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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-07

Tho following abstracts from an ar
ticle by j. l.. Stubbert. NJ. d.. In tho
Medical Record. should receive wide
and careful attention. No doubt if
these ideas could be carried out. the
white plague" would be robbed OF
much OF It's terror:
In ancient times IL was highly irl-
proper to expose u tubcrculous pa
tIcnt. especially ono beyond the first
stage. to breath OF fresh air except
on the mIldcst days In summer. while
the night air was dreaded and avoided
as tho plague. Then the more obscrv'
9nt and thoughtful men noticed that
those who lived more In tho open air
did not die as quickly ns the hot.houSc
patients. and they began TO urge nm
outdoor lifo and moderate exercise
ns n prophy Tactic M well as cure
for those In tho carly stages OF con
sumption. Those in tho more advanc'
cd stages were allowed fresh air only
when II was Mt summer temperature.
but even this was better than being
kept indoors In warm. illVcntilatcd
rooms the whole year.
There are several plans by which
tho victim OF tuberculosis may con
unuouSly breath. pure. fresh air by
nlght M well m by day. Sleeping out
in tho open air Is not harmful to
large majority OF tubcTculous people,
Miiici. Of nroekton. Mass. reports
III. cases of hvc patients whom he
recommended To sleep out OF doors Mt
night. They were aliowsd M roof
over their heads except in rainy
weather. They voT" soft icit hats
and cotton niRhtAhiTIs, sleeping under
Ordinary bcdciothca In beds arranged
on the roofs of their houses. I'm
pruyrm.nt was noted In tao weeks.
Coughs disappeared. temperatures be-
came normal. TCsniTatiuna were easier
and weight Increased rapidly. No at
;sntion was paid to dampncas aud
drafts. and heavy dcNs were regarded
as inconyenicnt simply because OF tho
necessity OF DRYING the bcdelo'hcz.
Sleeping In n small room with an
open window does not appear 10 DO
nearly 40 beneficial 10 the patient an
when the nights arr passed On rrT'
andA or In tent where there Ia a
fec circulation Of air on ali sides, II
a patient wCFu fortunate enough to
have a large room with a s1uihUsa cS'
posurc and containing ono oF tEo
open arcpiseps. in addition to lara"
windows on thrrr sides. which might
be opened at night. be- might derive
approximately tho bCaVht !aclarEt 10
tent life.
MeGraham. Of South Carolina. pro.
fcfs the circular to the army tent. aud
thinks II better io place il on plat
form tao feet from ;ss sruHrd. and
to do without carpets and dTsPcTirs.
DrapCFics arc not necessary. but RUGS
add greatly to tho comfort and cun'
vcniCnc- Of those in III health. and
their use can bp made perfectly safe
by exposing them TO the sunlight for
few hours daily.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-07
How TO Earn souns Sleep.

All doctors are not no careful OF
the welfare OF their patients aE they
r.ight he. Here II u story OF one who
went to the limit. lilo II the prOpTla-
tor OF famous health resort not far
from --. When he receives n pa
tlcnt for treatment he says:
Now. want II undors,ooi that un'
less you do exactly N I say. th.Ec ID
no use Of your staying"
This rule sometimes requires him TO
he very harsh. but he never hUaliaicH-
lie acts ON the theory that he can bot
ter AFFORD To offend n single paiicn,
and lose him that to have that pa
ticnl go back home and toll his friends
DF. So'and'so had done him no good.
relates the Washington Star.
Not long ago NclikHoSn clergy
man went to this resort for treatment.
Tho doctor looked him over up1a h!s
arrival and said:
While you arr here sou must 'isi-
iCnE walks every day"
"But I eant take walks" replied
the paFHnn. 4 hsVca't doHH any walk.
ing for years. My hear, ~gat stand
Il"
They argued the question aui'.
warmly. AE the clergyman sud doc
tot we're Eooi frieadH. tho latter vas
more ionirat than usual However.
he bidri his time. Tho neat after
noon the physician said to the clergy
man:
tits a nice day. would like You
L. Eo horseback riding with nU."
Riding they went. wbCn they vcTr
about eight miles truSu the saaItaEiuta
the phyFiriAB said: "uh. doctor. won't
yuu &C, me that IpWcr by tho road
asdr7 doa'I like to leave this
hCTsc."
As soon as tho clergyman was on
the ground to doctor Esilprri OF
with both horses. and III" clergyman
was cunpCllCi to walk back To tho
slnitaFium. Upln bis arTiyCi he vas
very angry. and VAS for packing up
and leaving at once. There vas mo-
train that uiEht. 90 hr vas forced to
stay q few hours longer. The neat
irornin- he cane down radiant sad
good naIuTCi.
Doctor" said nc. Il was pretty
sore at you last night. but I forgive
everything. have had the FIRST good
sleep have enjoyed in months. Here.
after III obey your order implicitly"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-07
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~ ILLUSTRATIONS BY oOr G. WILSON
097rzyt. " Srayss
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BY MARY DEVEREUX

many years Is surely one who should
not be misjudged." he said, looking
up into the younger mans face:
most surely not by me, and at such
Il time as the present"
As he uttered the final words he
placed his arms around Lahtte's
shoulders and embraced him.
Sire"
A volume OF emotions spoke In that
single word.
sire. my whole heart Is grateful
for these words OF confidence and
esteem. No one can realize better
than myself how grave was the mis-
take | made; and no man would make
greater sacrifices to undo H."
Tut. tut. boy replied Napoleon.
with all his old air OF affection. and
tapping the shoulder upon which one
OF his hands still rested. when you
have reached my years you will know
better than to waste time and
thoughts In useless regrets. Lot the
past 80. Jean. my lad. and look only
Into III. future"
The emperor resumed his seat, and
resting his hands upon the arms OF
the chair. stared straight before him.
while Latte stood looking down ai
the seated form.
And may not do something for
you?' urged i-afitc. making iinal
appeal.
Mono. Go. you and Grclolr.:
you must lcay. me. for ! feel II un'
wise that you remain another mo-
m.n,. You can do Notwithstanding.
for me. hut l am siaa to hav. seen
you-bo,h Of you: and thank you.
Jean. my valiant ghost from the past.
for your offer and your love"
The emperor. as he spoke. leaned
forward In his chair: and there was n
csrcsa in his smile and tone. as we'll
as in his touch upon iaatta'a hand.
III ever a tim" should come. Sire.
when can serve you. may ! have
the honor and happiness Of receiving
your commaHds!'' was asked longing.
IS.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-07
Special Hospitals Tor consump,ivss.

Special Hospitals Tor CorsumpiiVcs.
a hundred years ago the city Of
Saplcs. Italy. erected a ia=ar hospital
for rDnsump;ivcs. and required the
isolation Of all persons suffering from
this disease. Il Is Only recently. hoN.
ever. that the authorities Of modern
cities have become awakened To the
importance Of this sanitary measure.
Recently a number Of cities have
taken steps for the establishment Of
hospitals especially for she treatment
of cases Of consumption b. the so.
called "opCn-air method" Excellent
results are reported from this method
of treatment.
The German government has a
large central committee numbering
more than thirteen hundred persons.
organized for the purpose tf erecting
bnsnitaIs for the treatment Uf tubcr.
cuIosis. This committee has under It's
supervision sevCniy.fuur such hospi.
,ais. and last year treated over thirty
thousand patients. OF whom eighty per
cen, were returned to their homes
practically cured after remaining IN
the hospitals on an average OF little
les than three months.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
New Bread Making process.

"The good housewives OF this coun-
try" said an official of the state de-
partment the other day, will be in
terested in a report recently received
from United States Consul Mahin at
Nottingham in regard to a newly in
vented process for making bread, the
chief virtues of which are that it re-
duces the time and labor.
GAS is we'll known, most OF the time
required in the ordinary process OF
making the staff of life is in the prep
aration and treatment Of the dough.
After that has been mixed and knead'
ed it must be left to rise, a process
consuming anywhere from four tc
twelve hours. Under the new process
it is said, that this new operation is
reduced to one hours time. The pro
cess is as yet a secret, but is said tc
require no additional plant or ma
terials, the desired effect being pro
duced by the action Of temperatures
At a recent practical demonstration
the bread was made up into dough
ready for the oven in So minutes, ant
the batch of twenty-five loaves wa!
produced from the raw -four in two
hours and thirty-fve minutes. The
-four was weighed and the number o
loaves compared with the number pro
duced by the ordinary process, n j
was found that under the new process
eight more q%uartern loaves than usua
were produced from a sack of flour.
Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
How He Meant to Reform.

When Dick Wintersmith was Con
gresham at Washington" said Phil
Thompson, "it happened that a friend
Of ours fell Ill. His name was John
Wires.
HE drank considerably, John did,
and that last night of his life he had
split whisky all over his beard.
He wanted it dark in the room;
so when the nurse went out he reach.
ed for the candle and attempted to
extinguish it.
His long beard, full Of alcohol,
caught fire instantly and burned him
up.
There was a great deal Of grief
among US and CONSERVATION.
""This ought to be a lesson to u.s.
decided Dick, to stop drinking a
while
$50 1t ought assented Joe Black.
burn. What are you going to dc
about 1t, for %instance?'
"'Me?' said Dick. Well, it's come to
this pass with me that l have firmly
resolved never to blow out another
eandle.'"-New York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
A GOOD SWARD.

With a good pliable or rich 1tamy
soil, it will always be 4 comparatively
easy matter to produce a good sward,
if we select the right kinds of seeds.
For an acre, five bushels of a mixture
Of red top, crested dogs tail, Kentucky
blue grass and Rhode Island bent
grass, is good. If not convenient to
obtain all these, either is good alone.
My first choice would be red top, the
second Rhode Island bent grass. After
sowing and brushing in the seed, it is
we. to SOW Il good quantity of some
fertilizer that contains ammonia, and
then roll the ground with a good
weight roller. When the grass attains
the proper height to cut, / would cut
the first time with a very keen-edged
scythc; after the first cutting use the
lawn mower, one with cylinder driving
wheel preferred, that the ground may
be kept smooth. At the approach OF
winter cover with a good thick coating
of straw manure from the horse barn,
raking off the straw in the spring and
leaving the finer particles of on
the ground.-F. II. Sweet, i'll The Epi'
tomist.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
GOOD MILKING.

Tests at the Storr's Experiment sra
ton show conclusively that the amount
of milk given by the COWS and the
purity of the product both depend upon
the method adopted nv the mixer. one
Young man, WHO said he could milk,
was given charge of the milking OF
six cows. At the end of a week the
quantity showed a s%hrinkage of twelve
per cent. In another experiment, in
which five boys, previously taught as
to proper methods, were tested as
mixers, four increased the flow seven,
ten, ten and five per cent, respectively
The following instructions in regard to
milking are in use at the station:
The mixer should milk regularly,
thoroughly and quietly. He should
wear clean clothes, wash his hands be-
fore beginning to milk, and never wet
them while milking. The COW should
be brushed before being MIXED, and
her flank and udder wiped with a
| damp cloth in order to minimize, as
| far as possible, the number of bacteria
| floating about in the vicinity Of the
pail. and likely to get into the milk
To the same end, the foremilk should
| be rejected, and the milking done into
| covered pals, with strainers arranged
for the milk to pass through. Reject
ing the first few spurts Of milk from
the teat removes the milk containing
Objectionable germs. The cleaner the
milking is done the fewer the germs
Massachusetts Ploughman.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
MiuK afeMsDOnoid

More than likely you speak the same
words yourself, and no doubt you reel
far from well. The aus may be easily
traced to some arrangement OF the fe-
male organs which manifests itself IN
depression of spirits. reluctance to go
anywhere or do anything, backache,
bearing-down pains, hatuiency, nerV-
business, sleep1essness, leucorrhna.
These symptoms are but warnings
that there is danger ahead, and unless
heeded q life Of suffering or Q serious
operation is the inevitable result.
The never-failing remedyfor all these
symptoms is Lydia e. Pinkham's veg.
etable Compound.
Miss Kate Mcdonald, OF Woodbridge,
n j., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
think that q woman naturally disiiKes 70
make her troubles known to the puDIc, pup
restored health has meant so much to me that
Icannot help from telling mine for the sake
q other suffering women.
For q long time I suffered untold agony
with q uterine trouble and irregularitles
which made me 8 physical wreck, and no one
thought I would recover, but LYDIA q. Iln "
hams Vegetable Compound has entifeiy
cured me, and made me well and strcngs anu
feel it my duty to tell other suffering women
what q splendid medicine it IS
If yon are i'll, don't hesitate to get 2
bottle Of Lydia e. Pinkhaln's segeta-
BE Compound at once, and write TO
Mrs Pinkham, Lynn. Mass for speclai
a~dviee-it is free and always helpful.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
WAGNER WAS roo STRENUOUS.
threatened to Ruin tho Only Piano In
PARKWAY Nome

Threatened to Ruin the Only Piano In
PARKWAY Nome.
One OF the characters in Nome
Alaska, was Dick Dawson, who had a
saloon, dance hall and gambling hell
combined, and had brought his out.
II, including an automatic piano, down
from Dawson City cver an almost i'm
passahle route.
One day when things were rather
quiet in the place, Oscar, the chief and
only musician on the staff, got to work
with the automatic plano and pumped
at the pedals in ambitious style.
He had ground out a lot of old
fashioned home and mother oags
when suddenly, without the least
warning, he struck into the Ride of
the ~Valkyries."
When the crashing opening chords
first sounded, Dawson, who was stand.
ing at the end Of the bar, started and
looked around, to see what was the
matter Then the music took on a
lighter tone, and as a delightful thrill.
ing run sounded out in the treble he
settled back to enjoy it.
Again came a clash and thump,
thump, thump, as the bass chords got
to work again. Dawson started over
toward the piano on the run.
Don't bother yourself, Dick" said q
bystander. That's all right, that mu.
sic. That's Wagner"
who the IS Wagner" was the
answer. "Ill kill that Oscar for let.
ting him spoil the piano!"-New York
Sim
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
1000

rhe Rev. James T. Dougherty, rec
tor of st. Mary's church at Canandai
qua, tells this story of his recent visit
to the st. Louis exposition: I'm one
of the buildings l met a voluble Irish
man in charge Of an exhibition of Irish
relics. My attention was especially
called to the stump of a tree in which
was imbedded SO firmly as to be ire.
movable, the points of a fine set Of
deer antlers. l was interested. How
do you suppose the deer had come to
get his horns so firmly fastened?
asked.
"tSurey / don't know, your river
ence,' was the reply, but I think he
must have been "buttin' in."'"-NeW
York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01

the house the backache has been SO
BAD that it brought tears to my eyes.
The pain at times was SO intense that l
was compelled to give up my household
dutiessand lie down. There were head.
aches, dizziness and blood rushing to
my head to cause bleeding at the nose.
The first box of Doan's Kidney Pills
benefited me so much that / continued
the treatment. The stirging pain in
tile small of my back, the rushes OF
blood to the head and other symptoms
disappeared"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. 80 cents per box. Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
A FELLOW FEELING.
WHY She Felt Lenient Towards tho
Drunkarde

A great deal depends on the point OF
view. A good temperance woman was
led, in a very peculiar way, to revise
her somewhat harsh judgment of the
poor devil who cannot resist his cups
and she is now the more charitable.
She writes:
"For many years / was a great suf-
ferersfrom asthma. Finally my health
got so Door that l found l could not lie
down, but walked the floor whilst 9TH
ers slept. I got so V I could not
rest anywhere.
specialists told me / must give up
the use Of coffee-the main thing that
I always thought gave me some relief.
[ consulted our family physician, and
he, being a coffee fend himself, told
me to pay no attention to their advice.
Coffee had such a charm for me that
im passing a restaurant and getting a
Mhiff of the fragrance | could not re-
si;st a cup. l felt very lenient toward
tie drunkard who could not pass the
saloon. Friends often urged me to try
Postum, but I turned a deaf ear, say
ing That may do for people to whom
coffee is harmful, but not for me-cof-
fee and l will never part
"A.t last, however, l bought a pack
g of Postum, although | was sure
could not drink 1t. l prepared it as di-
GATED. and served it for breakfast.
, Wal, bitter as I was against it, | must
sas' that never before had I tasted a
msre delicious cup of coffee! From
that day to this more than 2 years. !
haze never had a desire for the old cof'
re@ MY health soon returned; the
ssthma disappeared, / began to SLEEP
wen. and in q short time l gained u
pou, ads in weight.
"Sne day I handed my physician
the tablets he had prescribed for me
telling him I had no use for them. Hs
stayed for dinner. When I passed hin
his coffee cup he remarked, I am glat
to see you were sensible enough no
to let yourself be persuaded that cot
fee was harmful. This is the best GU
of coffee l ever drank he continued
the trouble Is so few people know hoy
to make good coffee When he go
his second cup l told him he wa
drinking Postum. He was incredt
lous. but / convinced him, and now h
uses nothing but Postum in his HON
and has greatly improved in health
Name given by Postum Co., Bait
Creek, Mich.
Look In each package for the fano'
little book. 1.-THE Road to WeilEuis-
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
KINDNESS OF GREAT sURGEON.
Deed Of Charity That Does Che Good
to Read About.

Deed Of Charity That Does Che Good
to Read About.
A poor mar from the west had been
treated by his club doctor-a busy,
overworked, good hearted felloT-for
glandular swelling in the neck. The
merest chance brought the patient to
London, and a c~oncatenation CT coin
cidents led to his meeting a st.
Thomas hospital surgeon. "Iou come
up to the hospital" said the latter.
you've nc %glandular swelling there
The poor fellow went. They looked
him over. That supposititious gland
ular swelling was a thyroid abscess
of a particularly malignant form. The
man, seemingly SO healthy, was what
an insurance actuary would term a ten
minutes life.
Can you come in?" they asked him.
He consented. Sir William MacComac
took him In hand. This is the most
delicate of operations" he said. viii
you trust u.s." He would. In due
course, before quite a gathering Of
surgical notabilities, Sir William oper-
ated. The case was as bad as 1t pos
sibly could be, and the faintest tFac'
ton Of error would have meant Ger
tain death; but the operation was
perfect, one Of those performances OF
which we laymen never dream, Dut
which these inspired giants IN life
saving at the hospitalI are accom-
plishing every day of their splendid
lives. Next morning, before 7 O'CLOCK
the patient was gently reused IRON!
sleep. He opened rs eyes and saw
the strong, kindly fsfe of a man beam
ing in delight upo,l him. 1t was the
great and wealthy Aurgeon, who had
left his bed before s o'clock that bit
ter morning to come>tQ e this poor,
friendles,,7 man from tna wilds of the
west. The patient is F/hale man to
day, and in his part of the world they
regard st. Thomas hospital as a tenn
pie of miracles far rjore awe inspir
Ing than any 5aoly @ell:-st' James
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
source OF IVORY SuppIy

During a recent visit to the London
docks the queen of England Vas in
formed that the stock of ivory then
shown represented, on an average, the
annual slaughter of some 10000
African elephants. This statement has
been contradicted. One importer states
that at least IS per cent Of the supply
is dead ivory" mainly obtained from
boarded stores Of African chiefs. who
are shrewd enough to put their com.
modities on the market only in drib-
lets. The most interesting part of
the letter is, however, the statement
that the great bulk of this boarded
ivory is obtained from elephant
cemeteries"-spots met with here and
there in the jungle, where elephants
have resorted for centuries to die.
Much of the ivory that comes to the
market may, therefore, according to
this letter, be several hundred years
ia
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
new What Was Proper.

Or. William H. Tolman. Director
Of the American Institute Of Social
Service, tells a story of a fresh air
youngster who was received at the
country house of a friend of his for
two weeks stay. HE was from the
sums" said the narrator, "and sup
posed to be ignorant of the comforts
of life, let alone the amenities. At the
dinner table the first day they handed
him for dessert a triangle of apple pie
fresh. hot and delicious. The New
Yorker inspected It and remarked
Apple pie and no cheese. Hell."-
New York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
ADVANTAGE of the Lambs.

A journalistic friend of Maurice
BARRYMORE relates an incident of his
last meeting with the brilliant actor,
which occurred only a short time be.
fore his faculties began to fail.
As they were parting the newspaper
man asked the other: Where are you
- he found ~nowadays-at the Play
ers?"
mo" replied Barrymore. I'm post
Cd at the Players, but you can always
and me at the Lambs.
"As a matter OF fact" he added
enthusiastically, I'm posted at the
lambs. too, but they temper the wine
,..au-No~ vnrk Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
To Deepen Ship Canal.

A Select Committee of the House OF
Lords are considering a propose! to
deepen the Manchester Ship Canal, and
to raise the Iow-water level of the riv-
ers Weaver and Mersey. Mr.. Balfour
Brown. X. c., in stating the case for
the promoters, said that at present the
depth of the canal was only twenty-slx
feet. In recent years the size of. yes
sells had enormously increased. and IL
greater depth of water was now abso-
lutely necessary. When the depth of
the canal was fixed at twenty-six feet
| there were not half Il dozen vessels
built which could not get up the canal.
Now hundreds OF vessels were too
large to navigate the canal. The deep
ening proposed would enable vessels of
1900 tons dead weight to navigate the
canal.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-01
ns.foess Cannot lie Cured

nv local applications as they cannot eae the
diseased portion ofthe ear. There Is only one
way to cure deafness, and that IS oy eonsa,
IN aamad condition of the mucous lining OF
tha Eustachian Tube. Whenthis tube Is IN
FAMED YOU have a rumblingsoand or imper,,
feet hearing. and when it is entirely closed
naafness is HE result, and unless the inham-
nafion can be taken ont and this tube re.
starea to its normal condition, hearing Will
be- destroyed forever. Nine cases out OF Yea
are eausedby catarrh, which is nothing U al
infiamed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will i ia slvs o 9csnsed : by eatarrh5that can
oat 10 eured nv Halls Catarrh Cure. Q fof
n;rcnla 70 free. F.J. CHENEYI Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c: ..;o,
Take falls Family Pills for constipation