Make Annual Roundup
of Wild Island Ponies
There are many stories to account
for the wild ponies on Chincoteague
and Assoteague and some other
islands off the Virginia coast, but
there seems to be nothing of an au
thoritative nature to explain their
presence.
Some of the ponies off the Virginia
coast have never seen a human and
are very wild. The largest ponies
measure about 13 hands high, and be
cause their principal habitat is Chin
coteague island—a strip of land about
nine miles long by a mile and a half
wide—they are often referred to as
Chincoteague ponies.
One of the stories concerns a Span
ish nobleman who undertook to take
advantage of the opportunities offered
in the New world for horse breeding.
He started over with a herd of the
animals, but on the way the vessel
was wrecked and he was lost, although
some of the animals managed to find
their way to the shore of Chinco
teague.
This story Is corroborated to some
extent by the Indian legend concern
ing the origin of the animals at this
point. Though the animals run wild,
they are not public property, for they
are owned by the persons who own
tlie islands, and there Is a round-up
every year, when some of the ani
mals are conveyed to the mainland
and sold.
Animals Make Little
Response to Pictures
During tests made in Berlin by Dr.
Victor Mendel, animals and birds
showed a rather surprising lack of re
sponse to moving pictures. The pic
tures were especially selected for eacn
animal and animal group, and the ex
periments were made In an exhibition
room especially adapted to the pur
pose. The response of dogs was prac
tically nil. Neither St. Bernard, set
ter, spaniel, poodle nor collie gave the
slightest attention to the pictures.
Only a little mongrel of doubtful ori
gin evinced a momentary interest by
sniffing at the human figures on the
screen. The experiments with cats
were much more favorable. Of five
subjects, three responded actively,
showing fight on the appearance of a
big dog on the screen. Experiments
with birds were rather negative. Geese
und ducks, chickens and pigeons paid
some attention, while owls showed
great interest. Small birds and barn
yard fowl showed anxiety when a
hawk appeared in their line of vision.
A squirrel displayed interest when a
weasel made its appearance on the
screen, but reptiles and fish w-ere. as
might have been expected, quite in
different.
Fez la Disappearing
The red cap worn by Turkish men
received its name from Fez, a city in
Morocco, where such caps were first
made. Fez was long a seat of Arabian
learning in Africa and is still regarded
as a sacred city of Islam. Until re
cent times the city had a monopoly
of the manufacture of Fez caps, it be
ing supposed that the dye which gives
the caps their dull crimson hue could
not be obtained elsewhere. This dye
is made of a berry which grows in pro
fusion in the vicinity of Fez. The fez
is made brimless to allow the wearer
to bow his forehead to the carpet
while praying in the mosque. This
form of headgear, however, is fast
losing its place in the national cos
tume of Turkey.
Expression la Old
“Paying through the nose” mean.® to
pay a fancy price for a thing—to pav
more than it Is worth—to get stung
The origin of the expression is lost in
obscurity. There was a legend that
Odin, the Norse god, imposed a tax re
sembling the modern poll tax. In
Sweden It was called a nose tax, be
cause it was a penny a nose. In de
fault of payment the nose was sup
posed to be the forfeit. “Paying
through the nose” may have originated
with this myth. The B'rench have a
similar phrase—“payer par le nez.”—
Pathfinder Magazine.
Feed Through Roota
Boots anchor the trees to the
ground, absorb water from the soil,
and transport water to the stem, says
the American Tree association. With
out roots, trees could not stand up,
and without roots trees would starve,
for they supply water and food to the
stem, branches, twigs, leaves and
other parts of the crown. The prin
cipal work of the big roots near the
stem is to help the trees stand up.
while the fine root hairs at the end
of the rootlets are the ones that ab
sorb the water from the soil.
Fear Makea Poor Workera
"Employers of vision are fast learn
ing that workers who fear losing their
Jobs are not half so eflicient or orig
inal as those who have emancipated
themselves from this very human
curse,” says Helen Woodward, success
ful woman advertising executive and
author, in McClure’s Magazine. “But
there are still a great many who be
lieve in making punctual machines of
frightened and baffled workers, chained
to the prison of a Job."
Muat Earn Success
One reason why so few men recog
nize opportunity is because it is dis
guised as hard work. If every one
were willing to pay the price of suc
cess they would be more successful
than they are today. Price is always
hard work,—Qrit
FREMONT, NEB., NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Watts and
daughter, Marjorie, spent Christmas
with their daughter, Mrs. Henry
Jackson (Bernice Watts), of Kansas
City, Mo. They arrived home the
last of the week, reporting a pleasant
trip.
Mr. Preston Shackleford left Sun
day to continue his studies at Tech
High after spending the holidays with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smith.
Miss Gretchen Cash of this city
was the house guest of Rev. and Mrs.
W. S. Metcalfe of Omaha during the
week.
Miss Laura Newman of Grand
Island spent her vacation in this city
the guest of Miss Loisanne Herndon.
Mr. James Blackburn spent Christ
mas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
| John Blackburn of Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Jackson of
Minneaupolis, Mir n., spent Christmas
and the holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Whitehall. They
left Monday for their respective
homes.
St. James A. M. E. church held the
First Quarterly Conference under the
supervision of Presiding Elder Ad
ams, on December 31, after which a
watch meeting was held.
St. James A. M. E. church received
a donation of $50 from Mrs. Mary
Stoddard and $10 from Mrs. Charles
Pillsbury, well wTshers of the church.
Members of the younger set en
tertained at a delightful party Friday
at the home of Miss Marjorie Watts
in honor of Dwight Herndon of Iowa
U. The evening was spent in danc
ing. after which refreshments were
served.
Messrs, and Mesdames W. M. Cash
and John South were hosts at a de
licious dinner given on New Years
eve at the home of Mrs. Thomas
Watts, complimenting Mr. and Mrs.
Palmer Jackson. Covers were laid
for 23. A very delightful time was
had by all. Out-of-towr. guests were:
Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Metcalfe, Rev.
John Adams, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, all
of Omaha.
LINCOLN. NEB., NEWS
Mrs. Eunice Redd left Saturday
for her home in Atlantic City, N. J.,
after spending the holidays with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Gordon.
Mrs. Jordan of Leavenworth, Kan.,
spent several days with friends here.
Mrs. L. A. Jones returned to her
home Saturday after spending the
holidays with her mother, Mrs. Laura
Johnson, and friends.
Lebanon Lodge No. 3, A. F. and
A. M., held their annual St. John’s
banquet in the dining room of the
Quinn Chapel A. M. E. church, on
Tuesday night, December 27, 1927,
at which a large number of friends,
includinng Masons, wives and ladies
of the Eastern Star were present. A
supmtuous dinner was served. Mr.
Z. L. Gordon was chairman of com
mittees. A musical and literary pro
gram was rendered at intervals dur
ing the evening. Mr. G. B. Evans
was toastmaster, W. A. Johnson. W.
M.
The Mary B. Talbot club, of which
Mrs. Paul L. Moore is president, gave
a banquet in the dining room of Mt.
Zion Baptist church, Friday night,
and in spite of bitter cold weather,
a fair sized crowd was in attendance
and enjoyed an elaborate feast. Mu
sic and speeches were listened to with
interest. Mrs. L. A. Jones of Chi
cago, Mrs. J. H. Smith of Cheyenne,
Wyo., Mrs. Eunice Redd of Atlantic
City, N. J., and Mrs. Jordan of Leav
enworth, Kan., were the out-of-city
guests. Mrs. Lulu A. Jones of Chi
cago made the speech of the evening,
her brother, Mr. Wm. N. Johnson of
Chicago being unable to be present.
Mrs. M. L. Todd was toastmistress,
Mrs. Paul L. Moore, president.
Mrs. Anna Ray has improved from
a recent accidental gas suffocation.
Members of Shady Rest assembled
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Deans Monday night and enjoyed a
wild game feast.
T. T. McWilliams has been on the
sick list the past week.
N. W. WARE, Attorney
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of
Thomas Phillips, Deceased.
All persons interested in said es
tate are hereby notified that a peti
tion has been filed in said Court al
leging that said deceased died leav
ing no last will and praying for ad
ministration upon his estate, and that
a hearing will be had on said petition
before said court on the 27th day of
January, 1928, and that if they fail
to appear at said Court on the said
27th day of January, 1928, at 9
o’clock A. M. to contest said petition,
the Court may grant the same and
grant administration of said estate to
John Albert Williams or some other
suitable person and proceed to a set
tlement thereof.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
3H-6-28 County Judge.
CLAIM SOUTH AFRICAN LABOR
CAN BE TREATED ANY WAY
New York, Jan. 6—According to
The Daily Worker “European Africa
will observe no other standard but its
own conscience and follow no dic
tates but such as its own interests
and reason prescribe,” was the reply
made by Premier Hertzog in a speech
at Johannesburg recently to the nu
merous protests against the treat
ment of native African laborers.
It is said that numerous British or
ganizations—both labor and humane
—have protested against the treat
ment of native labor in South Africa
—particularly in the mines, where
young African boys are employed and
subjected to corporal punishment.
Complaints have been made against
the long hours, low wages and poor
sanitary conditions under which na
tives are compelled to work.
It is said that Europeans in au
thority in the African sectors feel
that sentimentalists in London and
other metropolitan centers of Europe
have gone too far with their “meddle
someness” and plainly suggest and
even declare that “there are enough
things to occupy attention on the con
tinent without striving to put silly
notions into the heads of Africans.”
One official in Africa is said to have
declared that they had a hard time
now in holding the Negroes in then
places and would thank these Eur
opean busybodies to confine their
welfare and humane agitations to the
continent and leave the affairs of
African administration in the hands
of those appointed by the crown to
administer.
ED. F. MOREARTY, Attorney
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of
Peter John Christensen, also known
as Peter John Christenson, Deceased.
All persons interested in said estate
are hereby notified that a petition j
has been filed in said Court alleging
that said deceased died leaving no
last will and praying for administra
tion upon his estate, and th|it a hear
ing will be had on said petition be
fore said court on the 28th day of
January, 1928, and that if they fail
to appear at said Court on the said
28th day of January, 1928, at 9
o’clock A. M. to contest said peti
tion, the Court may grant the same
and grant administration of said es
tate to Etta Christensen or some
other suitable person and proceed to
a settlement thereof.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
3t-l-6-28 County Judge.
H. J. PINKETT, Attorney
Notice By Publication on Petition for
Settlement of Final Adminis
tration Account
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of Wal
ter Bell, Deceased.
All persons interested in said mat
ter are hereby notified that on the
21st day of December, 1927, Addie
Bell Moore filed a petition in said
County Court, praying that her final
administration account filed herein
be settled and allowed, and that she
be discharged from her trust as ad
ministratrix and that a hearing will
be had on said petition before said
Court on the 21st day of January,
1928, and that if you fail to appear
before said Court on the said 21st
day of January, 1928, at 9 o’clock
A. M., and contest said petition, the
Court may grant the prayer of said
petition, enter a decree of heirship,
and make such other and further or
ders, allowances and decrees, as to
this Court may seem proper, to the
end that all matters pertaining to
said estate may be finally settled and
determined.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
2t-l-6-28 County Judge.
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HOTELS
PATTON HOTEL, 1014, 1016, 1818
South 11th St. Known from coast
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THE HOTEL CUMMINGS, 1816 Cum
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Terms reasonable, D. G. Russell,
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ROSS DRUG STORE, 2306 North 24th
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BEAUTY PARLORS
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scalp treatment. Hair dressing and
manufacturing. 1154 No. 20th St.
WEbster 6194
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courts. Suite 19, Patterson Block,
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