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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1916-11-21

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Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
Feast Of the TabernaeIes.

The feast of. the tabernacles in the
Old Testament times was also a har-
vest celebration and took place on the
seventh day of the month, which cor
responds to our November. sometimes
lasting for a whole week. They gath
cred in the temple in great process
sions, holding palms, and in the streets
were booths decorated with the flow
ers and fruits of autumn.
Among the Indians Of America the
custom of. having Thanksgiving feast
was practically universaI-at least
among those who had any amount of
planting. AS. corn was the main arti-
Gle grown. their dances and feasting
were generally in honor OF the har-
vesting OF that food. The writer's of
several hundred years ago who first
studied the Indian on his native heath
all speak of these festivals and the
elaborate ceremonial with which they
were attended. i. While most of the
tribes have vanished as such, there are,
still some left on government reserva-
tions which observe, though possibly
in modified degree, the ancient Gus
tom of their race.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
one Of Most Ancient customs

The, Dutch colonists held ''thank
days" every year from 1890 until 1710.
and the English, upon gaining author
ity there. followed their example. The
English harvest home was familiar to
them, and they carried out the Ameri-
can feast day much as they had in the
old days on the island. This event
there was and still is purely a rural
one, and is the sole day in the year
when the vast estates Of the British
gentry are thrown open to the whole
countryside. There is a barn dance at
night, sports on the greensward as the
sun sets, just. as there was thousand
years ago among the Saxons; and
there is, of course. quite wonderful
dinner. 1t was in 1880 that the gov
ernor of New York chose a day of
thanksgiving for yearly ohservance.
and several other northern governors
soon followed his lead.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
As Bad as a Mule.

EYES," said the mighty hunter, 'it's
an old gun, I grant you. But what
times we've had together!" He fOn-
died it, stock and barrel, as if it were
Child. "Ah, many a time 1 might
have been a dead man but for this out
Of-date weapon !"
Looks as though it had a rather
hefty kick in it." said the young sol
dier.
"Oh. should say so! It's got the
fiercest recOil that any rifle ever had.
That's what makes it so valuable. Why,
once out in the Rockies a grizzly bear
was charging me. l fired-and missed.
Believe me, if it hadn't been for the
fact that the kick in this rifle jerkeo
me back thirty yards and enabled me
to relOad-well, shouldn't be talk
ing to you today. Yes; it's got
great deal of kick p
Then they arose and gave him and
his gun another
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
HeIpinu Hand.

One doesn't need to be rich or fa-
nous to reach out a helping hand to
someone who needs it. A good exam
pie is great work-the greatest work
a woman can do-and it doesn't re.
quire the spending Of a one-cent piece.
Example is contagious. We can begin
a very sweet work If we villa work
that viii do more good than we would
ever dream about.
Then let US put aside petty repinings
and complainings. sit down quietly
Thanksgiving day and count up our
blessings, and LET us be truly grateful
for them. We probably know someone
struggling on alone. If we are able
to do so, why not bring a little prac-
tical. cheer into her life Thanksgiving
day? If we do the holiday viii tiy
away with golden wings and next morn
ing Wen know what it is to 5e thankful
and happy.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
Pearl Fishers.

It is a well-known fact that pearl
fishers and divers do not live long.
They often have to dive for 100 feet
or more without any special outfit, and
the strain wears them out before their
lives are really half over. From a
depth of 100 feet pearl diver usually
brings up two oyster shells at q time.
1t is exciting work. The diver never
knows whether he has brought to the
surface a shell inclosing a priceless
gem or not. The Malay pearl divers
are. perhaps, the finest in the world.
When he is going to dive. the Malay
slowly lowers himself down from the
side of the boat to the water and takes
several breaths, each breath getting
deeper and deeper. Finally, he takes n
tremendously long breath, turns head
downward. and plunges into the ocean
depths. In two, three or perhaps four,
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
Is an Old Institution.

Despite popular opinion to the con-
trary, Thanksgiving day as an insti-
tuition is not peculiarly American.
For history shows that all ancient ma
tions used to celebrate some feast of a
thanksgiving nature. while most Of the
tribes Of our American Indians had a
big gathering and "a harvest feast
years before the white man ever set
foot on the shores Of the new world.
BY the Greeks and Romans the fes-
tivni days in honor of the goddess Of
agriculture were times Of rustic sport,
of professions through the fields and
the decorating of the home with fruits
and flowers. The people Of Egypt en-
ioyed a time of feasting after gather
ing in their harvests and laid the
fruits Of the year on the altar Of the
Goddess Isis.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

made out check to the order of the
feI1er that sold ii, Birsky, and all them
diamonds Bertha PITT wears should
ought to be hanging on Mrs. shapol-
nix right now. In fact, Mrs. Shapolnik
don't know It. Birsky. but Sam PITT
stole them diamonds from her,
Birsky shrugged bis shoulders depre-
catingly.
''You ought to be careful what you
are saying, Zapp." he advised. aFrom
big mouth many a feller comes to
pay fifty dollars for smart lawyer
to get libel case thrown oHt of court
already
a rabbi would fell you the same
what l do, Birsky. The difference be
tween a sneak thief and teller which
lives beyond his means is that the
sneak thief rObs only from perfect
strangers
what do you mean robbing z" Bir-
sky protested. According to you, If
a felIer buys a couple thousand dollars
goods which he needs It 10 his busi-
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Thanksgiving Fable.

An aged Turkey, once upon time
had occasion to read the Riot act to a
Grandson because the latter was a
Glutton.
at Behooves you to Fast for few
weeks" said the Wise Old Bird, ''for
Thanksgiving draweth apace-that
season when lOng-legged Bipeds
SwOop down upon Us without Warm
ing and give it to our Family in the
Neck"
ooh, go tor exclaimed the Young
Glutton. "YOu think because Old Age
has made you Gouty and rendered you
Unable to Partake of the Good things
Of Life. that you can Stuff me. I'm
Dead Next. See?"
every WELL" answered the Grand
sire. "Keep right on getting Obese
and you will be Dead Next for keeps !;
then You'll see who does the Stuffing. :"
And the late November returns
showed that the Old Turk knew
Whereof he Spoke.
Moral-If you would Live Long and
Prosper, Don't get Gay.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

ness, understand me, on eFedit sixty
days. understand, and then he
couldn't pay for EN-, understand me,
lie is robbing already An tdeew
& 81 didn't say no such thing" Zapp de-
clared. "All l says is If asfeller buys a
couple thousand dollars goods which ne
needs in his business on sixty days
credit, and he couldn't pay for 'em on
account he is buying for net cash an
automobile which he didn't need and
couldn't afford, understand me, then
he is robbing, Birsky, and that's all
there is to it."
eHow do you know Rebfield gives
I cash for the automobile, Zapp?"
"a question r Zapp exclaimed. "Au-
tomobiles is always sold for cash, Bir-
sky, in especially t. fellers which
couldn't afford an automobile, under
stand me, because if such a feller
would buy one on ten days credit only,
and in between times his rent or life
insurance falls due, understand me, it
would take so mucl enjoyment out of
riding in the automobile, that right
away he finds out the Innings amt up
to sample or the buttons amt sewed
on correct or something. The automo-
bile dealers figured it right, Birsky.
wish the waist business was on a G. o.
D. basis, too. Because q concern which
sells goods for cash, Birsky, never gets
no cancellations from nobody"
,"Never mind Zapp. You would see
that pretty soon the automobilerS
would sell on credit, too. People amt
going to be so crazy to buy automO-
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
WHERE THE WILD TURKEY cALLS-THE REAL THANKSGIVING BIRD

The earth is in process, and we still
have earthquakes and volcanic erup-
tiOnS.
Humanity, too, is in process, and
strife and sorrow and death will con-
tinue to be its lot. We must face life
resolutely and meet destiny undis-
mayed.
This year we will not be thankful
so much for the blessings we have re-
ceived, for the things that have been
given to us-for being pampered by a
prodigal Providence-and being re-
Iieved of our burdens, as we will be
thankful for the strength to bear them.
In the shrine of our hearts our deep
est prayer is not that we shall be re-
Iieved Of our burdens; but that we
shall be given the strength to bear
them, for we are great in the degree
and the manner in which we face our
tasks and perform them. The Great
Souls are those that have suffered
and endured.
Our Thanksgiving this year will be
no perfUnctory, infantile prattle be-
cause of safety.
This is a year of reckoning with
fate; of being thankful if we, our
selves, have not fallen in the wreck
age. We are thankful not for what
has happened; but for what has not
happened.
Life is not a trivial pastime. 1t is
deadly earnest. 1t is the course that
destiny takes, and let us be thankful,
not for less of life, but for more of it,
and the courage, the fortitude, the
strength, and the persistence to meet
its difficulties and continue its course
undaunted by disaster and unspoiled
by success.
We are thankful for Character, not
charity, and for iron wills that have
not been broken by the inevitable =
From the Sunday Magazine.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
Poor Figure in American History

While Isaac Hull, who commanded
the Constitution in the war of 1872, is
great figure in our annals, his uncle.
Gen. William Hull, holds a very differ
emf position, as it was he who surren-
dered his force to the British, much to
the disgust of his officers and men.
Hull, who had fought under Washing
ton, was in command of the army. snd
by his surrender we lost the ground
from Detroit to Fort Dearborn, which
is where Chicago now stands. Hull
was sentenced to be executed, but was
finally reprieved.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

! biles, now that gasolene is showed up
so high" Birslzy said.
"Well, that don't change my plans
any," Zapp replied, because the way
the waist business is after Christmas,
Birsky, if 1 owned the Hudson River
and automobiles was run with water,
1 couldn't afford a pushcart even"
''Even so, Zapp. there's lots of fell
lers in the delicatessen business which
is obliged to run automobile deliveries,
and for every penny they've got to
pay more on gasolene, they stick two
cents pound on >pastram oder Frank
furters."
"That again is something for a
manufacturer of sOdamint oder pepsin
tablets to worry about, not me, Birsky.
Anyhow, Birsky, if cigar stores
couldn't sell cigarettes to minors UNI
der the age of sixteen, there ought to
be- law prohibiting dlicatessen deal
ers from selling their machshOvos to
adults over the age of twenty-five. In
fact, BirSky, if Kansas and Maine
would go prohibition on delicatessen
instead of schnapps, BirslIy, not only
would it be better for business, yum
derStand, but there would be less
crimes also, on account there is more
fellers feels like committing murder
the day after one delicatessen supper
than ten minutes after a hundred high
balls, and don't you forget it. And
that's only one reason why Rockefeller
amt doing no harm by putting up the
price of gasOlene, because when 1 am
getting heart trouble from crossing
Fifth Avenue at 4 o'clock in the after
noon, 1 wish automobiles was run, not
with gasolene, but with benedict;ne
oder bay rum at dollar thirty-five q
quart"
That's where you're making a big
mistake, Zapp," Birsky said. Nova
days for an up-tO-date feller, in a way,
an automobile is, so-to-speak, practic-
ally necessity"
"A four thousand dollar automobile
is necessity % Zapp cried.
"a four thousand dollar car I amt
spealzin' about at ALL" Birsky con-
tinued. because for a thousand dol
lars only, Zapp, you could get car NIT
thirty-five horsepower already, five
passenger body, electric self-starter
and lighter and everything up to dare.
Such car is a gen'wine bargain at
one thousand dollars"
IF you could afford the thousand
dollars, Birsky." Zapp said, (which the
way the realestate business is dead
Birsky, you've got about as
much chance as I've got to buy thou
sand dollar automobile
BirsiSy hid the lower one-third of |
his bushes in a cup of coffee.
''The fact is" he said at last, "Tve
got maturing on me this week for fif- !
teen hundred dollars an endowment
policy, Zapp, and if you would come up
to my house next Sunday morning we'll
take little run out to Ozone Grove.
and Til show you them lots was talk
Ing to you about"
.fYOu mean them lots they threat
ened last month to foreclose on you,
Birsky2" zapp asked.
Birsky's face grew a shade more /
II paid 'em two hundred dollars a
bonus and they gave me a three-year
axteHsion. he explained hVslSiiy and
=
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

guIped down the remainder of his COZ
fee.
~How much was that nortgageY'
Zapp inquired.
"Just fifteen hundred dollars" Bir-
sky admitted.
''And do you think you would got
the money when the three years is
up?' Zapp insisted.
81 don't know" Birsky retorted, sand
1 don't care, Zapp. Because we only
live once, Zapp, and we are soon dead"
Sooner, even." Zapp concluded, "if
you ride fast enough in automobiles"
Copyright. New York Tribune)
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
THIS IS the week nf rhnnI,suiuinu
A@NN~~N~~~~~N~~O~

"HTS is the week of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving day is an Ameri-
can custom started by the Pill
grlms who landed ON the new
continent and faced hardships which
few can realize who are reared in
the wealth and luxury of the land to-
dag.
The season had been a hard one.
Many had died and the prospect of
starvation during the cold winter with
Its Ice and snow lOOmed large. So,
when the harvest yielded enough to
keep them until another season would
produce the necessities of life, they
met that last Thursday in November
In year 1921, and gave thanks to their
God. who had remembered them.
Thankfulness is usually in inverse
ratio to the value of the thing for
which we give thanks. This is no dis
parageInent Of the things We are grate-
ful for; but humanity does not think
Of thanks until 1t has felt the terrors
Of distress.
The rich who live in luxury and ease
DO not thank with their hearts. Their
thanks are but formal expressions of
meaningless words. How can words
mean anything when one has not felt
the things which make for thankful
ness?
But the poverty-stricken who have
faced starvation pour out thanks from
their humble hearts for the things
that have saved their lives.
Those who live in gorgeous homes
with comfortable firepIaces do not
think of Trunks. But those who live
In the little hovel with big cracks in
the walls and crevices about the doors
and windows and without fuel, give
thanks for the comfort of fire.
We do not prize health until we have
lost 1t, and We do not appreciate life
until we have faced the danger of hav.
ing to give It up
That which we have we are likeIv to
accept as matter of course; but he
deprived of it and the sudden realiza.
ton Of its value jars our souls like an
earthquake.
We are thankful In the full sense of
the word for things necessary to life
GRd happiness only when we have had
20 do without them.
We are not thankful for that to
which we are accustomed and accent
thOughtIeSsly. But when we are de-
PFived Of the necessities Of life and
faee the hardships, including death
that come as d. result. we, are thankful
With all our heart.
America has more to be thankful for
yearly. than any other nation in the
world; but our thanks are temperetI
By the gravity of the sorrow of our
lReRghbOrs.
The year has not been one of great
happiness, peace and prosperity. It Ia
year of travail for humanIty-tEe
travail of people being born again.
But out Of 1t will come disciplined
and sober people; a people who WIN
know the realities of life better.
We will learn that life is serious
matter, and no silly, simpering affair.
The war has brought us again to an
understanding of the terrible earnest
ness Of the ching we call life.
70 r
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
Irish Wit Triumphant.

An Irish waiter named Kenny was
noted for his wit and ready answers.
A party Of gentlemen who were stay
ing at the hotel heard of Kenny's wit,
and one of them made bet that he
would say something that Kenny
couldn't answer at once. A bottle of
champagne was ordered. and the one
who had made the bet took hold of the
bottle and commenced to open it. The
cork came out with a bang and flew
into Kenny's mouth. "Ah," he said,
that is not the way to Cork p Kenny
took the cork out of his mouth and
replied: mo, but it's the way to KILL
Kenny"
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

neighbor told my mother about L "a
e. Pinkham's 8 Vegetable Compound and
l took it, and now I feel ike a new
person. don't suffer any more and l
am regular every month. "-Lrs. HAZEL
HAMILTON, 822 South 18th st.
When a remedy has lived for forty
years, steadily growing in populari.;;J
and influence, ard thousands upon
thousands of women declare they owe
their health to it, is it not reasona-
bic to believe that it is an article OF
great merit?
IfyOu want special advice write
to Lydia e. P:nkham Medicine
Co. (cOnfidentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
Your letter will be opened, real
and answered by a woman and
held in strict confidence,
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

minutes his form is seen in the water
coming up. His face is turned up
ward. His strong hands beat the wa
ter away from under him in vigorous
downward sweeps. His face looks ter
ribly strained. At last, breathless. ex-
hausted, he reaches the surface and is
hauled into the boat, where he lies
quite still for a few moments, appar-
emily exhausted. But, in comparative
ly few minutes he is ready tC plunge
again.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
THANKSGIVING DAY

That we're at peace with all the world
Safe in our cities and our homes
That unto this, our favored land,
Such gift with all its blessings. comes.
That men go not to war and death.
That women do not fearful brood
BY anxious hearths for dear ones gone,
We thank Thee, Giver Of all good.
That no ambitious strife is ours
That lust of conquest does not thrill
This mighty nations inmost heart
>. That we abhor to burn and kill
That weaker nations we protect
Fight but to make their wronsing ceasG-
And only comes to make them free.
Wethank Thee. God ofloveand peace.
That in the stress around US now
We feel our hearts with pity throb
And haste to heal the wounded man
To hush the child and woman's sob
That we are eager still to share
The goods that heap our stores again.
With those who have but US to help
We thank Thee Father Of all menl
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25

teen 1 suffered Sdcu
month so 1 had to be
in bed. l had head
ache, backache and
such pains l would
cramp do Die every
month. / did not
know what it was
to be easy a minute.
My health was all
run down and tie
doctors did not do
me any good. A
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
q ,T:he rhanlefuL snirit

9Aaitivate the thankful spirit. It
VIII be TO thee a perpetual feast.
There is. or ought to be. with us no
such thing as small mercies: all are
great, because the least are unde-
served. Indeed, a really thankful
heart vii. extract motive for gratitude
fEoln everything.-J. r. Macduff.
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
Revised ve.sion

Man wants but little here below,
nor wants that little long" is what
they sang long years ago, but it's now
a different song. The words we use
are different, quite, though fully as
sublime: "Man wants everything in
sight-and he wants it all the time" !"
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
Tough Luck.
Evan Cush is an extremely unIucky

"Van Cush is an extremely unIucky
chap"
''He isn't usually considered So"
II Know, but you ought to hear him
talk about his misfortunes. Six
months ago he decided that he had
made all the money he could possibly
use, so he bought farm and retired
He started to sink an artesian we'll ln
order to insure a supply of pure Wal
ter. And what did he do but strike oil?
Now he's got to get back in harness
again and make whole lot of money
that he doesn't need at all out of that
oil well. Don't you pity him from the
bottom of your hearth?