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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1906)
I POOR PEOPLE WANT . CHANGE. THE RED BARN DOOR. !lo"i jaiuggled down in r:rry mIm-4, mid wmptUonpn' kltidlj Iiimi, Ve clod tlui drift l grandpa ' limine, our mother's litu t greet. All day uiir Jingling alolgh Ih'IIh' tune siiio.c keenly on Hip nlr. JtU lotnj cro noun twine innll voice piped. "l'n, aren't wo allium tlieru?" Then to bogullc our refOloiwniM our father told oneo more J tow n-f should know fln place afar! Hie dgn, a ii'il li.iru iloor. (Per (till and diilo we gully sped, past fnnn Mend dull nnil gray, And hiilli.'d ouch snowy luiuilut nn u mllo , Mono on our wny. .So homely nnidftdi object but our eye W-fl lUll'k ttl !(', A;ol jiiulllrd voire clnllcieil fust In child lnlv JiiIiIIuc. W rld In slghtlm? la.idiuiirKs which fn- mlllnr iiRpoet Imrp, 'Aul Umglnitly we looked nliond for grand pu rod Imrn door. Onr mother, from Hid niil In front, hold iih 'In .Iwmlfni thoiielit. And Ctujcd our rlf'ug huiiRor with t In , , tooUh hIio hud Inouuhl. "Vwtit Khr -who rlioio I ho friendly llOIIKO where wo should stop to if). tu(T saw iih turhoil, nil wiirm nsjiiln, within our tdolgh-hnx not. SUo tulkeil of linncs oiluo common' In her girlhood's rustic lorn,, Aui( I. new each lw(t mid turn that ennui before iho rod hum dnor. 'Jiif rt'lim hold Uxly In hi li'inn'l,' our father iut nori':i Atut litiinnioil quaint Melodies Hint kept IiIh old world memories green. Tim Jour ml leu Hlroleheil n wny," nnil when tho lengthened xluuloWH Toll Xo thought of roll) or or-implng" limb our MtK'l"IUMM Cllllld qlUlll. Wo Ai'tiiiiiod nn eh dlitiint looming orcat thir. retired luolf lioforo, Tltt nil ut onco somebody cried, "I see tho ed li.'iru door!" Sort Boiueffiuorf whim Iho slelich-holl rlii. nnil nmiiwny Khmin with mow I fro! that IIoo.IIiik Joyuumim that thrllloil mo long no. I too tho shining fine. In tho pnlltix win tor light. 3'he amui Hint wnlt In wolroniM thoro. to elnp mid hold mo tlcln. And thou I pniy Hint hem-on" gate such , kIiuIiii'ih inny ronton A uli'eii wo cuino to grandpa' home ho tile Hut rod luiru door. Alice Crittenden Herby, In Yo-ith's font piiulou. 'L' -i v. . -.- &w-y-$33;a 3-3-3335-3 swsii-ya e-fc- li !n A TURKEY HUNT, ill T Uy UlndA Wooarutf Duach. J T Hi 6e6&&.ee&s&&s:&6e&rr-.c6i? We caiiii' ir.v ucir not hidtit: llipukful xU this yi'nr- for how whn i: jiosxililo lo lie tluinkfiil without liirkoyV And this sfntlilp bird tui porilimciiiiisly doilcil JMir earnest nttonipta to npjily the pos s!hi pronntui llml wo licpm to despnir of cvur owning out!, unil, unforttitintcly, v,'c wanted throe, ' Any win1 could nju'iid llu mtiniuor in the nmittry that wn coinnionplnco epiuiKh : lmt 'L'luuiksclviiiK mill Clirwtmns', Would 'io u now revolution of bounty nnil coin- fort to people accustomed to conlincd vlewK ntul 'brick w.iIIm. So we stayed it ml cliitst tutftetl, an'il ptlliorud stiujlcs of - bright-lined inailo lynvos, and wrot audi plowlnj; itccounls of the kooiI tiiiies we wrro lmvliiK to all our friendH and l-elti-tlvw thn't two or throe of them, without mirt'motiy, invited thoniHolvon to sjiend Tlinnkj:IvinK with us. We then oiniclud til that wo niiIil us well make a merry jmrty til It, nnil invited a number more, null! uboul eighteen or twenty people had promised to eat (heir ThnnksRlviii! dinner ut our table. A lovely day in liullnn summer, and with that soft haze over the purple-tip-IUju mountains in the distance, two woni ii of us drove off in a moM unrori.intie MlU'dllion nfler Huvkeys. We had been lurnfsdieti with a regular list liy the ueijili Imr. and we itKtocd first to attack a cer ttrlu .Mrs. Sinies. A woman in, a sun Iwiwet issued from the jtate b we drove up. nd in answer lo our ituiuiry. In forned us thai ".Mix Slmes was jest set H to." As it was npiiroacliiiiK the hour of nuon, tliis jirob.ibly meant that Mrs. SiuiBS was on the eve of dining. . The lions1 looked hennetically sealed: u'ltv' door was opened by the very lady we ver In ipiest of, a motherly lookinj; per sotwp', who appeared to have been try ing to do hull' u doxen t lmiurs at om-e, as iter hands were lloury, the bosom of her drtw was stuck with pins, while the skirt was wot with recent dabbling in the vatt'r, and she was hastily dl.-.posiii!; of 'iuie edible which had evidently been pop jcl Into her mouth just as nhe eaiue to llie door. I lu villi; told her where we lived, how hmz we liad lived there, how Ions wo ex jK'oted to ilve I here, and various other Jlilnss relatine; .to our domestic ninttcrs, we worfjed our way radually to tho tur kcjv, mill modestly asked her if she could iHvoiumgd.ite us with three. PaswJtif: thiMUKh the doorway that open ti! Into the Itilelien, Mrs. Sinies lltrow her roitv itpstafrs, and shrieked: "Ijtuniorline ! lhii-iner.itic.'" Miaow':" was the reply, In n voice lliat iecim'tf to break the ilntms of our ears. "llow ziiauy turkeys can we spare lo KfllS" . e . -.. iVWH Jit . Mis "A v V -wCl t1 it. f Mn $? wj.fwK'' sicg7. .'.wvvasw " v" I GOOD REASON TOR N KYKH linvc the pcojilc o' Ann MiiinhH to Hie (Mvor of nil 1'ouiiiics with jimro iirofounil i-utise lor ri'Joli-liifj tlnin in IIiIh year if urnco onv tlionsitntl nine liuiidn'd mitl six. We think llrst, porlmiK, of lias sectitcil to us. The crops in every section of the country liuve been such n to tfiiiirrt us ukiiIiim want nnil to ennlile us to ulil In the stent work of sup plying the worhl'H net'ils. M'pou the fimu our prospurlty In Anierlea still chlelly tlcpentls. Nor lnivo wo forgot ten that the Institution of Thiml;lvliiK urose through tlu; I'rovldt'iitlnl Kupplyliif; of lmur.v mouths. North ami south, oust and west, tho fact of bountiful luirvcsls luin iinrauleed us prosperity in every walk or life. Tho busy mills or the iiianul'iictuicrs, the tlironinn shops of tiu'rclmnts. tjj(. ettorinous hitsliiess of railways and sU'iini'h'P eoiutitinles. the Hound or 1 iti ti i i and pick In countless mince or every sort, nil testify to the material IiIcshIuks awarded lo us. far more aecordliiK to our necessities tlnin to our Just deserts. We iniiHl not forget, either, that, we remain ill ponce with the world. I 'or this Ithyslnjr wo cannot be too thankful. Hut ehiolly let us praise the Al mighty for having granted tin.' people of America the llnal blessing of liberty and Independence. When we look upon KusHin. storm tossed and almost wrecked In the mklity travail" that nitty yet bring Mich liberty as we J Ave always known to every dweller itudei the Hag of the (V.ar. we realize at last (hut the nlr of freedom from tyranny and oppression which has been the breath of our nonlrlls from birth Is the true reason for peace, for our happi ness, for our growth and material prosperity, even as I he human sou! ani mates the body. In lids year, loo, do not let us forge! that there has been a tremendous searching of the souls of men in high places, ami such a cutiilemntitiou of evil doers as st rengl liens the hands of every, good and righteous cause. Dishonesty, self-seeking, lustful greed, false stewardships In private and public life, cor ruption In high places and low, these have all been condemned with a hearti ness (hut the country has never known In Its previous history. Thanksgiving day itself, too long given over to mere pastime and enjoy ment, takes on a newer and more saep'd aspect as the years roll on. It Is n day for the devout reluniliii; of thanks to Almighty (iod for (lie countless 1disdngs "orurciHn our fathers and to us. their descendants. It is a day for humble supplication thai such liberties and privileges as we oi'.selves enjoy may lie handed down, undluiineil mid unblemished, to posterity. So shall we. our families united all over this land of ours, Join and be as one with the mighty hosts of the past, the still greater throngs of the future, of those who praise Cod for Anierlea on this national holy day. Wallace I Ice "fan spire unij." said the drodful voice "Sho!" returned the old lady as she ended tin- oolhnitty: "guess we ken spare one. llow'll that doV We informed Mrs. Sinies that it wouldn't do ai all. The offer of one tur key in place of throe was a perfect insult, and rather indignant that our lime had liceii wasted for nothing, wo loft our hostess to finish hor "sottin' to." Tlie second one on I lie list was of the male iiersuiision. "and as great an old screw as ever lived." we were confidential Ip informed. We found him at work lit the ham. a wry hard-looking specimen indeed. When ho was made aware of the nature of our errand he eyed us suspi ciously. "Seemed to him we were takin' time by the forelock: ii wanted three bull weeks to Tlianks'rivlii' yer." We were taking time by the. forelock, we admitted, because pooile maflo such a rush for inrkeyn at the last that we wore afraid of not gottius any then. "That's jest it," lie rejoined, with a Lsliiewd grin, "and I guess I'll keep mine till they go up. Several people, in suoesion, who had THANKSGIVING. 9 rj. (lr V W A AW VX " . r 'A. SS XX XX F V AnilclpiHion. RcalUutiom refused us their own turkeys strongly ad vised a visit to ".lob Tiller." lie had no end of a llock, and maybo we could make a traik. To .lob Tiller we accordingly went. As soon as we hud s:hl "turkeys," he lod the way to the back yard, where we be hold a pen of turkeys, hens and gobblers, at least tlfly nil told.' ' "Shoot in' comes off on the LVith," said the proprietor. Wo exchanged a look of interrogation. "Shooting? What'Vhoiittng? We want ed to buy turkeys." "Twoni v-live cents a chance," respond ed Mr. Tiller. We were turkeyless, and all those ex pected guests loomed up before us as a hungry multitude clamoring to bo fed. We wore approaching our cottage in a dis pirited frame of mind, when we encoun tered a small boy. and some happy In spiration prompted us to inquire what he knew about turkeys. "He'd got three." he said, "that ho'd GIVING THANKS. rim cottio to tho season for lolurninj; the ninlct'lul licnellts the ttvclvc-iuotitli icon n-fattcn' n-inuipus for Tlianksivin'. mil we could have 'em like as not." Where did lie live'.' we asked next. The futurt! possible President turned his ihiiinb in (lie direction of our hack jirem lsos. and said thai his name was Sam l'lale. If lie had said it was Xorval on re (I'raiupion Hills, we could scarcely have been more surprised. Hadn't thov. wretched turkeys belonging to our unde sirable neighbors, the Flales, been the pes; and destruction of our garden im: ojiera tjons all sumniorV and hadn't jiater fa mallas thrcalened to shoot them until he was hoarse? And wasn't it rather funny that, after all our toil and tribulation, tho coveted turkeys could be found 'under iiur very noses, and delicately fattened for us on the best of sweet corn and to matoes, and other "sass" that turkeys do- lilit in all from our own garden? Somebody said the dinner was a poem, and it ifi'talnly was a triumphant suc cess. 1 i The company were in raptures: and one guest, who had never lived in tho country, said it was so easy for us lo get good t Rvtrtbutlon. poultry. Then we told our story, and tin pouls of laughter that reverberated around the table were called forth bv out turkey hunt and its very unexpected end ing. -People's Home .lournal. AVIuit Turkey Kut. Turkeys are the greatest grasshopper exterminators in the world. When verv young they must be foil bran, but after that they pick up their own food. For the siareny elements tney oat waste wheat fr.nn stubble fields; for the vege table pun of their diet they devour syv oral varieties of weed and grass seeds ami tor meat hiiosianee tney consume grasshoppers and bugs. TurUey Xmv. "1 see." remarked tho duck, "that chirk ens are soiling in the market at ! cents a pound. "Yes," replied the hen, "I never felt as cheap In my life." "OUR BOY." Yc. nn' mid inn hud turkey lu the M Thiuiksiflx In' whv. With all the nxlus jroper ftr to eellrtt tho day. Ami I kin tnste that turkey yt 'twus ur a HlloK old bird: I ste no much it wh hu hour afore I hunt ly tlrrrl. We had some MeliihlHtrm W tfce prHU, which tuldetl to the y. lint let mt) tell y tllraui, im M1 rm wh missed our toy. Ye see, ho ullprs ttuU wtlk U til ur TliHiikistlvtu' fVust fiittl ho took that city wb a-wrtHtt Mh down Km st. Ma wrote him 'hout twi w4t ulMl I stark on u llnr: I ciioss he couldn't J' UMe mi tkU slinky baud t' ttiluf. Leastwise, ho didn't )Uw tut, 1 tWe yours ho did: I wa liter toll ye. 1 1 Irani. a4 u w mlKfoil Hint kid. I reckon folks tlinfi irrewJn' old Is apt to lister buck - ... We sat thnr eat In turkey, but mir tboushts was all o' JacU. .Ma had a ehnlr pulled up for htm, and pUito. ai d forks, and all. And on Ids plate his plctor, she bad taken from the wall. Ye see. Jack was tho only one (.oil guve us to enjoy: Wo cried a Utile, Hiram. Me anil ma wo missed ear hoy. Milwaukee SVutluol. Joli iiuy unit (lie (iolililcr. P$T "Coo! Cue; I'd better be diggin' tishin' worms" A 'riiniilis;;! vlour I'nblo. A ga.V young Cobbler, seeing how Melancholy the Turkejs were, propound ed A Conundrum. , "Why are Turkeys the Drum Corps of the Fowl ('reat:-)n? (Jive it up? Ue- inse they all .carry Drumsticks,' O-u-e-Ii!" He dodged A blow from tho Patriarch of the l'lucl; who Overheard Mm. - "Spare Me." said the young Fellow, .inning the Defensive. "1 can give you. A Hotter one. W by do Turkeys have No Hereafter?" Thin Patriarch blustered Around and 1 ragged his Wings, looking very Fierce. He knew ho ought to know, but couldn't for the Life of Ilfm remember. So ho C lowered at the Culprit and asked So- i-rely : "Well, Sir, why do Turkeys have No Hereafter?" "Because Huy have their N'eeks Twirl I in This.'' "Pifoh!" said the Patriarch Contemp tuously. "That was around on Crutches when Adam wore Kilts. Now, here is Something new that 1 Caught on the Wing. We are All to be Drv Picked this Year."' "What!" Shrieked A giddy IMond with a pink Crest. "Not on Your life:" "No, Silly, but as Soon as It is Over. It is the old Way of Turkey Cnderlak ing and Tho only Way. In Philadelphia, where I Chipped into the World, Dry ricking wiii the Correct Thing, All tho old families held to It. That gives Tur key Feathers the chance of their Idves. Turkey Tails for Fans 1 am told tlie Aborigines quite Dote on Them." C,. cago llecord-Ilerald. Si, Tultlnlil Hints. "Tie re are only three of us in th family." said the customer, "and a tivo pound turkey for Thanksgiving would be all we could jiosslldy manage." "You'll have to take a real turkey," briskly replied the dealer. "We don't keep 'em In tal.luid form." Chieago Tribune. rest pp--n-tp 1 g5 !J I Johnny Ma. let me kill do gobbler? M:iT-Why, certainly. L "Where's do rurkV .Juit watch nn-!!!" yTTIBi Tlitnlc V. S. Control or Cuba AV'oultf Improve Condition. "The feeling In Cuba," said C. C. Oil more, who Is fanilllar -with the Island, to an Indianapolis News reporter, "Is, perhaps, best shown In nn Illustration given to me by tin Danish consul, who has lived there for twenty-seven years. His place Is nine miles out of Havana. I asked hint the sentiment of the mass of Cubans as to annexation to the Cnlted Stntes. He said: There Is no doubt that annexation will come in time, though the nuiss of Cubans are opposed to It. They are like young birds lu a nest. They want to ninko the experiment to try and lly for them selves. They want to try their wings.' "Culm has hut a small number of people that we Avould call the middle class. There are the rich, the very rich, ami the very poor, with few be tween. 1 am quite familiar with the western part of the Island, IMnnr del Hlo, where (Juerra -It Is significant that this name means war has his homhiunrtors. "My son Is lu the Isle of IMnes, which Is likely to continue peaceful. In tho Isle of Pines there are twenty-live ru ral guards. These are the equivalent of soldiers, equipped and dressed as .soldiers. Three-fourths of the popula tion of tltat Isle l.s American. That Isle belongs to the ITnlted States with out question. Tho fact that Cuba of fered to trade 'the permanent title to two coaling stations In Cuba for that Isle shows no title. "The United States i.s. paying ..0U0 a year rent, to Cuba for two coaling t stations. These stations have been made in swamps, and when the Cutted States toolc the-location were-not wortlt any more tlnin so much blue sky. Tim coaling station ut Pallia Honda is about thirty miles west from Havana. When this government took It. Hahla Honda was a dreadful miasinnlle swamp, but now many thousands of dollars have been spent on it. We have no per manent title to the coaling stations, but they are ours as long as we choose to continue to pay rent for them. "The- Spanish residents and the Cu ban descendants of Spaniards are the controlling people In Culm. Those who are in trade are doing well. They have good laws and are protected in busi ness, r do not see why they should want to belong to the United State.-?. "The poor people think their condi tion would be improved under t lie gov ernment of the United States. They understand that we pay our laborers big wages anil they think If their Isl and belonged to us they would get these better wage's; Labor conditions have improved since the SpanrsIr-Ainor-ican war. ruder the Spanish regime the laborer on the sugar or tobacco plantation got no centiivos about .'!." cents -a day. and usually had to take his wage in, trade. Many on those plantations ..did not receive so much. The wage is now about one peso a day a Spanish dollar and It takes a peso and ."." cents besides to make one of our dollars. "If you buy a 10-cent cigar in Cuba and get change for a i?f United States 1)111 you will find when you count It that you have $0.j() in silver. "Outside of some Iron ami linest white marble In the world as line as Carrara niar'-'e and in unlimited quantity there is not much mining. On the Isle of Pines Mr. Keenati. of Pittsburg. Pa., a very wealthy man, has bought a mountain or tills white marble, for which he pa hi 7.".()t)0, ami Is now quarrying if. "IMnar del Itio. where the rebel Cucr fit has his strong-hold, is. as I said, u mountainous province. Spain was un able to conquer that province in its long years of war." Tivo GoimI Viiruiielc. "There are always two good vacan cies which either a mail or a woman Is Iltted tti litl. One Is the post of hair dresser. The other Is the post of cof fee maker.'' The speaker, tin employment agent, went on hurriedly : "If I bail sons or daughters, they should all be apprenticed to hairdress. !ng or to coffee making. He or she- who L-an undulate the hair Jn the Marcel wave, he or she who can make clear and rich and aromatic coffee, may al ways be sure of a good Job at a high salary. "The hairdresser who can put In a fine wave that will last five days Is worth .$27 a week. The coffee maker who can turn out coffee that Is black, rich, (dear and shimmering on the sur face, with an aromhtlc oil, should never bo. content with less than S20." Disappoiiilctl. "Why am yn in sech a had humor?" asked the head waiter In the southern hotel. "Why," replied tho new waiter, "chit lust man told me to hold out mail palm en Ah stood deli holding It out' fob en hour." J "F.n he gib yu a qtmtuh?" , "No, ho wanted mo to gib him a ' quatah. He was a palmist." A woman may not want much In .his. world, but tu; wants that on cut ;!us.s with an engraved curd tied to U.