Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1916, Page 6

i 6 E OMAHA DAILY BEE ETH 2 FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. v VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omahs postoffice as second-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By Carrier . permonth we By Mail year " . Daily and Sunday..... vavananensi8BCLLLiiiiinne 4 Dally withont Sunday.... 8 Bee nfiy-‘ % only. e’ w notice of :L of address or irregularity livery to Omaha B::.Olfllh(ion Department. REMITTANCE. express or postal order, Only 2-cent stamps 4, [ 4 2. $10.00. in de- Remit by O e et St e taken in payment of small accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha and esstern ex e, accepted. OFFICES. Bee Building. .. New York—Room 803, 286 Fifth av 8t. Louis—503 New Bank of Commerce. Washington—726 Fourteenth street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. d editorial A“nu..u--nh'l:‘ul nhthfi to lu::lkun OCTOBER CIRCULATION ' 53,818 Daily—Sunday 50,252 Dwight Williams, cireulation manager of The . Publishi , that the aveey e ior he monih ‘of Octaber, 1916, was ¥ daily, a and 60,262 Sunday. IGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. L X el C. W. CARLSON, Notary Pubme. Subscribers leaving the city lu-pon;lz should have The Bee mailed to them. dress will be changed as often as required. The quality of the heart put into our thanks . determines its ascending power. 4 No volunteer this‘time to get the soldiers out 12 of the trenches before Christmas. " For one day at Teast turkey feathers supplant {3 the cagle's plume'on Liberty's cap. Shortage of ammunition is as good as any sother excuse for a retreat in Mexico, FokARE] h The suggestion that there can be a “bum day” for high school girls {s thoroughly incredible. i ¢ 8 1] & - . | 1f any rule of law, courtesy or humahity sur- vives the war, ‘it deserves a pension for life. % v - ; ‘When the price, of a hair-cut goes up the s way to retaliate will be to wear your hair a Possibly the Pilgrims had jn mind, when they things, the of giving thanks for of the foot ball seasorh * . ’ Captain Duffy, the gallant com- He kept the flag flying increase and gllorlfy { of peace, plenty and content, our thank- ‘must. not ‘exhaust itself ina single day. wnim with each passing hour and ue throughout the years. ER S— From 4 primitive ground floor in’ the '80s to the fifteenth floor in 1917 fairly spans the devel- t of the telephone business of Omaha. barely thirty years the toy laughed at by _ the multitude has become a business and house- '\ hold necéssity, ranking among the foremost ro- mances of modern progress. 1 - . ' An American missionary home from Turkey g:a Minneapolis reporter that the first Turkish 2 of 1,000,000 men had been destroyed, and the second army, equal in number, was heading for the same destination. Here is where cold gypt utterly fails to convey with the news the missionary’s tone of regret. ‘Thanksgiving in History &n‘filn_rewmmen@ed days of thanksgivin annually during the period of the revolution, ani iin 1784 for the return of peace. sachusetts Bay was the first of the col- ~onies” to appoint an annual thanksgiving by the proclamation of the English governor. The earliest harvest thanksgiving within the esent c1nfipel of the United States was kept , by the Pilgrim fathers at Plymouth in 1621. A () gifmeer Thanksgiving times in certain parts of New England venison or bear's meat - rather than turkey was the center of the festal ‘ W.Ufiinl'(on appointed a day of thanksgivin “in 1789 after the ltr:p!ion of the conltitulio:, an in 1795 for the general benefits and welfare of the In the middle of the last century Thanksgiving New York and other of the eastern cities, ‘¢ar’s day as an occasion for the to exchange calls, In the state of New York the first thanksgiving nation was issued by Governor John Jay was announced as an expression of de for the cessation of the yellow fever * m:l::;:gwh held in A . : iving n America was the shores of Newfoundland in the . minister who accompanied the ex on which brought the English 8 ot e gl e a ng; bu v- when requested.to do so,, publicly on the gupd that he was not author- ! in religious matters, of the sportive features of the New Eng- han] in our grandfathers' time h, usually held in the : ifilv‘k'ed with favor its tendency to entice thanksgiving service. ™y ’ THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, Thanksgiving: Fast or Feast. + | This day is set apart by civil authority, and with ecclesiastical sanction, as an especial season for returning thanks in a formal manner to the Almighty for his mercies and bounty bestowed during the year. From churches, stately or hum- ble, all over the land, prayer and songs of praise will go up, and in lieu of burnt offerings and in- cense dinner tables will send up odors.from vi- ands prepared for the feast that accompanies the occasion, Not all will share in the feasting, how- ever, and these will not necessarily be those whose poverty restrains them from the indul- gence that marks the holiday.- In fact, the poor will be looked after today far more tenderly and lavishly, so far as provision goes, than many whose circumstances divide them from the min- istrations of charity and yet must struggle al- ways to keep on this side of the mark. The feasting of the multitude will not be dis- turbed by the reflections of the few, who sin- cerely hope for the continuation of the profusion of mercy and grace that has accompanied our carcer as a people during, these times when other nations are being tried in the furnace of adversity. Problems of prodigious moment, deeply affecting the future of these United States and all their dwellers, loom big in the path ahead. They are not to be settled by evasion, by subterfuge nor by procratination. “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof” will not serve to turn aside those accumulating influences, that will shape the end of this people. We are cele- brating today an occasion the observance of which was instituted among the Puritans in New England; we have sought to emulate and restore of late some of the rigid morality of those stern men. It will be well for us, at the same time, if we revive also some of their lesser virtues, and realize a responsibility that seems now to be evaded, ’ Therefore, it will be well today if in every prayer of thanks that ascends to the Most High some word is included beseeching for a reawak- ening of that spirit of liberty that is not license, of independence that is not bluster, the spirit that made the Puritans strong, and under which the United States came to greatness. Feast, if you An Indian Thanksgiving ‘Washingon Star: Among the records of the bureau of American ethnology is found an interesting account of the Thanksgiving of the ancient Natchez, a tribe that 200 years ago lived in what is now the Mississippi and not far from the present city of that name. Today there are but four living members and they are in Oklahoma. But when visited, about 1718, by some travelers, an interesting account of this early American Thanksgiving was obtained. The corn over which this feast is celebrated is especially planted in a particular field in the spring, with great ceremony. When it ripens in July the celebration of Thanksgiving for the event began by the warriors gathering in a beau- tiful lawn beneath the shade of tall trees. On the outside of this gathering ground a granary called a tun was built of cane, and into it the warriors threw the corn till it was full. The chief of the tribe, who was called the great Sun, was then placed in a hut erected near the granary, and on the appointed Thanksgiving day he was borne in a litter on the shoulders of eight men to the feast, first making a circuit of the ground before descending. Then the war chief, wearing a white plume, made the round of the huts, distributing grain to the women. The great Sun and the war chief then performed a long ceremony, most of which consisted in bowings and loud calls, all of which ended in the warriors going to the granary, get- ting the corn out and preparing it for food. When the women finished cooking the corn, each appeared at the door of her hut, which was the signal for the feast. The men and boys ate first; then the women and girls. As fast as the men finished they went outside where a concert of male voices was held; then began a recital in which the war chief told of his exploits, of how many of the enemy he had killed, and in this he was followed by the other hrast in turn. When night came the ground was lighted by bundles of cane and the dance began. In the center a man seated himself beside a pot in which there was a little water, a skin being stretched across the top of the pot to form a drum. Around him were arranged two circles, the inner one of women revolving in one direc- tion, and the outer on¢ of men revolving in the opposite way, each woman having a feather and each man a rattle in the hand. Those who be- came tired retired at will and fresh ones entered at any time without disturbing the assembly. The dance generallf' lasted all night, corn and water being the only food used. At 9 in the morning the great Sun came into 1916, Thought Nugget for the Day. Our Father, 'round this board we bow O Friend of all the year and way— In grateful joy. Together now Our hearts keep glad Thanksgiving day. For fruitful field, for well-set board We thank and praise and bless Thée, Lord. —Alice Whittier. One Year Ago Today in the War. Prizrend taken by the Bulgarians. Rome reported Itallans near victory at Gorizia. British fleet attacked Germans on Belgian coast, Constantinople announced British defeat south of Bagdad. France called out 400,000 more young conscripts. Total casualties in German ar 3,700,000 up to November 22. mies In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. A little giry named Cochran a pupil at the Pacific school, was in- jured while hurrying down the stairs by a mischievous small boy pushing her over the low balustrade to the floor below, a distance of about twelve feet. The little girl was picked up in an unconscious condition and removed to the home of her sister, Mrs. Will Spaulding. A meeting of the deaf mutes of this city was held in the parlors of the St. Mary's Avenue Congregational church and a society organized by the election of the following officers: President, Russell Smith; vice president, Elmer E. Smith; secretary, George E. Fisher, and treasurer, Miss Victoria Allen. At the police roll call Officer Joe Rowles tendered his resignation as a member of the force and laid aside star No, 16 that he has worn for the last two years, The boys on the force contemplate going into mourning as the open space, and then the war chief appeared, both men having a party of braves at their back wearing their colors. They then began a game with a ball made of deerskin, which was snatched and fought for to score. goals. The game lasted for about two hours, when there was great ex- citement and hard fighting among the warriors. After the game the braves danced a war dance to the beating on the pot. After all the corn was consumed the people returned to their huts and the feast was over. will, the physical man today, but let the feasting be accompanied by a spiritual fast that will bring a higher devotion to the things that are eternally right. Sinking of the Chemung. The sinking of the American steamer Che- mung by an Austrian submarine adds another to the list of items on the open account between this country and ‘the European nations. It is not likely that any serious complications will arise over the matter, for a precedent has already been established that should govern. When the Frye was sunk by a’'German warship in the. south Pa- cific two years ago it was clearly brought out that a belligerent has the rjght to destroy an in- tercepted vessel cerrying ‘contraband w!un coh- Among the Creek Indians of Oklahoma the New Year begin with the “Busk” which is a celebration #rrelponding to our Thanksgiving, except that they celebrate the ripening of the corn, and not its harvesting. Yet the idea is exactly the same—one of giving thanks. By early writers it was called the “green corn dance,” and was regarded as a time of general forgive- ness, of absolution of alk crime and a doing away with any feeling of hatred toward others. The following description of the ceremonies 'of the Creek Busk, which was witnessed in Gen- eral Washington’s time, fits accurately the simi- lar ceremony of today: ) i The yard of the square selected is cleaned and sprinkled with white sand, while a black drink is being brewed on a fire consisting of four logs set crosswise, to signify the points of the com- pass. While this mi is cooking the women dance the turkey dance, and from noon till middle afternoon drink is served from the brew, which i a strong emctic. Then four'men and an equal number of women go through the “tadpole dance,” while the men alone perform one called the ditions will- not .permit sending prize and cargo. to a home port, This leaves only the matter. of amages to be determined.® The! incident-Setves to bring just a little closer to Amerig'lnl an fp- preciation of the uses of the submersible war- ship. Its powers for destruction are unquestioned, but its capacityifor service in other ways are de- cidedly fimited. 'The law of the submarine will be entirely rewfitten after the, war, but for the present it is largely a matter for the captain’ discretion, b hiniha. The old men’s tobacco is also prepared the first day. Y In the morning about 10 o'clock the women enjoy the “gun dance,” while the men continue to fire their weapoas: | At noon the braves go to the fire, rub its ashes on their chin, neck and stomach and then jump into water. The women prepare the new corn for cooking. Just before the feast the men rub the corn between their hands and over their faces and necks. The third day the men alone sit in the public square. But the fourth day the women rise early, secure some embers of the sacred fire, kindle in their own fireplaces a blaze, rub themselves with ashes, plunge into water, taste salt and then ex- ecute the “long dance.” The sixth and seventh days the men sit sol- emnly about the square; but the eighth the medi- cal mixture, containing fourteen kinds of plants, is made, and after it is blown on by a priest the concoction is used for rubbing the joints. An- other odd mixture is made of old corncob.pipes and pine boughs mixed with water and stirred by four girls, whilé a preparation of white clay and water is made by the men, Flowers are then taken to the chief's house, when he and his staff walk four times around the fire, throwing into it some tobacco. ' Then before one of the cabins a cane topped by two white feathers is set up, and when the sun sets-an Indian takes it down and walks, fol- lowed by a crowd, to the river. Half way there he sets up the death whoop and repeats it four times on the shore. The crowd goes through many performances with tobacco and stones on the water’s edge, but all wind up with a general swim, a universal death whoop and a return to the square, where, at night, comes the “mad dance’ 'to conclude the Thanksgiving. * fi S———aan | ; Austria’s Singular Request. Some surprise will naturally be felt that Aus- tria should make formal request that the Ameri- n Red Cross.cease its activities in north’' Ser- bia. No reason is assigned for this action by the Austrian government, nor can the home authori- |\ ties give any sound explanation. It may be sur- mised, however, that the step is preliminary to the adoption of a policy similar to that of Ger- many in dealing with the Belgians. In other ways the Austrians have signified their intention 'to treat the Serbians as subjects of the dual mon- archy and not as aliens. If this is the purpose, then it will be expected of the Serbs that they take part in the civil and industrial life of Aus- tria, at least to'the extent of performing such labor #s may be necessary td entitle them to share in the living conditions of other subjects of the crown. The continued activity of tHe Red Cross would hamper this, and therefore it must cease. To the Austrians the Serbs stand as a conquered people, to be assimilated into the national life of the conquerors, and not as objects of world- charity. Back at THeir Old Tricks. Election being over, the Nebraska democrats are again putting into practice those amenities that have so distinguished them among their kind. Hon. Edgar Howard (our friend by permission) and Hon, “Bill" Price casudlly encounter in a hotel lobby and straightway the air is vexed with unseemly epithets and language that is distress- ing. This conduct, if the past be a precedent, will continue for the next two years, or until after the primary election in 1918, The brethren will take every opportunity to tell the truth about cach other,-and foster the impression that there may be a chance for the right to come uppermost. Then, when the election is at hand, seized by the lust for office, they will get together, a solid phalanx to battle for control. Each will hide the other's shortcomings and conceal his unfitness, standing behind Bryan and Wilson and other party heroes, just to get the place they long for. Some day the people of the state will take these quarrelsome fellows at their word. In the accounts of some writers it is stated that there is a three-day fast prior to the celebra- tion of the Busk, and that all the old trash of the village is collected and publicly burned. There is no doubt that the burning of old cloth- ing, the cleaning of thd homes, the taking of an emetic and the lighting of the sacred fire are all symbolic and relate to the beginning of a new life of forgiveness and harmony. The green corn dance of the Seminole Indians of Florida has come down from olden times and is practically the same now as it was hundreds of years ago. An account has been secured from an Indian, who said that the announcement of this feast was made in the various villages fifteen days ahead by hanging up that number of sticks and taking down a stick as each day: passed. ¢ At the ceremony there is a black drink used similar to that of the Creeks, but of a more vio- lent character. After drinking the dance begins and is carried on to the chant of a song whose words are held secret from the white man. No Indian is allowed to sing this chant ex- cept at this Thanksgiving feast, which is held on the ripening of the corn, for to do so will surely bring ill-luck. The night after this song and dance they eat corn. Then they have a day of Indian summer loses none of its charms by sticking closely to business, Admirers cheerfully tolerate an occasional flirtation with Jack Frost, provided the eight-hour limit is observed. While November appears the favorite month of the hazy princess, December offers superior attractions for an indefinite stay, besides guaranteeing hospi- fasting, followed by a second feast, and th Seminole Thanksgiw};:z feast is over for a year. 5 Proclaiming Thanksgiving For many years the annual observance of 'I‘hnnhgl_vmg day remained a matter of state action, virtually confined ‘to' New England. Like Washington's birthday, it became a national cus- tom only gradually; unlike Washington’s birth- day, it spread largely throngh the influence of a woman, Mrs. Sara Jg.‘ph Hale, who advo- cated it for twenty years in the editorial columns of Godey's Lady’s Book. The custom was taken up in many sections and since 1863 the presidents have always issued proclamations appointing the tality blending into ovations. Senator Chamberlatn préposes to start the wheels of comgress on a constitutional amend- ment abolishing the electoral college and provid- ing for the election of presidents by direct popu- lar vote. The wheels may respond to enthusi- asm for a while, but the southern hammer is sure to jar the machinery. { I" aH the hills and hollows of the globe were leveled science assures us that fathoms of water would sybmerge -wet and dry belts. - Right now the qlb}epl is of little interest. After May 1, perhfic. a scheme, substituting schooners for waterwagons may attract investors. b i last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving day. | the bright light of the “finest” has gone out with genial Joe, the happiest copper of them all. He has a neat fortune in an addition to the city and is in position to enjoy life without work. A reception was tendered to Dean Gardner at the home of Judge and Mrs. Wakeley, on the northeast cor- ner of California and Nineteenth, for the purpose of introducing the new pastor of Trinity to the people of Omaha and to the congregation over which he ministers. United States District Attorney Lambertson received a letter from Attorney General Garland and in which that official directs that all pris- oners hereafter convicted m the dis- trict of Nebraska shall be the prison at Sioux Falls, instead of to Detroit. This Day in 1819—Cyrus W. Field, projector of the: ocean telegraph, born at Stock- bridge, Mass. Died at Ardaley, N. Y., July 12, 1892, 1835—Samuel . L. Clemens (Mark Twain) famous author, born at Flor- ida, Mo. Died at Redding, Conn., April 21, 1910, 1838—Mexicp declared war France. 1853—Turkish fleet destroyed by Russians at Sinope. 1857—Marine hospital Detroit. 1864—The confederates attacked the federals at Franklin, Tenn., twenty miles south of Nashville. 1876—Porfirio Diaz, after defeating the governor troops, entered the City of Mexico @and proclaimed himself president. 1885—War between Serbia and Bul- garia ended. 1894—Joseph E. Browm, governor of Georgia and United States senator, died at Augusta. Born in South'Caro- lina, April 15, 1821, 1900—Oscar Wilde, celebrated poet and dramatist, died in Paris. Born in Dublin, October 15, 1856. 1904—The Japanese captured 203- Meter hill at Port Arthur. 1909—Extensive strike of railway employes in the northwest. 1910—Dr. Cook in his ‘“‘own story” admitted that he was not absolutely sure he had reached the North Pole. The Day We Celebrate. Right' Honorable Winston Spencer Churchill, British statesman and for- mer cabinet minister, born forty-two years ago today./ Former Congressman Ralph D. Cole of Ohio, who directed the kers' bureau in the recent republican na- tional campaign, born in K Hancock county, Ohio, forty-three years ago today. ' Right Rev. Denis O'Donoghue, Cath- olic bishop of Leuisville, born in Daviess county, Ind., sixty-eight years agoh. today. Jefferson De Angelis, well-known musical comedy stary born in San Francisco fifty-seven years ago today. Dr. David N. Beach, president of Bangor Theological seminary, born at Orange, N. J, sixty-eight years ago to- day. Timely Jottings and Reminders. By proclamation of the president and governors of the various states today has been set aside as a duy of thanksgiving for the peace and pros- perity of the nation. Scots throughout the world will ob- serve today as St. Andrew's day, in honor of the patron saint of Scotland. Thanksgiving day is to be observed at the White House with a strictly family gathering. Tonight the presi- dent and Mrs. Wilson are expected to attend the navy relief ball at the Washington navy yard. The Very Rev. Charles D. Scho- field, late dean of Fredericton, N, B, is to be consecrated in the cathedral at Victoria, B. C., today as bishop of tha Anglican diocese of British Co- lumbia. Representatives' hall in the state capitol at Austin is to be the scene of notable ceremonies today when Dr. Robert E. Vison is to be formally in- augurated as president of the Univer- sity of Texas. Under the new law the War depart- ment has set today as the last day on which national guardsmen shall take the so-called dual oath and has no- tified the units that those which fail to comply cannot share in the federal funds. on opened in Storyette of the Day. “My wife played a great trick gypsy the other day.” The fat plumber was the speaker. “What did she do?" asked the thin carpenter. 3 “The gypsy wanted to tell her for- tune with some coffee grounds.” “Yes." “And after she was through my wife asked her, if the coffee grounds possessed some peculiar charms for fortune tedllldnli"' “What did the g?ay “She said they di “Then what?" ‘“Then ‘my wife gave her the laugh and refused to pay her.” “Why?" ‘““Because the sediment in the cup wasn't coffee grounds at all. We use a substitute.” — Youngstown Tele- gram, on a say?" The Pees LeSer Says Menu Won't Test Out. Omaha, Nov. 29.—To the Editor of The Bee: To all the housewives who are struggling with present high prices of all articles of food, such lists as Miss Jackson's are of intense interest, but at the same time they find that there are a few practical questions they still must ask. Eggs—No provision is made for the purchase of eggs, which are this week selling at 50 cents a dozen, yet muffing and gingerbread, given in the menu of one day, both call for eggs. Sugar—Two pounds, or four cups; this appears skimpy when you see that the dried apples or the prunes will each require a cup of sugar to make them palatable, the ginger- bread wants sugar, the oranges, the breakfast food, the rice, the gelatine, while the coffee and cocoa average about a teaspoonful for a cup at the very least, which will be one-third cup a meal, or two-thirds of a cup a day, making four and two-thirds | | cups per week, for five people. Coffee—Usually one tablespoon of coffee is allowed to a cup of the fin- ished coffee. The one-half pound con- tains two cups, at most about eight- een of the tablespoonsful required to make a cup of the beverage, disre- garding the practice of ‘“one for the pot.” So all of the family cannot have coffee every day. They must drink milk or cocoa, but it takes milk to make cocoa. Milk—The allowance of one quart per day is scanty, for this is just four cupfuls and it must serve as a possi- ble beverage to the children, who can always drink a cup at a meal and ask for more. But the cream that raises from the milk or the milk it- self is needed in the coffee, on the shredded wheat, the rice, in the co- coa, the muffins, the cream sauce, all mentioned in one day’s menu. This is making tour cups do a big duty. Potatoes—One-half peck of pota- toes will serve one meal a day for five persons only with the very scantiest of servings. The “french fried” pota- toes would be dangerous, because the vegetable shrinks so in the process. Onions—As we have been buying them lately, one poupd of onions would not serve as a vegetable to five people, for a meal. Butter and Oleomargarine—These are the only shortening agents men- tioned, ome pound cach. This s scan- ty, for “French fried” potatoes re- quire at the very least a quart of fat in the frying kettle. The allowance a person will have to be very small to make the pound last a week. Salad oil Is mentioned. Perhaps this too ¢ould be used as shortening, as there are few things in the list of which to make a salad, for they are needed worse for use in some other capacity. Oranges—One-half dozen, one a piece and one over, with dried apples for one meal and prunes for another, are all the fruit that can be used in the entire twenty-one meals of the week. Meat—Most families want more meat than is here provided, One-half pound creamed cod means one-tenth of a pound of cod to a person, all thef meat allowed for the day; it is a small | ration. . Three pounds of shoulder of lamb would have quite a share of bone, the meat on such a piece does not go very far. Counting all the meat mentioned together, the salt pork and the one-sixth of a ‘pound of dried beef, the allowance per person per day is about one-fifth of a pound. This is supposing the whole three pounds of lamb are meat, no bone in it. The usual plan is to allow one- fourth of a pound of meat to an in- dividual, for two meals a day if pos- sible, or one-half ‘a pound a da;".x The Retort Medical. Omaha, Nov. 29.—To the Editor of The Bee: Presumably a ‘ medic, ashamed to give his name, he sign§ a nom de plume as “Deacon. Smith.” The Standard Dictionary says a dea- con is a newly-born calf.- On what has this my critic fed that he has grown so great? A calf prematurely born is deacon ‘meat. The world should know if this wise deacon, proud taught, and obeyed the new teachings of modern science and philosophy. Thousands of ancient superstitions, believed implicitly by the *many to- day, are held sacred, though long, long ago demonstrated as untrue, and the belief in drugs as a panacea for® violated law must, and will give way to the new scientific teachings of cor- rect living and clear thinking, leaving drugs as necessary emergency meas- ures only. The abstinence from the early morning meal, or at least eating only a light breakfast, Is only one of the several hundred teachings of the new thought. The jugulation, or cutting short dis- eages in their early stages, as taught by me more than thirty years ago, is not yet appreciated by the medical profession, who still cling to the an- cient notion that diseases must run a definite prescribed course. Our efvili- zation is due to the teachings of mod- ern science and modern philosophy and has come in spite of the antagon- ism of the superstitious, untrained fledgling who has not understood and cannot understand the things infinite- ly beyond his feeble development. It is amusing to hear the deacon bleat, and his feeble cry excites no antagon- ism because it is in harmony with his nature and lack of training. DR. L. A. MERRIAM. FUN FOR THE FEAST. ““The man over there plunged in deep and apparently unpleasant.thought, and the dog with him chasing his tail, are both bent on the same thing.” “What’s that?" “TryIng to make both ends meet.”—Balti- more American. \ e “Well, how did things come out in your school contest ?™ “Trifle mixed. A girl won the hammer- throwing contest and a boy took first prizo for frult cake."—Pittsburgh Post, VEAR MR. KABIGBLE, - ANOUNG MAN IS TAKING ME Y0 LUNCH - SHOUID Y ASK HIM IF HIS INTENTIONS ARE ‘SERIOUS? ~101S GRIFAN % NOY "TILL AFTER LUNCH b g “Did you cure that patient you had with the failing memory ?"* “I thought sq at one time,” replled the doctor, “but I'm not so sure about it now. He went away and forgot to pay his bill."— Judge. A SONG OF THANKSGIVING Sam Walter Foss. I'm thankful that the years are long— However long they be, They still are laborers glad and strong That ever work for me, This rose I cut with careless shears, And wear and cast away, The cosmos wrought a million years To make it mine a day. This llly of the pasture bars Beneath the walnut tree, Long ere the firo-mist formed In stars, Was on its way to me. The laws of property are lax— My neighbor’'s farm is fine; I'm thankful, though he pays the tex, The best of it is mine, No sheriff's clutch can loose my grip On fields I have not sown, Or shake my sense of ownership In things I do ndt own. I'm thankful for my neighbor's wood, His orchard, lake and lea; For while my eyes continue good, I own all I can see. I'm thankful for this mighty age, These days beyond compare, When hope is such a heritage And life a large affair. We thank the gods for low and high. Right, wrong (as well we may), For all the wrong of days gone by Works goodness for today, Hore on Time's tabléland we pause To thank on bended knee, To thank the gods for all that was, And is, and is to be. I'm thankful for the glow and grace And winsome beauty of the Near, The greatness of the Commonplace, The glory of the Here. I'm thankful for man's high emprise, His stalwart sturdiness of soul, The long look of his skyward eyes That sights a far-off goal. And so I feel to thank and bless Both things unknown and understood— And ‘hank the stubborn thanxfumess That maketh all things good. of his erudition, has ever yet opened his eyes to the light of day and ever taken his first meal at the maternal font. Yet he presumes, like many others of as little development, to join issue with the scientific facts of this modern, day, and attempts to thwart the laws of nature, which are the laws of God. A moron born is not to be blamed that his feebleness of brain cannot understand the simple laws of nature as taught by the masters of science. Because for the last twenty years 1 have been daily teaching my patients to obey the laws of science, as the condition of well being, morons, mat- toids and feeblings everywhere sput- ter their filthy slime as true to their nature as the needle is to the north «pole. To teach people to avoid dis- ease by right living and right think- ing is the new doctrine of today, and those who are/wise’ will listen to the truths of modern science and secure health, efficiency and happiness in- stead of disease, premature old age and an early death. Of the 2,500 an- nual deaths in Omaha, more than a thousand of these lives could have been saved had the people been The New Method (By L. W. Bower, M. D)) Backache of any kind is often caused by kidney disorder, which means that | the kidneys are not working properly. Poisonous matter and uric acid accu- mulate within the body in great abun- dance, over-working the sick kidneys, hence the congestion of blood causes | backache in the same mamner as a sim- | ilar congestion in the head causes headache. You become nervous, de- | spondent, sick, feverish, irritable, have spots appearing before the eyes, bags under the lids, and lack ambition to do things. 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