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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16
DON'T LET A BABY
STAND TOO SOON

Don't let baby stand 100 soon. Don't
allow an infant TO sit up before the
muscles in its back are strong enough
to support the bony frame o. it may
develop a weak chest, and it is almost
sure to have round shoulders. Stand
ing before the muscles i'm the legs are
properly developed is what causes SO
many bowlegs and knock-knees among
children, declares the home physician
of a babies hospital.
NO child should be permitted to
stand before it is a year old, and eX-
perienced mothers and nurses never al
low babies to sit. even with pillows at
their backs, before they are at least six
months of age" he says. IF this age
rule for standing and sitting were close
ly observed by all parents there would
be fewer weak-chested boys and girls
who often develop into invalids simply
because when infants they were al
lowed to sit up before the muscles were
strong enough to bear the weight of
their bodies. while round. dropping
shoulders are often the results of care
less bolstering of young children into
sitting postures than from habits &C
quired after boys and girls begin to
grow up. AS TO bowlegs and knock
knees, they are so unsightly and in
many cases real deformities, no one
can dispute that they are directly
caused by permitting young children
to stand before the muscles in the legs
are properly developed.
Il know of several cases where bow
legged boys and girls became cripple.
because the bones and muscles were so
weakened from being strained and bent
out of place that they were unable to
bear the bodies, forcing the little ones
70, Il
Occasionally these afflicted children had
to stay in bed for days at a time an
til the pain was gone from the mus
al
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16

cold sponge bath is advised. and the
luxurious woman INDUCES in what is
called an anatomical scrub This
high-sounding title is given To bath
and rub administered by a scientific
Swedish masseuse. The operator uses
a series. of scrubbing brushes, and rubs
and scrubs the patient according to
anatomical principles. .scrubbing off the
lesh as she. rubs the muscles and ma
nipuates the tissues with her brushes
made especially suited TO the purpose
Particular attention is given TO mas
sagng-or; / should say. scrubbing
aWay-the double chin. that first sign of
overripe maturity. The operator stands
behind the patient. using two brushes
and starting al the center CfronO of
the throat works her brushes upward
under the chin. toward the back of the
ear. using AL her energy on the adj
pose tissue under the chin. The double
chin is the bane of so many womens
existence. and. these tissues relax and
grow flabby- early in life, SO that few
words. may not be amisS regarding the
treatment of il, once it has become
fla bby.
In the first place those women who
possess the most beautiful necks in the
world are women who have never worn
collars. If you wish TO preserve the
contour of your neck way into the 5Os.
wear no collar at all. Massage the neck.
or scrub il nightly: then exercise the
muscles of the neck. if your occupa-
ton keeps you for hours daily with
head bent far fOrW ard as i'm writing or
sewing. A tight collar is the cause of
more double chins than anything else
To. counterfeit the effect of the tight
collar, stretch the chin upward as
much as possible or, better still, when
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16

steaks or mutton. Eggs are allowed
and vegetables. such as cabbage, toma-
toes, cucumbers. turnips and beets.
Deep breathing exercises and long
walks. and bicycle rides must be taken.
az least. two miles first and later, more,
every day by the woman who wishes
to reduce-nO matter whether she puts
her trust in the efficacy OF the rubber
suit or mechanical massage or vibras-
sage. All these are excellent accesso-
ries, but they are merely aids, and
should not be depended on entirely for
the reduction of flesh.
In the treatment of obesity massage
plays Il necessary part. Hand massage
is used on the face or limbs to strength
er the muscular tissues, so long
weighed down by the mass OF superfiu-
Gus flesh. 1t is when this melts away
that i'm face and neck particularly we
see the shrunken. sagging flesh which
looks almost worse than the original
defect. SkilIful massage restores these
tissues, and makes them firm again
and in the case of the face strength
ems muscular tissues which have be-
come faced through the strain put
upon them. Where wrinkles form after
the loss of flesh, this tonic lotion ap-
piled TO the flesh will eventually erase
them: Rose water. 200 grammes: milk
of almonds (thick), fifty grammeS; sui
plate of aluminium, four grammes.
The woman who goes in for flesh re-
dUcing should not neglect to weigh her
self frequently 1t is encouraging 20
mark the decreasing weights and to see
that relief is really at hand from the
unpleasant and unattTactive condition
caused by this too, too solid fiesh.",
(COpyright. 1906. bv r. c. McClureO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16

AS woman passes into middle age
a very Stretchable period il is. too. "a
certain increase of flesh is usually be-
coming. helping TO fill out the haggard
ures of WEAKNESS in the face and Civ
ing it and the figure more youthful
contour. The instant the excess of
flesh becomes noticeable il places a
woman i'm the age of the Indian sum
mer. even though her spring be not
passed. II is not an easy matter to re-
duce ones weight. II requires much
perseverance and self denial for il
necessitates abstinence from many of
the petty indulSences which have in
duced the unpleasant condition. Fat
itself is an accumulation of unburnt
and unconSumed body fuel: i'm other
v crds. fat is carbon. and carbon is con-
Sumed by oxygen, which we inhale
through our lungs.
The reason that rapid walking. hi
cycle riding. gymnastics and kindred
exercises reduce the flesh is that dur
ing the practice of these the blood is
rapidly oxygenized, and the result is
the destruction or the burning out of
the fat People who live I'm high aIti-
tudes. or who are great walkers. are
never fat Now. the greatest flesh pro-
ducers are sleep. want of physical ac-
tivity, sugar and starchy foods. and
the stout woman usually mas a very de-
cided disinclination TO sacrifice any of
these comforts. But the fight is worth
while. Health and comfort as well as
physical attraction, demand that bulk
should be made to melt-and melt il
does, if proper attention is directed to
il.
In the first place. the stout woman
must limit her hours of sleep to seven
at the outside, and no midday maps.
Whom she gets un i'm the morning 2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16
KEROSENE FOR IRONS.

times. but the following will prevent il
somewhat: Put a little kerosene on a
cloth and rub the hot iron over it three
or four times. or take a ( clcth your
lamps have been wiped off with. This
keeps the starch from sticking and re-
moves SCOT or stove polish that collects
on the bottom of a hot iron and Soils
the garment. 1t also gives a 6. oss to
the clothes. There is no danger as
very little oil is necessary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16
SANITARY LEMONS.

Before grating Lemons. It is we'll 70
wash them in . basin OF lukewarm
water. for on examination it viii be
found that the outside OF a enlon is
but clean, and # put under 4
microscope it will be discovered to
have tiny black spects on It. which
are the minute eggs OF an insect.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16

few moments the ink will be seen to
change from black to white when the
linen should be quickly removed from
the chloride of lime solution straight
into one of ammonia, allowing il To re-
main in the latter for only few mo-
ments The article should then be
thoroughly well rinsed and soaked in
clean water.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16

peasant girl has chosen to east aside
her coiffe and display her beautiful
hair beneath the gay trimming of a
Paris hat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16
EXPERT KODAK FINISHING.

Harry Simpler. Commercial Photog-
rapher. Isl Main street. Get my new
price list.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16

Gordon Academy now open for 9TH
and Sth grades. High School courses
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16

Copyright. 1906. by T. c. McClure.)
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
The NailIess Horseshoe.

weather, may be taken off and re-
placed with sharp ones. The shoe is
held in place by clamps made of
rolled steel that is so pliable it may
be doubled without breaking. The
band, or clamp, touches the shoe at
each heel and at the toe, but does not
cross the back of the hoof, thus af-
fording the natural expansion of the
frog when the weight of the animal is
thrown upon it. There are four short
brads coming up from the sole of the
shoe which extend into the shell of the
hoof a quarter of an inch. They are
merely to stay the shoe The shoe is
fastened on with the aid of a small
wrench.
This shoe may be taken of or re-
placed at will. Every part of the
years. All that is necessary is to
have on hand few extra calks, which
any farmer or horseman may re-
place.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19

beard, hair or clothes, but if he
neglects to pluck them off at once
they penetrate the thickest garments
and reach the skin; if an attempt is
made to withdraw them they break.
and the seed remains embedded in the
cloth, being removed with great diff
hculty. In any case, although man
may contend successfully against
them, animals are unable to do so,
and the sheep that are bred in such
numbers on the pampas are their
chief victims; the darts of the Stipa
penetrate their eyeballs and blind
them, so that, being no longer able
to find their way about, they die of
hunger and thirst The seeds also
form amid the hair of the feet, and
over the whole cutaneous surface a
mass of sharp points which every
movement pushes nto the flesh, giving
generally succumbs.
THE darts also penetrate into tAe
salivary glands of herbivorous ami
mails, where they accumulate in
great masses; these form especially
under the tongue, where they render
difficult the movements of the organ
and the prehension of food
THE genus Stipa is disseminated
throughout warm and temperate re-
gions, but is rarely found in Eu-
rope. There are about hundred spe-
cles, of which four are found in
France, but as these grasses are
driven out by cultivation, they are
seldom found in gardens and fields.
and are not at all dangerous to cattle
in France"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
Sound DefIector.

open top of the piano to defect the
sound waves issuing therefrom, and
direct them to the audience in the
room or concert hall. The deflector
is very simple device of light con-
struction, comprising two end boards
connected by curved back of such
form as properly to direct the sound
into the room. The end boards are
formed with cushioned f1anges adapted
to rest on the side wall and thus pre-
vents lateral displacement In conse-
quence, the deflector does not need to
be fastened in place, but may be read
lily set in position or removed without
operating any fastening means. By
its use the full volume of sound passes
in concentrated form into the room
without being diffused. A patent on
this sound defiector has recently been
secured by a Newport, r. l., man.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
Scheme Worked Out Badly.

Congressman Sulzer represents q
densely populated district on the East
side of New York city. 1t occurred to
him some months ago that though
there are no gardens in his district
some of his constituents might grow
plants in boxes placed on window
stills or fire escapes, so he sent an ash
sortment of seed to the inmate of a
model tenement house owned by one
of his friends. The latter met him
a few days ago and said: "See here.
Sulzer, want you to cut out that seed
business. It's the limit" why,
what's the matter?' asked the aston.
ished Sulzer, and he explained why he
had sent the seeds. "Oh, you meant
well, all right" returned the friend,
scornfully, but when 1 visited the
place the other day found that about
ten families were raising cabbage. GU
eumbers and tomatoes in the bath
tubs"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
LIMB RAW AS PIECE OF BEEF.
Suffered for Three Years with Itching
humor-Cruiser Newark U. S. N.
Man Cured by Cuticura.

Il suffered with humor for about
three years off and on. 1 finally saw a
doctor and he gave me remedies that
did me no good, so l tried Cuticura
when my limb below the knee to the
ankle was as raw as piece of beef.
All 1 used was the Cuticura Soap and
the Ointment. 1 bathed with Cuticura
Soap every day, and used about six
or seven boxes of Cuticura Ointment.
I was thoroughly cured of the humor
in three weeks, and haven't. been af.
fected with it since. I use no other
Soap than Cuticura now. H. J. Myers,
U. S. N, U. S. S. Newark, New York,
July s, 1905"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
Tea on the Down Grade.

Tea drinkers are finding scant en-.
enlargement in report recently
made by large tea exporting house
in Yokohama to it's American Gus
toners. incidentally it indicates that
the United States is not alone in fac
ing increased cost of living. The re-
port says: Owing to the rapidly in.
creasing cost of living in Japan labor
costs more, and in consequence cul.
tivatien of the tea gardens is less
generous and extensive than formerly,
and less care and skill are expended
in picking and curing the leaf Hence
the average quality of the teas now
offered for sale is below that of sea-
sons prior to the war, and fae the
same reasons we are not likely i the
future to see any reversion to the
excellence Of former years."-New
York Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
Girl of the Golden West.
More Practical and Thorough Than Her Eastern Sister
When at CoHege-Hos Head for Business and
Is Able to Care for Herself

there is great exposition to be car
ried on, there is no fear that the young
women of the west will leave their
part unadorned. In European courts
and in lofty places in the far off east,
our western girls have shown in bril-
liant light. Lady Curzon's name will
not soon be forgotten. No daughter
of line of kings ever more adequate
ly filed an eminent position or more
beautifully bore the honors of vice
regal state.
1t has sometimes been said that
the young women of the west are a
step in advance of the men in the
graces and amenities of life. In other
words, that they are more polished
and attach more Importance to con.
ventiOnalities than their husbands
and brothers do. This is only partially
true. The manners of a son of the
soil anywhere in our western land are
good enough to pass muster among
manly men, and are therefore, the
manners of gentlemen. If man be
honest, kindly and well-bred what
more is wanted? Surely it is natural
that ceremony, table etiquette and the
minor things that belong to social in
tercourse, should be in the hands of
the women.
Ones thought goes with a certain
sympathy to the young women whose
lot is cast not in village or town, but
on the frontier, on the edge of a min.
ing camp or on a ranch remote from
neighbors. The girl who lives on the
rim of civilization, if educated, must
depend for much of her pleasure on
books. She has many solitary hours.
Housekeeping with her is simpler
than in cities and she devotes a good
deal of time to outdoor life. Such a
girl lives in the open, rides well, anG
is never more beautiful than when fly
ing across the plains on a pony swift
and sure of foot. She asks no odds
of anyone, but can saddle and bride
her horse and is on friendly terms
with him, let him be ever SO full of
spirit and fire. She is good shot and
abundantly able to take care of her
self
The young woman of the west cares
more about reforms of every kind than
does her eastern sister. She has been
brought face to face with a rougher
life and has seen men tempted and
tried. If she fights the power of the
saloon or any form of graft and de-
generacy, she does it because she sees
only too plainly that it must be met
and COPIED with or it will prove a
menace to the republic.
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
BIRD TRAVELS WITH GIRAFFE
Red Billed Weaver Constant compan.
ion of Animal Skyscraper.


The red-billed weaver bird is a con-
slant companion of the giraffe, perch
ing itself upon the withers and flying
along when its host takes to fight,
and Immediately alighting again on
Its back at the first opportunity The
only means of defense or offense by
the giraffe is by means of its hoofs,
and the blows it can deliver by kick
ing are of tremendous power. The
old males during the breeding season
fight in this manner good deal. and
the female employs the same means
In defending her young against car
nivorous animals.
Giraffes are very swift of foot, and
1t requires very fleet horse to run
them down. Experienced hunters
however, charge them at full speed,
and by this means are often able to
run into them, and if the CRATES are
fat they will soon become blown"
When running, the tail is twisted in
a corkscrew fashion over the back and
the hind legs at each step are thrown
on the outside of the forelegs, giving
very grotesque straddling appear
ance. The giraffe is mute, but he has
very keen sense of hearing and of
smell.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
Mass of Stipa Grass.

We quote below, says the Literary
Digest, from an abstract made for the
Revue Scientifique. Says the writer:
In South America chiefly in the
vast plain that extends from Pata-
gonia up to Bahia Blanca, and also in
the province of Santa Fe and in
Uruguay, there are large grasses of
the genus Stipa, which grow in the
spring, and whose misdeeds have been
exposed by Mr.. Blanchard.
These grasses have a fruit about
IS millimeters (three inches) long,
made up of three parts; first, a short
basal portion formed of a conical
axis with very sharp point covered
with sharp stiff hairs directed back
ward; second, cylindrical part
formed of membrane enclosing the
seed; and third, shaft like that of
an arrow
"All the Stipas of South America
have these arrows, which, when the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
f.SSyBSySS1Ss' xSlgSaN
Ser: (lEE;5x|s3l1 ION ION
SOUND DEFLEcToR FOR PIANOS
Arrangement by Which the Sound Is
Thrown Out Into the Room.

1t does seem rather odd that the
source of music in piano should be
completely boxed up in a case, so that
the sound waves must first pentrate
the case before they can reach our
ears. To be sure, some pianos are
provided with swinging front, and a
hinged lid at the top, which may be
opened to prevent complete muff1ing
of the sound; but the sound is de-
fiected downward by the hinged front,
or passes directly up to the ceiling
when the top of the case is open.
In the accompanying engraving, says
the Scientific American, we illustrate a
device which may be placed over the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
FILLING UP THE CANADIAN WEST.
The American Settler 70 Welcomes
to Canada.

4 number of the leading newapar
pers on this side of the line have been
noticing the growth of the Canadian
West in recent years. and draw atten-
ton to the fact that there seems to Do
no abatement of the influx OF settlers
to that great grain-growing country.
The Buffalo Express thus refers to the
subject:
Canada West continues to grow.
There were ALA homesteads entries
there in July of this year, as against
3,571 in July, 1905. Canada plumes
herself over this fact, with becoming
pride. But what appears to make our
neighbors happiest is the statements
that of these Alta homesteaders,
1912 were from this side of the line.
Little is said about the 81 Canadians
who -ecrossed the border to take up
homes in Canada West, or of the sos
from Great Britain, or Of the 1885
from non-British countries. 1t ap-'
pears that the item in this July report
that makes Canada rejoice most 10
this of the 1912 American farmers
who decided to try their fortunes In
Canada West.
"The compliment is deserved. The
1912 were mostly from Dakota and
other farming states, and go into
Canada fitted better than any other
class of immigrants for developing tho
new country. They take capital with
them, too, say Canadian papers proud
ly. In every way, they are welcome
over there"
AS the Express well says, the
American is welcomed to Canada, and
the reasons given are sufficient to in
farmer knows thoroughly the farming
conditions that prevail in the Cana
dian prairie provinces, and is aware
Of every phase of agricultural devel-
opment in recent years.
In practical knowledge of what Is
wanted to get the largest return for
labor and investment he Is by long
odds superior to any European set
tier. He knews what is required to
bring success, and he is able and will
ing to do it, and his future causes no
apprehension to the successful Cana
dian farmer. The agent Of the Cana
liam Government, whose address APP
pears elsewhere, says that the differ
ence between the manners and Gus
toms of the farmer from Dakota, Ore
gon or Minnesota and the farmer from
Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta
Is not nearly so marked as that be-
tween the farmer of the Maritime
provinces and the Ontario tiller of the
soil. Hence the welcome to the free
homesteads of the Canadian West,
and there are hundreds of thousands
Of them left, that is extended to the
settler from the Western States.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
NO MEDICINE.
But Change Of Food Gave Final Relief.

Most diseases start in the aliment-
airy canal-stomach and bowels.
A great deal of our stomach and
bowel troubles come from eating too
much starchy and greasy food.
The stomach does not digest any of
the starchy food we eat-white bread,
pastry, potatoes, oats, etc-these
things are digested in the small intes-
tines, and if we eat too much, as most
OF us do, the organs that should d.
gest this kind of food are overcome
by excess Of work, so that fermenta-
ton, indigestion, and long train
of ails result.
Too much fat also is hard to digest,
and this is changed into acids, sour
stomach, belching gas, and a bloaty.
heavy feeling.
In these conditions change from
indigestible foods to Grape-Nuts will
work wonders in not only relieving
the distress but in building I'D
strong digestion, clear brain and
steady nerves. A Wash. woman
writes:
About five years ago suffered with
pad acknowledgements, indigestion,
constipation-caused, I know now.
from eating starchy and greasy food.
doctored for two years without
any benefit The doctor told me there
was no cure for me. could not eat
anything without suffering severe
pain In my back and sides, and be.
came discouraged.
"A friend recommended Grape-Nuts
and began to use it. In less than
two weeks began to feel better, add
inside Of two months I was a well
woman and have been ever since.
can eat anything I wish with
pleasure. We eat Grape-Nuts and
cream for breakfast, and are very
fond OF it." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Greek, Mich. Read the
little book. "The Road to Wellvines
In pkgR There's reason
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
THE NAILLESS HORSESHOE.
New Invention by Which Every Man
Can Do His Own Shooting.

By means of this nailless horse
shoe, the inventor declares, every
farmer may become his own horse
sheer.
The base of the nailless horseshoe
is made very much like the ordinary
shoe, except that the toe and heel
calks are removable. They are fas-
tened by short, heavy screws from the
upper side. If, in icy weather a
rough shod" is desired, the smooth
calks which are usually used in dry