The: Vumpkin By John GticvLEAr Wuimr.s "Sill n AH! on Thmkigivtnff Day,' when front East and from Well, From . North and from South come the pilgrim and gurtt. the gray-haired ffetv .Englandtr let round hit board The old brotch links of affection rerlorrd, IV hen . the care-wearied man . tech. hi mother ono more. And . the morn matron smiles ' inhere . the girl smiled before, H'hat moistens tlic Up and what brightens the eye? What Cntlt Imrk the past? liXr ttlr rich I'uwpliu ,pieY From Collier's. GETTING THE HABIT OF THANKSGIVING. THUMB Is a beautiful legend of a golden organ In an ancient monastery. Once the monas tery was besieged by robbers who doslred to carry off Its treasures. The monks took the organ to a river which Cowed close by and sank It in the deep water In order to keep It from the hands of the robbers. And the legend Is that, though burled thuB In the river, the organ still continued to give forth sweet and enchanting music, which was heard by those who came near. Every Christian life should be like that these changes In our circum stances and experiences shall not af fect us In our Inner lite. That Is what Saint Paul meant when he said that he had learned In whatsoever state he was therein to be content. It was no easier for him to have to suf fer and endure want and privation than It la for us. There was no lux ury to him In being cast Into a dun geon and having his feet made fast In the stocks. But he had learned not to fret when his condition was un pleasant. Wherever we And him he ' Is singing, never despairing. The this summons, they would open their window blinds, their eyes would be charmed by the view that they saw. It Is not every one who sleeps at night In such a place as Brantwood, and can have a Conlsion morning to greet his vision when he awakes and opens his windows. But there Is glory enough In the morning anywhere to start our hearts singing at the dawn of the day. If only we would look out. It would be well If all of us could be awakened every morning with the call, "Are you looking out?" There Is always something worth seeing If we would draw our curtains and look out. This Is true not only of nature, but of all the experiences of life. We allow ourselves to be too much Im pressed by somber views. We let the troubles and the unpleasant things bulk too largely In our vision. We lire too much Indoors, with our own frets and cares. If every morning we would fling open our windows aud look out on the wide reaches of Ood'i lovo and goodness we could not help singing. Some one writes: "Many a day would be brighter If begun with some thought in the heart that might open the door to a nobler vision of life, and would not some of our less cheerful mood be dis pelled by a wider outlook?" Our lives are all too apt to run In grooves, and often they nre very nar row grooves, Indeed. Yet all about us are scenes of beauty, not In na ture alone, but In the lives of -our fellow men. Often In tho most un expected places, In some nook or cranny of a nature that seemed only forbidding, we Bhall And some blos som of rarest fragrance. In those qulot hours of meditation, when our hearts reach up to the great heart of God, we may stand upon the moun tain tops with Him and catch glimpses of that land which too often seems afar off. "Are you looking out?" Rev. J. R. Miller, D. D.( In Advocate and Guardian. Pretty Garters. So many women complain that the pstpnt fasteners on the garters, which re attached to the corsets, tear out ihe stockings, but there Is a clever toman who has found a way out of Sie difficulty. She sews two bits of Ihlte tape to tho top of her stock ligs and places thorn so -they arc fach Just where tho patent fasteners isually come In contact with the liocklngs. She then removes tho fasteners from the garters and uses, (n their stend, little pieces of ribbon rhleh match the color used In hef lorset cover. When she puts on her stockings In the morning she slips Ihe ribbon In the loop of the garter nd then through the tape In her stocking, tying the-end In a neat Sow. Not only does this method save :he stockings and lengthen their period of usefulness, but It makes a pretty finish far more dainty than :he patent fastener could possibly be. The form of tho arrangement might even be varied. Brown tape might be fastened on brown stock ings, and one might even have a bit of brown ribbon. Again, a button bole might be worked In the top of the stocking, In which case the tape might be dispensed with. Surely It would be better to even go to that much trouble than to spend count less hours In the uncongenial task of mending slipped threads. Pittsburg Dispatch. A Thanksgiving Conversation. Turkey "Well, there's this conso lation about It the most distin guished men on earth went to the) block." Possum (gloomily) "Yes, but they were not broiled and roasted af terward for the benefit of block heads." New Orleans Picayune. Hospitality. Webster defines the word as "treating guests with generous kind ness" without reward; "liberal en tertainment." I have often noted the slura cast upon poor anxious Bible Martha. If the truth were told, she deserves more credit than her spiritually minded sister, who sat at His feet unconcerned as to the prep aration of dinner. The common heroes of life do not asually wear the laurels. Hospitality means a giving our friends of our common fare, as did cust with pain, and he knows It. He knows also that I have to hunt around until I find some freak shoe that will fit his misshapen old foot, but all the time he declares that he never has bunions or corns like most people. Women who seem to be sens ible enough In all other ways come in here and declare that they do not know what a corn Is, when they wince with pain every time I touch their little toe. When they are forced to declare that tho shoe hurts In one spot or another they Insist It Is be cause their feet have a shape par ticularly their own. Sometimes they will admit they have a 'little cal loused place,' but a corn, oh, dear, no. Sometimes In a thin, lightweight Bhoe I can fnlrly see the corns bunch ing out under the leather, but I have to say diplomatically that the fit is 'not good,' or that the customer has a "peculiarly sensitive foot,' or some other nonsense, If I want to keep their trade." New York Press. Quern Repairs nn Auto. Queen Helena of Italy probably Is the only woman automobile enthus iast who has surprised a baffled chauffeur by pointing out to him tho de.'ect in a motor. The Queen did thi3 on a country road near Naples, and for n couple of weeks all Italy has been singing her pralso. Thus we see on what a slender thread tho popularity of crowned heads may hang. Helena always has been pop ular In Italy, but it took a little in cident like this to draw the warmest expressions of admiration since she mounted tho throno with King Em manuel. There was no chance In her work, either, for It meant only that the Queen turned to the advantage of the moment tho experience she had gained In automoblllng with her husband. Emmanuel Is one of the most enthusiastic drivers In Europe. He seldom is accompanied by a chauf feur, but almost always by his wife. He has ten cars and every one of the ten motors was assembled by him. When he buys a car an expert work man attends the royal garage until . o J 5 & 2 S I M ' ! . L. Empress Cake. Have ready six ounces of butter and tho same of caster sugar, three eggs, nine ounces of flour, half teaspoonful of baking powder, grated rind of lemon and four ounces of glace cherries cut Into halves. Line a cake tin with buttered paper. Cream together the butter and sugar. Well whisk the eggs. Sieve together tho flour and baking powder, and add the lemon rind to It Ntxt add alternately some flour and egg to the butter and sugar till all are mixed In. Pour half of tho mixture into the tin, then sprinkle In a layer of the cherries, ckt In halves. Next add the rest of tho mixture. Bake first ln'a quick oven, then In a cooler one for about three-quarters of an hour. the blessed old patriarchs, as they Iwelt In tents. Sometimes at our house I am .aught with a "moat bone" dinner, but what matter, so there is enough :o "go around." A pick up meal will do, If there's enough of It. I am Jomantlc and like to do things out 3f the cut-an'-dried order. Some times we eat under an oak tree in tho yard. Again we drag the meat bench to the grape arbor, and Lad and I serve a sylvan repast. Lad Is only ten and never sniffs at my notions. My pessimistic family say "Oh, mother, what it worms would fall Into the coffee!" Wo used to have a sentimental neighbor who was plain ind toothless, when her patched stonemason husbnnd came to supper the meal was eaten under nn apple tree. It was generally bread and Sutter and cheese and cold meat and tea (clear), for they were old Yan kees with "ldears." I did not poke fun, but smiled at Darby and Joan, the counterparts of the ancient York shire lovers. Aunt Susan, in tho iu diaua Farmer. this golden organ. Nothing should ever silence its music. Even when the floods of sorrow flow over It it should still continue to rejoice and sing. One of the secrets of such a life Is found In the cultivation of the habit of thankfulness. Nothing less than this win do. Most people have brief hours in which their hearts are filled with grateful feelings, and when all the world seems beautiful to them. But these sunny times soon pass, and then for days they give themselves over to discontent and complaining. Anybody can sing when walking amid the flowers and In sunny ways; the test of life comes whou the garden path becomes a bit of a desert road. We are not fully ready for living un til we have strength enough to carry us through the hardest places and the deepest glooms. Thanksgiving Day la not Intended to gather Into Itself a whole year's wnka. By being full of gratitude or the one day, we cannot make up "r three hundred and sixty-four days ' Ingratitude. Every day should be thanksgiving day. Of course, there is a difference In days. Some of them are dark, JWle others are bright. On certain y things seem to go wrong with " and our affairs get tangled; on "ther daya life flows along I ke a n. We want to lenra to live to habit of thanksgiving had been so wrought Into his life that nothing could ever break it Just how to learn this habit of thanksgiving Is the question. One thing U to learn to trust. The cause of all complaining and discontent Is want of trust In God. It we believe In God as our Father, that He loves us and will care for us, and put at onco Into His bunds all matters that would disturb or fret us, God Him self will keep us In perfect peace. Worry Is death to tho thanksgiving Bplrlt, while nothing so drives worry from the heart as a thanksgiving song. Another thing that helps In form ing this habit of thanksgiving Is to make sure of seeing the good and beautiful things lu life. This Is a lovely world. It could not be other wise, ror it Is our Father's world. He made It beautiful because It was to be the home of His children. Yet gome aee nothing of the lovelluosi which lies about them continually everywhere. They are like men tour ing through a country with glorious scenery, in a stage coach, keeping the curtains fastened down all the time and Beeinc nothing. It is said that Mr. Ruealn'a guests at Brantwood were often awakened early In the morning by a knocking at their door and the call, "Are you loo kin out?" When, In response to Glorious Life. The sort of people traveling am staying at good hotels has bocomi very mixed. All classes and condl tlons of men are now sufficiently wel off to frequent the more expenslvi places. A lady found herself racentl placed at a table d'hote beside hei dressmaker and the owner of a sho where she bought her perfumery' while a sonUeman, recognized by hit hairdresser In the smoking room, wai accosted by him with the polite re qbest, "I hope, sir, you win aindlj keep my secret, but I am staylni here, as I usually do at hotels, not U my own namo, but as Major S." London Graphic. The Fat One "Huh! What havi you to be thankful for, you lean skinny runt?" The Thin One "Because I am blamed lean and skinny. 'V-New Or leans Picayune Advanced, But Still Eve-Like. If tho changes wrought by electric ity are stupefldous, the changes brought about by the new occupa tions and alms of women are scarcely less so, says a writer In Appletnn's. Within the last twenty-five years an astonishingly short period for so great a development women em erging from the home, from the old conventional narrowness of splnl3ter hood and tho uncertain conditions of dependency, whether happy or un happy, have entered almost every field of activity once sacred to men. They demanded first higher educa tion, and obtained It, so that In less than a generation an unheard-of thing became a commonplace. Som ber, Intense women of the early sev enties made It possible In a few short years for any pink-cheeked child of eighteen to enter college and take her curls and picture hats and airy graces with her, square waists and flat heels being no longer synonymous with a knowledge of Greek. After they had becomo trained In the higher branches the next step was easy They entered the professions of medicine, of law, of architecture. They invaded newspaper offices and business offices; and there are now strong slgnB that they are invading politics, though it is probable that they are taking their femininity with them, according to the evidence of Mrs. Cobden Sanderson, who told in a iipeech at Cooper Union that the first remark made by one- of her de voted band, 'after she bad been hus tled into the Black Maria, was the Immortal "Is my hat on straight?" As long as women still care for the proper tilt of their millinery you may scratch a suffragette and find Evo. the King takes the car apart and fits It together In perfect running order. The Queen went to watch him at work one day and found it so 'Inter esting that he since has enlightened her as to the construction of all the cars. Thus when the breakdown oc curred on the Naples highway the Queen was In position to teach the chauffeur his business. Thousands of American women could have done it, but to the royalty loving minds of Europe the fact that a Queen should know the intricacies of a piece of ma chinery Is looked upon as marvelous. New York Press. JGfc 02 NEWEST FASHIONS Llos About the Fret. "1 don't see why people always lie about their feet," said the shoe clerk, as his customer departed after giv lug him a bad half hour. "I don't mean on the size of their foot, for it's only natural to wish to have, or rather to iake other people think you have, small feet. But why a great, burly vena with bis feet nubby with bunions should Insist that his shoes never trouble him and that he never has any trouble in getting a fit, is beyond me. Why, If I put an ord inary shoe ou such a man hi would Metal buckles appear on many hats. Many of the new Bklrts are crossed In the front. Voluminous coiffures are predicted for the winter. Wings are larger than they have ever been before. Feather trimming upon hats con tinues very profuse. Thore are fewer quills on autumn hats than last year. A key design of pearls and silver Is the decoration on a Greek costume of Nattier-blue satin. The close, small hat Is Ideal for motoring and among the prettiest ol them are the featter toqueB. There seems to be no limit to the width of the barettes being worn below the knot of hair at the back. Few ligilt browns will be used, ex cept as trimming or for an evening wrap, the colors being dark and rich Among narrow trimmings there nrc all sorts of braided designs lu one half and three-quarter-inch widths in gold or in blends of all colors oi black. While the styles aro on the so't, clinging order, the fabrics are as a rule quite glossy as to surtaco not stiff or Btand-outlsb, be It understood, but bright. Pale mauve flannel of a very fln quality Is used for a morning house gown put princess that has a panel ex tending from the throat quite to tht edge of the dress. Nile green and i shade known at auberglue or eggplant are used foi some of the bats. Thes are won drously rich In tone. The two tones are very prominent. Women are fascinated by the new ribbed sllk-coveied hats with tbeli traceries of soutache upon the brlmt and sometimes upon the crowns, and with edging of silk cord. Dark-eyed women can wear most of the brown shades, but she who has been fair in her youth will, with profit, select the deeper, richer shades of brown, rather than those tncllued to golden. The woman who studies effects In dress nrei' buys a house dress oi won a kimona Just because it li pretty. She buys a color and design that wilt harmonise with the sur roundings asnoug which it will bi worn. WTTITK PLAGUE GERM NOT ALWAYS DEADLY. Expert Say Seventy Per Cent, of People Have Tuberculosis, Only Fltteen Per Cent. Dlo. Tuberculosis in Its many phases was thoroughly discussed nt the ninth annual meeting of the American Thernjeutlc. Society. Expert physi cians told of the proper treatment of the dreaded disease In Its varying stages. The first paper, upon the treatment of tuberculosis, was read by Dr. Law rence F. Flick, who has charge of the Whlto Haven sanitarium. "The restoration of the afflicted in dividual to his normal capnclty and the stimulation of his Intrinsic disease fighting qualities constitute In n broad sense the modern treatment of tuberculosis," declared Dr. Flick. "As a rule the tubercle bacillus Is not veoy virulent to human beings. Tho tendency to recover Is so great that the majority who suffer Im plantation will recover without devel oping noticeable symptoms. Seventy per cent, of all persons living In civil ized communities get Implantation of tuberculosis. Only fifteen per cent, of those living In civilized communi ties die of the disease. Without mixed Infection tuberculosis would never kill." W. Sohler Bryant, of N- York, declared that from the Mf renin the first signs of pulmonary tuberculosis. jjviura THE SCNSF OF DISTANCE. A Pleasure "r. Climmortnn Kinds When lie Takes His Vacation. "Ono of the things that I go on my vacation for, one of tho chief things," said Mr. GUmmcrton. "Is dis tance; the refreshing, reviving, ex panding power of distance. The change to new scenes, as any chango whatever Is always sure to be, is helpful; but tho broadening, uplift ing, clarifying effect, the effect in which we find the greatest enjoyment and by which we Btore up the greatest renewal of strength for the future, we get through our sense of dlstancp. "We are so shut up in the city, our rang of vision is so limited; live where we will or go where wo will here and our sight stops short at walls. Then When we go away and leave the city behind us, as we get out Into the open country, where wo can set paBt houses, how grateful doea the distance seem! "But I get this sense best at a quiet place where I go In the mountains, where I can sit and look down a long, broad lake with mountains rolling away on either hand and beyond. The change, I know, from the city is great and delightful; but the thing that gets me here, and releases me, Is the distance. "Dally, hourly, I come back to this view, to expel what lingering traces may be left In me of the contraction of the city and to expand anew In this great spaciousness through the sense of distance. Space has no care nor confinement, but only freedom. And what Joy and relief to be where ono can cast off all chains and be free! "Any change Is good for us; but the greatest Joy in change that comes to mo is through tho sense of dis tance." New York Sun. Indian's Picture on Bill. Hollow Horn Bear, chief of all the Sioux, returning from a visit to Sen ator Gamble at Yankton on tribal matters, found himself "broke," and through Interpreter Elliston sought Judge Wltten, In charge of tho Tripp reservation, and asked him for a loan of $5 to buy fond for his family. When tho Judge presented a $5 bill Elliston pointed out Hollow Horn Bear's picture on it. Judge Witten kept the bill and gave the chief speclo and said he thought It advisable to retain the bill which contained tho picture of the only living man who ever got himself photographed In that manner. Hollow Horn Bear mado a great speech in Congress in 1889, and as ho is a good-looking specimen of his race his picture was engraved on both the $5 and $20 bills. Sioux City Correspondenca St. Paul Dispatch. Orville Wright's Schoolboy Essay. "I was In High School at Dayton at the same timo as Orvllle Wright, now famed as inventor of the aero plane," remarked Ernest F. Crum mel. "We were not In the same class, but I remember one essay that Wright prepared for one of the liter ary programmes. It wa3 about air ships, aud Wright read from his pa per that the time would come when men would navigate the air. ' "He read on so enthusiastically that the other students all laughed good-naturedly at him for writing along such foolish lines. They all told him a man would be crazy to try to ride an airship, nut as every body knows to-day, Wright's youth ful enthusiasm has carried him along to success and fame I.'. Just that very direction." Cleveland Plain DenlT. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS as raj ) Lace Cnrtaiiis. All lace curtains should be soaked for at least nn hour In cold water la which a little borax has been dif solved before putting them Into warm suds. This takes out tho smoky odor and softens the dirt. New Haves Register, A Simple Insecticide. Hot alum water is the best Insect destroyer. Put alum into hot water and let It boll until it Is all dissolved; then apply the solution hot with a brush to all cracks, closets, bedsteads and other places where any Insects are found. Ants, bedbugs, cock- IUKVID ni U AlllVI I by It; will not Injure or poison. lioston post. Cleanser of Black Goods. To remove spots from black ma terial and to restore their freshness prepare the following mixture: Take ten cents' worth of gum camphor, break it in tiny pieces in a large bowl; pour a quart of boiling water over It, add to this five cents' worth of powdered borax. Bottle when cold, leaving the undissolved camphor la the mixture. Keep It tightly corked. New York Times. Shoes Blackened. There Is no reason why young or old should be careless about having their footwear kept In proper condi tion. A lamb's wool glove and daub er can be bought for ten cents and a box of blacking for another dime. By being careful to never use but one side of the dauber there will be no need of soiling the fingers, and the wool glove gives a fine polish with) very little effort, New Haven Register. Sand Soap. Half a bar of coarse sand soap should always be kept within reach of the right hand of every dishwasher. Rub the half bar right on the bot tom, both Inside and outside, of all saucepans and spiders. Follow this with a scrubbing with a five cent sink brush, kept up a little higher than the wire soap dish for the sand soap, and fashioned differently than the regu lar brush UBcd for the sink. By training one's self to always use both sand soap and brush, pot and pan washing Is robbed of its much talked of dislike. An occasional dipping of the pan brush on to the cake of com mon soap kept near will remove ev ery vestige of grease. New Haven Register. Sauce Bornalse. Put two tablespoonfuls tarragon vinegar in a saucepan, add eight crushed blaak peppercorns, two chopped shallots and a tablespoonful minced parsley. Cook five or sis minutes, then set aside to cooL Break six eggs, separating the white from the yolks, and stir into the cold vinegar, adding at the Bame tlm four tablespoonfuls butter, cut In small pieces. Set the Bmall pan in a larger one of hot water and as It reaches the boiling point stir con stantly until thickened. Add a tea spoonful beef extract, dissolved In a quarter cup hot water, season with salt and a little grated nutmeg and pour over the steak or whatever it It to be served with. New York telegram. Invalid's Tray Table. It Is often impossible for a sick person to sit up in bed to eat from the tray, and when this is the caBe, it often Is hard to put the tray in a handy and yet comfortable position for the invalid and In many cases the person is so weak it tires them to support the tray on the lap. A tabls for an invalid tray car be easily and quickly made by anyone. Select a small folding table, such as Is used for sewing, and stand It beside the bed and saw off tho legs on ono end even with tho bedspread. Move the table acrofs the bed until the uncut legs Btand close to the bed and the shortened legs rest on the bed and make the table firm. In this way the table Is In the most convenient post, tlon, while it docs not rost on tha person In bed or prevent the use ol the limbs. Another handy table for the invalid's use can be made from s doll's table. Cut off all four legs so that they are only about eight inches long. This table may be placed over I the covered legs of the patient with the legs of the table nesting on the bed on each side. These tables may be folded up and placed standing against the wall of a closet when not in use. Boston Post. nig Texas Melon. Robert Longbotham, a farmer near Shatter Lake, rulstd an eighty-pound melon. It Is of the Georgia sweet variety from Texas grown seed. The seed was planted July 2, the vine blossomed August 7 aud the melon matured September 18, mak ing sn average growth of two pounds a day from the time the blossom dropped off the vine until the melon ripened, and during lta growth tho melon registered a maximum gain of six pounds durlug a single twe four hours. Galveston News. Old Ixndon Clubmen's Wager. The rage for gambling at Whlto's and Almack's led to most outrageous betting, as to which Walpole tells what he calls a good tale; A man dropped down In a fit before the door and was carried Inside; the club Instantly made bets as to wheth er he would die or not, and when a doctor was cal'ed In to attend blm his ministrations were interfered with by the members, because, they said, these would affect the fairness of the nets. London Chronicle, to EM tjr.vp now to Quick Waffles. Three cups . ol .flour, t wo cups of milk, two eggs, half a teaspoonful of cream tartar, one saltspoonful of salt, 81ft the cream tartar and salt Into the flour; dis solve the soda In a little hot water; beat ono egg; put in the flour last. Hash Croquettes. Tako what Is left of the steak or any odd blts,pf iroeat from beef roast aud chop flne 'ly, season with salt, pepper and a dash of celery salt; dip into the well beaten yolks of two eggs and fry in hot fat the same as doughnuts. Sarve on crisp lettuce leaves. Butter ilm, Nutlets. Beat the white of an egg stiff, stir In enough powdered sugar to make stiff. Add one-half cup of chopped nuts (wal nuts preferred) and spread quite thlok on butter thins and brown in the oven. Nice to" serve with hot chocolate or for lunches. Molasses Cookies. One cup mo lasses, put on stove and bring to boll-' ing point do not boil. Stir In one dessert spoon of soda and one table spoon strong vinegar. While f on lo in K pour over one egg, one-half cup sugar and one teaspoon of ginger, with a little salt, beaten together. Elour to mix stiff enough to handle easily. Roll out; not too tbitt.
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