The log cabin Democrat., 1921-04-23
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YOU read the cable news you saw q few days ago an item from Bom- bay which said that the stock and ex- change markets of that city he'd been eloeed and that general religious en1ke was in prospect because two
 European boys had killed two pigeons h the streets of the city.
 The natives considered the pigeons aAcred and the strike resulted because 1no police did not take the action Ihich the natives thought should have Anllowsd the dest1hction Of the birds.
 From the beginning of history there . . record of animal worship by hu- mAn beings.
 The carvings and crude paintings of Aa earliest Egyptian periods. which AEu the first picture record that we AAvs. show the esteem in which the Sowee forms of life were held.
 The cat was especially venerated by 4Aa ancisnts and in the tombs of
 Upuan rulsrs and nobility are found Np0derful carvings of cat heads, some
 hes pictured as being ou human bodjes.
 Inc tops of funeral jars which were
 4ced in the tomb to contain either
 ood or toilet preparations for the uss c the dead had covers 'of cat heads Ao0derfully true to nature. The
 4etropolitan Museum in New York Aas numerous examples of these jars.
 The bull was a sacred animal for centuries and some modern savage populations still worship 1t and lead It, gorgeously decorated. in all their state ceremonials. Greek and Roman mythology and history are filled with references to the sacredness of the bull and 1t figures largely in both painting and sculpture.
 In India, no matter how near to starvation a man may be he will not take food from a dog nor Kill 1t to eat, although dogs are recognized as n staple article of food in the Philip pines and other parts of the world. To kill dog in India would be al. most sacrilegious.
 : We cannot hold ourselves us wholly Immune from animal worship. To the owl we ascribe wisdom wholly ab- sent from that dull and witless bird His brain power is not to be compared with that of the crow, one of the most intelligent of the feathered tribes. 1 We ascribe great wisdom to the fox whose achievements are not nearly equal to those of the beaver, the most Interesting of all the animal kingdom.
 The reason for the ancient venera- ton of the animals and the modern regard in Bombay for the welfare of pigeons is that the people believe that they have some peculiar power of pro tection from disaster or Dad luck"
 The human mind. when 1t does not have any proven thing to believe. is always willing to substitute superstI- t1on-
 The sufferer from rheumatism after ho has found other remedies inef- fscttve. will resort to carrying a horse 'chestnut in his pocket. The gambler pues his lucky coin on the table ss soun as fortune begins to run against AtmL Half the baseball teams In lhe ~,ountry pay q salary to mascot and transport nim about he country fog hts Turvsunabie effect on tiss whining sf games
 If you spaiI ths salt. yon rhro~ pasch of 1t over your Ahouicex to inlay the unhappy results which you half hesisve may follow. You will s6t walk under . ladsfr and If you So out of ths house and have to return for some th1ng you think you must sit down hafore you 80 out again.
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