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Thanksgiving.
Tho' fair sunny summer .is faded and
parit,
Tho glad golden autumn Is ended at
.1 last;
Tho days of the growing and sowing
are o'er,'
Ofreaping and heaping tho rich har
,.."" vest store.
Tho ripe, rosy apples are all gathered
' in,
They brighten the collar in barrel and
bin;
And nuts for tho children, a plentiful
store,
Are spread out to dry on the broad
' attic floor.'
The great, golden pumpkins that grew
to such size
Are ready to make into Thanksgiving
pies';
And all tho good times that tho chil-
i dron hold dear,
Have conio round again, with the feast
" of the year.
Now, what shall we do, in our bright,
happy homes
To welcome this time of good cheer,
as it comes t
family we sometimes And extremes.
Ono boy may be a reigning terror,
while his brother may bo next thing
to an angel. Thoy may receive exactly
tho same troatmont, with widely vary
ing resultsi
But as often as not, if the boy is a
terror, somebody close at hand is to
blame for a great deal of It. This is
tho son which tho mother must keep
close to hor heart, by tender patience
and loving touches. Those "Ishmaels"
need, and should haye, o, double portion
of loving watch carq and wise train
ing. The mother's heartstrings must
bo wovon very closely about these
wild, turbulent souls to keep tnem
from drifting away from safe harbors
when storms of passion and beguiling
temptations arise.
But the mothers are not the only
ones who must seek to so ballast the
young soul as to keep it from being
tossed to pieces upon hidden rocks
in -the ocean before, him. . A father's
watch care can follow his boy into
seas of temptation of which the mother
can know nothing, and I hold that the
father must be held responsible for his
boy, as well as the mother.
And what do you think is the very There will come a time when the
best way
To show we are thankful on Thanks
giving day?
The best thing that hearts that are
thankful can do,
Is this to make thankful some other
heart, too.
For lives that are grateful and sunny
ani glad
To carry their sunshine to hearts that
are sad;
For children who have all they want
and to spare,
Their good things with poor little
. children to share; -
For this will bring blessings, and this
is tho way
To sjiow we are thankful on Thanks
giving day.
Our Boys.
An exchange says: "If tlie boy's
place in the home were given more
consideration, there would bo less oc
casion for the many articles in our
current literature on 'The Man in the
Home,' which articles are nearly al
ways to his discredit, and" make him
out to be not only thoroughly thought
less, but sinfully selfish."
I am not one who thinks that ev
.. orything depends on home training;
.Alinucu does, but' there are other .agents
at work upon the "boy's character
namely, heredity and environment
which has much to do with the ulti
mate result, and against which, in
many instances, no amount of wise
training will entirely prevail. A child
inherits a certain "bent." whether for
good or for evil, and the most "train
ing" can do is to modify the evil and
develop the good. Qualities and traits
sometimes crop out, for which there
is no accounting, if we consider only
his immediate progenitors. "To the
third and fourth generation," we are
told, and in our efforts to bring them
up most wisely, we should not forget
that there is such a thing as ancestry.
Among animals, however finely bred,
there are mow and then signs of de
generacy, and we must jiot forget that
man is of. the animal kingdom, and
only by constant care and oversight
can we educate these effects out of ex
istence. We must study our boys, and seek in
all things to suppress tho undesira
ble while we develop the desirable
qualities. No two children are alike,
or' require the same treatment Cer
tain general rules will apply to all,
but individual study and suiting the
means" to the end in view is the only
sure way. In children of the same
mother's watch care will not cannot
reach the heights and depths of the
allurements of environment. The boys
will be led in paths where the mother
will be powerless, for the voice of se
duction will drown, for the moment,
the fov.ingvtones of the home. Here,
the father must speak not in anger,
not in stern command, but in loving,
wise admonition. He can. point out
to these blind young eyes the terrible
pitfalls the wretched snares, and he,
alone, can, walk these paths beside his
bedazzled son.
If only fathers would be comrades
with their boys! Would seek to keep
their young confidences, and l)y precept
and example, point out to them the
better pathways, how much better it
would be for ill. But it is a too com
mon occurrence that fathers repulse,
rather than attract the wildling of the
flock, and too often the boy has little
love and no respect for "the old man."
The lessons he must and does learn
from chance associa'tes, to which too
often he is driven by his father's stern
ness, are not calculated to make him
respect even his own mother and sis
ters, much less those of other sons,
and almost before he has touched the
first threshold to coming manhood he
is but a moral wreck a, being whom
nobody but his mother loves, and she,
only through maddening heartache for
the ruin his habits reveal.
Fathers, is it not time that you
should realize that you, too, must
shoulder responsibilities in regard to
this boy, for whose birth you are cer
tainly accountable?
dust and mud proof, and of such
length as not to gather in its lower
edges tho sweepings of the sidewalk.
For her work, indoors and domestic,
the dress should bo cotton, or somi
durablo wash goods, protected by a
wide, long apron with large squard bib,
and cotton sleeves, gathered into a
bank at tho bottom and hemmed at
top, with a strong elastic run in the
hem to hold tho over-sleeve securely
above the elbow. These can be easily
slipped on, and off, as occasion re
quires, and will greatly aid in keeping
her dress neat.
Our thrifty mothers and grand
mothers made and wore such sleeves
and aprons, and added to them a pret
ty "dust cap" and cloth "half-handers,"
and I well remember how pretty I
thought my own mother looked, as ar
rayed thus, she passed from task to
task about her neatly kept house.
Few women go slipshod and sloven
ly about their work from choice. A
careless appearance is rarely from a
lack of "liking to look well," but is
generally found upon her because of
overwork, lack of time, or lack of
( clothing. Many a house mother de
votes all her time to doing for others,
never finding the moment to, set a
stitch for herself, and thus, although
she can afford better, and, indeed, of
ten has "piles of sewing" on hand to
do for herself, she is really too scant
ily supplied with clothing to even make
herself comfortable.
O, yes! I know what you will say
"Hire some ore to do the sewing;
but that is easier said than done, now
adays, even though the money is in
her hands with which to pay a seam
stress. The shops and stores, factories
and offices, have taken our girls away
from the needle and sewing machine,
and even among those who profess to
do "plain sowing" one finds'it difficult
to get an "all-round'seamstress who
can cut, fit and put together properly
without constant surveillance which
'the house 'm'other finds It impossible to
give. .
Working: Dresses.
Most of women are remembered by
the!- friends and families as they aro
seen in the every-day pursuance of tho
domestic duties about the home. Espe
cially do we thus live in the remem
brance of members of our own famil
ies. And a neat "treadmill" gown adds
greatly to one's appearance, as well as
to her peace of mind.
This work-a-day dress should bear
a certain sense of fitness to tho daily
needs, and cannot, therefore always be
quite nice enough for "dress up" occa
sions in which to receive invited or lit
tle known guests, but with a little
tasteful care, may serve very well in
which to receive unexpected calls or
the 'running in" of our intimate
friends.
If business, such as shopping, mark
eting, errands, etc.? takes her out upon
the street, her dress should be of wool
or worsted material, warranted to bs
The True Leaders.
"In the study of history, one finds
that those who have blazed the path
of progress, or filed open the prison
doors of ignorance, brutality and pre
judice, have been either very poor, or,
at best, men whom society and the
world at large regarded as very in
consequential. They who leave a trail
of glory behind them are not the
rich; not the powerful; not the recog
nized potent factors of their day and
generation; but they are, one and all,
moral heroes men who, like St. Paul,
on the way to Damascus, have been
overpowered by some great moral t
spiritual truth, and for whom, hence
forth, self means little, but the cause
of justice and the happiness and well
being of others mean everything.
There is no fact in history more ob
vious than this." Arena,
Interesting: Pacts.
It is a well-known fact that ants not
only feed upon the sweet exudations
of certain insects, but that they keep
herds of these creatures in their houses
and store up fodder for their suste
nance. South American ants have their
dependents, or inquilines, and 'when
thoy remove to new quarters, these
inquilines follow them like herds of
cattle. Dr. Llncecum, of Texas, in
sists that some ants actually sow wild
rice, and gather the produce. Dr. Mc
Cook 'doubts this, believing the rice
sows itself; but that the ants certain
ly cultivate it, by destroying weeds
that would encroach on the crop. Tho
rice, when ripe, is certainly harvested
and properly stored. Dr. Lincecum
adds that, after the maturing and har
vesting of the seeds, the dry stubble
is cut away and removed by the ants,
so the plot is left fallow until the en
suing season, when, in the same circle,
tho same grain again springs up for
the tiny farmers.' SirIohn Lubback
avers that the thVee stages of human
I Will Cure You' of
Rheumatism
Else No Money is Wanted.
After 2,000 experiments, I havo
learned how to cure Rheumatism. Not
to turn bony joints into flosh again;
that is impossible.' But I can cure tho
disease always, at any stage, and for
ever. I ask for -o money. Simply write
me a postal and I 'will send you an or
der on your nearest aruggist tor six
bottles Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Cure,
for overy druggist keeps it Use it
for a month and, if it succeeds, tho
cost is only $5.50. If it fails, I will
pay the druggist mysolf.
I have no sam: -es, because any med
icine that can affect Rheumatism
quickly must be drugged to the verge
of danger. I use no such drugs, and
it is folly to take them. You must
get the disease out "of tho blood. -
My remedy does tliat, even in the
most difficult obstinate cases. No
matter how Impossible this seems to
you, I know it and take the risk. I
have cured tens of thousands of cases
in this way, and my records show that
39 out of 40 who get six bottles pay
gladly. I have learned that people in
general are honest with a physician
who cures them. That is all I ask.
If I fail I don't expect a penny from
you.
Simply write me a postal card or a
letter. I will send you my book, about
Rheumatism, and an order for . tho
medicine. Take it for a month, as it
won't harm you anyway.. If it fails,'
it is free, and I leave the decision
with you. Address Dr. Shoop, Box b40,
Racine, Wis.
'Mild cases, not chronic, . are. often
cured. by one or two bottles., M all
druggists. '" ' ' .' (''; '
progress are all found among ants
the hunting, the herdine and theaerri-
I cultural. The Sauba ants build a bed
or leaves which they cut from trees,
and 'in- the fermenting pile grow a
mushroom on which they feed their
young.
Some of our unaccountable tenden
cies are of animal origin, and in this
way alone are explainable. One of
these is our tendency to migration on
certain lines. There is not a plant or
animal that is not steadily migrating,
either eastward or westward. Tho
reason is, to find room and pasturage,
and a result is development. Birds
move north and south. This nomad
ism in human beings is sloWly over
come by agricultural habits. But even
yet the white race is moving, as 'are
our ideas and institutions, westward,
around the world. Scientific Monthly.
Thanksgiving: Cookery.
Steamed Turkey. Have your turkey
as nicely dressed as for baking. Place
in a baking pan. Put into the wasa
boiler water to the depth of. four or
five inches, and into "this water set
three tomato cans large size filled
with water, one at each end and one
in the middle of the boiler.- Have a
good fire under the boiler, and on tho
tin cans set the pan with the turkay
in it. Cover the boiler closely, first,
with a thick clothr and then the lid, so
as to confine the steam. When the
water boils, the steam will cook tho
turkey perfectly, leaving it plump,
juicy and tender. The time required to
steam it depends upon the toughness
of the turkey. When you think It
should be done, 'try it with a fork, and
when thoroughly done, take it out,
and fill and cover it with some nlco
dressing, put it back Into the baking
pan and. set in a Tiot oven to brown a
little. A grayy ,can be made from, tho
llqUo? -left, laie .dripping pan under
the chicknjrby the steam dropping
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