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DAVID PROGRESS
A J BLACKWELL Editor and Prnprletojr
DAVID INDIAN TERRITORY
A GOOD-NIGHT CARESS
A little shining ring lies in my hand
Not gold nor starreJ with gems but just
Instead
A precious ring of sunny yellow hair
Cut from my darling's head
What art thou like without thy frame of light
The aureole that made thy little face
Like to the cherub faces which In Heaven
Are found lu fairest pluce?
How many times I've stooped to kiss and bless
The fairest little head In all my uorldl
To-night I bow my own with silent tears
And Mss one little curl
Robbed of thy orown thou'rt still my little
king
To whom I bend in worship praying yet
That the most ICingiy Giver I may uot
In love for thee forget
What thou hast been to me mv little lad
Of sunshine and of bloom In darkest days
Only the Father knows who plants some
flower
Along life's roughest ways
Out of my arms far out beyond my reach
The swift years bear thee but my yearning
heart
Can never mako of life a blessed thing
From thee dear boy apart
Till life’s last day thy tender winsome face
Set with the blue asd shine of heavenly
skies
And sweet with childish graces will remain
Pictured before my eyes
God keep thee bless thee love thee little lad!
I cannot fold thee nlwnys safe from harm
Give him dear Shepherd through life’s weary
years
The shelter of Thine arm
Sharp griofs will come and tears unlike to
these
That make thy sweet eyes lovelier as they
full
Will dim thy sight and furrow thy fair cheek
Such tears must come to all
But thou my lad be victor over all
Life's sharp temptations and Its bitterest
pain:
And bravely learn that earthly loss may mean
To thee Heaven's highest gala
Again God bless thee ob my little lad !
I bend once more to kiss this shining tress
And give my love unmeusured and untold
With this good-night caress
—Youth's Companloa
KULPARKER’S BALLOON
ur LUKE SHARP
Some time in Ills life every man in-
vents a flying machine and it is well if
he gets safely through this mania while
he is yet a boy If the fever takes him
Jater in life he is certain to lose money
and reasonably sure of breaking his
neck It is said that there is no law to
prevent a man making a fool of him-1
self but in this ease there is and it is
the law of gravity which was pussed
previous to the time this country took
to making' stututes and it lias never
been interfered with by legislative
amendments nor has it been overturned
by the action of u higher court except
perhaps in the case of Elijah
Most men who go in for ballooning
take a tumble before they get through
with it but Kulpnrker came to disaster
through remaining on the ground
which was a unique experience in the
aerial business I met Kulpnrker at n
health resort lie was there he said
for his lierics His nerves laid gone
back on him He read to me an article
from Smiley’s Microscopical Journal
which article said that if you hilled a
bundle of nerves and then got them to
die you could see them through any
well-regulated microscope It was
evident that Kulpnrker was now us
much interested in the subject of
nerves as he hnd formerly been in bal-
loons “My nerves went wrong a few weeks
ngo” he told me “and by the irony of
fute the doctor informed me that 1
should go to Mnlngn in Spain and that
place would put me nil right”
“Why the irony of fate?” I asked
“and why didn’t you go to Mnlngu in-
stead of coming to this place?”
lie sighed and said it was all on ac-
count of the Kulpnrker automatic bal-
loon When he said this I was in the
unenviable position of the questioner
who wanted to know how the other
man lost his leg and was informed that
it had been bitten off I naturally
wunted to hear about the balloon and
Kulpnrker was good enough to oblige
me the account lie gave being at once
an explanation of how he lost his nerve
and why he dared not go to Malaga
Some men invent flying machines
merely because they want to fly oth-
ers however have humanitarian ob-
jects in view desiring to confer great
benefits upon their fellow being's Kul-
purker belonged to the latter class lie
not only wanted to bestow lasting ben-
efits but also dynamite upon his fel-
low creatures It would be u little
rough on humanity at the beginning-
even Kulpnrker admitted this — but as
it would ultimately abolish war lie
thought the experiment worlh trying
is long as the dynamite did not full on
nis own head Inventors are some-
what prone while benefiting the spe-
cies to lake good cure tlrnt they do not
themselves come in for any of the dis-
advantages Such was Kulparker’s in-
tention but it missed Arc
The Kulpnrker nutomntic was very
much like other balloons except that it
had a propeller attached which was
worked by compressed air The com-
pressed air scheme was very ingenious
if I understand It aright If wlmt Kul-
parker says is true you can with proper
machinery compress something like a
continent of air into the size of a drop
of water This drop you can put into
a strong but light aluminum holler if
1 may call It so and the drop expands
into a workable compressed air that
will run a motor If therefore you
have a bottle full of drops of com-
pressed nlr and an uutomntlc arrange-
ment that will allow a drop to escape
Into the boiler ns needed you huve at
your disposal a tremendous amount of
energy stored In small compass and of
comparatively no weight nt nil which
is very desirable when you nre dealing
with u balloon The motor worked the
fan which sent the balloon In nny given
direction
So much for the motive power The
armament consisted of a tube through
which was dropped ut satisfactory In-
tervals regulated by a clock-work mech-
anism a dynamite cartridge which ex-
ploded when it hit the earth Thu bal-
loon when fully loaded contained fifty
dynamite cartridges and Kulparker's
idea was that 1 lie Imllonn could be sent
lu nny direction high above an army
dropping dynuinlte down upon the
jiroops from Its eluvutlon above rifle
phot thus bringing discomfort confu
sion nnd perhnps annihilation upon the
enemy Kulpnrker believed that the
moment his balloon got a fair innings
upon any warlike body of men no coun-
try (Would after the trial open hostili-
ties against any other nation Thus
W nnd also the first army on which
the balloon opened out would he
blotted from the face of the earth
After much experimenting Kulpar-
ker at lust had a successful triul of his
automatic balloon in the open country
some distance west of New York He
U3ed wooden plugs instead of dynamite
cartridges and they came down nil right
at the proper intervals although they
nearly sacrificed several industrious
farmers who did notk now wlint struck
them nnd who vainly searched for the
mischievous boys whom the indignant
agriculturist thought were throwing
the blocks of wood
Unfortunately at the time the auto-
matic balloon was completed there was
no really first-class war going on and
Kulpnrker knew of no people tired of
life who wished to have the balloon
tried upon them The China-Japan
struggle hnd been brought to a close
without the aid of the automatic nnd
Europe was in a stateof profound pence
However it is hard to discourage a real
inventor so Kulpnrker took a glance
over the universe and renllzed that
although it was but a one-horse affair
nt the best the Cuban rebellion offered
him the only chancy of n satisfactory
test for the balloon His sympathies
were with the rebels ns nil our sym-
pathies arc nnd so he opened commu-
nications with the Cuban revolt com-
mittee in New York lie saw there
a most polished gentleman Maj Kotnn-
zes who listened with interest to wliut
Kulpnrker had to say The inventor
wanted tfventy thousand dollars for his
patent and the sample bnllooon Mnj
Kotnnzes said lie would gladly pay
double provided the balloon did all
that was claimed for it If therefore
Mr Kulpnrker would go to Cuba with
his balloon and wipe out a Spanish
corps or two the money would he
promptly paid to him and they would
finish up the rebellion in brilliant style
with till patent automatic
Kulpnrker demurred nt this He had
no desire to visit Culm nt that moment
There was danger of being captured by
a Spanish cruiser before they reached
the land and in that ease with the bal-
loon and dynamite in his possession
Kulpnrker did not rightly see what ex-
cuse he could mala to the Spunish gov-
ernment" The major blandly pointed out that
the Spanish cruisers occupied them-
selves with capturing innocent mer-
chant vessels of numerous neutral na-
tions thus keeping the government at
Madrid busy apologizing hut that they
imd never hit upon a real filibuster-
ing schooner and that the rebels up 1o
date had had no trouble in landing all
the munitions of war they wanted If
the revolt committee sent over the bal-
loon without anyone to work it who
understood its huhits nnd customs tile
trial would doubtless be a failure and
so no good would accrue to anybody
while the Spunish troops who sadly
needed amusemenls on the desolate
plains would lie deprived of tin fire-
works displayed which would bring so
much excitement into their cam) and
Ivy blowing them up with dynamite
pretent their dying of ennui or fever
Tim committee were willing to pay
Kulparker's expenses to Culm and bark
and in the event of success to give him
in cash double what lie asked which
offer tin major politely insisted was
all that any reasonable mnn couid ask
If wars luiil been plentiful it is doubt-
ful that Kulpnrker would have gone to
Culm blit as every one knows they
were deplorably scarce so it was that
or nothing
Kulpnrker was put aboard a lugger
from a deserted sand dune in Florida
together with his balloon nnd about
one thousand rounds of dynamite car-
tridges It was an anxious voyage
lie knowing that there was such u
quantity of sensitive explosive stuff in
the hold hut the major proved to have
been right about what he said of tin
vigilance of the Spanish cruisers The
lugger landed without molestation in
n little cove on the island and scouts
were sent out to find the vv hereabouts
of tin rebel army or some part of it
At last the deadly apparatus vv as loaded
on mules and thus they made for the
hills where information had been re-
ceived that Jen Caramho and ids men
were stationed furumho was not in
good humor when tile outfit arrived
lit Imd just had a brush with the Span-
iards wtio were encamped in the valley
ami although both sides had tele-
graphed to the world at largo that each
had achhieied a great victory (len
Curnmbo did not appear satisfied with
the result and had taken to the hills
while the Spaniards were busy con-
tracting yellow fever in the valley
When (ien Cartimbo found that the
committee had sent hint u new-fangled
balloon and a tenderfoot to work it
when what he wanted was something
to drink he made no attempt to conceal
his anger He wanted gunpowder not
dynamite In fart he had never heurd
of dynamite before
It did not need Curnmbo’s anger to
frighten Kulpnrker He waH already
nearly scared to death nt the company
he found himself in They seemed to
him a ragged unkempt assortment of
colored brigands even the general him-
self had no boots on nnd the villainous
looking guns with which they were
armed added to their terrifying ap-
pearance Gen Carnnibo curtly ordered him to
get his bag of tricks In working order
anil let him see whut there was in it
warning him nt the same time if there
was any skullduggery about it Kul-
pnrkcr would be instantly shot and the
general would do himself the happiness
of upologlzlng to the United States for
the action later on With trembling
hands Kulpnrker got his gas ntacidne
in operation nnd inflated the balloon
while the rebels looked on with scarcely-disguised
contempt At last the bal-
loon arose with the fan whirling and
moved against a light zephyr toward
the Spanish camp Its unfortunnte in-
ventor watched it with Intense interest
for he felt that his life depended upon
its nctions
"llow soon will It begin to shoot?"
asked Gen Caramho
"It ought to begin In about len min-
utes" said Kulpnrker looking at his
watch
“Very well If It doesn’t commence
then we will" replied the general om-
inously “Wo are not here to be trilled
with"
To inspire confidence In the Invent-
or's mini the rebel general ordered a
file of his ruffians to cover Kulpnrker
with their guns nnd to lire when lie gave
the order Much as the unlucky
scientist wished for nn adequate test
for his balloon he did not yearn for it
under these conditions and it is prob-
nlily the only ease on record where a
man on the solid earth wns in more
danger than if he had been up in the
flying machine Kulpnrker watched
liis invention with much anxiety nnd it
soon became evident thnt it was at-
tracting attention from the Spaniards
underneath Buffs of smoke were seen
in the valley below They were firing
at it
All nt once Kulpnrker saw something
drop from the balloon It could not be
a cartridge for the balloon was not
due to begin firing besides he could
not hnve seen n cartridge drop at thnt
distance It cnnic fluttering down very
slowly and once as it overturned in the
air he realized tliut it was the fan which
propelled the automatic A rifle bullet
liuil doubtless deranged tile imieainery
and the fan had whirred itself off The
balloon hung niotionless in midair for
a moment then slowly the light wind
began to drive it hack over the rebel
camp Kulparker's hair began to
bristle with the horror of the situation
He was between two fires for if tue bal-
loon begun to drop dynamite he would
run an excellent chance of being blown
to pieces while the moment (’nraniho
noticed that it was returning die
suspicious wretch would see n plot in
tlie whole scheme and would order l:is
prisoner shot
Gen (’iiruiubo had taken Kulparker’s
wateh on the plea Hint lie Imd none and
wished to time the tiring The inventor
did not expect to have his wateli re-
turned nnd subsequent events justi-
fied this suspicion hut lie now looked
anxiously at the general who was busy
studying the face of t lie wateli wonder-
ing wlmt would happen when lie turned
li is gaze upwards and saw tlie halioon
returning
Tlie automatic opened the hall by
going into business on its own account
A shell dropped from it struck about
half a mile down tin hill Tlie explos-
ion was terrific nnd startled tlie whole
camp Caramho slipped the wateli in
liis pocket with an until and it tins only
a few minutes before lie took in tlie
situation The second shell dropped
perceptibly nearer and rent the rock
some distance below them
"It is u ploi ” yelled tile general “He
is n minion of the Spaniards as I
thought from tlie first Shoot tlie low
scoundrel Attention! Fire! !”
The balloon answered his command
hut not the soldiers They frozen with
terror were watching the approach of
tlu aerial monster which was steadily
dropping bombs and raising consecu-
tive earthquakes with tlie accurate
mathematical precision of a minute gull
"Shoot do you hear!” shouted Ca-
rambo The men tremulously raised
their carbines hut the balloon got its
work in first The dynamite struck
within a few hundred yards of where
they stood and the concussion knocked
down more of the squad and sent panic
and tlying rock amongst the rest Cn-
l'iiiiilio was stunned by a stone Kill-
parker had flung himself face down on
the ground and spent an eternity of
wild suspense wondering whether he
would lie struck first by the bullets of
tlu brigands or tlie dynamite hitting
him in tin small of the hack for tlie
balloon seemed directly overhead As
lie turned over after till crash lie rolled
down the li ill for some distance anil
there lie Hatters himself he lost li is
senses with tlie tumble although I
don't think lie laid any too much sense
when lie undertook to invent such an
idiotic contrivance ns the automatic
balloon The balloon flouted gently
over the ocean and it is to lie imped in
the interest of the mercantile com-
merce of tin world that the dynamite
bombs are all spent There are dan-
glers enough nt sea as it is without an
Irresponsible gas bug dropping shells
unexpectedly on a vessel’s deck from
nn altitude of half a mile
Kulpnrker managed to work his way
bark to tlie coast where lu got into
his lugger again and the crew not
knowing1 wlmt had happened Iniuled
him according to instructions on tlie
Florida sands once more
The Spunish government has made
a requisition for tlu body of Kulpnrker
vv hctlicr the lindy is dead or alive The
United States begun searching' for him
and so lie thought it best to take n trip
to Europe ami wait till his Imiloon rolls
by
Thus it conies about thnt Kulparker's
nerves have all g-one wrong nnd that
lie dart not go to Mnlngn in Spain to
have tliriii put rig-lit ngiiiu — Detroit
Free l’rrss
THE TARANTULA
They Are Sot Feared lu Nicaragua— Ultra
on llomell
Tlie tarantula abounds in all parts of
Nicaragua hut from the Atlantic to tho
Pacific you will not find n native who is
afraid of one or who will admit that tlie
bite of the repulsive looking spider is
poisonous Tlie Humbler saw tarantulas
by tlie score taken into the palm of tlie
liuml and in many places children huj
them harnessed up with a vegetable
filler driving them about like beasts of
burden They look exuctly like the tur-
untula of Mexico
Tlie only thing they nre dreaded for
in Nicaragua is their habit of attacking
the fetlocks of horses cutting off the
the hair and infleting a wound which
cannot he healed nml eventually results
in the pastern becoming affected nnd
the hoof rotting off Tills is not com-
mon or there wouldn’t he a horse left
lu tlie country because there are very
few of them us it is and tens of thou-
sands of tlie hairy spiders It only hap-
pens when the animal is left standing
in the thick "spider grass" for several
houra lit a time und not carefully ex-
amined ufterivnrd Tlie tarantula then
attacks all four legs nnd in a week
the poor horse has to he killed As
the scrawniest hensts cost from ono
hundred and fifty to two hundred nnd
fifty 'dollars gold it mny he surmised
thnt a pretty close wateli is kept upon
tlie fetlocks
—They have a good joke just at pres-
ent on a well-known lawyer who Is
noted for his absent-mindedness He
went up his own stairs the other duy
nnd seeing a notice on Ills own door
"Hack at two” sat down to wait fo
himself— Hurper’s Hound Table
—Fond Association —‘‘Why does Mrs
Stlnginun always wear that tedious
blue dress?” “oh she wns engaged to
Ktlngymun In thnt dress and lie says
he never wants to Nee her In any other"
—Detroit Free Press
I -HE cold gray sky broods dark on
field and hill
The singing children of the woods have
fled
The hermit thrush’s golden chime Is still
The happy haunters of the grass are dead
The world Is hushed with numb Novem-
ber’s chill
But In the spacious farmhouse lo! the
glare
Of the hospitable hearth and on the
board
The rich abundance of Thanksgiving fare
The year-long savings of the housewife’s
hoard
A harvest-home though all the fields are
bare
Here sits the graybeard sire and at his
side
The youngest of his line a prattling
child
And there the husband by the new-mado
bride
And next the low-browed lily maiden
mild
The soldier son stern-featured eagle-eyed
i
From far they conjp by many parted ways
To meet once more beneath the ancient
roof
Dear ever with the love of childhood’s days
And here again life’s severed warp and
woof
Are Joined and time’s swift wing a mo-
ment stays
And memory makes the old man young
again
lie tells the oft-told tale the outworn
Jest
Outdoor the snow falls fast on hill and
plain
The distant church-clock tolls the hour
of rest
And thanks are offered Heaven — not in
vain
—Charles L Hildreth In Demorcst's Mag-
azine '-'11)?- 'ij
THANKSGIVING
no ' 1
the
y till
odds” said Jliss
Mehetuble Brown (lushing a stray tear
from her failed hlui eyes us site medi-
tatively lifted a huge brown potato
from the shining basin which she held
on her lap and proceeded to pure it
“Whut with Undy's dying nnd John’s
going away to college right here in my
own house the Green’s that I’d lived
beside nigh onto forty years fakin' it
into their bends that they must move
into the city and be somebody nnd
liuth mnrryin’ us she did and gain' off
“ WITH NOBODY TO
is a missionary to Feejie or Hottentot
Sumunthu Ingols that I’veknowed ever
dnee she was Sumunthu Merrymuthcr
and wore pink calico pinafores to dees-
trlct Bchool gettln’ the western fever
and settin off with only a week’s notice
to tuke up a claim nnd fight Indians
ivuy out in Okelhama or some such
place Though why she couldn’t be
content on the neatest little forty
acres in ull Blair county thnt poor
311ns slaved so hard for nnd left her
when he died of typhus is ob I told
Eleanor Winner when we wus talkin'
it over at the mite society the day it
met at your house Mis' Williams a
mystery to me and alius will be For
my part I never was one o’ them rovin’
kind und there ain’t a citizen in all
Brownsville thut has stuck any closer
tlmiiMcthetubelBrown for the past sixty
add years if 1 can't vote und do say it
as shouldn't
"Tlie Browns never wns of that un-
stable disposition There wns my
great gramlfuther Ebenezer Brown
lie settled on that eighty just south of
the meetin' house when there wasn’t a
white man ncurer than fifteen miles
He come to stay and he stayed When
lie died my grandfather took the same
place nnd I've heurd him say he never
went beyond the county line but onco
In thirty years and that wns In lookin’
after some stray cattle Then there
was my father Jacob Brown no one
can say ho wus nny hand to bo sky-
larkin' over the country lie wus one
o’ them peacenble borne-lovin' men and
liked to took a fit when he was sub-
pornied on the jury to Millersburg the
time Nat Williams stole them sheep
“As forLindyand meyouknownswell
as I do we ain’t slept outside this house
in forty year exceptin’ the time when
Cousin Emily was married nnd nothin’
would do but we must go to the wed-
din’ It was all fuss and flutter We
never got to bed ’till near midnight
and I like to never closed my eyes to
sleep a wink the whole night Lindy
cotne home next duy with a nervous
headache that lasted her until Sunday
morn in’ and she wouldn’t have gone out
then only It was communion But
poor girl she’s sleepin’ quiet enough
under the snow this winter” nnd Jliss
Mehetabel drew a long sigh and brushed
aside another teur
“As I was snyin’ Mis’ Williams whnt
with all these changes to say nothin’
of the belfry blowin' off the meetin'
house nnd mnkin' it look so sort o'
squatty this has ben the longest
dreariest year of nil my life To be
sure I ain’t got anything to complnin of
so far ns creature comforts is con-
cerned" glnncing approvingly around
tlie tidy kitchen nnd through the open
door nt the spotless dimity curtains of
the best room “But I don't seem to
have no livin’ soul to take an interest
in and nobody to take nn interest in me
exceptin' Hover and theparrot and they
nre both like to die of old nge most any
day
“I ain’t got no heart to eat nor work
It used to be so cozy like when Liiuly
nnd me wns here together she settiu'
on one side of the table nnd me the
other I nlwnys poured the ten nnd she
dished the snuec Lindy wns good
company — sort o’ cheerful like even
after she took thnt hackin’ cough that
proved the death o’ her as I always
said it would if it lasted long enough
“We was only two old maids Lindy
nnd me hut we wns happy nnd comfort-
able What with the weekly prnye
meetin’ rollin’ round so often the mite
society nnd the quarterly meetin’ coin-
in’ off once in three months and the
presidin’ elder stoppin’ with us on ac-
count of file preacher always happenin’
to have so many children nml bein'
sca’ee o’ spare beds we hadn’t much
time to he lonesome
"Hut it’s all changed now Lindy’s
gone I turn sort o’ sick nnd faint
when I think of Thanksgivin' cornin'
on and I settin’ here and eatin' turkey
and cranberry sauce ull by myself" and
Jliss Mchetiibcl under pretense of
rinsing her potatoes walked to the sink
nnd dried her fiust-filling eyes on the
snowy towel
“Mr Williams nnd I have thought
and talked it all over Mchetubel" said
the little pastor’s wife who hud sat half
smiling half sweeping hut at tin same
time busily stitching away on a child's
apron during Miss Mehetabel’s lengthy
discourse “We both think you ought
not lo live here alone as you huve been
doing when there are hundreds of
destitute children who need just such
love and care as you art able to give A
child would he a great blessing in your
lonely home Have you ever thought
of this Mehetabel?”
“Strange! But do you know I was
thinkin’ about that very tiling only
yesterday As I wns goin’ down to tin
grocery store to buy a pound of ten I
w ent puss Mis’ Ellis’ old home and there
wns four o’ them children liungin’ on
CARE FOB ’EM"
the rickety gate with nobody to care
for ’em and their poor mother off doin’
wnsliin’ or seruhhin’ or anything she
can turn her hand to — so sort o’ delicate
us she is too
"Thera wasn't a better brought up
girl In this whole deestrlct than Mlrnn-
dy Walters Thut was her name be-
fore Bhe was married She wns sent
away to high school one term too But
she hnd a hard row to hoe ever since
her poor husband wns run over by tho
steam engine nnd killed so sudden 1
always feel like puttin' my fingers in
my eurs every time I hear it screech ut
the crossin' to this day
"Them children is just as bright ns a
whip There’s Tlldy now next to the
oldest girl They say there ain’t a
scholar In the Sunday-school can re-
cite verses to heat her und her eyes
shinin' us black ns a coal when slit)
stood up speukln' a piece at tlie Sunday
school concert Well ns I was snyin’
as I went by there yesierday and sec
’em bungin' oil flint rickety gate so
sort o' forlorn nnd neglected somethin'
sort o’ spoke right to me ‘Mehctnliel
Brown you ought to take one o’ them
children and give Um schoolin’
"I turned round midden hut there
wasn’t nobody there hut someway I’vo
been thinkin' about it ever since Then
your coinin' over this inoruln’ nnd Bay-
in' tho sumo thing makes it look to mu
lllto nn unknown providence
“Tlldy's my choice nnd If she'll come
I'll take her und sits shan't luck for
nothin' as far os this world's goods go
“If she could only be here by Thanks-
giving But there! I’ve an Idee Why
not have ’em nil over here to dinner
und you nnd Mr Williunis come too?
That would mnke — let me see — twelve
besides myself The best china wouldn’t
htirdly go ’round But that doesn’t
matter I can eat off one o’ them blue
plates just ns well Two turkeys ought
to do with plenty of mince pies and
cranberry sauce I’ve got ’em too as
fat sleek turkeys as ever wns put on a
platter We could talk it over then
sort o’ quiet while the children played
It wouldn’t be so lonesome as to look
forward to settin’ ddwn all by ntyself
I feel more cheery already But dear
dear how I have run on 1 It’s quarter to
twelve this minute and these potatoes
only half cooked and you settin’ by
starvin’ for your dinner”
Thanksgiving morning dawned clear
mid cold without but within the snug
home of Miss Mehetabel Brown there
wns warmth nnd comfort This was to
he a great day in her quiet uneventful
life Preparations had been making for
days
Miss Mehetabel had taken from the
upper bureau drawer In the spare bed-
room that very morning sundry knitted
tidies nnd mats together with a pair of
highly-colored nnd embroidered pillow-
shams thnt never saw tlie light except-
ing upon state occasions These with
a huge headed pincushion purchased
by Jliss Jlehetnhcl’s grandmother from
a genuine Indian princess and which
now rested primly upon tlie old-fashioned
dresser showed thnt tlie occasion
in her eyes wus one of great and Un-
usual interest
In the snug pantry nil was in readi-
ness There were rows of mince nml
pumpkin pics tender and tr itlisonie
dainty preserves and jellies all ready to
"set on” while from tlie oven of tho
bright little range in the kitchen jiro-
ccedcd savory odors wondrously sug-
gestive Jliss Jiehetahcl herself wns arrayed
in her best brown merino carefully pro-
tected by n neat white apron She liud
hesitated ill making her toilet between
tlie ordinary gold breast-pin to fusteu
her linen collars nnd u pale green rib-
bon how with white luce at the ends
vliicli had been her one piece of extrav-
agance nt Cousin Emily’s wedding
“It isn't out of keepin’ with tills occa-
sion” she murmured softly to herself
at last as the balance turned in fuvor
of the latter “It brightens me up n
bit” und she carefully pinned it on und
adjusted tlie ends “Thanksgiving
only comes once a year at best nnd such
a one as this but once or twice in n life
time”
There wns a sudden knock nt tho
front door In walked tlie preacher and
ins family followed by JIrs Ellis and
her little flock made us presentable as
their scanty means would allow
All was excitement and merry talk
and soon tlie quiet house rang with tlie
happy laughter of children
Dinner was dispatched by nnd by and
wlmt a dinner it was to he cure— never
tc lie forgotten by curtain empty little
stomachs
The great matter wns talked over aft-
er dinner when they were cozily seat-
ed in tin snug pallor It was not a'l
news to Mrs Ellis for she hud received
a gentle hint from the little pastor s
ife a few (lays before and hud decided
like the brave sensible woman she wu3
to hide the pain of the parting in her
own heart ami think only of the best in-
terests of her bright little girl
It was all settled ut last and the chil-
dren were called in for a parting hymn
and prayer As they knelt together in
the gray winter twilight a deep quiet
joy stole into the desolate heart of Jie-
hetsibel lirown
She drew closer tq her tlie little form
that knelt lx-sidc her and whispered
softly to herself amid her falling tears:
“lie setteth tlie solitary in families”—
Eiiiinu Searles Ulrich in Uuion Signal
A THANKSGIVING VENTURE
John Hruilforil's Hpeeliil Henson for ISe-
Inif Thankfully Thankful
There is n pretty story told in verse
with vivid illustrations of u youth
mimed Joint Bradford who attended a
Tluiiiksgivingdinner two hundred years
ago This same youth was in love with
a prim and pious 1’urituii maiden
named Alice Fly lit hut lie could not gam
a fair ami square answer from the
maiden who is described nt church in
this quaint and delightful fashion:
Fair Alice Flynt hnd sat demure
And meek the service through
Thu sweetest midden ever shut
In solemn straight-hacked pew
O meeU-fuciJ l'urltan
For all your huinldo looks
You know a thousand ways und wiles
Not leurnid from spelling books!”
After these goodly folks hnd said
their prayers ill church there was a
merry company Invited to (line with
Squire Flynt father of the fuir Alice
Tlie govenor wus there nml John Brad-
ford who found more favor with the
old folks than with his coquettish
sweetheart At tlie moment when the
Thanksgiving dinner wns served in true
New England style the governor urose
and snld
“Oood friends it seemeth well
That eurh give thanks for some great gift
And special blessings tell"
Two hundred years ugo a more grate-
ful spirit existed in men tliun now und
ench guest rose and in a spirit of pious
gratitude gave his or her special reason
for being thunkfully thankful on
Thanksgiving day When John Brad-
ford’s turn came a hnppy conceit cnine
to his assistance lie wus a goodly
youth to look upon in his flowered
waistcoat and powdered cue and lie sat
opposite the girl he loved and who he
felt pretty sure loved him So he con-
cluded to lay his fute on one during
chance
“I thank my God” he said aloud
“For health and strength and life
But most tor this that Alice Flynt
lias chose to be my wife"
Tlie daring of tlie deed surprised the
guests into ndmirutlon of the bruve
youth who sat down nearly suffocatud
by the beating of his heart As for tho
young lady the history is notauthentia
In tlie matter but tho bullnd ends In
this suggestive und non-committal way t
“Whnt snld the pretty Puritan
And did she apeak or no?
Well history snlth that girls wero girls
Two hundred years ngo"
—Detroit Free Tress
A (moil Nuggestlon
The fact Is that wo do not think
enough of our blessings until wo lose
them and that is an uttltudc thnt tvu
should endeavor to change this Thunks
giving day— Utica Herald
It is a Pleasure
To recommend Hood's SarBaparilla to all
afflicted with blood or skin diseases My
blood was out of order and I suffered for
years from psoriasis I tried several rem-
edies without benefit After taking
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
for two months I was restored to my for-
mer good health and feel like a different
person As a blood purifier I think
Hood’s Sarsaparilla has no equal'' Cdas
L Cockelkeas Irving Illinois
Ulrtm-i’c DiMcict harmoniously with
nUGa & r Ills Hood sSarssparllla 26a
INTERESTING FOREIGN SCRAPS
London Truth says that the report
that tho Mikado of Japan is going to
England next summer is sheer Inven-
tion American travelers in Europe during
the three summer months spend about
$100000000 This expense must be met
by the exportation of gold
In Vienna a hath may be had for three
cents including soap and towels in
Berlin the cost is from two and a half
to six cents in London a cold buth costs
two cents und a warm hath four while
in Paris the cheapest bath costs eight
cents
By some official’s blunder a number
of Dutch five-eent postage stamps were
recently printed yellow instead of blue
The mistake was discovered before tho
stamps were issued but not before
some of the sheets had been stolen by
workmen and sold at high prices to
stamp dealers
A life-sized lithograph of Queen Vic-
toria made by Lenicrcier and Furst
from a single stone for the London ex-
hibition of 1831 will be shown at tho
lithographic exhihi t ion in Taris Four
impressions only were taken as tho
stone was accidentally broken on its
way back to France
ROYAL NICKNAMES
AlphonsoXIof Castile wns surnamed
The Avenger lie was never known to
forget or forgive an Injury
Henry I of England was surnamed
Bcnuclerk Ho was one of the few
kings of his time who could read and
write
Horush of Algiers was fnmous among
his subjects ns The Bed Benrd A Moor
with red hair and beard was a great
curiosity
Henry III of France wns surnamed
The Minion it is suid on nccount of
his compliance ith the wishes of the
emperor
Edward VI of England wns The
Pious on uccount of liis personal char-
acter Also Eric IX of Sweden Ernest
1 of Gotha and Hohert of France
Alexunder I of Scotland wns desig-
nated The Fierce liis impetuosity in
buttle almost Invariably struck terror
into the hearts of his enemies
Henri II of France was entitled
The Bellicose He was nn exceedingly
warlike king und constantly engaged in
campaigning against his neighbors
TOLD IN-FIGURES
London has 75000 street lamps Paris
50000 and New York 3000
New York has a clergyman who it is
stated has married 12000 couples and
received over $00000 in wedding fees
Tho most densely populated country
in Europe is not Belgium whieh has
633 persons to the squure mile but Sax-
ony with 005
Montana’s percentage of divorces to
marriages during 12 months recently
ended was 1426 There were 228 (U-
rorees granted in the state during the
rear
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used The many who live bet-
ter than otheri and enjoy life more with
leu expenditure by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the needs of physical belpL will attest
the value to With of the pure liquid
laxative principlea embraced in the
remedy Syrup of Figs
Its excellence is due to Its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas-
ant to the taste the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax-
ative effectually cleansing the system
dispelling colds headache and fevers
ana permanently curing constipation
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession because it acts on the Kid-
neys Liver and Bowels without weak-
ening them and it la perfectly free from
every objectionable auluitnnco
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug-
gists In 50c ami'll bottles but it is man-
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co only whoso name is printed on evirjr
packago also the name Syrup of Figs
and being well informed you will not
accept Any substitute if offered
nnillH And WHISKY hnhlta curfd BiMiktcsl
UrlUM KSSSU T’S A WSOLUr AILNTi (U
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