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-ou must insert from above, small end
irst. and pull through until be Joint
is tight
Now put your pumpkin bowl in the
fork Of a tree six OF eight feet from
the ground. and sasten it securely.
Slip the large end Ct another leaf
stalk over the small end OF the stalk
Won have attached 20 the bowl the
large end Of a third stalk over the
small end OF the second, and SO on
until you have made tube long
enough 10 reach the ground and run
over the ground some distance like a
growing pumpkin vine You may make
most Of the tube out of the main stalk
of the pumpkin vine instead OF leaf
stalks aud by using "a number of vines
you c4u make the tube as long as YOU
please
The end 81 the tube should be a
leaf -tfIk Turn this upward and NJ
lf 10 hole In the top OF the pumpkin.
the SANGER Fasteu the tube to the
ground with pegs cover 70 with earth
or leaves IL you want to m7kc The
thing look more mysterious hl] the
pumpkin bowl with water md sum
mou your friends foo .s" ths pumpkin
fountain play
rt. See vlH uot r.-e as h.gh AS the
Ist, 90 tlc water If ft, bowl bee
cause ct tte friction ut fte ioHa Tube
5uJ IL tbc sir but t 0lI rizs q sond
deal mof, than baHi as aiea aud faI'
back Ir drops r'o tHf saucer wak.rs
srN pretty Wtue fountain.
The .u ot fh. f.a. -tuHt rise au
Hrth ur fvu An.Fr 'Hs saucer ans
e tt, bafe #s .t, f|H Har fsfs auo
H .hauia Do, taeae. eFH hlt uf
raEk woaH aF umF.. .u nh.eh "a
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stick, and paste the pieces on an Old
visiting card before the pieces are cuc
out. this Pindertoy Will last longer
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have been the bill Of fare OF the av'
erage Boston family on that day, one
family. at least. must have enjoyed a
bountiful and yariegated dinner, for
the country people who poured into
Boston on the arrival of the ship, a
few days before Thanksgiving, over
wheimed the governor and his wife
with gifts OF fat hogs, kids, poultry
venison and other kinds Of game
During the succeeding fifty years
there appear TO have been Thanksgiy-
ines averaging about once ia two
years. and appointed To mark some
specific and remarkable event as a
victory In the Indian wars. or a hap
py solution of some troublesome prob
Sem. either religious or political Dur
ing All those years. and for many at
terward. fast days we're even more
numerous than ThanksgIyings. be
cause the trials of the Puritans far
exceeded their blessings
va some instances there were ser
.ous differences between the general
court which then appointed Thanks
giyings. the magistrates and the min
is}erN- for The latter always advised
in the matter as 10 which was prop
er for the occasion. Thanksgiving or
a fast II H. to be noted that the
custom OF appointing a Thauksg!Nlng
simply az an annual custom, and with
out regard to any specific or impor.
tant occasion was almost unknown
until we'll into the last century and
was never hahitual TN within the last
thirty years
Indeed the theory was advanced
more than 20o Years ago that too
frequent Observance Il Thanksgiving.
aud for Insufficient cause. tended 70
scabe meu 200 carnal minded
a printed proclamation ~ that
FhauAaeiyIus she earliest hroadslde
81 its Kind auowu Go bee "a existence
nov Is in the library ~ che Massa
rhrsstts historical society and Co..
daesa facsimile BIS given vAtb tins ar.
utle.
The eauefai 'oae of thv .ompo.
tton rsmIuAs one of another Thanks
attIna some sears later wh.eh was
ubasftea vu'y .b hostaa for the pur
posse uf thanking heaven fer apauIpg
Hastoa. ~hile ChaElsstown. aCroes fh"
rtser MMs threatened vita tepHul.A
tsan bs enc tetlaw fewer
A iassfou memu ol ftts pefat ~hirh
# in tuklur contrast wttb tte eaflf
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kinq of the World.

In the acorn is wrapped the forest,
In the little brook. the sea-
The twig that will sway with the sparfo"
to-day
Is to-morrow's sturdy tree.
There is hope in a mothers JOY.
Like a peach In it's blossom fuTled,
And a noble boy. gentle boy,
A manly boy is king OF the "ofio'
The power that will never fail US
Is the soul of simple truth;
The oak that defies the stormiest SKIES
Was upright in its youth.
The beauty no time can destroy
in the pure young heart Is turied'
And a worthy boy. "A tender boy,
A faithful boy Is king Of the woria.
The cub OF the royal lion
Is regal in his play
The eagiets pride is as fery-eyed
AS the Old bird s. bald and grey
The nerve that heroes employ
In the child's young arm Is tuTled'
And a gallant boy, a truthful boy,
A brave, pure boy is kihs OF the "oTId
London Answers.
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From the beginning vita bat feS
exceptions. Thanksgiving have been
Kept IN the tate autumn. owing 10 the
harvest tjne. of course. and more fre
qasntly toward the end Of November
No one knows how the custom Of
appointing Thursday orig mated but
some light Is doubtless thrown on the
subject b. a controversy over pro
posai to change the day OF the ~css.
about 1880 Nhen the dlssvutrrs az.
gued tEat Thursday was preferable
because Of the ThuradA. lectures. cor
mldSeek religious services that t0fth
place every week In communities ot
considerable size joint Observance
81 the tuo day rendering "a unneees
sary Of course for many to sacrifice
a aay : labor especially toy Thanks
giving
Although ,he pilgrims were The first
10 observe Thank giving on Ibis con
tiaeut. the Salem coionistN. ON their
voyage over here in 1879 observed
Thanksgiving on -hipboard. IN when
everybody passengers captain and
crew took part as an aehno~ leas
ment OF a favorable brce1e that bad
sollowcd a preceding tay oi fastinE
and prayer
Winthrop colony lu 1889 also oo
served a THANKSGIVING apparently en-
tirelv without ans inspiration from
the pilgrims but tn accordance win
their former custom ia England fh"
motive IN this case having been srat
luldu for the safe arrival ui ibef n"*'
AZ Chaflestown where purely felig
tos,s services wcfc heid beneath
tree fof ID VAS ia bot weather iult :.
The winthrop eulouY a'eond
THANKSGIVING here which Is common
Is spoken az by histnfiaus as th"iF
nrxt WHs ahoui siNht moatts later
Feb ~ whee having mnted over 'o
the peninsula ~ Shawmut AMI taken
an their abssas lee iuE huuses huts
havein and yreu boife iu lhs slds oi
BEACON hfi thvt Hsmhet saa3 ae.
nlatssi b. disease eaHss3 Hf pHfrihFa
Fs~sa ana eveu aasaluie stare stlen
tha arrival ef tbF,f &tl.oH fnw nsfsan
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Little Bravo.

Years ago some Indians lived on the
banks of a beautiful river. The men
fisbed and the women planted corn in
little hillocks instead of in rows.
When they sat down for a friendly
gossip they held their little babies in
their arms or strapped upon their
backs One young mother never took
her eyes from the cradle in which her
handsome boy slept When he waken-
ed she sang TO him and called him
Little Bravo" with such love and
tenderness in her voice that the
other women all stopped to listen.
Years passed merrily until Little
Bravo was ten years old. He could
hunt and fish. and his mother was
happy dreaming Of the time when he
should be a young man. All her spare
moments were spent in embroidering
clothes for Little Bravo and his
father. with the result that they out
shone all others of their tribe. Little
Bravo always wore moccasins Of yell
low buckskir trimed with beads and
porcupine quilts He was a noble
warmth earted and sunny-tempered
lad The Great Spirit. however, saw
that the foolish doting love of his par
ents was running the gift he had given
him.
One summer night the heat hung
heavy over the land.
There will be a storm. said the
father. Where is Little Bravo?"
Down on the river bank asleep
replied the mother Il sat by him a
long time brushing away the insects
that bothered him. He had taken of
his moccasins and his feet were bare.
He is very beautiful. our Little Bravo.
/ will carry him in when the storm
comes without awakening him.
The storm soon broke with great
violence. The mother FASTENED to the
river and just as she was about to
lift her boy a vivid flash Of lightning
revealed the two hands of the spirit
who lives in the water. They reached
up and drew Little Bravo into the
waves All the mother saw was the
print of his body on the shore and
his two yellow moccasins. a scream
bloNSAt ti&t ldtAlNA ~ INC Hi'Nt. my
both diyed into the water, though the
storm ragged What cared they for
that? Their Little Bravo had disap-
pearod beneath the surface. Finally
in heart broken accents they pleaded:
"Oh. spirit Of the river Give him
back to u.s.
BY and by the father arose and
looking into the sky. said. 1T is the
will of the Great Spirit He has taken
him away but will save him for as
Turning he disappeared into the for
est The mother sat by the river for
many days, without food or sleep. kiss
ing and caressing the little yellow
moccasins
one night on raising her eyes 10
the sky. she beheld the pathway made
of star dust which leads to the spirit
land Longing TO follow g. she felt
the pressure Of a small hand upon her
shoulder Turning she met the -mi-
Ing gaze Of her son.
oh Great Spirit thank iee,
The dead is aliye,"
Come mother" said the boy We
are TO follow youder path tonight
have come for thee because Thy weep.
ing gTieyes the happy ones.
The mother placed her hand In rfa
small clasp. bur sand
Here are thy mucCs~.HS. Thou v...
need them the way may be- roUlh
The boy laughed. and held up H..
foot upon which flashed and a.eBw..
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each other The consequence is that
there is great opportunity for agility
and cleverness in lodging. and the
game is full of fun. OF course, the
strange creature" can catch hen
after hen in the end. When none is
left the rooster selects a new rooster
and becomes the strange creature
himself
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followed Little Bravo along the star.
strewn path to spirit land. Not many
moons later. from the midst OF battle,
the father Joined them
All this was long ago The Indians
have left the banks of that river but
the yellow flowers bloom on by it's
waters. The white children gather
and call them orchids" or "ladys
slippers" but the Indians always give
them their real name of Indian moe
casins'
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Scissors and pin only needed. This
Fancy Dancer. if cut out and fastened
together with a pin. viii make very
attractive toy II you push the pin
firmly into the cork or the end OF a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-09
TRY THIS PLAN.

If you are on a farm and feel Chs
contented and restless, wanting to 80
to some other country or state, hoping
to better your condition, suppose you
study the problem over with view to
making your condition better right
where you are. If the sscrm is wet, tile
it; if run down, SOW Alore clover and
fertilize 1t. If crops are poor, try rota-
ton, more cows and more grass. II
the home is old and tumble down and
barns and outbuildings poor, build new
ones as far as you can and fix thu
others up. II you and your family
feel isolated and lonesome, put in q
telephone and take good daily paper.
keeping you in touch with the world.
If you have too much work, you prob
ably have too much land. Sell part
and take little comfort while you
live. 1t will cost a man not far from
$1,000 to sell out, pull up and get set
tied somewhere else, counting every1
thing connected with such transfer.
Put the $1,000 on the old place, and
the chances are no man could buy you
out. If you don't like your neighbors,
perhaps it's your fault, for man
makes his neighbors usually good or
bad, as the case may be. There is no
elysium on earth, no spot where trou-
BILE, care and disappointment never
come.
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the girls"
Il should say not; but with our feet
and hands tied and we helpless in that
camp we could not assist them. It's
this way: Domitan is now camping in
the woods. His horses are on the cliff
According to what he said. there is a
road farther up the pass by which he
will take the camels to the mountains.
| If that rascal ever gets the girls into
the Zannuck stronghold, nothing that
we can do will avail. We've got to
!, think Of something to do now"
But what? Is it to fight? 1 will
fight to the last drop Of blood"
mo; fighting will not help us. We've
got to win out by some trick"
They sat down, and Orskoff leaned
his head in his hands. Harvey became
intent with his thoughts.
Hello" said Harvey. getting to his
feet quickly. Somebody around here.
Hear that noise? Sounds like wound
! ed man calling for aid'
"Must be one of the Zannucks or one
Of the ame"r's men who crawled here
to get out of the way"
I'm going to see who and what 1t
is" said Harvey. II can't see friend
or enemy suffer when helpless"
They soon discovered a man, wound.
ed by spear and sword, lying near the
side Of the road
cart thou friends?" he whispered in
the tongue Of the ameer's people.
1--WE have reason to be enemies, but
we have no wish to harm you. Is
there anything we can do?'
'Canst thou bring water?"~
II could if l knew where there was
| any, said Harvey. do you know of
a river or spring near by?"
NAY, there is none nearer than the
Batooa temple"
"And what is this Batoola temple?"
"a place for lamas-priests of the
monastery. There are many there.
They are hospitable. If I could get
there, they would know how to deal
with my wounds"
How far Is it?'
ut is not far. 1t stands on the high
way, but is surrounded by high walls"
How came you here:"
u was with the ameer's men when
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CANADA rH1srLEs.

The old question of how to get rid Of
patch of Canada thistles is before us
again. This pest throughout the north
west seldom reproduces itself from
seed, but spreads by an underground
system of sucker roots like quack grass
and bindweed Constant blowing or
hoeing during dry midsummer is one
Of the most effective ways Of getting
rid of it, but this method is total fail
ure if it is wet. Heavy fertilizing and
the seeding of the land to some sort Of
smother crop, such rs sorghum, rape
or sowed corn, will often dispose Of
them. A small patch may be got rid
Of by a heavy mulch of straw, corn
stalks or tanbark, the secret of getting
rid Of them being to prevent, in no
matter what manner the growth Of
the thistle above ground, for it&cannot
grow under ground when thus prevent
ed.
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SHEEP OR COW.

A young man owning eighty acres OF
improved land in Minnesota wants to
know if he could not profitably substi-
tute sheep for the cow, the COW not
making him money fast enough. to pay
off a pretty good sized mortgage which
rests on his land. We are inclined to
think he would make bad mistake to
make this exchange. If his dairy is not
paying him it may be that he had bet
ter test his cows and see If he has not
got lot of lady boarders and not
money makers. The cows which he
should keep on his small farm should
bring him in an income of $50 per year.
The COW is the poor mans best friend.
and if she cannot when well cared for
pull q fellow out of the hole the sheep
would never do it. While few. sheep
can be made to pay well on almost any
western farm, the exclusive sheep
farm seldom does. There are so many
ups and downs to the sheep business,
rapid changes in value Of both sheep
and product, that they disqualify the
sheep from competing with the cow
and the hog in all our corn belt terri
tory. H.
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THE MODERN ENGLISH FARm.

The English farm Of fifty years ago
was very different proposition from
the modern American farm of today,
There land was high priced and labor
very, very cheap, and so it came that
nearly all farm work was done by
hand labor-the sowing and planting,
the cultivation of the crops, the reap
ing and moving and thrashing, all
.tediously and patiently wrought out by
hand. Land rents We're high. from $40
to SIS per acre. The price of farm prod
uce was correspondingly high, Ameri.
can competition not being then known.
The laboring men employed on such
farms We're tiXtures-in fact, almost q
part Of the farm itself-and were con-
tented in their ignorance with their
humble lot, their plain fare and their
beer. The families were large, the
poorhouse generally full. Continued
emigration and American competition
in farm produce have changed condi-
tions and today modern machinery
does a large part Of the work on the
English farm.
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When In St. Louis

See the Grand Trunk exhibit in the
Forestry Fish and Game building and
get from attendant Illustrated lit
erature describing the finest summer
resort regions on the American con
tinent. all Of which are most convent
emily reached by the new Grand Trunk
Illinois Central through car line from
st. Louis to Montreal
If desired. publications and informa.
ton as to train service will be sent
by mail by the Advertising Depart.
ment. Grand Trunk Railway System
1875 Adams ST.. Chicago, Geo. w
Vaux A e. p & T. A.
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CARE OF H1GHMAYs.

Replying to an interesting letter rela-
tive to the suggestion that in some
cases it would be good plan to let
the farmers owning the land take care
Of the highways unless the said farm
ers are real public spirited men, taking
pride in their farms and in the high
ways and willing to donate quite lit
tie work during the season to carry out
their ideal Of good roads, where a
mans interest in the highways is
strictly limited to the amount of his
road tax he had better pay it and let
the road supervisor do the work.