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THE DINNER THAT PLCW AWAY. "O Tcenthcr-oock," the turkeys said, "Why. surely," said the friendly bird, Uixin an autumn morning, '• "I'll cock iny weather eye Keep good lookout, and turn about, And tell you when the pumpkins come, And muid you give us warning. To make the pumpkin pie." "We haven't got a calendar Thanksgiving morn the farmer cried: To teil us of the date; _ "They've gone—that horrid flock! So watch you for Thanksgiving signs There's not a bird to cook unless Before it is too late." We cook the weather-cock!" . —Home Herald. tmrnaammmtmuammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmd Elvira Amanda was to be exactly seven years old on Thanksgiving Day, on November the twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and two, and she had been invited to spend this double holiday with her Grandmother Amanda. In point of fact, Elvira Amanda had already been at Grand mother Amanda's two days, Elivra Amanda was named for both her grandmothers, and Grandmother Elvira was coming to be with them at Grandmother Amanda's house on Thursday. The grandmothers took turns with Elvira Amanda's birth days. One year Grandmother Amanda would make the feast and invite the grandchild, and the next year Grand mother Elvira would do the inviting and the entertaining. Sinca her arrival—for her birthday was always a week-long holiday— little Elvira Amanda had spent a good deal of her time in the big kitchen. Melissa, the cook, was delightfully busy, flying about and lugging pots and pans to and fro, and had so many different things in preparation for steaming and roasting, baking and frying, that the little guest-of-honor sometimes felt her head whirl, and didn't see how Melissa could possibly servo the Thanksgiving dinner straight and orderly; and,' when Thanksgiving eve finally came, she ■was so tired and excited she couldn't go to sleep. So Grandmother Amanda came up stairs and sat down by the bed to read to her. Grandmother Amanda didn't possess many children's books, hut at last she found the little old Cinderella primer she used to love when a child herself. "A very suita ble story for Thanksgiving," she thought, "with the pumpkin coach and all!" Grandmother Amanda began to read, enjoying the story ever so much her self as she went on; but her little .granddaughter didn't hear the end of the tale, for suddenly, after a time, her attention was calle'd pway by some one speaking to her under the window. "Elvira Amanda! Amanda Elvira!" She jumped out of bed, and ran to look out, and there in the garden, standing under the old sweeting tree, was a little roSy-cheeked boy in a cap and ulstor, looking up at the window. "Hurry and dress!" he called, "for I have come to take you to your Grandmother Amanda's to eat your birthday dinner! You will have to make haste!" "Why, 1 am at her house now!" said little Elvira Amanda. "Oh, no, you aren't. You are out in the country!" Elvira Amanda leaned out of the window and looked. Sure enough, it wasn't Grandmother "Amanda's little prim village garden. There were no other houses in sight. Broad fields stretched away as far as she could see, and near the house was an orchard and some barns. She cer tainly was not at Grandmother Amanda's house. "You'll have to hurry," called the rosy-choeked boy, "or I mayn't get you tfcere in time. Come down to the pats when you're ready. I must go back and see to my horse." And away he walked as fast as he could go Elvira Amanda put on her cape coat and her warm red-riding-hood, and tucked in her curls as neatly as possible, and ran down stairs to the front door and down to the gate. There stood the rosy-cheeked boy, HM Widow's Dinner on Thanksgiving Day. J Jt li. D. LM, Pennsylvania, in . Udm't. . . : reins in hand, beside a beautiful pumpkin coach, and harnessed to the coach was a magnificent turkey—a grand gobbler. "Shall I get in?" asked she, hardly knowing what she was expected to do. "Why, of course," said the coach man, and they both stepped In; and then he spoke to the turkey, and the turkey answered, "Gobble, gobble, sir," and away they rolled. It was rough riding, as there were peemingly many stones In the frozen road; and their steed went so fast that he made these stones fly all about, > and some flew up Into the coach, but didn't Beem to do any harm, however. "I never Baw such a rocky, stony road!" panted little Elvira Amanda at last, breathless with being Jolted about. "I never saw so many stones In a road before!" "These are not stones," said the coachman, laughing. "These are Thanksgiving nuts." He flourished his whip again, and the turkey an swered, "Gobble, sir," In a willing tone, and the pumpkin coach rattled on faster than before, while the nuttf danced up and down higher than ever, "What a beautiful green whip you have!" said the little girl. "I never have seen one like it!" "Oh, it's a celery whip," said he, showing it to her, "a Thanksgiving whip. You must always carry a eel-' ery whip when you drive a Thanks giving turkey. If this were a Christ mas turkey, you would ride much faster, for there would be snow on the ground—powdered-sugar snow, you know; and your coach would be on runners—a plum-pudding coach with chocolate trimmingß, and I should drive the turkey with a candy caneV "Oh, I dearly, dearly should love to ride in a plum-pudding coach!" laughed out the little guest, thrilling with pride at the idea of driving up to. Grandmother Amanda's In such fine style. "Yes, a plum-pudding coach is cer tainly fine," said the rosy-cheeked charioteer, "but a Thanksgiving tur key will not draw a plum-pudding coach. He will draw only a pumpkin coach. He would soon make mince meat of a Christmas carriage, I can tell you." And at this minute, with a flourish of his beautiful pale gTttn celery whip, he drew up at Grandmother Amanda's door, and the big bronze turkey stood stock-still, with his red wattles glowing and puffing, and re marked, "Gobble, air, gobble!" The drirer Jumped out, ran up the step*, and Into the vestibule, where he rapped three times on the sitting room door. "Are you awake, darling?" asked Grandmother Amanda, looking out at the door—or tai It in at the door? Elvira Amanda sat up in bed, in .the broad daylight, and looked about are the pumpkin and the turkey?" asked she. "Where are the pumpkin and the turkey—why, bless your heart, they are downstairs in the kitchen, of course!" laughed Grandmother Amanda. "Oh, no, grandma! I junt came, you know, in the pumpkin. And you can't begin to think how thot turkey galloped all the way." "What is the child talking about?" laughed Grandmother Amaifda, again. "But jump right up now, dearie, and dress as fast as you can. You are seven years old this minute, and Me lissa has breakfast all ready, and Grandmother Elvira has just driven up."—Elizabeth S. Hicok, in Little Folks. The Fortune Teller —From Puck. ALL ABOAM)! All aboard on the I'ic Line! Come people, grave and guy. We're going down To Turkevtown To spend Thanksgiving Day. All aboard on the Pie Line! lint bring along no care. The first stop will He I'uiiipkiiivillc; We take on pumpkins there. All aboard on the I'ic Line! The rates are far from higu. A slice of lutni, A good fat yam A Pullman seal will buy. All aboard on the I'ic Line! We'll trust you for the pay;" Hut come on down To Turkevtoxvn To spend Thanksgiving D:t,v! Kansas City Journal. —From Good Housekeeping Thanksgiving For Hqulrrel* In a Central Park stroll through that unimproved bit of woodlands bordering either side of the Ninety seventh street transverse road, it was noticed on' Thanksgiving afternoon that all squirreldom was having a Thanksgiving parade of its own. One pedestrian counted fifteen squirrels along the path north of the transversa road and nineteen between the paths to the south of the road and the low er tennis courts. A Thanksgiving parade? Yes, and a Thanksgiving feast as well! A tur key feast, moreover—would you be lieve it? And with what gusto the big-tailed little rodents cracked the toothsome bones! A few days ago, through the col umns of a local paper, some excellent suggestions were offered to the public as to the feeding of Central Park's jetted squirrels. These suggestions were offered by one Thomas C. Hall, who appears to be a lover of animals and a .close observer of, the bushy tailed rodents. The fur of many of these tame squirrels, he said, shows that they are not Retting sufficient salt. It was sug gested that the visiting public who regularly feed them should fetch them a bit of meat or a chicken bone now and then and thus save many of the park pets from the loss of fur. This suggestion does not seem to have fallen flat. And on Thanksgiv ing Day, behold the turkey bones! * I Cranberry Jelly. Wash and pick over, two quarts of cranberries; place over the fire In a granite kettle and cover with a quart of cold water; let simmer until the berries are soft, then strain through a Jelly bag; measure the Juice, re turn to the kettle and boll twenty minutes, then add the same amount of sugar that you had berries at first (two quarts); stir vctll the sugar Is dissolved and cook five minutes; dis solve a tablespoonful of gelatine In a little cold water and add to the Jelly; turn into Individual molds and serve wltk whipped cream. This Jelly mny be cat Into squares abd used for gar nishing. * in —* The Thanksgiving l'ie. No Thanksgiving dinner or supp«T party is complete without Its It Is Infinitely jollier than a grabbag and far more decorative. As a rule this feature is brought on tho last tiling before dessert, when tho tnble is cleared and there is plenty of room for the voluminous crinkly paper skirts of the did witch who presides over the pie or for the basket which contains the "goodies." These pies are made to order and the foundation Is usually a deep basket or bowl filled with cotton, in which downy nest the four and twenty-four blackbirds, or presents —if there are that many guests—are concealed. The bowl i& then covered with puffings and deep frills of pumpkin colored crepe paper, in the centre Is stuck a good sized papier macho witch, with her body showing only from the up. Yellow or red ribbons attached to the favors are run through tho fluffy and ample skirt of the witch, and then the ends are festooned so as to look like trimming. It is the ends of these loops that tho dinner guests seize, each In turn, to pull out their plumS. Jeweled nuts, vanity cases hidden In tiny gold almonds, walnuts and apples, enameled fruits and blos soms. horns of plenty or anything that savors of the bounteous feasts when food was simpler and not less appetizing than It Is to-day are ap propriate.—Ggnt lewomn'n. The First Thanksgiving V, (irge Washington Issued the first Presidential proclamation for a Thanksgiving observance. II may noi be generally known that a woman was largely Instrumental In bringing about the annual observance of the day. lint such Is the case. Sarah Jo seph n Hwe'll Hale la the name of the woman who advocated the yearly Thanksgiving Day. For several years previous to iStM (he custom had fall en into disuse. Through the columns of a ningpzlno she edited Mrs. Hale eaincHtly urged a return to the an nual custom, and President Lincoln übiy seconded her by issu ing In 180 4 Presidential proclamation for a general Thanks giving Pay. v Since then the custom lias not been changed, and It bfds fair to stay an It Is to the end of time. And who could wish to change It? What would we do without the great family-reunions, when the children, grandchildren and perhaps great grandchildren come back to tho dear old home, bringing happy memories of her young days to the silver-haired, serene-faced mother as she clasps her children and her children's children In her eager, loving arms? It is a hallowed day, and old and young alike love Its joyouaness and generous good cheer. A Woman's the Suggestor. It has now become known that It was n womnn who was the mcaus of having a definite day In the year set apart for tho National observance of Thanksgiving. Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, a boston woman, and editor of the first woman's magazine published In this country, worked for twenty years to accomplish this end. Time did not daunt her courage, but rather Increased her insistence. She wrote to Governors of States and to Presi dents of the United States. At last President Lincoln adopted her sug gestion In 18C4, when there was rea son to rejoice over the success of the North in restoring the Union. M\\ Cranberry Pofnioc/. Jmp) k fo fa fog Among the latest activities of awak ening China is to be a series of mo tor cars across the Gobi desert to re place the tea caravans of old. The service will cross the desert between Urga and Kalgan, which will shortly be connected with Pekln by rail. I WASHINGTON NOTES I In an opinion by Justice Holmes he Supreme Court of the United States decided against the complain mts the cnso of the 13,000 Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians who asked 'or redress for being; excluded from the citizenship rolls of those nations \vhen they were prepared by Secre tary Hitchock, of the Interior De partment, on March 4, 1907. . fiince the German naval .strength in the last year has jumped over that of Franco in tonnage afloat and over the United States in tonnage afloa' and under construction the question as to whether the United States should increase her building program will he taken under consideration at once b\ the General Board, with Captain Andrews, naval adviser to the Secretary of the Navy, partici pating. Capt. William A. Marshall, who lias commanded the armored cruiser Noith Carolina since that vessel was placed in coat-mission two years ago. has been selected by Rear-Admiral \V. I'. Potter, 'hici of Navigation, as commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard. It is expected that the selec tion will he approved hy Secretary Meyer and orders issued this week. The production of 78.H per cent oj a full crop of peanuts for U)0!) is estimated by the Department of Ag riculture in a crop report issued Monday. This is a decrease of 4.'2 per cent, from last, year's en p. Among tin' first (|',:csii. :is which will lie presented, for I IK- «onsidera tion of ('OJl;;rcss when il convents* will he the .chjtnge of the dale of ill ation rat ion I )«i,\, 'otimiissinner Henry H. !•'. MacFarfand, 'chairman of the national committee, announced. Packed up Jiv the-Uoveriitrrs of 40 Stales, by strong popular support of the .movement 'anil a hatch id' photographs which would give any Senator past the age of -40. a pul monary. shiver, .Mr. Macfailnnd will begin the assault with heavy ammu nition. 'l'lie committee will also pre- sent statistics showing'the death tol' from pneumonia contracted by vis itors and the soldiery last Inaugura tion. 'flic local members fee I that I liei_r efforts wj 11 meet with success. The rccommendat ion of Ihe joint army ami nuv.v hoard that Pearl Harbor, in the Hawaiian islands, he made the great naval station in the Pacific wiVs approved Thursday hy President Tali. In doing this it was decided that a temporary naval station only would he constructed at Olongapo and that the proposed im proveinent of Manila harhor be alian doned. This will leave the protec tion of the Philippine islands to tlit; army. The Department of Agriculture has begun a campaign of extermi nation against a Iwetle recently dis covered that is causing much damage to pine logs in the South Atlantic States. This beetle is known as the Southern pine sawyer, and investiga tions made show that jn Mississippi alone from 75 to !l() per cent Of the trees blown down by a recent, storm were infested, it is estimated that three storms that passed over the Southern States in 1!MI7 and 1008, blew down more than 2,000,000,000 feet of lumber, and that practically all of it, was damaged by the sawyer, the damage amounting to $2,250',000. Accident is supposed to have cans Ed the deaths last week of Thomas Mangan, sixty-five years old, in (lit employ of Public Gardner Hrown for years-, and his aged wife, who were found dead in' the kitchen of their home at 717 Seventh stre/it north east, appaiently asphyxiated by il luminating ga* President Taf't in faCe to face with a real crisis in the conduct .of hi.s administration. The subject of th» so-called Biillinger-Pinchot difficulty was laid before him afraiti'in such a vray~ an —fo" make •it'-imueiative for him to take action. President Tftft will he confronted with a long list of available aspirants when he finds time to give attention to the choice of a Commissioner of the District of Columbia to succeed Henry Litchfield West, who has ten dered his -resignation in order to identify himself with The Washing ton Herald. Refore leaving Greytown Thurs day after their defeat, the Nica raguan revolutionists dynamited the two government vessels, the Managua and the Norma, ships of about 300 tons each, and burned various places in the city. This information-is con tained in a dispatch received at the Nicaraguan legation here from Presi dent Zelaya. PRESS AS CIVILIZER. Dr. Shaw on Its Value— lTe SajM Newspapers Arc Highest Agent in Modern Civilization. "Press and Publicity" was tho topic at the Conference of Charities and Corrections in Buffalo." H. Wirt Steele, of Baltimore, and Dr. Albert Shaw, of New York, were tha princi pal speakers. Dr. Shaw said: a lf I were compelled to give yon a simple formula by virtue of which our communities could be made unani mous in their support of tho pro gressive measures in which you be lieve and under which our govern mental agencies might be made at onco responsive, intelligent, honest and effective, and 1 were allowed only half a minute of tltne and but a single sentence, 1 should say: 'Got the news- papers with you.', "Of course, it is desirable to have churches with you, as well as tho edu cational forces, the women's clubs, the Central Labor Federation, tho Chamber of Commerce, and as many other typical and representative opin ion making groups as possible. But the newspapers Are tho most im portant, because they servo all these opinion making groups and many others. "In normal times, under ordinary everyday conditions, the press has tho Immense advantage. Its facilities are incomparable. It sweeps the whole world and every day keeps aliVo in us a sense of common Interest in the affairs of our community. It lifts us out of the local rut and Rives us the broader spirit and intelligence of com mon citizens of a great country. Still further, it extends our sympathies be yond national bounds and gives us tho feeling of human solidarity. "Thus the press is the highest agent of our modern citillzatlon, because It serves and reinforces them all with out displacing them. Tho press does not take the plate of tho common schools, but it is so pervasive and so necessary a human agency that the l chief work of tho common schools, I consciously or unconsciously, has come to be that of making a nation ot people who read newspapers and periodicals. "The time was never so opportune as now for a wise and constant une or the newspaper press for the general cause of social progress and for tho accomplishment of a hundred specific step| of reform. It may take a long time to perfect an invention which afterward comes into general use to the great benefit of society. "The newspapers cannot invent ft car coupler, but thoy can use their powerful methods for spreading pub licity and for concentrating public opinion to the end of compelling the general adoption of automatic couplers, thus saving thousands ot lives. The newspapers cannot work out the hygienic and curative systems under.which tuberculosis may be rap idly exterminated, but it will be al most impossible to gain tho general adoption of effective means to combat tuberculosis without the co-operation of the newspapers. "Do not seek undtio or false pub licity. Remember that it is not al ways the reformers who are wise and righteous while the newspapers aro reckless and misleading. The over advertising of a novel or uncertain remedy In Its experimental stages, whether to cure cancer or to abolish poverty, may produce mischief and iisappointment." Snake Infested Canons. This is said by old timers to be tho best year for rattlesnakes—or tho worst—in the history of the coun ty. The canons are full of them, and snake stories are heard on all sides. On that part of the Guadalasca rancho known ns the De Grasso tract there are a number of tumbledown shacks. Recently Charles Pitcher, who llve3 in the neighborhood, had business on the [Jace and in visiting the nhaeks found and killed a big rattlesnake. He heard another, and before he was through ho had killed ten. His experience was told to the IMd duek brothers, who had themselves farmed the tract. The Pidducks had their doubts and went, to investigate. That was the day after. They killed seventeen snakes. They heard more, but fh?y could not stand the war any longer, and turned the thing over to the crew of the Dotilon brothers' thrashing machine, camped in that neighborhood. The threshers turned out the following Sunday and killed a total of twenty-seven rattlers among the old buildings. This made fifty four killed there. —Ventura Cones# pondenee'Los Angeles Times. P.ird S§fks Hoy's Aid A story of a thrush, chased by a hawk, seeking human protection, is told by a Uipon Grammar School boy named A. W. Mason. He says: "While sitting on a wall at night, ■with a gun beside me, watching for some rabbits coming out of their holes I suddenly felt something sit ting on my arm, and looking up I saw a hawk hovering quite near my head, and a poor little thrush was sitting on my hand, so terrified that it was nearly dead. "1 waited till the hawk flew away with fright at me. The little thrush' soon revived and flew away unhurt." —Yorkshire Post. One Wish Unfulfilled. Wife—"You promi3ed that if I would marry you my every wish would be gratified." Husband—"WeU, isn't it?" Witje—"No; I wish I hadn't J»ar rled you."—lllustrated Bits..
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