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THANKSGIVING IN FIELD AND HOME, -IRTn.fc FltlD. V/AS EVER A WIGHT MORE fAlR To 5EE ? <r THE- LATE- CROP 5TANDS IHTHEiHf-LTtRED FIELD, ^ iHt SHOCKS OFCORH V/iTH THHR BOUNTEOUS YIELD ? NOD UP AT THE TREES RIGHT HERRI LY v THE- ENVIOUS MOOM COHTRARllY STARES AT THE PUMPKINS SHINING THERE, AND THE RABBIT WHISPERS "l DECLARE ? HERE'S A FINE- THANKSGIVING FfAST FOR ... - --1M THE: HOM? (MR THE* HILL., WHERE- THE: STftAwSTACKS LOOM STANDS THE FARMERS COTTAGE* AIL AGLOW - THEY'RE EAT IMG ROASTTURKEY THERE", YOU KNOW,' AND LOOKING FOR HOT HIMCE* PIE- To COME-; , MY? DONTYOU WISH THEY'D GIVfc- YOU 50ME- ? f>H n'S WHEN THE* FROST AND ERUIT ARE HERE ANDTMfr TABtfc SH1LE5 V/HH A WEALTH OF CHttR, ? TO 5>IT IN THfc FARMfcR, 5 FEASTING- ROOM :? JAMIE'S DINNER. BY COKFYN MOQOY. \* soro perplexity J a m i o D u g i u Btooil on the plat form . of ft littlo railroad station ? far out iu the farming regions of New Jersey. Ho was a pale, thiu little fellow of fourteen ycartw although ho looked much younger thau that. And lioh.nl corao from New York in order to buy a turkey for Thanksgiving Day. Of course ho could have purchased one in Now York, hut. ho had very littlo money ? less than a dollar ? and a big policeman had told liim lie could get a turkey very much cheaper on a farm than in a great city ipnrket. ? .Tailzie iived with his mother aud his sisttdr Mary, and tho baby Sunshine, iu 0110 of the great, high tenements 011 tho East Side, where poor people have ? heir homes, and where thoy crowd in ouch great numbe.r* that they never yet have been counted. His futher had been drowned at sea two years previous, and to make matters worse his mother was sick in a hospital, and there was nobody to tako care of tho littlo girla but himself. There was nobody cd?e ijit the railroad station, but tho conductor of tho train bad told him that ji man named Peter kept a farm down tR% road, and that he Hold turkeys and <*1r1ckens. II was a long walk, a very long walk, to Peter's farm, whero the turkeys were kept, aud Jamie's feet wero blistered aud sore by the time ho arrived. Hardly had he walked in tho front gate, however, when a great black dog, growling and snapping aud showing his teeth, cainu bounding aoross the dooryard. Of course Jauiic was frightened, and ho climbed into the branches of an apple trco as quickly as if he were a monkey. The littlo boy, trembling with terror above in tho branches, /was so intently , watching the dog thai he did not no tice tho approach of -a ohort, heavily built man with buaJty hair and a thick, red board, who kicked tho dog uutil me poor animal howled /Willi paiu.airvl slunk away. When tho fiioff "really h^Vl gone, however, Jamie 'was not so frightened, and he called out: "Arc youYMister Peter?" "Yes, 1' am^11? MTcf red-bearded man ausworcd, looking up in the tree. Th&i ho caught sight of the boy's torn clothing and old shoes, ami he Hew ' into a passion, shouting: "Come out o' that, you young tramp! Git down here quick, or I'll tear the trco tip by tho roots aud slam ^ je down!" , "Is ? is this the way you treat all of' jour customers?". .... "What's that?" said Peter. "la this the way you treat all of your customers? I raiue hero to buy A turkey." ^ i "Oh, tou did?" ; "Yes." -v? "Moro like to sneak in the house and steal something, jrou young vilj ? lain.. Anyhow, there ain't no turkeyir for sale." "Can't yon let me have one?" asked the boy. "No," said Peter. Jamie slid down to the ground and atood aileat for a moment, thinking deeply. Thou he spoke again: * "Does that lako out there iu Jpie big field back of the trees belong tosyou?" p-'- ? eaid Peter; "but It ainH no lake ?it's a duck pond." * \"Wellf if I can't buy a turkey, can I go fisbin* there?" "Pishttt'l" roared Peter, throwing back his head and laughing until his faea waa redder than hisbeard. "Fish in* in the dnck pond I OIT, d?*r, yes 1 You're welcome to all the fish you lcatoh ther?, and to all the turkeys i Sfef lfKe yoor ball, toot" - th*. - boy A - ' jg-'-i ?-? * ? iadaod!" ^ - ^ r. . .. - - ... - wl>ara*i?s fefckoaka ?h! a long Km torn. And the other ends of the live liues I were tied hard and fast to tho pole, the j butt of whioh Jamie held firmly as lie j Hat up there in the tree. Jamie hap- j penod to look far across tho fields and saw Petor and his wife and his son | drivo oil down tho road before ho had j dared to try his plan. They wero tak- ! ing tho black dug with them, too, aud nobody was left at home. There was a sudden tup ot his polo, fio heavy that ho was almost pulled out of tho tree. Then there was au other "and another, until three turkeys and two chickens were squawking and flapping around on the ground, as if they had suddenly gone crazy ? for in swallowing a kernel of com eaoh one of them ^had swallowed a fishhook. Jamio impro\ed tho opportunity to slido down to tho ground, still hold ing fast to his pole. Then ho wrung tho ncck of one fowl after another and tied them togetl/br, aud, putting the heavy weight on his back, started for the nearest railroad station as fast as he could go. It was not very long after Vhis that a carriage pulled by two splendid bay' horses came down the road from tho opposite direction. A coachman nat j | on tho box, and within the carriage j ; was a lady dressed in black, which [ made tho gray streaks in her hair I | look almost white. Her right hand j | held h siuglc whito rosebud. She J ? had just placed others on a little grave, j Iter only child ? her boy with golden j oil t ho rear seal whero I can steady him!" in. When Jamie opened his eyes ho was somewhat surprised, for he lay ?>n a couch io h room filled with sunshine . aud pictures and curtains, und ; beautiful lady was sitting beside him, whilo two other ladies (only they worn white cups and spotless cud's) were doiug this and that about, the room. The hoy's head was btill somewhat dizzy from Peter's cruel blow, so tho beautiful lady ouly smiled when ho said fain.ly, aud asked anxiously: ?"'Where aro they? Whero arc tho tnvkoya an' chickens? Oh, Mary and Baby Sunshine won't have no Thanks giving after all!" ? Weak and half sick. Jamie sank to tho couch, and buried his head so the beaittiful lady wouldn't sen him "cry ing tears down his cheeks," as ho wonht have said. The beautiful lady stroked his hair with, her soft, white baud, and spoke to hiiu soothingly, so pretty Roon he ceased sobbing, and told her all about himself, and about Mary and Uabv Sunshine waiting for their Thanksgiving dinner, and about hi* mother sick in the hospital up town. Now, tho beautiful lady was a very vise lady, aud almost before .Tamio had iinished sho had ordered her car riage in haste. Then she directed one 1'RKFAUIXO THK FIRST PURITAN FEA8T. hair and blue eyes ? had l>een laid to rest the day before Thanksgiving of the preceding year. . Suddenly her carriage stopped will) such force that the bcrses reared, aud sbo heard her coachman cry out'. "Quit, Peter!* Leave bin alone!" Tbc lady hurriedly looked out of her carriage and saw the chickens and ! turkey* lyiug near the wheels. Yon der a red-bearded man ? his face bloodshot with rage, bis lips moving involuntarily, his great bands working nervously ? stooped toward the road, where lay a thin, pale, little lad, rag ged, dirty, motionless; bis eyes were closed, bis face was white, and above bis left templo was a mark getting more and mote purplish. * All this tho lady saw in a- single in stant. Then she sprang from her eurriagc, aud with ouo bound war by the boy's aide. Her hand quickly tore open his coat ami shirt aud Jolt his heart beating. V "He's alive," abe said qnietty, look ing up into the man's face, as he straightened and trembled under her steady gaze. "So it's probably a long , of the maid servants to make ready to stirrt with her at once for New York, nml she ordered a man to accompany them. When they stepped ont of the ferry house in New York Jnrnio and the beautifuHady and the maid stepped inside n carriage, while the man sat outside next to tho coachman, and thus they were driven to tho touement in Eldridge street, f'here Mary and Baby Sunshine were waiting. Soon after, the children sat down to such a meal as tho children had not eaten for a long time. Before they had liuishod the lady had found out just where Jamie's mother was, aud ?Lie wrote her a letter sayi::g she was going to take the lit tl o folks out to her home that night spend Thanksgiving Day1?^i','^pnrtd bring them in town to see her at til? hospital the day follow ing. She. did all this, and /fiore, too, for Mrs. Dugin grew strong and well iir a had been before isband the beau it to New Jersey pottage, to lire in few wfecks, and as at butter-maker in Edj married uer sailor tifnl IadyN^ook ber oj and gave her- ? little on one part of her great eetaie; Dar ing the summer Jamie helps take care of the poaltr? thera, bat in tho win ter be and Mary attend the tchool which the beantifnl lady has atarted lor the children of her tenants. And yoji msy be anre Hmt they and Little tionahina *ra htriag ? maeh happier ThanlrigiTifig weak tiiia year than last. Turkey of Aulvl 1.ui?? Tu tho eaily days, when tho "great t? t v?r^ of wildo fowlti" WHS the lllihiu contribution to tho feat i \aI of Thanks giving, roasting was not linking, as it is mm. Over a big fireplace, such as tho first" settlers hnilt to accommodate tho hugo log* tho virgin forest sup plied, was driven u great nui I , or spike, front which tho turkey wahsus* ponded by a string. A stick with a notched on (I was placet against tho mantel front and tho string held in tho uoteu. Careful adjustment of stick and r?tiing k f | ? I tho turkey At tho proper distance from tho tiro. l'n> derneath was pfaeed a great iron pan to catch tho juicy fat that ?lrippe?l during tho roasting. An occasional twist of tho string kept tho turkey slowly spinning, ao that all parts re ceived equal heat. Shoos of salt pork slowly frizzling below in tho dripping pan furnished a rich Hind for tho basting, which win a constant process. In tho general rejoicings whore so luany whites and Indians indulged in prolonged Thanksgiving feasting tlio venison and turkeys were roasted in tho open at temporary fireplaces built of massive logN. ?hnnh6gU'lii0 Oinntv Oi'-'l *! Oh Hv'f S- '.'.l. C.??*V <jt B'^ta ? ?c.i'c^t'fct O-i'Sj v.)'m Cai^w 6?'jct CCU?'. flMM Tur.t/ S'yfflO * C"t*TKUT%. Cl'***-*'" S?*Kt C?SO'tO Svjf Po??iot?. iail ?. Pus K C?t am G'?ine Cu ."wCo-tR Pjk'Pfi* H*t fJuTi After Tluinkoi;! vJhR. Tu what KjWrit do wo t iko up tlio activities of lifo after Thanksgiving D^k, 8?? widoly observed throughout t/to nation? Havo our minds been awakened to a new sense of obligation to the Giver of all blessings? Han this new experience resulted in a more complete surrender of ^elf to Him? Has it induced a full recognition of ? His innltnierahl 3 gifts? Is the deter mination greater than over before to i honor llim with our lipn ami in iho use of all our power*? Tu a word, do wo enter upon nnr lifeWork with higher aims and with a deeper con viction that all we now nro or ever expect to bo is through tbo infinite love of Him "with whom thero is no ' variableness, neither shadow of turn- i ipg?" ' ! 1 v! iix Ucunrli'D. "My mother always had a generous j 'boiled dish ? alTlcinde of vegetables i ami a fowl boiled," nays a Now Eug- ? laud matron. "It always graced tho dinner table in an important ]>laco in h big pewter platter, though generally there was little of it eaton, but mother ?said she always wanted something iu tho houso to live on tho rest of tho i week. Before cooking stoves invadod I the land all tho cooking was done by tho lireplace, with a dish below to catch tho drip, and tho twisting cord caused tho browning of all sides of tho bird. Evon after tho stove appcarod iu the kitchen the tin kitchen did j Thanksgiving duty by tho open tire in ; the foreroom." *A l'nlrlotic Obooi vaucr. This season the national colors will < ho abundantly used on Thanksgiving Day. A caterer says that all his war- j moulds for ices will bo in demand on Thanksgiving Day, particularly tho Americau eagle rampant. This seems , to bo a favorite device, and the frozen cream in this form with a tiny (lag j thrust into tho /head ^of tho eagle, is invariably greeted with enthusiasm. It must not bo forgotten, however, that the waving of the stars and atri pea this autumn means auguish to hoiuo bereft hearts. If any such are to ! gather with the family about the Thanksgiving board, it will be a kindly forethought to omit tho warlike decora tions, v A ThnnkiglvhiK I'uiiipkiu I'lo. Cut a alloc of!' the top of a large pumpkin, scrape out the inside,^ an 1 when dry fill the pumpkin sholl with bran or lino sawdnst. Wrap in paper a number of trifling gifts, as many as there are children to be ontertailted. Tie each packet with yellow rihbou^ having one long end terminated in a ? bow. Bury the packages in the bran, arranging the bows on the surface. ? Each child or person present chooses a bow and draws ont the gift attached to it. Artistic UeraraUnni. A judicions use of the homely vog- : otables is admissible in decorating the Thanksgiving board, and can often ba made artistic. Golden ears of corn, I small squashes, carrots, and other : vegetables may be levied upon to j supplements tbo csntre-piece of fruits : j A Y?ou? u?rW?i? an IIOBART IS Dbvp.j The \ icc-Prosi Jcul Passed Qiriclk Away Alter A Lo?? Illness. ? ? ? ? ? ? Till! I NI) CAME TUESDAY MORNING. i * Peaceful Termination of a Brilliant Social niui Political Career- A Pro- | clamat,lon. ? 9 Now York. Special (inrrett A llu- ; b:u-t, Vice- President < > i tin* I'uitod . . Slatea. died at his home in I'ui i<t> on. J N'. at <.30 Tuesday morning. At ; his bedside wore Mrs llobnrt ami hid ; hod. (inrrett A. Ilohart. jr., together: with Dr. William K. Newton and hio | wife and Private Secretary lCvans. Mr. j, Hohart's death had been expected to; ; fomc hours. The beginning of tlu j end came Monday afternoon, when there was a sudden failure of the hear: 1 and from this attack Mr. Ilohart nev- j er rallied. He had horn *>!<?!< lor a j , Ion ^ time and had suffered frequently from heart failure, and his strength had been undermined. Gradually the | Stat ? Sonatoi Sowell. if New Jersey; {Senator llantia, of Ohio; tionpral A. Alfier, Senator Poraker. Senator Fair banks. tleimntl Castillo. civil governor of Santiago, and As>J>[ant Secretary of War Melklejoan. I he News in NVnsltiii?ton. Washington, I) IV, Special.- All tho in Washington were half- mas;ed out of leaped to the memory of \" let ? President llohart. The announcement ol the Vive-President's death, while not unexpected. cauu; us a distinct ihock, ami oast a gloom over tho cit\ where ho was loved ami honored. The nrwrt was fir*: received at tho W hlio I louse l<> minutes before i> c ? ' - < lock, in a private message from Pat terson The Man over tin1 K,\eeutlve M insion was Immediately h ulled ilowa to null' mast ami the doors of tho mail' flan clisri to tho ptibHe. I he President was deeply affected 1.0 the telegram announcing his col league'jj di.ilh, and at once dfop itched a telegram convo.vinu th? sympathy and consolation of himself and Mrs. ?McKinley to Mrs, Hobiirt. 1 1> lie death ol Mr. lloharl, Senator W illiam P. Five, of Malm), breomea I'rt . idont pro tempore of I he Senate and v.ill discharge <i!l th?\dutleH of the Vice President iih piesidjng ollleer of that body. The Senate rules speelft eally provide that no election is nec essary at the beginning o* the se-sinn. Senator Fry^ accordingly will contin ue us nre^.idinu ollleer till the end of 1IIH LATE VICE-PRESIDENT, GARRETT A. IIOBART. failure of the heart's action became more apparent and soon after mid night Monday' night Mr. llohart ho- ] eame unconscious. He remained In that condition until his death. Mr. Hobart's death \va,*. due directly to an- j gima pectoris, complicating myocar ditis. The funeral services will ho | held at the Church of the Redeemer, j at Patterson, and the Interment at the family plot at Cadar Lawn, where the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hobnrt was buried Ki x years ago. Hev. Mr, Magee will preach the sermon. 'Che church ran accommodate no more than j 800 persons, and as thousands will ho j eager to attend the services. It wa* I suggested they be held in the armory,! I which will accommodate 10,00( pons. It is known, however, lha quiet as possible and there Ja little ' likelihood that the programme wlil 1 be changed. The mayor and aldermen J of Patterson have suggested that the l>ody lie In state at the city hall on Friday, and this suggestion wll prob ably he carried but. The pall hearers have been selected, but their name? will be withheld until after they have been notified and have accepted. Nearly all the' representa tives of foreign nations in this coun try have sent messages of sympathy to 'Mrs. Hobart. One of the first to expre.-B his sorrow at the , death of Vice-President Hobart warf President McKinley, who. had been notified by telephone by Private Secretary Bvans. Attoreny General Griggs, who -ttas In Washington, telegraphed that hi would feturn to Patterson at the earli est possible moment. And ho is expec ted to take'eharge of all the details of the funeral. Among others who cent message* of condolence were Sir Julian. Pannce foto, jffce Brltlnh aujbausador; Count Hobart wishes the funeral to j President Mr-Klnley's administration. | unlvss ho chooses to resign or I he ; I Semite wishes to clecl another Senator ' j to the office. V After the cabinet meeting the LVes | blent issued Hie following proclmua | I ion : "Hy the President of the United i St a t oh; "A PROCLAMATION. "To the People of the'Vnlted States: j "Garrett Augustus - Hohart. Vice I President of the United States, died at j his home in Patterson, N. J., at 8.30 i I o'rlock Tuesday morning. In him the j j nation has lost one of Its most lllustri- | . oiih citizens, and one of its most faith- j fill servants. Hl.s participation in the ; I business life and the law making body | of his njiAjve State was marked by tin- j j Awervlng' fidelity and by a high order j i of talents and attainments, in his too j i brief career as Vice President of the ; j United Stales and President of the j | Senate, exhibited the loftiest qualities j | of upright and sagacious statesman- > j ship. In the world of affairs he had j few equals among his contemporaries. ; His private charneter was gentle and ! noble. He will long be remembered and mourned by his friends as n man of hingular purity and attractiveness, j whose sweetness of disposition won all hearts, while his elevated purposes his unbending Integrity and whole hearted devotion to the public good j deserved and acquired universal re- i speet and esteem. "In sorrowing testimony of the loss ! which has fallen upon the country, I j direct that on (he dyy of the funeral ? the executive office* of the United ? States shall be closed and all ? posts | and stations of the army and navy j I shall 4ij?pl:iy the national^flag at half j 'mast. amLthat the representative* of i the United States in foreign countries 1 rhall pay appropriate tribute to the ; illiif trioifB VTead for a period of 30 days. | "In witness wheteof I have set my < hand and caufed the seal of the United ; States to be affixed. (Seal.) "Done at the City of Washing- ? ton, this 21 at day of November, iu the year of ottr Lard one, thousand eight hnndrrd and ninety-nine, and v of the Independence of the United State* nne hundred and twenty fourth "WILLIAM ?M'KINl.KY . -By the President : ' 7 "JOH*>IAY 8ec. of mate." Ifctvotirtfoo OlWlf Ifoti Wljf ? Klnftton. Ja., Bjr C#b!e.? Tho Brt tliU atMiner Atrato from PorraaqglHa Tuesday uid Colon Friday. report* a wldoopron reroluftowary moromoot li Colombia i?l ? InTi oaUookv Hot cmco ?h? laadod will dJfWHjr ofed oko ?u ? Wo ta mcmf irn jwuAl cargo owtoi to tfeo tiwpooatng' o? A |aai tniipnrHllow. Tfct'ntywf * ? *-?- ? -? Mm. Stuart, of Richmond, bMB nrreta MuractloMl %f*rd of Won Yomjc Wani'i Obri?tHW ?1 CO O t BIChMld. VM *u*u SKETCH OF HOBAR'I I.I PH. lie Itfgnn n Poor Hoy, And Worked Mis Way to Tl:a Top. Garrett A. Hohart wna eminently successful hoth In bu:dnos8 and poll ties. ills reputation no a man of af fairs nnd one of iht* shrewdest busi ness men in tho country was perhaps greater than hla reputation as a polit ical loader and Btuttvmmn, until h!a elect Ion to tho vlce-pret ldoncy. three years ago. Mr. Hobart was born In ISH, at U>ng Heach. N. J. Ills ancestors on lib father's >ide were English nnd on his mother's sido Dutch. Thirty three years as:' be was graduated from Rutgers College, nnd began teaching school. Three mvmthe later ho entered / upon the study of law with Socrates Tullle, a pK^luoiii lawyer In Passaic county, and who was at that time mayor of Patlerson. Young 1 1 chart Is said to h*vo, arrived at Patterson with but $1.50 In hlfl'poek et and from this small boginnlng made his way unaided to wealth and prom inence. In I8i?9. bo was admitted to the bar, and the same year ho married the daughter of Mr. Tunic. Mr. Ilobart made his way rapidly to the bar of his native State, and his bout led him early Into politics, in 1871 ho was made counsel of Paterson. and In 1872 was elected to the State Assembly, of which body ho was chosen Speaker in the following year. Even during these early years he displayed that aecurato knowledge of men and exhibited that wonderful executive ability which wero the key of his later success, both in business and politics. At tho end of his soond year in the Assembly, ho retired to devote himself to the law nnd to tho numerous business interests with which he bad become Identified. But the demands of his party would not admit of his remaining long In prlvato life, and in I87t> be was elected to tho State Senate, of which body ho was chosen President in 1881. During his service in the Scnatebe was chairman of the Judiciary committee, and was the author of many measures of Im portance which are now on the statute .. hooks of the State of Js'ew Jersey. Ilia party became more and moro exacting in its demands upon him. Ho was rec ognized as a safe and guiding hand, and from 1880 to IR91 he was at tho head of the State Republican organi zation of New .Jersey, and as such planned some of the nrist brilliant campaigns conducted by his party in the State. From 1884 to 1896 ho was a member of the national Republican legislative eommlttcc, and had much to do with the management of the na tional campaign during t note twclvo years. During all those year; bis business connections l??camj bro.lder and broad er. His keen Insight into affair* piade his advice and counsel of;, Pitch value that he wart soiight after by > the largest Corporations In the country aftd At TITO time or his election as VIcc President he was a director In no? less than 60 different companies. Probably the greatest honor which ho attained was hlB Bclcrtlon as one of the three nrfot trators of tho Joint Traffic Association, composed of 37 of the moat prominent trunk linen of the country. Through ( hl? business connections and hla law practice he built up a large fortune. After his nomination and election to the vice presidency on the ticket head ed by .Mr- WcKlnley, he came to Wash- ^ ington vnd took up his residence in the old! Cameron mansion, adjoining; the site, of tho historic old Seward bouse, on Lafayette square, where Blaine died. Mr. Hobart's residence ? during the past two years has been the scene of many delightful social affaire. Socially the Vice President and his charming wife divided the honors wkh the President and Mrs. McKlnley. Vice-President Hobart's genial temper ament and charming personality made him very popular, not only In the Sen ate over which he presided with dig nity and ability, but with all who camo. In contact with him. Mr. Hobart left but one child, flarrett A. Hobart, Jr., a boy of 14. Fanny, a girl of 22, died ' in 189"> In Italy, while there with her parents. V Mr. Hobart was a popular presiding officer, and a good parliamentarian. It had been the habtt of most Vice-Pros Idents to refer closely disputed points to the Senate for decision. Mr. Hobart, _ however, usually decided all such que* Hons himself, especially If they lOr volved parliamentary law, and the rule did not provide for decision by the Senate. He was qnick Indisposing of business at IiIh deBTF/T^id'. proceedings were never ' delayed throti^h any ln dAolslon on his part. His Arm and im partial manner won the respect Of all Senators, while his genial and pleasant disposition made him one of the nxpt popular men who ever filled the high ? offieo which ills death liaves vacant.