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' sissii^ii [And Ihe morn v'm dVrafcW stn^c^ [What moistens the ihc eye? Em getting te rW w mTT A ITiri THERE is a beautiful legend of a golden organ in an ancient monastery. Once the monastery was besieged by robbers who desired to carry off its treasures. > The monks took the organ to a river which flowed close by aijd sank it in t&e deep water in order to keep it fpom the hands of the robbers. And the legend is that, though buried thus to the river, the organ still continued to give forth sweet and enchanting music, which was heard by those who came near. Every Christian life should be like > th(s golden organ. Nothing shouk ever silence its music, liven when the Hoods of sorrow flow over it il should still continue to rejoice and sing. One of the secrets of such a life i! found in the cultivation of the habi of thankfulness. Nothing less thai ^ this will do. Most people have brie hours in which their hearts are filler with grateful feelings, and when al the world seems beautiful to them But these sunny times soon pass, am "then for days they give themselves " over to discontent and complaining Anybody can sing when walking anw , the flowers and in sunny ways; tin test of life comes when the gardei path becomes a i>it of a desert road We are not fully ready for living un til we have strength enough to carr: us through the hardest places and th< deepest glooms. Thanksgiving Day is not inter.dec \ to gather into itself a whole year's thanks. By being full of gratitud* fnr thfi oiif? <1:1 v \vr> rnnimf makp in for three hundred and sixty-four day; ?I ingrautuue. iiivery uay snouia u? a thanksgiving day. Of course, there is a difference ir the days. Some of them are dark -while others are bright. On certaii days things seem to go wrong witl us and our affairs get tangled; 01 other days life flows along like ; soag. We want to lenrn to live s< a iw&iw! T ~ > m fl Air) \a nv\ 'fSawS ^ john Gree 0 :j\ H!?on Thanksgt Jj|LJ5 East and J 'Jfffyh. From North and , pilgrim and (g^g)) ,When the gray-he f sees pound ' 1' :The broken link ^ ^3) "Si) When the care-ive umpkin wMi :nleaf Whittieri ggotftq ting" uay, rvnen jroin vm rom West, from South comc the H lire (I New Englander wSAS his board s qf affection restored, I aried man seeks his ;(j^)[(5y Iron smiles where Ike 'faSrKsa before', lip mid what brightens <S?gQinfll he past, like the rich Pi ?From Collier's. [E HABIT OF 3GIVING. 1 that these changes in our circum- ( stances and experiences shall not af- , feet us in our inner life. That is what Saint Paul meant when he said J that he had learned in whatsoever state he was therein to be content. It was no easier for him to have to suffer and endure want and privation I than it is for us. There was no luxj ury to him in being cast into a dun[ geon and having his feet made fast I i In the stocks. But he had learned not ! to fret when his condition was un- ' pleasant. Wherever we find him he ' is singing, never despairing. The ] 11 habit of thanksgiving had been so | i j wrought into his life that nothing! : I could ever break it. I I Just how to learn this habit or thanksgiving is the question. One s thing is to learn to trust. The cause t of all complaining and discontent is i want of trust in Gcrd. If we believe [ in God as our Father, that He loves 1 us and will care for us, and put at 1 once into His hands all matters that . would disturb or fret us, God -Hira1 self will keep us in perfect peace. * Worry is death to the thanksgiving . spirit, while nothing so drives worry 1 from the heart au a thanksgiving 2 SOJJ&. i Another thing that helps in forming this habit of thanksgiving is to - make sure of seeing the good and i beautiful things in life. This is a i lovely world. It could not be otherwise, for it is our Father's world. He I made it beautiful because it was to 3 be the home of His children. Yet j some see nothing of the loveliness > which lies about them continually 4 everywnere. iney are liKe men louri ing through a country with glorious scenory, in a stage coach, keeping the i curtains fastened down all the time , and seeing nothing. \ It is said that Mr. Russin's guests 1 .At Brantwood were often awakened i early in the morning by a knocking i at their door and the call, "Are you looking out?" When, in response to this summons, they would open their window blinds, their eyes would be charmed by the view that they saw. It is not every one wno sleeps at mgm in such a place as Brantwood, and can have a Coniston morning to greet his vision when he awakes and opens hia windows. But there is glory enough in the morning anywhere to start our hearts singing at the dawn of the day, if only we would look out. It would be well if all of us could be awakened every morning with the call, "Are you looking out?" There is always something worth seeing if we would draw our curtains and look out. This is true not only of nature, but of all the experiences of life. We allow ourselves to be too much impressed by somber views. We let the troubles and the unpleasant things bulk too largely in our vision. We live too much indoors, with our own frets' and cares. If every morning we would fling open our windows and look out on the wide reaches of God's love and goodness we could not help singing. Some one writes: "Many a day would be brighter If begun with some thought in the heart that might open the door to a nobler vision of life, and would not some of our less cheerful moods be dispelled by a wider outlook?" Our lives are all too apt to run In grooves, and often they are very narrow grooves, indeed. Yet all about us are scenes of beauty, not in nature alone, but in the lives of our fellow men. Often in trie most unexpected places, in some nook or cranny of a nature that seemed only forbidding, we shall find some blossom of rarest fragrance. In those quiet hours of meditation, when our hearts reach up to the great heart of God, we may stand upon the mountain tops with Him and catch glimpses Df that land which too often seems afar off. "Are you looking out?"? Rev. J. R. Miller, D. D., in Advocate and Guardian. A Thanksgiving Conversation. Turkey?"Well, there's this consolation about it ? the most distinguished men on earth went to the block." 1 Possum (gloomily)?"Yes, but they were not broiled and roasted afterward for the-'benefit of blockheads."?New Orleans Picayune. , ?**: W*$P'< v - mm -vB i 'ut _ v HB/:MB Glorious Life. The sort of people traveling and staying at good hotels has become very mixed. All classes and .conditions of men are now sufficiently well off to frequent the more expensive places. A lady found herself recently placed at a table d'hote beside her dressmaker and the owner of a shop where she bought her perfumery; while a gentleman, recognized by his hairdresser in the smoking room, was accosted by him with the polite request, "I hope, sir, you will kindly keep my secret, but I am staying here, as I usually do at hotels, not in my own name, but as Major S."? .London Graphic. The Fat One?"Huh! What h&vi you to be thankful for, you leer, skinny runt?" Tho Thin Onfl "Tlo^oiic-a T *im en blamed lean and skinny."?-New Orleans Picayune. / i ' New York City.?The dress that" isT rrrrwry avam q ffiilmno 4a r\r\ cx nf thfi I " wi u U TCI a liJ V/UV< V <. VMV prettiest . included in the younger | ( girl's wardrobe, and this season It is j being shown in an eiceptional num- ( ber of attractive designs. This one l is extremely charming yet perfectly simple and can.be made from challis as illustrated, from cashmere, from i I chiffon Panama cloth or any similar simple wool fabric, or from pongee or some material of the sort if a more dressy frock Is wanted. In this case s the blonse is trimmed on its edges, E and the trimming is extended over ? the centre front of the entire dress, ? bnt whether this last shall be used or I omitted is entirely a matter for indi- i vldual taste to decide. f It consists of the over blouse and c the skirt. The shoulder edges of the 1 over blouse are joined for a portion i c of their length, but fall apart prettily | over the sleeves, and the un&er-arm : l edges can be seamed for their entire a length or left open a portion of the a way as liked. s The quantity of material required c for the medium size (ten years) is a three and a half yards twenty-four, 1 three yards thirty-two or two and a 1 half yards forty-four inches wide, r with seven yards of banding. 3 c Striped Linen Belts. Striped linen belts carry out the popularity of stripes and are quite becoming to the figure. Lavender, pink, blue, brown, black and green come in this material, and there is an embroidery of scattered dots in relief. A square mother-of-pearl pronged buckle' pierces and fastens the tongues of the belt, which is buttonholed on its edge. The New Check Skirt. The latest thing In checked skirts is that formed somewhat on the Unas of the sun-pleated bias garment. Ac the top of the waist the checks are inflnitesimally small. They graduate larger all the way, and at the base of the hem are immense. These skirts are stitched in flat pleats about half a yard from the top. Of course, in black and white the effoct is striking. All Sheath Fitting. All skirts are sheath fitting over 4-1 f^Aiin-hnnito fill! Q Vvnil t [lit! Hips, a LIU, |.11UU5U4U1^ ? ~ the feet, have the effect of skimpishness on account of their clinging lines. Then, again, all up-to-date okirts are so long that they lie on the floor for several inches. fligu tuiiaiT>. , ij | The woman who wears the stiffly , boned high collar or the high ruche f must pay special attention to the care t of the skin, else when she dons a t low necked gown her everyday neck- 1 wear will show a telltale markine. f' Waist Smartness. Crepe de chine of heavy soft tex? :ure is, it is said, to be one of the eading materials for fall waists for ;ailor-mades. Net of the same color is the gown is also to be used. Scented Buttons. The latest fad in buttons madft >ver molds is to have them scented. Sift powder under the material be!ore making up the novel dress trimnings, then milady's costume ireathes just the faintest whiff of ler favorite sachet t ( , Simplicity hn Lingerie. A superfluity "Sof trimming on stout vomen's lingerie is not desirable on iccount of its flufflness, yet the plump :ype usually likes dainty underwear luite as much as slender women, and io a description of a charming yet :uitable modeMor the former will be nteresting. The New Buttons. Buttons will represent the fetish if the woman of fashion. The favorite examples in conjunction with the nore elaborate gowns are fashioned if shot tissue or velvet covered with i little latticework of metal thread, vhile for evening wear there are ound buttons about the size of small iherries, edcrusted with pearls, mock liamonds or beads. Rlnncp nr Shirt Waist. There is no waist quite so useful as :he simple tailored one, and this model vould be charming made from linen >r soft finished pique, from the pon- j ;ee that is so serviceable and so ashionable, from the thinner madras md also from silk or from washable lannel. It makes a most satisfactory nodel whatever the material may be, md it suits both the separate waist ind the gown. The tucks that are itltched for their entire length give i tapering effect and the wide box )leat allows successful use of the orlamental buttons that make such a eature of the late season. In this :ase white linen is trimmed with big >earl buttons and worn with a collar if striped lavender and white. The waist is made with a fitted ining, which can be used or omitted is liked, and consists of the fronts ind back. There are tucks over the houlders that are exceedingly beaming. and there are narrow tucks it both centre front and centre back. The closing is made invisibly at the eft of the front. The sleeves are in egulation shirt waist style, with traight cuffs and the neck-band, iver which can be worn any style of 11 ollar that may be liked, rinishes the leek. The quantity of material required or the medium size is three and hree-quartec yards twenty-four, hree and a half yards thirty-two or wo and seven-eighth yards fortyour inches wide. 0W I MR ASTDB, RULER nr nnnim/ in nnn ur DUUItll, ID UtHU Long a Leader of the Fashionable Life of New York. HEART TROUBLE KILLED HER Sivayed Her Set by Dignity, Not Wealth?Undisputed In Reign? Smile or Frown Recognized or Denied Social Ambitions. New York City.?Mrs. William Astor, for almost half a century the undisputed head of American society t * * | auu mo aiunci ui IUO auumi n^rcuuea of Americans in London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Vienna, St. Petersburg and other European capitals, died from heart trouble in her home, at No. 842 Fifth avenue. Dr. Austin Flint, Jr., the family physician, had spent three days and three nights at her bedside. With him mosli of the| time was Dr. Billings. They exhausted every known resource of medical science to save the life of Mrs. Astor. The news was flashed immediately the length and breadth of the social world. Wherever It went it was received with sorrow and regret, so great was the affection in which Mrs. Astor was held by those who so many years had availed themselves gladly of her social .leadership* No untitled woman In the w'otld, perhaps, ever exercised sach great and far-reaching social power. Her mere word fixed the social status of .thousands, of aspiring families, not only here but also abroad. There were few men. or women, howeyer energetic in their social enterprises, who succeeded in climbing over or under the bars Mrs. Astor reared. Her ban, which closed the doors of the most exclusive set to such aspirants here, operated just as effectively in the social centres in Europe. On the other hand, those who went to Europe bearing the seal of approval of Mrs. Astor were welcomed everywhere. On this side of the water Mrs. Astor was as supreme socially In Newport, Bar Harbor and the other'social centres as she was In Fifth avenue. It was admitted on/all sides that a woman who could withstand the pleas of many of the richest families in the world for recognition, who could defy the thunderlngs of industrial kings ( upon the portals of society, and Who could command Ward MacAllister to cut down her own set fronKappro::!mately 1000 to 400 without ^sing dethroned from her queenship by a revolution, could do anything she essayed to do. Mrs. Astor's maiden name was Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, and she was born on September 22, 1830, Her parents were Abraham Schermerhorn, a well known New York lawyer, and Helen (White) Schermerhorn. The family is descended from Jacob Janse Schermerhorn, one of the first settlers of New Nethcrland, who came to New York on the ship Van Rensselaerwyck in 1636. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Astor, of whom three survive. The surviving ones are Colonel John Jacob Astor, who in February, 1891, wedded Miss Ava Lowle' Willing, in Philadelphia; Mrs. George Ogilvie Haig, formerly Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton, and Mrs. M. Orme Wilson, who was formerly Miss Caroline Astor, and whose marriage to Mr. Wilson was celebrated at the Astor mansion on November 18, 1884. The eldflniiivKfai* Pmilv Trrh r? m Q rrf Ci3W uauguvwiy Uiunj , n uv Mr. James J. Van Alen, of Newport, died many years ago, and Helen Astor, who married Mr- J. Roosevelt Roosevelt, died in Ascot, England, when her husband was secretary of the American Legation in London under Thomas F. Bayard. WHITMORE NOT GUILTY. Brooklyn Motorman Acquitted of Murdering Wife. Jersey City, N. J.?Theodore S. Whitmore, the Brooklyn motorman, nnntil+far? In +Viq YTurlann Pnnnt.V YTOO aV.4UIH.WU "Jlw ** ? Court of Oyer and Terminer of the murder of Lena, his wife. The jury retired a few minutes before 5 o'clock, and came to an agree ment in an hour. When Foreman Henry Mandeville announced that it was "Not guilty" Whitmore briskly stepped forw^j-d. embraced his counsel, Alexander Simpson, kissed him on the chsek and showed great emotion. After the formalities of dismissal Whitmore arose, suffering from the reaction, and exclaimed: "They have taken everything from me, and I go out a pauper." His father and brother quieted him. Lena Whitmore was lured to the Lamp Black Swarap, at Harrison, on the night of last Christmas, rendered helpless by a blow on the head and hurled down an embankment into a tidewater pool and was drowned. Whitmore was tried once before for the crime, the jury disagreeing. I ' Blown Up by His Own Dynamite. When Nelson Reynolds started out to blow up some boulders on his farm near Portland. Me., he placed a stick of dynamite in his overcoat pocket. While walking along he reached his hand into the pocket to get a match. As he pulled the match out it scratched on the dynamite and exploded it. Reynolds had both of his arms and both legs blown off. t Throws at Mule; Kills His Son. James Thorn, a farmer, of Russellvllle. Ala., while attempting to run a mun out of the yard, picked up a small stone and threw it at the animal Mo misspfT the mule and hit his two-year-old son, killing liini ?nj stantly. Reform Newspaper Readers. President Hadley, of Yale, declared that the reform of newspapers and the Government should begin with newspaper readers, who should learn j to weigh evidence. Anions the Workers. A union of hatters in the United States was established as early as i cna The shoe clerks of Toronto, Canada, have recently organized a union, [ and its membership is steadily increasing. A new union of retail clerks, inducting various branches of business, has been recently established in Melrose, Minn. Steam Engineers' Union has raised the per capita tax from ten cents to twenty ccnts a month and established a defense fund. V : -v .. m r ' : . ' nnurrcccc mi ni n MituncD Ullll LuuLu HI! ULU IliUHUUI r1 I On Way to Gallows Says Brother 1 is Being Punished For His Crimea ? Salvatore Garrito Hanged at Read* % ing, Pa., For the Murder of T. J. KeHeher, a State Trooper. '' rorH Reading, Pa.?Confessing that he had murdered a man in Italy and that his Innocent brother was serving a term of twenty-five years in a penal colony for the crime, Salvatore Gar-. rito was hanged here lor the killing of Timothy J. Kelleher, a State trooper. " The confession lent a highly dramatic tinge to the execution. It was not made until the condemned man had been told that his time bad come < '/ * and that he must march from his cell to the gallows which had been erected xl- -rfc /i x _ i.it j iu me uerits ^ouniy jaii yara. A pathetic incident of the execution was a farewell greeting sent to an old-time Sicilian sweetheart. AUTOIST GETS SEC MONTHS. 'ji Young Man Under Severe Sentence v-'yt -For Reckless Driving. y :l Worcester, Mass.?Barry C. Orndorff, a son of the late T. C. Orndorff, ' of this city, who was a wealthy man- ' ufacturer, was sentenced in Brighton , ' : ; court to six months in the house of ; correction on the charge of reckless ' ' driving and thirty days in the house & of correction on the charge of drunkenness. . .V.A||A VA - ;W vu Allium uiauo cuc ucicusc mat up did not know what happen?!., from fM the time, left Boston until he laad^ , ed in a cell. Orndorfl, in a big touring car, smashed into an iron pole . after several policemen had tried to . stop him. The police testified that . while Commonwealth. avenue was filled with school children and vehi- ; J? cles at a busy time of day Orndorfl drove his car through the street at a pace that was dangerous, to safety. Orndorfl testified that he had eaten some canned food that was poisonous. ' ? He said he took a drink of rock and rye which, he said, completely numbed his faculties, and he could not re- \ member anything from the time he 1 started his car up Commonwealth* avenue until he arrived in the police station. , ^ "Jttoiw w mun iwuiv i#xuu/> John W. Hutchinson, Last of Famous ' , fj | Family, a Victim of Gas, Lynn,. Mass.?John W. Hutchin-, j, son, -known as "Th9 Bard of High Rock," and last of the famous Hutchinson family, whose temperance and ; Sf abolition songs before the Civil War PvBg and during that conflict made their names known throughout the country, died at his home, High Roclk, in this city, of gas poisoning. He was eighty-seven years old. The Hutchinson**'home was In Milford, N. H. The "family" included ' { j sixteen children, of whom twelve were boys. All had good voices and i-VSJ they quickly became popular when they began singing together In public. In the years before the Civil ? ? War they toured the country, buttheir greatest propinence was gained during the war. when, by special 58 permit from the War Deoartment, ' <J5i they visited many of the Union camps and sang to the soldiers. Mr. Hutchinson had long.lived in this fcity,1, 1 > $ where, from his fame and nis patrl- V archal appearance, he was known as 1 The Bard of High-Rock."'' | He is Isurvived by a widow. 1 FIGHTS LIQUOR SALE TO MINORS ! .$1 Horse Thief Association of Oklahonui Will Ask Aid of Roosevelt. Muskogee, Okla.?The Texas and Oklahoma Horse Thief Association, v organized to prevent the stealing of .'/ live stock, in convention Adopted a resolution pledging its 10,000 members to assist in the arrest and prose cution of night riders. ? It also decided to ask President Roosevelt by petition to stop the shipping of liquors into this State by \'j Missouri and Arkansas liquor deal- , J; ers to minor childrep. The associa- .- ^ tion officers say they have evidence - * ?3 1.1. that liquor is oeing smppeu II1LU Ul? , State to boy? and girls twelve and fourteen years old. KILLS FIANCEE AND SELF. Jealous Man Says Good-Bye, Then I Draws Pistol and Shoots. Greenfield, Mass. ? After bidding Miss Harriet W. Wing, his intended bride, good-night, Benjamin E. Gaines fired three shots at Miss Wing ' , and then sent a bullet into his o^n , brain. Miss Wing died instantly and Gaines died at 11 o'clock. Jealousy is supposed to have actuated Gaines, who was thirty-nine t years old and superintendent of a large machine shop. Miss Wiifg was twenty-nine years old. / WOMAN AND DRIVER KILLED. Fatal Accident Overtakes Clarence Vyner's Motor in Bavaria. ' Vienna.?Captain Clarence Vyner, a rich American resident of Vienna, started two days ago on a motor tour for England with Mme. Bettin, of Chile. At Traunstein, a town of upper Bavaria, about twenty miles from Salzburg, the motor car met with an accident while descending a steep hill. Mme. Bettin and the cliauffeur were instantly killed and Captain Vyner was seriously injured. Sugar Barrels as Ballot Boxes. The Board of Elections bought fovcy sugar barrels to be used for ballot boxes in Sandausky County, Ohio. Tops with hinges aud the necessary slots were provided. TMs step was necessary because of the lirge ballots. Flood Victims Number 800. Official dispatches received at Manila, P. I., from the sections visited by the typhoon and resultant floods that devastated Caygan Province recently place the death roll at 800. The Other Side of the World. - - - ~ ~ ~ ~ U~V?f Hankow's ssou.uuy ejecu-iu njjui, plant is owned entirely by Chinese. China is now shipping goods to the province of Tibet via the sea route, through Calcutta. Qistress in India is still decreasing. The number now in receipt of State velief ig only 405,000 (September 14). China is very particular that the quality of the foreign goods it buys shall be fully up to sample, but pays very promptly for what it does buy. A Chinese merchant's word is as good as his bond. t ?