only dey
rwlie fltuff ern lnIde de turkey."
The boy wis allent for a moment;
then, with a lors:, de-p f'gh:
"Mammy." s'nd he. "I wlsh't us could
hub a Thsn'i!lbln loo."
'Te. mrbhy we kin, simrtlmo. Jes'
you be a good en trk keer d- house
en Fe while mammy go work' on' mnb
hy Thnnksrlbln' gwlne come 'long to
we-a'l. too. mnw o' d s ? days."
?he d'dn'l expect It, however; hers had
"been a life of hnrdHhlp; rummee had
fnded from It long agi, and lived now
f.niy In the boy.
He set hlmrelf thinking when she
had left him alone. He had h"ard a
good denl about Thanksgiving; It evl
lently belonged to everybody alike
therefore everybody was In duty bound
to celebrate It.
As to the dinner? Well, that was a
fonture of the. day, to be ure; but he
felt eittt to that. too. He was rather
late beginning, with uch a dinner a
ne meant to serve, but ho would do hi?
beat. In a few minutes he was hard
at work, dlshe clattering, kettle sing
ing, spoons playing. The little cabin
had seldom sceu so busy a day; the
ton luelf held not so happy a boy a
little black Fphralm preparing his
Thanksgiving dinner. When Aunt Km
niellue. weary and footsore, drugged
h-cranlf home at dark, she was greeted
with the lound of singing, Ephralm
voice ringing out. not In Thanksgiving
perhaps, he had never thought of that,
but Just In Joy, and the gracious con
tent that comes with employment and
with hop. Perhaps that might be a
Thankaglvln hymn after all, since "Joy
la the grace we owe to Clod."
The cabin was ablate with light, a
rich, warm fire-glow that went out to
meet ber aa the opened the creaky old
door.
In the center of the mom stood Eph
ratm, his back to the fire, hit sight
body leaning glnt his crutch, while
he bent over something that might hive
been a royally spread banquet table,
for all th t how and shine of It.
In truth, It was a big box that had
served at a sort of sideboard for dishes,
Una, and water buckets, all these years.
A clean, gorgeously pictured newspa
per served at tablecloth; the dishes,
both aa to material and contents, were
rare, well at 'original. The board
ralrlf eclntll sted with aplendor, aa the
lUM of the big fireplace mounted
Uglier and higher up the Maek-throat
estteMsMtjr.
mmffl post
Blinded by ti e light, Au-.t Enmellne
staggered forward, when toe voice ot
Fphralm rang out In delighted, If
frightened, proteft
"Look out.nuir.my!" he cried. "You'll
smash somethln' 'nuther. Dvjn't tetch
this here: dla heie's de Thanksglbln'
dinner fur we-all tomorrer. Look et
dat! Ain't dat fine?"
Aunt fcmmeilne rubbed her eyes, and";
straightway entered into his pleasures.
"It eI.o' am," sulu she. "Kit Bho' am a
acrutnpCous 'caaion. What's hit all
fur, son?"
"Kit's dust a 'tend-like dinner, mam
my," said Kphralm. "Dcy ain't no aho'
nuff eat'n'g, but it's a mighty flue
'lend-like, 'sho's you bawn."
"I tho' sptc it am," Bald Aunt Em-
mellne, as she dropped for a moment
into the chimney corner to warm hai
feet at Ephralm's good blaze. "En we
all got to be fatlsfli'd wld hit. somehow,
beta'ss hits all de Thanksglbin' we
gvvine git. Le wh.te folks dey ain't
pay rue much dig time; dey say d'.y
pore, too, en ef dey kin git up dey own
Jlnner hit's de mus' dey kin do. But
dey gib me some clothes en things.
A'.arry'a got you a god pair seren-han'
breeches, en a shirt, en a crct li.t
ain't got nar" hole la It. De pnachcr ob
do goFpel's wife gimme dem. I.n I got
a good lUnnel petticoat, what K.Ub Til
siira fclMune for whlppin' up her cakes.
ftn lrAaoln' ,th a hn kiv pri offinrlii' im
de kitchen en pu'ehes. She's sort o"
fractious soniell.iies, but she most alius
gits ginerous 'fore the d ;ne wld y u.
j.n do Mayor, he i;lai.ne a dollar; hff's
i.e bes' one in dis town. Wld dat do.lur
mammy gvvine. buy her chile a long r
crutvh, en dey ain't no TiiankKgibln'
J.nner gwl.ie git a cent ob It: naw sail."
Kphrair.i strolled over to the opposite
Hide of toe hearth, and stood content
edly looking do.vn ihti the firi;.
got p'enty, anyhow," said he,
after a long, thoughtful silence.
"I'm, we pot tome titers, en some
meal fur a hoecake; en mammy gwlne
itay et home !!1 de duy, too."
"Hoee. ke .'" laughed the toy. "I toy
hoe-cake en tali-rs! We got tu:-l:ey, en
poind r.il.c, en I !e, en J ily, en tilings.
i.,eM tt dat table; you f.'igit U it tabic,
.n.Jin.oy, "i o,i fu;lt de 'tend-like."
1 Ik r was a knot k at the d. or tUat '
;ru;;l.t Aunt Ivfoii.cUrje to Jar feet
in a hurry, that aguiu endangered the
rhuil-.knlviii;; board.
"f.o-k out., toaioiny," Fphralm cillej
ii:, Mtarply. "Don't te'eh dt.i h.re; illi
I i a am du ttylliibub fur to-moi rr,"
idj he made a frantic d ihIi f if u
jyt:ter can, beautifully but ;ik-aed, on
top of which he had i;ei. a cr,ic'.ed china
oowl fl.led to the brim with a rich, yel
lowish liquid that might Indeed bavf
!'en the much-coveted Southern ylla
bub, had it not been a bowl of Aunt
Kmmellne'a own best soft-soap.
Hut the woman was at the door, where
a young white man stood waiting ad
mittance, a well-dressed, good-looking
young fellow, evidently uaed to the
higher walks of life.
"Aunt Emmellne," said he. a hand on
either dooi-Cacing, "mother to'nt me by
to ask you to conic over ara serve din
ner for her tomorrow. She says she
would like you to get there early, by
i o'clock."
Aunt Emmellne thought of h -r ach
ing feet, her empty pocket, the day '.;
had meant to have at home with E:!e.
The young man's mother w.ia I-awyei
Duffy's wK and her dinners were
sumptuous affairs. It would be a long,
hard day's work, with perhaps a pall
of odds and ends scraps from the feast
to fh.iw for it at night. 8he hesitated.
Te mighty nigh bruk down," said
4he, at last. "En tomorrer, hit's
Thanluglbin". I's done wucked all dc
week, mighty hard; en dey ain't nobody
paid me nar" cent, 'ceptln' ob de Mayor.
Aldo dey Is moa' ob de:n' glmmo some
;hln' 'nolhor. Yo" ma ain't glmme noth
!n', en I wucked two days fur her. 1'
reckln' I'm 'blerged to stuy home tj
morrer en rest."
Rut the young man was not listen
ing ;he hod stepped Into the room, and
was looking, with eyes that naw deeper
than Aunt Emmellnft had seen, at the
make-believe feast of crippled Kph-.-alm.
He was a reporter for a dally paper
in the city; a very new, a very earnest,
ind a very ambitious reporter. He saw
t story, a funny, a very, very funny
Thanksgiving story In thnt paper-covered
box, and Its curloua viands. He
was soon to see something deeper than
fun In the Thanksgiving spread. He
stepped fuithir Into the room, anl s'ood
beside Ephraim looking down upon the
table.
"Hello, little boy." tald he. "What
have we got here? A Thanksglv.ng
dinner, as sure as I'm a'lve."
Ephralm's ey:t danced with delight.
He was Innocent of r.dlcule In any f ,rm
whatever.
"Yrs, sin," sild he. "Hit's t o'y a
ThankfglW dinner. Aldo It am dcsl
4 'tend-like."
"A what?"
"A 'tend-like. I 'ter-d like d'a he"
box am a table, en dis here paper nm
one ob de linen clrfs mammy done up
fer r white folks las' week, en cse
things am de eaten't en dn drlnkln's. I
reckln hit's tt mighty fine dinner, dcsl
fur two nlKgera to eat up tl by dcy.
ee'vei."
' Aunt Knimellfie tfled to Interfere, tut
Um repotter thMl' ' i
"Let him alone; It
talk."
pleaf es him to
Siarcely rea'lzlng that he did so, the
young man diew a chair to the impro
vised table, and began to ask questions
of the most remarkable Thanksgiving
menu on record. He was enjoying It,
tco, quite as much as little black Eph
ralm. "What's this, Ephraim?" said the vis
itor, pointing to a little round upturned
fix-box In the center of the table.
"Dat? Dat'g a reasun cake, what de
Mayor ob de town sent me fur dinner
t.moirer. Kit's a'tend-llke cake, but I
'spic' hit's a resun one."
"And this?"
"This," was a sort of ob'ong bit of
coal slag that Ephraim. "Don't you
Fee de parsley, en de algs 'round hit?
i Mister Lawyer Duffy sent me dat."
The reporter whistled; even Aunt Em
mellne dropped her face over her bread
tray to chuckle. She understood Just
what a surprise It must be tj the
starchy young reporter to bear of his
grim, rllent, aristocratic, close-fisted
father sending a Thanksgiving turkey
to a little crippled negro. Hut she saw
no meaning In the Kuggestlon that the
turkey was a stone, as the young man
jaw. "lie aho did," Ephraim wag say
ing, "En dis here am de graby en
stuirin's." A little fat, black finger
pointed across the board to a bowl ol
eawHiHtt plentifully enrlehed With peb
bles and old corks that he had found
among Borne empty, cobwebb-d buttle
under the house.
"What rr.akes you say Lawyer Duffy
sent the turkey?" asked the reporter
with peculiarly rentuive Interest.
"Case oiic't, 'fore my bruddcr Ben
died, de folks all say he a tote a tuckey,
en dey put him In J:,ll fur hit. En Law
yer Duffy he say he didn't do It. En he
say hit till &.-y let Den out o' da jail.
Didn't he, mammy?"
The vwnnan looked up from th'i hearth,
where the was kneeling In the act o
hhq pl:s the curn cake upon the hoe.
"Yes, Lawyer Duffy cleared Baa,"
said is he. "LVn worked fur him In his
office, long es he libtd, after dat."
"Dm !" laid Eplirai.n, "ain't I tol' you
so? He's a m.gjiy good man, I tel.
ou."
Tr.e rer"rter smiled a queer gf rt ot
iiuil'., as.tl Aunt i.inri.!,.li.e did not s.iy
thtit Den'H years t service were payle;
tne gieat lawyer l.ia fee for u l nuait,
oim, Ltl the young man understood.
"l is l.eie now," hi iiru.m went or.
.vitli l.in bill of laic "dis here box toi
n' salt awi de mince pie waat de pecach.
er ob 1 g.apel'a wi.'a done H;:it. D.b
nere plate o' shells hit's rice, en da dlah
o' spiliHtrH dat's macaroni, en din here
string o' ppoolH, dry's sas.-.ugcs. Ie gro.
o'ry man. on dc eas' Corner ob du public
squar sent dem, all ob dem. He's a
fine man, I tell you. Onc't when I fotch
some sasHi'.gcs to Miss Tilaum, when his
boy was gone, he dett tuck en gimme
a whole one, a big fat one, all fur my
si'f. Didn't he, mammy?"
Aunt Emmellne nodded, and Set the
smoky coffee-pot back upon the h ;ai th
where it would not boll a?aln.
"Difl hero DOWt O" ryiiabub, now,"
snld Ephraim. Indicating the dish ol
soft-soap, ".ViiKg ri llsum sent me dat.'
"Mlris TlU'-um? That cross, ugly, oh.
ro.ild? Do you mean her?" asked the
th ; roughly arnu. td reporter.
"Naw, bir," Bull ti e boy. "I mean dat
ar purty, good, glnrtji lady what libi--on
the corner ob Chlanut street. Dut't
de one I mi an?."
The reporter broke Into a laugh. "But
ihe wouldn't I mean do you really
think she would?" sa'd he.
"Yts, Fall, I trios' know she would.
She gimme a piece o' pie onc't, en onc't
she gib mammy tome buttermilk to mek
up lie bread wld. Didn't she, mammy;
"Twlce't," said Aunt Emmellno, soft
ly. The young man rose, a hand In either
pocket.
"You haven't told me yet what thoa'
mai bits scattered over the table mean,"
said he, not willing to lose one lie:::
of the strange feast.
"Dem? Dry's de good wills what dec
g.cs long wld presents, aldo dey might
be tinges, ef dey wuzn't ma'bles."
The rci ot ter studied the table earu
fully; the " 'tpnd-'lke" was pretty wel
complete. He would like to have a part
In It somehow.
"Ephraim," ih.e said, "you need
yes, I am sure you need another cake."
"Yes, pah," said Ephraim, "but dey
ain't nobody Icf to gib It to me."
"Well, f.x up one somehow, out o!
(lour, or dirt, or cornmeal. I don't cart
what, and you can say 'the reporter
gave you that one." "
"Yes, eah; Ml mek It out o' flour, or
den hlt'll be a whit one," said the
boy, already getting out another pbte.
The npoiter turned to Aunt Emme
llne: "Fore's a dollar for you, Aunt Emme.
line." stld be, "and the next tl ne moth
er forgets to pay you, you J if.t come
to me. You'll como lomoi row?" '
"Vrp, pah; I'll be dar by 8 o'clock, ef
dc Lawd s;ai't me."
A n.omcrt later, the reporter wna at
the grocer's, whence Fpl.ralm'a Imag
inary dc notion hfd been lent. As he
went lu he met a pentl.man con-ilv.
out. "Mayor." he cried, "X wat Jut
rolng to mil on you-. Will you come
bark n. moment?". , . , , , , ,
! The Mayor turned bacK i.r.o the grocery.
"Mayor, f:id Mr. Johnson, both of
you, I have turned missionary."
I frTa M a vni anI lha nrnnnr D m M mJt
I "That means you are out begging!"
said the former.
I believe all mUslon.
arlea beg."
"For others, yes, sir. I am not pre
cistly that sort of a missionary; but I
attended a Thanksgiving dlnr.e this
eveninc to which you two gentlemen
were both contributors. I have come in
here to tell you about It."
And wht-n the story ended the Mayor
was blowing his noae with all bit
might.
"I rfekon I am an old fool." said he.
"A flf.ft rilrt fnot the vprv iilrkumunlpa
j have found It oLt. As for you, sir, you
! ff ' " ' heie. with your 're sun cake,'
upi jib i our yju lor cunieoipi.
The reporter went out. but he went
laughing. At tlie door he put his head
in again to siy:
"And don't torget to put In an orange,
both of you. He said the 'unges' were
'good Wilis.' "
The Mayor turned to the grocer:
"When you fend the rice and maca
roni and sausages, send don the cake
for me. f'elect a good one, and be sure
it has raisins in It."
"All right. Mayor." laughed the gro
cer. "I'll g.'t It there by g o'clo.k to
morrow. At the dor the Mayor turned
back:
"I gay. don't forgrt the oranges."
"I won't; one apiece.''
"If ThankFsiving and Christmas did
n't come along once a year," he told
himself as he walked toward his home.
"I reckon we would all forgrt what It Is
tj remember the poor. They kind o' pull
us up with a halt and a prick at ov.r
S'-H'sli hearts, and set us thinking of
others."
The reporter meanwhile was telling
hl story to te "pie'.ty god, gere.oas
Miss Tilsurn," in l.er stilt little gluing
room on Chestnut street.
"Kend .syliabab to a lazy n'eger, shall
I?" she snapped. "They're a. unsrets
lul lot. I can tell you. Syllabub! Well,
I reckon."
"This one Isn't ungrateful," raid the
young man. "He siid you gave him a
pie once; and he declared you were the
pi city, good, generous Miss TiL-urn.' "
The thin lips of the old .woman came
together In a manner that rnigiit havei
meant either a snirl or a smiie.
"Defended me, I reckon," said she.
"vhe!i y".1. cslled m" 'rros nt nelv ' "
Tie reporter gashed, and abtont'y
tammeie.1, "Yes. nia'm." And ih-j i.ext
ihlr.S he knew he was on the payment
outside, getting away as fatt as he
".nod.
'i ne old woman closed the door upon
him and stepped over to a minor that
nung over ti.e mantel. Then she be;;ao
-o laugh; and sue oo.ehed and laugnej
until the pale, ti.i.i (heeks grew pink
as youta Itself. She laugmd at the
-'Rio and si.e lauv.ned at the "xnlsa oa
n y," aepa lately and togerner. Then
ilie laughed at hers 'If and her "good,
pretty, jiinrus" record. Then she rang
lor the cook.
'Can you make another bawl of that
yllabul) early In the morning, Mar
.ha?" tald she.
"Ye:.urn; but d'y's enough alraidy
nide fur i.a.i de town."
"Tin n make as inu-h for the other
Unit, Mintii.i," Ea.d the nilstiess. "Mar
.t.a. t::i ic- s some one in this town who
oilieves that 1 am a 'goo.l, pretty, ea
lous wo omi,' and pm.. (j-2'i Ik: ..ail
.'ici discover Lis mistake at 't,aiiksgW
.:is. mat's h11,"
'i he letiorti r-n:l.-:s.-..nary v. ns now at
liin in. id: U tusk, i.n ha l seen the rain--iii
f wile, ti.at was e.isy enough..
'-.he i.r.o. r.itci d a:id ;vi.s cryi.og like
1 biby he.o.e 1 got. ha!f tniouHh," ta:d
no. "(iod blt gs iutr; si.e knos what
t is to he a 'tuggiiig mia.-lonaiy.' "
Dut he ap?r,M, (;i ii j fjiher with
''11, diean; he told Lis ate ry pt rly
.i.eie; pcihiips because Uie thin, stern
.' tha-Ana rio rcsprnse to the talc he
vas tel.'lBg. When he finished the ct
loir.ey looked up gravely, soberly, cold
y. "VSell," said he, "what do you want
.ne to do about it?"
The young man bit his lip; there were
.ears in hi eyes.
"Nothing," said he, "nothing! I am
jorry I n.t-ritfoned it. Good night, sir."
"Wait," said the older man, quietly.
"Where are you going?"
"To tell rnothir not to expect me
home tomorrow. I tell you tnia Is a
.line, a miserable farce, In which t
will take no part. Thanksgiving to
.iod when our own hearts are crushed
with sellishnefs, like lee! It Isn t
I' ;:-c.l:5ivl::g; It'; ::thl::g but sliirh
.easting ;nnd I'll be r.o party to It.
SfV-r in n:y life did I have one serious
liouj?!it of the true ii.t.nt of Thanks
giving until 1 1:1.4 night; and heiealtcr
i 11 keep It the true way, or not at all."
The lawyer looked tit the tlery young
"el low befc:e D. I m and something stirred
in his he.irt. He did not wish that
ooy to glow hard and sel!inh. Nor ok!
ae like the thought of his feeling that
I h'lnksgiving in his own home was a
Tiiivu." or it "feast" only. Yet he had
.ome very neir the truth. It hurt him
and touched hiin.
"1 don't know much about giving,"
wild he, his hand In his pocket; "but
ne alt n-eil a Thanksgiving, or a Christ
inas, now ami then, to crack the Ice of
.cr Mlish hearts. Now, if you will at
end to tne what was my part?"
"A turkey, sir," laughed the young
man, "wltn stuffing and gravy. I will
ace to it f.,r you."
"Here's a do.lar, then, for the turkey
and fixings."
"Hut I want five cents more, If you
pieAtm, for tna 'good will.' Ho said the
oranges were the 'good wills.'"
Ttiu lawyir luugiud and handed him
On: extra coin. . And then the young
report! r did that which made Thanks
giving In that house, and in that cold,
,te:n man's h?urt, a Thanksgiving In
deed and truth. He f topped to his fath
ers chair, and, stooping, quickly touch
ed his lips, -warm wuh t.te blood of
youth and Impulse, to the older man's
brow. And, "Thank you, sir." said he,
"nl God blew tu. T..f.nks,(.vlii4. There
w til lie no "'tend-like' la this house."
t .ill. sum mtj tamer, Liieri- win u
Ji ' 'teml-ilke' in th.s house."
The neii morning oia ai:ss riisum,
tasting the syliabub she whs (Muring
Into a bowl, sa.d with satisfaction:
"No "tend-like' about this syllabub,
at all eveti'.s."
1 h grocery man dropped an extia
siring of sausages Into the basket he
wan send. ng out, and said, with a
lau.Th:
";fo "tend-like", about them. Solid
meat. And this csko It's as genuine
and free from shorn as the old Mayor
hinn elf."
Tr.e t.iayor was humming a tune as he
walked down the street a tune of Mi
own far awny joutli-tlrne.
"VikI!" fall he, "it's a fine diy, to
day. I feel (.cod, and there's no "tend-
lUe' l l.oi.t It."
And in a taol.i that cvrnlinr, a lltt'e
l.erci ii. with round. vh tu eyes, wl.t
wiitfhlnx bit mrUnr curve a Juicy tur
key v l.ich .'idorntd a carefully sprcsi
nhli'. A the broad, write slices fell
itli.viy over the eatvlna I'.nl.'e, he bro,.e
out with Jubilant Impa 1-r.oe: "ol.nmt
de (humsl.rk, m irnmy; ul nme de ilrum
jitltk quick. When I cats, de meal
oft'n U I's gwii c to sit (te Mn pan, cr
ten! like I s &. brr.M blind, peindln
de white fell a what tort all dlt hare
Ciimme tof de d.tiin s lcka, mammy
lulckf
'.....
(Hearst's Chicago American.) , cted in f.-ifbttnlng them, they , tit
Many a man Is called Ir.con up-lill? j lu w.u."
who is bribed every day , ut hit i.le. ! liie rt. publican party wltl j :: v. us
Many a nation. Including our own Jut albt..ooa, and p;a-..ile t-iit, ..t,
at pretent, haa been bribed wi.hoi-t ctej in frlghtei-Iaii ti.e tavi. ..... .. .!
riahz.ng it.
The man who would rage Justifiably
at the suggestion of a bribe, the n.a.i
who wculd tpain an offer of any am. u t
from another, can be easl y bribed by
the money in his own pocket.
The writer has In mind a man rf
great ability who Illustrates elngulail
well the corrupting power that lies in a
man's own money.
When the man mentioned was young
he was enthuslast'c in the caure of the
people. Eis ideas were sound, hi3 am
bitions lofty. He had nothing, and his
sympathies went out ta olhcra who w.re
as poor as he. Today lis Inmost feel
ings and Ideas are the same as of y're.
But his financial condition has changed
There used to be nothing in his pock
ets. Now his bink account, Eafe de
posit vault and real estate foot up
twenty millions of dollars.
The man's dally life is at variance
with the good instinnts that were
planted In him originally.
lie used to earnestly sympathize with
every effort to Increase wages, wh.cn he
workrd for wages. Now he pays wagjs
and the money In his, pocket corrupts
him and impels him to cut down where
he can, and to grudge where he migiU
well be liberal.
To a friendly critic he will say in
perfect good faith:
"I'ropeity haa a quieting influence
Money brings roponclbility. Consist
ency i3 all very well, but financial n;at.
ttrs often change the early hasty view,'
e.c.
The money In his pockets corrupU
hlm; he Is bribed by his own fortuju
to violate his conviction. No othe.
man's money could tempt hi.n to go
.ti.ainst what lie. knows to be rials t. III.
jn'ii lu: tone ili.nks for i.l.n, tcts lor
i.iu, and changes him.
Do not believe that a man must own
twenty millions to be controlled by the
u.or.cy in his pujie.
How many men of f.rnall fortune, haw
many men of practically no fortune,
wire bribed by their pocket j or their
future financial hopes in the late elec
tion? The republican party managed to cre
ate the. In.pi fffioii that with tiieun lay
inan;:'.al prosperity.
If a voter said:
, "TrUiUs are dangerous, vlcinuB and V
legal,"
The republican party replied:
"if you destroy trusts you will frighl
.n rich nun, rich men will lock up
'.heir mor.ey and you will not be a bio
o fi t any of it."
T..e com. try, brllud by Its pocket:;,
'Otrd to continue the trusts in power.
An extremely Intelligent -politician.
Mr. Sleekier, said to this writer long
'jcfore election:
"The savings bank dtp: alters decide
elections. If the republicans once suc-
COST OF LIVING GREATLY INCREASED,
Chicago, 111. Special.) The following figures show the rise in . price
ol" food and other domestic necessaries since election. Tlie trusts are be
ginn'ng to experience rroupeilty.
There is talk of a further advance in the price of meats, at least
those that did not feel the boom ol last Saturday. '
Old Price. Nrw Price.
Coal
liutier
1' K'VH
Tric'crioln
1-irloin
Itib roast ,
Hound ft -ad
Mutton chops
Bacon I
ONE YEAH OF THE
NEW JEKSEY TJll7STS.
Trenton, N. J. S"pe 1 il.)- Oct. 31 was
the lout day of the fiscal year In New
Jersey. The returns for the yenr mad?
by the secretary of slate to Slate Con--o!!rr
Hancock show that during the
To'.we montl s the f' Howl, g tiustf, with
it cajiital of Jj,00l),0vi) and more, were
organized:
lure Oil Co J160.OCO.OOi:
Carnegie Co IGO.OOO.OiX
American Bil.l.re Co 70,000 000
Am. Sheet Stc-el Co 62,000,000
Cosmopolitan Power Co 40,000,0'JO
Telephone, Telegiaph and Ca
ble Co
i'hllndclphia Klectrlc Co
National Sugar Refining Co.
'Consolidated Hallways, Elec
tric lighting and Eyulpin't
Co
Shelby Bteel Tube Co
Witt Knob Copper Co., DtJ.
Hudson County Gas Co
30,000,000
2,"i,000,600
20,000,00a
l,000,00f!
16.000,00 1
15,000,000
10,500 000
'avana Traction Co 10.000,000
American Timber Co
i l. Johns Typobar Co ,
Tuba Co
Continental Automobile Co
Alaska Industrial Co
10,000.001!
,7r,o,ooc
8,000,0Cfi
8,000,0,10
10.000,000
Havana AmcilcaCo lO.OOO.O.'O
llareonl Wireless Tele. On. . . 10,000,000
Ifanhottan l.lxht and Heat Co 8.00OM
Imperial Iron Co 7,000,000
Artificial Dumber Co 12,000,000
American Fach 'and Dvor Co. fi 000,000
I'nrceluln Faced Brick Co.... 6.',,;00
hrC'lcllan Arms Co 8,000 000'
federal Publishing Co 6,000.000
JloU IIlll Copper Co......... 6.000,0)0
North American Iron Co...... 6.000.000
California Products Co 6,001,010
Sreat Northern Portland Ca
mtnt Co t.MO,000
rotaaa Co 1,100,04
irrrn-o
Oiposilorg.
it waa r.o great turn of m- lit
bi.bed toe avtta0e avlnga ii . - -m-pob.tor.
seventy dollars, JJOO.perbtpi . . . . uf
fiieu in teiiS of t..'u...i.ii ol :. .. t
unarf all noble iui'ii.iat.rii (be
n.ind of tlie vo.er.'
Iii.afeine the average hard ' . -.uj'
man tayL.g to the ieauolical i -, . '
"why do you ii-Oje t.ie i--.' - iOiv
of Independence? Vi.i.t ititoi. .
you 10 ou.er lor cbangiu u-r cj. i r. of
fcovtmuieit without t-e tCvj.i't . -n-iitni?'-'
'ine republican party lepl.eu;
"Never iund the D;cia.a..ii o. In
depeiitience, and as to your ot-w. .,..
lion, we uou't waul aay eitCUbe. i-.o.CB
lo this: You have iJij i.i Ut g
bank, havea't jou? Very wtli. kU
lor the aeuiociau and tbut louey wU
oiui:ii to no." ,
The stau.iient is flse, and ibe ote
feels that it is laise. let ae i- t.aie
Silgnt crtad that tli-.rd may be to...
thing in it. he i.riOAS a.l tibJul, iiitj
$-0(1. He pats and loves the gicasy
tiiuwn bank book. About otuer t..uis
he can only speculate. t. , ;
Compared to his teal two hundred, the
Deelaiation of lnd-j enaeoce iLSw.f it ot
speculative j.iiporia.ioe. .
iie looks at his brown baak boot),
with the entries to tlowly aiid I.e ri-j
ously made and votes; for the re,rD.ic-,
an party, biibed by l.ls own niouay. ,
There has been much tclk of corrap.
tion in election, much taik-rf bnbryj
and a vaiit fund for buying voe b.
Tuch a fund exitUd and was usd, of
ecu; ec
Dut the real corruption fund to be'
(treaded lies in the voters' owil pockets.'
The party which can iwe that fund
apparently can win in this' country.
The democrats must bear' this in mindO
and be prepared to add to tbse argu-'
ments which appe. 1 to the m'ina b.nd te
patriotic Influences others that shall
appeal to the pocket. ' ' 'I
A Chicago cloakmaker, Rei'eld or Bel-
Etein, Bald in a public speech before
election:
"The real issue is yourrelf." I
W..en the shame e B speech' was made,
this newspaper, as in duty bound, def
nouneod it. But there is only too muck'
truth apparently in the statement of
the cloakir.'ikcr, Eei teln. ' ' '
De f:lt no t-liame in saying that in at
land which had made hira'rich. tba
icsue was still "flelf," as it bad beetr
when he was poor. ' '
There are many Beitelns anions os; '
they must and should vote, and since
their' pockets t:i:ik for them, plan
most be made to reach those pockets, i
and through the pocket fcach tie brain.
It will not be time wasted for demq-
crats to think of this during the ne t
four years.
$o.2r. n.oi
22 .25
20 .25
IS .28
16 .20
M .U
m .is
16 .29
11 . .12
United Metal Selling Co
Excelsior Telephone, Tele
graph and Subways C3 '. -
Standard Fhoe Machinery CD.
G.tXXkMaV
6,M,M
B.000,10 .
Dotben Incandescent Co 6,000,009
Alaska Copper Co C,BOr00
Atlantic City Itealty Co C.OOO.tOt
United Tfelcgraph and Tele
phone Co.
6.0M.N
Denver & Southwestern RalV
way company t,000t
Santa Rita Mlr'ngCo.... , 6,0A.0M
During the two years ending October
31 the stale has received In fees for In
corporation upward of a million dollars,
while In previous years the fens re
ceived from the same source amounted)
to only a few t'noufand dollars annual
ly. The fee for chartering a company
with a capitalisation of SLUi.ORO or up
ward Is 20 cents on the thotasanA dol
lars, or 1200 on the million.
At Chicago Judge Growcnp ha fltrld.
cd an Interesting case aa arbiter tot
the Bricklayers' union and Mason ana
Builders' association. When fhe lock
out was declared, In February, an ap
prentice Indentured by the anion had
inly served four yeara and two aaoatha
of his five years' term. Tlie boy wa
thrown out of work and Ms mnlnvnr
r(,fUBl.rt to pny yim wavfctt although bsj
was nndtr obllgailons to furnish tta4st
employment or do so. The-eontroversj
was rcfrned to Andrew Llnqnial for
the employer, Tho nas Preeoe for th
union, ord Judge Qrosscup. The latter
derided In fnvor of the boy and the em
ployer must pay oil back wage.
The Fresbytcilnn churchm ef , New
Turk City lnt week apent much of In
lima In prayer for Chins). A aperlar
memorlaj service ffl the Prtb7trlaa
mlnelODarlea killed at Pae-Unc-rao -wasp
held la tbe Wtb Armu VtttkfUrtm
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