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Feast Ever Part of the Spirit of Day The modern Thanksgiving day ob servance is so broad in its contrast with pioneer days that there is a smile in the comparison. Comfort, luxury, organization mark the celebration of the event today. The Twentieth cen tury farmer produces his crops under ideal conditions. He has no treaties of peace to make with Indians in order to plant and cultivate his crops. In the diary of an old New Englander is this line:* “An Indian promise is no more than to have a pigg by the talle,” a sentiment born of difficulties with the savages. The Pilgrim fathers planted corn with seed in one hand and a rifle in the other. Governor Wallace issued the first official Thanksgiving proclamation for Indiana, fixing the day for Thursday, November 28, 1839. No* doubt there previously had been a general observ ance of the harvest’s bounties among the pioneers of the state, but that was promoted by the churches, not by offi cial designation of the day by the gov ernor. President Lincoln officially re stored the day in 1863, the first na tional act of the kind since the admin istration of President Madison. It Is pleasant to picture bow the Hoosier pioneers observed the day unofficially by “Harvest home" festivals in the churches, when prayer and thanksgiv ing were the program of the wor sliipers. Early Indianapolis was built along White river. Farms were cultivated in the surrounding territory, and a good harvest was the basis for rejoicing. Sometimes there was feasting, the original idea of George Washington not having lost its meaning to the pioneer. Men went forth to the woods to bring in wild turkeys and other game that was worthy of being the “piece de resistance” of a harvest fes tival dinner. Evolution of Today’s Turkey. Families gathered around tables piled high with wild turkey, venison, squirrel and other meats of the forest. Apples and the native nuts were spread in plenty over the house, and the men, if they were so Inclined—and they usually were—took a nip from friendly Jugs just to add enthusiasm to the day. Sweet cider had a habit of be coming Jubilantly bard about the mid dle or last of November, and this, too, played a part in the merrymaking. Sonnet for the Day O, thankful, 1, for load an table board. For eight of Hnan falling to tho floor' O, thankful, I, and humble to a Lord A little time forgotten, aought oaca mare. O, thankful, L that I have grown ao tall Aa to look an the world with almpla eye. That there la oarer day of year, I call Not onto some far Being toward the ehy And thankful am I for the gift of aong. Uncertain though It ha a* candle ahino And aamll a* light of taper. Praia* It long, I know, and ringing It, It ahall ha mine. Thankful, thankful, that thie hour could be Sat aaida far thaakfulaoee t* me. —David Sorter In Chicago Tribune. When the wiid turkey became ex tinct, the domestic bird, now a na tional favorite in Thanksgiving feasts, found way to popularity. There is an impression that America Imported the [iresent species of turkey from Europe, hut the fact is just the reverse. Arner ican turkeys were introduced first in Spain three centuries ago. and through processes of cross-breeding the pres ent delight of America's Thanksgiving day was evolved. Poultry raisers express the fear that unless the government expert# at Washington, who are working on the problem, discover methods whereby domestic turkeys may be fortified against disease and proneness to die j under adverse weather conditions, it will not be many years before turkeys will go the way of the dodo bird—be come extinct Farmwives, in many parts of the country, do not attempt to raise turkeys because of the prevalence or disease known as blackhead and iimberneck. The government's experts are exerting every effort to find cures for these diseases, but complete suc cess has not yet been attained, al though a few remedies have been found fairly successful. Heavy rains are hard on baby turkeys, which drowro easily. Turkey Supply Falling Off. The result of these failures In tur key-raising has beeD a greatly dirain- j ished production, and, of course, prices soar Id consequence. Southern In diana, Kentucky and Tennessee, in the last several years, have been showing increased production In turkeys. Most of the birds that find way to the met ropolitan markets are from Texas and other Southwestern states, where the climate Is right and there Is plenty of room for range. New England states, original home of the American turkey, do not now produce enough birds to supply the demand for the metropoli tan markets, although every hotel in New York, Boston and Philadelphia announces on the bill of fare, “Ver mont turkey," or “lihode Island tur key.” The storage houses are filled with dressed turkeys that have Jour neyed out of the West, south and Southwest to make Thanksgiving a day of feasting for metropolitan epi cures. America’s Thanksgiving dinner has, in the last twenty years, become a sort of International banquet. The turkey Is a United States institution, but one finds on the table now Irish potatoes a la Hollandalse, or Spanish style; vege tables from the Imperial valley of Mexico, figs from Egypt nuts and coffee from Brazil, almonds from Italy, grapefruit from Porto Rico, French pastry and perhaps Turkish cigarettes. Thanksgiving day amusements have undergone as great changes as the bill of fare. The observance, as originally planned by the forefathers, called for attendance at church and an outpour ing of gratitude for health and bounti ful harvests. The Puritans held It to be a day of Sabbathllke sanctity. As the years rolled on, the element of re joicing entered Into the spirit of the day, and, after church In the forenoon and a feast at noon, the men engaged in mirthful games and banter, while the women sat around the "aettln’ room” and gossiped of affairs that held their Interest. In the country com munities there were games of horse shoe pitching, hopskip-and-Jump, foot races and wrestling matches. Men of the neighborhood vied with each other In these contests, which helped to make Thanksgiving day happy. Thanksgiving Spirit Abides. Changing years have brought changed customs, but the spirit of Thanksgiv ing still abides in the American heart, whatever the style of observance. In Indianapolis, as in other cities, scores of families are depending on the hotels and clubs to provide the Thanksgiving dinner, thus to ease the women of the household of the responsibilities. Hotel and club managers here Bay they are booked almost to capacity with table reservations calling for covers repre senting 10, 12, 15 and 20 persons. In other words, the family is going to “dine out” and let mother’s Thanks giving day be one of rejoicing, not drudgery. It would be impossible f'<r all fam ilies to eat at hotels and dubs—moth ers know that! You can't change a sentimental mother. The result is that, in thousands of instances, mother refuses to consider any other situation than that of having her children at home for Thanksgiving day dinner. Turkey may not be the crowning viand of the meal, for there still remain chicken, goose and duck to top the menu. Mother knows, too, of other morsels that are the delight of her children. Fact is, folk. Thanksgiving day Is Just another Mothers’ day I—Indian apolis News. Show Your Gratitude Throughout the Year A beautiful story of true gratitude la told of a little child living In a poverty-stricken home. The mother had leaned a door shutter up In one comer of her gabln go that her shiv ering little ones could shelter behind It from the Icy wind. One of the children, creeping behind this poor shelter, said: "Mamma, aren’t you sorry for the poor little children that haven't any door shutter to go be hind?” In this child was exemplified the true sentiment of the gratitude expressed by the Pilgrim fathers. Gratitude Is the open door through which we enter Into true peace and happiness, and this must find its right ful expression In unselfishness and consideration for others. What a dif ferent world It would be if the spirit of Thanksgiving day were to be dem onstrated, not only on a special occa sion but throughout every day of the year! Into the thought filled with gratitude, envy, malice, hatred and jealousy can find no entrance. Thus Is not true gratitude a powerful fac tor in bringing peace and harmony to all mankind?—Exchange. Jor bs to had, tough ton's feat a to ground. Thanksgiving dag la to dag a< goad tow Happinass, hapafulnaaa. faith should abound, AB through to gaarl Pane# In to soul, though to rod loans baas blown. Thanksgiving dag la to dag af Cod’* loro Lard. In to vans' of to ■srcla. Ysu’ro town, SroUs dawn ton ah ova I Bookplate* That Are Prized by Collector* A bookplate Is a typographical or pictorial label, u-ed to denote tbe own ership of a book. Bookplates are con sidered to have had their origin in Germany, though an unsupported claim has been made that they were used In Japan in the TeDth century, and certain small clay tablets are be fieved to have performed in Baby lonia and Assyria an office similar to that of the bookplate of today. The earliest printed bookplate we know to day was used about 1480. From Ger many tbe use of the bookplate spread to France and finally to all continen- : tal countries. The bookplate first used in America were of English make, brought over by the wealthy Colonists. They possess great interest as memo rials of the old families; but tbe plates engraved by the hands of our first American engravers, Nathaniel Hurd and Paul Revere of Boston, Amos Doo little of Connecticut and Alexander Anderson, easily surpass them in value. The earliest date on an Amer lean bookplate by an American en graver Is 1749, on the Thomas Dering plate engraved by Hurd. Test* Show Dog Ha* No Sente of Colon Perhaps the most Interesting de velopment of experiment in Russia us the discovery that the dog is practical j ly color blind. If he knows red from , green or black from brown, it is only ! because he distinguishes a difference in the brightness of tbe two objects, j In general, his sense of sight proved to be Inferior to that of man. for though the dogs used in tbe labora tory were more keenly alive to motion than their human competitors, their vision for still objects was much faultier. Dr. J. C. Warden and L. H. Warner psychologists of Columbia university, [iroved that a dog's sense of smell is superior to that of man, a fact gen erally admitted. A German shepherd dog. for example, was able in every instance to pick out a small piece of pine wood that had been handled by her keeper even when the contact was only of two seconds’ duration and the wood hlncjt was placed among 20 oth ers that had not been touched. Devil'a Hoof Marka Not every one has heart of the 1 devil's hoof marks, which excited Devonshire ard all England In the middle of last century—or the Berba langs of Cagayan Sulu. The former were curious tracks in the snow over a large tract of country. The scien tists of that day gave various expla nations. many of them very dogmatic, hut the country folk of the West were satisfied that the devil himself was abroad on that snowy night Lieuten ant Commander Gould of the Royal Geographical society In “Oddities, Pome Unexplained Facts." published by Philip Allan, advances the theory that the trail might have been made ■ by some unknown marine creature. -- Record Hailatone Doctor Hann, a German meteorolo gist, mentions a hailstone that prob ably holds the record. He says, “In 1 the bail occurring in Austria (Styrla | and Carinthia) in early July, 1897. I there fell hailstones weighing 1 kg. (2.2 pounds) or more.” He adds that j the largest hailstones are known to fall In subtropical latitudes, especial ly where the land rises somewhat above tbs level of the sea. In upper India, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor (es pecially Armenia), Australia, Natal and in the middle and southern parts of the United States there occasional ly occur frightful hailstorms. Man and Lower Animate Horses do not smoke nor eat meat, yet they suffer from hardening of the arteries. This is a conclusion of the French Society of Comparative Path ology, which is devoted to the study of diseases in man and animal. Further, animals suffer from ero physema and chronic rheumatism hitherto thought peculiar to man. Nor Is his liability to Insanity an indica tion of man's Intellectual superiority the society having recorded cases of madness in animals and even of vol unary Intoxication on substances which inebriate them.—Kansas City Star These Re port era l A pretty girl who had spent a week at a summer resort, on her return home received a tetter from a young newspaper reporter she had met. As is customary In newspaper copy, the reporter bad rsed a small cross every time he needed a period. The communication puzzled the girl very much. “What 1 can’t understand,” she con tided to her best friend, “Is that while he Is very formal and circumspect In the tone of bis letter, be finishes every sentence with a kiss.” Persian Rug Designs In regard to significance of designs, authorities on oriental rugs say that the rug itself typifies the universe, and the various designs the ever changing course of life. The prin cipal color, If red, typifies life or vic tory; if blue, royalty; if white, pur ity; if green, devotion, and if blacky evil. In patterns the swastika means good luck; the flower and knot, for tune and life everlastlug, and the cir cle, immortality. The star of six points represents Allah. Caustic Criticism of Present-Day Mothers "We may talk all we choose aboui how the world has changed, how civl lization has advanced, and so on. hut the fact remains that the fundamen tals have not changed one whit," de dared Biahop Beatty In an address. “Toiay, Just as It has been through out the ages, the future of the race depends npon the mothers of the pres ent. I fear for the futue because of these present-day mothers. They leave the children too much to them selves and the lack of proper guidance Is developing deplorable conditions. “Too many mothers are like Mra Blank of Hark avenue, who called her maid to her one day and said: “ 'Fifl. look out the window. Is that child mine or does it belong to some neighbor? It’s been hanging around here all dayl*” The Rose The rose Is said to have originated in Persia, it was used as a medicine and as a food by the ancients, and the Chinese still serve rose fritters at their New Year feast. By the Unmans this (lower was regarded as the symbol of silence as well as of love, and its name Is a variation of the word Eros, the name of the god of love, in Home it waa used as an emblem of victory, of triumphant love and of pride and pomp. By long association It was regarded as pagan, and after the founding of Christianity It was. therefore. In dis grace. Its beauty, however, was Irre sistible. and it soon became the flower of Christian martyrdom and the sym bol of divine love, being used in sa cred paintings along with the lily. Martin Luther took a rose for his official seal, and it is glorified In the writings of Dante. Today It stands for beauty throughout the world. Hatt Betoken Wealth The Yamis, who live on a little Is land south of Formosa, have two aiu hitions—to build fine boats, whose sides they ornament with beautiful desfgns. and to possess silver hats— the larger the better, for by the meas ure of his silver hat Is the prestige of the Individual Judged. The first requirement Is a quantity of silver coins, which are laboriously beaten with a stone Into thin strips. The strips are then made into cone shaped hats. Some of the hats be longing to the more affluent of the col ony come down to the shoulders. An oblong opening Is left for the eyes, so that the owner may survey the ad miration his large hat attracts. Jews and Samaritana The historical origin of the hatred that existed between the Jews and the Samaritans may be found In the fact that when Sargon, the conqueror of Israel, destroyed the northern king dom he repopulated Samaria with colonists from Babylon. Assyria and ('Utah. I.ater instructors were sent to these people in an attempt to In struct them In the worship of Je hovah; but. when the temple at Jeru salem was being rebuilt, the Jews re fused to allow the Samaritans to help, thus Increasing the rift between the two peoples Notice by Publication on Petition for Settlement of Final Administration Account. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEB. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE of JOHN Q. GREER, Deceased. Persons interested in said matter are hereby notified that on the 15th day of November, 1928, Rufus C. Long filed a petition in said county court, praying that his final admin istration account filed herein be set tled and allowed, and that he be dis charged from his trust as administra tor and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said Court on the 3rd day of December, 1928, and that if you fail to appear before said court on the said 3rd day of Decem ber, 1928, at 9 o’clock, A. M., and contest said petition, the court may grant the prayer of said petition, en ter a decree of heirship, and make such other and further orders, allow ances 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 County Judge. H. J. Pinkett, Attorney PROBATE NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE of MILFORD HALL, Deceased. Notice is hereby given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the administrator of said estate, be fore me, county judge of Douglas county, Nebraska, at the county court room, in said county, on the 11th day of January, 1929, and on the 11th day of March, 1929, at 9 o’clock, A. M., each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examin ation, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims from the 8th day of December, 1928. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4t-l 1-9-28 County Judge. Classified FOR RENT—Neatly furnished room. Modern home. With kitchen priv ilege. Call Web. 6498. —tf. NICELY furnished rooms. All mod ern. WE. 3960. FOR RENT—One three-room apart ment. Neatly furnished. Webster 6018. 2514 N. 31st street. FOR RENT—Three and six room apartments, at 1201 So. Eleventh street. Call Webster 6613. N. W. Ware. 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