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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-11-25

"HE day on which we express
our gratitude not by fasting,
but by feasting, and when our
incense ascends not from an
altar, but from savory platter of
steaming turkey, is observed in the
great cities much as 1t is in the coun-
try. Thanksgiving is so thoroughly an
American holiday that 1t wipes out
such artificial lines as those dividing
urban from rural and makes all CT
Uncle Sans large and growing family
one people. What are outward circum-
stances, the presence or absence of n
few houses or few dollars, more or
less, before universal sentiment that
nlls nation? The Lord has been
very good to us as the months meas
ured the year, we say, and we appoint
a festival of joy and good cheer to ex-
press our gladness. 1t is most fitting.
most characteristic of our land, most
In keeping with the constructive and
optimistic spirit Of our people. This is
true on Fifth avenue and just as true
on the farms Of the west and south,
true at the Waldorf Astoria and at the
workingman's table. Ordinarily we
place too much emphasis on the indi
vidual differences and not enough Oh
the social unity of our life. But on
Thanksgiving the fundamental SINH
tarity becomes apparent-we are all
human and all American, the walls Of
castle and cottage melt away, and we
become of one genus, one mind and
one heart.
On the farm the children gather from
near and far and there is an old fash
loned family reunion. Bill and his
wife come from the neighboring coun-
ity and Bob from the distant town.
The old father and mother grow young
again as the prattle of grandchildren
In the house takes them back to the
days when this same Bob and Bill
were frowzy headed and dirty faced
boys. The turkey is home grown and
home cooked, and therefore has any
bird reared and roasted by we know
not whom looking alien and unappe-
itizing. The pumpkins that make up
the thick and meaty pies are from the
corn lot back of the barn. Everything
on the well filed table except the cram
'be{ries, coffee and few dry groceries
'ls/tbe combination of our own Sec
ton of American dirt That makes
everything worth while. Somebody
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-11-25
RABBIT HUNTING DANCE"
Odd Thanksgiving Festival Held by
the Pueblo Indians.

Odd Thanksgiving Festival Held by
the Pueblo Indians.
The rabbit hunting dance" of the
Pueblo Indians at Zuni, Acoma, Taos
and Isleta is festival contemporane-
GUS with that of the white man. In
the dance the Indians give thanks and
pray for future favors. The chief of
each village designates a day in No
vember for the festival, and the dan
GERS, who are dressed in white cotton
shirts and pantaloons and carry guns,
chant and dance as long as breath and
strength remain. They begin at day
light and after pause for food at
noon continue dancing far into the
night They pray fervently that the
Great Spirit may give them power to
slay plenty OF rabbits and other game
and also thank him for the game, the
crops ana the rain Of the season past.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-11-25
GOODWIN'S FOURTH BRIDE.

Actor Is Second Husband of Former
"Florodora" Girl, Edna Goodrich.
Mrs. Nat Goodwin, nee Miss Edna
Goodrich, the former "Florodora" girl
IS her actor husbands fourth bride,
and Mr.. Goodwin is her second bride
groom.
Mr.. Goodwin's first marriage was to
Elizabeth Weathersby, n comedy ac-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-11-25
Had the Appearances.

How is jerks getting along in busi-
ness?"
He is something Of plunger."
What is he trying to do?"
well, looked over his books, and
! thought he was trying to break into
the poorhouee."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-11-25

- saize he don lax possum meat an him o mine!
Now honey tuhn all folks knowledge lynn
Mex out tuz jes' iii joke to aggervate yo ma
clar goodness Abs es boun whup yo till yos raw!
Yo speak de trufe yo lT imp! Den whas yo don heah
A-settin' up wifi nggah folks to mex yo'sef appeah
nggah when ebry kahn tell in spite youah black
Dat uhnn' way FUN posum meat yo amt de homes fack7
NAVEL dere pa ze nebbah min bekaze yos such mite
W. Dat faint youah fault sundays missed youa nachu appe
Ho out yo plate deres plenty mo- to fill chile lax yo
De good Lawd mex yo suhan ways All spo dats got do
But LAM Abs feared yo grow wrong mebbe be shame
To all de cullahd circle an de 'pected family
Fo ebbah Abs oil enough to stan upon feet
Abs pshoned any niggah dat would uhn fun possum
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-11-25
EMPEROR AT THE PLOW.
PeouIiarities of China's Thanksgiving
Celebration.

In China at the beginning of winter
a thanksgiving festival is held at
which the deities are especially thank
ed for the preservation of life and
health during the preceding twelve
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-15
Prof. Massey's
Editorial Page.
Pot. Massey z,A personally al
sze, inqai'zes on ayr0ka,uI
ss5recs sent BY CAV readers.
THE FOLLY OF CoMrosTING.

One Of our subscribers writes. Il am haul
ing pine needles and about one inch OF the top
mold TO make manure, and want you TO tell me
how to handle IL ! have fifty loads already piled
up. I have also several loads OF good stable
manure which | would like TO use for cotton.
Please tell me how to work this. too"
Here Is the old story: Labortousiy hauling
out material OF little value excep. az mere hu-
mus and piling I; TO be handled again and hauled
till finally the material will not be worth the la
Dor.
This. too, when a growth Of peas on the land
last summer would have lief; hnmusmakinx ma
terial OF far more value at a much smaller cost.
even IL ali the growth !s used for manure direct.
He has several loads of manure. when IL the peas
the land would have produced had been made In
TO hay and fed this winter and the manure spread
on the land al fast as made he would have had
something Of value a. well AZ some proat from
the stock and would have had perhaps a hundred
loads OF manure instead OF several"
The only advice | can give La TO haul ont and
spread shickiy what has been piled of the woods
trash and TO treat the manure in the same ~ay.
manure In bad practice. The safes;
place for manure In out on the Land where some
crop In 10 grow, 1t wiil lose less there than any
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-15

MY cabbage plants" says a Clarkton. ". c..
farmer. were set the hrst of December and I
have a good stand. Please give me a formula for
making a arst-class fertilizer for them and say
how much | should use to the acre"
II would have been much better 10 have ap-
piled the fertilizer to the soil and worked 1t In be-
fore planning the ges or TO have placed some
In the burrows under the beds, But for general
Use on cabhages. you will need. a fertilizer high
In nitrogen and phosphoric acid. say 1900
pounds OF acid phosphate. Ave hundred pounds OF
cot'onsecd meal. one hundred pounds nitrate Of
soda and ,~o hundred pounds of muriate OF potash
10 make a ton. rse at least 900 pounds per acre
worked In alongside the rows In cnltivatins the
Cabbage requires heavy manar.ng. and
II would have been better II In addition to tn.
fertilizer you could have applied a good amount
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-15

where else. This everlasting "piddling' and
"as'ne ume and labor in mixing a lot of dirt
ana a little manure and then imagining II Is all
manure and to be laboriously dribbled in the fur-
rows Will never restore our worn acres. Would
that | could get the ear of every Southern farm
er and persuade him to go to farming and stop
bidding" get him to grow good stock forage
ana iced It, make manure and get 1t all over his
more cotton on fewer acres and get
independent of the fertilizer mixer. and oui. nav
ing twenty cents a pound for nitrogen that he
can get for nothing. and make a profit in the get
ting.
No man can haul n lot OF woods earth half "a
cheaply IA he can grow better material all over
his land. and no amount Of pine straw Is worth
what the manure would be from feeding the pea
hay.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-15
THE ANSWER you WANT Is POSSIBLY HERE.

To save space, several answers are given here
without printing the questions:
Let the saw-dust alone. 1t has no value at all
as a manure and may do more harm than good.
| do not know anything about canning meats
and do not think It can be successfully done ex-
cept with factory facilities.
A correspondent whose address Is not given in
quires IL there Is any danger Of rust In cotton
from planting on a crimson clover sod or where
the clover Is grazed and turned under. There is
none at all.
Attend TO the proper preparation and manuring
of your garden soil and the cultivation OF your
plants. and the moon will not care when you set
them and will take no interest in the matter and
will have no influence on the result. We are not
cultivating the moon but the earth, and Ii does
not matter about the moon so that your soil Is
all right.
I could not tell what the exact composition OF
the gum ashes will be without an analysis.
Hard wood ashes In general will. II they have
been kept dry. average about 5 per cent potash
and a large percentage OF lime with a very small
percentage OF phosphoric acid. Jus. what these
ashes are worth per ton II Ii not possible for me
TO say. probably about ave dollars. Do not mix
with anything. bu. spread at rate OF half a ton to
n ton per acre.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-15

bio of dosng this without ~.pss.tinx The pssa We
we're 10 hare bad \ chance 10 s~e these machines
~ work. but for on~ reason or another. they did
not show up.
Bat ore mar rake OF The ruatgrsa pods In the
Hrla ~tth \ a;~ci horse rake and then there are
several huii~ra ,ha. ~fll do good ~ork. OF course
every man Who pr~s~nis tn h~ a farmer has a
moving machine and a hay rake: aad IL 10 grows.
a. every Southern farmer should. co~pcas for
hay. he should hare = '~sd~r 20 run after The
moves and throw the hay up lightly To ~si, rap
Idly, Then /! the rake IL The aide delivery he ~iil
he far ahead Of hs nctghhors in handling The hay
crop
Then. with tho mover and tho hay rake. the
farmer ~sIl need storage loft FOR his har and
siiax. for rapidly unloading IT. wi;h carrier. 30
,ha; a horse can phil tho hay into the LOT; and
run /. oack faster than halt a dozen men could do
he work
no You ssiIi Piow and Hoe In th~ Old Slow
Way--ln all the upland sections The farmer
needs a sub-soil plo~ and a turning pillow sha,
needs thr~. mules abreast With these he Ii
prepared 10 pio~ III. land right. and II he prac-
tees n short rotation and gets humus into his
soii. he can gradually do away with terraces ana
tho need for them. and have fewer gullies than
with them.
Then. instead OF putting n negro and a mule
and n pillow 10 run txic. in each cotton or corn
row. he should have a t~o-horse euitivator on
which one man can ride and drive. and do twice
M much work a. two men with the mules sepa-
rated and worked singly, And this, while doing
more work. saves n hand. an important matter In
these days
The early cultivation OF cotton. corn or pota-
toes will be greatly facilitated by having a weed
er which one can run across the rows and stir the
soil rtsht up 10 the plant. and can thus prevent
"sore Skinned GOTTEN. In fact. II the rows are
laid OF accurately and straight. as in the lsvsl
coast eoan,rv. the w-eder can work the entire
crop the season through. by taking out the teeth
that hit tao rows And then AZ one through. Two
whole rows are worked. and the soil Just stirred
enough IN kssp the soil mulch on top and 10 pre-
serve the moisture beneath, and In this shallow
.tirring all tho weed seeds will sprout and be
killed and no fresh ones brought up, so that the
land will b. clean for sowing the crimson clover
seed NJ last working. On light level and andy
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-15
Some Implements Every Progressive Farmer Should Have

4 Manure Spr~ad~r Ftrs-Ftrss I would name
the manure spr~acer. for II Is the one ;hsnx that
will Get the Southern farmer ont Of the labor'ous
practice Of mixing up = lot OF stra~r manure and
= lot OF dirt from Somewhere. calling IL compost
inx and then thinking that II il all good manure.
and drfbblsnx IL In the burrows With the hope %
getting more crop 10 sell OF tho land With the
manure snr~ader on~ can Get the manure OF: ~
fas, a. made. whenever II In a. To drive on Tho
land. And The rnanar~ ~ili then be where II ~sll
lose the least and ~iiI be OF tho greatest raiue
10 the following crop 10 rnasfsr what crop I; 10.
though 1; should Do the corn crop. The manure
sprsad~r will make tho manure wo much further
by spreading IL uniformly and not In Jumps a.
thrown OF by hand II takes ha; oas handling
Have You . siio and Corn Harv~~&~r--A silo
can hardly be ciaxs~a al an implement. bat II II
one OF the indispensable things II one In 70 feed
stock. and every farmer ao~a. Of course. II he ="
a farmer and no. a mere eropp~r. With plenty Of
corn enssIag~ pea vine hay and The meal from the
eo,sonseed the farmer can feed stock probably
much more probably than ha can without the
stio.
The corn harvester and binder has been great
iy i'm proved. The best ones bind the corn up
right. do not break Oh many ears and ~ili take
up hio~n-do~n corn. They ~til make The bundles
OF any sire wanted. and II is then easy 10 set II
up IN ventilated shocks for curing.
This means more corn. better fodder and the
use OF the whole plant. Tor III the nnsA"F ana
shredder II used there ~tli not oniy be n great
saving Of labor. but the stover w!ll be In such =
condition that the cattle ~tll eat mos, OF IT. and
The refuse will 70 into the manure heap In good
shape for the manure spreader To handle. and
there ~ill be NO cuss words used a. there ID like
II TO be when one In loading manure with LONG
corn stalks In i, and breaks a fork handle getting
them out.
The farmer ~ho feeds cattle in winter will be
greatly helped by having \ corn and cob erush"r
with which one horse can grind ,hs corn and cob
together and still further inersass the ennsnmp-
,ion OF the cora plant.
How Do You Save Your Hay and Pc~sT-Vari-
Gus inventors have been trying 10 make a thre1n~r
thai will clean eo~peas from the rown hay, We
heard Of two last fall that are claimed to be capa-
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-15

or well rotted manure. 1t takes several years of
high fertilization and the growing Of legumes af-
ter the crop to get land into the best condition
to produce fine crops of cabbages.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-15

soil one maa With Sne vUod0r VIII gUt over twice
a. much cotton AZ two men with the usual one
horse implements.
And the ~eeder takes but one horse SO tha, II
cts In tn the equipment OF the man so many talk
about. the oue-hors- farmer. But IT seems TO me
that any man with industry and energy will not
he content with one horse or one mule. bat will
have tao or more and implements to use them
~lth.
The Handy Gasoline Engtne-Then with the
gasoline engines. now so plentiful and cheap, the
great labor OF ~chopping wood can be saved. and
The fuel can BE- cut for the stove with a buzz saw.
Here. where I now live. the men 20 around with
an engine and saw on a wagon and cut up the
family supply OF wood. On the farm The engine
can ec used for many things besides the saving
Of the wood. With an elevated tank and a deep
we'll pump one can have his own water supply In
the country. with the luxury OF n bath In the
house. He can use II for grinding grain for his
stock. or with n good small mill can make his
own meal for the table. He can use IL for run
ming the machine that threshes his peas or shells
his corn or grinds corn and cob together. In fact.
wherever power Is needed the gasoline engine
comes In very handily.
Don't Forget the Houscwife.-while getting the
farm stocked with iabor-saving machines do not
forget the house. Having water In the house. you
can have n sink In the kitchen and a hot water
boiler. Then there are now washing machines
that are mere fun TO run. for a woman can work
the washer and read a book at the same time. hold
ing IL In the other hand. Next the wringer of course.
Then one OF these expanding and contracting
clothes holders that are set on a post are far bet
ter than the old clothes lines. There Is the bread
mixer that savss strength and the polished steel
griddls that makes cooking ~buckwheat cakes fun.
II you have that elevated water tank you can
have . little turbine for your wife to run the sew
ing machine with.
Ana . shed. Of Courss.-Then, so far as the
farm implements are concerned. you will need a
shed to keep them out OF the weather. and where
you can clean them we'll after use. In short, the
time has come when We are compelled to try to
make mules and machinery save mems muscle.
w. +. MASSEY.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-15

How Do You Save Your Hay and PcAaT-Vari-
Gus Inventors have been trying 10 make a thre1ner
tina, will clean oowpeas from the mown hay We
heard Of two last fall that are claimed TO be capa-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
HAD $50, 900 WORTH
OF GEMS In POCKET
But When He Looked He Found Pack
age Wortf, $4,000 Was
Missing.

Chicago, July LIS. CT. Powell, a
buyer employed by Stern Brothers &
Co., Wholesale jewelers.. reported to
the poHse yesterday he either lost or
was robbed of sack containing $685.
900 worth of unset diamonds. Powell
claimed he had purchased the dia-
monas only a short time previously
and had entered the Columbus Mem
oriSl building with the intention of
tuning tlom oversto his employers.
Before going to the Office of his em-
Yoyers he stopped at the barber shop
i the same building, having bag of
diamonds in each vest pocket, one
Valued at $S5,0O0, the other at $4,000.
When he went to The Offices of his
employers Is minutes later he discov-
cred one sack of diamonds had disap-
peared. The police believe Powell
may have been a victim of pick poe
kets before entering the building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
Great CRUSRI AT STATEH0USE IN
IgFILING OF NOMINATING PETITIONS
Two Hundred in Line at Office Of Secretary of State Wher
Doors Are Open, Many Having Been Thare Since
O'clock Yesterday Afternoon.

Springfield, H., July 1.-(Argus Spe-
of them having in their possession the
petitions of many other candidates,
were in line in frcnt of the west door
ofAthe secretary oi~state,s Office when
the door was opeH ed at O'Clock TO
receive the petitio} of candidates un-
der the new primatE law and file them
and grant receiptsN Nearly all of the
number had been in line ever since
3 o'clock yesterdsk afternoon.
Relays Ri ieyed Men.
Guy l.. Rush of bowner's Grove. Du-
pont county, reprv sentative from the
FoJty-first district, Twas the man at the
head of the line, abut the petition of
Secretary of Statb Rose was placed
on the table by one of his clerks and
was the first to be filed. Representa-
tive Bush had in his hands AZ peti
tions which had been handed to him
by other candidates for filing.
Yates Filed First.
The first one which he filed was
that of Richard Yates for governor
Then came his own and then that o.
Chris Manner of Chicago, candidate
for clerk of the supreme court; Sena
tor Ira NJ. Lish of Livingston county;
Representative Frank l.. Parker O
Will county; Representative Charles
II, Backus of Kale county, and thos,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
[. D. HARVEY | k D
OF The llAIl
ASSOclAT TOM /

Klaw and others to prevent the halSy
comedian from appearing in sTfe
Merry o-Round' show at th(7 7CircA
theater. Felix Isman, the PHI D1deiphil
millionaire real estate man. Ikho has
recently engaged in theI theatrical
business. offered to engage Ne actor s
services for the summerLX According
to Hitchcock Isman Off Ned to give
him 5000 a week and onethird of; the
gross receipts. To this, the actor
swears, Savage consented and he ap
peared at the Circle theater. Then
Savage stepped in with the injunction
proceedings. Judge Hough reserved
his decision.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01

of Representative Shanahan and 80
others from Cook county and some
others
After Mr.. Bush had filed his batch
of petitions leslie ". Forgrave of
Springfield fled tAe aetision of /. Nc
Can Davis of this city for the repub-
lican nomination for clerk of the su-
preme court.
Democrats Get in Late.
The first democratic candidate to
file nomination petitions were the
Cook county candidates, who had syn
dicated and who filed their petitions
through Thomas O'Brien. At 9:55
O'Clock, just after Representative Clap
Saddle of La Sale county had fled
his petition, the line was stopped un-
til the petitions by mail, filling four
bushel baskets, had been filed. AT II
O'clock all those in line had filed their
petitions.
Dcneen Says He Is First.
Governor Deneen returned late this
forenoon from Chicago. He says that
his petition was the first to be filed
| for governor and that his name will
head the republican ticket for gov
ernor. He would not say who filed
| his petition or when it was filed ant
no information on the subject could
be procured from the secretary O
sAa. rs Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
THOMAS CAR PASSES PRoIos
Germans Yield Road as Yankee Ma
chine Bears Down Upon Them.


Omsk, July 1.-The American car
Thomas departed from Omsk Sunday
morning on road like a plowed field.
After travelling 81 miles iii eight hoiffs
better roads were found. Ninety miles
were made in the next two hours.
The party made an all night run to
catch the Protos. When the crew
stopped for breakfast peasants said
the Protos was only one hour ahead
At 1C a. m. the Protos was sighted
two miles in the lead. After fifteen
minute pursuit the German car yielded
the road and the Thomas passed, the
occupants shouting salutations at the
Germans. The latter were in excel
lent spirits and waved their hats with
cheers.
After five hours sleep at Omsk the
Thomas yesterday at p. m, resumed
tits journey.
The Protos halted 80 miles on the
other side of Tainsk for repairs. 1t
probably will arrive in Omsk today
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
TWO KILLED At MlNMEAPoLls
Several Men Buried in Wreck of
Stable Beina Demolished.

Minneapolis, July 1.-Two men were
killed, three We're injured and eight
bruised yesterday afternoon in the
collapse of a livery stable at 40 Sew
.enth street, south, which was being
torn down to make room for theater.
The dead are c. W. Hardy, % South
Eight street. and George Johnson,
Willmar, Mimi. Roy Remold, 610
Tenth avenue; Joel Bensop, 2I3 Thir-
teenth avenue, south, and e. S. Robin
son were the most esriously injured.
So far as can be learned. bricks which
were being removed were thrown on
the iron part of the roof, which made
1.-THE weight greater than the walls
could bear, and the collapse followed
Some of the men were buried under
1.-THE debris.