THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30,' 1916.
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The quality of the heart put into our thank
determinei its ascending power. . .
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No volunteer thisime to get the toldiera out
of the trenchei before Christmai.
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For one day at' least turkey feather! supplant
the eagle'i plume-on Liberty'! cap.
. Shortage of ammunition it ts good ai any
other excuse (or a retreat in Mexico.
. The luggestion that there can be a "bum day"
for high school glrli li thoroughly incredible.
If any rule of law, courteiy or humanity sur
vives the war, 'it deiervei a pension for life.
!'Whf the price, of , a hair-cut goes up the
only way to retaliate will be to wear your hair a
little longer. ,-. . ., .;. .- :( . . v;, t J,
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The practical knockout handed Roumania once
more illustrates, the folly of bantams going
against heavyweight!..; . .". .'. ' ' ,v '
( The trouble with the food boycott i that The
kick' at the breech hits ' almost as hard ai the
discharge at the muzzle. 1
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The office-holder-elect with.ippaintiv!. places
to give out miy be thankfuf that fc, has sur
vived the onrush of applicants .f V..
'Possibly the Pilgrims had in mind, when. they
started things, the propriety of giving thanks for
the finish of the foot ball season, 'j V-v'-v; .
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One thing for which air of our readers will
still be most thankful ia that1 they live over here
instead of in the warring countries of Europe,.
Here' to Captain Duffy, the gallant com
mander of the Chemung. He kept the flag flying
to the finish. May his tribe increase and glorify
' the earth.
Another European capital on wheel;. But
then we once evacuated Washington as the seat
of government ourselves white we were having
a little fracas with the British. ' '
If wt as a people are truly grateful (or the
blessings of peace, plenty and content, our thank
fulness must not exhaust Itself in a single day.
Rather should it grow with each passing hour and
' continue throughout the years, - . - v.
From a' primitive ground floor in the '80s to
the fifteenth floor in 1917 (airly spans the devel
opment of-the telephone business of Omaha
In barely thirty-years the toy laughed at by
the multitude has become a business and house
hold necessity, ranking among the foremost ro
mances of modern progress. , ; ,
" An American missionary home from Turkey
told Minneapolis reporter that the first Turkish
"army of 1,000,000 men had been destroyed, and
- the second army, equal in number, was heading
(or the same destination. . Here is where cold
; type utterly fails to convey with the news the
J missionary's tone of regret. i '
Thanksgiving in History
Congress recommended days of thanksgiving
- annually during the period of the revolution, and
in 1784 for the return of peace. .
Massachusetts Byv wii the first of the col
onics to appoint an annual thanksgiving , by the
proclamation of the English governor.
The earliest harvest thanksgiving within, the
preseat confines of the United States was kept
, by the Pilgrim fathers, at Plymouth in 1621.
' In pioneer Thanksgiving times in certain
parts of New England venison or bear's meat
rather than turkey was the center of the festal
board. .. .- , .
Washington appointed a day. of thanksgiving
in 1789 after the adoption of the constitution, and
in 1795 for the general benefits and welfare of the
nation. . ,-
In the middle of the last century Thanksgiving
day, in New York and other of the eastern cities,
rivaled New Year's day as an occasion for the
fashionables to exchange calls.
In the state of New York the first thanksgiving
proclamation was issued by Governor John Jay
n 1795, and was announced as an expression of
afatitude for the cessation of the yellow fever
plague of that year. " " r ,
The first thanksgiving held in America was
conducted on the shores of Newfoundland in the
year 1578 by a minister who accompanied the
Frobisher expedition which brought the English
colony to settle on these shores. 1
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1 11 vJurcmvi jvfiitoii, va a if abulia mvur
mended a day of thanksgiving; but in 1857 Gov
ernor Wise, when requested to do so, , publicly
declined, on the ground that he was not author
ized to interfere in religious matters. '
; One of the sportive features of the New Eng
and Thanksgiving day in our grandfathers' time
was- the shooting match, usually held in the
morning, and therefore not viewed with favor
by the church, because of its tendency to entice
the youth from the thanksgiving service.
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 (east that accompanies the
occasion. Not all will share in the (easting, how
ever, and these wilt not necessarily be those
whose poverty restrains them (rom 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 (easting of the multitude will not be dis
turbed by the reflections pf the few, who sin
cerely hope for the continuation of the profusion
of mercy and grace that has accompanied our
career 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 procrastination. "Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof will not serve
to turn aside those accumulating influences that
will shspe 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 alsd 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
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 -:, ':
An Indian Thanksgiving
j .''','.; ' 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 right to destroy an. in
tercepted vessel cerrying Contraband when con
ditions will not permit sending prize and cargo!
to a home port. This leaves only the matter, of
damages to be determined.- The' incident serves
to bring just a little closer to Americana an ap
preciation of the uses of the submersible war
ship. Itt powers for destruction are unquestioned,
but its capacity, lor service in other ways are de
cidedly limited. 'The law of the submarine will
be entirely rewritten 'after' the war, bat for 'the
present it is largely a matter (or the captain's
discretion. ' ' .. - . '
Austria's Singular Request
Some surprise will naturally be (elt that Aus
tria should make formal request that the Ameri
can 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 ntay be sur
mised,' however, that the step ia preliminary to
the adoption of a policy similar to that of Ger
many in dealing with the Belgians. In other ways
the Austrisns 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 a may be necessary tJ 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 i must cease.
To the Anstrians the Serbs stand aa a conquered
people, to be assimilated into the national life
of the conquerors, and not aa objecta of world
charity. ; ., -1 . - '
' , Back at THeir Old Tricka.
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 casually encounter in a
hotel lobby and straightway the air is vexed with
unseemly epithets and language that ia 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
each 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 (or 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. -i .
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 (or
an indefinite stay, besides guaranteeing hospi
tality blending into ovations.
Senator Chamberlain proposes to start the
wheels of congress 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. - . ,
' If all the hills and hollows of the globe were
leveled science assures us that fathoms of water
would submerge -wet and dry, belts. . Right now
the subject is pf little interest, . After May 1,
perhaps, a scheme substituting schooners for
watervngons msy attract investors.
Waahfatoa Star
Among the records of the bureau of American
ethnology is (ound 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
erf male voices was held; then began a recital in J
which the war chief told of his exploits, ot how
many of the enemy he had killed, and in this he
was louowca oy ine omer praves 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 one 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 generally lasted alt night, corn and
water being the only food used.
At 9 in the morning the great Sun came into
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 (here was great ex
citement and hard fighting among the warriors.
' After the game the braves danced a war dance
to the beating on ihe pot After all the corn
was consumed the people returned to their huts
and the feast was over. .. ' , '. '
Among the Creek Indians of Oklahoma, the
New Year begin with the "Busk," which is a
celebration dorresponding to our Thanksgiving,
except that rthey 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 all crime and a doing away
with any feeling of hatred toward others.
Li .1 r I. D .. I . i. :L . I r-. .
vi inc ciaca ouan., wuiui was wuucaacu ill vroii-
eral Washington's time, fits accurately the simi
lar ceremony o( today: '..
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 (our logs
set crosswise, to signify the points of the com
pass. While this drink is cooking the women
dance the turkey dance, and from noon till middle
afternoon drink is served from the brew, which
is a strong emetic. Then four men and an eouat
number of women go through the "tadpole dance,"
while the men alone perform one called the
hmiha. I he old men s tobacco is also prepared
the first day. ' ".
In the morning about 10 o'clock the women
enjoy the "gun dance," while the men continue
to fire their weapons.- - 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 (east the men rub the corn between their
hands and over their faces and necks.
The third day the men alone sit in the Dublic
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." - 1
1 he 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 (or rubbing the joints. .Ana
other odd mixture is made of old corncob pipes
and pine boughs mixed with water and stirred
by (our girls, while a preparation of white clay
and water is made by the men, Flowers are then
taken to the chiefs 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 formed
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'a 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. 1
In the accounts of some writers, it is stated
that there ia 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 the 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
pf 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 inaian, wno saia mat tne 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
fasting, followed by a second feast, and the
Seminole Thanksgiving feast is over for a year.
Proclaiming Thanksgiving
For many yeara the annual observance of
Thanksgiving day remained i matter of atate
action, virtually confined to- New England. Like
Washington'a birthday, it became a national cus
tom only gradually; unlike Washington's birth
day, it spread largely through the influence' of
a woman, Mrs. Sarah Joseph 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
last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving day.
say mm aaai
Thought Nugget for the Day.
Our Father, 'round this board we bow
O Friend of all the year and way
In rrateful iov. Toaether now
Our hearts keep glad Thanksgiving
day.
For fruitful field, for well-aet board
We thank and praise and fleea rnee,
Lord.
Alice Whittler.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Prizrend taken by the Bulgarians.
Rome reported Italians near victory
at (iorizta.
Brltlah fleet attacked Germans on
Belgian coaat.
Constantinople announced British
defeat south of Bagdad.
France called out 400,000 more
young conacrlnta. -
Total casualties in German armies
3,700,000 up to November 22.
In Omaha Thirty Yearn Ago.
A little glrL named Cochran a
pupil at the Pacific school, was In
jured while hurrying down the stairs
ny a mischievous small ooy pusning
her over the low balustrade to the
floor below, a distance of about twelve
feet The little girl was picked up In
an unconacioua condition and removed
to the borne of her sister, Mrs. Will
Boauldlng..
A meeting of the deaf mutea of this
city was held in the parlors or tne Bt.
Mary'a Avenue Congregational church
and a society organized by the election
, " '
of the following officers: President
Rusecll Smith; vice president, Elmer
E. Smith; secretary, George E. Fisher,
and treasurer, Miss Victoria Allen.
At the police roll call Officer Joe
RowleB tendered his resignation aa a
member of the force and laid aside
star No, 18 that he haa worn for the
last two years. The boys on the force
contemplate going into mourning as
the bright light of the "Unset" 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
wdrk. i
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 in the dis
trict of Nebraska shall be the prison
at Sioux Falls, Instead of to Detroit.
This Day in History. i -
181 Cyrus W. Field, projector of
thei ocean telegraph, born at Stock
bridge, Mass. Died at Ardaley, N, Y.,
,July IS, 1894. - i . . ,
1835 Samuel . L. Clemens (Mark
Twain) famous author, born at Flor
ida, Mo. Died at Redding, Conn.,
April 21. 1910. -. I
1838 Mexico declared war on
France.
1863 Turkish fleet destroyed by
Russians at Slnope. 1
1867 Marine hospital. -opened In
Detroit . . ,
1884 The confederates attacked the
federals at Franklin, Tenn., twenty
miles south of Nashville.
1 1878 Porflrio 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. Brown, governor
of Georgia and United States senator,
died at Augusta. Bom In South Caro
lina. April 16, 1821.
. 1900 Oscar Wilde, celebrated poet
and dramatist, died In Parts. Born In
Dublin, October 15, 1866.
1904 The Japanese captured 203
Meter hill at Port Arthur.
1909 Extensive strike of railway
employes In the northwest
: 1910 Dr. Cook In hla "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 p. Cole
of Ohio, who directed the speakers'
bureau In the recent republican na
tional campaign, born in , Hancock
eounty, Ohio, forty-three yeara ago
today.
Right Rev. Denis O'Donoghue, Cath
olic bishop of Louisville, born in
Daviess county, Ind., sixty-eight years
gt. today.
Jefferson De Angells, well-known
musical comedy Stan, 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 tlje president
and governors of the various states
today has been set aside as a day ot
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 la to be observed
at the White House with a strictly
family gathering. Tonight 4he presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson are expected to
attend the navy relief ball at the
Washington navy yard.
luv ,eiy nor. viio.i la-o u. ol-iiw
field, late dean of Frederlctoh, N. B.,
Is to be consecrated In the cathedral
at Victoria, B. C, today aa bishop of
tha Anglican diocese of British Co
lumbia. Representatives' hall In the state
capitol at Austin Is to be the scene ot
notable ceremonies today when Dr.
Robert E. Vison is to be formally in
augurated aa 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. , , ,
Storyptte of the Day. . , i
"My wife played a great trick on a
gypsy the other day."
The fat plumber was the speaker.
"What did she do?" asked the thin
carpenter.
"The gypsy wanted to telt her for
tune with some coffee grounds."
"Yea."
"And after she wa through my
wife asked her, If the coffee grounds
possessed some peculiar charms tor
fortune telling."
"What did the gypsy say?"
"She said they did."
"Then what?"
"Then -my wife gave her the laugh
and refused to pay her."
"Why?"
"Because the sediment In the eup
wasn't coffee grounds at all. We uae
a substitute." Youngstown Telegram.
Says Menu Won't Tent Out
Omaha, Nov. 29. To the Editor of
The Bee: To all the housewives who
are struggling with present hlgn
prices of all articles of food, such
lists as Miss Jackson's are of Intense
Interest but at the same time they
rind 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
muffins and gingerbread, given In the
menu of one day, bom call lor 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 or sugar to
make them oalatable, 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 De one-mira
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 or 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 four cups do a big duty.
Potatoes One-half peck of pota
toes wilt 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 pound of onlona
would not serve as a vegetable to five
people, for a meal.
Butter and Oleomargarine These
are the only shortening agents men
tioned, one pound each. .This -Is 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 on Is mentioned. Perhaps this
too could 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 drlel 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 the
meat allowed for the day: it is a small
ration. . Three pounds of shoulder of
lamb would have quite a ahare 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
poundu 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 day. .
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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-
Icon is a newly-born calf. On what
has this my critic fed that he has
grown so great? A call prematurely
born is deacon meat The world
should know If this wise deacon, proud
of his erudition, has ever yet opened
his eyes to the light of day and ever
taken hts first meal at tne maternal
font Yet he presumes, like many
others of as little development to
Join issue with the scientific facts ot
this modern, day, and attempts to
thwart the laws of nature, whijh are
the laws of God.
A moron 'born Is not to be blamed
that his feebleness of brain cannot
understand the simple laws ot 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
totds 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 ia 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
taught and obeyed the new teachings
-a n ..I.... nn ..hiLlBIMlhV. I
UI IIIUUClll DCldltc miu ivvr J - ..
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 sclentiflc 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
newthought
The jugulation, or cutting short dis
eases 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 civili
zation is due to the teachings of mod- ,
em science and modern philosophy
and haa come in soke 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 Decause it is In harmony wiin
his nature and lack of training.
DR. L. A. MERRIAM.
FUN FOR THE FEAST.
"The man ever there Dtunsed In deeo and
apparently unpleasant, thought, and the doff
wun mm cnaatn m tall, are both bent
oa the same thing,"
wnat'8 mat?"
Trying to make both ends meet. "Balti
more American.
"Well, how dtd thin kb come oat In your
school contest?"
"TrlHe mixed. A lrl won the hammer-
throwing contest and a boy took flrit nrlio
for fruit cake." Pit tBburgh Pont
ANOUN MAM IS WIW$ ME
UMCM- SH0UU T ASK HIM If HIS
ltfltNTnONS At. SERIOUS?
HOT Till WTO tVNCH
"Did yon core that vattent Ton had with
the failing memory?"
I tnouKht ao at one time." rent led the
doctor, "but I'm not io aure about It new.
He went away and forgot to nay hla Mil."
Judge,
The New Method
(By L. V. 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 one acid accu
mulate within the body in great abun
dance, over-working the sick kidneys,
hence the congestion of blood causes
backacheln the same manner 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.
The . latest' and most affective
means of overcoming this trouble, is
to at sparingly of meat, drmk plenty,
of water between meals and take a
single Anuric tablet before each meal
for a while.
Simply ask your favorite druggist
for Anuric if you aren't feeling up to
the standard. .If you have lumbago,
rheumatism, dropsy, begin immediate
ly this treatment with Anuric. Mosl
scientists and medical men believe
that because of an over abundance of
uric acid in the system, uratic salts
are deposited in the tissues and cause
rheumatism and gout.
The physicians and specialists at
Dr. Pierce's Institution in Buffalo, N.
Y., have thoroughly tested Anuric and
have been with one accord successful
in eradicating and throwing off from
the system the uric acid wnich accu
mulates and poisons.
Patients having once used Anuric
at the institution have repeatedly sent
back for more. Such a demand has
been created that Doctor Pierce de
cided to put Anuric in the drug stores
jf this country, in a ready-to-use form.
It will be their own fault if those suf
fering from uric acid troubles do not
take advantage of this wonderful
remedy. Advertisement
A SONG OF THANKSGIVING
Sam Walter Posa. J ' ;
I'm thankful that the yean are long
However long they be,
They a till are laborers glad and rtrong
That ever work for me.
Thla rose I cut with careless shears.
And wear and curt away.
The coeraos wrought a million ye4ra
To make It mine a day.
This Illy of the pasture bars
Beneath the walnut tree.
Long ere the flre-mlst formed tn stars,
Was on Its way to me.
The laws of property are lax
My neighbor's farm Is Ane;
I'm thankful, though he pays the tax, I
The best of It Is mine.
No sheriff's1 clutch can loose my grip
On Acids 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
rm thankful for this mighty age, x
These daya 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.
Here on Time's tableland we pause
To thank on bended knee,
To thank the gods for all that was.
And. Is, and is to be.
I'm tfcankful for the glow and grace
And winsome beauty of the Near,
The greatness of the Commonplace,
The glory dC the Here.
Tm thankful for man's high emprise,
His stalwart aturdlnees of soul, .
The long look of his skyward eyes
That sights a far-off goal. U
And so I feel to thank and bless
Both things unknown and understood
And 'hank the stubborn tnanKtumet
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