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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28
His SAGE Conclusion.

Welt sab, if yo' please, dess go
ahead and flung in yo' predestined
pro-ratty. and be done wild it," a trife
impatiently said good Brother Shin
paw, who was passing the hat,
Il isn't got all day to linger whilst
vo' premedicates over the mattah.
Dess recollect dat de Lawd loves
churful giver, and pronawm accaw-
din"
"Yessah Toe be shoH' pleasantly
reulied old Brother Bimmelick, who
was hesitatingly coming over a %
cent piece, a dime, a nickel and a
copper cent, reposing in the palm of
his hand. We'll, uh, den, muh brud-
der as | KANT no-ways contribute lis
yuh ouawtah as churfully as | kin
dis Injun-headed penny, | dess suits
de action to de words, as dey sez N
stories, and chucks &c cent piece into
de election dat am bein' took up for
de heather. uh-way off yonder some'rs,
| dunnah whuh. ."-Woman's Home
Home Companion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.
Boy in Misery IL Years-Eczema In
Rough Scales, itching and In
Manufactured by Cuticura.

"I wish to inform you that your
wonderful Cuticura has put a stop to
twelve years of misery l passed with
my son. AS an infant / noticed on
his body a red spot and treated same
with different remedies for about FIVE
years, but when the spot began to
get larger / put him under the care
of doctors. Under their treatment the
disease spread to four different parts
of his body. The longer the doctors
treated him the worse it became. Dur
ing the day it would get rough and
form like scales. At night it would
be cracked, inflamed, and badly swol-
len, with terrible burning and itch
ing. When l think of his suffering,
1t nearly breaks my heart. His
screams could be heard downstairs.
The suffering of my son made me
full of misery. l had no ambition to
work, to eat, nor could l sleep.
One doctor told me that my son s
eczema was incurable and gave it up
for a bad job. One evening saw an
article in the paper about the wonder
full Cuticura and decided to give it a
trial. tell you that Cuticura Ointment
is worth its weight in gold, and when
had used the first box of Ointment
there was a great improvement, and
by the time ! had used the second set
of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint-
ment, and Cuticura Resolvent, my
child was cured. He is now twelve
years old, and his skin is as fine
and smooth as silk. Michael Stein.
man, Z Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn,
N. Y, April is, 1905"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28

proXimately 10 by 10 feet, which is
considered ample size for this pur-
pose. There is a full window in each
stan, providing an abundance of light.
The feed room is centrally located;
chute from the silo enters into it,
also two grain chutes from the upper
floor. The feed room is large enough
for storage of trucks necessary to
carry grain and silage. A hay chute
from the loft above deposits the hay
in the feeding alley
No dairy barn is complete without a
wash room for the mixers and barn
attendants, and lockers for their
clothes. 1t should also contain a
small boiler for providing hot water
and steam, as this is a necessary part
of the equipment of modern barn.
Milk scales, record sheets, milk
stools, etc, may also be kept here.
Watering devices may be put in at
the option of the builder and are a
necessary feature of modern dairy
barn.
A silo is provided in the plan at a
convenient location for feeding the
silage. The sllo planned for this barn
is l6 feet in diameter and % feet
high, and has capacity of about lie
tons. This will provide silage for "a
animals for six to eight months.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28

this unaccountabe belief take root in
his heart that he secretly purchased
the object of it from the farmers son,
the price paid being dime and the
two bottom joints of a fishing rod
This happened the day before we
left. and ON the following morning.
while returning in an omen wlgonnette
a sudden exclamation from one of the
ladies' caused rs 20 glance In the d.-
rection of the box seat, and We were
surprised to observe a small brown
face peering down at us from under
the boys elbow, with quaint, apollo
getical look which seemed to say, I'm
here, but don't blame me"
You don't mean to say you've
brought that little beast with yom,"
"Of course | have" answered the
boy, taking the mongrel up in his
arms He's mine; and he's not a lit
tie beast. Are you my 5eauty?"
ugh you dirty thing!" exclaimed
the pretty cousin. How can you let
him lick you?"
He's only kissing me"
We'll. don't let him do IT,"
Go on" answered the boy. with
charming impudence You're jealous '
ooh" cried the girl a dmple com
ing In her soft cheek and adorning II
like a jewel, very we'll IN never kiss
you again.
Won't you? Just wa: tin We ge
into the train
All. boy. that was long ago now, ant
times change.
1t must have been nearly rs months
before ! saw the pup again On thil
occasion, having called at the boy
home and stroled out into the gar
den, saw, sitting in the sunshine on
in the very center of the lawn. an un
shapely. disreputable looking dog an
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28

as should be allowed. This width also
fits into the construction better than
any other.
The manger is planned to be feet
wide and 6 inches deep, with slightly
rounding bottom, the bottom being 2
inches higher than the floor of the
stalls.
The alleys behind the cows are
feet wide; these give ample room for
the passage of the manure truck 1t
is designed to take the manure not
only out of the barn, but away from
the barn, and deposit il in a manure
shed or on the field. 1t is undesirable
from the standpoint of construction
to have a manure pit under the
stable for the reason that concrete
floor cannot successfully be put on
wooden ioists, ard steel ioists are eX-
pensive. II is also unsanitary to have
the manure cellar under the floor.
The calf ron should be a feature
of every well planned dairy barn.
The one shown is 81 by II feet, with
manger on the front for feeding
grain, and hay rack along the back
wall. individual stanchions are pro
vided for feeding calves grain and
milk
The bull pen and box stalls are ap-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28
BREEDING UP BARLEY
Treatise by Prof. II. a. Moore,
University Of Wisconsin.

We at the Wisconsin experiment
station have been at work for nine
years breeding up barley We are
trying to get two or three good vari-
cites that can take the place of the 60
or 20 varieties that are now being
grown in the state. We want to get
a variety or few varieties that will
give much larger yields than the
avers.se of those now being grown,
and | believe that we have already Sc
cured these varieties.
We are carrying on this work in
cooperation with the United StaJes
department of agriculture. II began
in Wisconsin, but soon got beyond
our borders and has now been taken
up by the United States government
One of the things that we are working
on is TO get a barley that will be
rust proof. The loss from rust in
the United States is very large. In
Wisconsin last year rust destroyed
seven per cent of our barley, and this
means a loss to the farmers of the
state of about a quarter of million
-
Gus things to destroy the rust on the
heads of barley. We used the for
maldehyde treatment for some years,
but did not find it entirely satisfac-
tory. though il is very valuable. 1t
kills the covered smut but not the
loose smut But we have now found
something that SENS to kill the loose
smut. and that, is a modification OF
the Swingle method, That method
as modified by us IS; Soaking in cold
water for 70 hours, and then submerg
ing the barley in hot water O3O de
grees) for ten minutes. That kills
! the germs. The fields on which thai
kind of barley was sown showed re
markable results in the way of barley
| free from smut.
We propose now to put this treat
ment into the hands of the members
OF the experiment station association
| which now numbers 727 members
These men are largely the seed grow
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28

It was while a large party of us
we're staying one summer at farm
house-that the boy picked him up
q little, sad-faced. lop.sided, mongrel
puppy.
TIE old sheep-dog, who had long
lost all recollection of his own child
hood, treated him with that arrogant
contempt with which Age that may
be said to have learnt words Of one
syllable, habitually regards poor
Youth, still struggling with the alpha
bet, and in consequence the unfor-
tunate juvenile was forced to seek
amusement in the society of a litter of
small pigs. Whenever you crossed
the farmyard you were sure to catch
sight of him trotting about with his
miniature herd of baby swine. his de-
jected look, and ragged puppy coat,
making him the very personifcation of
a poor little four-footed prodigal
Whether, under the circumstances,
it would have been fair to have
blamed the pup for his choice Of
friends, or to have judged him by the
company he kept, are questions which
the reader can decide, but ! know at
the time he certainly seemed to me to
be, from an intellectual standpoint,
hardly at all superior to his compan-
ions.
When you called him. he promptly
ran away, and If you pursued he would
lie down and groyel on his back in the
mud, and as often as you set him on
his feet he instantly fell down again.
What little mind he had appeared to
be attracted towards medical research,
and (having no one else to practice
on he freely administered to himself
most strange garbage with all that dis.
regard of personal risk which charac-
terizes a true martyr of science.
A penchant for prescribing for his
own real or fancied ailments seemed
indeed to attend him all through life,
and even now, though well advanced
in years, it is hardly possible to take
him for a run round the garden with
out being startled by his suddenly
commencing to cough and choke in an
alarmingly noisy manner over some
particularly long blade of grass which
he has rashly undertaken To swallow.
The boy, however, with the same
youthful confidence which caused him
TO believe that the vile little imitation
meerschaum that he smoked clandes-
timely behind the hay-rack would some
day color" averred that the pup had
a future before him, and, when full
grown, would be in some way or other
a remarkable animal So firmly did
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28
MODERN DAIRY BARN BUILT
PARTLY OF CONCRETE
Plenty of Light, SiIo with Feed Room
Features.

The plan is designed for "a cows.
and allows ample room for calf pen
and box stalls for bull and COWS; also
spare feed room, hay chute, wash
room and silo. In presenting this
plan II is not intended to insist that
the arrangement is the only satisfac-
tory one, but the idea is to present
some important features that are
often overlooked by the builder. and
which are vital to a well planned
structure
The amount of space allowed for
the various purposes named on the
plan is thought to meet the require
ments, so far as the square feet of
floor space is concerned The ar
rangement of the space can be adapt
ed to the needs of the particular loca-
ton.
The width on the plan is SO feet 4
inch outside. There are two main
reasons for adopting this width
First, it allows ample room for the
stalls and passageways, and, second
1t permits of the most economical use
of lumber in building.
While the length here shown is S4
feet and 8 inches, this feature is
wholly dependent on the number of
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28
preoocltv Of the Modem chlId.

There is no doubt that the thought,
full child OF to-day would have been the
much-punished child of the past, says
The London Chronicle, At the same
time the witty child does add to the
gayety Of life, besides enforcing a
higher standard of conversation among
her reproving elders It was mis-
take, for instance, on the part Of the
reproving elder TO tell one OF these
wits OF the nursery that II she was so
naughty she would not go TO heaven.
The little culprit seemed impressed
for brief moment and then she gave
a resigned sigh "Oh, well" she re-
marked, I've been to two theaters
aud a party and a circus. can't ex'
pect to so everywhere"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28
Couldn't Figure II Out.

The story is told OF . lank, discon-
solate looking farmer who one day
during the progress OF political
meeting in Cooper Institute stood on
the steps with the air OF one VINO
has been surfeited with q feast OF
some sort.
do you know who's talking In
there now?" demanded a stranger,
briskly, pausing for a moment be-
side the disconsolate farmer, "or are
you just going in?"
mo, sir, I've just come out said
the farmer, decidedly. "Mr. Evarts IL
talking in there"
What about?" asked the stranger.
well, he didn't say" the farmer
answered, passing a knotted hand
across his forehead.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28
Novel Way of
Exercising the Bull

Prof. Fraser, head of the dairy de-
partment of the University of Illi-
nois, has invented a neat arrange
ment for exercising the herd bull.
This includes tread power, on which
the bull can work off his surplus en-
ergy. Z. narrow gangway leads from
the bull pen to the tread power, this
gangway being for the man that leads
the bull The animal is some feet be-
low the gangway, which is protected
by strong fence from a possible at
tack by the bull. The herdsman mere
ly has to use the rope attached to the
ring in the nose of the bull and does
not have to use the staff, as the bull
is at too great a disadvantage TO make
him dangerous
On the tread power in question the
heavy Holstetin bull at the head of the
herd exercises himself daily for an
hour or more. The tread power is not
attached to any kind of machine for
doing farm work, and Prof. Fraser
says he is merely wearing out sole
leather On a farm the power could
he made useful for doing any kind of
work that had to be done every day,
such as running the separator.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28
But Who Can Conquer Fate7

"The best way to defeat and con-
quer danger is to march right up to it
and strike it between the eyes" says
the Baltimore American. The man
who is about to be run down by an
automobile should remember this
Kansas City Journal.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28

ers of the state They We're formerly
students in the agricultural college
at Madison They are going to use
this treatment on all the seed barley
they SOW in Wisconsin next year. 1t
will be year or two before all the
seed barley of the state is ridded of
the smut; for we did not find Cut the
treatment till this year.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28

Milk Tests.--Milk tests are the
foundation OF the Improvement in
dairy cattle. We cannot know what
steps to take in improving the herd
till We know the capacity of each COW
to produce good milk.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-03-28

Trim the Trees.-lt wouldn't be
bad idea to go into the orchard and
remove the dead and blighted limbs
from the trees; and a dressing of
good barnyard manure around the
trees viii help to bring better crop
next season.
The Lamar register., 1907-02-06
IIOME-TRADE CLUBS
They Should Be Organized
and AcfiUe in Every
Community.
PATR0NlzE HOME MERCHANTS
Tho Great Danger to Local Interests
That Are Found In the Mail
Order observation-disclosures
the Public.

copyrighted. 1906. by Alfred C. Clark
Why should we trade at home?
Why should we consider home in any
way more than any other place unless
II pays us financially? First. because
Il Is our home. The pride we should
take in the prosperity Of our home
town and our neighbors should be suf-
ficient inducement to give them the
preference. Second, because beyond
AL doubt or question, 1t pays from n
money point.
The greatest menace to the couotry
Merchant to-day is the mail order
business, and with the decline OF the
country merchant comes inevitable
Il So to the citizens of both town and
country. What at first was considered
a great convenience and an exhibition
or commendable enterprise has grown
to be one of the crying commercial
evils. The success of the mail order
house is the result of constant, ex-
tcnsive and intelligent advertising. 1t
is not by persistent swindling as some
tall us, for no business was ever built
up In that way. The home merchant
cin do no better than to adopt the
same method. the judicious use Of
printers ink.
while the merchants are the heac-
test immediate losers. and could Go
The Lamar register., 1907-02-06
Heard LincoIn's First
Inaugural Address
Newspaper Correspond Recalls M naentous Event
Which Ushered In a Nelu Historic Era in Amer
ica--A Memorial Message.

1t was little after one O'Clock
when the outgoing and incoming
presidents, arm in arm. entered the
capitol, proceeding immediately to
the presidents room, whence they
emerged in a few minutes preceded
by the marshal of the district, judges
of the supreme court. and sergeant
alarms. and followed by the senators,
diplomatic corps, heads of depart
ments. governors of states and others,
and made their way to a small
wooden pavilion. under which Mr..
Lincoln stood while he delivered his
memorable message. Chief Justice
fancy, old, shriveled to the bone,
with face like parchment, muffied In
his silken robes. sat In front of the
array of judges. Close by stood
Douglas, so near in fact that Mr. Lin
coin, finding no place on or under the
small reading table provided for him
on which to deposit his hat, handed
1t over to his mighty rival. who held
it carefully till the address was fin
ished.
Mr.. Lincoln's voice was clear and
penetrating, and was distinctly heard
far and near among the assembled
multitudes. which preserved unbroken
silence from the beginning to the end.
The Lamar register., 1907-02-06
L,ncoLn's Life Story
Struggle for an Education Told in His
Own Words.

my father. at the death Of his ia
Their, was but six years of age. and he
grew up literally without education.
He removed from Kentucky to what is
now Spencer county, Indiana. in my
eighth year. We reached our new
home about the time the state came
into the union. 1t was a wild region
with many bears and other Wild ami
mails still in the woods. There grew
up. There were some schools, so.
called, but no qualification was ever
required of a teacher beyond 'readin.
writin' and cipherin'' to the rule OF
three. If straggler supposed to un.
derstand Latin happened to sojourn
in the neighborhood, he was looked
upon as wizard. There was abso-
lutely nothing to excite ambition for
education. OF course. when 1 came
of age 1 did not know much. Still,
somehow, could read, write and CT
pher to the rule of three, but that was
all. l have not been to school since.
The little advance now have upon
The Lamar register., 1907-02-06
ALMONDSAND SOUPS!
FORMER rs NOT SUFFICIENTLY
APPRECIATED.
e.an Be made to Form Important In
gradients Of Many Substantial
Desserts-Two Appetlzins
Recipes for Soup.

Almonds are not nearly SO much
used in America as they are in Ger
many and Hungary. where they form
an important ingredient of many en-
trees and soups, as well as desserts.
The almond tree flowers In the spring.
producing its fruit in August. The
best sweet almonds are the Jordan"
from Malaga. In ancient times the al
mond was greatly esteemed. Jacob
included them among the presents
which he designed for Joseph. The
Romans believed that eating half
dozen secured them against drunken
ness. Almonds are considered indi-
gestible, and 1t is not well to eat too
freely of them, as they contain a
principle that produces two violent
poisons. a volatile oil and prussic acid.
They are considered least dangerous
to the digestive organs when sailed.
Almond paste is the foundation Of
some Of our most delicious candles,
Idacaroons and other French cookery.
Here is a particularly novel and ap-
petizing way of preparing them in
soup, with two other new recipes for
anups:
ALMOND SOUP.-Boil four pounds
CT lean beef with a scrag Of mutton In
two and half quarts Of water until
the meat is done and the gravy Is
rich; strain and add eight ounces Of
,rermicelli. four blades of mace. six
cloves, and boil until the spices flavor
8lanch and pound half pound Of
sweet almonds. mix little soup while
pounding, in order that the almonds
may not grow oily: add the yolks Of
six hard-boiled eggs. pound until 1t is
mere pulp, mix all together. strain.
heat, and Just before serving add a
gill of rich cream.
APPLE SOUP.-Peel and core two
pounds of good boiling apples, put
them into a stewpan with three quarts
of beef stock and stew slowly until
tender: then rub through a strainer
add six cloves. one-half teaspoon Of
white pepper. salt and cayenne to
taste. Serve with toasted bread
squares.
ARTICHOKE (JERU SALEM)
into a stewpan with four ounces Of
butter. half bunch of celery. one on.
ion. one turnip. all cut fine. and braise
Them a quarter of an hour. keeping
them well stirred. Wash and pare
four pounds of artichokes. add them
to one pint of white stock. When
these have stewed down to a pulp.
add two quarts of white stock. a tea.
spoonful of sugar. pepper and salt.
simmer five minutes and strain. Pour
back into the pan and simmer five
minutes more. Add half pint Of
boiling cream, and serve with sippets
OF bread fried In butter.
The Lamar register., 1907-02-06

momentous one. and was not free
from a sense of peril. No previous
Inauguration day had been so ushered
in.
The senate sat all the night previ.
GUS. not adjourning till after daylight
Crittenden, Douglas. Trumbull. Wig.
fail and Wade laundering against
each other in their final debate,
which. after all, was not loud enough
to keep all their colleagues awake, as
many of them lay stretched out on
the senatorial sofas. snoring a drowsy
accompaniment. The town was astir
by sunrise. with crowds gathering al
all points from the White House to
the Capitol.
Lincoln spent the early morning
hours in his rooms at Wizards, and
remember that among his callers
were David Davis, Thurlow Weed,
Leonard SWEET, Ward Lamon. with
many others not now clear In mem.
DRY.
The procession began to move
about IL o'clock. but 1t was an hour
and a half before Buchanan ap
peared. having been delayed at the
capitol in signing bills. some OF
which, it is said. got his signature
after his term of office had expired.