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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1911-11-2, Page 3'i'11ti13SDAY" NOVEMBER Mad 44'44'; e•i•,4••1.,, .l'i"'.+•I-Ili H reeieletel-+++ + ++40& 4siel +l••1• °telelelelelet . 4e lee The Nelsons Bank Inc:orporatedi.$fi5 CAPITAL (paid tip).. .',• .. $4 4300,0.00.00 EFUND ,.., f:•••.+ .• •1• $416OOi000•OO RESERVE .} yy,.. TOTAL ASSETS OVEROVER.... 244,900 +n®flOQ , enandCorres ondent in'all T. viae 83 Branches in Canada, axed tag � p , the principal Cities in the W or1d. . ' i Transacted .� [General. Bauk�n Business T a .,Yins : Bank Department �Gi * At all Branches. Interes allowed at Sighe Current Rates. -1- Dickson & Carting, Solicitors. HURDON„,hlanagel:. 4•II•+?••t••••I..1•.I••I..I••F•+.4•+•3••S••t•'4'.4• +•I.•i +a.a:•4.•4..44«4„4..g.'4"4..4'+•g..q:.l:44':$"$:'1„4'-g'II°•1•+•4• THE EXETER TIMES THE MAVIKETS. 9.iverpool and Chicago Wheat Futures Close Lower -- Live Sttock--- Latest Quotations. CHICAGO, Oet. 27. -Almost panic conditions took a clutch to -day on the market for wheat, Demoralized stock dealings had the most to do with the scare, but there was also talk that the government would investigate the al- leged manipulation oL grain. Closing + fp trices were o 2 3 8cto 2e ak at a decline o 1-2c, compatedwith-24 40 Vt hours before. Other staples fell, too; but not nearly so much •as wheat -corn 1-2e to 5-4c to 5-8c, oats 3-8c to 1.2c 4.. and ho rodu t 15 to 17 1-2c. gp c s 5c to c The Iver o- ,� Liverpool market ©• to -day d p l n a k t clpsed Y 1/a lower than yesterday en wheat and led to + ' %a lower on corn, Antwerp closed un - '1' ,changed on wheat, Budapest .%o lower, and Berltn 1/•�;c lower. 4. Winnipeg Options. Close. Open. High. Low. Close. wheat - Oct. ..... 101% 101% 104 10171 102%. Dec. 96%95$f, 951, 951 99 953ti� / ,:, loos& . • THE CANADIAN. BANK, oMai 1001/4 1001,4,9 9at . Oct: 431/x 4055, OF COMMERCE Dec....,. 8914 38% 38y6 98'. 88 May 42 4174 41% 29'1 39% Toronto Grain Market. Wheat, fall, bushel $0 90 to $Q 91 Wheat, goose, bushel 0 87 0 88 Rye, bushel Oats, bushel 0 52 Barley, bushel 0 80 0 14 , /Buckwheat, bushel 0 43 0 $0 Peas, bushel 0 78 0 80' Toronto Dairy Market. SiR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C,L., PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LAiRD, GENERAL MANAGER ;CAPITAL, - $10,000,000 REST, - $0,Q00,000 • FARMERS' BUSINESS 'Tho Canadian Bank of Commerceextends to Farmers every facility for the transaction of their banking business including the discount and :collection of sales notes. Blank sales notes are supplied free of charge ,on application. BANKING BY MAIL .Accounts may be opened at every branch of The Canadian Bank .of •1Commerceto be operated by mail, and will receive the same .careful :attention as is given to all other departments of the, Bank's business. Money may be deposited or witlidiawn in this way as satisfactorily as iby a personal Visit to the Bank. A231, Exeter Branch -W. H. Collins Manager Ursaeh atvo ,,t Crediton. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. ill $200,000 addition will be made to ii�IA Ottawa University on the Laurier ehue side. Seven hundred students e attending. pie Ancient and Accepted Scottish ,to tsirty-third degree Thursday; ilfght at Winnipeg decided that th 1taxt assembly should take place in !I anliltan. The Postomiice Department has been, ` iotified that through. the explosio >'. a lamp in a postal car on an. Inter:. Ionia train on Oct. 23, 125 bags 1 mail were destroyed. Incoming trains from the north on e Huron and Bruce line report the rat snow of the season, three-quarters 4, an inch falling in the district be- ltette'h Wingham and Exeter. Qecil Clark, 12 -year-old son of Geo. ''Clark of Cobalt was accidentally shoe in the abdomen while hunting Thura ay, afernoon and died. The gun WAS leaning against a log when it was acs toldentaily discharged. Settling family differences with pia ,lois, Perry Cleves,-$ -h:=;-• etifelol' ino3ce e, lean.fought a duel i rich she was killed and he wound -Then Clevenger went to his room stet fired a bullet through his brain. ;IPA' tree planted by his father on the a1Qy 1! rank Fitzpatrick of Summit, t1%J., *as born, 78 years ago, recently uffered a blight. Last evening he be- t an chopping it down. As the tree Crashed to the, ground, Fitzpatrick fell dead. Bound to Car Aide. ' • ; Montreal, Oct. 28. -With bis..gga�d, An a bag half filled with ashes, cc; tor} taste tied around his mouth for a ag, and his arms and legs tied around he axle of the wheels of a Canadian' l acificc freight car, Mike Schutz, ole, 33 years of age, whose home ie ' t 57 Manufacturers street, Point St: iQharles, was found late Thursday; fight by two constables. A watchman ho heard a man groaning, called the lice. Schutz said that, while walking along St. Patrick street towards his hom ,early in the evening he had been ats -tacked by four men. They had pulls the bag over his head. Ile did nos know where they had tied. him until stal e police released him. fIchutz is held as a prisoner on al +charge of loitering. The police think ;that he may know about the shooting of Joseph Budziaszek, who died o Tuesday night and that the men whet attacked hirci may have tried to gel !.rid of him lest he tell. Canada's Vote Saved Empire. London, Oct. 28. -The Church. o 'England Men's Society concluded are markable three days' convention yeel terday.• Ten thousand attends Thursday night's demonstration an. cheers greeted a message from th branches in Manitoba and other part of the Empire. The Archbishop o tiYork said, that, in democratic hist tory, our country' now was at th 'parting of the ways and would havg to decide whether the work was only, 'material or ideal. Dr. G. R. Parkin! •of Canada also spoke, Lord Charles Beresford, interviews -yesterday on his return, as to th the Canadian people, ex sentiment of 1 P p , pressed in the elections, said it' had saved the Empire. At the same time, ',fie sympathized with. Sir Wilfrid Laud 'rider who was one of the few really, 1: great statesmen to -day. Every mar( Was liable to make a mistake. H4 was glad Sir Wilfrid was remaining in politics and his gladness was shar ed by all Canadians. Inadvertent Omission. London, Oct. 28. -In the House o Commons McKinnon Wood, for th 'Treasury Board, informed Evely Cecil that the words "Dei Gratia" o letters "D.G.," had been omitted im from the new Canadiahi coinage. Fresh dies had been seri 'to the Canadian mint. Sir W. Mackenzie has subscribed thousand pounds to the habitation tatio� l{ • viand of the Society of Knights Bache; 'ler. M Earl res enthusiastic Grey had an oianley is.aurxii,w, "iurorlu, iS act. witted to the Royal College• of' Phy- sicians Six Comets Hanging. . Montreal, Oct. 28. -Six' cornets, three of which have quite. recently been seen with the naked eye,.are now within the neighborhood of the sun, according to Prof. McLeod of the Mc. Gill Observatory. Of the two bright- est, one has been visible just after sunset, north of the sunset point. It has a bright head and a tail abous. seven degrees long. The second is said to be brighter than the famous Halley's comet, and was discovered last July. Early this week it had a tail twenty degrees in length, and was visible in the morning just before 5 o'clock, north- east of Venus, the morning star. Carbolic Acid Cures Lockjaw. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 28. -Just three days after James H. Coleman was ad- mitted to the hospital with his neck perfectly. rigid and his jaws locked, he t'v'aS,partly able to open his mouth. Dr. P. C.'Kintzing. of the Maryland Medical College. directed the trent• ment, which consisted of a hypoder- mic injection of pure carbolic acid every three hours. Only six time: before has this treatment been resort- ed to, and each patient was curi•.1 and suffered no ill-effects. Canada and'the Indies. London, Oct. 28 -The Evening Tim''s concerning -Canada'. taking,.the We=t Indies,' says it is little use consider• ink the Plan until Canada is able to take all the West Indies' exportsU. since the nited States could, if in. duced to do so by a West Indian ar'd Canadian taxiff, ruin a majority in the Indies by imposing a duty on art'.cles now finding an American market. Declines to Run. Niagara Falls, Ont., Oct. 23 --It is now certain that Mayor Dures, who was nominated for the Legislative, h� the Liberals last June, will not ru against Evan Fraser, the Conservativ- 'candidate. Fred. W. Griffiths. a lo- cal lawyer, may be nominated at thr Reform convention in Welland nex, Wednesday, it is said to -day. SOUR RISINGS FROM STOMACH Those Who Experience•Full- ness and Pain After Meals, Stomach Disorders, and Indigestion, Should Read Below. , "When I was working around the farm Iast winter I had an attack of in- flammation," writes • Mr. E. P. Daw- kins, of Port Richmond. "I was weak for a long time, but well enough to work until spring. But something went, wrong with 'my bowels, for I had to use salts or physic all the time. My stomach kept sour, and al- ways after eating there was pain and fulness, and all the symptoms of In- testinal indigestion. %Nothing helped me until I used Dr. Hamilton's Fills. Instead of hurting, like other. pills, they acted very mildly, and seemed to heal the bowels. I did not require large doses to get results with Dr. Haxnil-' ton's PHIS, and feel so glad that I have found a mild yet certain remedy. To- day I am well -no pain, no sour stom- ach, a good appetite, able to digest anything. This is a whole lot of good for one medicine to do, and I eat► say, Dr. Hamilton's P1110 are the best pills, and my letter, I am sure, proves it." Refuse a s•ibstitute for Dr. gauiil- ton's Pills of Mandrake and Butter- nut, sold in yellow boxes, ' 25e, All dealers, or The Catarrkozone Co., Kingston, Ont. • -0 Pills 1.l ••ceptfoil when he arrived at Rcwiclrl , ppr. Hamilton's h Cure t 0 Stomach northegn, residence. •. ,s 0 70 .... Butter, store lots 0 22 023 Butter, separator, dairy, ib, 0 27 Mutter, creamery, ib. rolls0 28 023 ;Butter, creamery; solids026 0 27 Honeycombs, dozen 800 honey, extracted, ib 011 :... Eggs, case lots 0 28 .... Eggs, new -laid 0 30 Cheese, new, lb 0 r6 0 tel! Liverpool Grain Prices. LIVERPOOL, Oct, 27. -Closing -Wheat Spot nominal. Futures weak; Dec. 7s 6di March 7s 4%d, May 7s 4d. Corn -Spot steady; American mixed, 68 5d. Futures easy; Jan. ss 8%d, Feb. 50 sod. Flour -Winter patents, 27s 9d. Hops -In London (Pacific Coast), Ill to 02. Montreal Grain and Product. MONTREAL, Oct. 27. -The foreign des mand for Manitoba spring- wheat was very limited; but, notwithstanding thi9 fact, there was a good demand for oceal5 grain room, and engagements for somd fair-sized lots were made to Leith, Glas- gow and Manchester. Owing to the break In prices of over two cents per bushel ii the Winnipeg October option, a weake feeling developed in the local market, and prices declined lc per bushel. A good business continues to be done in flour for+ local account, and prices are firm at the recent advance. The export demand Shows no Improvement. Cheese and but- ter -in fair demand and eggs fairly active. Provisions quiet. Dressed. hogs -Abattoir, $8.50 to $8.75 per 100 lbs. Beef -Plate, half -barrels, 100 lbs„ $7.50; barrels, 200 lbs., $14.50; tierces, 300 lbs., $21.50. Lard -Compound tierces, 375 lbs.. 91/4c; boxes, 60 lbs. net (parchment lined), 9%c; tubs, 50 lbs. net, grained, two handles, .914c; pails, wood, 20 lbs. net, 9%c; tin pails, 20 lbs. gross. 0;43c. Pork -Heavy Cilr,ada short cut mess. barrels, 35 to 45 p eyes, 524; half -barrels, $12.26; Canada shortcut and back pork; 45 to 65 pieces, barrels, 529; Canada clear pork, barrels, 30 to 35 pieces, $22.60; bean port, small pieces, but fat, barrels, 517.50 Oats -Canadian western, No. 2, 48%c,te 49c, car lots, ex -store; extra No. 1 feed, 148c to 48%c; No. 3 C.W., 47%0 to 48c; No. ;3 local white, 47c to. 47%c; No. 9 local , white, 46%c to 47c; No. 4 local white, 46%c. i wheata Flour=iwlanitoba spring patents, nts, firsts, 55.60; seconds, $5.10; winter wheat patents, 54.75 to 55; strong bakers', 54.80; straight rollers, .44.25 to 54.40; In bags, 51.05 to 52.05. Rolled oats -Per barrel, 55,25; bag of 90 ,lbs., 52.50. Millfeed-Bran, Ontario, $23 to 524; Mani. toba, 523; middlings, Ontario, 527 to 528; shorts, Manitoba, 525; mouiilte. $26 to 532. Eggs -Selected, 26%c to 28c; fresh, 320 to 34c; No. 1 stock, 22%c to 24o. Cheese -Westerns, 14c to 14%c; eastern; 13%0 to 13%0. Butter -Choicest, 27c to 271%40; seconds, 26%0 to 26%c. • CATTLE MARKETS. East Buffalo Cattle Market. EAST BUFFALO, Oct. 27. -Cattle -Re' ceipts, 200 head; market slow, steady; prime steers, 57.25 to $7.60; butcher grades, $3 to 57. Calves -Receipts, 700 head; market ac- tive,•25c hiher; cull to choice, 56 to 510. Sheep and Lambs -Receipts, 18,000 head; market slow, 15c to 35c lower; thole Iambs, 55.50 to $5.65; cull to fair, $4.25 t $5; yearlings, 53.75 to 54.25; sheep, 51.50 t $3.65. Hogs -Receipts, 11,060; market activd and firm; yorkers, 56,30 to 56.50; stags, $5 to $5.50; pigs, 55.85; mixed, $6.50 to $6.60; heavy, 56.60; roughs, 55.50 to 55.85. New York Live Stock., NEW YORK, Oct. 27. -Beeves -Receipts! 2445 head;. market slow; generally steady, steers, $4 to 57.75; bulls, 53 to 55; cows) 51.75 to 54.35. Calves -Receipts, 345; market steady, veals, 56.60 to 510.25; culls, 54.50 to 55.50, grassers, 54 to '$4.50; westerns, $4.50 to $6.60. Sheep and Lambs -Receipts, 5545 head; market slow and 25c tower; sheep, 52 to 53,60; lambs, $4.50 to $5.75; culls, 54. Hogs -Receipts, 2850-' head; market steady, at 56.50 to $6.70. Chicago Live Stock. CHICAGO, Oct. 27. -Hogs -Receipts. 17,- 000; market strong; mixed and butchers, $5.75 to $6.50; good,heavy, 56 to 56.45; rough, heavy, 55.70 to 56; light, 55.70 to $6.40; pigs, 54 55 to .90. Cattle -Receipts, 2000; market' weak; beeves, 54.55 to 58.75; cows and heifers, to $5.76 Tex1.90 to ans, 54.rto 55.801 andlcaeeders l es, 552.90 to 58.75. Sheep and Lambs -Receipts, 12,000; mar• ket steady; native, 52.25 to 53.70; western, 52.40 to 53.80; Iambs, 53.50 to 56; western, 53.75 to $6.10, Cheese Markets. PICTON, Oct. 27. -Nineteen factories boarded 1155 boxes cheese, all colored. A11 sold at 136/ac. ` IROQUOIS, Oct. 27. -At the regular Meeting of Iroquois cheese board held here to -day. 400 colored cheese offered. 'Al lsold at 13%c. NAPANEE, Oct. 27. -There were 340 white and 490 colored cheese boarded here to -day; all sold at 18%c. BRANTFORD, Oct. 27. -Offered 255, sold 125 at 14%c; 160 at 14%e. Market adjourned for season. OTTAWA, Oct. 27. --Three hundred and forty-seven boxes of cheese were boarded to -day, all selling at 13%c, CORNWALL, Oct. 27.-4 peel a I., - The offerings on the Co'iiwall cheese board this afternoon were 337 white and 791 colored. All were sold with the exception of Lakeview And Bowman combination, which were held. The white sold at 13'.4tc and the colored at 13 11-16e and 13%.c. Found Dead in Bed. Niagara Falls, Ont., Oct. 28 -Ari Ital. ian woman, known as Mrs. Joe Toms, Who conducted a boarding-house at Montrose for foreigners employed by the Michigan Central yeas found dead in bed yesterday morning. Heart fail. urs Caused her death. M1N1ST .I:IISr ELECT Several Members of Cabinet Go fn by Aociamation. Montreal, Oct. 23. -Ton, F. D. Monk Minister of Public Works; Hon. 0.. J. Doherty, Minister of ,Jus- tiee; Hon. L. P. Pelletier, Postmaster - General, and Hon. W, 13, lgantel, ister of Inland Revenue, were re. sleeted yesterday, by acclamation, in Jacques Cartier, St, Ann's, Quebec .County, and Terrebonne, respectively no opposition developing in either of the constituencies.There was a pro- est, however, in the case of Jacques Cartier, where H. Semple,' advocate handed in aa document, leging that, in the English version of the proclain- ation, the day of nomination, was stat- ed as being Sept. 27, instead of Oct, 27, but as the French proclamation is equally official, the protest was not noticed by the returning officer, and Hon. Mr, Monk was declared elected. The Minister of Public Works, dur- ing a nomination address at Lachine said it would be un -British and uncon- stitutional for a Minister to attempt. to give an outline' of Government pol- icy before that policy had been de- cided upon. Hon. Mr. Monk announeed that he had not only been given an important department by Mr. Borden, but had been asked to select his own col- leagues. Both the Prime Minister and Ids other colleagues had done all in their power for Quebec, and the deli- cacy shown by the Prime. Minister in handling all matters had stamped him. to be a man of absolutely unbiased and unprejudiced mind, as were, in fact, so many of the men from the lower provinces. Foster By Acclamation. Toronto, Oct: 28, -Hon. George E. Foster was elected by acclamation in North Toronto yesterday, when he re- turned to his constituency for elec- tion as Minister of Trade and Oom- mence. Norman B. Gash,, K,C., was ready to act as Hon. Mr. Foster's fin- ancial agent had there been an elec- tion. Raised Ag.: Limit. Ottawa, Oct. 28. -An order-in-coun- .cil has been promulgated suspending for the pending examinations the re- gulations whereby candidates for nav- al cadets much be from 14 to 16 years old, and putting the age limit at 17. Back of this is the fact that, owing to the mismanagement of the naval service by the late Government. very few candidates are presenting them- selves. An order -in -council also makes the necessary legal provision for the hold- ing of the Niobe court-martial White to Hold Meeting. Brockville, Oct. 28. -Hon. W. T. White, the new Minister of Finance, for whom Mr. George Taylor has re- signed the seat in the Commons for Leeds, will hold several bye -election meetings in that constituency, com- mencing at Lansdowne on Nov. 2. He will be supported by Mr. Taylor and Mr. Webster, M.P., for Brockville. East Hastings Conservatives. Belleville, Oct. 28.-A largely attend- ed convention of .the Liberal -Conserva- tives of East Hastings was held in the village eltReelin ,yesteeday after- noon. 1n the Third ballot, Alexander Grant, reeve of Tweed village, obtain- ed a majority over Mr. Deyes, and nig nomination was made unanimous. Haldimand Liberals. Cayuga, Oct ^,8. -At the Liberal con- vention held here yesterday, Jacob Kohler received the unanimous vote of the convention to contest the County of Haldimand. Trying tc Place Graham. Ottawa, Dee. 23--T. W. lteGa ry, M.P.P. of South Renfrew (Con.), is back in Ottawa to -day. Withhis ar- rival there is a renewal of the effort to arrange an acclamation for Hon. George P, Grahin as federal mem- ber of North Re' frew. It doesn't look to -day as if such an. arrangement «an be made lnY. DAUtIIITER WAS CURED By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Baltimore, Mei-' ;I send you here- with the picture of my fifteen year old daughter Ahce, who was restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta- ble Compound. She was pale, with dark circles under her eyes, weak and irri- table. Two different doctors treated her and called it Green Sickness, b u t s h e grew worse all the time. Lydia E.Pink. ham's Vegetable Compound was rec- ommended, and after taking three bot- tles she has repined her health, thanks to your medicine. I can recommend it tor all female troubles." -Mrs. L. A. Comenee7, 1103 Rutland. Street, Balti- more, Md. Hundreds of such letters from Moth- ers expressing their gratitude for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound has accomplished for them have been received by the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass. Young Girls, Heed This Advice. Girls who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backache, head- ache, dragging -down sensations, faint- ing spells or indigestion, should take immediate notion and be restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham s Vege- table Compound. Thousands have been restored to health by its use. Write to Mrs. Piixkbant, Lynn, MIAs., for advice, tree. T the foot of the hill where the turnpike swerved sharply to the left to avoid climbing the abrupt elevation and close by the broe L, wbhit, finding its source somewhere among the hilltops, mean- dered leisurely through swamp and wale and cut the farm squarely in two, stood the old homestead. The moss grown shingled roof peeped mod- estly from behind a screen of age-old trees, and the lo* down sagging foun- dations were scarcely anywhere visi- ble behind the rampant growth of rose- bushes that clambered halfway up the south side of the house. There were lilacs grown Into trees, syringes that crowded half across the gravel walk, a giant honeysuckle vine that had been choked and pruned back until its gnarl- ed old trunk resembled a grotesque freak of nature. The old homestead bad housed and reared seven generations of men and women of the same name, but it had come to pass that those of the seventh generation were widely scattered and the • old homestead no longer knew `them. There were seven of this gen- eration -seven boys -and the last to leave the old homestead had gone forth, like the others, to battle in • the larger world for life and happiness. Unlike many old couples left behind on the farm to watch and tend it in its declining years, these two were not shorn of the necessaries • or even the luxu- ries of life. They had Iaid aside their little sum,. and they lived with no dread of the morrow. No shadow of debt or threat of mortgage fore- closure hung over their heads, and they livedin quiet peace on the homestead that had sheltered so many of their ancestors. But there was loneliness in the moth- er heart. When the first son bad bro- ken away from the farm the pang Led been sharp and cruel, but there were In due time the seven sons forgot six left behind. Then the second had to 'write or delegated the work to grown restless and followedin the foot- their wives. They were too occupied steps of the elder. The third waited to waste their time in epistolary com- a few years, silently tilling thefertile position. They irn nw,, moreover, that farm and watching for his chance. It their parents knew they would send came one day with unexpected abrupt- word if anything unusual happened. ness. And nothing unusual happened to "Mother, I'm going to the city tomor- them -that is, nothing that would in - row," he said at the close of a bard terest the aged couple living on the day's work in the fields. "My oppor- tunity has come." There was no open opposition, but the heartstrings were quivering. So the third son went, and after him the Of business developments, of art lee- sick not to hear from you oftener, and . fourth. In,a-few etesrsjbe remaining "tures,'°of politics; ef='religfouti and chitr ' when our ecter, s did cone1 the bre sturdy=sable had grown to the strtire" itq• workThese so-so, different I knew sonetlin ' of manhood, and they, too, cast longing eyes eityward. Would not one of thein remain on the farm? The last to go had been her favorite, for was he not the baby? And with his going the light seemed to go out of the world for the aged couple. But these two were of pioneer stock, and they bad met and oveiegme adversity in many forms, end in time they fell back upon each other's company and found a measure of contentment There were seven sons, and each week seven letters left the homestead mailed to different addresses. One went to Chicago, another to New York, a third to Boston, two to St. Louis, one far off to the Pacific coast and the last to a nearby city. Monday was devoted to thoughts of the eldest, and the moth- er brain and heart put into his letter all the little news of the home life which he had loved. He had been de- voted to the live stock, and she re- corded faithfully the details of their -progress. Billy, his pet horse, had long since died, but another colt had been named after him, and he was always held in re- serve for his ab- sent owner. Tuesday's let- ter was more difficult of com- position. It call- ed her forth into the woods to get news, for the sec- ond son had been a roamer and a friend of every squirrel and rab- READ Olen:AND ovc bit.. He could im- AGAIN THE BRIEF irate the call of EpI6TLF,6. the bluejay and whistle the piping song of the finches. She had learned the nesting season of the different birds he had loved, and her letters were full of woodland scenes and wild life. 'Wednesday was a day of easy letter writing. It was all about crops. the condition of the north and south fields. the probable yield per acre and In harvest time an account of the results. On Thursday her letter was :addressed ta the young architect in New York,. and She spoke of the things whirl, be had loved, and Friday she rennet! the for he t for materiel, stn woodti 4 g San Francisco was the bunter rxl,d trapper of the family. and liartttciays "MOTHER, I'M GOING TO TEE CITY TO- MORROW." Titanks9iving AY fieorge Ethelbert 'Walsh mg IS [Copyright, 1910, by American 'Press Asso' oration.] She peered into tl.e streams and the 'lank pools of the river for information about ,the silvery pike and speckled trout, for the sixth: son was of the Izaak Welton school. Then came Sun- day, with its calm peacefulness and thoughtful refiees tions. Her baby had been of an. artistle and re- ligious tempera- ment, and the Sabbath. was con- secrated to him. She could speak more freely and intimately of her inner thoughts and home life, and her pen moved more rap- idly over the pa- per. At first the weekly letters were answered more or less reg- TiS.iCY SAT, DOWN AT ularly. She was THE TABLE ALONE. a wise mother and did not expect a reply to every e- lusion of her own. They were busy boys, engaged in the battle of life. Sometimes weeks passed, and then a few lines compensated for the lonely waiting. They fell in love and married in time. They brought their brides fn harried visits to the old home. Chil- dren came to them, and each birth added to the cares of the father. She longed intensely to know of her grand- children, and if she wrote long ram- bling letters of the old farm her heart was aching for minute details of the children born in the image of their fa- thers. But the rush of fife in the cities made the farm seem a long way off. Letter writing was oftentimes irk- some, and theseven sons bad duties that absorbed their time and strength. The letters grew -fewer and their length shorter. On the old homestead the aged couple laboriously read over 'and over again the brief epistles, pon- dering and thinking and speculating - and sighing. Tho summer passed and harvest runt, approached again. The T"hanllsgivj, seasou brought its train of mem- Dries. Week f.: I v h before in s A we b .Phan regi g looked anxiously for letters frotn lie sons. Each day they drove a MOO to the village fox' their mail, but ttidl. letters were not there. Two days, before the event the frail body wag keyed to intense suspense. On that m.orrow one of them surely 'iyGultll write and gladden her heart. But they returned from the postpWee withsl out the letter. "We must go to the village today, fa- ther a ther," she urged on Thanksgivinal, morning. "We need -we need salt or "sugar, I forget which." The man accepted the gentle 1ft without a quiver. There was a single' morning men, and perhaps -perhaps -but who can tell? They drove slowly throngh the crisp autumn air' and returned at dinner time. They were both very silent and grave. The man was more con- cerned. over the white drawn face at his side than at the neglect of his sons. If they only knew -if' they only knew! They sat down at the table alone, she rousing her- self by a final ef- fort for the sake THEY RAISED TIMM of the man who EYES had shared her life's burdens withhere and he kindly, courteous and consider- ate of her every little comfort. "Moth-, er, we will ask a blessing for our sons and their families," be began, The plates were set for the seven, a, custom never abandoned even thought' they remained empty throughout the Thanksgiving meaL The two did not hear the outside noises, nor the rattle of the lumbering stage, nor the lifting of the latch. When they raised their I eyes the room was full of bearded and; bronzed and pale and clean shaven; faces -faces which fn spite of wind and weather and toil and sweat had a •°strange family resemblance. It was unusual that they should be there, but; it did not seem strange, so confident was the mother heart that her prayer would be answered. I "Mother, ,I was worries o e''thaorear e- } taxa were so differeffetelleilOr ®V, home instead of writing." It was the eldest who spoke and em- braced her. "And I met the others on the train or at the station," he eon - old homestead. They would not care tinued. "They felt the same and to read of things In the city which 1 could not wait to write." were so vital to the sons of the sev- I "Yes, mother," added another, a lit- enth generation -of social gatherings, tle reproaehfelly, "it made me home - were things of the city and not of the country. Their parents would not under- stand, as if the mother love W 11 not inclusive enough to em- brace all things (that touched the ihearts and lives lof her offspring! So the sadness and loneliness of the life on the 01 d homestead 'took on a keener ,edge. The aged couple would sit hand in hand and watch the de- parting rays of sun with mois- tened, dimmed eyes. The broader back of the man 'was sturdy enough to carry the bur- den, but the mother was bending un- der the load. "Don't worry, mother," soothed the a mikes and linen. "They have their fa their cares, and we must be content." "It is not that," she murmured, "but" -and the eyes les 1 a frightened look in them -"I do not feel equal to -to writing --the letters any more. I-1 find them a burden now." The man gently pressed the hand that had penned the daily letters. !"Rest, then, mother, rests They will not"- He stopped, be could not say they" would not miss them, and yet the 'quivering heart at his side knew he meant it "That is it," she replied slowly; "they will not mics them, and that is -what -hurts." The eyes drooped, and the head ;rested heavily on the shoulder by her side. They sat there a long time ,watching the fading light and the com- ing up of the' new moon. The dew of the evening wet them before they rose slowly and n1:;de their way inside. Long habit ale. training cannot be changed 1n a day or night, and a moth- er's yearning for her sons insisted that some message should be sent, but each week the letters grew shorter and there was no heart or life in them. Sometimes, they were so perfunctory that one was merely a duplicate of the other, a mere reference to the weather and crops and an assuranee that ell WATCHING THE FAD- ING LIGHT. was wrong with either you or father.; What is it?" They glanced from one aged parent to the other. The faded eyes of the woman turned tremblingly from one to the other and finally sought in fear and confusion the face of her husband.:, . He nodded responsively. es - "Yes, mother has been sick -heart sick," he began slowly. "You were l homesick, but she was heartsick. She, has been giving you of her life, bat; you have returned little of yours. She; has carried the old home to you in i her letters, but you have neglected hurt In yours." Even then the mother hunger wash Predominant and could not abide thea ,;hastening of her offsprings. The frail; hand waved aside the speaker, but he# added softly: •'1dven now she's ready to give morei than she will receive." Then, with a twinkle in his eyes: "Mother, is the feast spread for nine{ or tw" Ten years suddenly slipped from the gray head and the frail body, and 1 the face wasj wreathed in a holy smile as she bustled about and changed dishes and added more to the table's supply. "We only .set places for Mir spirits, and not for your bodies," s h e murmured you are sill hearty eaters!" "Yes, hearty eaters -big e a t- ees, mot her,"• they said In one voice. "But we 'ri; know witereo y keep the turkey. and the cranber- rut nem ON TILE ry sauce and the k.ITciiEN. pumpkin pies and all the other good things. Walt until we see?" The raid on the kitchen which bel- lowed 'worked havoc with • the week's cooking, but the joyous cries and wrangling words mingled with laughs ter were music to her tatty. Syn her rrrnn sow; t* t is .l. iti, 0 , ' i ' werer it I rettu t were b4"a retell IN bale c„ be.:::,. lid .• well. The hand oI1 t f c1 .y � i I to day what tete bruin bad dictated for deeply lined foreheads and ,velli' It tl.' one. There was little variation, cheeks