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Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-22
MOONSHINE.
B. w. Hale Writes of
Some Superstitions.


dalia, contained the following or.
ticle last week written by Is. w.
Hale Of this county;
Shakespeare wrote one epigram
that would have made his name
famous il he had never written an-
other word when he put into the
mouth of Puck 1.-THE fairy who was
forever playing pranks on peOple)
the wOrds-"What fools these
mortals be-"
Not that believe that all NOR
tails are fools but it is a fact that
most Of us have inherited beliefs
and superstitions that have been
handed down to us thru ages aud
ages by some savage ancestor VIII O
rOamed the forests of what is now
Germany. But what has this to
do with my subiecti
Now, there are various kinds of
mOonshine, but do not intend to
write about the kind that poets
aud lovers rave about, Neither do
| intend to touch upon the liquid
kind that grows in the mount aims
Of Kentucky and Tennessee and
gives our internal revenOo" Of
ficers SO much trouble.
But as limited in the beginning =,
| am going to say something about
the superstitious beliefs that all
the light of Christianity and all
the teachings of all the wise men
thru all the ages have not succeed :
ed in stamping out.
How many readers Of The Ru.
ralist plant their beans, their po'
tatoes, their cucumbers. ETC., in
the mooni How many OF you are
afraid to start any important work
on Friday. or are sure IL you start
on q journey on Friday thai you
will never returni How many of
you would faint with fright il you
should discover you had been one
Of thirteen at a dinner tablet And
then you know if you see a black
cat or the dog howls at night
or you dream of wreaths
Of white roses there is to
be a death in the family" or a
wedding-which is iti II a rab-
bit runs across the road in front
of you, you will have bad luck
And the only way to keep away all
'hOodoos" is to wear constantly
about your person the left hin d
leg of a rabbit that has been
caught in a graveyard at midnight
in the dark of the moon.
II has not been very long ago
that dozens Of feeble old women
and beautiful and innocent young
girls have been burned at the
stake for riding thru the air on
brOomsticks.
But probably the silliest Of all
beliefs is the practice of planting
each particular kind of seed dur,
ing a certain phase Of the moon
or when the Sign is right "
remember one old neighbor We
had years ago who always had tC
plant his potatoes on Good Fri
day. One year he made his prep
arations the day before aud thai
night there was a soaking raiT
and il continued to rain all day
the next day, but the old mar
donned his rubber boots aud tool
his umbrella aud patiently wadeC
up and down dropping aud covel
ing his potatoes. Il had to b,
done or there would be no pota
toes. He got them planted al
fright and the next summer bar
vested the finest and largest eroI
of clods in that whole country bn
no potatoes. This story ma.
sound "Hshy" but is true. Thel
soms seeds must be planted in tn
dark Of the moon while others vii
4 ~ -. A. ...... n ..l..A.A -. a.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-22

Lightning struck the residence
OF r. r. Jesse in this city one day
last weak, Roof sliehtIy dam
aged.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-08-22

r. F. ID. No. ., Auxvasse. Nc
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
ON PLAIN OF EsDRAELoN.
Strange Beauty of Syrian Country
Splendidiy Described.

Here is a vivid description OF the
biblical plain of Esdraelon, taken
from Mrs. A. c. Inchbold's newly pub
lished Under the Syrian Sum" I'm
stantly our gaze, and with It our
hearts. went out to the strange beauty
of the plain of Esdraelon, spread out
just beyond the rolling ranges of the
Galilean hills. Ii was like some
beautiful sea with its lofty green bill
lows sweeping inland in broad gra-
cious curves between the boundaries
of its northern and southern hills.
And upon this limpid, seemingly liquid
surface rested big cloud-shadows OF
deep-veiled purple. The pillows were
the cultivated stretches OF the plain
and the cloud-shadows indicated the
broken. titled soil. When in reality
the shadows of clouds moved across
the billowed richness of the great
meadow-as the natives called Es-
draelon-the effect was sublime be-
yond description"
or Baalbek the same author says;
80 overpowering was the first i'm
preston of the loneliness and awe
created by the sudden sight of the
giant pillars towering in the mystic
blue light that instinct bade one creep
behind the nearest giant stone and
hide-hide from the guardians, the
genii, who seemed to be lurking in
the dark depths between the fallen
pillars, to be immovable as sentinels
in the penumbra Of the vast colon
made. But there description fails
The wonders of that whole magic
area through which We wandered as
under a spell oustrips expression.
The veil of the supernatural lay
lightly alike on the untouched sur.
face as on the totally buried relics,
now laid bare by the persistent bur.
rowing of the searchers after truth
Ghosts OF the long ago hoyered near.
In the light which transfgures all
things earthly with an atmosphere
that is supermundane, they whis.
pered strange tales OF the phantom
world. which at the moment seemed
vivid and real, but in the brightness
Of the morrow vanished as a dream
which memory yearns in vain TO re-
tain"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
MULcHlNG THE ORCHARD.
A Task Which Will Reap the Reward
in More Fruit.

Trees need food in order to do their
best, for tree is simply big plant
and so needs more food than thousands
of little plants. A tree that will pro-
duce 40 bushels of apples during a
good apple year. and say an average
of 25 bushels every year. is certainly
taking more from the soil than it can
return. Yet so many farmers persist
not only in giving such tree no food
but in cutting and hauling away all
the material that grows near 1t. No
wonder the tree ceases to yield re-
munerative crops.
Let him give such trees a mulch of
stable manure during the winter
months. Scatter 1t thickly and in a
circle reaching somewhat beyond the
limbs. II the orchard is to be culti-
waited, Orange Judd Farmer suggests
that it be piowed under the next
spring. If not, let it lie as a mulch.
At any rate, do not attempt TO grow
another crop in large orchard unless
it is 10 be left on the ground. A few
years fertilizing. with pruning and
spraying, will render the old orchards
the most remunerative lot on the farm.
II the orchard is young and the ground
rich the mulch would better be of
straw or coarse manure, and applied
more for protection and to hold moist
ure than for fertilizer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
El-.-an..-ar
! GOVERNOR BY PROXY !
/ By John Taylor Waldorf =
l,.,.,,,l !
By John Taylor Waldorf


swer at once. I'll wait here az this
God-forsaken junction until hear
from you.
Joseph Layson."
II was the longest and by far the
oldest telegram known IN Xerxes
Junction. The operator looked du.
biOus. and timidly suggested: You
might skeletonize this and save
money"
NO. sir" said the colonel. decided
". send every blamed word Of It,
This is a matter Of state"
The operator labOred with the mes
sage while the colonel went out on
the platform TO tell Mrs. Higgs to wait
patiently. Soon after the message
had gone over the wires the Ardenia
train came putting in.
Come on, governor" said Finley.
we can't wait any longer"
Il can't leave now" answered the
colonel leaning languidly against the
station door.
But you must. We speak in Ar
deaia tonight"
You can make enough noise for
both OF u.s.
"Ardenia counts on hearing you.
governor" urged Finley. a willful
disappointment like this might ruin
your chances OF election"
you know never had any, Finley.
What's the use of saying that? Any
how. I'm not going" With that he
took a seat on the bench beside Mrs
Higgs. You'd better be moving. Fin
ley" he added "I'l join you at Beeds-
burg in the morning"
Just then the operator came rushing
out with a message. The colonel
seized 1t, almost tearing it in half in
his eagerness, then held the pieces in
shaking hands while he read:
Dear Colonel-Have telephoned to
warden at Osborn. No objection
there. Higgs' pardon signed this min
ute. Glad to be of service
John Randall"
The colonel turned TO Mrs. Higgs.
IT'S all right" he said. thickly, your
boy will be home tomorrow"
Thank you. thank you. You're the
best gunner God ever made" At this
she broke down and sobbed.
"All abroad" shouted the conduc-
tor.
The colonel took a step toward the
train. IT'S all right" he repeated
I've done only my duty. but II you
feel grateful, tell the boy TO vote for
me. John Randall, for governor"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18

branches. No two should be left TO
grow which are directly opposite.
They make weak top and are al
ways liable to split down. A good
rule says: Leave the branch that
joins the trunk, as the thumb does
the hand and never let one of two
which join like the fingers"
Top grating is used to convert
large trees bearing worthless fruit
into desirable trees, says Farmers
voice. The process is simple, but,
like root grating. requires expert
ence for complete success. To top
graft a tree saw off limbs where
they are one inch or a little more in
diameter. Carefully split the stock
with strong knife by driving it
with a mallet. Then drive a wedge
in the center to keep the cleft open
with scions of the desired variety,
which have been previously prepared,
are inserted (A), the wedge is then
removed and the wound and ends of
the scions covered with grating wax
to keep out the air (C).
Scions used in top grating OBJ
are about two inches long, having one
or more buds and made wedge shaped
at the lower end. In inserting the
scion care must be taken that its
cambium layer comedies with that of
the stock or no growth will result.
Several limbs should be left ungraft-
ed the first year to insure a healthy
growth of the tree. They may be
grated the next year In three years
all the old fruit bearing wood may be
removed, leaving only that of the de-
sired variety, and if care is taken a
shapely tree will result. This style
of grating is often resorted to to
improve the shape of the trees. 1t
is done in early spring before the
buds start.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
Stimulate the Blood.

Brandreth's Pills are the great blood
purifier. They are a laxative and blood
tonic, they act equally on the bow
els, kidneys and skin, thus cleansing
the system by the natural outlet Of
the body. They stimulate the blood
so to enable nature to throw off all
morbid humors and cure all troubles
arising from an impure state of the
blood. One or two taken every night
will prove an invaluable remedy.
Each pill contains one grain of solid
extract of sarsaparilla, which, with
other valuable vegetable products,
make it blood purifier unexcelled.
Brandreth's Pills have been in use
for over century, and are for sale
everywhere, plain or sugar-ccsted.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
A FRIENDS TIP.
7o-Year-oId Man Not too Old to Accept
Food Pointer.

For the last 20 years" writes a
Maine man, "I've been troubled with
Dyspepsia and liver complaint. and
have tried about every known remedy
without much in the way Of results
until took up the food question.
"a friend recommended Grape-Nuts
food, after l had taken all sorts of
medicines with only occasional, tenn
porary relief.
This was about nine months ago.
and began the Grape-Nuts for break
fast with cream and little sugar.
Since then / have had the food for at
least one meal a day, usually for
breakfast.
Words fail 10 express the benefit
received from the use of Grape-Nuts.
My stomach is almost entirely free
from pain and my liver complaint Is
about cured, have gained flesh, sleep
well can eat nearly any kind OF food
except greasy. starchy things and am
strong and healthy at the age of 70
years.
IF l can be the means OF helping
any poor mortal who has been trou-
bled with dyspepsia as have been, !
am willing TO answer any letter enclos-
ing STAMP" Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Read the lit
tie book. ''The Road to Wellyille." In
pkgs. There's a Reason"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
GOOD PRESCRIPTION
SIMPLE MIXTURE THAT Is SAID
TO BREAK A COLD QUICKLY.
ingredients Can be Easily Purchased
1T Little Cost From Any Good
Prescription Druggist and
Mixed az Homo.

a noted authority on lung trouble ad.
vises that as soon as a cold is con.
tracted the following simple treatment
should be given. The ingredients can
be purchased from any prescription
druggist at small cost and easily pre-
pared in your own home. II is said TO
be so effective that 1t will break up a
cold In twenty hours and cure any
tough that is curable.
Take a half ounce Virgin Oil OF Pine
(Pure), two ounces of Giycerine. and
eight ounces OF good Whisky. Shake
well and take In teaspoonful doses ey.
cry four hours.
Be sure that the Virgin Oil of Pine
tPure) is in the original half-ounce
yials, which are put up expressly for
druggists TO dispense. Each vial is Sc
curely sealed in round wooden case.
with engi aved wrapper. with the name
Virgin Oil Of Pine (Pure); guaran
tsed under the Food and Drug Act
June 30. 1906. Prepared only by Leach
Chemical Co, Cincinnati, O.-plainly
printed thereon. Only the adnlterated
oils are sold in bulk; these create
nausea and never effect the desired re-
suits
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
Disease Puzzles Doctors.

A mysterious disease is troubling
the Dutch medical profession. II has
broken out in the district of Ouddorp.
not far from Utrecht, and Prof.
Spronck, Of Utrecht. after all the best
efforts he can devise, has had to con-
fess himself perplexed The disease
Is a contagious affection of the heart,
and the patients invariably develop
high fever. There have been more
than 100 cases. Prof Spronck has
made a careful anlysis of blood taken
from patients. but has utterly failed
to find a cause or an origin for the
epidemic
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
THE BIG ORCHARDS.
Their Management Is More Difficult
Than with Smaller Ones.

A very few big orchards exist In
this country and still bigger ones are
promised. In some OF our western
and southern states great tracts OF
cheap land have been secured and
have been planted in orchards. One
man that has made a success Of peach
growing in Michigan on rather large
scale concluded it would be a fine
thing to have an immense orchard in
Texas, where he could spread out
over many square miles. lie got the
land and planted the trees. Then he
began TO figure on the harvesting and
marketing the peaches. He found, by
doing a little figuring. that II he had
a fair crop of peaches on his hun
dreds of thousands of trees, he could
not get enough mules in the surround
ing country to haul his peaches to
market before they would spoil. This
was an unexpected obstacle and shows
one of the drawbacks in having a too
large orchard The only solution to
the problem was to build a spur of
the railroad into the orchard, and
We are Informed that this is being
done. The larger the orchard the
greater will be the difficulty of get
ting pickers and packers, especially in
the case of peaches and plums, which
must be marketed at once.
In the case of apples it is different.
A very large area might be devoted
to apple orcharding and no such trou-
bic occur as could readily occur in
the large peach orchard in Texas re-
ferred to above. Especially If winter
apples be grown the matter of mar
keting can be made to cover over a
considerable period. This fact alone,
says Farmers Review, should make
men lean strongly toward the grow
ing Of apples in large quantities in
one place rather than the growing of
peaches, which must be marketed at
exactly the right time to bring good
returns. 1t is possible that the big
orchards that we have now are as
big as any the future will see, for the
big orchard is managed at a disad-
vantage when compared to the or
chard Of moderate size-that is to a
commercial orchard of few hundred
acres.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
Purple Raspberrles.

Purple raspberries are intermediate
In character between red raspberries
and black raspberries. They are sup
posed to be hybrids between these two
species. They show all gradatons in
habit between the two parent types,
some being propagated by suckers,
others by tips. and still others by eth
er tips or suckers. The color OF the
fruit is usually light or dark purple.
or the varieties described. says Farm
Journal. only two. Columbian and
Shaffer, at the present time appear TO
have any commercial value
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
PRUNING Fruit Trees.

| prune as many of the trees dur
ing February and March as time and
weather will permit. This makes a
third to half of the total number
each year. Cutting with hand saws,
close and parallel to remaining limb,
thinning outer ends of limbs with pole
pruners, and leaving, as many fruit
spurs. especially on main limbs, as
possible. We plan to have all the
brush removed and burned so plowing
can be commenced as early as the
soil is in condition to work, as all the
moisture is needed in decomposing the
heavy coating of manure drawn and
spread each winter.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
SOME POINTS ABOUT NEEDLES.
TIA Evolved Product of Centuries o.
Invention.

The point OF needle Is a very i'm
portant part of that useful little in
strument, and there are many points
about needles calculated to interest
the general public. The daily con-
sumption OF needles all over the world
Is something Ike 100000, while
every year the women of the United
States break, lose and use some 300,-
600, 900 of those tiny tools. Few peo-
pie while threading a needle have
ever given a thought TO the various
processes through which the wire
must pass before It comes out
needle. Yet the manufacture OF
needles includes some 81 different
processes from cutting the wire and
threading the double needles by the
eyes TO separating the two needles on
the one length of wire, heading, hard
ening in oil, cleaning out the sides of
the eye. point-setting. and final pol
ishing. For wrapping purple paper is
used, since II prevents rusting. There
are many sorts of needles, for sur
geons', cooks. glovemakers', weavers',
sailmakers', broommakers', milliners'
and dressmakers' use. The needle Is
the evolved product of centuries of
invention. In its primitive form It
was made of bone, ivory, or wood.
Point by point its manufacture has
improved, until this little bnt not in
significant instrument is now one of
the highly-fnished products OF twen-
tieth century machinery and SKILL
Zinnta uaral1
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
Horticulture and Health.

Horticulture is branch of agricul-
ture that is closely connected with
health. The more fruit people con.
sumo the more is their digestion
helped. This is particularly so with
a people that eat large quantities of
meat, as do the American people. The
fruit grower is therefore supplying the
world very important class of food.
1t is sometimes urged against his prod
ucts that the food value of them is
small, but this deficiency is more than
made up for by the sanitary value of
the juices in the fruits when they are
taken in their natural state.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
AWFUL NEURALGIA
Pain Turned This Woman's Hair
White but She Was Cured by
DR.. Williams Pink Pills.

Do not seek relief from suffering
simply, but free your system from the
disease which is the cause of your
suffering. That is the message which
former victim of neuralgia sends to
those who are still in it's grasp. Hot
applications, powders that deaden the
senses and others that reduce the
heart action may cause temporary rs-
lief but the pain is sure TO return with
greater intensity.
Mrs. Evelyn Creusere, who has n
beautiful home at S11 Boulevard
West, Detroit, Mich, suffered for
years with neuralgia until she tried
this tonic treatment. She saws.
MY Trouble began about six years
ago and | did not rest as l should
nave but kept up about my many
duties. After a time I became so
weak | could not do any work at all.
l mad severe backaches and such
dreadful headaches in the back part
and top OF my head. My eyes were
easily tired and at times | saw black
spots before them. consulted sew.
eral doctors but without the slightest
beneht. The pains were SO intense
that my hair turned white.
lost continually in weight and
strength and was almost in despair
when a friend recommended DIR. vii.
hams'. Pink Pills. l tried them ac.
cording to directions and soon began
to feel relief At the end OF thres
months had gained ten pounds in
weight and had no more trouble wita
my nerves, l have been in perfect
health ever since and can heartily
commend DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold nv
all druggists, or sent postpaid, on re-
ceipt OF price, so cents per box. six
boxes for $3.50. by the DR.. Wuliams
Medicine Co. Schenectady. N. Y.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
u. S. DISPfNSATORY
Describes the Principal Ingredients
Contained in Pe-ru-na.

Are we claiming too much for Peruns
when we claim it to be an effective
remedy for chronic catarrh? Have we
abundant proof that Peruna is in real
ity such a catarrh remedy2 Let US see
what the United States Dispensatory
says of the principal ingredients of
Peruna.
Take, for instance, the ingredient
hydrastis canadensis, or golden seal.
The United States Dispensatory says
of this herbal remedy, that it is largely
EMPLOYED in the treatment of depraved
mucous membranes, chronic rhinitis
(nasgl catarrh), atomic dyspepsia Cca-
tarrh of the shomachl, chronic intesti-
nal catarrh, catarrhal jaundice, (ca-
tarrh Of the liver and in diseased
mucous membranes of the pelvic organs.
1t is also recommended for the treat
ment of various forms of diseases pc
culiar to women.
Another ingredient of Peruna, cory
dalis formosa, is classed in the United
States Dispen satory as tonic. So also
Is cubebs classed as a stomachic and as
a tonic for the mucous membranes.
Cedron seeds is another ingredient Of
Peruna, an excellent drug that has
been very largely overlooked by the
medical profession for the past fifty
years. The seeds are to be found in
very few drug stores. The United
States Dispensatory says of the action
of cedron that it is used as a bitter
tonic and in the treatment of dysentery,
and in intermittent diseases as a sub
stitute for quinine.
Oil of copaiba, another ingredient Of
Peruna, is classed by the United States
Dispen satory as a mild stimulant and
diuretic. 1t acts On the stomach and
intestinal tract. X acts as stimu-
liant on the genito-urinary membranes.
Useful in chronic cystitis, chronic dys-
entery and diarrhea, and some chronic
diseases of the liver and kidneys.
Send to us for free book of testimo-
malls of what the people think of Pc
runa as a catarrh remedy. The best
evidence is the testimony of those who
have tried it.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-04-18
VERY BAD FORM OF ECZEMA.
Suffered Three Years-Physlelans Did
No Good-Perfectly Well After
Using Cuticura Remedies.

81 take great pleasure in Informing
you that was a sufferer of eczema in
very bad form for the past three
years. consulted and treated with
a number OF physicians in Chicago.
but to no avail commenced using
the Cuticura Remedies. consisting OF
Cuticura Soap. Ointment and Pills.
three months ago. and to-day / am
prefectly well. the disease having left
me entirely. cannot recommend
the Cuticura Remedies too highly to
any one suffering with the disease
that l have had Mrs. Florence E.
Atwood. IS Crilly Place. Chicago, Ill,
October 2, 1905. Witness: L. s.
Berger"