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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03
DRUGGISTS AS DOCTORS.
Called on to Prescribe for All Sorts Of
Ailments.


Although few retail druggists are
doctors, all druggists are called upon
much more frequently than are regular
practitioners for medical advice and
Instantaneous relief, says the New
York Tribune. In communities where
the druggist and doctor are struggling
for livelihood the latter watches the
former with a jealous eye. Persons OF
moderate means who have petty all
ments invariably call upon the near
est druggist to prescribe and admins
ter relief. Should the proprietor OF
the pharmacy plead that 1t would be
unlawful for him to usurp the func-
tions of physician his customer Will,
with a shrug of the shoulders, amble
off to hunt up druggist with less
conscience. There are some retail
druggists in New York city who as
matter of business policy never pre-
scribe remedy, no matter how well
known or how urgent the applicant
may be. GO to a doctor and get your
prescription" they will say, and we
will fill it for you" A Broadway
druggist, who admits that he exercises
liberal discretion in dealing with
applications for immediate relief, kept
a record one day of the ailments for
which he had been called to prescribe
off-hand. His first customer in that
line was a woman who had nervous
| ~ ,,i0ht aUnlid He adj
ministered a quieting lotion and ac-
cepted 35 cents in full payment for
his services and the lotion. Another
woman came in with toothache. she
got some advice gratis and vial or
toothache drops for 25 cents. Next
came a man who had cut the end OF
one of his thumbs nearly off with
saw. He had no money with which to
pay a surgeon, consequently the drug
gist washed the cut with an antlseptlc,
put some healing salve on it and band
aged it neatly. all for half dollar.
Pretty soon a diffident young woman
entered the store and expressed the
fear that she had touch of malaria.
She wanted the druggist to look at her
tongue and give her something. He
looked at the tongue and gave her
few grains of quinine. The next appli-
cant was young man whose hair
was coming out. Following him in
quick succession were woman VINO
wanted something to make her sleep,
man with a queer pain in his chest,
another man with numbness in his
right leg, boy with silver in his
foot, bicycle girl with sprained an
kle, a consumptive with a hemorrhage
and half dozen victims of Indigestion
in it's various forms. In not one OF
these cases was there any tender OF fee
for the advice and services rendered
but simply payment for the remedie'
supplied
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03

DR.. Parkes went on to say that it
was generally supposed that during
years of prosperity there were more
marriages, but nowadays the working
classes had a higher standard of COM
fort than had their predecessors, and
they were less inclined to make i'm
provident marriages. Indeed there had
been an alteration in the manners and
customs of the country. The decline
in the number of marriages had
brought about a great reduction in the
number of births, and in the third
column the death rate was shown to be
rapidly declining, that of course being
due to improvement in the health and
sanitation Of the towns.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03
Whey Have Indigestion.

A reader in the state of Washington
meets with a difficulty which is very
common, and we give his letter for the
benefit of others. says the Poultry
Keeper. He says:
Twill you kindly tell me through
your paper what allied one of my White
Leghorn pullets? While letting my
fowls out this morning l noticed one
of this springs pullets sitting all
bumped up on the roost. l lifted it up
and looked for lice, but could not see
any lice which could have put her in
that condition. While had her mead
down there was about half of a tea
cupful of green Shiny water running
from her nose and mouth, which had
a very sickening odor. Her head and
eyes were not swollen. My hens have
free range, and all the extra food they
get is quart of wheat for fifty fowls
scattered in litter on the ground. 1
forgot to mention that the pullet died
in five minutes after had let its head
hang down. l also have a Brown Leg
horn that acts very strange. She turns
around in circle at times, seems to be
short sighted, and works her head from
one side to the other She lays regu-
larly, and eats without difficulty. All
the rest of the fowls are in good COZ
dition"
His fowls have a free range, yet he
fed wheat. The two hens mentioned
have Indigestion. They may have got
ten more than their share, but the fact
is that no wheat at all should be given
under the circumstances. Further, the
males should have been removed from
the flock. as they may be the cause.
The remedy is to confine such hens in
yard with no food at all for 4S hours,
giving two drops of tincture of nux
vomica or a bread crumb for a week,
allowing. during the week. one ounce
Of lean cooked meat for eaca hen per
day.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03
Too Much Grain Food.

At this time of year we hear a great
deal about indigestion, and will hear
more about it as the season grows
colder and the birds are more closely
confined. For several years we have
had no trouble in this direction, for we
have followed the plan of giving a
breakfast of soft food scalded the
night before and allowed to cook by its
own heat over night. We believe this
to be a complete preventative of indi-
gestion. The feeding of corn through
the whole year, or, in fact, the feed
ing of any grain continuously, will
bring on indigestion. The Indigestion
will make itself manifested in various
WAYS. One of these is in the form OF
constipation, the bird apparently keen
lv suffering. The owner too often does
not know that anything is the matter,
but he would, if he inspected his poul-
try, find that such birds showed no in
clination to run about, preferring to
sit down or to hover in some sheltered
position. This stage is followed by
that of great looseness, and the poultry
man frequently thinks he has cholera
in his flock. The third stage is that
where the coop becomes filled with
sour, rancid, bad-smelling food and
water. 1t will generally be found that
when this stage is reached the case is
hopeless, which is frequently true in
the second stage. The whole trouble is
in the feeding.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03

E. ]. White, a pioneer trapper and
hunter of Minnesota. stakes his repu-
tation on the prediction of a cold win
ter. He says the wild animals, deer
particularly, have especially thick
coats this year, and that the muskrats
are building their houses high and
with thick walls-signs which. he
says, have never failed within his ex-
perience.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03

typhoid FEVER, consumption, uipnIho
ria and scarlet fever are all germ dis
eases and milk is a substance In which
these germs will thrive. The
wash water from house where
typhoid exists, may drain through
the soil into the well and con-
taminate it. This disease affected
water, If used to rinse milk pans or
cans, or to set cans in to cool milk,
may be the means Of transmitting the
disease to the milk and thence to the
human subject. All intelligent physl-
clans and dairymen, in consequence,
recognize the necessity of great clean
liness about the cow stable and dairy,
having sanitary conditions of hlgh
order. With these features enforced,
with healthy cows, wholesome FOOD anu
proper milk delivery, one should De
able to supply the market with pure
milk. The enforcement Of good SAM
tary conditions about cows supplying
city and town consumers OF milk IS
mainly within the control Of boards OF
health. No persons, however, should
have a greater interest in this matter
than the consumers themselves. II the
patrons of persons supplying consum-
ers with milk would visit the farms
and stables from which their milk is
derived, they would be able to ascer-
tain reasonably well if the sanitary
conditions are favorable or not to
healthy or wholesome milk. Persons
giving milk to young children, certain
ly should examine into the source OF it.
If this were done by more parents the
mortality each summer among young
children would be far less. Every pro-
gressive, intelligent, fair-minded milk
producer will welcome an inspection OF
his COWS, stables and dairy by his pat
rons. The man who does not is not q
safe one to buy milk from. Consum-
ers should put premium on the char
acter of the milk supplied them, ana
should in every way possible encour-
age the efforts of the dairyman who
endeavors to place the best article on
the market. Within very recent years,
some dairymen have begun to sell milk
which has been handled with extra
care, to insure high grade purity and
wholesomeness. This is sometimes
called certified milk" due to the fact
that the producer certifies as to the
feed and character of his cows and the
handling of the milk. Others pas
teuriZe" or heat to certain tempera-
ture their milk or cream, to destroy or
injure disease germs, if any perchance
occur in it. At one fine dairy in In
diana all the milk is sprayed through
sterilized aid and then made very cold
in an air tight chamber, after which it
is bottled. These improved methods
Of preparation are bound to become
more common each year, from the very
fact,if for no other, that they receive
the Endorsement Of the intelligent
physician. Our consumers should en-
courage this production. Progressive
dairymen, selling pure, high-grade
milk should be encouraged. The con-
sumers should show their appreciation
of their efforts. One, however, cannot
over-estimate the Importance of con-
sumers familiarizing themselves with
the source of their milk and it's sur
roundings, and insisting that condi-
tons be of high sanitary character.
C. s. Plumb.
Indiana Experiment Station.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03

was Barbarossa Napoleon Bonaparte
Smith!
How his mother ever came to hear
of such name always perplexed u.s.
OF coarse, having heard of it, we did
not wonder at the selection; her race
has always shown a love for high
sounding cognomens. Barb's first ap-
pearance among us was in this Wise:
One gray November afternoon, LOIS
and l were left alone in the house,
mamma having gone out on one OF the
Good Samaritan errands. the sleet and
snow drove sharply against the win
.dows, and the wind whistled defiance
to the fire that glowed and cracked.
Suddenly the door-bell rang a loud,
resonant peal, and went and opened
the door.
There, on the upper step, stood tho
forlornest little figure artist ever
painted! A small apparition, as black
as blackness can be compared with
anything but itself With a jacket
and pants that suggested the rags
and jags" of the nursery rhyme
with shoes like the mouth Of fish"
with a straw hat innocent of brim;
with snow powdering his woolly hair;
.sleet on his curly lashes; snow sitting
down his back, and drifting over him
and whirling around him. l surveyed
him a minute in astonished silence,
and he returned my stare with round,
shining, unwinking eyes. Then he in
quired, composedly, as Mrs. Smith ct
homer" 1 began to say that he must
have mistaken the house, for no such
person lived here, when Lois, whom
curiosity had attracted to the open
doorway, remarked that perhaps he
might mean our Nancy, whose last
name was Smith, though we had
scarcely had occasion to recall that
fact in the sixteen years she had been
in our service. On this suggestion
Informed the apparition that Mrs
Smith wasn't at home, and wouldn't
be till late in the evening; but l would
deliver any message. He displayed
row of astonishingly white teeth in
cheerful grin, stepped in, and first
carefully wiping his apologies FOL
shoes, and closing the door, said, de-
.cisively: ooh, if Mrs. Smith lives
here, I'm a-goin' to live here, too
She's my gran mother; I'm Barbarossa
Napoleon Bonaparte Smith. I've come
to stay, and I'm not goin' away agar
any more at all"
Lois and l looked at him and Their
at each other, and then asked him in
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03
births, Marriages and Deaths.

Drring a recent discussion on the
Outcome of Sanitation" at the Parkes
Museum, London, DR.. Louis Parkes,
medical officer of health for the Chelsea
district, read some interesting figures
relating to the births, deaths and
marriages during the queens reign:
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm-A Few
Hints as to tina Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
MIX Producers and Consumers.

ODERN lnVeStlga-
ton has shown
without question
that milk is a sub
stance which is
easily contaminat-
ed, and is not in
frequently the me-
d Il m t h rou g h
which dreaded dis
eases are trans
mitted to humans.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03

The colored people Of the United
States maintain seven colleges. seven
teen academies and fifty high schools
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03
Access to Grain.

Many farmers are in the habit Of al
lowing their fowls the free run of the
farm and this includes free access to
the grain bins Under such conditions
it is impossible to keep the birds from
eating too much grain and the result
will be seen later in the season when
the fowls begin to die of Indigestion. In
such cases, where the farmer cannot
prevent his focks from filling up OF
grain during the day, it would be bet
ter to keep them shut up at night and
not allow them to go out in the morn
ing till they have had hearty break
fast of scalded soft food. This may
tend to prevent them eating such large
quantities of grain.
Fall Milk Shortage.-It is a mistake
to have a falling off in milk at the
time of short pasturage. The advan-
tages from soiling crops are: Less land
will maintain a given number OF cat
tie, the food supply will be better reg
ulated, the animals will not waste en-
ergy in searching for food. and the ma
nure can all be saved and applied to
the soil.-Ex.
Separator Milk.-When you get a
separator, knock to pieces every swill
barrel on the farm. Feed the calves
and pigs as soon as the milk is sepa-
rated. The milking and feeding is soon
done, and there is no after handling of
the milk. The stock gets the milk
sweet, warm and regularly, which is
ali in the line Of advantage-Ex.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03

Poor Stock not Economy.-Economy
is impossible with one owning poor
milching stock. for the attempt will
only make them the more Improbable.
True economy will exist In getting a
herd Of one-third fewer cows whic.I will
give the yield he has been receiving.
With such a herd the economy exists
in better feeding than ever--Ex.
An increased percentage OF fat in
the milk increases the quantity OF
cheese which may be made per 10t
pounds Of milk In most cases
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03
ABOUT BARB"
BY o. P.

little barbarian!"
we said, some
times despairingly.
And it's a positive
comfort to call him
Barb for short!"
For his real name
will it be be-
lieved of this poor,
helpless mite OF
ebon humanity p
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-03

IT takes no brains to be a grumbIeF.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-01
RER SUCCESSFUL SCHEME.

How an Ingenious Aunt Saved Her
Nephew from Drunkennoss.
1t was striking couple that entered
carriage last Wednesday In front OF
the Hotel Savoy. Both were tall. Of
fine figure and easy grace, says the
New York Herald. The man looked
on the sunny side of so; the woman,
some years younger, was of the Juno
type, Their eyes and compilations had
a dash Of the Spanish, while their talk
and manners were French.
Curious history that man has had"
remarked hotel lounger. HE comes
Of rich creole family in the Pont-
ehartrain district of Louisiana. They
were immensely wealthy before the
war and managed to hold on to most
of their estates. His wife, also a Gre
ole, was educated with the most ex-
pensive polish abroad. Though mar
ried now for many years, they're lovers
yet, He was wild young blade,
drinking, duellng and gambling. His
family tried all means to curb him,
but he broke every bit.
zone night he was taken home par
alyzed with champagne. His old
maiden aunt had an inspiration. She
hurried off a trusted negro to New
Orleans for a burial casket-silver
handles, satin lining. Flowers were
picked from the garden and she ar
ranged candles and crucifix. When
the casket arrived the paralyzed youth
was placed carefully in 1t, while the
dear old schemer stayed up with "the
remains" 1t was some time before
he recovered enough consciousness to
grasp the funeral outfit, but the old
lady's artiflce did the business. 1t was
the eye-opener he needed. That was
his last debauch."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-01
A Stag Hunt in Siberia.

The English traveller Atkinson do
scribes the following scene which took
place in Siberia: 1.-TWO hunters were
chasing a stag and followed him from
valley to valley until they arrived at
a rocky portion Of the country. I'm
daunted, they kept on, and toward
evening had driven him to pass, with
a preclpice upon one side and a defle
upon the other. Here, while in hot
pursuit, they saw the animal hesitate,
as though afraid to advance. Suppos-
ing that some wild animal barred his
passage, they kept on, when sudden
ly two bears leaped out of the bushes
and joined in the chase OF the stag.
The poor animal, turning short to one
side leaped, the precipice, making a
bound Of thlrty-three feet, and landing
upon the summit Of rock detached
from the principal mass. One of the
bears attempted to follow him, over
calculating his strength, fell into the
abyss, while the other stopped upon
the edge Of the pfeclDlce, growing
with rage. Our CUssacks sent him to
rejoin his oomrade In the heaven Of
bears, by shooting him."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-01

er. The fro was burning brightly, and
peace was in our hearts. The only
heaven the earth contains was shining
upon us and within us, though we
saw no glimpse OF the sky. We vera
at Home, and It was a Home of Love,
Mother" said Pearl, what is the
first letter in the alphabet"
20, my darling, Of course"
Sand the neXt?"
an"
"And the two next?"
&C and e."
"once upon time" said Pearl, clap
ping her hands. NOW, mother, am
going to read you and father very,
very pretty story"
do, dear child. What Is III"
Pearl produced the torn textbook
Of her island school.
"It is Called" she said, with the
most delicious little laugh in tho
world, Cinderella; or, The Glass Slip
per-"
She read the story from beginning
to end, and we listened in delight.
Mother" then said our child, III
three pumpkins were to suddenly pop
on to the table"
Mind, my darling! They might!
Strange things happen"
well, If they did, and you had q
fairy wand. and wanted to make q
present to everybody-everybody moth
er!-this Christmas, what would you
change them intoT'
My wife nestled closer to me.
"Well, mother, what should the ART
pumpkin be?"
Faith, my darling"
"And the second?"
"LoVe."
"And the third%
Charity"
A blessed Trinity, indeed
THE END.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-01
Life of South African Lady.

In South Africa the women somS.
times need a set of accomplishments
differing from those of New York. The
feminine graces might be at a disad-
vantage when not backed up by more
than the usual feminine force. At
least that is what the experience OF
Mrs. Johann Colenbrander, who Is now
being feted in England as heroine
Of Buluwayo, would seem to indicate.
II cannot remember the time" said
Mrs. Colenbrander, to an English In
terviewer, when l was without q
horse and gum" Her familiarity with
these masculine belongings has more
than once stood her in good stead. For
amusement this sturdy lady has en-
joyed such things as months lion
hunting with her husband and King
LObengula, a three months visit at
Cecil Rhodes place, In the MatoppOS
hills, where conferences with savage
chleftains and inspections Of the Hill
camp were the entertainments. She Is
said to understand the language, GUS
toms and preJudices Of the natives bet
ter than any other living woman, in
addition to which she is handsome, and
an adept in the art of dress.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-01
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, June % The Senate
yesterday completed the wool schedule,
the silk schedule and the tobacco
schedule Of the tariff bill, and with
this accomplished, the tariff leaders
had the satisfaction OF knowing that
all the schedules of the bill and the
free list had beer gone over once.
There now remains only to go through
the bill second time, passing on the
items passed over. These are very
numerous and important, including
hides, gloves, coal, tea and beer
WASHINGTON, June 25.-A stubborn
contest over the duties ON manufact-
ured wooden goods occupied the atten-
ton of the Senate throughout yester-
day. 1t was day of constant roll
calls and of crossfire debate ON the ef-
feet of the duties in advancing rates,
Many amendments were proposed TO
reduce the rates, but these were re-
jected by decisive majorities Less
than five pages were disposed Of dur.
ing the day, carrying the Senate
through paragraph $40, the first Of the
paragraphs relating to carpets. Dur
ing the day Mr. caffery of Louisiana
spoke for two hours against the pro-
lection system and severely arraigned
those Democratic Senators who voted
for duties on wool and other raw ma.
terials.
WASHINGTON, June 94.-After con-
test lasting throughout the day, the
Senate completed the paragraphs of
the wool schedule relating to raw
wool and advanced into the features
relating to manufactured wooden
goods The day was devoted largely
to discussion of the effect OF the tar
if rates in the price of wool, and the
speeches were on technical lines in the
main.
At one point Mr. Hoar diverted the
discussion by reference to William j..
Bryan's opposition to the tariff This
brought Senators Mantle and Allen
and Stewart to the defense Of Mr..
Bryan. Mr.. Teller was drawn into
the controversy, aud in a few remarks
warned his former Republican associ.
atef that their hopes Of prosperity
Fl ON the bill would be blasted
Mr. Quay made strong effort to
have the House ad valorem rates on
third class wool adopted, but he was
defeated-l9 to Al,
The committee rates werc then
agreed to, viz: -Four cents per pound
on third class wool valued at 10 cents
or less per pound and Z cents per
pound on third class wool valued above
i0cents per pound The schedule was
completed up to paragraph 26i, relat-
ing to cloths, knit fabrics, etc.
Early in the day Mr.. Allen, Popu-
list, of Nebraska, rising to n question
of personal privilege, made sweep.
ing denial Of public charges that Will,
lam ], Bryan had contributed 81, 800
to the Populist cause, in order to ef
feet fusion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-01

LEXINGTON, KY, June 9s.-Miss
Sarah Cecil, the Boyd county heiress
who was confined in the eastern Ken
lucky asylum for insane persons here
last fall and later allowed to go to a
private sanltarium, is starving herself
in handsome apartments at the Phoe-
nix hotel under the delusion that her
course is necessary because her rela-
tives will not give her certain papers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-01
"oLD Hoss" HoEY INSANE.
Develops Mental Unsoundne's That Is
Probably Permanent.

DETROIT, Mich, June ~. William
IIoey, the actor, widely known in
theatrical circles as "0ld Hoss" Hoey,
who has been taking the baths at
Mount Clemens, has lately developed
signs of mental unsoundness, and yes
terday party of friends started with
him for New York city, where he will
probably enter Bellevue hospital for
treatment Within the last few days
his mental vagaries have assumed a
violent form, and it is feared by his
physicians that he will never recover.