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THOUGHT ONLY OF THE GAME
of Tke j;
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HANKSGlVhVO with
out tho turkey la ill
in o 3 1 unthinkable
For this groat bird,
which has becomo
Inseparably associat
ed with tbo Beason
of Thanksgiving, Is
peculiarly nn Ameri
can bird and as much
nn American Institu
tion an Thanksgiving
day Itsolf Within
tho rrnch of poor
ntul rich alike, the
great national bird
Is tho principal fen
turn of tho feasting
which Is an lmporlnnt purl of tho fes
Uvltlnn of tho day.
Tho fact Is, of course, that turkeys
don't come from Turkey, and were un
known boforo tho dlroovnry of Amer
ica, In tho north of which contliuiit
tho wild turkey still roams In utire
utralned freedom, though not, alas, In
undiminished numbers.
When tho enterprising Spaniards
began to oxploro tho resources of the
now world thnt Columbus had opened
out for thorn, they found that tho tia
tlvcs had tamed a big bird, which tho
regarded as a sort of peacock, and It
was not long after tho discovery of
America that the now bird mado his
appearanco In European poultry ynrds
Great must havo been tho dlsgu&t
of tho original occupants of these
when tho Invader appeared. For one
thing ho was much blggr than any
of them, and could look down on
them In tho most literal sense. IW
was also fully aware of tho Importance
of his expensive personality and lost
no tlmo In Impressing It on all and
'sundry. Tho peacock, who had
rolgned supremo both as nn artist In
posing and oa a tablo delicacy the
Romans used to talk of having "ham
and peacock" as wo would speak of
bam and turkey found himself con
fronted with a rival who mado up for
Inferiority of plumage by displaying
with much greater energy and fre
quency what ho had got, and by a
iy FraiK Firuv
Gibraltar, Groat Britain's Great
est Naval Strongho'd.
' Its Defense During a Famous Sicne a
1 Memorable Event For Four
Yjars Spaniards Dombarded
Impregnable Rock.
menagerie, when ho also mot hla Gibraltar. -When King Manuel fled
end from a far different adversary. from Portugal he iiulte naturally
s&cs- jzwJS&r-&iJSG j&cz&z.
play of expression which nothing In tho animal that tho turkey would
world can equal.
It Is all very well to talk of the wonderful
mobility of tbo human countonanco, sensltlvo to
ovory chango In tho omotlons of tho soul; It Ih
nothing to tho turkey cock's. Sco him olongato
his noso till It comes down to his chest, and ob
serve tho nurabor of doublo chins ho can pro
duco to add to hln Importance If ho wishes to
lmpooo on a presumptuous rooster or to ImprosB
a fair young turkoy pullet
Then, ns to blushing, thero was no debutnnto
ovor floated on tho social sea who could blush as
our gobbler can; hla complexion plays through
all shados between livid bluo and ghastly whlto
to a lively scarlet, and, taken in connection with
tho changes In his foaties, makes him a quick
chango artist of tho first order, beforo whom tho
chamoleoa collapses ashamed.
If anybody wants to practise drawing por
traits, lot thorn get hold of a turkoy gobbler for
a elttor, and If tlioy can succood in getting his
features proporly flxod on canvas I will undertako
they will And anyono clso's easy In comparison.
But it 1b not only In tho display of his charms
that tho turkoy proclaims his advantago ovor tho
world of our feathered dopondonts; his stentorian
cobbling arrests tho attontlon of all.
Tho said gobbling, by tho way, has given riso
to tho only bit of folk-loro about tho turkoy that
I know of. Doing an Am or lean, ho is too modern
to havo legends associated with him as a rule;
out Indian Mohammodans profoss to hoar in tho
turkey's volco a blasphomouB mockery of their
brlof crood as spokon in Arabic. Honco, when a
turkoy has to bo klllod in India, tho natlvo takes
a cruel pleasuro in oxecutlng it by cutting out
Its Impious tongue; and so widely spread Is tho
oollof, that a llttlo natlvo boy, a retainer of an
animal dealor In Calcutta, repllod to mo, when I
uokod him Just by way of trying his knowledgo
tho name of an American curassow bird that waB
In tho yard, "That lo a turkoy, oahlb, but It does
not ropoat tho creed 1"
What with strutting and gobbling himself, and
with proving congenial to tho gobbling process as
conducted by human-belngs, tho turkoy fairly
Douncod tho poultry world In gcnoral, and actual
ly oustod tho gooso, tho most anclont member of
tho poultry association and tho savior of Romo,
from popular estimation as a holiday dish. Tho
turkey Is a good typo of tho product of his natlvo
continent In moro ways than ono, nnd sorat
Americans, Impressed by tho fact that tho na
tion's omblem, tho whlto-hoadod oaglo, is not
only a "bird of freodom," but a frocbootor, rob
bing tho rnspoctablo flshhawk of Ills catch, and
generally playing tho noody sharpor, havo claltnod
Kvwasst w 4 at, "$aiftiscaggBataiaag
i at, : i
ft l
This was a gamecock of mime In
dlan breed, tho most blackguardly
looking fowl I havo ever cot oyes
upon, with beetling eyebrows, n
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IIUIIUI'A, l M' ill lll'llll (lllll Illlltll-IIHW i
legs, bin athletic proportions sot off
by very (Ight-ilttlng plumage. How
ever, he was only a fowl, thought
tho two turkeys, nnd with Oriental
Indifference to tho rules of faJr play
thi'.x both set out to tackle him tiv
eothor. The gamecock acquitted
himself la a manner worthy of hln
lireed, and bowled them ovor with
ntif blow apiece 1'orhnpa hln natu
sought lofugo at Gibraltar for the
simple roasiiu that It was the safest
as well iih tho nearest place which of
fered him protection. Finthorniore,
I ..I...... ...,.., II. .11.. I.. I. UIIIIMIIIII ll III
lim" miui lillltllll w nujiiunt it .v.
liavo guaranteed the Integrity of Man
ners rule ll was piubably as wlso a
move as ho could have made. Gibral
tar Is a strongly fortllled point com
manding thho entrance to tho Mediter
ranean ou, and It In regarded an tho
grentoNt naval stronghold of Great
lltltalu. HcsldcM a small town at Its
loot, It consists of a moimtaluous rock
toweling, at Kit highest point, about
Filial Affection Lost Sight of by th
Omall but Entnualantlc Lover
of Football.
Among tho spectators at n match,
between tho Hlackburn Hovers auit
I tho Olympic was a llttlo lad about
nlno years of ago. Though tho boy'a
knowledge of tho game may havo
been limited, his notion of correct
play was extremely robust.
"Go It, I.ymplc," ho yelled. "Hush
'em off their pins. Clatter Vtn. Jump
on their chests. Howl 'em our Good
for ycr. Mow 'em down. Scatter 'em,
'Lymplc."
When his parent neatly "granamP
ono of tho opposing forwards, tint
youngster expressed approval by
bawling, "Good for yer, ovvd 'en." mill
ing proudly to tho spui-toni, "Foythor
'nil Mm sweet."
"Yes," said a hearer, "but he'll got
killed boforo tho gnmo's finished "
"I don't enro a carrot If ho does,"
said tho boy. London Tlt-lllta.
ral magnanimity -for chanticleer In I. UK! loot above tho sea level,
eldom nnythlng but a gentleman-' One ol the motit obstinate and fa
n.ado him lenient with tho hen; at j iiioiih ilofi'nscn made In hlrtory was
;ui rate, alio was only "knocked ' that of Gibraltar by the Hrltlsh In
-!ll." lint ho gave her husband uj,177!s:j when that stronghold was be
filr knockout blow: gripping his ! t,lcgcil and blockndcd by allied French
wattle with tho bulldog bill, ho
1 rought tho columnar nhankn iliiwn
en tho bulky ndvnrsar'n nek with
Mich force thnt, when I raw tho de
feated bully ho was nltllug In a
and Spanish force. At this time hug
land was engaged in the American
revolution and Spain, well aw ate of
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON
"My llttlo son, when about a year
nnd ii half old, began to havo tores
como out on his face. I had n physi
cian treat him, but tho sores grow
worse. Then they began to come out
on his arms, then on other parts of
his body, nnd then one came on hist
chest, worse than the others. Then I
called another physician. Still ho
grew worho. At tho end of nbout a
the consequent weakness toMiltlng year and a half of suffering ho grew
S'rom the Aiucileiin broil, toon urea-
Mate of paralytic collapse, and not fIoii to improve her oppoitunlly by
long aftir inglorloiwly expired I attacking the Impiegnable rock.
Such In tho part tho turkey plays j , On the 21st of .hum. 177!), a strict
ns a tamo bird a pretr ntloim and ! blockade was established by tho .Span
imMilnc ncraon who occasionally col-; dsh licet. The Itrltlsh forces Hum-
lapses IgnoiulnloUHly. Nor are his
aspect and career oa a wild bird
different, for ho Is ono of tho few
creatures which have altered very
tittle In domestication; and though
ho may bo regarded us tho premier
tiird of America, and gains a cer
aln nmount of dignity and consid
eration thereby, thero Is a comic
element In his performances and
bored In all 0,'.IS2 men, Including 1,0 IT.
llanoverlaiiH under General l-'llot, tho
governor. The ilmt calamity that
faced the besieged llrltlnli was famine.
The ilrst general llrlng began on the
12th of .limitary, 1780, and live days
later Admiral Rodney overcame tho
Spanish admiral, threw a good supply
of food provisions Into tho fortress,
lidded 1,000 men to the garrison find.
misfortunes which robs him of tho removing all useless mouths, left it
dignity of tho feathered nobler of dependent on Its own strength. For
tho older world. Tho blackguardly i a year everything was quiet, nothing
tendonclcs which, Keen In domestl- j Important happened and all the while
cation, havo caused somo pcoplo to j the besieging Hoot worn maneuvering
Miggcst that ho In called a turkey I lo cut off all chance of food supply
because- ho bohaven llko tho provcr- from the hrltlsh.
J2X&CZrJV- sWttrCSl
b o 1 1 o r represent tho
United States, and ho
certainly bettor suits
tho Ideals of an emi
nently practical pcoplo.
Go-ahead as ho Is
In his methods, how
over, tho turkoy gets
"scored off" now and
then. A century or bo
ago, when gocso and
turkeys used in tho nbsenco of present-day facili
ties for transport to be drlvon long distances on
tho roads, a couplo of noblo sportsmen laid a wa
ger as to tho speed of turkoys and gceso ovor a
course which It would tako a matter of days to
traverse. Each nobloman wnB provided with a
llttlo flock of four of tho fowls of his fancy, and
of courso betting was high in favor of tho tur
koyB. And at first thoy scorned to Justify their
backers, for thoy soon Btalkod away from thek
waddling rivals and loft them far behind, no
things went on all day, but as dusk camo on tVs
aristocratic turkoy hord found his chargw becom
ing pnsslvo rcslsters, and displaying nn lncurablo
doslro to go to roost no amount of coaxing would
propel them farther. Mcanwhllo tho dosplnod
gooso, with whom night and day wcro not of any
very great Importance, waddled Bcdatcly past, und
ultimately won tho raco with plenty to sparo. It
was pretty nearly tho old talo of tho haro and
tortolso over again, in fact.
I havo known tho farmyard bully pretty well
bostod on two occasions myBclf tragically so,
In fact. Ono of tho most valued possession of tho
Calcutta animal dealer I havo mentioned was a
fawn-colored European-bred turkey, whoso color
much commendod It In his oyes, slnco turkoys of
this huo Bconi not to bo found in India. This
privileged fowl used to clrculato about his mas
tor's chair, strutting mid gobbling; and though ho
often reBonted. tho cntranco of natives Into tho
compound ho rospectod Europeans, a pleco of dis
crimination ono docs not expect In a bolng of such
llmltod Intelligence ns a turkoy. Another inmuto
of tho menngerio was n young cassowary, and ho
wrought tho turkoy'B downfall; for, coming Into
tho compound ono dny, I missed tho glngcr-hued
gobbler, and asked what had becomo of him.
"Ah, my poor turkoy!" said tho dealer; "ho
gavo.cbook to tho cassowary, and tho cassowary
kicked him nnd burst hln bag!" It sounded as If
tho impudent bird had been collapsed llko a toy
balloon, but I did not lnqulro Into details.
Tho dealer, howovcr, consoled hlni3olf with n
pair of local turkoys or tho ordinary dark color,
and tho gobblor was beginning to tako tho placo
of hla. deceased predecessor In tho economy of tho
hlnl unspeakable Turk, aro In full '
swing In I1I3 wild ancestor, who Is
altogether born In nln. Ills wife, or
wives for ho Is an Invoterato polyg-
nmlst, even In his primitive condi
tion havo to kcop their Infant I
poultn out of his way, or ho will j
crack their llttlo heads for thorn; I
and when ho conquers nnd slays a
rival gobbler, ho tramples him when
ho Is down and dono for. Ills court
ship is ovcry bit as nbsurd in tho
wilds as It Is in tho farmyard, and
ancient turkoy dowagorn omulato
his absurdities In strutting to win
his regard, though tho pullets main
tain a propor modesty of demeanor.
Moreover, tho wily hunter brings
about bin downfall in way3 which
mnko him look undignified no other
bird Is lured to his ond in such
queorly discreditable ways.
Ono is to call him up within shot
by imitating tho volco of her ho
Iovcb for tho tlmo bolng. On a omall
plpo, often mado of a turkoy'n own
drumstick bono, tho sportsman Imi
tates what ho ungallantly calls tho
"yelp" of tho hen turkoy, and tho
infatuated gobbler, lurod by tho soft
Invitation, is often decoyed within
rnngo. To hlB credit ho It said, how
ever, ho displays a flno car, and If
ho detects anything suspiciously in
sincere in tho accents of tho con
cealed charmer, it will bo a clovor
impersonator who gets him to an
swer another matrimonial advortino
mont for that season at all oventB.
Another plan Is tho turkoy trap,
which Is a pen mado of logs and en
tered by a trench, ncross which
thero is a bridge Just insldo tho en
Faced Starvation.
In 1781 the 7,000 defenders of 'Gib
j rnltnr wore face to face with starva
tion. On tho mil of April Admiral
Darby conveyed 100 merchant vessels
Into tho bny. Tho Spaniards Instant
ly opened lire, hoping to reduce the
I debilitated garrison boforo any effectu-
til aid could reach them. Deadly
missiles were poured Into the placo
by 111 pieces of tirtlllory and for
many days tho bombardment lastcil
with unabated vigor, and, though less
Incessant, It continued without Inter
mission until November '-G, when, In
-J
so bad that I had to tie his hands In
cloths at night to koop him from
scratching tho sores and tearing tho
flesh. Ho got to bo a moro nkuluton,
nnd was hardly ublo lo walk.
"My aunt advised mo to try Cutl
cura Soap and Cutlcura Ointment. I
sent to a drug storo and got a cako of
Cutlcura Soap and a box of tho Oint
ment and followed directions. At tho
end 'of two mouths tho sores were till
woll. Ho has never had any sores
of any kind since. I can sincerely say
that only for Cutlcura my child would
havo died. I used only ono cako oC
Cutlcura Soap and about thrco boxed
of Ointment.
"I nm a nurso and my profession
brings mo Into many different fam
ilies and It is always a pleasuro for
mo to tell my Btory" and recommonil
Cutlcura Remedies. Mrs. Egbert SheU
don, hltchlleld, Conn., Oct. 23, 1005."
A Very Good Guess.
Footo hlghtc I understand thero
wcro soveral dozen bad eggs In tho
possession of persons in tho nudlonco
last night nnd not ono wns thrown.
Miss Suo llrotte Uocauso tho au
thor of tho pleco refused to show hlm
Bclf. I guess.
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How's This?
W nlti-r Ono llutiilrol Pollan Hrrnrcl f.ir in
cut ot I'ntartli that cannot bo cutctl by Ilall
Caurrli Cutu.
r. j. onr.Nr.Y a co tuihh, a
Wf, th nnilfrlKiitil. li.io knnwn I'. J. Oirner
for tho list 15 ir.im, nnd lflleo hlin pertrrllir iioti
ornblo In nil lnulnrsi trnmurtlnru nml financially
ablo to carry out nny nbll7iillon.i mmlo by hu flria.
Walcimu, Kinnan A Mahmh,
W lin'riil llruettbtx. Tolnlo. O.
IIii!I' Oiurrh Cur Ii taktn internnlly. ni-tlii
directly upon t lie blood nnd nuicoui aurfnci-1 nt th
yjtirn. Testimonial! Kent frre. l'rlro 7ft cents t4
bollln. Sold by nil UruneUta
'Inks Hall's l"mllj- l'llls lor constipation.
The Rock of Gibraltar.
a desporate midnight sally, tho Hrit
.tsh succeeded In destroying tho moro
advanced of tho enomy's linos, In sot
ting lire to mnny ot tho 8panlsh bat
kcries, and In blowing up tholr princi
pal depot of ammunition. This daring
enterprise, successfully carried out
in tho fneo of 1115 guns, wns attended
'with surprisingly small loss, and
onus ono of tho most brilliant lncl-
trnnco. A train of corn loadB tho
turkoys into this, and when they aro Insldo and
havo eaten up all tho corn. It never occurs to
., , . ,ipr tho brldco beneath which thoy
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rmiKoil tn but they conunuo lo wanuor ruuuu mm fiuiiin in i u...h...... Uv.......
round till tho trapper comes and gathers them After this ropulso' tho Spaniards
In a nrocoodlng which does'not nrguo any great ; ceased sovcro hostilities for soveral
amount of Intelligent on tholr part. (lays, up to which cessation tho gnrrl-
Z can even got a turkey by hunting him with U had been Incessantly bombarded
a dog cJcuSanccs bolng favorable. Tho sold I for olg lit months. In July, 1782, Due
clrcumstanccB aro tho fact of tho turkey's nelng , M", Cr Hon ook command of tho as
fSo way off f?om their woodland retreat, feed- b and preparations woro mndo
ing out on tho prairie, and one's dog bolng a groy K tho grand assault. Additional bat,
hound- moreover, one's horso should know how to ! rlca w croc od on tho land sldo
grThrturkeyeJon when wild, Is not a long- &nd floatlnB batteries built to batter
Stance nior. but ho has not Bonso enough to ro-' tho fortress from the sen.
member this whon ho finds his foes between him The Famous Attack,
nnd tho wood, and tries to fly straight away from ' The atlacic begun September 8 by a
tho pursuing hound Instead ot turning about ovor-' bombardment simultaneously on nil
head nnd coming back to cover. After about a ' L(lpB. nno Unc-of-buttlo ships poured
mllo ho has had enough of flying and takos to his : (jn lhcIr broadsides; in gun nnd other
legs, only to find that hla four-legged opponent la I j)0atH ,iu,,nmci,eii tho town; while
close behind, and ho must perforco tako to tho air ( ifrom tll0 Spanish lines, 170 pieces of
again. Hut this tlmo his flight in not for so long , !ordnanco of largo callbor opened In
a distance, nnd ho Is Ignominlously "run into," a ' ono ,nuKninCcnt dlchnrgo. This terrl
victim of misplaced confidence in himself as an rfyinR Jlro oontluuca till tho 12th, when
aeroplane. ;lJlu coinbled French nnd Spanish
Let us bo thankful that wo havo got tho tur-, !(,c0t8 lllim,0rlnB 47 sail of tho lino, tho
key as ho Is, with all his comlo cxtravagancos, and I .,on battering ships mentioned nbovo
mac in one respect, ni uu ovenis, no can cnauongo wUh mnny frKatos und other smaller
comparison wuii ninny wtiriuiur puupiu; nin nwi
appearanco Is always creditable, and no ono can
deny that ho cuts up well!
Mass Play Modified.
City Editor Any rndlcal changea
for tho bettor in football thla season?
Sporting Writer Verily. In under
stand that not moro than ono ticket
speculator will bo allowed to tackle
a slnglo patron at tho Bamo time.
Puck.
What'c In a Namo?
"Sco hero, waltor," said Mr. Grouch,
growling deeply ovor his plato, "I or
dered turtlo soup. Thoro Is not even
a morsol ot turtlo flavor in this."
"Of courso not, air" roturaod tho
waltor. "What do you expect? Shako
spcaro said thero was nothing in a
namo. If you ordered collcgo pudding
would you expect a collogo In it? In,
Manchostor pudding would you look
for a ship canal or a cotton oxchuugo'.'
And tea, sir?" -Tlt-DItB.
DRINK WATER TO CURE
KIDNEYS AND RHEUMATISM
Cause for Thankfulness,
Thanksgiving day Is tho ono day in the yoar
when tho nntlon turns to heaven In thanks for Ita
preservation. Tho life of tho nation In tho principal
consideration; not only Its lifo, but its health, and
Its preservation In that condition in which it wns
established by tho fathers of tho country. Men
can thnnk God for their own accumulations or nip
pllcato him to lighten their burdens, but that In not
tho purposo of a national thanksgiving. Tho nation
Itsolf, tho political 6tructuro which was framed and
handed down it Is tho preservation of this for
which tho pooplo nro to Tjo thankful.
The People Do Not Drink Enough
Water to Keep Healthy,
8ayo Well-Known
Authority.
"Tho numerous cases of kldnoy and
bladder dlsoases nnd rheumatism am
mainly duo to tho fact that tho drink
ing of wator, naturo'a greatest mudl
clno, has been nogloctcd.
Stop loading your systom with med
icines and euro-nils; but got on tho
wntor wagon. If you aro really sick,
why, of courso, tako tho proper modi
clnos plain, common vegotablo treat
ment, which will not shatter tho
r nerves or ruin tho stomach."
To euro Rheumatism you must mako
Uio kidneys do tholr work; thoy aro
tho flltora of tho blood. They must
bo mado to strain out of tho blood tho
wasto mnttor and acids that causo
rheumatism; tho urluo must bo neu
tralized do It will no longor bo a
eourco of irritation to thoblnddor, and.
most of all, you must koop these acids
from forming in tho Btomach. This
la tho causo of stomach trouble and
poor digestion. Eor thoso condltlotia
you can do no hotter than tako tho
following prescription: Fluid Extract
.vessels, anchored In tho bay of GIbral
W. On tho lllth every gun of besieged
land besiegers was In play. Tho bat
iterlng ships proved invulnerable to
Ishot and shell. Tho defenders, ns u
jlaBt resort, began llrlng red-hot balls , Dandollon, ono-half ounco; Compound
!on tho shot-proof ships and after con
tlnulng thin for a duy nuccceded in
burning the ship of tho Spanish ad
mlrnl and also tho ship second In
.command. Hy tho end of tho 14th all
itho battorlng ships woro destroyed by
illamcs. Tho great bombardment of
Soptembcr 13 was tho crowning trl
iiiniph of tho siege that lasted four
years. Tho firing contlnuod from tho
Spanish linos until Fobruary 2, 1783,
when Due do Crlllon called for peuce.
Knrgon, ono ounco; Compounu Syrup
Sarsaparllla, threo ounces. Mix by
shaking woll in bottlo and tako In
teaspoonful dosos after each meal nnd
at bedtime, but don't forget tho
wator. Drink plenty and often.
This valuablo information and aim
plo prescription should bo posted up
in each housohold and used at tho
first Blgn of an attack of rheumatism,
backacho or urinary troublo,o mat
ter how Blight
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