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: The Rights : Cow By Kot( pft>ple always r< hot weather comes, i u _ When the mercury I 1 in a brick block, in W I sure to think of Auni | MI Green fields, runnin 1 1 milk, fresh vegetabh ^ _3 charms, and we dout or the cut of Cousin terpose a barrier to nas concluded to go into the country. Not at all. City people like coun our rural cousins bring their fashions thi D^a^t5 e t'uer. <Sty cousins go into the country people have the most work to do, rigt country housewife knows what "bavin efter t.hel' own henr and thov rat am they expect the horses to drive, whet! and they expect everything to be cont All this is very well, if they are r< comes, and the country cousins, having them a visit iu their city homes. Aunt Polly may come in a gown t may be of quite as ancient a date, and so that he who runs may read, but in s have eaten her doughnuts and drank h during the summer, to receive her wit! It is no disgrace to have country r< your household a respectable woman, whether her "wrap"' be cut by guess, terns. But don't put her in the back attii when your genteel friends call. If they ral aunt, let them collapse. It is no dir.? She has a glorious galaxy of earth's bos $how the old aunt around the cit; and not a wild beast. Make her feel put off having a party because she lu ache, a^; an excuse for not taking her t Dji't tell the DeJoneses and the wborrp^ja used to know in his boyhooi ft ahjipfand no decent person will think ^^tof^^Don't. for Heaven's sake, make a 1 ^Wfegiieve that all your relatives belong i guilty of mistaking their words, and r Everybody cannot live in a city, at to, for if they did, then there would t the delights of life would be fled. Let us all be good to Aunt Iletsy, all the other rural cousins; and when sights with a good grace, and not pull tr the door with the lie; "Sol at home * & >p How i By J. G. Phelps Stok HE human organism. r of inherent creath 1 J growth, and whethei Ik largely upon the nat I fi in the environment i I w 6 underlying creative I I enccd by its environ in one direction or a ~ the development is t lity and social usefulness, or toward Bible society to determine under wli ^ the development of the individual sha! \ With the wider awakening of the ^-Jead to poverty are being lessened an erral and state laws and in municipal i wider apprehension of social and indi side. Factories and workshops are b< better ventilated and better equipped ployes; sweatshops arc disappearing, h chasing power of the average wage ments to the contrary), tenement hor tary and demoralizing features, child 1 diminishing, better and broader educa lar Deuer opportunities ior neaitnitii a of these improvements upon the socia often underestimated. Usually the en been the advantage of those most imn suit is accomplished. Not merely is tl: ing, but standards are being so raised under conditions less prejudicial to he With the disappearance of so mud ediable causes, such as have been su last analysis nearly all poverty is due or neglect of those in whose power it i Proper education, intellectual, physica the social nature and of the spirit of ; ingness on the part of the people to iconditions prejudicial to the welfare oi highest welfare of the individual slu ^H^^honld strive, but it is as often overlc B^^^gting happiness can be secured by s ^^ H^ksiblc to the individual, like the gi unselfish, useful service. Tin ^^^H^Hthe higher the motive which prom enduring the happiness that res unwilling to advance personal c HHBHventive of the welfare of others, at HHBi goal, the welfare of society as a attainment of universal individu; K same proyoition, poverty will vanish.^ # r"A Legit Rich. On ^ By Harry Bolce. TATIONARY or sede The latest goid mini saiis over the land li a day 111 the operati< - ; sels is sometimes les Hj to $95,000, accoriinj pay for the monster ?' even at $5000 the ac pairs and depreciatic more than $100,000. These are figun land carrying a low proportion of pole own these mining fleets do not advert of more than COo percent on tho?r i legitimate in every sense, but it hai eclipsed. One of the gold ships will devou there are now one hundred vessels in dred agricultural acres are being pern the valleys thus far prospected and pu surance of at least fifty years of min period, even if no additional boats we sands fertile at res will have been ded t America.?The llooklovers' Magazine. ?f . f itry Cousins f : Thorn. 'member their country relatives when f npi'nr at anv other time. pets into the nineties, one who swelters I some of our swarmiig cities, is pretty L Polly and Cousin Maria. r brooks, cows, especially if they give i*s, fruit and jftire air possess untold >t if the fashion of Aunt Polly's bonnet, Maria's gown, would for a moment inthe mind of the city relative when she try customs in the country; but when to the city, that seems to be another in the hottest weather, when country it in haying time generally?end every ig" means?and they enjoy themselves J they sleep, and they make work, and ier the farmer is working them or not, , rived so as to suit their convenience. 1 eadv to make due returns when winter ; got over their busy spell, come to pay >f a fashion ten years ago. and her hat 1 "country" may be written all over her ;pite of that, it is the duty of those vtho er new milk, and slept in her spare bed h kindness and courtesy, datives. It is no disgrace to admit into , whether her dress bo silk or calico; or by one of the most fashionable patI e to sleep. Don't keep her out of sight can't stand the sicht of an honest old rutraceto have been born in the country. 5t and most gifted to keep her company, k*. Take her out as if she were a lady that you are not ashamed of her. Don't is come. Don't have the Sunday heado church. Van Smiths that she is an old part/ J. Come out bravely with the relationthe less of you. fool-of yourself, and try to make people to the fashionable world, and arc never tinning wild on their adjectives! id thank God. everybody does not want ?e no country cousins to visit, and half and Aunt Polly and Cousin Maria, and they come to the city show them the down the blinds, and send the servant ?New York Weekly. y* o Stop Poverty m w es. %-^V5 like every other, prows by the exercisej ,-e faculties, but the direction of the ^ r for better or worse, often depends, tire and character of outside influences n which the growth takes place. The activity never remains long uninflument. There is constant development nother; in the case of the human being, oward health or ill-health, toward morselfishness and wrong-doing. It is poslat general conditions of environment II proceed. social conscience the conditions which d removed. Beneficial changes in Kedind other ordinances, resulting from the rstrial evils, are being made on every . ing better planned, better constructed, with regard to the welfare ol' the cmours of labor are being reduced, the puris increasing (despite occasional statenes are being freed from many unsaniabor and its attendant evils are rapidly tional facilities are being provided, and nd wholesome recreation. The bearing j 1 welfare, considered as a whole, is too li sought in any work of betterment has lediately concerned, but a l'ar larger reie lot of the present day worker improv1 that future generations will enter liiJ alth and character. i poverty as is due to needless and remggestcd. but little will remain. In the to the ignorance, indiffeience. weakness s to better the conditions underlying it. 1 and moral, and wider development of justice and fairness, will lead to unwill-rmit the continuance of needlessly bad ' others. It is often considered that the >uld be the goal for which individuals >oked that neither spiritual welfare nor elfishly seekng it. The highest welfare eatest happiness, can only he attained e more unselfish and useful the service pts it, the higher is the welfare and the ;u!ts. In proportion as individuals beir group ends by means destructive or id in proportion as they seek, as a cornwhole. the greatest of all obstacles to al welfare will he removed, and in the -The Independent. ^ * # imaie GeU ? ick Scheme e ntarv gold mining has a serious rival, ng is done by means of a dredger thai ike a ship on sea. The toial expense ii: on of one of the gre\ai gold mining ves s than $3o. The ships cost from $50,00( ; to size. The first year's cruise wil itself, v.iil pay the cost of the land re; will meet all expenses, including re m of machinery, and still net the ownci ?s of actual iterations, and regarding I. It is little wonder that the men win ise. Many of them arc reaping a profit 11 vestment. The industry is, of course s all g' i-rich-quick schemes absolutel} r an r re of earth every month. As the un le Pacific Coast licet, one hun lanem" destroyed every thirty days. Ir rchas- ' v the operators there is an as ing activity, so that at the end of that -e launched in new sections, sixty thou ucted lrom the tillable areas of west err | A THANMSGTVIN 11 HOW A PASTOB AND HIS !YC j) {} ii v> HUNDRED SOT V' - o By Ucnr. Am T was in the I i3f oarb' winter of i fii?rtaken t li e pastorate of a s small church in a country town in central New /. Yor^k, ^ and was young people's club. Thanksgiving was approaching. and I was anxious should undertake something which would promote the spirit of the day. The county ; house, containing about '-'OO of the poor j and insane, was located two miies i from the town, and I conceived the j plan of having our society give theui a genuine Thanksgiving treat. At the i first meeting of the society I made the suggestion. Of course, it interested the young people, but?then there came the ditlieultics. How could a twelve or fifteen young people, poor v ones at that, with a burden already too j . heavy to bear, contribute to the happi- j ness of 200? Expense, labor, time?all the costly factors 211 such nndertak-' logs, loomed up. and though bright eyes sparkled and cheeks glowed at the thought, the young people sadly shook their heads, fearing the undertaking heyond their ability. I had. however, planned the matter in my own mind, and having faith that we n-.niM l.n I,ift tn mir nu n resources in the matter, I laid bare my plans, and finally, by vote, committed the society to the undertaking. The first tiling we did was to delepate a person to go to the village miller to secure L'0<> eight-pound paper baps, instructinp hint to make known to him. in detail our plans and purpose. The miller became interested immediately, and when the pay for the bags was tendered, he refused to accept It. saying: "No! no! I want a share in your work, and if I were a young person I think I would want to associate myself with a society such as yours." Next I went to the publisher 3f the village newspaper and asked him to print for us iiOO slips of paper like this: _______ _____?? ClKljonnsyroiilrsS'orifti) ! OF THE . ' tjflpiitg ijuitli Cljnrrlt j IS desirous of giving the poor and unfortunate in our Countv Alms House and Asylum a Thanksgiving treat, and to tli.it em! are willing to be the almoners of the ^uts of generously disposed persons. J:" you will kindly till this oag with confectionery, nuts, foreign and domestic fruit or candies, ! we will see i hat they arc conveyed to j them. The bag- .mil contents will be called for on tl.e evening before Thanksgiving Day. "Blessed is lie that com?idereth the poor. The Lord vill deliver liirn in | ~ time of trouble. The f.ord will keep j a him alive and he -11a 11 be blessed upon (( the earth. The Lord will strengthen hint upon the bed of languishing. Tlioit v wilt make ail bis bed in his sickness." s ?P*. 41:1-3. ,1 1 ?" o Of course, tlio newspaper man was si deeply interested and glad to eonlri- " bute the slips as his share toward the e benefaction. The slips were then past- S ?d upon the hags, and by the committee s appointed for the distribution, left at tl the lioines of those who had been se- si leeted. No consideration was given tl to either the denominational or the re- pr llgious character of those solicited, it Ilomun Catholics. Jews and infidels were asked, and responded generously. The entire population of the village felt the generous thrill and the j happy glow. Two hundred households I were made happy for days in discussing their contributions. When the ! ''ags were gathered together it was | found that we had nearly half a ton | of goodies for the poor people, and not one of the bags was found missing or j returned empty. And what a revelation of the generosity and kindly sym- j pa thy of the people those bags were, l Some of them were estimated as worth J not less than $i!. In them were or- ] auges. bananas, apples, malaga grapes j figs. nnts. cakes, boxes of candies. I "nils was a s\l> thaxksoimno fok i , me, bl't this bkiuiit i:av of sun- t shine makes it less 1h5eauy." ; j, cakes of chocolates, tough drops, chew- | * lug gum. booklets, fancy pictures and j " other articles. These bags were carefully carried to ' the county house by a committee on Thanksgiving morning. aim wnn me i aid of the keeper. his wife. aiul the do- i i uiesties. assorted and distributed, j i First, the bags were placed upou a j t G INSPIRATION >UNG PEOPLE. MADE TWO L JLS HAPPY 8 8 8 8 \\ M A'm*fr r~ -J nrge table and the contents assortei nto baskets, pails and tubs. Tber vere bushels of oranges and apple; nore than a bushel of bananas, pail if grapes, nuts and candies and otlie hings. Then 1!00 plates were sproa* [long the siiles of the long corridor o lie ball, and one article from each wa tiaeed upon each plate, till the plate l.irrt. ..>wl 1 ne..!niiclr Kaon I l-l t- lH Ui^ii CAI l\L MlOViVll.-JJ "? ?" iful. Vet one-third only of the cor ribuiion bad found place. One hundred of these plates wor aken into the dining ball of the insti ution. placed upon the tables, am hen the aged inmates to the sain lumber were invited to be seated. Th uembers of the committee were thei nvited in and introduced by the keepe nd given the opportunity to convej o them the greetings of the lovinj carts which had inspired the kindl: emembranee. After a few words b: he pastor the responses began. Oni y one, beginning at the head of th< able. and passing around it, the wholi 0t> gave oral testimony *to their grati tide for the kindly consideration. We sometimes say we cannot prat ml speak in prayer meeting. If w< ,ere incarcerated in the i>oor hous< Theif Est' ^ " V. I . v ) -'.. '. ' ' nd souk* kindly friend rememhem s. we would speak. Our tongue! "ould not be tied. "Hod bless you ir, the longest day you live for youi lioughtfulness." "Say thank you foi lie to your young people. >ir. L nevei eed such a spread in my life before.' I thank you. and our Heavenly Fath r for you." "This is a sad Thanks ivir.g to me. but this bright ray ol unshine makes it less deary. 1 iinnk you." Such were the expros ions of gratitude we heard. Some ol liem seemed like the welling up of tin reat frozen 'depths?the melting agaii ito emotion of hearts that had beconu 'i never seed such a spread i? MY LIFE BEFORE." lfil nil flint v. The cxnression ol Iieir gratitude well-nigh broke oui earls. After making the rounds of the hos ital and the asylum, we took our de arture, feeling that in addition to tin lessedness of having remembered tin oor. we hail established a red-lettei a.v in the history of the institution 'lie keeper, in a rotnniunieation to 0111 ociety many weeks afterwards, add d to previous expressions of gratitude lie assttraiiee that the event hat a used a happy divergence in tin houghts of the inmates, and instead o welling upon their tinfortiinnte eondi ion. they had continually talked o he thoughtfiiliipss of their friends. 1 tight to be added that our coutribu ion provided the inmates of the iusti tition with a tasty dessert after eael iabbath dinner till some time afte \>w Year's, and also gave our feebl ociety the iirst spur of inspiratioi vhieli led it out into larger and mor ictive spheres of altruistic eudeavot -liiim's Horn. The meat received into ^uiithlieh narket every year for tlie feeding o .ondon exceeds four hundred am hree thousuud tons. t to Thee. (filter;?-; &}*&& tor all Ibc^ooJ 'frfflm'1W Tb?u Host "jet \\W v^pliOSLOinsI lb<? <?r)dl<?SS stfit>?Mr d *raja^b?t ScarS tb<? 500I5 o\ &?? 0 ruXk. men a< iron would-/JniU ? g \Sonnet?Thanksgiving Day. c Thanksgiving Day! The memory of oa % sires Comes o'er us at the murmur of thy name - And once again we see thetn as tiiey canu Bjaaksgiving. * ?From Harper's Bazar. 1 [ Weary and heartsick, hushing their desirei 5 l,-i?r homes and kindred tar across the sea, iir.it, without fear or hindrance, titer might raise i Daily to (iod their prayers and hymns o l* j praise. r i And walk Ilis paths in all humility. we Knew thee lir.-t in sixteen twentv-one: I The shores of lileak New Kngiatid eiain thy birth; And though thy cradle buried was in snow - I And chill November winds, with icy tone. ! Hushed thee to sleep, yet now with jo] and mirth W e celebrate that day oi long ago. ? Louise Boyd. i SEASON OF COOD CHEER. ' Thanksgiving Day an Occasion Foi Ueneral Itejoicing. Next Thursday, by proclamation pro vided. every civilized corner of this country will throb with the thanks giving spirit and resound with liymn: of praise for the bountiful blessing: of the year. The most sober ccdebra tion on the American calendar. Thanks giving is yet an occasion for genera rejoicing and feasting, and it is al ways heralded ' with joyous anfieipa tions. And this year's observance promises to be most heartily enjoyec by the grea.t mass of people through out the land. Ir is an occasion that opens the great broad heart of tlie country to the dis s tress of the unfortunate, when the mil lionaire is (sometimes) thankful he ha: r purse strings to unloosen, when tin r financially comfortable indulge in un usual luxuries, when one struggling . tradesman is satisfied with a median . sized turkey, when the ragged child ol . poverty gets only a smell of the savory > dishes of the day and philosophically r murmurs that he is thankful to bf . alive. However, there are few unfor r tunnies unprovided for on ttiis festivt - anniversary. The inmates of hospitals . jails, poorhouses and other public in I stitutions all fare generously, and evei the homeless outcast renews acquain f tance with edibles that have long - been strangers to his stomach. Thanks f j giving is a day for pleasant family re II unions, when the widely scatter* - I members of a once united liousehnh -1 gather at bountiful dinners of roas !i turkey, plum pudding, mince am r pumpkin pies, etc. : 'ii <(& - .y.rr'MX.*>] vr, ;i - HBIssbs J j | | ~ THan^s9^n9 Acrostic. T's for the turkey 1=0 toothsome .m l good. 11 is for holiday, well understood. A'a for the apples which make sauce and pie, N's for the noise of the children knee-high, K's for the kitchen where good things are made, *. S is for spices and sweet marmalade G's for the games which we play until night, I's for the ices so cold and so white. V's for the vines which encircle eaou plate, l's for the illness which comes to us late. N'sfor the nuts, and the raisin*. \ou know, G's for the gratitude we all should show. -C. B. J ji-Jau. The Day, tlie Diet, the Decoration*. The American with "a soul so dead" that he does not feel ills patriotism stirred by the memory of Thanksgiving dinners that have "gone before" is a poor sort oi an individual. Indulge in "snacks and bites" as he may and distress bis digestion by the torturing process of swallowing his ! average midday meal in five minutes, j there is one day 111 the year at least 1 when he becomes passive, quiescent j and calmly amenable to the seductive effects of a really attractive ami properly built up meal. An essay on the delights of eating, therefore, which would only in>*rit his cynicism or contempt at any other time becomes an attractive subject now, and the idea of festooning his ; stomach with a melange of succulent : dainties become a subtle and temler ly fantastic suggestion as Thanksgiving day approaches. It depends very much upon the exuberance of the fancy, the training of the palate or the depth of the pocketbook how far the course can be stretched out to suit the taste of any ^ particular individual. But as a sage once said. "Catch your bird tirst and then eat him." .So with your turkey. Get him by all means before anything else, and get the right kind of a bird, if you would have him tender and tasty as he shouid be if young and properly fed. The best kind of a turkey ;o buy is a short breasted, plump bird, with a clear skiu and short pin feathers, giving the preference to a fowl that is not over large. I.ong hairs and sharp scales on the legs betray old birds. The clever housewife needs no lolling how to cook the turkey when a nice bird has once been secured and how to garnish the centre piece with appropriate livings. A n a ArA Jt.ir in vsiic mm irm.t, luuiiiviu, i?? *n i *?* regard to the* dining-room and talde. which may ho given a touch of color befitting the occasion without much extra trouble. The mantel can he very prettily decorated Iv means of a bank formed of various kinds of fruits and vegetables appropriately mingled wiii grecD leaves. The cnandelier can he draped with ropes of moss intermingled with -prays of bitter sweets. Be sure not to bring out the ordinary every day dinner service, for this is the one occasion when all the oldest fashioned things should be brought out. the oldest china, the most revered antiques and family heirlooms, not forgetting the old-fashioned bra-s candlesticks for lighting the dinner table with candles. For a centrepiece a jardiniere may be made out of hftlf a pumpkin or a 3 cabbage. The pumpkin should he hnl. lowed out and cut into points at the edge, or the cabbage be stripped of f its outer leaves and the centre hollowed out. Into this natural jardiniere the rosiest of apples and the tini est grapes and pears should be piled. , A Time For General ICejoiring. Thanksgiving is a time when the preacher gets into print far and wide, and the sermons of the day often have a strong political flavor. It is related of a stanch Federalist pastor of Connecticut. who included this prayful ? - r sentence in his Thanksgiving invocation: "And oil. Lord, endow tiie Pres ident (Jefferson) with a goodly por5 tio? of Thy grace, for Thou, O Lord, - knowest that he needs it." 5 In those old days secular antipathies 5 and political prejudices were forgot ten iu the general rejoicing. It was an occasion when okl enemies made 1 friends, and rich and poor indulged in cider, mince pie and a fowl of some kind. No tramp went unfed, and even the town pooriiouse had its turkey. In 1 the middle of the century it was cus tomary and fashionable to make calls after the manner of the once popular New Year's observance, and as reeent ly as ISO." New Yorkers celebrated the Thanksgiving occasion by parading 5 the streets arrayed in all sorts of fan? tastic costumes. Correct. I Bread and sage and pepper. ( Chestnut, thyme and ovst-r. Mingled with some sausage hails. lust to make it moister. Browned till crisp and fragrant. Then you strike the (p-ade of Stuffing that's the stuffing that , Turkey dreams are made of. ?Judge. f,