1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



337 



Literary Items. 



THE HICKS 1898 ALMANAC AND PAPER. 



We are informed that the 1898 Almanac 

 of Prof. Irl R. Hicks is now ready, and 

 judging from its past history, it will not be 

 many weeks finding its way into homes 

 and offices ail over America. It is much 

 larger and finer than any previous issue. 

 It contains llti pages, is splendidly printed 

 and illustrated on tine book paper, having 

 the tineat portrait ever given of Piof. Hicks. 

 It can no longer be denied that the publi- 

 cations of Prof. Hicks have become a nec- 

 essity to the family and commercial life of 

 this country. His journal," word and 

 WORKS, aside from its storm, weather and 

 astronomical features, lias taken rank with 

 the best literary, scientific and family mag- 

 azines of tlie age. Do not believe hearsay 

 and reports. !See the Hicks Almanac and 

 paper for yourselves. You will then know 

 why they are so popular. They are 

 educators of the millions, and unrivaled 

 safeguards to property- and human life. It 

 is a matter of simple record that Prof: 

 Hicks has foietold for many years all great 

 storms, floods, drouths and tornadoes, even 

 tlie recent terriole drouth over all the coun- 

 try. The paper is $1.00 a year with the 

 Almanac as a premium. Send to 



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•H- * 

 THE FIRST THANKSGIVING DINNER 



The first Thanksgiving dinner was celebra- 

 ted in this country two hundred and suventy- 

 six years ago, at Plymouth, Masbachu^5ettb. 

 The whole American army was present — it 

 numbered twenty men. Miles btandish, 

 the backward lover of Priscilla, sat at the 

 feast while Priscilla served at the tables. 

 The story will appear in iha November 

 issue of The Ladies Home Juurual. Here 

 Indians and whites sat down together by 

 the tables set in the woods, and enjoyed the 

 roast turkey, beechnuts, clam cliowder, tish, 

 salad, cakes, fruit and other delicacies pro- 

 vided. It was at this historical dinner that 

 the first oysters were served. The illustra- 

 tions of the article shows portraits of the 

 Pilgrim fathers, 



On the 8th day of October more than 

 10,000 students were on the rolls as mem- 

 bers of the first Freshman class of the Cos- 

 mopolitan University. The confusion into 

 which the plans regarding the Cosmopol- 

 itan's educational work were thrown by 

 the retirement of President Andrews, in 

 order to meet the urgent wishes of his 

 friends at Brown Lniversity, has been met 

 by the acceptance of the Presidency by Dr. 

 Eliphalet N Potter. President Potter has 

 been at the head of tWo great colleges for 

 nearly twenty-five years, and brings to the 

 work excepional talents as an organizer and 

 man of broad culture and common-sense 

 idea. He is already at Irvington engaged 

 in organizing his staff of professors. The 

 work of the University has been grouped 

 under fifteen heads, covering the various 

 branches of knowledge. Each of these 

 will be in charge of a professor. As soon 

 as the task of selection is complete, the 

 students will be assigned their work and the 

 largest Freshman class in the history of the 

 universities of the world will begin its 

 studies. 



The extraordinary dimensions of the 

 class thus formed has opened the eyes of 

 the public to the importance of the gap in 

 educational facilities which the Cosmopol- 

 itan has undertaken to fill. Knowing that 

 the appropriation made by the Cosmopol. 

 is a limited one and that the entries are far 

 beyond the most sanguine expectations, 

 embarrassing the work by their proportions 

 many professors and other prominent men 

 iiave already made the offer of aHvice and 

 assistance without pay. 



It is estimated that the turkey trade 

 of the United States exceeds 112,000,000 

 auuualiy. The greatest of the turkey 

 growing states are Illinois, Peuiisylva- 

 uia, ISIew York, Ohio, ludiauu, Iowa, 

 Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee 

 and Texas. 



Rupsbu, a district ou the north slope 

 of the Himalayas, 15,000 feet above sea 

 level and surrounded by mountains 

 from 3,000 to 5,000 feet higher, has a 

 permanent population of 500 persons, 

 who live in j^o.it hair teuts. 



