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The Holbrook news., 1909-07-30
The HOIbrOOk News

Published every Friday at Holbrook
 Navajo County, Arizona by
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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
Bee stings to Cure Rheumatism.

Dr. Arthur ". Swami. a surgeon at
Roosevelt hospital, for the last two
weeks has been experimenting with sue
cess on rheumatic patients in the hos
pital The treatment consists simply
of sting or stings from a good old
honey bee on that part of the anatomy
afflicted with the painful complaint
DR.. Swami comes from Stockbridge.
Mass, and when a boy he learned all
about the superstitions and legends so
dear to the heart of New Englanders,
especially the farmers. Among them
was one that a bee sting was a sure
cure or preventive of rheumatism.
Two years ago he was graduated from
the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
and since that time has been attached
to Roosevelt hospital The number of
inmates there suffering from rheuma-
tisn1 led him to remember the story of
the bee. After thinking it over for
some time he determined TO try an ex-
pertinent. He wrote to his mother
Mrs. John Swami Of Stockbridge, and
asked her to send him 100 choice honey
bees each week. The second consign-
ment arrived a day or two ago
How the treatment is given was ex-
planned to a New York Times report
err recently by DR.. Swami. He point
ed out that it was merely an expert
ment. and was based on nothing more
solid than the old New England super
stition mentioned.
II have so far tried the bee treatment
on four obstinate cases." said DR..
Swami. land at least it has resulted in
e temporary improvement in each case.
I had nothing 10 back up my belief as
to ifs efficacy except the New England
belief However, think this is based
on the fact that the sting causes a
counter irritation, or that the peculiar
poison of the bee sting acts as an anti
dote to the uric acid which causes
II picked out four of the worst suf-
terers from rheumatism, those whose
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
technique.

take little bunch of words and set
EN- in a row,
I take a little bit of ink and maEfS 'om
down just so:
1 take a little time and pains and then
| have verse
That starts about as this one does or
maybe slightly worse.
And then I go back to the start and
criss and cross and scratch.
| vaccinate my words until l find me
some that match
The pretty thoughts that dart about
like silver fish and shine.
But need patient. watehful hook to
get 'em on the line
My thoughts melt into words sometimes
not always-now and then.
And I can feel 'em coming down my
arm and through my pen,
only have to push it Ger the paper
and il spells
For you and all my other chums the
things my fancy tells;
Just like boy with building blocks,
move my words about
When / have something in my mind
and try to work it out,
Until in orderly array L get 'em in a
row
Just as I think they ought to be and
write 'em down just so.
And so just with some words l paint
the pictures that 1 think
The boys and girls who live in me and
set 'em down in ink.
And sometimes there's a tear in it, and
sometimes there's smile
And there is many grassy bank and
many a vine-groWn stile:
And many lane that you would know
if you could be with me.
To look right where my pen is now and
l could help you see;
merely take a lot. of words and place
EN- in a row
And build such pretty. things if 1 can
get EN- down just so.
j. w Foley
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
Food Value of Alcohol,
(The Hospital.)

NIHe f1OSplldl.)
That alcohol does something both tee
totalers and drunkards are agreed, and
any medical man who wants a desired
effect in a patient can clearly judge by
his clinical sense whether it is or is not
obtained by a certain dose of alcohol.
These considerations apply to the So
called dietetic as well as to the purely
medicinal use of alcoholic beverages. In
the former case, however, we must new
er lose sight of the fact that a certain
quantity of fluid must be taken by the
body during the day, and that the taste
and flavor of this fluid may consider
ably influence the nutritive value that
a given individual can extract from a
given diet.
There are certainly many people who
take the lighter forms of alcoholic bev-
erage. as, for instance, wine and beer
not because they want or they like the
alcohol. but because they can digest and
assimilate their food better with a drink
of specific flavor. only to be obtained
as by-product of alcoholic fermenta-
ton under certain conditions. In these
cases the flavor is the essential active
principle and the alcohol is the adju-
want
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
Alcohol and Insanity.

Perhaps it is without the province of
the layman to enter controversy on a
subject of which he is lily informed
The president of the state commission
in lunacy is credited with the statement
that So per cent of the cases in Man
haitian hospital were caused by alcohol
ism. DR.. William Gaertner of this city
challenges the conclusion. Referring
to the head of the commission, he says:
If he were a man of scientific incli-
nation, he would not have made such a
misleading statement to the public-a
statement which will be used by the
prohibition fanatics as welcome argu-
ment in their crusade against the per-
sonal liberty of our citizens. For this
reason the public ought to be informed
about the facts.
We are not interested in the ''prohi-
bition fanatics" which seem to brighten
the good doctor He may be entirely
right in questioning DR.. Ferris report
1t would seem, however, that German
hospitals are reaching the conclusion
that alcohol is not good for their pa
tients. In 1905 DR.. Delbruck of Bremen
published the result of a circular of in
quiry sent to the insane asylums in
German speaking countries which
showed that in thirty institutions the
patients received no alcoholic drinks
In ninety-two institutions patients suf-
fering from alcoholism received none
Since then the movement has been
spreading. and there is now a larger
number of the insane asylums in which
alcohol is not only withheld from the
patients, but is entirely removed from
the institution. In Wurtemberg asylum,
Schussenried. alcohol is retained only
for medicinal purposes. The business
managers of one institution even went
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
Desperate Man Under Temptation.

When a social upheaval takes place
the established order is momentarily de-
throned by riot the law disappears.
property is plundered: but what harm
can befall the man who has nothing"
asks Father Bowling, the Jesuit econo-
mist. will he be robbed? Misery
work: hunger will be his ut. But do
you not see that he CANDLES at a high
stake, and there are hundreds of thou
sands like him? He realizes that many
of his fellows will suffer; he may him
self be unfortunate enough to be caught,
but he can hardly be worse off than he
is. Put him into prison; it is not much
worse than his usual condition. Give
him prison fare: ii is as good as his
ordinary diet Deprive him of his lib
erty: he was never anything else but
a slave of toll. Fling upon his Shout
ders the convict garb; it is as good as
he has been accustomed to. That is the
way the desperate man reasons While
he is in rebelliOus mood against man
and God. tempter comes and says to
him: 'Imbecile, coward, fool; why have
You allowed yourself to be stripped;
what prevents you from recovering
what you have lost: what are you
afraid Of; you can lose nothing but
your chains? With such advice ringing
in his ears, what is to be expected of
the disinherited fortune. who has no
hope or fear to check him. no moral
law to guide him. no religion to COM
fort him, no God to fold him to His
compassionate heart
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03

joints and limbs were stiffened by the
disease After washing the afflicted
parts with alcohol, so as to insure per
feet cleanliness. 1 put two or three bees
into a glass and then inverted the glass
over the limb, which / had covered
with a piece of thin gauze.
After while the bees got busy, and
when the patient had been stung once
or twice they were removed. The pa
tient is watched very closely. and the
treatment renewed daily, the number of
bees being increased until have seen
as many as ten bees under the glass
at a time.
las said, the results have been most
satisfactory, but it is too early yet to
say anything about the ultimate result
of my experiments. l hope to try it
out on some SO or 70 patients before 1
come to any definite conclusion, but so
far as it has gone l am well satisfied
with the experiment"
1t is a well known fact that people
keeping bees, and those who come in
contact with them, are seldom afflict-
ed with rheumatism, although there are
those who prefer the latter to a good
sting from a yellow jacket or humble
bee
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
1T SETTLED 1T.

The late A. J. Cassatt, at a dinner at
the Philadelphia Country club was asked
his opinion of women riding horseback
astrde
Il don't altogether favor it" said Mr..
Cassatt. 1T sometimes leads to confu-
sion.
Il was driving one afternoon on Ian
caster pike when rider was thrown VIC
lently from a spirited bay horse Luckily
the accident happened in front of phar-
macy The proprietor ran forth with his
clerk. He propped up the head of the
unconscious rider and, seeing gold Gig
arctic case lying on the ground he took
it up and read: p. S. Browne, 1888 Wal
nut street
jack he shouted to his errand boy.
telephone to Mrs. Browne, 1888 Walnut
street. that her husband
But just then a tiny gold hand mir
ror with powder puff attachment. fell
from the riders trousers pocket, and the
pharmacist called:
Jack, I mean telephone Mr.. Browne
that Mrs Browne has fallen
But at this point the clerk. who had
been burning a feather under the riders
nose. tckIed her lips with 1t, and she
smiled and murmured, Jim.
Telephone Mr.. and Mrs Browne that
Miss Browne has fallen off her horse
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03


Alfred H. Lowe of Philadelphia, pres
ident of the Universal Peace union, was
talking on the topic, peculiarly congen-
ial to him, kindness. Said he:
Il once knew a remarkably kind boy.
He was a great angler. There was a
trout stream in his neighborhood that
ran through a rich mans estate. Per-
mits to fish the stream could now and
then be obtained, and the boy was
lucky enough to have permit
"One day he was fishing with an
other boy when a game keeper sud-
denly darted forth from a thicket. IRE
lad with the permit uttered cry of
fright, dropped his rod and ran off at
top speed. The game keeper pursued
him.
For about a half mile the game keep
er was led a swift and difficult chase
Then, worn out. the boy halted. The
man seized him by the arm and said be-
tween pants:
Have you permit to fish on this
estate?'
Yes, to be sure said the boy quiet-
ly.
You have? Then show it to me-
1.-THE boy drew the permit from his
pocket. The man examined it ard
frowned in perplexity and anger.
Why did you run when you had
this permit he asked.
ITO let the other boy get away Was
the reply. He didn't have none -
Harper's Weekly.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
What Picases Her.

1t pleases a woman to be called SEN
sible.
To be pronounced well dressed.
To be told she is fascinating.
To hear that she improves a man by
her mpanionship.
To depend on some man. and pretend
all the time that she is ruling him.
To be treated courteousy and with re-
spect. and to be talked to reasonably.
To be treated sensibly and honestly
to be considered and questioned and
not treated as a butterfly. a woman
with no head and no heart
II pleases her to be loved and admired
by man who is strong enough to rule
and subdue her, and make his way her
way. TO lead and protect her.
Finally, it pleases her to find happi-
ness in being ruled by an intellect that
she can regard with admiration, and
one to whom her mind bows in respect
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03

Don't.

Don't bite thread. Ladies who do
much sewing frequently suffer a great
zeal from soreness of the mouth. and
are at loss to ascertain the trouble.
Half the time it is simply the result of
biting off thread instead of using a pair
of shears for cutting. In the case OF
silk thread the danger is gu te marked.
because it is usual to soak the thread
in acetate of lead. partly to harden it,
and also. perhaps. to increase it's
weight somewhat. If this practice is
followed regularly, and very much silk
thread is used, the result may be quite
serious, and even lead to blood poison
ing
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
A PRAYER.

Lord, let me dwell I'm sweet content
Wherever / may be;
And take the SORROWS 70 me sent
As precious gifts from Thee.
Let me not live in shadowy gloom
Because some cloud Is near.
But let me look beyond the hour
And see the sunshine clear.
Help me within my soul to keep
OF love so great a store,
That some sad soul in sorrow STEPPED
May find sweet hope once more.
Dear Lord, so many joys are mine,
or ills so few appear
/ must be happy in my life
And feel that Thou are near
C. A. Winternitz, in the Springfield
Republican.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
At the Neon Hour.

Molie is the busiest of busy girls.
She is q stenographer in q city law
Office, and is at her desk from s
o'clock in the morning until al
night, with an hours incoming. Yet in
her crowded days she somehow finds
opportunities to do countless little
kindnesses-some. trifling in themselves
It is true, but representing. even in a
weeks time. total which should put
10 shame many less occupied people.
She went into the public library at
the noon hour the other day 20 eX
change her book and her eyes fell at
once upon a slim girl standing near
one of the tables. 1t is characteristic
OF Mollie to notice Immediately when
people are embarrassed or perplexed.
and I'm this particular instance she
wasted no time. Stepping up to the
stranger. she said with a quick, bright
smile: You want 20 return your book,
don't you? Just hand it in at that left
hand window.
The girl looked up with evident re-
lief "Oh, thank you" she exclaimed,
i've never been here before, and 1
didn't know at ali what to do
A moment later she came back 10
the table where Mollie was seated.
looking over a catalogue. Mollie
thought she detected tinge of visit
fulness in the glance bent upon her,
and she turned her head wit ha smile.
Have you made out a list Of the books
you want?" she asked.
The girl fingered the yellow card
nervously. NO. I haven't" she ad
United. This is my aunts card, and
she's going to let me use IL. I've never
read many books. and ] don't know
what to get" She turned the leaves
of the catalogue in q discouraged way
and added. Seems as If it would be
easier If there weren't so many TO
choose from
Perhaps I can help you. Mollie
suggested. thinking over the books she
Lad read which would likely prove of
interest to this plain rather Sull-look-
ing girl For some minutes the two
heads bent together over the long list
OF books and authors. while Mollie
asked questions and set down one
number after another on a slip Of pa
per.
There" she said at length. You
are sure to get something good from
all these. They are interesting, and
besides that I found they helped me-
A real good book is like a good friend
don't you think so? Now. all you have
to do Is to take your place in that line
and hand your slip TO the attendant
Good bye."
Good bye" the girl answered: and
then she added, awkwardly enough: |
I'm ever so much obliged to you
And there was an earnest light in her
ewes that was eloquent.
il was five minutes TO one. Mollle
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03

so far as to offer for public sale the
entire stock of cider in order to Danish
all alcohol.
If the stimulant is deleterious to the
patient after he becomes insane, as
would appear from the action OF the
German institutions surely it is not
good for him prior to his incarceration.
Alcohol may not be the direct cause
of insanity i'm anyone, but the hilarious
individual who persistently Furnishes
liberal potations sooner or later becomes
incompetent for any purpose.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
Uomdn'S U)orId
Conducted by Helene Vaieau.

her head. Il shan't have time to get
another book today" she said to her
self. But never mind; it will do just
as well tomorrow" And at one o'clock
she was back al her desk, never
dreaming how much her simple sacri-
flee had Frightened a life that had eX-
perienced sadly little of helpfulness or
kindness.-The Girls Companion
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
THE BEST THING In THE WORLD

What's the best thing in the world?
June rose by May dew impearled;
Sweet south wind that means no rain;
Truth not cruel to a friend:
Pleasure not in haste to end;
Beauty not self-decled and curled
Till its pride is over-plain:
Light that never makes you wink;
Memory that gives no pain;
Love when so you're loved again,
What's the best thing in the world?
Something out of it, L think.
Eliza beth Barrett Browning
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
Essentials of Oratory.
CWashineton Starl

washington Starr
Il have my speech nearly complet-
ed
II suppose you have marshaled your
arguments in serried ranks?"
mo; l haven't taken up that part of
it. But 1 have selected my anecdotes"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
HELENE vALEAU's ANSWERS,

known character and authority of her
replies need no introduction to those
already familiar with her ability. Miss
Naieau viii take a kindly and personal
interest in those who write to her, and
VIII spare no pains in seeing that their
inquiries are answered fully and care
Iuily. Write only OH one side of the
paper. Address letters to Miss Helene
aleau, Intermountain Catholic.
-
Can you give me or tell me some
thlng to bleach piano keys stained by
smoke? They are quite yellow and j
same. TT
Wash the keys with alcohol and
wipe dry. Then lay on them strips OF
canton flannel wet with oxalic acid.
Cover the wood below the keys care
iully that the acid may not drip upon
H. Lay oiled silk over the wet strips
10 Keep the acid from too rapid evapo-
ration, and leave thus for some hours.
repeat the process If necessary.
X X
T. s.: What is the best way to take
care Of the eyebrows so they may be
shaped we'll and be thick?
There are eyebrow brushes for sale
IN the shops, but a small, fine tooth
prush answers the purpose With il
'AiS CS tbiONS SnOulQ De DfuSleQ night
and morning to promote their gloss
and train them into shape. If thin a
drop of almond or olive oil or "A little
Naseline should be rubbed into them
before brushing The eye needs the
protection of dark lashes and broWs
and is strengthened by them. so this
is care which the health dictates as
we'll as beauty.
l have used green soap treatment
with success. Now / would like a To-
. ton for refining my skin.
Battle your face with the following
lotion two or three times a day: 125
grams Of rosewater so grams OF gly-
cerin, 80 grams of alcohol 80 grams of
tincture of benzoin. and 25 grams of
boric acid. Dissolve the boric acid
first in alcohol, add the glycerin then
the rosewater. and last of all the tine
ture Of benzoin. This will not only
close the pores and make the flesh firm
and smooth. but il will remove much
of the oil from the cuticle, so that the
blackheads Will not return.
X * );
My nose is red most of the time. Is
there any cure for this? / am in good
health. do not drink or coffee nor lace.
Your red nose is due to lack of
proper circulation of the blood. You
should exercise In the open air Walk
ing and horseback riding are both
good. Walking as a means of locomo-
ton and walking as exercise are two
different things. In order to make
walking beneficial as an exercise it
should be done quickly and br.skly.
with some Vigor, so as 10 bring into
play the muscles of the upper part of
the body: the arms should swing so
mat the circulation may be stirred
The skin of noses which become red is
usually delicate. You may tougher the
skin - using cologne and water in
equal parts. Tannic acid in glycer;n
twenty grains of the tannic acid to-
one ounce of glycerin) applied night
and morning viii often relieve the red
ness.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
You'll Win Out.

You'll win out if you don't give up.
When you're called on to drink some
bitter cup,
Drink it and smile as a brave man
should,
But don't retreat.
Life is a game that you've got to play;
1t is not all worry and not all gay,
Some of it's bad and some of it's good,
And the bitter is mixed with the sweet.
The world is kind TO strong man
when
He fights when he falls to get up
again;
But 1t has no place for the man who
fails
And stands in his tracks and means
and walls.
Never bow down to the weight of the
yoke:
Laugh at knock as you laugh at a
joke.
Cut out the worry and cut out the
doubt,
And you'll win out.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
Women's Whims.
(Atchiscn GIobe.O

IAIVIIISIII UIUUF.J
A woman always gets cross when
she has to get up to let her husband
in. but she doesn't mind it at all to get
up and let the cat out
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03

Then steal away, give little warning.
Choose thine own time;
Say not good night" but in some hap.
pier cline
Bid me good morning"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-03
NV Wish.

Life! we have been long together.
Through pleasant and through cloudy
weather.
IT'S hard to part when friends are dear;
Perhaps twill cost a sigh, a tear
Evening star., 1909-06-27
FOUND DEAD IN HIS BATHROOM
Secretary of Newark Company Kills
Himself From Overwork

ELIZABETH, n. j., June pa self
inflicted revolver shot in the temple end
ed today the life of John r. Halsey, sec
retary of the Celluloid Company of New
ark with offices in New York city. Hal
sey was found dead in the bathroom of
his handsome residence here. Beside the
body lay a revolver with one chamber
empty.
Overwork and depression from the heat
are assigned by the family as the proba
BILE reasons for the suicide.
Halsey was to have joined his wife and
children at Avon-by- ,AeSea last night
but instead came here and went to his
residence, which was in charge of care
taker. Alarmed by tie failure of her
husband TO reach the seaside resort, Mrs
Halsey called up the local police, who
today broke into the house and discov-
cred the suicide Mr. Halsey was thirty
eight years old.