VOL. IIL JNO. 31.
minw Vifaih. JTnW. 1807. ) Pnnr
GAZKTTE btab. Dec 1862. J VUllSHUUiuw-
COETALLIS, COUNT Y, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1902.
CHAPTER III Continued. '
Bertha Lyle had come all the way
from Scotland to look after an estate
supposed to have been left her Dy
Ler father. He and a brother had
come to America eighteen years be
fore, when she was a mere child. At
the age of two yeard she had lost her
mother, and her father had placed her
In school and come to America to
drown his troubles and make his for
tune. Before he had been here ten
years the report came that he had
been killed by Indians. This was
shortly after the report that he ana
his brother had inherited an immense
fortune from a brother in New York,
and while neither Bertha nor her
friends could ever get any information
concerning what became of this for
tune her uncle in America had sup
plied her with plenty of funds to
complete her education and meet all
her wants. He wrote her that they
had invested their inheritances to
gether in American property and that
the nnernlation had proved a failure,
and that while her father had left as
sets above his liabilities there was
nothing to speak of coming to her.
Out of pure benevolence, however, he,
the uncle would see that his niece
should not suffer for the necessaries
of Me.
Kconomizlng the funds he had sent
her from time to time until her sav
ings amounted to considerable she
started for America, not informing
her uncle of her coming until she
reached New York City, from which
place she wrote him of the probable
date that she would reach Boise City
Army Post.
Reaching the latter place she grew
impatient waiting the arrival of an es
cort from her uncle and startea witu
... t MarTUHn? tTtP. f
Ciest OI me moanmu i
plain in which the Indians naa camp-
ed they turned down a gulch, and con
tinued, cautiously,- traveling in a di
rection parallel to max ia.en u
Indians. . .
As already described, travel among
the rimrocks is difficult. Openings m
woii are few. and subwalls lead
off in many directions. The traveler
must needs go a zigzag course and fre- -nHr
travel many miles out of his
course to reach a given point, so that
when night came the little pursuing
party had lost sight of the objects of
its pursuit, and the succession of walls
of rimrocks and level plains lay alike
in every direction.
There was but one hope and that
was when it grew darker to abandon
their horses and climb to the top of
the highest rimrocKs ana try 10
- ,, famnfires of the marauders.
Selecting a spot near where a seep of
stagnant water flowed from the rocks,
with which they were compelled to
thirst they pitched a
highly even, than the fair, captive,
whom they had taken, for stock of
ail irinris was scarce with them. They
had been forced into the rimrocks and
lava beds by the. United States sol
diers, and the scanty vegetation there
had caused their animals to disappear
almost as rapidly as the pangs of hun
ger, which prompted the decaying
race in butchering and eating them.
While viewing the band of fat mules
and horses from the crevices of the
rimrocks the previous evening, the
eagle eyes of old Egan, the chief, saw
xl T ..1- I . I, . .nil Ka W!IC
a ram mVtnro in this section temporary camp and waited
nr.tr.t, otii ocnoMaiiir an nfter the I a j fha nie-ht. crew darker the stars
proposition that had come from grew brighter and the wild howls 01
the lips of Martin Lyle, the the coyote rang in the distance,
Lord of The Desert. As it were, interspersed now and then witn the
it ,o V,a lHllincr nf twn birdS Tirol rTV of the hungry mountain
with one stone with the chief. It was ij0n
the obtaining of animals for his hun-
g.,.,H..H..l"t"fr4H,
MY THANKSGIVING PARTY.
J I
THANKSGIVING
party I gave
fast night,
.i'And my guests
.;v were; three,
you'll inind
A girl with a
crutch, a stam-
niering boy
And an old man
"" who Is blind.
They don't go out
every night in
- the year,
In fact they're
exclusive,
quite;
But they conde
scended g r a -
ciousiy
gry and hard beset tribe and obtain
ing a prize of far more personal vaiue.
which meant more wealth for his tribe
and a white squaw for his wigwam.
After tne mrpnw or u at - - attacked the pack train. At the
the previous mgatmem "T w00 the T.ord of The Desert
But it was too late, - . ciTn.r
While the main Sits at ms arauoiumcu "'r
CHAPTER V.
Two Villains.
It is the fourth night after the In-
defend the camp
the work was done.
i . t V J J- "U. nrliinlrair
me hA r-hartred on from a gomet 01 oiu dcuu "-f-w-
UUUJ VI a .mj. o -
One day he deadens
. i -i V.,-,4- IHtIq
,wo,.r,me,,ts nf the narty "I late years ne nas
nbVnldey corraHeS the besides drink from the flowing bowl.
C j tv,e nn the road One day ne aeaaens an sense ui iee- when the dishes were cleared away,
horses and had them on the roau following with a keen- We had some nuts by the bright coal fire,
ready to join the.mam band with their i"S. w " - h a conscience more And I tell you we were gay!
J..- -nv.., jkonnro ao niientiv er appetite and a conscience muic . a- . tBies
To come to my feast last-night.
Turkey? Oh, no, but we had a fowl
Whlcn was very large xor iour,
Indtpl. the old man and even the boy
Said they couldn't have wished for more.
We none 01 us carea ior cruuueirj ouu.c,
But we had a whole mince pie - .
('Twas sent by my country aunt, you see),
Ana the omner was noi so m j.
For we had some coffee two cups apiecet
U'hn oarofl If thfs Olinfi WPfe Small?
Why, the girl with the crutch was heard to
say
That she couldn't drink it all;
And the stammering boy said he was sure
He would have bad dreams all night.
And the old man said he'd not eaten so
much .
Since the year when he lost his sights
And that wasn't all, for after the feast
Captive. inej uisaraicu m '.,- lk! -icrlit hia evelids
a tho handful of stinging. On this night nis eyenas
whites that still survived knew that it
was useless to follow them in the dark,
hesides. they did not know but that a
retlskin lurked behind every boulder
on the mountain sides.
They had spent the remainder of
the night in ministering to the wound
ed, and preparing the dead for burial.
tviott wore in a. nredicament indeed.
They had neither horses to pursue the into the vacant darkness and this, so
marnndintr hnnri nr Indians, or to con- still ann Eioomy uu iuc uracil,
tinue their journey. While some of minds him of a distant cave in the
the' memhera nf the Dartv aroused rimrocks. and the picture there causes
at the fate of the white gin, a shudder to come over tne great name
-nrinirxr anri anvimis to nur- nf Martin Lvle. the Lord oi ine
VY CI V. I miiift uuu ' I '
sue the Indians on foot, all Desert.
saw the futility of such an attempt, Tlie weicome bark of the dogs, an-
are heavier than usual, his eyes look
mnre claRsv and the grimaces are
deeper in his face.
No wonder. If Dan Follett, the
Canadian Frenchman, has followed his
instructions and old Egan, the Indian
chief, has kept his eyes open and
been prompt in action, another crime
has been added to his life. He stares
trnr thp nlri mnn told such funny tales
Tint our Innirh made the old room ring,
And the girl with a crutch had a banjo, too;
And the stammering Doy cquiu wusi
It seemed so strange to hear his voice
invo nn niilto smooth iind clear.
That I wondered if sometimes, perhaps, In
heaven.
Whfltltpp thnt bp fnr or near.
If our speech will be clear irom tne nan
ana jar
With which it is troubled now.
And if we can walk without the crutch
Which we always neea, somenow;
And if we shall be no longer blind,
(As we all of us are, in a way).
Ah, then there would be a feast, Indeed,
A royal Thanksgiving aayi
And I know last night, as we laughed and
sang,
We foreot the lone, hard year,
We forgot all weakness and all want
and the leader of the escort showed n0unces the arrival of one who is not For gayer guests with a brighter wit.
I'm snr ir were naru 10 niiu
My girl with a crutch, my stammering boy,
Ana my oia man wuo is uuuu.
Farm, Field and Fireside.
answered, "what does any one come to1
the city for?" -
Huh!" derisively, "an' here rye Deen
lookin ahead to goin' into the country
to get rich. Say, do you have fellers like
me, an' like that crowd on the sidewalk,
up in your country t
Charlie" looked at him, and then at
the half-dozen disreputable men who
were smoking in front of a saloon op
posite; and the two or-three women sort
ing over an ash barrel, and the squalid,
dirty-faced children playing and fighting
along the gutter, and answered, witn an
expression of disgust: -
"No, indeed!" .
"I thought so. " Then the country's the
richest an best place." He looked at
Charlie a. little enviously.
'Sav. vou cot-horses an cows an dogs
an' chickens, an' a pa an ma, an' green
grass an' fishin' up there?' he demanded.
"Of course, witn eager recollection
in his voice: :"and miles and miles of
woods where we go after chestnuts and
grapes in the fall, and big ponds to skate
on in the winter." .
'An. vou run away from them for
this?" snatching his fragment of cap and
hurling it into the gutter as expressive
of his unutterable disgust. Then he
stood upon the box and stretched himself
to his full height, raising his hand as
thoueh to invoke a benediction.
"My son," he sad, solemnly, "go nome
an' eat the fatted calf an' your ma's
doughnuts. Tarry not. Hasten to pas
tures new where the calves nounsn as a
Bertha.
no concern about her capture and no a stranger. In his eagerness, the Lord
i inclination to follow her captors, Dut of Tije Desert rises and paces the
rather cursed the fate of being left flrm. nnw an(j then stopping at the
afoot. The morning was consumed in arm chair ana taking a sip Irom tne
burying the dead and the afternoon in 0 Presently a lank form enters
reconnoitering. rne trail oi me m- the door His dark heavy eyeDrows,
riiana was discovered, which showed a tr,e natural scowl UDon his face,
that they had gone in a southerly di- hlg careiess ambling walk, depict the
rection, a course that led to the east character of the man at a glance. But
of the stone house, on Mount Juniper. nothing ever tells the inmost thoughts
of every sort in such abundance as amply j
to feed the colony for a week. They had
as guests the friendly chief, Massasoit,
and ninety of his Indians. The Indians
contributed to the feast five deer and a
"great basket of oysters." This was the
introduction of the young colony to its
afterward favorite shellfish and the wom
en cooked them a3 they best knew how.
The menu of that immortal dinner has
not, alas! been preserved, but it is known
that the two dishes most fully appre
ciated by the Indians as well as the
Americans were the "brown ' roast tur
key" and the pumpkin pie. . The great
feast of the week was outdoors, for the
air was balmy and the sun bright. Mas
sasoit was there in all the bravery of
a scarlet coat' trimmed with lace and a
copper chain, given him,- some time pre
vious, by Edward Winslow, In a strange
medley of Indian garb and a borrowing of
European costume, the guest of honor
was feted and entertained, cementing
there the bond of friendship with the
white settlers which held good forty-one
years. Good Housekeeping.
HOW TO COOK THE TURKEY.
"
Rme " Practical Advice Given ' by a
.New York Chef.
There is a chef in one of the large
hotels of New York who is famous for
hi roast turkey. Turkey under his
hands comes out not only a beautiful
brown, but of a delicious flavor quite dif
ferent from any other turkey that ever
seem to have no : effect upon mm ior
whom it was given, it will not be lost
upon those who hear, nor will its influ
ence be powerless upon hini who bestows
it. A cultivation of the thanksgiving
habit will make to grow the sense of ap
preciation, and as a result bur spirits will -.
be 'sweetened, our souls enlarged ana
the whole horizon of life beautified. Then
the ordinary affairs of life will never
more be commonplace; our conditions and
surroundings will always appear in a
fresh light. - This is . significant, ine
man whose family find in him a source
of endless delight and joy is one who
does not suffer the common relationships
and the daily intercourse to become col
orless and arid. Such a man keeps love
alive by cultivating the sentiment of af
fection. His face, his voice, his deed,
makes the old courses of life brim and
sparkle with a full current of tenderness
and .feeling. So it is again with the
great artist who sees the common in an
uncommon light and clothes the most or
dinary objects with beauty and charm.
In like manner the religious nature dis
closes its presence by the unfailing fresh
ness of its feeling for all relations and
seasons and customs and days. It num
bers its blessings daily, and daily does
it express gratitude because it feels deep
ly and gladly the weight of its vast in
debtedness. The years may differ great
ly in the comforts and blessings rtiey
bring, but God's unbroken beneficence
knows no divisions" of time. His bounty
AN AMERICAN THANKSGIVING.
a pack tram 'ort.teoonv- w" e train arrived from the west. It had or defeat or during anger or in a hap
night in "cJyJ e a few surplus horses, and as these mood the olly black eyes of this
beg nning of this chapter opened the er dayg were alwayg U n c e R Jg on,y when
Iiiicn. nam uau ' ' t. - r
Snake river on the Old
near the Oregon and Idaho line
Charlie's Thanksgiving f
Fortunately, that night another pack of Dan Follett Whether after victory
nrnJnn Trail to lend a helping hand to the dis- he speaks Dr acts that his mood
Uregon irui 4.1, i,-,i tho etranderi I,
tresseu, Liicj auiiJiiu Known
The strana-
is
For-
tunately, on tne same nigiit uie packers returned with this train
rort consisting of cowboys, sent out v ,t,n i,Cr5 nf
ruder the leadership , of an expert nVnal to
NE year ago, Charlie had come to
the city to make his fortune. He
was fond of farming and farm
stock: but they were slow means to
Upon entering the house, and after wealth. He would go to the city for the
greeting its Lord, he soon unburdens fortune, and would then come back and
himself. purchase the best farm in the vicinity,
I saw from the smoke above the and have fine horses and big meadows
.fnt!a.cman tii of tier at mis Diact?. 1 - . . . , :
tiu,ii.v.io.uu.., - . thncn times arm SETainSL ID6 BUU1UU1- " " . , ., I , . vl
Both parties had camped m a smaii entered into a distant rimrocks the evening Deiore, ana-envious ue.guUUlB.
valley near the river, surrounded by 'r '"ued ,0uow said Follett, "that old Egan was ready
mountains, covered with rocks and solemn oath ttat they would follow
boulders. The pack train consisted ?w h ad re rrZred rtha Lyle the clash came in a way that several , and wearing the same
. , , it . x 1 Uvea of our men were lost. 1 tnea 10 he had brought irom nome. j
trariv the fniinwine- morn- have the surprise so complete that tne clothes were soiled and worn threadbare
?Lthirtl riJ?r, T!TSf;nWhhJ! and placed her in the stone house with
sides its leader and a dozen norses
He was standing on a street corner,
with hands thrust deep down into his
clothes
But the
nne of which was used exclusively for
a pack horse, and another was brought
along for Bertha to rule.
Tired and worn
and 1 girl and animals should be taken away and shiny, and the shoes were unblacked.
her uncle
,ng, armea ana pru . Ltvrart the losa Gf a life, but our boys flnd the hat lacking part of its brim; i.nd
u3 ntnetShep 1! ? iidtenJ T The were on their feet instantly and fought long ago he had discarded such extras
the trail of the bandit Indiana ine certainly a mir- 3 coUgLrs and cuffs. The fingers of one
rule. . ,!,: (,. wminrl- Draveiy. ana It was ueiuumjr as couars auu cuu-a. j-iic ""o1-'-'
1... 1,0- packers moved on, taking tne wouna- ",,' r,i after i j twn lot r,oit
'I'lren Ji ti ,1 worn out, uj me uaiu- - . . . , n a i npie tnax anv ui tucxii civu,.. i iiaua iiifi t-vi iuij mtu uio
chips of the trail, the packers had ed p cowooys w B0ise they engaged such odds." Then he doUars, both of which were owed for
hobbled out their mules, prepared died ana v. ere uur'eu h detailed the circumstances of the fight the poor little room he rented on one of
their meal, and gone to bed early. The City Dan follett and the otners thcm back ; and h he r fingers
members of the escort, while not so "ed tor be hoob u chance touched several pawn tickets, which he
u,j - - ... I . . . - i j it .t..; I v n h Tirk oTnoftfiT nn fir rpnepniiiiff. iit-
k nn Tll 1 nQTll.nUV U 111 I I C L1IC I 11QU -
inauired Lyle deed, he was wondering dully if there
fatigued, had prepared for retiring n" Indlan were familiar with of those four dare-devils rescuing the had no expectation
i n inn noit I r t r upuii i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 i
to nun. iV eerh anrl hein? on
turbine their neighbors and partly to -" - "
Ti refreshed for the following day s
lourney, for from this point the pack
train would continue to the west and
Bertha and her escort would take a
course over the trailless plains and
to the south.
After she had retired to a bed of
straw, this girl from a comfortable
homo in Scotland had plenty to think
about before she fell asleep. This
linrren Dlains and mountains over
which she had passed during the past
few days, and the trackless desert oe
fnre her looked gloomy enough,
.nt the nrobable attack from
Indians and a long trip through a bar
ren country to her destination were
calculated to increase her anxiety,
while the reference of the leader of
the escort to the danger from Indians
irwl the name trihe Who. it was al-
girl
Old Eagan saw Bertha iu camp.
"None in the world," replied the we "l'
"They will eitner lose - wn nrnsT1Art. for ,
Frenchman
their lives by their foolhardiness or
nme in in a few days starved out, as
I saw to the fact myself that they took
but few provisions with tnem
"How did the girl take her captiv
ity?" inquired the Lord of The Desert.
"I only saw her for a moment by i..
fast, and there was no prospect for a
dinner and this, was Thanksgiving.
A few yards away, a street boy was
sitting on a dry goods box, swinging
his bare feet industriously to the tune
he was whistling. But his eyes were
fixed on the listless figure of his neigh
a flash o the camnfire after she was
secured, and she wore a Doia iook oi
firmness and defiance, as if she feared
not even the devils into whose hands
she had fallen."
'She's a Lyle! muttered tne j-ora
of The Desert. .
"This is a costly affair, Martin, in
sinuated Follett.
"Yes I know," replied the man of
wealth' "but old Egan wanted ani
mals for his men and would not do
ii i WM.Tr imn tnnw without the
. . , T .. i. j v.. me uuicr nmn., :
ened the mantle of gloom that hung P'ace oi tne aiui wua "' horses as he said his men would not
fiiSther, and besides, she did not he carcass a mule grhungr a sfied with taking the girl
.ike the appearance oi the man unoer r.r(, . a - alone. - .V! m
whose charge she had raiien. vvo-1 "V Ariin hrlht "The twenty-nve oeca
How long she had been asleep she soon reached the camp of the Indians M are pretty heavy taX)
dl not knfw when awakened by the or the Pvlous nigh t and came upon the mep lost. Better
fiercest veils that had ever pierced the Indians at noon, ine letter were d , the rl come and
hr ears, and these intermingled with conscious of their power and boldly away wit her as , did with her
leged. had murdered her father thick-
th, mantle nf pldfim that hung I P1
comparatively fresh horses made bet
ter time than the Indians, so that by
night they came to where the red
men had stopped to prepare their din
ner the same day. Each camping
tne aiscnarging 01 men ma . ,t d tk tneIr tlme aout
father.'
"That would never have done," re
plied Lyle. "The notoriety of her vis
it here would have led to an investiga
tion, but now that the inc.ians nave
th'ontn! to onT Bertha f--the rimrocks sti ill well u --fturn of
te rg ground until the struggle be- and unbanned bntlt gS affairs in this country and the Ameri
i J i, tn hnn one and not un- der that they beheld the attention tnat .R.TTncle Sam.' will reward
i ..r i nn been snatched from her e received from the leader or and his warri0rS by giving
- - 1 A. JIA -.J I IlHTIfl
2 Q?:,TZ" "an, wac The Indians numbered about forty
u...UUuuU r" j I warriors and were a set or as ugiy
them a reservation ana leemus
and educating them. The Eng
lish would reward the whole gang
- the nnntains surrounded bv and vicious looking fellows as ever But enough of this,
a band of Indian warriors, each seem- won the unenviable name oi tne r arrange to deliver the
?ngfy claiming her as his prize, did tribe. Tle whites con Id do noth ing but cayuges tQ th old tef
she fully realize that her people had follow nt a dlrtance ' wlttn"1lelrenoPy but before you do it require positive
Tost and that the red skins had won. that othing might tnspire toy heg performed his part of
It was fortunate for Bertha that she which they dt the contract, he has to kill her. you
did not remove her clothing upon re- ieve th e young r l know!"
tiring that night, and that she placed lemma. But now that they were dis fleed tQ the gprinR (iTeeh
her fhoes on her feet upon being first covered by the Indians thel Valley replied Follett, "dont forget
awakened, for the chill night air of feenied far less flattering than when EgaQ must be rewarded.
that altitude even penetrated these. they first started out . damnable deeds, I must be paid
mat an v strategem was their only hope. To ones!" and he gave the
CAPTER IV. . niake the Indians believe that they of Th Desert a piercing look
v nad abandoned the chase and thus " f h mS
The Chase. throwing them off their guard, ap- "a.tTard
The following morning showed tha proach the camp by stealth at night UK athig Urne Folletfs ccapaniona
effects of the Indian raid. Two of the and rescue the woman was the plan a attending to the horses
packers lay dead upon the ground, they formed. . th repaired to the dining
their scalps taken, while one of the So in full view of the Indians they the owner of the Stone
escort had been killed, and three mor- saluted them as if bidding them good room wn &
tally wounded. Not a horse or mule bye. and turned ana roae away as n fe and jj
i. h. viVinitv These an Uhor tiaA nhandoned the Chase. uiuufiui,
Important object of the attack, had I But as soon as they were fairly
been driven away and treasured more J hidden behind the rimrocks at the
"Say, country;" he called, suddenly,
"what you thinkm' of r
Charlie .flushed, but did not answer.
"Come, don't make an owl o' your
self." the boy went on; "there's nothin'
in this world to fret over. Look here,
swinging his legs upon tne box: no
clothes to spare, an' what there is ain't
much for cold weather; an' my jacket's
lost an arm,' an' my shirt most o' one
shoulder: an' furthermore," pausing to in
dulse in another bar of the street ditty
he was whistling, "I ain't had no break
fast, an' only a cold pertater for supper
last night; an' still I ain't no spilt milk
to cry over." His legs swung back into
srjaee and beat a lively accompaniment
to the conclusion of the tune. Then he
looked at Charlie.
"Now, what's broke with you?' he de
manded. "You ain't stalled, an' you've
got shoes on your feet."
"But I can't eat my shoes," Charlie
retorted; "and the two pieces of money
I have left are to pay for my room. And
and what's worse, I'm out of a job.
'Twasn't much sweeping out offices but
it meant a room and something to eat.
The street boy stopped drumming ana
looked at him with more interest.
"'Tis sort o' bad," he acknowledged;
"an' you bein' from the country an' know
in' nothin' makes it worse. What'd you
orvme for?"
Whv. to sret rich, of course," fjharhe
- r
(To he conunuwL)
green bay tree. If it be fifty miles, walK,
an' run when you get tired; if a thousand,
walk an' run an' beg an steal rides on
freight trains only go, as my falhn tears
implore. An' now" here a paper Doy, at
tracted by his gesticulations, aarieu up
and tipped the box so that the orator
slid ingloriously into the mud. Charlie
laughed in spite of himself, then his face
became grave. Beneath the lightness of
the speaker's words had been an under
current of seriousness which appealed di
rectly to his discouragement and home
sickness. Yes, he would go home.
"Thank you for your advice," he said;
"I'm going to take it."
"Honest?" with a ring of satisfac
tion in his voice. "Then fare ye well, an'
if forever but, say," as Charlie was
starting down the sidewalk, "give ine a
tip to your barrel an' niebbe rll come
out an' spend my vacation with you next
summer."
Charlie laughed, and then, on a sudden
impulse, wrote his address and gave it to
the boy.
"We'd like first rate to have you eoine,
he said, heartily, "an' we'd try to give
you a good time.
This is the proper end for the story;
but I want to add that the street boy
did visit them the next summer, and that
they gave him such a good time he con
cluded to remain and work for them per
manently. Portland Transcript.
The' First Trianksgivlnjf.
The fishermen were ordered "to scour
the seas for spoil," the hunters "to
shoulder their matchlocks and bring in
such game as would allow the Mayflower
cnlonv in a more special manner to re
joice together." The result was a sup
ply of wild turkey, deer, bear and game
was seen. The turkey meat is positive
ly rich, and even the white meat that is
generally dry has a moist, spicy taste.
This is his recipe for roast turkey:
Clean the turkey with as little handling
as possible and rinse with water in which
a little baking soda has been dissolved.
Now break up about half a pint of bread
crumbs, and into the crumbs chop two
links of pork sausage. Stuff the turkey
with this mixture and just before put
ting into the oven bind salt pork on the
breast of the turkey. Remove the pork
just before the turkey is taken from the
oven. When the meat is carved, its
flavor will be found very superior. This
is particularly to be recommended for
the Thanksgiving turkey, which, with so
many other dainties rivaling it, must
be very appetizing to be enjoyed.
A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL.
Significance of Thanksgiving Day
Should Not Be Forgotten.
There is danger that the religious sig
nificance of Thanksgiving day may be
forgotten. We so soon grow accustom
ed to our blessings that we accept them
as a part of the general order of things
and naturally become ungrateful by pure
forgetfulness or indifference. But as a
matter of fact most things which come
to us come by the pure favor or courte
sy of others, and how unworthy do . we
considertbeMngrjt1e1 writes Rev. S. T.
Willis in the New York Ledger. He is
one of the most contemptible characters
with which we meet. We consider him
even uncivil who does not spontaneously
say or write "Thank you" for the favors
and kindness shown him by his fellow
man. And this word of gratefuPappre-
ciation is never lost. Even if it may
Is an unoroKen eternity.
however hard in the experiences they
bring, are years of blessedness; it should
be ours to receive what Uod senas auu
to be constantly thankful. -
An Impertinence.
"I understands dat you all had turkey
foh yoh Thanksgivin' dinner," said Mr.
Erastus Pinklny.
"Yass indeed," answered Miss Miami
Brown. .
"Who wah de hos'?"
"Who wah de which?"
"De hos'? 'Who did de turkey b'long
tor
"Nobody fohgot hisse'f so f ah as to ask
dat question," was the chilling rejoinder.
"Besides, aftuh a turkey has been cook
ed dar ain' no way of 'dentifyin it."
Washington Star.
Thanksgiving Discrepancies.
Health waits on moderate poverty.
Fate's wisdom oft we question,
The man whose dinner's best is he
Who has the worst digestion.
Washington Star.
A Welcome Guest.
"Will you have , any i guests at your
Thanksegiying dinner, Mr. Cloverseed?"
"Well, I've axed a turkey." New York
World.
Seasonable.
A chap out in far Albuquerque
Wrote East in a hand rather juerqne,
That if still in the mood.
And the walking was good,
He'd be home for his Thanksgiving tuerque.
Well Roasted.
All summer lone the barnyard heard
The turkey's brag and boast.
And now they're glad that bumptious, bird
On all sides gets a roast!
THANKSGIVING AT THE ZOO,