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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

T7M HAT shall we do on Thanks Al 6 # giving?" That is a question
 AAH a great many boys and girls
 wv ask themselves or members of their family. What shall we do on Thanksgiving? And then they be- gin to think it over, and many decide that it shall be a day of feasting and recreation-if those two enemies may be coupled together. When one gives up to Feasting, one is usually put out of the mood or the power for recrea- ton, for after eating too heartily which means "feasting'-one is too dull and heavy for an. thing other than lying lazily about.
 But boys and girls should realize that Thanksgiving" means-or should mean-more than feasting and in- dulging in social pastime. Its very name signifies something serious and holy And children should pass through the day in the proper spirit. Each should try to do something to make another person happier. One need not go far from home to do that-or may not be obliged to leave the home at all.
 There are the sick relatives and s, Then we have that vast army called the Poor. There is a place in every poor home where little deeds of kind ness will fall as blessing. Sick chil- dren, whose parents are too poor to give them little delicacies on the Day or Thanksgiving, will be more than grateful for the bouquet of flowers and the basket of dainty provisions and fruit. And not only the children, but the grown-ups are worthy of our charity and good will
 A little girl once said to her mother: "Oh, Mamma. why are you having three turkeys prepared for Thanks giving? There are only Papa, you and to eat of them. And of course, our two servants. But one turkey would go round, and we'd have some left"
 But think of the Brown children six of them! And old Mr. Smith, our newsman! And there's our little boot black round the corner who wouldn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
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 ZlECOR AZZOWy
Hints to Girls Who Help to Entertain.

- HERE is no prettier table dec- ~ oration for Thanksgiving dinner
 than one of autumn leaves. A ~ centre-piece of leaves, inter- lwining great white and pink chrys- lnthemums. is most beautiful. And ttray leaves, in brown, red, yellow md shaded russet-green, strewn About over the white damask adds to he arististic effect. Sometimes candle lhades are made of autumn leaves, ind there is nothing prettier than the loft light coming through them. To heighten the effect of the autumn Ieaf shade, either red or yellow cleo lric globes should be used. And where genuine candles take the place bf electricity or gas, they can be got h red, pink and yellow.
 It is advisable to carry the autumn color scheme throughout the dining loom, and bouquets of leaves and cat .ails, rich, long yellow grasses and shrysanthemums in tall vases, should be on mantel and sideboard. Also ferns, in fancy-colored pots add to he decoration when on window-seat md chimney-piece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
I2SWONDERS
 ~g LAe | Aa A-w WORLD

IA OTHER NATURES works are H both marvellous and myste-
 rious to man. And many things or mans handiwork are likewise mar velous, and sometimes quite mysteri- ous. But the stupendous natural ob- Jects cause us to wonder and to ask the why and the wherefore of things.
 Again, the small things of life catch and hold the wonder of man.. kind, particularly when he is in the savage state. For centuries the Hot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

get even smell of Thanksgiving fes- tivity were it not for our thinking of him, and putting his name in the fes- tive pot"
 So the mother explained the three turkeys, and all the good things that went with them.
 Now, If every family that has plenty would put some poor persons name In the Thanksgiving pot" there'd be happiness in every home throughout the land. And one need not think 1t necessary to give turkey, or to give
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
wAsPs CAPTURE A TOWN.

n NE of the small towns of England
 was visited by plague of wasps' " this summer. Confectionery stores in the village were forced to close for five days, or until the wasps had disappeared. The pests filled the establishments and could not be rout- ed by any means. The wasps finally left the village, and no possible reason has been found for their retiring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

the dinner, the children of the famili take the little baskets to people thai are known to be in very poor circum- stances. It is a pretty and a noble thing to do, and worthy of many fol- lowers. Children all oyer the land, just try it on this Thanksgiving Dayl It will make your own day brighter through having brought pleasure to another whose lot is not so happy as your own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

nothing. Turkey-meat is very dear at this time of year, and many fam files in moderate circumstances satisfy themselves with some other relishable dish in it's place. Then let them share what they have with some one who is too poor to have anything extra" on Thanksgiving. Boys and girls are charitably inclined, and one is never happier than when carrying nap kined-over basket of dainties to some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

ors at table, if 1t pleases her to do so, although this is not at all necessary. Since she is furnishing a delightful dinner and social entertainment for her guests it is not expected of her to do any more. So the matter of favors lies entirely with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

only before the Great Creator of all things. and worships at His shrine.
 To be sure. the works of man are marvellous, but they would be impos- sible had not Mother Nature furnished him with the raw materials to work with. and had not the Creator en- dowed him with the ability to build and create.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
EXPLORATIONS.

l. Syncopate rope loop suspended from tree and leave to vocalize.
 2. Syncopate that which mourners feel at their loss and Ieave to scat ter seed upon a field.
 3. Syncopate to fire a gun and leave a substance which gathers in a fireplace or chimney.
 4. Syncopate to discourse in pub lie and leave a luscious fruit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

LWAYS on Thanksgiving Day We children have such fun at play: And after dinners OCT, you know, We usually a-visiting go. Our dinner, too, is fine and good: And all the things I never could Begin to name. cen though I'd try: But one things sure-there's pump
 kin pie! And turkey baked. and dressing, too q always love 1t so. don't you?) And cranberry sauce. so red and
 thick; And ice cream frozen in a brick:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

If the above pictured words are rightly guessed, their initial letters will spell the name of a beloved American humorist.
 CONUNDRUMS. Why is a good dog like a minute hand?
 Both are on the watch. What vegetable Is like the blind? The potato--it has eyes but cannot see.
 When is cherry like book7 When both are red (read). When is a fowls neck like bell? When 1t is rung (wrung).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

And sweet potatoes. baked and brown: And incest oysters in the town; And nuts and fruit, and cider, too. We're really sorry when we're
 through!
 Our Mamma says that on that day Each person. young and old. should
 pray, And thank God for His mercy dear That's been bestowed throughout the
 year.
 She says that's what Thanksgiving's
 for tfH Et The summing up of all the year: Remembering all we owe the Lord, And thankinn him hv deed and word
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-11-30
The Poultry Yard.

Winter eggs and exercise so
together.
Do not neglect the laying hens
exercise.
Judge not a ben by her beauty,
but by the way she does her duty.
You may feed all the food your
hens can possibly use, but if you
are short of grit, the results will
not be satisfactory.
1t is not good for hens to dust
in coal or wood ashes only, some
folks claim, but we find that
few ashes tighten up the dirt.
Noon is a good time to supply
the stock with some green stuff,
slch as cabbages or roots of any
kind. The latter can be cut in
half, and the hens will then pick
them to pieces.
Have the floors of the houses
we'll bedded with some light lit
ter, so that the biddies will be
induced to scratch, and thus
warm up their bodies these cold,
frosty mornings.
Drafts in the chickens home
are more dangerous when the
fowls are quiet on the roost than
when they are stirring around
during the day; but a cold all
current sweeping through the
house is a bad thing at any time
Farm Journal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-11-30

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Fifteen yearly
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The JOURNAL,
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You can work
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OF the city. The
price is 81 per
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and $l.l5 out.
side the county,
For further in
formation, sam
pies, etc., write
or call at this
Office.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-11-30
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-11-30
It Startled the World

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would give you just cause for be-
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THE PROGRESS.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-08-10
BURR0 PROVES TO BE A HERO
Dumb Animal Stops Heavy Train
on the Desert to Get Aid
for His Master.

Away out on the Mojave desert
little burro enacted part which
would have called for a medal II It
were the custom to make such awards
to dumb creatures.
When the engineer of the fast
Santa Fe limited decided to sacrifice
moments running time and save
the life Of the animal on the track
he spared the life Of a prospector.
The heavy train came to stop and
the passengers, wondering what had
stopped 1t far from signs Of civiliza.
ton, climbed from the sleepers.
They found, standing resolutely on
the center Of the track. sad-eySd lit.
tie animal. plainly marked with tho
life Of the desert. 1t refused to clear
the path Of the train until the engi.
neer discovered tied to one of its
front legs slip Of paper.
The curious passengers crowded
about the engineer and read an an.
peal for help from Henry Goodlng.
Scrawled on the paper was the blunt
statement he had broken a leg ten
miles south Of Siberia and was alone.
At the first station the message OF
the injured man was placed In the
hands OF men who brought Gooding to
the town.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-08-10

try as one means OF divination may
have an opportunity to see that wom-
ans hand" said he. with chilling
suayity.
"Ah, really. Yes-yes-marvelous
Um-ah. Yes-yes, Of course" an.
swered the ambassador, In bewil.
dered sort OF way.
He started to give the necessary
message to Rudolf.
Would you be SO good as to write
that message and send II by another
servant?" said Rand.
Rudolfs eyes snapped with some
suppressed feeling.
When the messenger was gone and
the hand nearing completion, our en-
ployer again interposed his inquiries.
"Of course, Mr.. Rand. finding this
woman is one step. but what then?
How can you possibly recover the pa.
pers and the locket without arresting
one Of my wife's guests? Do you re-
alize that any action Of sort that
would provoke the slightest scene
either In this house or outside of It,
where It was traceable TO this woman's
presence here, will lead to disclosures
that. no matter how small, will be fol.
lowed BY greater ones. all Of which
mean. notwithstanding your clever.
ness, entire and complete failure. s!r?"
Rand gave me look that besought
my sympathy. Though / was rs
greatly dauntcd by the obvious din.
culties as was the Count Bella. Moulk.
ma. I had faith In Rand that allowed
me to smile Rand did not answer at
once. and when he did. he used the
tone adopted with questioning child,
and did not raise his eyes from his
work.
"Onc hill must be climbed at time
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"And now this-T

and now this-T
I'VE must wait and see. May I
have bit Of drawing paper and hne
pen-a crows foot. II you have them?"
The ambassador had both, and
Rand. getting all the light possible.
carefully laid the tracer on the desk.
drew forth his pocket case Of instru-
ments. and. measuring with dividers.
began copying from the polished sill
yer faces OF the handle. the faint. oily
lines OF imprint a hand had left upon
them. Twisted and distorted as they
were by the hand having been closed
around the instrument. Rand recon.
structed them with wonderful ac-
curacy Of imagination. and with such
rapidity. that in not more than twen-
ty minutes he had before him line
drawing Of the hand that last had
held the tracer. II was the left hand.
long. and with distinguished lines.
should say at this point that be-
fore he had been at work more than
few seconds he had asked:
rs 1t possible for you to inform the
Countess Bella Moulkna that you have
by chance secured noted fortune
teller: say. NJ. Maroon. OF Paris. and
insist that she give me Immediately
special place on her program?"
Pardon me. don't understand"
said the diplomat. seemingly unable
to follow Rand's plan OF rapid action.
~ am about to reproduce the hand
OF the woman who has your papers
and the locket that can ruin your ca
reer."
Pardon me again. sir. that is all
very wonderful. but what does 1t sig
nIfy?"
Rand bit his lip. and his fingers
holding the little brass dividers were
white with the pressure they exerted.
"A fortune teller who uses palms.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-08-10

my dear sir. | have a slight hope Of
being successful"
must admit, as | realized that
when he had finished his present proc
ess, he would have no more than a
moral certainty that the woman whom
he had picked out was possessed Of
the papers and locket, was consumed
with curiosity as to what possible
means he could take to prove posses
sion and effect recovery. Never for
one moment did doubt but that this
was all clearly formed In his incom-
parable brain.
When the drawing was complete.
we were accompanied by the ambassa-
dor through the curtained entrance to
the large drawing rooms. and found
ourselves at the back OF the clustered
audience. listening to woman noted
as reader Of child's poems. She was
at that moment responding to her in-
al encore. The countess. courtly
woman with high Teutonic color.
moved toward US. beaning. The am
bassador presented Rand as NJ. Mar.
con, and Rand. with the mildly unctu-
GUS air Of the society faquir. immedi-
ately introduced me. to my utter
amazement. as my assistant, Mr.. st.
John Coulwer."
"Merciful heavens! never read a
palm in all my llfe." whispered to
him. as we moved toward the dais
where the entertainers took their sta
ton.
Before had recovered my com.
posure we were announced. and Rand
plunged into his role with verve that.
even though had seen him play parts
ranging from the priest at Doctor
Karsch's house to the Swedish engi-
neer at Marengo, nevertheless com.
pietely amazed me.
He consumed moment or two In a
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-08-10

little lecture on palnlistry. and all that
he avowed as being discernible from
the lines OF the hand knew full well
he could read In the facial character
lstics Of his subjects.
"Of course" continued he. 1T Is OBJ.
viously impossible for me to give more
than q few OF the ladies' before me
anything like a thorough reading this
afternoon In my brief half.hour with
you, but will select a number at ran.
dom for q few statements each. So
am going to ask you to hold up your
left hands US long as hold up mine.
II you please. VIII you oblige?"
Up went two hundred left hands as
he raised his.
He surveyed them rapidly, and said
aside to me after they were lowered:
Our woman is either the black vel.
vet Elizabeth to your right, the tall
eagle In the center, the chlanu flask In
salmon In the rear. or the lovely Lady
Gainsborough on the left. second row.
None Of them seems to be Of pro-
fessional stamp. though. We may be
too late"
The outlook seemed rather hope
less, | must say. as l covertly sur.
veyed each Of the four. while he picked
out several others, and brought them
forward alternately. startling the com.
pany with his insight into their char.
ncters, and convulsing every one with
his tactful hits upon faults apparently
well known among their friends. !
could merely marvel at II all.
Once he came close up to me and
said: when put this drawing on
the table, pick It up and nx on your
memory the deep lines across the palm
md the crooked third finger"
l did US he badc me. and whom sat.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-08-10

isfied that had tho mental picture, I
caught his eye. A moment later. when
he'd finished with q dour senator's
wife, he said:
Now, ladies, l hope that / have
won your confidence: have feeling
that there is some one here this after
noon for whom l may be able to do a
great good. and, while am lining just
few more destinies by the chance
method OF selection have been pur-
suing, Mr.. st. John Coulwer will
pass among you seeking that particu-
lar palm in which are the signs Of the
star of the day and hour. / have a
feeling that there is some one here
over whom fate hangs today. II this
lady. whoever she may be, will come
forward. l will endeavor to draw back
that mysterious veil that shuts the fu-
ture from our eyes and bare the Sc
crets that lie beyond"
There was a melancholy, depressing
tone In his voice that was inimitable.
GO down there and find our WON.
an" he said to me. and with tight
lump in my throat that seemed to
choke me more and more as pro
gressed, began moving in and out
among the chairs Of the guests search
ing for the hand that matched the pic.
ture in my mind. Rand was brilliant.
ly diverting all the others save those
I was encountering at the moment. l
was astounded at the vast difference
In the hands extended as passed. and
was even able to exchange polite bad
image with two or three ladies who be-
sought me to give them the grand op'
portunity Of the afternoon The first
two OF the four Rand had selected had
hands shaped similarly to the drawing
but the lines we're In no way alike.
The third woman had larger hand
and no crooked third finger.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-08-10

The fourth was the woman I sought!
She was pale and nervous, with her
lips closely set. and when told her
that II was she whose palm bore the
sign Of the day and hour. she shrank
back. as II from an accusation. But
she thrust her pretty chin forward a
triae. and. when Rand had finished
the reading then In progress, she rose
to her full. stately height, pressed her
trembling fingers to her masses Of
hair. then smoothed out the folds Of
her rich gown with a rapid, down.
ward gesture. and led the way, unfal.
teringly. to the dais.
Rand took her hand with a marked
gentleness, and his face was grave
and kindly. although the steel.point
CLINT In his eyes belled his whole man.
ner.
There was moment Of silence.
with tense interest among the specta.
tors. The ambassador. his face a
study. drew slowly nearer, with Ru.
dolf at his heels.
my dear madame" Rand began.
so low that I alone could hear his
words, there seem to be things here
which feel sure you do not wish
known"
She started visibly.
much Of what say I will address
directly to you, but when begin to
talk Of your intimate woman friend,
that also will be meant for you. Pray
stop me II I go too far"
Her eyes were lighting and darken.
Ing, and her breast was heaving with
suppressed excitement. Slowly, and
watching her narrowly, Rand told her
points Of her character which were
plainly written on her face, such as
her determination and high spirit, Sig.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-08-10
Not Up to Modern lde.s.

Having been In vogue for centu.
ries. the custom Of ringing two bells,
one to summon the rich. and the other
the poor, to yestry meetings. has now
been discontinued at Northleach.
Worcestershire, England. on the
ground that 1t is out Of keeping With
modern feeling