i'M K * V r *«, J , r < • Vf' 1 '; *.' * * - t"'v V ,^'t* v :$•*** !;/•>?*, - *V,1 1 » -' v.ix r"™' • V»*l ^ P£&v S®i;? V*f X*ty' ' .,' • > :,,,! . . . . . jr.- * None Should Blame Thanks^ . giving Bird for Mental Incapacitu for All of His Efforts Go Toward the $ k -Development of HavorF®« l̂A 'te rn.' S»NKl &*: •*£< "¥f4 r £ * ENOR DON TURKEY played a brilliant part In history even betel* the-Spaniards discovered htm, along with Mexico, in 1518. Long before that he had been worshiped by Aztecs. Later* when his religious vogu* was past, he ,was given honorable men tion as a bird of honor at the marriage banquet ot a king. So superior a viand Was he considered when first introduced to Europe that In a "constitution" set forth by Cranmer In 1541 turkey Is named as one of the greater fowls, of which an ecclesi astic was to "have but one In a dlshe." But he speedily multiplied 'pt. tQ sac^ ac extent that no later than 1555 two turkeys and four turkey chicks • *^*e ®®pved at a feast of the sergeants at arms in London, v.' , ' Turkeys at that period were mentioned in connection with cranes and •;:Vj T «Wiins as important and rich items of a banquet. A little later, in 1573, "* turkeys were used on the tables of English husbandmen for the Christmas feast. In the meantime they were more than plentiful in their home land, .;V- where turkeys continued to sell for about six cents apiece as late as the \", nineteenth century. Pot six cents in those good old days a turkey weighing f^ t about twelve pounds could be bought by a good shopper. If the family I needed a turkey weighing twenty-five or thirty pounds it was necessary to 1 pay aft much as a quarter. But it must be remembered that six cents in *.% • t , those days , counted a good deal more than it does in this. The turkey that the Aztecs worshiped was probably either the Mexican turkey, which is known by the white touches on Its tail covers and quills, or, more appropriately, the ocellated turkey of Honduras and other parts of X' '; South America, whose brilliant plumage, spotted almost as gloriously with ' »•* vivid colors as a peacock, somehow allies It particularly with that vivid sjft, 1 early people. The turkey which strolled out of the forests of New England ^ , and furnished so marvellous a banquet for our Puritan forefathers was a "0 handsomer bird than that of Mexico, in the opinion of some lovers of beanty, " but not so brilliant a one as the Honduras turkey. V ' The American wild turkey, which really belongs to Thanksgiving, was |*fiy • the North American wild turkey found throughout the eastern United States1 r" , and Canada. Scientifically It is known as the Meleagris Americana. Its plumage is black, shaded with bronze. In the rays of the sun the bird gleams In a beautiful harmony of black, copper, gold and bronze. And the turkey tfe . likes the rays of the sun. He hates damp weather, not alone because it is SI? for his health, but because It obscures his beauty. It is generally believed at present that all the turkeys oi the world hlW |j£, descended from the three forms known as the North American bird, which has"! •'{itJust been described; the Mexican bird and the ocellated bird. , The turkey which was first introduced into Europe may have been car» |t ' rled there by the Spaniards from Mexico or the Jesuits may have taken it jp back across the waters from one bf their scattered stations in the great woods of Canada. In any event, one of its representatives figured at the faiarrlage banquet of Charles IX and was regarded as of sufficient Importance to be mentioned in the reports of that festivity. . The Mexican turkey Is the wild bird of Mexico, which also came over the' line Into the southern part of the United States. Meleagris Gallopava Is the name that is generally employed to describe this turkey. It Is somewhat shorter In the shank than the northern species. Its body color is a metallic black, shaded-with bronze. This is thought to be the species that the early navigators first bore back to Spain and England. The white tips of its plumage also have suggested that It is to this bird rather than to the wild turkey of North America that most of the domestic fowls owe their origin. The ocellated turkey, Meleagris Ocellata, which Is smaller than the others, has a bare head and neck. Its body plumage is bronze and green, banded with gold bronze and varied with spots or eyes of brilliant colors--blue, red •ad brilliant black. Why the turkey is called the turkey when its origin is admittedly purely occidental Is a subject that has puzzled many persons. There are several reasons given by those who havt> delved deeply into this problem, and one Is privileged to take his choice. In the first place, it is stated that the turkey was originally supposed to have come from Asia. Thus at a time when a great stretch of territory on the Asiatic continent wns called "Turkey" the bird derived its name from its supposed origin. Another speculative chron icler records that the Indians called th»! bird "flrkee" and that from this its' common name was created. Then, again, it is somewhat generally believed' that the bird named itself by its peculiar utterances, which are translated as "furk-turk-turkee." -Again, still more subtle philosophers have traced the naming of the bird to its kinship in the matter of polygamous habits with the Turks over the water. Certainly no turbaned subject of the sultan, even In' the days when harems were considered an article of the true religion, wa» ever more ifunviuus u> mo piiuicgco >u una ir^aiu tuau ine lurney cock or barnyard or forest. Turkeys were also at one time supposed to have come from Africa and they were confused with guineas. The errors in their scien* tific naming are due to this confusion. When, in 1021, after making their first harvest, the pilgrims decreed that there should be a three days' festival, which was really the first Thanks giving, wild turkeys alrefld3r had become known as a delicious food, and they' furnished the mainstay of the feast. The old pioneers weren't so badly off,, t* seems, in some Ways as we have been led to Imagine, for although they' were deprived of the Joys of tinned meats and vegetables and cold storage and similar blessings, turkeys were so plentiful that it is recorded it was1 customary to refer to them as bread. Another chronicler sets forth the fact that the breast of the wild turkey when cooked in butter was esteemed by! even the epicures among the explorers. But in spite of their abundance tur keys were regarded with favor even by the red men. If one Is to Judge by the' following prayer which they uttered: 1 K "O Great Being, I thank thee that I have obtained the use of my legs a$ain so that I am able to walk about and kill turkeys." | It was not alone in early New England that the bird was regarded with favor.as &a edible. Isaac De Basierles in 1627 writes A deBCription of fc;-u4': m:" '. *:S.Vi f , ;v v."v *« : •»,'.M"i r , - • i ' , r ' ^ " " . : i tte trukey and details the method of hunting them In the New Netherlands: "There are also very large turkeys running wild. They have very long legs and run so extraordinarily fast that generally we take savages when we go to hunt them, for when one has deprived them of the power of flying they yet run so fast that we cannot catch them unless their legs are hurt also." Turkeys have been called the greatest game bird of this country, and the methods of taking them have been many. John Hunter, who was captured by the Indians and spent some time in captivity, in his memoirs, written In 1824, tells how the Indians made a decoy bird fronj the skin of a turkey, fol lowed the turkey tracks until they came upon -ft flock and then partial!/ displaying their decoy and imitating the gobbling noise made by the cock, drew off first one and then another of the flock, who being socially Inclined, came along to investigate the newcomers. Among the Indians the children were expected to kill turkeys With their blow guns. These were hollow reeds, in which arrows were placed and blown out with such force that, being directed at the eye or the creature, they often brought him down. Children as young as eight years were successful at this sort of shooting. Adrian Van der Donck says that turkeys were sometimes caught by dogs In the snow during the seventeenth century, but generally they were shot at night from trees, They slept in the trees in large flocks and often selected the same spot many nights In succession. At other times the Indians would lay roots of which the turkeys were fond in sfriall streams and take the bit-ds as they were in the act of getting these roots. In Virginia the trap or pen was much used. This trap was built In the fw^st and leading to it was a long train of corn. The trap Was a simple affair built of logs laid one upon anqther and having'rough rails laid across fhe top. There was a trench dug under the lowest logs which fenced In the pen. In this trench 'corn was scattered and the turkey following the trail of this delicacy for seme distance ofT would finally come to the trench, which seemed to be quite providentially strewn with an unusually rich supply. He followed the great bright path of rich food to his destruction. The turkey's lack of intelligence, when It comes to penning him up, is one of the reasons why a great many Americans have not been in accord with Benjamin Frank lin's idea that the turkey and not the eagle should be the bird of our country. A writer,#descrihing the shooting of turkeys in the latter half of the nine teenth century (in Michigan, speaks of the use of the hollow bone of the turkey's wing, which in the mouth of an expert can be made to reproduce per fectly the piping sound of the turkey hen. Sometimes also turkeys were hunted on horseback. In Virginia, according to an oM writer, this was hot uncommon. He says: , J "Though we galloped our horses we could not overtake them [the turkeys], although they run nearly two hundred and twenty yards l">fore they took flight." The constant practice of our forefathers in shooting rame developed a great many fine turkey shots, and it is recorded that in the latter half of the seventeenth century "a jnan was thought a bad shot If he > tissed the very head of a wild turkey on top of the highest tree with a sing!* hall." To "pot hunting" and to the practice of luring the turkeys by lm rating the call of the hen In the spring, Sylvester D. Judd of the biological survey of the United States- department of agriculture largely attributes the ex termination of the wild turkey in many parts of the United State? where formerly it was especially abundant. Trapping the turkeys In pens also helped along the extermination. Although tbe turkey Is, generally speaking, net a particularly hardy bird, being subject to various forms of Indigestion, etc., he is varied in his diet and usually has a good appetite. Some of the things which the wild turkey likes best and which the domesticated bird will by no means scorn are grass hoppers,* crickets, locusts, tadpoles, small lizards, garden seeds and snails. One turkey which was examined by a scientist was found to have partaken of a meal including the following viands: One harvest spider, one centipede, pne thousand-legs, one ichneuman fly, two yellowjackets. one grasshopper, three katydids, wil'd cherries, grapes, heirles of dogwood and the sorghum, two chestnuts, twenty-five whole acorns, a few alder calkins and five hundred seeds of tick trefoil. The domestic tur key's habit of hunting grasshoppers «nd worming tobacco shows that his delight In the primitive pleasures of the table has not altered In his more carefully provided for existence. The chicks both of the wild and the domestic turkey are dieltcate and especially must they be protected during the damp weather. Audubon says that the mother bird among the wild turkeys thoroughly understands the delicacy of her offspring and that when it Is wet she feeds the chicks buds from the spice bush with medicinal intent exactly as the mother of a brood of youngsters prescribes doses of quinine when influenftt has taken the family in its clutches. As soon as the young birds can fly well enough to take their place on the roost with their mothers the most delicate period of childhood, what might be called the teething stago, Is thought to be over. But, according to a successful turkey farmer, the poults are^three months old before they can be taught anything. "They are then taught that they .should roost high so as to keep out of the way of night prowlers. Turkeys retain so much of their wild nature that they do not like roosting Inside a house, and, indeed, they do not care even for artificial perches. When pos sible they greatly prefer tall trees as a roosting place to any roost that has been especially constructed for thetn. This characteristic renders them espe cially easy victims for night raiders. In addition to the human desperadoes of this description there are the coyotes and hawks always to be guarded against in some parts of the country. In addition to illnesses which come from digestive disorders, colds, the terrible scourge of blackheads, etc., and the depredations of the njght raider, the turkey farmer always has to consider also the feuds among the, members of his flock, which frequently i-age high. Nevertheless,, the careful turkey rancher has found It possible to conserve his birds And make a large profit from them. A woman turkey rancher, who has had good experience in the business, lost in one season only twelve birds out of a flock of 1.500. At first the young turkeys are fed on bread and milk, hard-boiled yolk of egg and perhaps some chopped alfalfa. Later they are fed cracked grain, but as soon as they are able to take to the range It Is no longer necessary to feed them. The range supplies all that they need, both green and dry, and happy is the householder who is able to purchase for his table turkeys whose hsbitst hs® Hoon Jif» ontr Kvtulu^ !o iiiorc uvlic'uuo iuuu m vui j»w which has fed freely on acorns. ^ Although there are many great turkey ranches and whole communities which live principally upon the raising of turkeys for market, such as Cuera, Tex., whose annual turkey trade preceding Thanksgiving Includes thousands of turkeys bound for the New York markets, as a rule turkeys are raised in small groups on farms which are Interested in other commodities. They are "often the sole dependence of the farmer's wife for pocket money throughout the year, and many a farmer's daughter also has been able to make a shining appearance In her world of fashion principally through the successful market ing of the turkey brood. ^ On the ft,000,000 farms of the United States there were, according to careful statistics taken some years ago, only 6,500,000 turkeys. Texas led among the states, producing 650,000. The other states which were large pro ducers were Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and Indiana. The state of Rhode Island, noted as It is for Its turkeys, produced only 5,000. But the quality of the Rhode Island turkeys always has been excellent and they usually bring prices vastly in excess of those from other parts of the country. And that ought to be enough about turkeys to get up a pretty good ap petite for Thursday's dinner! t A text; Attir*. women insist Ray D. Lillibridge df New York ^Jfcwerns Jsvery Mwt Inexorable Sysleftu Index Up-to-Date on Hit Clothe* and Cans, His Recreation and His Eatlna, Even to liif v Fri«*da. Hail Ray of New York, who Is the most syste matic man in the world. At least, he lays claim to that distinction. Mr. Lillibridge lives by card Index. His entire daily life, his social, family, professional and recreative life is all neatly if somewhat exhaustively dlc< tated by an inexorable system. In his pocket he carries always with him a compact series of "reminder" cards. They ordain his life. There Is a list of his friends with their phone numbers. » ,In his bedroom at home, Lillibridge keeps a chart showing just how many suits of clothes he has; how many shirts, socks, collars, neckties, hand kerchiefs, underwear, shoes, hats, canes, umbrellas, etc. The tailor and the laundryman can put nothing over on him. ' ' Keeps Tab en Motors. By a similar "simple" system 'this genius keeps tabs on his motor cars. Each night his chauffeur mails to his office a little card with the speedom eter readings at the beginning and end of the day to show the mileage; a brief summary of the places where he has driven the car, what he spent for gasoline, etc. AH this Is entered in*a swm SUITS couai\3 Tab en Everything. loose leaf ledger. He keeps a record of each tire, when It was purchased and the number of miles used. Mr. Lillibridge says "There are a lot of people who would prefer death to my systematized life. And doubtless there are many others who obtain the same results without system. I wouldn't urge any one to copy my methods. All I maintain Is that they are the best methods for myself." JUDGE PROVIDES THE RING Flustrated Bridegrooms Fall t* Pro duce, Se-Hls Honor Comas to Rescue. San Francisco.--Newlyweds here characterize Judge E. P. Mogan as San Francisco's most accommodating Judge. Recently three happy but "flus tered" young men conducted a futile search through all their pockets to locate wedding rings. But Judge Mo gan, who performed the ceremonies, politely took a diamond ring from his finger and permitted the young men to use it in binding the ceremonies. After the excitement was over each of the bridegrooms confessed that they had bought wedding rings and had "put them somewhere where they'd not be overlooked," but each BOY BUYS GIFTS FOR CHUMS 8pends Nearly All of $400 Mother Sent Him to the Bank to ; Get. , K Beaver fails. Pa.--When little gelo Collsl, nine, went to the bank for his mother's $400 he saw an oppor tunity he had long hqped for. He proceeded to distribute the funds among his ^playmates. Bicycles, air rifles and other things dear to the hearts of the youngsters were pur chased, and when Angelo was finally checked there was only $20 left. Many of the storekeepers have taken back their goods and returned tUe »paey to Mrs. Collsl. ' ' f ; gssssz When Children are lUDB MABJC SWEET POWDI FOR CHILDRI They are pleasant to take and » certain relief. They act on the I H*er and Bowels and tend to correct intestbfet dfeoiders. 10,000 f from mothers and friends of little ones telling of relief. No mbthi without a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for nse when nesded. to-day. The need of them often comes a£ inconvenient honra. I/serf by Mothmrm far eve* ffeMy yews. »e Nat Accept Aay SabsfiMe far MOTHS 6KAVS SWEET fniMA Sold by Druggists everywhere. Sample sent FEEE. Aild-- MOTHER GRAY CO., LE ROT, H. T. ; ̂ Bettor n.i medicine at all in all forms of XMstetO&SM ̂ the wrong kind. ^ "SPOHN'S Za tk* MIGHT K1b<. Hwwih Xacw Yfeto Wfecm ^ H*t» Oi«t TH«a It. .. m All aruggists, horM eooda bouse* and mxnufftcturers saU ft. jjp SPOIIX MED3CAI, CO„ Gosbcn, Isad„ V. B. A» it mmm. \ * i Mutt TM tin an aclrt atomach-- and don't know ltl There are million* of •uch people--weak, ailing, tired, wan out and "at! in" before the day is half gone--listless and indifferent to their snv- roundings--often with aches and palna all over the body--woefully lacking in physical power and mental vigor--pala, emaciated--Jnst dragging out a waaqr existence. Nine out of every ten of these people are unconscious victlma at acid-atom tich. Thousands upon thousands of people who are subject to attacks of inrti|re«tfOB and billougnesa; who are nervous, mel ancholy, mentally depressed; who suffer from rheumatism, lumbago or sciatica --yea, even many of those who have catarrh, ulcer or cancer of the stomach-- If the trouble is traced to Its source, tt will often be found to be just acid-stom ach. For these are only some of the ali ments that are caused by what the doe- tors call superacid!!?, which la another name for sour or acid-stomach. What you want to know above all else Is how to quickly rid yourself of M- cesa acid. A wonderful modern remedy called EATON1C literally wipes it out. It does the work easily, speedily and naturally. It makes the stomach pare, sweet, cool and comfortable. It nelM you get full strength out of every mouth ful of Rood yon eat; and unless ,vou DO get full strength from your food Ton cannot enjoy robust, vigorous health,. , Weak, Unfit, Depressed Too est to UVK. Tear nta the strength you get ftoa year leas. Then la ao other way. SATONIO Is te pleasaat-tastlag tab- let form--Juat like a hit of candy, mi* yo«--no natter what yon have tried --take Batoatc last one weak and Sad oat tor yourself haw wonderfully Im proved ywa will (M. Sec haw vtfcttr KATONld baniahea tbe tenwdlate ef fects ef acid-etamacb -- bloat, hearthon*. belching, food-repeating, aanr, gasqr etomach, tadlfaatma, ate. See tea, hew quickly year gapernl health Mnwm • how much aiMa yaa rail* year 0Md-- how much more easily It la djg«aii> 'haw •oundly j liritaMUt became rid your that has been holding y<m1 ing your Ufa adawnUa. eatonic la abaofotely tennlaM. tt can be taken if the met sScat*.' Vm» of thousands «t paeple wl* havn-mMI tt are enthrals BATONIO la get a big 50e hat It does not help refunded, if year RATON If!, ien<l ya the Baton te Remedy Wabaah Ave., Chicago, 111., at once mall you a 50c box aa4 jtia jMfe send then tbe money for It aftar yahr c ̂ ceive It Scenes of Are Common in Western The thousands of U. & fannew wh» law, Canada's generous offer to settle on hamnrtei farm lana in ha- provinces have been bountiful crops of wheat and attar grain. Where you can buy (Mi fan par get $1 a nM flari 45 hnrtirls to fee acre you are --that*a what you can do fat Wed In the protincee of Manitoba Ssekatdwwp Alberta you can get a HOMESTfeAD OF 160 ACSS8 and other land at very low prices. During many years Canadian wheat fields have averaged 20 buaheia to the acre--many yielda aa high as 45 bushels to the acre. Wondexful crops also of Oats, Barley, aaiFtapc. Mixed Fmradng la as profitable aa industry as grain raising, Good schools, drarcaea; nanstt chmbIsS, climate excellent Writefor ltearatnraaaa pnrticttlara as to ndneed railway ratesto Supt of Ioimigfatkm. Ottawa. Caiuerte C. J. BMOOBTOR. Ream 412. MI • V. AdaaM Street Cttc ' M. V. MacMNES, 1. Avaoaa. IXiail, 1 Canadian Government Agenta Anatomical Persiflage (Wow)l As the unfortunate man was Strug- gltng ngalnst a recent 40-mile-an-hoor breeze, having troubles of his own, he was not awnre that Individual portions of his bodily getup had learned that politics hud reconvened. So he didn't hear this : "Say, ain't this wind raw?" telephon ed the chap's legs to his mental ex change. "It makes us tired." "Tired?" exclaimed a tonsil, who was listening In on the line. "Tlrd's no bame for It It makes me som" • KIDNEY TROUBLE OFTEN CAUSES SERIOUS BACKACHE < "Why IN-" • "Stop, John," Iifterrrtpted "the wom an who is kind but firm. "I won't tibar any criticism of my sex's apparel until you explain why so many tnen wear collars and suspenders in hot f! •; 'TW'htilt af it. ^*jShe*s a regular peach." , , ! "But she got a lemon in tie o)qtrl* jWonial market" ^ - The Difference. "Where's the pretty young actress we met last year?" t "She's starring." "And what became of the young fel low who was so much In love with her?" MHe'a mooning." I fh>>* i _,v „ Looks Like It **Wfui that a marriage ot encef* "It seems to be. He couldn't afford an automobile, and die couldn't pay a Auflev" „ ,v i • t" * '•>, - .W * \ ' ' - " ' v" ' - Losing Matter. "I won't let my wife go to bridge parties." "Because you think it la wrong for women to gamble?" "No; because she lis andt a bad player." , . , v J ,A- r •« "Do you believe in long engage ments?" asked the domestic man of his cynical friend. "Yes, indeed," was the reply of the confirmed believer in single blessed- "the longer b^pvr Photographically Speaking# The Prude--Just look at that girl with the low-necked waist and her skirt up to her knees. Isn't she a pic ture now? Isn't she? ' The Other--¥ep, sort of a double exposure' • Impossible. ̂ ̂ ; "Funny, Isn't it?" \ ; "Hurry up and ( get tt out of JFOOt system." "A fellow can't get the cream of tbe jokes by skimming over a funny pa* Fell 35 Feet In Well. St Louis, Mo.--Calvin Mueller, thir teen, and his brother, Arthur, twelve, were severely bruised when they fell 35 feet Into an abandoned well In the rear of their home here. Neighbors rescued the lads by means of ropes. The covering of the well gave way wfeen (he boys Jumped aa^• ;4- ftun Starts Fire? v Belvidere, 111.--A sun generating a temperature of nearly 100 degrees is hekl responsible for a fire that started on the awning of an art store here during the recent hot wave. City Are officials could find no other excuse for the blaze, which burned a large hole In the canvas hafore ex tinguished. ,*V i- ... . * a . ; Their Idefc ̂ "The candidates for parliament have a paradoxical idea." "What la Itr "They ataad for a When your back achea, and your blad der and kidneys seem to be disordered, Kto your nearest drug store and get a ttle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. It is a physician's prescription for ailments of the kidneys and bladder. It has stood the test of years and haa a reputation for quickly and effectively giving results in thousands of cases. This preparation so very effective, has been placed on sale everywhere. Get a bottle, medium or large size, at your near- est druggist. However, if you wish first to test this preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., JBinghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sore and men tion this paper.--Adv. Easy to Manage. ' "It must be a sad disappointment when a Woman marries a man thinking him brilliant and discovers that be Is stupid." "That depends a great deal on her temperament," replied Mr. Dubwaite, thoughtfully. "A stupid man is usu ally docile, yon know:**--Birmingham Age-Herald. They Don't Feel Friendly. •"The idea of those Germans to be to kill as many advancing leans as they can and tban. 'Kamerad.'" "Does the plan work?" "Not always. After one or two perlences of that sort Is it any that the Americans seem to be with incurable deafnessF- Age-Herald. i 1 1 . • v.,;.. Prosperity; "JTblay's fortunes seem to be on flM#' mend." "So they are. If Mrs. Jiblfcy her Job at a munition plant month 1 wouiun t qe at ait SUTpiMMNl fa see Jiblay take, on a tfUor,' ham Age-Herald. His Training. "My eon was a great one to W at college." "Then he ought to T*v* good in tbe trenches." The poet Is born--unless he writes a magazine poem that nobody p»n un derstand ; then he Is made. dH 1. r\<8 * S* tiS mm. United States war bill te $1,000,000,000 a month. When Your EMS NaadCan TwHnrtMCyaRsi Familiar. The hoary-headed examiner over the top of his spectacles. "Are you sure," he Inquired^ this Is a purely original com. you have handed In?" "Yes, sir," came the answer, you may possibly, sir, hate emne annua one or two el the words ip ttw tlonary." * " With the Grid Faaa, X£%' Bess--He has lumbago. Bob--How bad? Ciii-lnck, back or quarter-back? Influenza and kindred diseases start withacdkl. t Don't trifle with iti| At the first shiver prf sneeze, take CASCARA IcoMtaaaady fcrSi ft, atm.no o ka M Wwa wlwima tadklfltfkAa. 1ta« «ith lb. HWndeta*. At i Mai. 'W. m. Ub