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F you plcnso, Miss
Hose, Mr. Burton
Ih in the drawing
room wnltlujc to
see you,” nn*
nounepu the serv*
nnt to Miss Hose
Hamilton o n c
T li n n Ic h g I v: n g
Day.
“All rlglvt, Mnry, I’ll bo right down,"
answered Hoho, hastily putting the tin*
iHliing loaches to her toilet In rather n
nervous manner, ho different from her
iiKunl calm and sedate way. At the
aaino time a happy Bin lie jplnyed around
her mouth and the roses Htolo Into her
cheeks. For only yesterday Hose lmd
given Frank Burton her promise to
become his wife, and now the sus
picion crossed her mind that the seal
of that solemn promise was about to
he given her.
Ho, pinning a bunch of English vio
lets to her dress, she tripped gaily
downstairs to welcome her lover.
Surely Frank never looked so hand
some as he did this afternoon, au he
stood waiting for tho- appearance of
his linnco.
After the usual salutations were over
Frank drew out "a mysterious-looking
little package from his pocket, and
began carefully unwrapping it. This
procedure ended, ho held out. towards
Hose a daintily lined box, almost hid
den. among the folds of which lay a
beautiful diamond ring.
“Oil, Frank!" exclaimed Hose, “Isn’t
It a beautyl? And in a few seconds
the ring was in the proper place, put'
there In the proper way. .
Then followed a happy conversation
between the two, laying plans for the
future that seemed so promising and
bright.
It was a imppy Thanksgiving party
gntlievcd around Mr, Hamilton's
table to (lijoy the annual feast.
That evening before Frank left, Hose
sat down to the plapb and sang some
of those sweet old Hongs, too seldom
heard now-a-days, that her parents
loved so inufcli to hear.
Frank thought, ns he listened to her
voice, that nowhere else In the world
could he heard such music.
The happy dny ended, ns they all
must end, and time sped on, hastening
the dny that the young couple looked
forward to with such expectations.
About the middle of February came
the awful shook which was felt around
the globe like au electric thrill, and
which startled the people of all lands—
the destruction of our gallant wnrshlp
by the lmml of n treacherous foe.
The war cloud darkened, thickened
and finally broke In fury. Hegltneut
after regiment of bravo soldiers laid
their all on their country's altar, and
inarched forth’bravely to nu unknown
future—many to death.
Frank Burton’s regiment was unex
pectedly called out one dny In May,
unci''ordered to Tampa, with the expec
tation of going* to Santiago.
At any other time Frank’s blood
would have quickened in his veins at
the chance to go and tight for Ids na
tive laud, but now' Ids heart snnlc at
the thought of It.
“Only a month from the time set
for our wedding!" he said to ldmself.
“Oh, why dld we put It off for so long?
I feared something would happen.”
It was with a heavy heart he wont
to see Hose that evening, for it might
he tho last time.
“Why, Frank! Wlmt is tho matter?”
exclaimed Hose, upon entering the
room.
“I have como to say good-bye,” fal
tered Frank,
“Wlmt do you mean?”'she gasped.
“That I must leave you and go to
the war.”
; “Oh, Frank, is it really true?”
o And f6r ft momeUt It seemed as It a
'shower would darken the usually sun*
• ny sky of Hose’s faee. But she recov
ered hprsqli:—she must not maim,it any
harder for Frank., They must both
bear up ami cheer each other,
They talked loug and earnestly that
evouing and tried to appear cheerful.
Mother, father and Fred were made
acquainted with the news and came lu
to bid the young soldier God-speed,
Days passed. A letter came from
Frank from Chlekaumugq. A week
Intel'—from Tampa. They wo.ro to
sail for Cuba tho .next day. Then a
silence of tbreo weeks. One morning
Hose was startled by the shrillness of
the postman’s whistle, and, not wait
ing for a servant to answer, rushed
to, the door’ lierself. A letter lu i
strange hand was glveii her. A fear
WANTED TO SAMPLE THE ‘‘GOODIES.
ful thought darted through her brain,
Trembling like a tender plant before
a hurrlcaue, she tore opeii tho letter
It was written by r. comrade of
Frank’s for him from a hospital in
SIboncy. Frank had been severely
wounded In a fierce struggle btween
our forces and the Spaniards, hut was
rapidly recovering now. In a week’s
time he was able to write himself,
and In two weeks more was with his
regiment again. He had been pro
moted three degrees for unusual
bravery in that fierce fight In which
he nearly lost his life; and had re
ceived his wound when the conflict
was nearly over. Not while flghtiug
the enemy, hut while carrying a dying
comrade to’n place of shelter from tho
whizzing Mausers.
Days lengthened Into weeks—weeks
grew to months—two months not a
word from Frank! Every account of
a battle wan scanned cngerly. Every
long list of wounded and dead read
over from beginning to end. Home-
times there were some “missing”
mimes “unknown”—could Frank Bur
ton he among them?
Hose’s letters commenced to he re-
irncd to her with “not called for"
written upon them.
Hose tried to keep up and seemed to
lie the snme blight, cheerful creature
she had always been, but u look of
pa hied distress settled upon her face;
the smiles commenced to fade.
had n relapse and a fiercer struggle
for life was never fought. But it was
won and Thanksgiving found him
home at last.
Ho tho happiness of the first Thanks
giving was totally eclipsed 1>3’ the un
bounded Joy of the second one.—Buf
falo TliriPK.
Knrly TlmiikAKlvlng Dnys.
The first recorded Thanksgiving Dny
was the Hebrew feast of the taberna
cles.
The first national English Thanks
giving was. on September S, 158S, for
the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
There have been hut two English
Thanksgivings, In this century. One
was on February 27, 1872, for tho re
covery of the Prince of Wales from
illness. The other, for the Queen’s Ju
bilee.
Tho New England Thanksgiving
dates from 1033, when tho ‘Massachu
setts Bay Colony set apart a day for
Thanksgiving.
Tho first national Thanksgiving Day
proclamations were made by Congress
dining the Revolutionary War.
The first great American Thanks
giving Day was In 1784, for the decla
ration of peace. There was one more
national Thanksgiving in 178!), and no
other until 1803, when President Lin
coln Issued a national proclamation for
u dny of Thanksgiving. Since that
time the Presidents have Issued an an
nual, proclamation.
Origin of Tlintikpglvlng Dny.
“Wo ought to do-somcthlng to innkc
JM* ********* *** ****** **** r.
j*The Traditional Dinner!
N New England
the oyster soup
Is always served
on Thanksgiving
Dny, and there
Is a reason for
that, too. The
first Thnnk’sgiv-
ing Day was
kept In Ply
mouth in the No
vember of 1021.
Governor Brad
ford had ap
pointed the dnj\
that tho men
and women of
the -Infant colony might In n more spe
cial manner rejoice together for tiio
harvest which had been gathered,
even though It was n pitifully small
one, for their being well recovered In
health and strength and “for all things
In good plenty.” The Indian chief,
Massnsolt, and Ids principal* followers
had been bidden to tho feast, and they
came, bringing a gift of oysters, tho
first that tho white men had ever
tasted, and they with the wild turkeys
were the principal dishes of the feast.
And so the custom was inaugurated,
and while the turkey remains the chief
dish of our Thanksgiving dinner up to
tho present time, the oyster gL't of the
USE MACHINES TO ADD.
Snow on the silent hillsides resting,
Snow in the oaks and beeches nesting,
And Jack Frost whistles through the dny,
And the shy quails echo his roundelay,
For tho world is uny and tho woods are
idle,
And tho young winds romp, nor leash 'nor
bridle
Shall check tho joy of the nulso that
thrills*
When winter is king of the vales and hills,
And the wildwoou speaks with heart
, a-chiinc
T6 the mirth on earth at Tlianksiving
time!
Light on the snow wee tracks converg-
v >ng
Point to a slope where the sun, emerg-
set
Jloudy heights, with gems has
Each leafless limb, each minaret *
Of departed summer’s ruined dwelling,
And there, their !-arts with gladness
swelling,
Tho rabbits meet, Thanksgiving bent,
In deference to the President,
And the quails come, too, with great ela
tion,
To hark to tho President’s Proclamation.
fa
“That lucky war!” speaks Chairman Rat>
bit.
“I wish it were a regular habit,
For, with soldiers shooting Chinamdn,
Thcrc’d be less hunting rabbit then!”
“That’s right!” cried a quail in high de-
light,
And tho vest cried, “Right! 'That’s right!
That’s right!”
So they thanked their stars for a year of
grace
When huntsmen shot in a human chase,
And Jack Frost chuckled through the
trees, ,
And raced away on a bucking breeze.
Her parents feared Hose could not
stand the suspense much longer. Cue
dny her mother said, “Dear, you
might ns well give up hoping for him.”
“No, mother, I cannot give up. Ho
must como back to me.”
It was now Just one year since the
hnppy dny that Frank had put that
little ring on her linger. Hbw long
ourselves solid with posterity,” re
marked one of the Pilgrim Fathers.
“Thftt’s so,” replied his companion.
IIovv would It bo to inaugurate a na-
tlonnl liolldny that will bo n convenient
time for football games?”
The rest Is history.
Its Proper Plnci?.
“Now, George, to what class of birds
does the eagle belong?”
‘‘Birds of prey.”
“And tho turkey, where does lie be
long?”
“On the table.”—Life.
A Thanksgiving Dny Oilo.
At midnight in tho chicken coop
The turk was pondering o’er tho hash
Tho farmer served in quantifies
Which seemed to him extremely rash.
* 'Tis kind,” he said, “but much I fear
The farmer’s bounty will not last.
He has hot been thus protligatc .
With provender in days now past.”
Then from a porch above his head
Ho heard a world-wise gobbler, say:
“You’Ufind his generosity
v Will end about Thanksgiving Day.”
—Buffalo News.
■ Providential.
‘On, PUAXKj THANK,” WAS ALL SUE
. COULD SAY. .,
ago that happy Tlmuksglvlug seemed!
Rose made uf> her miud to try to
forget her sorrow for one day.
Her mother had invited some of her
youug friends to.diuuer, and she must
try to make every quo happy on that
day at least, when our 'troubles are
swallowed up In the 'omembranco of
our many blessings.
Surely Rose could bo forgiven foi* the
little tear that fell upon the diamond
as she made ready for the Thanksgiv
ing celebration that evening. At last
she was ready and descended to re-
ceivo her friends.
Just ns she entered the room a tall
figure spraug forward nud a soldier’s
arm held Rose in a loving embrace.
“Oh. Frank! Frauk!” was all she
could say.
Frank’s story was soon told. He
was strlckeu with the dreadful fever
and for weeks lay between life niid
death. As soon as he was able he
started for home, thinking that he
would arrive ns soon as a letter would.
But upon his arr’vnl at Florida, he
India: s to tneir white hosts for the
first Thanksgiving festival still finds a
place on the table of the New England
er and his descendants who live near
enough to the const to obtnlu them.
So the old and the new are brought to
gether, and past traditions and pres
ent habits and customs clasp hands
cordially on tho high festival dpy of
the peoplo of old New England.—Wom
an’s Home Companion.
A Tragic Mlliunclcrstnnillng.
Mrs. Gobbler —“Oh. to dream that
you could be false to me, Mortimer!”
Mr. Gobbler—“Why, my dear, what
on earth Is the matter?” •
Mrs. Gobbler—“I—I heard you Say
that, now Thanksgiving was coming,
you were afraid your gug-gug-gooso
would be cooked!”
Thanksgiving.
A tear or two, a prayer or two,
For tho dead that liavo gone beforo us:
Pure thoughts that stray from the world
away
To tho sweet heaven bending o’er us.
Strong hopes that thrill with a noble will,
For tho work that may choose and call
A seng, n smile, and a pulse the while
That tlirous with the joy of living;
A kiss or so from dear lips, and lof
This is the heart's thanksgiving.
—Madeline S. Bridges, in the Woman's
Home Companion.
Tho Tnto Denson.
How grateful now to Providence
Would men be, of whatever rank,
If 'twqre not for those ill events
For which they have themselves to thank.
APPLES —o PUMPKINS
iaid tke apple to the pumpfc’tjit ■
.now here's a great- to-do;
Thanksgiving Day 15 coming—
The. folks will oil cat you? 1
“s—s—something to thek up this proc
lamation!”
Said the pumpkin to the apple
-Softly, frtend, l want to say:
■Tkppjes as well as pumpkins .
nake pies Thanksgiving Day."
There is unusual nctlvlty among in
ventors at present In the effort to pro
duce machines for mathematical pur
poses, and perlwips the largert number
of applications received at ttifl patent
office, Washington, for any one lino of
Invention these days are for patents
for improvements upon adding ma
chines. The electric computers In use
at the census office have reached a
higher degree of accuracy and speed
than any other automatic mathema
ticians, but there are many other de
vices for making computations already
In use throughout the country which
are being rapidly Improved, and even
in their Imperfect state are a great ad
vantage where largo calculations aro
necessary.
“For many, years many attempts,
more or Icbs successful, have been
made by Inventors to devise wlmt are
known ns adding machines,” said
Commisloncr of Patents Duell in Wash
ington tho other day, “hut not until
recently have such machines eoine into
general use for the double reason that
they nro easily thrown out of order
ami cannot be repaired by the ordinary
mechanic, and secondly, because they
nro not accurate, especially in cany-
ing over from one denomination' to
another, ns from units to tens, tens
to hundreds, etc. Adding maclilqss
aro now-coming lnto‘extentlvo use in
lmnks, counting houses nml lnrgs busi
ness concerns where long columns of
figures are to be recorded and added,
and they serve to make an expert ac
countant cut of any one who can be
come rkilled in. manipulating the keys,
for the mncnine, even in its present
state of development, is loss liable to
error than the human brain, because it
nover gets tired.
“The adding machine upon which
Inventors nro now working with con
siderable activity is one In which the
number of unit types are set up by
meatih of keys in position for printing.
Connectod with these number types
are what are known ns total-number
wheels, which when the number
types arc restored to their position,
continue to move In the same direction
until all the numbers have been print
ed. Theao totnl-number wheels are
moved at each operation of the ma
chine a distance corresponding to the
key operated, so that us soon ns all
the separate numbers, are printed one
may rend off from tho total-number
wheels; tho sums of all tho Individually
recorded numbers, thus frequent’y
saving a long and arduous mental cal
culation.
“The earlier machines had many at
tachments that have been found to bo
useless, and by omitting these Invent
ors have made the preBont adding ma
chine comparatively simple. It is now
their main effort to develop a machine
tlint will not make errors. This will
probably be accomplished by Improv
ing the apparatus that prevents the
Inertia of the overthrow movement at
tho end of each operation, by keeping
tlio parts locked, except during the in-
stnnt of time that the operntor is
pressing the key, and by perfecting
the mechanism for transferring from
one denomination to another.”
Thn Motionless Monocle.
“While American men wear woolens
from English mills, nud the styles In
men’s garments In I.ondop nro followed
closely or modllled to suit our tnBtc.i’
said a Washington gentleman, “there
Is one nrttclo In Vogue nljrond which
wo have not and will not udopt, nnd
that Is tho monocle.
“The circular piece of crystal which
tho English nnd continental gentleman
of; leisure wears so tenaciously nnd va
cantly In tho socket of his oyo 11ns
never been popular here. In Wash
ington, tho cnpltnl of the notion, It Is
observed occasionally on F street nnd
Connecticut avenue In the optic of n
stylishly dressed man, hut ho IS either
n member of the diplomatic corps or
a foreigner.
1 “In New York City men nre Infre
quently metoa Fifth avenue and Broad
way with the glnss In tho eye or hang
ing suspended around the neck 011 a
silken cord, lint tho same rule obtains
there as bore. It Is rarely seen In
other cities.
“On the stage It Is affected by some
actors, and Is always worn on the
bonrils where the actor portrays a
titled part. The actor who responds to
the summons: ‘.My lord, the carriage
waits,’ could not find his way to tile
Imaginary vehicle If he didn’t first
take the.precaution to ndjust his mono
cle carefully In Ills right eye, nnd the
audience wouldn’t feel tlint ho is a
‘real lord, you know,’ If ho didn’t wear
the single eyeglass.
"In this Country If a society man
habitually wore one Ids friends would
laugh at him, nnd consider that lie. Is
‘very affected.’ 'Washington Star.
Chinese l’rnctinn Polygamy.
The Chinese linvo their peculiarities,
which .do not Impress tho foreigners
favorably; but ns a class they are good
people. The children love nnd venei ale
their, elders, nud It wonld be hard to
find n Chinese hoy who would not give
his life willingly to please or serve his
father. The young mnn is perfectly
satisfied to nllow his mother to select
his wife—that Is, his first one. The
law recognizes only one wife, but
winks nt polygamy. When tho wife
Is of equal rank with her husband her
approval must he secured before the
additional wives nre admitted, hut if
she Is lower in rank than her husband,
she has no choice In the matter. Tho
children all call wife No. 1 ‘mother.’
and If slio should die No. 2 advances
to her place
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Chopped straw is a new German «•
tlngiilslicr for burning oils nod fats,
nnd It was recently put to a satisfac
tory test In a huge fire.
Guttn perehn In Sumatra nml Borne®
Is being exhausted owing to the reck
less and primitive way In which tho
trees aro treated. The riiillpplue
Inlands will p^rove nu excellent place
for profitably growing guttn perclm.
American or European softwoods-
will not last In the Danish West Indies,
They nre destroyed by an Insect called
the wood louse. This seems not to bo
understood by foreign manufacturers
of furniture, such ns pianos, for' in
stance. An Instrument is frequently
honeycombed by those Uttlo creatures
And rendered useless.
Tho nverngo annual rainfall of tho
Indian continent, calculated upon data
extending over the Inst 30 years, Is SI
Inches. In 1800, when the monsoon
broke that regulated the harvests of
1000, the deficiency wne over 11 Inches,
or 27 fper cent. Snell a deficit Is un
paralleled In Indian records.
Experiments In producing gns by a.
new process for tho manufacture of
glnss, which have been In progress at
a factory In Terre Haute, Ind., lmve
proved a success. The cost of produc-.
lug gns by tho new process Is claimed
to he less than half tho cost of natural
gas, nml oven cheaper than natural
gas In the boom days of tho Indian
gns belt.
The principal switch towers and cab
ins 011 a prominent English railway
nre to he provided with electrical mo
tive power for working the switches
nnd signals. At prcppnt It requires:
some time nml considerable exertion
to pull the weight of a long length of
rod or chain. The now system will en
able the switches to ho worked much
more rapidly.
Tho discovery of the pari; played by
tho mosquito In tho propagation of
malaria 1ms stimulated Investigation
of the ways nnd hnhlts of this detes
table Insect. Ill n paper which appears
In tho hist-piihltshed volume of the
Froceedlngs of tho Royal. Society of
Queenstown, tho writer, Sir. W. It. Col-
leilge, states that ho has succeeded In
keeping one of tlioso Insects hllvo for
throe weeks, nnd that Dr. J. Bancroft
lias had some In captivity for 80 or DO
days. Probably their ordinary full
term of existence Is three months. As-
to the means of destroying these pest®
of humanity, Mr. Collcdge says that
wlioro tho application of kerosene 1®
■Inconvenient. tho introduction of 11
few minnows into tho ponds or pool®
In which they breed will speedily lend
to tho destruction of tho larvae ami
pupae.
Swimming nml,Cycling,
It might well have been taken ns a
self-evident fact that cycling, nn exor
cise which strengthens the leg muscle®
If It does nothing more, must net ben
eficially In tho case of swimmers. But
from n discussion which has been going
on in a cycling journal It appears that
this is not sol rather does It seem that
much cycling Is a danger to the swim
mer. In moderation cycling docs no
harm, but wo gather that the groat
cyclist is not likely to become n groat
swimmer, although thoro nre excep
tions oven to this generalization. The
effect of swimming on the cyclist Is
less helpful. The cyclist, it appears,
benefits by the mntutlilat cold bath,
hut I10 will not ride so freely and so
well if ho has indulged in an early
ewlm. Swimming, according to tho
protagonists In tills discussion, ought
not to precede any other violent exer
cise, and should only be cultivated at
midday or hi the afternoon, a few min
utes beforo the last meal. So It seems
that swimming Is of no more service
to tho cyclist, nnd cycling to tho swim
mer, than gymnastics to tho cricketer.
It is another case of one sport not as
sisting In the cultivation of another.
But this, be It noted, only effects the
more or less professional. For tho man
not anxious to establish cycling record®
swimming is likely to .work nothing
but good, and tho same holds good of
tho swimming cyclist The specialist
may attract more public notice than
tho moderately good all-round man,
but tho latter is tho sportsman who
lasts the longest, and tho undoubted
ly ho gets the most out of life.—London
Globe.
Wa.ltlnjr Curs ln-a Hurry.
An English inventor lias devls.'d nn
apparatus whereby the sides of rail-,
way ears may lie thoroughly washed
and cleansed without the use of hand
labor, which is now commonly em
ployed for this purpose. -The device-
comprises rotary brushos.iidnpted to he
moved into engagement with the sides
of_ the ear, shields partially Inclosing
the brushes nnd movable therewith,,
spraying pipes carried by the shields
and flexible. connections between the t
pipes and a water supply p'pe. The
machine Is mounted in a shed or ether
Inclosing structure located on a track
siding, through which the cars may
be conveniently passed. As the care
nre drawn slowly between the washers
power Is applied to rapidly revolve the
cireulnr brushes, nnd at the same t‘me
water is turned Into the shields to aid’
in removing the dirt—The Americas
Manufacturer.
A Blarcliat'a rnotlianly Feat.
A French plumber named Gnraud
undertook a short time ago to rldo a
bicycle round the stone coping of o
house at Lyons 00 feet above the street
and successfully accomplished the fool
hardy feat