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Show Tf 'JL FOR FULLEST MEDICAL EXAMINATION HANK8GIVINQ without the turkey la alanthlnkable. to o a t ' For thla great bird, which baa become Inseparably aaaoclat-ewith the Season - of Thanksgiving, ia L" peculiarly an Ameri can bird and aa much an American institution aa Thanksgiving Within day itself. f -- the -- reach of poor and rich alike, the great national bird the principal feature of the ft ai'lic, which' la an Important part of the fcs tlvltlea of the day. The fact la, of course, that turkeyt dont come from Turkey, and were :n known before the discovery t America, in (he north of which continent the wild turkey atlll roaiiiirin unrestrained freedom, though opt. alas. In nndlmlnlshed numbera. When the enterprising Spaniarda began to explore the resources of the new woild that Columbus bad opened out for them, they found that the natives bad tamed a big bird, which they regarded aa a sort of peacock; and It waa not iong after the diacovery of America that the new bird made bia appearance In European poultry yards. Oreat must have been the disgust of tba original eeeupanta of thaae when the invader appeared. For one thing ha waa much bigger than any of them, and could look down on them in the moat literal tense. He waa also fully aware of the Importance of bia expenalve personality and lost bo time in Impressing It on all and The peacock, who bad aundry. reigned supreme both aa an artist in posing and aa a table delicacy the Romans uaed to talk of having "ham and peacock" as wa would apeak of ham and turkey found himself confronted with a rival who made np for inferiority of plumage by displaying with much greater energy and frequency what he had got. and by a Professor Munyon has engaged a staff of specialists that are renowned leaders in their line. There is no question about their ability, they are the finest physicians that colleges and hospitals have turned out and receive the highest salaries. He offers their service to you absolutely free of cost. XT matter what your disease, or how many doctors you have tried, write to Profesmenagerie, when he also met hia sor Munyous physicians and they will give your case careful and prompt end from a far different adversary. attention and advise n hat to do. You are under no obligations to you This waa a gamecock of some In- dian breed, the most blackguardly them. It will not cost you a penny, only the postage stamp you put on your letter. J looking fowl I have ever set eyes ! upon, .with All consultations are held strictly confidential. beetling eyebrows, a bulldog 'type of beak and pillaf-llk. Address Munvons Doctors, Munyons Laboratories, 53d & Jefferson legs, bis athletic proportions set off Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. , by very plumage. How-- ' was he ever, only a fowl, thought SKSW Frank. Firviv fay d e llgbt-flttln- g . - - A t&u jJS f t sh S fV? tbe two turkeys, and with Oriental Indifference to the rules of fair play they both set out to tackle him toThe gamecock acquitted gether. himself In a manner worthy of his breed, and bowled them over with ' one blow apkce. Perhaps his natural magnanimity for chanticleer is seldom anything but a gentleman made him lenient with the hen; at . any rate, she was only "knocked silly." But he gave her husband a fair knock-ou- t blow; gripping his wattle 'with the bulldog bill, he brought the columnar shanks down otf' the bulky adversary neck with such force that, when I saw the bully he was sitting In a state of paralytic collapse, and not - long after inglorlously expired. Such is the part the turkey plays as a tame bird a pretentious and pushing person who occasionally lgngmlnlously. Nor are his ' aspect and career as a wild bird different, for be la one of tbe few creatures which have altered very little in domestication; and though he may be regarded as tbe premier bird of America, and gains a certain amount of dignity and consideration thereby, there ia a comic element in bis performances and misfortunes which robs him of tbe , dignity of the feathered nobles of the older world. The blackguardly tendencies which, seen in domestication, have caused some people to suggest that ha is called a turkey because be behaves like the proverbial unapeakable Turk, are in full wing in his wild ancestor, who is altogether born In sin. His wife, or wives for h ia an Inveterate polygamist, even in hia primitive eondl-- . tlon have to keep their Infant poults out of hia way, or he will crack their little head for them; and when he conquers and slays a rival gobbler, he tramples him when he is down and done for. His court-ihlp'i- s every bit as absurd In the wilds as It la in the farmyard, i fticlent tnrkey dowagers emulate hk absurdities tn strutting to win hli regard, though the pullets main-tal- i a proper modesty of demeanor. Moreover, tha wily hunter brings about hia downfall in ways which makS him look undignified no Other ' bird W lured to' hia end In auch queerly discreditable ways. One la to call him tip within shot by Imitating the voice of her he loves for the time being. On a small , pipe, often made of a turkeys own drumstick bone, tbe sportsman Imi-- ; tates what he ungallantly calls the "yelp of tbe hen turkey, and the 'infatuated gobbler, lured 'by the soft Invitation, is often decoyed within To his credit be it said, how- i range. - ever, he displays a fine ear, and if he detects anything suspiciously' In-sincere 1nthe accents of the con-- f cealed charmer, it will be a clever I impersonator who gets him to answer another matrimonial advertise- ment for that season at all events. Another plan la the turkey trap, which la a pen made of logs and en- i tered by a trencltf across which I there is a bridge Just inside the en5 lead the corn of trrfln A trance. and when they are inside and turkeys lata .Vi, tc ,t never have eaten P beneath which they bridge lh them to stoop to wander round and KSftm ffie tapper come, and gathers them not argue any great In a proceeding which does their on part amount oi intelligence hunting him with by a turkey One can even get The said favorable. a dog circumstances being clrcunintanees am the fact of tha turkeys being a little way off from their woodland retreat, feed a greyIng out on (be prairie, and ones dog being how to hound; moreover, ones horse should know Is a not longwhen wild, even go. The turkey, distance flier, but he has not sense enough to remember this when he finds his foes between him and the wood, and trie to fly straight away from the pursuing hound Instead of turning about over head and coming back to cover. After about a mile he has had enough of flying and takes to his opponent is legs, only to find that his close behind, end he must perforce tgkft.to the air I not for ao long again. But thla time hia flight a distance, and he la ignomtnloualy run into," a victim of misplaced confidence In himself as an Household Lubricant THE -- quick-chang- - not repeat the creed!" What with strutting and gobbling himself, and - - with proving congenial to the. gobbling process as rly conducted by human beings, the turkey-faibounced the poultry world in general, and actual--y most ancient membet-o- f oQgted thwgoose.-th- e .the poultry association and the savior of Rome, from1 popular estimation aa a holiday dish. The turkey ia a good type of the product of his native continent in more ways than one, and soma Americana, impressed by the fact that tbe nation's emblem, the white-headeeagle, Is not freedom. but a freebooter, robenly a "bird--- f bing the respectable flshbawk of his cstch, and generally playing tbe needy sharper, have claimed d -- that the turkey would represent the batter United 8tates, and be certainly better suits -- -- tha ideals of an -- emi- nently practical d people. aa he Is his methods, however, the turkey gets scored off" now and then. A century or so ago. when geese and turkeys used In the absence of present day facilities for transport to be driven long distances on the roads, a couple of noble sportsmen laid a wager aa to the speed of turkeys and geese over a course which It would take a matter cf days to traverse. Each nobleman was provided with a? little flock of four of the fowls of his fancy, and of course betting was high In favor of the turkeys. And at first they seemed to Justify their backers, tor they soon stalked away from their waddling rivals and left them far behind. So things went on all day, but as dusk came on the aristocratic turkey herd found his Charges becoming passive resistors, and displaying an incurable desire to go to roost no amount of coaxing would Meanwhile the despised' propel them farther. geese, with whom olght and day were not of any very great tm port an ce, w ad tl led sedately past; and -ultimately won the race with plenty to spare. It was pretty nearly the old dale of the hare and lortplse over again, in fart;. I have known the farmyard bully pretty well bested on two occasions myself tragically so In fact. One of the most valued possession of the Calcutta animal dealer I have mentioned was a European-breturkey, whose color much commended It In his eyes, since turkeys of this ni?seeni not to be foundln India. This privileged fowl, used to .circulate about hli mas ters chair, strutting and gobbling; and though he Into the oftj fesented the entrance of native compound he respected Europeans, a piece of discrimination one does not expect In a being of such limited Intelligence aa a turkey. Another Inmate of the menagerie waa a young cassowary, and he rougtrrtlteturkeysdowufsll for, nulling tafa the compound one day, I missed the ginger-huead. akedwhathad become of him. said the dealer; "he Ah, my gave check tc the cassowary, and the cassowary It sounded aa if kicked him and burst bis bag! tbe impudent bird had been collapsed like a toy battoon, but 1 did not inquire into details. The dealer, however, consoled himself wjlth pair of local turkey! or the ordinary dark color, and the gobbler waa. beginning to taWtha place of his deceased predecessor In the economy oi tbe in fkwn-colore- d -- poor-turkey- ! four-legge- d ' MANUFACTURED BY Inins EraqsHn BALE BY FOR Continental Oil Company Oil CompAiy (Incorporated) I (Incorporated) COLTwr DISTEMPER be bandied The sick are eared, aad at! other ta same stable, no mattereasily. bow "exposed " kept from hawiac the dm CURItToiwe on by nslnw BhOHNB UjLUj7lhTUiPK .MifOLof In feed. Acts on tbe blood nnd expels gens of nil formse distemper. Best remedy ewer known for mares In foaL .One bottle wuaranteed to cute one eaen Uenntl a bottlet Chnnd -IfiSdoeeno and hi mi ilmlm irrmnl firprem pen! by igglrir menotectu Out shews how to peaRtce thieatn Mr free i Booklet iriwes weary thing. Leonl agentn wanted, leanest tailing k remedy la Altalanos twslweysare. SPOHM MBDIOAL Oostian, bwL, B.8.A. I V C0O HER LITTLE JOKE. Whats In a Name? See here, waiter," said Mr. Grouch, scowling deeply .over his plate, I ordered turtle soup. There not even a morsel of turtle flavor in this. Of course not, sir," returned the waiter. "What do you expect? Shakespeare said there was nothing in a name. If you ordered college pudding would you expect a college in it? In Manchester pudding would you look for a ship canal or a cotton exchange? . Any tea. sir!" Tit-Bits- Important to Mottisrs carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy tor Infants and chtldren, and see that it "" Bears the Signature off In Uae For Over 30 Tears Tha Kind Tou Have Always Bought Examine His Spsclalty. "I hear that author friend of yours Mr. Tellltt Wright Just than a squall cam up and our boat nail waa la making a fine living by hia pen." Yes. Hes stopped writing and torn to ribbons. Miss Kidder Ah! I see a remnant gone to raising pigs. Back to th Wild. There waa a time when all doga were wild and when wkat we call wolves were different from other dogs only as a collie now ia different from a Newfoundland, for instance. From time to time you will bear of dogs that have returned to tbe life of their ancestors and have run wild with tbe wolves of the prairie or of the woods. In the town of Bandy in Oregon a greyhound one night made the acquaintance of a coyote, which ia a kind of wolf, and ever since he has lived away from the town, running with the coyotes and approaching human dwelling-place- s only to steal a hen or two when he has been more than usually hungry, A Touch of Family Life. When the country youth proposed to the city girl, he received the conventional assurance that Bhe would be his sister. It happened that this youth had sisters at home and knew exactly his privileges. So he kissed her. At this juncture she availed herself of the sisterly right to call out to father that brother was teasing her. Father responded In good, muscular earnest, relaThen the new brother-and-slste- r tion was dissolved by mutual consent. Judge. With the advent of the telephono the old "working nlghta at the office" excuse hu been given a permanent vacation. IHleadache "My father hat been a sufferer from sick d headache for the last never found any relief until he began taking your Caacarets. 8ince he has begun taking Caacarets h baa never had the headache. They have entirely cured him. Caacarets do what you recommend them to do. I will give you the privilege of using his name. E. M. Dickson, liao Resiner St, W. Indianapolis, Ind. twenty-fiveyeanan- Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. Tnete Good. Do Good. Never btckanWaakin or Grips, e Never told In balk. The tabirjl itampedC C C. Guaranteed to core or roar money back. 82S 10c, 25c, 50c. re-h- - NEW ECCENTRIC "I am greatly encouraged," sald a man today." "A good many people knocking on me lately; that is a sign I am amounting to something." Writ! for Catalogue. 1018-102- 0 W. Mela COMPANY St, African GameTraili to EVER i aeroplane. Let us be thankful that we have got the tur key as he 1. with all hia comic extravagances, and The first noticeable benefit derived that In one respeclTat all events, he can challenge from the change from coffee to Postum comparison with many worthier people: his last was the natural action of the kidneys appearance ia always creditable, and no one caa and bowels. In two weeks my heart deny that he cuts up well! action was greatly improved and my A MB !b BlMB tfeift Isrobi Rfprf all bw BoekBrlng It to tbe famllle ia yonr kxtlltT. We fit yoa Bho&fljHtlr ei fle)4 n4 htfh enmmtMion. Take thii f reel cbaace. Write fog proRpeetua. Increased Capacity for Mental Labor 8lnct Leaving Off Coffea. Many former coffee drinkers who have mental work to perform, day after day, have found a better capacity and greater -- endurance by, using Postum instead of ordinary coffee. An Illinois woman writes: "I had 'drank coffee for about twenty years, and finally had what the 1 was doctor called coffee heart. nervous and extremely despondent; had little mental or physical strength left, had kidney trouble and constlpft-tlo- Oklakeaa City. OUa. ROOSEVELTS GREAT BOOE Fffifddrtl MORE THAN DROP Well Drilling Machine TANEYHILL Charles Scribners Sens ua ta. a nna an., in in PLAIN TALKS ON FLORIDA" By I. X. Moody one of the State's early aettlers From these talkeyoavl 11 learn many Important things a boat Florida and Florida lantfi facta for yon to re' member when yon invest. They are free write for them. BUNNELL DEVELOPMENT CO., Bunnell, FtoHdg n. Readers airingte bay tiaed ia k coluaim Larin, what they ak for, icfiaonf all ) nerves Cause for Thankfulness. Thanksgiving 'day la the one flay In the year when the nation turn to lteaven In thanks for its nation is the principal Jmerratk.. The life of theUfe. buHts healthf and consideration; not only it Its preservation In that condition In which It waa Men established by the fathers of the country. can thank God for their own accumulations or supplicate him to lighten their burdens, but that la not the purpos of a national thanksgiving. Tbe nation itself, th oolltlckl structure which was framed and handed dewn It i the preservation of this for which th people are to be thankful. . ateadyl, , Then 1 became leu despondent, and the desire to be 'active again Breed showed proof or renewed physical and Lonling Iwtiw'i Mkt Cinepui Nim tlMetoto bMt( hr 4 Haw mm lanerra. mental strength, I am steadily gaining in physical hqk, UK tan strength and brain power, I Formerly did mental work and had to give It up ?mi pnllnl. Booklet free. MILO on account of coffee, but since-usinK.Vt to., M, Ueertootm UU St, Weakletfoa; m UUeafw k,k.b Postum I am doing hard mental labor M with less fatigue than ever before. f&ad tbe little book. "The Road to D Wellville, In pkgs. There a Reason." tUa akeve letter? A lew Ever THE NAME wae appear treat tlaa t time, Tkep or ,tmIB ar,T re xeialaa, tree, aa tall at Baaaaa ..r COUGHS aMtDiciNt COLDS latere t. patent; S (CDS i I TIN OILER Y Studard endin' play of expression which nothing is the animal world, can equal. It ia all very wall to talk of tho wonderful mobility of tho human' countenance, sensitive to every change in tha emotions of the soul; it la nothing to tho turkey cock's. See him elongate hia nose till It comee down to hia cheat, and observe the number of double china bo can produce to add to bia Importance if he wishes to impose on a presumptuous rooster or to fmpress a fair young turkey pullet Then, aa lo blushing, there waa no debutante ever floated on the social sea who could blush aa our gobbler can; hia complexion plays through all shadea between livid blue and ghastly white to a lively scarlet, and, taken in connection with e tho changes In his features, makes him a artist of tho first order, before whom the chameleon collapses ashamed It anybody wants to practise drawing portraits, let them get hold of a turkey gobbler for a sitter, and if they can succeed in getting his features properly fixed on csnraa J will undertake they will Und anyone else's easy In comparison. Out It is not only In the display of hia charm that the turkey proclaims his advantage over the .world of our feathered dependents; his stentorian gobbling arrests the attention of alL The aald'gobbllngby the wayaa given rise" to the only bit of folk lore about the turkey that . 1 know of. Iielng an American, he la too modern to have legends associated with him as a rule; hut Indian Mohammedan profess to hearTn the turkey's voice a blasphemous mockery of their krief creed ha spoken Ifi Arabic. Hence, when a turkey has to be killed In India, the native takes a cruel, pleasure In executing It by cutting out Its Impious tongue; and so widely spread Is the little native boy, retainer of an belief, that animal dealer In Calcutta, replied to me, ahtnl asked him Just by way of trying his knowledge the name of an American cures sow bird that was in tbe yard. "That Is a turkey, sahib, but it does EVER-READ- not break. 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