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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06
CHIVES OF THE
ONION FAMILY

This is a vegetable not widely
known in this country, although 1t is
native along the northern borders of
the United States as well as in some
parts of Europe where it is popular.
The plant belongs to the onion fam
lily and its leaves are used for sea
soning in soups, salads, etc, and are
preferred to onions by many persons
because they are much milder and
more tender. Europeans use chives
for seasoning scrambled eggs and sim
liar dishes.
The culture OF chives is simple.
The plant will grow in any ordinary
garden soil. 1t is usually propa'
gated by division of the roots, be.
cause It does not seed readily. The
roots or clumps of roots may be pur
chased at moderate prices. The clumps
should be planted in beds about nine
inches apart in rows which are two
feet apart. The planting may be done
in either spring or autumn. The
chives may also be planted in the Dor
der of the vegetable garden and make
an excellent permanent border. AS o
border plant the clumps should be
planted about six inches apart The
leaves will grow thickly and form
dense green mat.
After the plants are once estah.
lished they require little attention, oc.
casionally watering in dry weather
helping to keep them fresh. 1t is
good plan to break up and replant
the border or beds every three or four
years as the continued cutting of the
leaves for table use tends to weakeE
the plants.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

the presence Of numerous gland lobules
with their containing a lueoli and Sc
cretory cells. II coupled with this we
have an udder that is not fleshy but
soft and pliable we have further rea.
son to believe that at least the milk
secreting machinery gives promise of
fulfilling its destined purpose and at
the same time filling the pail with
the white foaming milk. You cannot
separate 1000 pounds of milk per hour
by means of a separator with capa-
city Of 400 pounds. Much less can you
expect to obtain 40 or so pounds from
an udder with a five-pound secreting
capacity. Some cows appear as If Ma
ture had forgotten to leave a place for
the udder The second point, that of
the power TO digest and asslmilate
food, is in part indicated by the size of
the abdomen and in part by the nerv-
Gus energy of the COW. A large
bread basket" is essential This is
true of both the beef and dairy type
of animal. II there is only sufficient
room TO hold enough for the prcduc-
ton of heat and energy for the animal
body, the chances OF profit are GER
tainly not bright Large abdominal ca
pacity is imperative, and in buying a
COW for dairy purposes this should be
paid due attention.
Along with this is desired a COW Of
good dairy temperament The eye
should be full and prominent, showing
nervous force. The general appear
ance of the COW should give the i'm
preston OF power. power 10 produce a
large amount OF milk aid TO do II
economically. There is an inexpres.
sible sense Of the fitness" OF the COW
for the work to be perform, cd.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

The amount of bloodfow passing
through the udder is indicated by the
size and length of milk veins. These
should be large, long, and tortuous,
ending in pronounced openings through
the abdominal wall. These openings
are known as milk wells.
Besides the points just mentioned
there is the question of constitution.
The vital organs of a COW, called upon,
as they are, to assist in the perform
ance of extremely arduous work, must
have room to perform their action.
The floor of the chest should not be
tucked up and should have sufficient
width to allow freedom of action OF
heart and lungs. How many cows do
we see that lack in constitution? This
makes them susceptible to all manner
of illness and leaves them unable to
perform with any degree of efficiency
their natural functions.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

"And so you are Cal Atterson's
boy" said Lin Jucklln as he sat down
on the steps of the grocery store.
MY, how you young chaps come on.
And you? Alb Sarver's youngest, eh?
Hasn't seemed more than a week
since | saw you riding a stick horse
and here you are big enough TO make
love to the girls.
Don't make love to 'em? Go on
with you. I'll bet your heart has been
wrung and hung out TO dry more
than once. When ! was about your
ige ! fell sick along about tobacco-cut-
ting time, and I didn't think ! was
ever goin' to get well. The cause of
my sickness was young gal that
came into the neighborhood TO visit
her uncle. | haven't time now to tell
you how beautiful ] thought she was.
| didn't believe she belonged on the
ground at ADJUST touched 1t now and
then to accommodate the earth, you
know. She flew down from cloud
that the sun was shinin' on and
didn't care TO go back. Recollect how
astonished was the first time | ever
saw her eat. thought she Just natur.
ally sucked the honey out of the hon
eysuckle along with the hummin'
birds, and when | saw her worryin'
with an ear of boiled corn big enough
to scare a twoyear-old calf | went out
and leaned against the fence. But It
didn't hurt my love any. / thought
she did IL just to show that she might
possibly be human being She didn't
want us all TO feel bad. One night
| groaned so that mother came to
me and wanted to put mustard plas-
ters on me. She lowed that mebby
she might draw out the inflammation.
She thought had somethin' the mat
ter with my stomach because / had
lost my appetite. told her that |
had an inflammation she couldn't
draw out with yoke of steers. Then
she thought ! ought to have an emet-
lc. ! said that If she had one that
| would make me throw up my soul she
! might fetch Il along, but otherwise
| II would be as useless as saying NEW
| TO a dead cat. Then she thought
must be crazy and came mighty nigh
hittin the mark. tell you.
"A few days afterward, about the
| time | was at the height of my fever
| | met the girl in the road and she
| smiled at me, and | ran against a
beech tree and II | didn't knock the
bark off I'm the biggest liar in the
world. When | came to | had my arm
around a sheep, walkin' "cross the
woods pasture.
MY. my, what a time that was to
| live. The sun had just riz for the
first time and they had just called VI
the birds to give out the songs tc
them. They want quite done settin
the stars out in the sky, and they
| hadn't put more than one coat o
whitewash on the moon. Music-it
want there till she came, and the
orchards bloomed as she walked along
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

thing that would have made that par.
ticular letter memorable.
In the same class as the noninclos-
ers are those who say, "Of course,
George will have written you about
the mysterious happenings in the
house of Cynthia Alendale. How do
you account for them?"
1t is more than likely that If George
has written at all he will have said,
Il suppose that Emma has told you all
about the blcod.curdling affair at
Cynthia Alendale's so | will not waste
your time by telling you about 1t. But
wasn't it awful? What are we com.
ing to-"
If only George and Emma had as
sumed that the other had not told a
single thing about the interesting af-
fair, Here and there are people who
hate TO receive letters, but most of us
are human (Heaven be praisedD and
so in writing put in all the human
touches you can think of. and don't
assume that the other fellow" has
written all the interesting news be-
cause you may depend upon it he
hasn't.
And remember to put in the in.
closure even II you forget TO post the
letter containing Il.
Copyright, by James Pott & Coz
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

Il tell you love can't stand much
laughin' at. It's the tenderest plant
that ever peeped out of the soft lap
of creation. and in laughter Il there is
no sympathy there's frost. When q
feller stops lovin' he sees more than
he did before and yet he is binder.
lie sees more in other folks, but sees
that they amt like the one he loved.
And the reason that so few people
marry first love is because that sort
of love takes hold as II 1t wanted TO
kill. Don't appear that anything else
will satisfy II. There's no use tryin'
TO dodge II, boys; a thief in the night
can't slip up on you half so sly. 1t is
the oldest thing in the world. but
IL is so new that nobody knows yet
how TO handle ii. 1t makes ignorance
as wise as god aud hangs a lamp
with perfumed oil where darkness al
ways fell before. A good many of the
Old chaps make fun of II, but when
they do you may know that they amt
nothin' but money getters. and that
marks the death Of the soul. Does me
good to look at you young fellers;
like to think of the sweet misery
you've got to go through with. oh,
yes, there's more than one love. It's
like the rheumatism. One attack may
be worse than the others, but it's all
rheumatism just the same, and no
matter how light you've got 1t you
know when it's there. So you are
Alb Sarver's boy. What's your pap
doin' today"
"Arguin' politics with a feller when
l left home"
well, he was always a mighty hand
to argue. haven't seen him in a long
| time. It's a good ways to your house,
amt it?"
About ten miles"
"Yes, and the miles get longer and
! the days shorter as we grow CIDER.
But no matter how old we get, IL the
| heart remains sound, we never forget
that rheumatism |. told you about I
wouldn't give the memory of 1t for
| hardly anything in the world. One
of these days you will see her comm
down the road, a maxim the orchards
1
wonder how you can live another min
1t, and you'll wish yourself dead just
to make her feel bad. II she laughs at
anything anyone else says it will send
a knife blade through your heart, and
If she sighs you'., think it's ever some
other feller. There'll be no such thing
as pleasin' you, but I'd rather have it
in store for me than a mountain range
made of gold. Well, boys, it's about
time | was a goin' on home. There's a
woman there that / fell in love with
years ago, and l haven't fallen out
with her yet.
$50 you are Alb Sarver's boy. You
make me think, my son. 1t was your
daddy that told the girl had met a
bull, and it was your nanny that
made the orchards bloom"
Copyright, by Opie Read.)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

almost without warning, her iather
was stricken with blindness, and then
The daughter, taking leaf out OF Dick
ems, determined to play Dot to his
Caleb, and with that in view she
bought piano player on the install
ment plan.
Her father had been away for some
weeks when the automatic player
came TO the house, and upon his re-
turn she said TO him: Father, dear
would you like TO hear some music?
And her father said: Il would, in
deed. daughter, IL you can play some
Tor me. want to see II YOU have im-
proved during my absence
So the old gentleman sat himself
down on the sofa and turned his ear
toward the piano, and the daughter
put Hungarian Rhapsody by Lszt
in its place and started the mechanism
When she came TO an end her Ia
.her called her 10 him and kissed her
upon ner forehead and patted her
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

down the lane But she didn't appear
to know Il, and want to tell you that
marveled at such ignorance.
Il didn't have the courage to go
straight up to her, and one night at
meetin', when was feastin' my soul
with merely lookin' at her, up walked
a feller and asked II he might take her
home. looked at him, quick-like, ex-
pectin' 10 see him drop dead. but he
didn't. Then ! waited for the light
min to strike him, but IL didn't. Then
waited for her TO kill him with a
look, but she didn't. She smiled and
said yes. Then sneaked outside and
whetted my knife on my boot. There
want power enough on earth to keep
me from bathin my hands in his
blood. Mother saw that there was
somethin' wrong with me and she
came out and asked me II | was sick.
told her | was dyin', but before
bid farewell to the earth | was goin'
to cut n scoundrel into strips and
feed him TO the dogs. But pap he
came and took the knife away from
me and said IL he heard any more
such talk he'd tan my hide till II was
fitten for shoestrings. ! don't know
how ] got home that night, but after
a long time | found myself smoth-
erin in bed. There was well In the
yard and ! thought Id slip out and
drown myself. Just then ! heard a
rooster crow, and recollectin that
there was to be fight over across
the creek within a few days, | de-
cided that mebby / still had somethin'
to live for
But / didn't give up my idea OF
vengeance on that feller, and one day
met him as | was comm along the
road. lowed that before tsocked
him down it would be well to merm
him as to how he stood in my opin.
ion, and ! started out and | don't know
what might have said If he had Civ
en- me n chance. But he didn't. He
didn't appear to think that there were
stars enough. so he began to knock
them out of my eyes and | saw some
of them as they sailed away. Among
them was a comet with tail about as
long as a well chain. When came to
a muley COW was ringin' her bell over
my head. propped my eyes open til
could get home, and they covered
me with fresh meat and left me tC
think over the situation.
1T was no laughin' matter, boys
| I'll tell you that. The next day the
| girl came over. She said that she
heard that bull had met me and dis
agreed with me. What a lie that fel
low had told her; and she insisted OF
seem me. She came into the room
and / looked at her through a hole il
beeisteak. She laughed. Oh
don't blame her now, you understand
but just at that moment my love
stubhed its toe and fell, and fell hard
want to remark. She said she wa!
awful sorry for me and said she
acted like 1t.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

cheek and said: "What a dear little
thing it is and how much IT loves
to please its papa. Paderewsh might
interpret II differently but he could
not play 1t any faster"
And while the daughters pride and
her conscience were having it out be-
tween them, her father said: "Daugh-
ter, l toe have a surprise"
He turned toward her and contin-
ued: while in New York l visited
an -,ulist and ] can now see as well
as l ever could. How much do you
have TO pay month for the thing?"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06
Puzzles In Millinery.

"The hats this last winter have been
puzziers TO even their owners" said
the well-dressed woman, as she care
fully adjusted before the mirror a
handsome creation OF velvet and
plumes. when | went to my mil.
liners a few days ago with this hat
on she looked at me minute in sur
prise, and then said: You are not
wearing your hat right She removed
it and replaced 1t as she had intended
ii TO be worn, and then ! saw that all
winter had been walking ono way
and wearing my hat ths otleT."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

After ALL John Hay did write "The
Breadwinners," novel that had con-
siderable vogue 25 years ago. 1t was
published anonymously before the au.
thor had made reputation as one OF
the greatest secretaries of state the
country ever had, and the secret was
kept, although suspected, until at last,
states the Youths Companion, Mrs.
Hay has consented that the credit
which belonged TO her dead husband
shall be given to him In an account
of the book in "A Manual of American
Literature" recently published.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

1t may be questioned whether In
modern annals queerer accident ever
happened than that which caused the
death OF man on road near Phila.
delphia. He was picking danGelions
growing under wall along the road
when a passing trolley car jumped the
track as It neared him and, running
squarely at him, crushed him TO death
against the wall. Not the most vivid
Imagination could conceive OF such
a tragedy, and yet. according to the
laws Of probability, says the Balti.
more American, It will not happen
again for two or three generations.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06
FEED TROUGH
WITH COVER

A successful poultryman suggests
the following style OF feed trough,
which can be built with hammer and
saw at small cost
Use an inch board, II inches wide
and any length you wish the trough to
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

west receives loving letter from his
mother, in which, aftDr telling him all
the little inconsequences of his native
village, she says, Il did not know
what to get you for your birthday and
so inclose n fivedollar bill"
Imagine the feelings of the poor ten
derfoot, down TO his last cent, when
he finds that she has forgotten the in.
closure. II only she had forgotten the
village gossip and remembered the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

II Is very discouraging. Here is the
Ladys Pictorial of London saying:
I'VE do not want all women to be
smart and energetic; she who can be
merely gentle and charming and
eracious--and shall We not even say
helpless? maintains the ideal OF
womanhood for man to worship"
More mollycoddles.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

There being considerable stretch
of real estate intervening between
France and Turkey it is perfectly safe
for the two countries to make faces
at each other.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

HEARD a beau
tiful story the
other day about
an afflicted father,
n loving daughter,
and n piano.
II seems that
the father had
long wished his
daughter to be-
come a proficient
performer on the
piano, and the
daughter, distrust-
ing her own capa-
bilities, had made
up her mind that
she could never
play well enough
to make her de-
votion of hours
and hours OF prac-
tice worth while.
Suddenly, and
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

A problem in all countries is to
keep the young men in the small
towns. The remedies suggested are
many. but we fail to find the most
practical and the most potent. The
way to keep the young men anywhere
is to keep the pretty girls in the
same neighborhood.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

II Is said that Madame Adelina Pat
Ii plans another farewell tour of
America. America is pretty well ac-
customed TO this sort of thing, but
the former diva should remember that
even over here We have a little say
ing about the turning of the patient
worm.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

Several more desirable customs
than the manufacture OF dynamite
bombs would be welcomed from an
archistic immigrants This is n habit
which should be left with the old
folks at home.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

Three Chicago men claim to have
discovered process by which human
bodies can be turned into metal.
There are plenty already who are evil
IDENTIFY made of brass.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

As regards the hen, furthermore, she
has one conspicuous advantage over
the COW. II is harder to counterfeit,
adulterate or otherwise impair the
usefulness of her output
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06
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lNCLOSE an in,
teresting clipping
that will appeal
especially to you.
Let me know
what you think Of
it,"
And then she
doesn't inclose II
and the recipient
Of her letter vain
ly hunts for IL.
The noninclos-
ing habit follows
the postal route
all over the world.
II can be car
ried 10 madden
ing extremes, as
when the young
nj an W h o S
stranded in the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

be. Rip the board lengthwise a falf
inch from the center, so that one-half
of 1t is 5la inches wide and the re-
meinder is 6ia. Nail together at Iht
angles as a trough; then nail two
boards lixl2 inches for end pieces,
so they Will extend three inches above
the trough. Make cover OF l2.inch
board to project and fasten to ond
pieces with rough T hinges.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

A southern paper remarks that no
one ever saw merry widower.r This
is n very gallant, II not very accurate,
statement, for naturally, gallantly
speaking. why should there ever be a
merry widower?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

The price of coal is decreasing. says
news report. However, this was to
be expected Now the really wonder
full thing would happen If the price of
coal were to decrease in the autumn
instead of the glad springtime.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

Commenting on the danger Of trust
ing women 10 run motor cars, an
Ohio mayor suggests that the only
proper machine for woman to run is
the sewing machine. We should be
more willing to confine our women to
these useful contrivances II they had
electric motors to drive them. 1t
would be we'll If some of the power
spent in driving automobiles were APP
piled 10 necessary domestic engines,
which ia many homes overtaX the feet
that push the treadles,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

The marriage of a prosperous medi'
cine manufacturer to an actress gives
assurance that there is hope for the
American drama
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

We have It on the word Of an Eng
lish scientist that the north pole, pre-.
sumably having grown weary Of wait
ing TO be discovered, Is coming south.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

Here is another indication that busi
ness is improving at home and abroad.
The commercial papers announce that
room on vessels has been engaged for
shipping 10000 tons of pig iron from
Alabama furnaces to Mediterranean
ports. This means not only that there
is a growing demand in the old world.
but that in supplying the requirements
American producers will have fair
market and will be enabled to give en-
ployment to Sore American labor,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

A Boston man is offering $50 reward
for treatment that will cure a par
rot of the habit OF repeating profanity.
Why not try the AK?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

A professor Of morals will be the
first essential II the country ever has
correspondents school.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

a British report says that America
is facing a timber famine. At any
rate. 1t is not a presidential timber
famine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

The affair of the Congo seems TO be
one of those matters which will never
be settled until IL is settled right
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

The Best Wneat.-Defagre was
found TO be the best spring wheat
and Turkey Red the best winter VII eat
for milling purposes in a test ut Ma
Colorado experiment station.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-08-06

Every day has its new heroes, and
good many of them are firemen.