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The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
snaiIs, Eyes"

We are all familiar with the pc
culiar structures which the COM
mon snail protrudes from its head
as it travels along, seemingly ex-
ploring the territory around by what
we are accustomed to describe as
'eyes," situated at the end of the
''feelers." But this is a misappre-
hension. 1t appears that, if the
ends bearing the so called "eyes"
are cut off. the snail, after a little
while. proceeds on its way in ex-
actly the usual way, thrusting out
its tentacles and behaving much as
before. 1t is therefore doubtful
whether this "eye" has any visual
function at all. 1t seems rather that
the tentacles, by touch or in some
other way, inform the snail of the
presence and character of neigh
boring objects.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
Had No limo to Vote.

President Zachary Taylor in 1910,
when only twenty-five years of age,
was appointed to lieutenancy in
the regular army. He served in the
army up to or near the time of his
nomination for the presidency in
1913. After he had carried off the
prize friends of Henry Clay and
others who wanted the nomination
sneeringly spoke of Taylor as an
ignorant frontier colonel. who had
not voted for forty years. 1t is
probable he had not voted, as he
had been away from home in the
military service most of the time
and came into prominence only
through his brilliant military record
in the Mexican war.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
RHEUMATISM.
My It Is Wise Not to Ignore Grow
ing Pains" In Children.

ing Pains" In Children.
Acute inhammat ny rheumatism
attacks people O. all ages and con-
ditions and is dreaded not only be-
cause of the intense pain that ac-
companies it, but also because it Of
ten leaves behind it a permanently
injured heart. This complication
is especially frequent in children.
Severe pain, with redness and SWELL
ing of the joints, makes the dag
nosis easy in most cases of inflam-
matory rheumatism in adults, but
in young children these symptoms
may be too slight to be observed.
while at the same time the heart K
suffering serious damage.
So called growing pains" MAJ
be the beginning of an attack Of
acute rheumatism, or a child, al
though it does not give up its play,
may complain that there is pain il
the soles of its feet when it stands.
If these pains are accompanied by
the least redness or swelling of any
joint and if there is also fever the
diagnosis of inhammatory rheuma-
tism is clear.
The child should be put at once
to bed and kept there all through
the acute stage of the disease. In
this way the attack may sometimes
be shortened. and the shorter it is
the less danger there is of the
heart being affected. The medical
treatment of the case should be in
the hands of competent physician.
Fortunately there are today RENE
dies for the quick control of rheu-
matism that were unknown a few
years ago, when it sometimes ran a
course of many weeks.
While the pain is severe. the
clothing should be arranged with a
view to the greatest possible COM
fort for the patient. The night
dress should be of soft flannel and
should fasten all the way down the
front, because the profuse sweats
characteristic of this disease make
frequent changes necessary. 1t is
well to have a soft blanket under
the patient, and the bedclothes
must be light, as well as warm.
Where the joints are much swollen
and very painful the clothes will
have to be lifted away from the
body by a wooden cradle. The
nurse must be deft and careful. be-
cause in the acute stage the least
clumsiness may cause the most acute
agony. so that even heavy football
is dreaded by the patient.-Youth's
Companion.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
Anvthinn but Music.

81 often met the late Jules Mas
senet in Monte Carlo" said a New
port woman. '"The great composer
had keen sense of humor.
"At "a hotel in Monte Carlo an
Englishwoman once gave NJ. Mas
senet tea in her sitting room over
looking the blue Mediterranean.
She brought out her daughter in
the middle of the tea and set her
down at the piano. and the girl
sang in a voice as slender as cot
ton thread the mirror music from
That's. At the end of the song the
hostess said:
"'Tell me frankly, cher maitre,
what do you think of my Emily's
voice?'
Madame said Massenet. 4
think the young lady has a brilliant
future in-sculpture or painting.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
Origin of the Orange.

1t is to India and to the Arabs
as middlemen that Europe, and
through Europe America, owe the
orange. The orange crossed from
Africa to Spain with Mohammedan-
ism, while probably the crusaders
are to be thanked for bringing it to
Italy and western Europe among
their trophies of the east. The very
name is really Arsbic-"naranj"-
and of eastern origin, though the
legend that it comes from two words
meaning elephant and ''be ILL.,"
because elephants ate oranges to
make themselves i'll, is absurd.
Probably in French the initial "n"
is dropped off from naranj, with the
final ''n'' of the indefinite article,
just as IAN apron" represents "a
uapron," and the spelling with an
90 points to false association with
"or" (gold).
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
Dresden Runs a Paper.

Dresden appears to be the only
town where the principle of munic-
ipal ownership extends to newspa-
pers. On his death some years ago
the proprietor of the leading Ores
den newspaper bequeathed all his
property to the town where he had
built up his fortune. and the NUM-
cipality has since run the paper on
strictly business lines. The profits,
IN accordance with the terms of DR..
Cunts will, are devoted to beautify-
ing and extending the open spaces
of the town.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
Cattle Sales

Cattle outfits are changing
hands these days at prices rang
ing from $14 to $50 around, de-
pending on the kind of cattle,
location of range, how badly
scared the owner is about the flu
ture, and how badly the purchas-
er wants to buy While money
is temporarily tight and no one
knows Just which way the cat
will jump" yet there seems to
be nothing in present conditions
or the outlook to warrant cheap
prices for either range or butch
err stuff. If the passage of new
tariff legislation should depress
prices it will be due to a scare. 3"
manipulation, or some undue in
fuence, because the country is
really and seriously short on cat
tie and is bound to continue so
for several years. Don't be
scared if cattle go down; they'll
come up again.
While there are approximately
$50, O00,0 900 cattle in the world,
and about $4,000, 900 in the Unit
ed States, yet this country, be-
cause of the superior class of
cattle, produces about one-third
of the worlds beef supply. Ar
gentina has AT cattle to every
person of population, while Aus
tralia has 2.40; Brazil 1.46; Can
ada. .98; Denmark, SO, and the
United States 1.8; Germany has
only SO and the United King
dom .26, while Italy stands at
the foot of the list with only .18.
Canada has two cattle to the
mile, the United States
20; Argentina, 26; Great Britain,
81; Germany, SO and Belgium GA.
Southwestern Stockman.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
CROSSING THE RUBICoN.
legend of the Vision That Guided Inn
perial Caesar.

legend of the Vision That Guided Inn
PeriaI Caesar.
Caesar was yet lingering on the
iIther bank of the Rubicon when
suddenly, at a point not far distant
from himself, an apparition was
deserted in a sitting posture and
holding in its hand what seemed a
flute. This phantom was of unusu-
al size, and of beauty more than
human, so far as its lineaments
could be traced in the early dawn.
What is singular, however, in the
story is that the others saw it as
well as Caesar, both pastoral la
borers (who were present probably
in the character of guides) and some
of the sentinels stationed at the
pass of the river. These men fan
cied, even, that a strain of music
issued from the aerial flute, and
some, both of the shepherds and
the Roman s0ldiers who were bold
er than the rest, advanced toward
the figure.
Among this party it happened
that there were few Roman trum-
peters. From one of these the
phantom, rising as they advanced
nearer, suddenly caught a trumpet,
and, blowing through it a blast of
superhuman strength, plunged into
the Rubicon, passed to the other
bank and disappeared in the dusky
light of the dawn. Upon which
Caesar exclaimed: cit is finished,
the die is cast! Let US follow
whittier the guiding portends from
heaven and the malice of our enc
my alike summon us to CO."
So saying, he crossed the river
with impetuosity, and, in a sudden
rapture of passionate and vindic-
tive ambition, placed himself and
his retinue upon the italian soil,
and, as if by inspiration from heav-
en-, the one moment involved him
self and his followers in treason,
raised the standard of revolt, put
his foot upon the neck of the in
vincible republic which had hum
bled all the kings of the earth,
and founded an empire which was
to last a thousand and half thou
sand years.
In what manner this spectral ap-
pearance was managed-whether
Caesar was its author or its dupe
will remain unknown forever,
but undoubtedly this was the first
time that the advance guard of a
army was headed by an
and we may conjecture
that it will be the last.-De Quin-
ceV-
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
ATOP THE SPIRE.
Thrilling Incident In the Life of Jamss
Freeman Clarke.


Freeman Clarke.
When James Freeman Clarke,
the famous Unitarian minister and
author, was young man he visited
Salisbury, England. Here the beau
tiful cathedral lifts its spire 404
feet into the air. The spire is top
ped by bali, and on the ball stands
a cross. From the ground the ball
looks like an orange, but its diam
eter is really greater than a mans
height.
Workmen were repairing the
spire. Mr. Clarke saw them crawl
ing round the slim steeple in the
golden afternoon like bugs on a
bean stalk. The impulse came to
him to climb the spire and stand
on the horizontal beam of the cross.
Accordingly at dusk. when the work
men had left, the young American
slipped in and made his way up the
stairs to the little window which
opened to the workmen's staging.
To run up the scaffolding to the
ball was easy. Then came the
slightly more bullying curve of the
ball. A short platform gave him
foothold. He reached up. put his
hands on the base of the cross and
pulled himself up. To gain the
cross arm was merely "shinning"
up a good sized tree, and soon he
stood on the horizontal timber and.
reaching up. touched the top of the
cross.
After enjoying his moment of
exaltation he slid to the foot of the
cross and, with his arms round the
post, slipped down over the great
abdomen of the ball. His feet
touched nothing. The little plank
from which he had reached up was
not there!
Here was a peril and one for a
cool head and sure eye. Of course
he could not look down. The hug
ging hold that he had to keep on
the bottom of the cross shortened
the reach of his body and made it,
less than when he had stood on the
plank and reached up to the cross
with his hands. He must drop so
that his feet should meet the plank,
for he would never be able to pull
himself back if he should let him
self down at arms length, and his
feet hung over empty air.
Now his good head began to
work. He looked up at the cross
and tried to recall exactly the angle
at which he had reached for it. to
make his memory tell him just how
the edge of that square post had ap-
peared. A few inches to the right
or to the left would mean dropping
into vacancy.
Bending his head away back. he
strained his eye up the cross and
figured his angle of approach. He
wormed himself to the
right and made up his mind that
here directly under his feet must
be the plank. Then he dropped.
The world knows that he lived to
tell the tale.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
STORMY LAKE TAHOE.
Wild Scene When Two Cyclone Form
ed Waves Crashed Together.

ed Waves Crashed Together.
High up in the mountains of the
Sierra Nevadas is Lake Tahoe,
bounded by high peaks that throw
silver shadows of their eternal
SHOWS upon the deep blue water.
Great mountain chasms open upon
the lake, and the force of the wind
is often so great that the water is as
wild as that of the ocean.
One day when general snow
and rain storm was brewing some
miners were privileged to witness
grand and remarkable spectacle.
The day was windy and the lake
rather rough. but number of per-
sons concluded to go to the long
wooden end of the pier to try their
luck at fishing. They had not been
long at the end of the pier before
their attention was attrA ted by ii
great roaring. Looking across the
lake, they saw a cyclone approach
ing. Before the hurricane came
long, unbroken wave about fifteen
feet in height.
Knowing that this would sweep
the whole line of the pier. all beat
a hasty retreat to the shore. When
at safe distance the party turned
to gaze upon the incoming wall of
water. While thus gazing they
were startled by tremendous roar
ing to the northward. and a mo-
ment after a cyclone from that di-
rection also struck the lake. This
sent before it huge wave that had
soon attained the height of that
coming from the southwark.
In a few minutes the two waves
came together. When they struck
a column of water and spray was
sent into the air to the height of at
least 100 feet. The collision of the
two waves was followed by a report
that sounded like "a heavy clap of
thunder. A moment after this
grand shock of waters five or six
huge waterspOuts made their APP
pearance. all within an area of
three or four miles, and carried
great columns of water and spray
to the height of several hundred
feet. These circled to and fro over
the lake for some ten or fifteen
minutes, and then one after an
other subsidized, and for time there
was almost dead calm.
Waterspouts are very frequently
seen on the lake in the autumn, ow-
ing to the peculiar situation of this
body of water. under the crest of
the main ridge of the Sierra Nevada
range. When a fierce gale from the
west crosses the ridge it plunges
down the great canyons and thus
are brought to bear upon the lake
conflicting currents of air. When
a hurricane is blowing from the
west immense volumes of air appear
to be damned up and compressed
behind the ridge of the Sierras,
which at times escape and come
over and down the gorges in ire
mendous puffs. Many westerners
aver that no navigator of the ocean
sees half as many waterspouts into
a three years voyage as are seen by
persons residing at Lake Tahoe in
a single season.-New York Press.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
Confused Terms.

The superintendent asked the
Sunday school: with what remark
able weapon did Samson STAY the
PhiliStines:"
For awhile there was no answer.
The superintendent, to revive the
children's memory, commenced tap
ping his jaw with the tip of his
finger, at the same time saying,
whats this p
Quick aS thought a little fellow
replied quite innocently:
"The jawbone of an ass, sir"
National Monthly.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
ProVocation.

Judge-Pat, wouldn't think you
would hit little man like that.
Pat-Suppose he called you an
Irish slob?
Judge-But I'm not an Irishman.
Pat-Suppose he called you a
Dutch slob:
Judge But I'm not a Dutchman.
Pat We'll. suppose he called YOU
the kind of "A Lob that you are?-
Life.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
Revenge.

'Tet US go to Mr.. Simpsons we'd
ding. my dear" said wife to her
husband.
"Oh. no. let us stay at home. 1t
will he dreadful bore
'FBut. my dear. Won must remem-
Der Mr. Simpson attended your we'd
ding
$50 he did (grimlv). ! had for
gotten that (revengefullv). 7 shall
be there. London Tit-Bits.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
A Criterion of Ace.

Birmingham-Your daughter is
to marry young man named Hill,
! believe? Manchester-Yes. He
belongs to one of the very Oldest
families in the country. Birming-
ham, didn't know that he came
from particularly old family.
Manchester-Oh, yes. You often
hear people use the expression, GAS
old as the Hills"
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
Ambiquous.

Wifey-Do yon recollect that once
when we had a tiff | said you were
just as mean as you could be? HUB
by-Yes. darling. Wifey-Oh. James.
how little did 1 know you then!-Glas-
Cow Times.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-18
Nerve.

"Bigbee has nerve"
"Why so:''
81 threatened to sue him for the
500 he owes me"
"HeS:"
"And he asked me to sue him
for 5000 and give him the other
hundred"
The Adair County news., 1913-08-27
Growing the Queen.

The fairies were almost in despair.
1t was the day before the night of the
queens coronation ball, at which she
Was u oe crowned.
The fairies had made a very pretty
crown for the queen, but the naughty
elves had stolen it. They hadn't time
to make another, and they were very
unhappy.
AS they were going to the ball they
heard sounds behind them and looked
around and saw the queen in her
beautiful chariot. They saw also that
she had a crown on her head.
They crowded around her eager to
hear her story, and / will tell it to you
as she told it to theIo.
Gas was walking across the grass
near the woodcutter's cottage" began
the fairy in her beautiful, soft voice,
docking at the sunset, 1 stumbled over
something. 1t was the woodcutter's
little daughter.
'She had been picking flowers for her
mother and overheard all that you
all said about having no crown for
me. She jumped up, took off her ring
and put it on my head and said could
have it. so that is how 1 came to have
q crown"
The Adair County news., 1913-08-27
Chicks Need Cleanliness.

Drinking dishes and feeding troughs
for chicks are likely to become dirty
and fnsanitary unless special precau-
tons are taken, according to Professor
]. G. Halpin OF the College Of Agricul-
ture of the University Of Wisconsin
Drinking water should never be placed
in common dishes or vessels where the
chicks may get in with both feet, but
sanitary" fountains, either homemade
or purchased, should be used These
should be cleaned and scalded at fire.
quent intervals. Wet mashes when
fed In wooden troughs mold unless all
refuse feed is scraped of and the
troughs are placed on end so that they
may dry In the sun. Neglect Of these
two simple matters may cause consid-
cradle loss.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-27
The Best Iced Tea,

If you want tea with delicious fla
vor make the following experiment:
Get half pound Of very fine tea and
add to it a dozen jasmine or orange
blossoms. Put this mixture in a per-
fectly tight jar away from the light
and do not open for a month. If you
cannot get the orange blossoms or Jas
mine purchase some orange flower
water and soak your tea in enough Of
this water to cover it In few hours
it will be ready to use.
To make the tea have the water hot,
pour it over the tea and allow to stand
at least twelve hours. Tea made in
this way has a beautiful flavor and a
delicious perfumed flavor that can be
obtained in no other way. Try COM
bining it with orange sherbet- There
is no way of preparing iced tea that
can compare with this. After sweeten-
ing and when you are ready to serve
it place the sherbet in bowl, pour
the cold tea over it and bring them to
the table together.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-27
DON'T BURN R0UGHAGE.
Expensive and WastefuI Practice With
CornstaIks, Straw, CHAT, &c.

Expensive and WastefuI Practice With
CornstaIks, Straw, Chat, ETC.
A contributor to Farm and FiresiGe
writes:
"a tendency exists among many
farmers to burn up all cOrnstalks, loose
straw, clover chaff and superfuOuS
roughage about the place But it is
too expensive.
Every time an acre Of stalks is
burned twenty-one pounds of nitrogen
go into the air, and it will cost you
$3.50 to buy it back again Wheat or
oat straw from an acre contains about
twelve to fourteen pounds OF nitrogen
and clover chaff three times this
amount.
zone can easily figure from these
deductions what reckless loss to the
farm is a fire IN the chaff pile or stalk
field The cutaway and disk harrows
will chop these bulky materials up
ready for the plow where they can be
turned under. If you want to fatten
the old farm. stuff it with organic mat
ter"
The Adair County news., 1913-08-27

The woman's touch is most clearly
located by appropriate pillows, which
add comfort and beauty to any room
and undeniably show thought for the
little things that contribute much to
general effects.
For the porch, with its cretonne COW
cred chairs and its plain rug, the
square pillow that spells practical
comfort shown in the picture is just
the thing This is made Of denim. A
central band of lowered cretonne is
placed over the square. the edges held
down under braid to match the color
of the denim. The back is plain, and
the edges are untrimmed. This on the
hammock or the plain wooden seat
will complete any idea in porch fur
nishing.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-27
USE ALL THE CORN.
SIo Makes Available Feeding Value of
Stalk as Well as Ear.

0Idlh wei dS Ear
By the use of the siIo and harvesting
the corn plant for silage the feeding
value Of the plant is increased from
$40 to SIP per acre. 1t is estimated
that 60 per cent of the feeding value of
the corn plant is in the ear of corn and
40 per cent is in the stalk.
If field of corn which would make
forty bushels per acre is harvested in
the usual way of gathering the corn
and leaving the stalk stand we have
harvested only 60 per cent Of the crop
The forty bushels Of corn at 30 cents
per bushel are worth $50, but if the
stalks have two-thirds the feeding
value Of the grain the stalks are worth
from $40 to S12 or SIS per acre, de-
pending upon the quality Of the crop
and the condition they are in when
harvested for silage.
If the stalks are left in the field they
have a feeding value Of from 81 to
$1.50 or $3.50 per acre. This decreased
value of the cornstalk when left in
the field is due to the fact that when
Tue Stain ID lcAI SIdAuAHS IL IOoSS AlS
moisture and the fiber becomes hard,
woody and indigestible.
1t is therefore evident that to obtain
the maximum feeding value of the
corn crop it should be harvested and
made into silage and that the use of
the silo will increase the feeding value
of the corn plants from $40 to SO per
acre.-ROy @. Potts, Department Of
Dairy Husbandry, Oklahoma A. and NJ.
College.
The Adair County news., 1913-08-27
At Denver $4,000 Knight Tenn
piers are attending the Conclave.
MOtherSI Have YOur Children
worms?

Are they feyerish, restless, naryouS,
irritable, dizzy or constipated? Do
they continually pick their nose or
grind their teeth? Have they cramp-
ing pains, irregular and ravenous ap-
petite? Those are all signs of worms.
Worms not only cause your child suf-
fering, but stunt its mind and growth
Give "Kickapoo Worm Killer at
once. 1t kills and removes the worms
improves your child'S appetite, regu-
Iates stomach, liver and bowels. The
symptoms disappear and your child is
made happy and healthy, as nature in
tended. Sold by PAUL Drug Co.
KIckapoo Indian Medicine Co.
Philadelphia, Pa. st. Louis, Mo.
Ad
The Adair County news., 1913-08-27
flying Men Fall

Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles just like other people, with
like results in loss of appetite, back
ache, nervousness, headache, a n d
tired. listless, run, down feeling. But
there's no need to feel like that as I.
D. PEBBLES, Henry, Tenn, proved.
Six bottles of Electric Bitters" he
writes, did more to give me new
strength and good appetite than all
other stomach remedies l used" So
they help everybody. It's folly to suf-
fer when this great remedy will help
YOU from the first dose. Try it. Only
SOC at PAUL Drug Go.