H fjP * 1 1 1 , In fS t HgjIH Heartfelt thanksgiving ! IHl Oh ! let rise B H Like the mist of morn Bj B Toward the azure skies , H HB t the heart be glad H $ | H And the song be gay , H MB As we welcome the joys H ! B | Of Thanksgiving Day. Hf HI How sweet is home K HI With its altar fires ! Hfj iIk The meeting of sons * * * * Hf' ' | | o With their happy sires ! H § ' In The fair young wives H * ' | H And their little flocks , H In In brand-new coats- R [ II And Sunday frocks. HK' j I We gather around * * * * * * * P , ; The old-time hoard , H j ' | The blessing is asked , k 1 if Tnc tea is poured , * * * * Bj j P And the children laugh. H ; I | | In their merry way , Hi ! fi When the turkey comes in H | f | j On Thanksgiving Day. Bf | | But what's this glee H | i fj To.that which comes 1 j m With the smoking pudding H | jj $ So full of plums ? Hl * { And the rosy fruit Hjf | f' Without stint or lack , Bjf If And , last of all , b j | The nuts to crack ? * * * * HJ j | What beautiful seasons B'iTp To , him who roams , * * * * * KJlf'l Are these meetings rare Bj fi ] ' In the land of homes , llll " ' * When the young and old , Nif i ' * Tne grave and gay , * * * * H"f J Lift up their hearts fjfff On Thanksgiving Day ! I • MTnA i My chum , John Meredith , was going home. He was always sighing for his home , and at times this longing pos sessed him so completely that he seem- * * BT | | | , > j ed on the point of abandoning his pros- Hjff j pects of becoming a rich man. * * H § § ( \ Meredith had been in ill health , but H | i y ; ten years' residence in the west had B If fp made a new man of him. Success at B | | y | last had come our way , and he sudden- 3 ly announced that he was going home | for his Thanksgiving dinner. He was \ a quiet , queer fellow , any way you put \ it ; lately , however , he had seemed wonderfully alert. The arrival of the weekly mail found him in a state of ] great expectation , and after he had read his letters he would sit quietly I all evening looking very happy and smiling as he read them over again. I He always was a non-committal chap , but this time there was no mistaking the signs , so I suspected his homesick ness , and judged his case , as one is apt to do , by the light of my own. No wonder , poor fellow , that he wanted to wipe out the 1,500 miles which alone stood between him and that Thanks giving turkey ! For my own part , I can swear that no power as yet known to BjS [ man could keep me back from Jim Mc- Hi Kenzie's Thanksgiving dinner , for Hi Mary was to be there Mary whom all DM these years I had remembered and lov- Ha f ed so well. I had never forgotten her HI beautiful deep , dark eyes , which seem- HI ed to search one's soul with that pene- HS trating look one sees sometimes in a Hi baby's eyes. Hi 1 There was but little out here in the mountains to relieve the tedium of our long evenings , so Jim McKenzie's week ly visits were always heralded with joy. We made merry over his coming , I and our carefully prepared dinner we regarded as a feast. We talked it over in the morning , and when evening came we began to plan for next week's com- ing. No wonder McKenzie was always Wk I ! welcome. His mind was stored with D I ] the thrilling adventures of early days M m in the mountains. We never tired of BI listening to the story of his own good HI j luck ; how , way down near the stream Hi HE on the side of the mountain , his quick BK I eye had detected the bits of shining H I I gold ; how , day by day and all alone , B I 1 he followed up the little thread of gold H I I ! until he had discovered the secret of the I I mountain's heart , the generous yield H 1 1 of ore which had made him the rich- H H I est man in "Golden Point. " With touch- II 1 ing pathos he would tell us of the brave1 Hill hearted men no less worthy than him- BI 1 j self who had come out here to meet 1 II only bitter disappointment and blasted Bl 1 hopes. At rare intervals he would BII I if speak to us of his own early trials , of H m m uisea < i w "fe t ° whose loving care I m m and gentle sympathy he confidently and HhI proudly attributed his entire success IBS and a11 that was good in him # Then * Krafl too , he always brought us news of hi3 BHI K daughter Mary. At first her letters were HnsH on y outpourings of her homesick , lov- HHsfH ing heart ; she was born to live in the BHBH mountains , and declared she must have BBB9 the freedom of the mountain bird. After BB3B a while her letters breathed a more BBhB contented spirit. In an incredibly short BhBS time the mountain bird had ceased to BBBll flutter against the bars of her cage. HBSf Her quick and receptive mind soon IH3K1 yielded to the guidance of those about BHffl fcer and with the u1 orC8 ° an al" ' * wmnnmtwui ii 1 1 iiii a warr dent nature she pursued the work of her education. Thus from week to week we listened with delight to the welcome budget Jim would bring. Sometimes Mary's letters were only of her life at school , her books , her new friends and my heart would sink for then she 3eenied so far , so very far away ! Again , she would write of herself , of the love , she bore her father and her home , with an occasional a very occasional message for Harry , at which , of course , my heart would beat with joy , and I would cough or light my pipe , do anything to hide the tell-tale light I knew was in my eyes. During the last year she had written most of her home-coming ; and lately her letters had taken a tone of great seriousness , with many allusions to her "duty as a woman. " In her latest letter she begged that her father would take her more serious ly ; she "could not be a butterfly , " and she spoke of "woman's sphere being broad and far-reaching. " McKenzie only laughed and said , "Poor child ! she is sighing for the mountain air. " He wrote her of the beautiful filly he had trained and made ready for her use , and she would soon see for herself how very long and broad her woman's sphere could be. At last a letter came telling that she was surely coming home , and telling how anxious she was to be with him on Thanksgiving Day. She complained ever so gently that she feared he had not taken her exactly as she wished that she was no longer a child , and that her mind was quite occupied with the problem of "Woman's Mission. " In fact , she had lately been made president of the Woman's Emancipation Circle , which organization had originated in -ier school with every promise of be coming a power for great good among women. "I subjoin , " she added , "the principal maxims for which we pledge ourselves to labor without ceasing : "We claim equal rights before the law. law."We "We ask equal pay for equal work. "We ask that men cease to impose upon us by their empty flattery , and "That we be recognized as reasonable human beings with eyes to see for our selves ; hands to work as we will. " This time even McKenzie could not fail to oatch her meaning ; he looked puzzled and troubled , and finally said : "In the morning she will be half way home and I shall go to meet her. I think , " he added slowly , "I think Mary needs her father. Yes , I'm sure lead sure she needs her father. " Meanwhile I had registered a solemn vow that every claim and every asser tion of this New Yv 'oman should be dis proved and contradicted by Mary in her own sweet self. When I closed my eyes that night it was to dream of Thanks giving Day and Mary and I really be lieve that in my sleep I heard the sweet sound of wedding bells. * * * * * * For some time the next day McKen zie was shyly making his daughter's acquaintance. He could not for the life of him see the slightest trace of the dread phantom her last letter had cre ated. He thanked God that she was womanly and gentle ; that her heart was right , whatever error of fancy had got ten into her head. "Why , dear Mary ! " he answered her , "you don't want to work like a man. You can't do it. When I was your age I could handle a pick all day ; I could do it now. A woman's work cannot be equal to man's ; so it is hardly fair for her to ask equal pay besides , it waste to Adam the command was given 'to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow. ' " Poor Mary ! She could not help be ing disconcerted. Her father's opin ions , she knew , were always based on common sense. So it was some time before she spoke again ; and then it Tr.S to ask why it was that women did net have equal rights with men before the law. He answered that women surely do have equal rights before the law. "You see , " my dear , he went on , "their rights are really identical , their interests the same ; and it is a man's first notion of duty to see that these rights are repsected. I would like to see any person interfere with your r ghts or hear of any law that would be unjust to you. By George ! I would soon show that your rights were my rights , and that the law exists solely for the benefit of mankind , which you * " * - / ST * * 45 -J 2,4h-vi E fi "AN OCCASIONAL LETTER FROM HARRY. " know , my dear , includes woman kind , even the 'New Woman , ' too. " Poor Mary was confounded. After all , we * * men and women really equal' before the law ? If that were so , what became of the enormous injustices and figaifc abases that women had silent ly and patiently borne all these years ? It all seemed see ° nfusing , so difficult , so very puzzling ; she could not doubt that .her father was right he always was on practical questions. She looked out of the car window , and was silent. Her eyes were full of tears. It was hard to believe that the Woman's Emancipation Circle was , after all , to WMmwiHuwiiu x irm n muriMMIj " * * m4mnmu nm , * " ' ' " ' " < 111 ' ilTHIl I unnmimi .i iimniuiaii „ ! miiiin < m have no existence in the world , and that all of her fine arguments , broad views on the woman subject were sure ly disappearing molting away before her father's clear and convincing asser tions. She recognized at once that she had met defeat , and with all the bravery she could command , the conversation was turned to other things. In a short time they would be home and en joy Thanksgiving day together. * * * * Was it in truth necessary for mo to see McKenzie at once about that brok en fence , or was it only the crisp moun tain air that tempted me from the house hours before I was expected to arrive at Jim McKenzie's ? One thing was certain , I could not wait another moment , and in half an hour I was speeding along and nearing his place. As I rode up I saw her standing on the porch. She came quickly forward to meet me. I blushed like a schoolboy when I took her hand and looked into her eyes. Yes , there was still the deep , searching , truly baby look. I felt re lieved at once and thought , "It won't be so very hard , after all ; she could not look like that and be really a New Woman. " In a few moments I had forgotten about the broken fence , and we went together to see the beautiful brown filly. I suggested that there was time enough to try her before dinner , and M' y acquiesced at once. She had a fancy to saddle the horse herself. I never thought of interfering until she came to tighten the girth ; then I sim ply said : "You would better let me do that for you. " "Never mind , " she answered ; "why can't a woman use her hands and help herself ? " Of course I was disconcerted , and saw at once that I was treading on dan gerous ground , but I only laughed and said : "She can ; She certainly has the right , but why not allow a fellow the privilege ? " Then , in a defiant tone , she re plied : "We don't want privileges or aid ; we only want what is just. " "At your hands , " I answered , "I don't ask for justice , at all ; but I do yearn for privileges. " She tossed her head in reply , and stood ready to mount. In a few moments we were off.scour- ing the country , riding up the moun tains and walking our horses slowly down again. Near the base of the tim ber line Mary's horse suddenly shied , her saddle turned , but in her terror she called to me. In an instant I was by "SHE CAME OUT TO MEET ME. " her side and just saved her from fall ing to the ground. Of course I had to straighten the saddle ; and I simply as serted : "You see , I am stronger than ycu , and I yielded my right tso easily. You will always let me saddle your horse in future ! " I suppose it was the shock that made her blush and look so baffled as she glanced at me , and I felt sure that I had scored a point. After this we rode quickly home. It was almost time for dinner , and McKenzie was waiting for us on the porch. We went together to look after the broken fence. When we returned to the house I found Maiy in the parlor , struggling with a big log of wood that had rolled from its place , and I further noticed that her gown was in danger from the flames. So in tent was she in her efforts to replace the burning log that she did not notice my approach. I stood there quietly , watching the smoking log on the rug , which momentarily I expected to see burst into flames. She looked so pitiful and helpless that my heart softened entirely , and I was about to go to her , when she turned and saw me quietly looking on. "Why don't you come ? " she said. "Dont you see I can not budge this log ? " Surely this was my day for luck ! I saw another chance and took it. "Step aside , " I said ; "let me take it up. " With the aid of the tongs and a shovel I easily put the log back in place. "You see , men are stronger than women , " I said. This time she would give me no answer , but in her eyes I read that I had scored my second point In a few moments dinner was ready , and a happier trio never sat down to a Thanksgiving feast. Mary had for the moment forgotten her misadventures , and a more charming hostess could not be imagined. In the quiet joy of Mary's return Mc Kenzie looked blissful and contented. I confess to having felt a little nervous. So far the day had gone well with me , but I wanted to score my third and last point. I anxiously awaited my oppor tunity , which presently came in the shape of the great American turkey. The turkey was brought in just as I was telling in a triumphant tone of Mary's proud refusal of my good offices in A i I TfT I mmrr- in adjusting her saddle , and how she did not hesitate to demand my obedi ence when she really needed my serv ices , Jim ordered the turkey placed before Mary , and explained that her mother had always carved ; no ono knew so well as she how to select the choicest bits and give to each one just the dainty morsel most coveted , and now Mary must learn to do the same. She took the largo knife in her hand and gazed at it , looking very dubious ; then she stuck the fork well into the turkey's breast and made another at tempt to use the knife. She looked at her father a moment , but his attention was altogether bent upon selecting a choice bit of celery. Then she gave me a hurried , appealing glance ! I moved my chair a little , but said nothing. At length she turned to me again and put her hand on my arm and gently said : "I say , Harry , I believe men are stronger and bigger and braver than women. Won't you please carve this for me ? " My last point was scored , and can you wonder that I consider Thanks giving the greatest day of the year , and the American turkey the greatest of birds ? But here we call it the falcon it sometimes catches mountain birds. - rofcsGlVlNG m Af % ) ft Pleasant games for Thanksgiving , in which both old and young people are interested , are played as follows : Transpositions Write a list of words for each person present by using only once the letters found in the names of certain flowers , states , authors , etc. , or any words you may select. The let ters of these words transposed give the word sought. For instance , take Rhododendron. Using the letters we have the words odd , or , end , horn. From Bachelor's Button , chub , lose , tab , torn. Massa chusetts gives seat , suet , smash ; or hats , seat , muses. Newfoundland , weld , nun , do , fan. North Carolina , no , chair , la , torn. From Constance Fenimore Woolson , we have Moore , stain , scowl , fence , noon. It is much easier to ascertain the word sought if designated as a flow er , author , etc. , but it sharpens one's wits wonderfully to find them without any clue. In the list of ten or a dozen words , which is about all a person will care to have at once , it is nice to include his or her name. Claribel. Rhyming. Arrange the company in a line or circle around the room. Let the first one announce a line of poetry. The second must follow with a line that rhymes with the first and agrees with it in meter or measure. The third must follow with another , and so on around. If there are many in the com pany the last word of the first line should be one that has plenty o rhym ing words. If the company is small , more difficult rhymes may be selected. In a recent game the following was the result. The first one repeated a line from one of Bryant's poems , and the others followed as indicated : 1. "Heaped in the hollows of the grove. " 2. Lie all the ashes from our stove. 3. We'll scatter them all round the cove. 4. And cover up the treasure-trove. 5. Then you and Z together , love , 6. Will all around this country rove. A good deal of amusement is afforded by the odd and incongruous lines that are sometimes given. The line must be supplied in a given time , say one min ute , or a forfeit must be paid. G. C. H. The Messenger. The party are seat ed in line , or round the side of the room , and some one previously appointed en ters with the message , "My master sends me to you , madam , " or , "sir , " ' as the case may be , directed to any indi vidual he may select at his option. "What for ? " is the natural inquiry. "To do as I do ; " and with this the mes senger commences to perform some antic which the lady or gentleman must imitate say he wags his head side to side , or taps with one foot incessantly on the floor. The person whose duty it is to obey , commands his neighbor to the right or to the left to "Do as I do , " also ; und so on until the whole com pany is in motion , when the messenger [ eaves the room , re-entering it with fresh injunctions. While the messen ger is in the room he must see his mas ter's will obeyed , and no one must stop from the movement without suffering i forfeit. The messenger should be some one ingenious in making the an tics ludicrous , and yet keep within moderate bounds , and the game will not "ail to produce shouts of laughter. Another game , of much the same character , is known by the title , "Thus says the Grand Seignor. " The chief dif ference is that the first player is sta tioned in the center of the room and prefaces his movements , which the athers must all follow , by the above tvords. If he varies his command by • " the Grand Seig- raming it , "So says lor , " the party must remain still and lecline to follow his example. Any one who moves when he begins with "So , " Dr does not follow him when he com- nences with "Thus , " has to pay a for feit. In North Dakota the killing of quail md English and Chinese pheasants is prohibited until 1906 , and beaver and stter can not be trapped or killed until L903. P ' \ ' FOE BOYS AND GJELS. SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR READERS. area Who IMuko Ni-gtii Sunkct That Llko Thnnilor Oil XVclln ill the Sou Sixteen Year Old Lawyer r.tttlo Yo Wo CllOIlR. i Tim UuttttrfllP' * A + \ Lyj nbovo the incad- & $ k r \ \ ovf Brasses. . . . HVi Vtt ( J J Above the daisies wM Sj q wlth lher , uo , < 1- • - - i SVtT re en eyes f1 * W 'T ) ? The shadow of a - - - Vi - - cloud that lonely Vol ? M ? passes ; xh'Mf J walk wth you- ° T&W -andcrlnff but- Tf terlllcs. The freckled wlngn that Haunt and fall so cently That cross before me dappling to the skies. The whips with fairy jewels marked so quaintly. Are you my childhood's happy butter flies ? Dear butterflies that rest upon the clover. And joyous then In winged lightness rise , You know one pathway I would fain dis cover. Ah , lead me home , free wandering but terflies. Show me what way you passed from my old summers. My childhood summers , under far-off skies * Familiar wings , you pilgrims , you light- comers. Home to old meadows , happy butter flies ! On one green hill with grassy chamber hollow. The old , old home , the long-lost garden lies ; Flit not so high , too spent am I to follow ; Yet soon I'll come , my laughing but terflies. And earth will place her ancient palm so tender A little while upon these darkened eyes. Then soft I'll wake , the early morning splendor To climb with you , my old , sweet but terflies. I i.n.i i , .xmtm mn iii tMI. Hi i .Hti IUI WHW l WOirW' > 1lgi * " " ' * HJi J - ' " - ' - . . .iT.r . .1.1. 1 , m vinirfu rrtmm&mm&mm R . . . . , . . . . . - - i. i mi mrii iiwtwmi i < nww * mm i ii | > rl 1 do not know enough to build oven the \ , f fl simplest huts , so they gather grass and [ | twigs , exactly ns a bird would do , and , / • carry them to a thicket In the jungle | ' and make for themselves comfortable jfe ' nest homes. Here whole- families curl \ up together like so many little puppies - % pies and sleep very snugly. As the ' i bushes grow up around the nc3t they , % often come together overhead . and , form a kind or natural shelter , but further - -ther than this the buahman has no S protection from the rain. There arc B hundreds of these nests in the "bush , " H ns it Is called in Australia , but the H bushman , although very ignorant , never - H er fails to find his own homo again , B nor mistakes some other nest for It. H And if he is taken away blindfolded M for milc3 and allowed to go ho will M start straight for home as unerringly Has carried from her Hold as a cat that has been old home in a bag. Indeed , the bushmen - M men possess this homing instinct to a H remarkable degree , and in this respect H they are far ahead or civilized man H with all his intellect and reasoning j H power. H Little Yo Wo-Clmiig. H Probably the youngest private secretary - / H retary ever entered on the record of M the department of state in Washington | is little Yo Wc-Chong , the only son of H the minister from the "Lafid of the 'j H Morning Calm , " as Corca is fondly M called by her native born. The small H boy Is only 9 years old , and last autumn - | tumn knew nothing of the English v H language , but after six months' schooling - / H ing he is beginning to speak and write , ) * H and has .a greater command of the ' M language than his father , who knows H almost nothing of It. Unlike most of H the rising generation , he considers it H a great treat to go to school , and is H Quick and bright and eager to learn. H The little fellow has adopted the ' 1 American style of dress and is fast H picking up the ways of young Americans - H cans , too , though many times his man- M ncrs would put theirs to shame. He | is devoted to his mother , who , with ' is H father , used very often to accompany | him to school. Like most Coioan j H fathers , Minister Ye Pool-Chin is very H ( Lafeiaeoalrity oappaerils iQid aside , , vohe. sndy nipMbown onncb • , \ \ ' < Snac c , wdtcbco by motW-ayes , ] Holf rnsry ano Ralr Ana ; fohe vskVy , 'folo . by rndtfier'-lips , 1 yAjTO haarb with eapei * pice. ; /Gjic cKiWi3h prater * , \jftfi fadzb narxi ) > / .Breathed low on bendeo knee. : / vSbe little , beb all smootn anbam _ , while pillows Joifoe. . hca - . H okast kisses lllinp vjoim anb so f , goo6-niohtz > as so/tly said j fl jShe canble taken Jr.rvm the. poprn f3 a. suence. * dim > anb deeo } | JT.n6 Then one liule happy child has pom of last" to- sleep H Oil Weill in the Sea. Out in California they drive their wells not only along the chore but right into the surf. The sea is tre mendous. The great rollers come booming in over the beach and dash themselves with fury against the skel eton structures , threatening to leave them without a leg to stand on. But the drivers of these wells were men of experience and knew what they were about when they forced their drills and pipes down into the salt sea sands , and so they go on with their labors serenely , taking little notice of the bhu-terings of old Neptune. They tell a pretty story here about the discovery of oil at the borders of the sea , ascribing it to the predictions of a fortune teller , but the old oil man who showed me about the works said 1 his attention had been first attracted by the seeping out of petroleum through the sands. Now and then , he admitted , his wells got filled up with sand or sea water , but on the whole this experiment of invading the sea for petroleum had been quite success ful. The engines and the tanks , of course , are well up on the bank out of reach of the waves , but by means of rope connections the pumps are kept going , though working far out in the turmoil of the surf. Men Who Make Jfcsts. It seems funny enough to read of men who actually make nests like the birds. Yet such men actually exist both in Africa and Australia. The bushmen of the latter country , who are among the lowest orders of men. JiM 1 Ml strict , and the young secretary stands A | | very much in awe of him. He is a H chubby little Iad.and , though not handsome - | some , has an intelligent face. Madame M Ye is often seen walking with her bus- H band in Iowa circle , where their hou-e M is situated , and it must he a gn-at M change from the ordinary life of a Co- H rean woman who is allowed to go cut j H only after nightfall , when the dogs are M loosed to clean the streets. H Snakes That Mko Thunder. H One of the wonders of the bare , san- M dy plains of New Mexico are the thunder - | der snakes. They are by no means M common , yet they arc often encountered - | tered by prairie travelers , especially H before and after thunderstorms. H Flashes of lightning and claps of H thunder , which are so terrifying to | bipeds and quadrupeds , seem to have H the greatest charm and delight for ' 1 these members of the serpent family. i l Whenever a thunderstorm comes up • i | | they have a regular picnic. They come * | crawling out of holes , from behind * H rocks and rotten stumps , and enjoy | the fun while it lasts. Their nature is j H quarrelsome , their character fierce and Hl l they are aggressive in a high degree . | although their markings are very H beautiful. They are not poisonous , H however ; their bark is worse than H their H Oldest Doll in KxUtcncc. H What is probably the oldest doll in > ' l existence , a little figure rudely carved I H in wood , is in the British Museum. It | H was found in the sarcophagus of an M Egyptian princess , who died when a i H child three centuries before the Chrisl l tian era. When the wrappings were H unfolded from the body the baby fin- H gers still clasped the doll. H A tiger with a glass eye is at present H n the menagerie at Stuttgart , and ' H hooks as fierce with his giass , H eye as with the real one. A serious affection , H tL ? , es canwd the beast to ! • H didnt admire AI H a one-eyed tiger the beast was put under cocaine tte fl H useless organ removed. H