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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
olmINlsHss RESISTING POWER.

olmINlsHEs RESISTING POWER.
The first man to make an expedition
across Greenland VAS Doctor Nansen.
lie and his men had to cross on foot.
spending several weeks on iUating ice.
For ~ days they tramped over frozen
snow With SO degrees OF frost In re-
ferrlng TO this Journey. Doctor Nan.
sen said:
The only spirits that We took were
as fuel for our stove to melt the snow.
that We might have water to drink. |
believe the use Of stimulants TO be a
mistake"
Capt Edward Parry after II years
experience in the Arctic regions. said:
Are ardent spirits Eecessary' say
decidedly. No Il is said they keep
the cold out ! say they do not. they
let the cold in"
The whole crew Of the vessel that
took Commander Peary to the north
pole from commander downward.
worked on temperance principles.
They could face 50 degrees below zero
and all hardships better without alco-
hol No wines or intoxicauts we're
taken In connection with their work.
In the words OF Sir Benjamin Ward
Richardson. the eminent English ply
sician: You know that alcohol only
makes the body feel warm. because It
causes more warm blood to come TO
the surface Of the body. there to lose
It's heat and leave the body colder.
You know that cold ans alcohol eXer-
else the same kind OF influence on the
body. and that when working in the
cold. even n the EXTREMIST cold. that
mah viii work longest and best who
avoids alcohol altogether"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
NOT IN KANSAS SCHEME

1t was hot summer day" says the
Emporia KAN Gazette 1t was also
dusty One hundred and fifty men were
riding from town 10 town IN Central
Kansas, In autos. on a trade extension
tour They were Kansas men-mer-
chants, lawyers, doctors. editors.
clerks. mechanics. bankers. farmers.
From time TO time they stopped at
thirteen towns during the days run.
No one In the crowd spoke OF beer.
No one had any beer. No one at the
thirteen towns offered anyone any
beer. At most OF the towns there
were great. deep. stone Jars OF iced
lemonade on the sidewalks with bright
tin cups hanging from the jars. and a
sign up. Welcome, Emporians.' There
was no whisky. wine or beer in the
crowd. No one missed It. No one
spoke OF II. For these men, ranging
from thirty to sixty years OF age. had
lived In Kansas thirty years under alb.
solute prohibition. Most OF them had
never been in a saloon in their home
town in their lives. Booze was as re-
mote from their consciousness as car
bollc acid. Booze is not In the Kan
sas scheme OF things. No one thinks
OF H. Its presence or absence Is not
considered by the Kansas mind"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16

Some breeders are bold enough to
castrate their own animals. still more
employ a man who makes living as
gelder. but does not pretend to be a
veterinary surgeon. The danger In
castratiOn is In rupture.
So long as tue testicles are IN the
purse. aud their cords are occupying
TO great extent the orifices la the
belly the obtrusion into the scrotum
OF a small knuckle OF intestine may
be overlooked unless very careful
examination Is made. indeed Il may
then escape the intending operators
notice. II the colt has been well fast.
ened and placed upon his back. re.
malning there for a minute or two. az
during this time the small portion OF
eut will often slip back into the abdo-
men.
For this. among other reasons, an
old hand will prefer to have the ami.
mai on his side while making an ex.
animation. Some will squeeze the
larynx to make the animal cough by
way OF test II another person does
the squeezing (as for wind patients OF
adults. the castrator's fingers upon
the cords OF the testicles will tell him
OF bulge and he will then exercise
special precautions
II is far better 10 let the colt get up
again and sacrifice the time than to
proceed without all necessary appli.
snces. RuDtured colts should never
be entrusted to gelders without ana
tomical knowledge, or not possessing
reputation Tor operating upon such
cases.
The animal should be prepared by
long fasting. placed upon his back.
rendered limp by the inhalation OF
ehloroform. and the testicles removed
while the horse Is insensible ard un.
likely to struggle
The veterinary surgeon may choose
to put in two or more stitches OF solu.
BILE material across the orifice now no
fonger partly occupied by the cord.
II his hands and all things used by
him have been rendered antlseptic
this viii probably be the best plan
There will be Just enough adhesive in.
nammatlon set up by the sutures to
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
FEW TIMELY HINTS
FOR POULTRY YARD
Pleasure and Profit Found il
Fowls When Rightly Fed
and Sheltered.

Rightly bred. rightly fed. warmly
and cleanly housed. the fowls at SNOW
Bird poultry yards are q never fan
ing source OF pleasure and profit
The ground feed II compounded at
home was composed OF one scoopiul
OF wheat bran to one OF chopped corn
and oats equally halyed
Vegetables we're substituted for the
summertime green food. Cabbage
hung by the roots within easy reach
mangel-wurzels split in half then i'm.
paled on spikes so the biddies nigh
pick the flesh from the outer covering
in a cleanly manner with added sue
culency in the form OF chopped onions
and uncooked potatoes together with
cloyerchafr and dried leaves as
scratch material and roughage, mini
mized the grain bill and kept tn,
fowls comfortable. yigorohs, produc
tive.
Meat was either ground green bone
or beef meal II the former. one-half
ounce to the fowl daily. II the latter, It
was hopper fed. they eating as mush
as desired and whenever inclined 10.
A tri-weekly cleaning OF drop
boards; weekly spraying OF perches.
semi-annual house cleaning. together
with the usage Of effective insecticides
kept down the yermiR
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
WANTED TO KNOW
The Truth About Grape-Nuts Food.

II doesn't matter so much what you
hear about thing, it's what you know
that counts. And correct knowledge
is most likely TO come from personal
experience.
About a year ago" writes n. Y.
man, Il was bothered by indigestion.
especially during the forenoon. tried
several remedies without any perma.
nent improvement.
My breakfast usually consisted OF
oatmeal. steak or chops. bread, coffee
and some fruit.
Hearing so much about Grape-Nuts.
| concluded to give II a trial and md
out II all had heard OF II was true.
so ! began with Grape-Nuts and
cream. soft boiled eggs, toast. a cup of
Postum and some fruit Before the
end OF the first week | was rid OF the
acidity OF the stomach and felt much
relieved.
BY the end OF the second week all
traces OF indigestion had disappeared
and ! was In first rate health once
more Before beginning this course OF
diet. / never had any appetite for
lunch. but now | can enjoy the meal
at noon time"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road TO
Wellville." In pkgs. There's Rea-
son"
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time 90 time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF hunaa
iatercsL
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16

left alone. Occasionally a wound is
such that the edges can be held to-
gether by means OF bandsges II this
can be done there may be consider.
able advantage In doing so, but these
wounds are rare. Bandages should
be changed frequently and the wound
kept clean.
Maggots may be prevented in small
wounds by smearing the following
mixture around the border Turpen.
tine. one part; tar. three parts. nsh
oil. two parts
II wound becomes infested witt
magsots. use chloroform by spraying
or sprinkling the parts by throwing 1t
from a sponge.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16

makc plug and stop the escape OF
the gut afterwards The suturing ma
terial itself viii be dissolved and ab
sorbed IN a few days
This suturing material is at once a
great gift 10 the surgeon aud dan
ger n he trusts II too much II may
be absorbed in forty-eight hours be
fore sufficient or sufficiently strong
plastic material has been thrown out
TO guard the entrance to the abdomen.
or exit for .he bowels as We fear II
might prove.
A further precaution may Therefore
be taken by putting a few stitches OF
insoluble silk through the empty purse
rather close AZ 10 the belly. This
should b. well saturated with an anti
septic as We DO not want a formation
OF pus, although We may have to leave
II for three days or more. II the sub
sequent swelling outside the belly does
not satisfy us that Il Is safe to remove
these outside stitches
Unless any foreign substance h s
gone in while operating. there Is ap
paifhAls NIUE uduBcT OF peTltOnitls or
other III results There are othur
methods Of operation the details OF
which more concern the practicing
veterinary surgeon than the horse
breeder, who should neither attempi
the performance himself nor let an
other whom he cannot fully trust
II Is TO put our readers on their
guard against the reckless assumption
that every colt is normal. and that no
such precautions need be taken that
We ofrer these suggestions. there being
no use In Idle regrets when an hour
after castratlon a colt Is found with
his bowels hanging out and beyond as
sistance.
One may say that such cases hal g
been successfully dealt with, but the
delay is nearly always fatal. II the
animal can be secured and the bowel
held up by sheet saturated with a
disinfectant until the veterinary sur.
geon arrives. It may oe possible to re,
turn that portion OF intestine and re-
tain II while anticipating subsequent
intiammatory troubles by proper
treatment
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
A SAFE PLACE.

A noted citizen OF Topeka, Kans 4,
took his small boy. who up TO that
time had not been outside OF the sun
flower state, to an elegant hotel in
Washington, ID, c. When they came
full upon the bar doing business, the
Kansas boy. with eyes wide with ex-
element and horror. pulled his father
into corner and whispered We've
caught them this time. father, caught
them selling It right out in sight. III
stay and watch and you hurry and
bring the officers"
When the father explained that
liquor selling was not a violation Of
law at our nations capital. the aston
ished child turned sadly away from
the beauties OF Washington and said
Let's 10 home to kansas
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
GOOD TREATMENT
OF ANIMAL WOUNDS
Few Injuries Are Materially Bene-
fitted Unless Treated by
Professionals.
BY DR.. N. 4. REYNOLDS. V. s.

Various preparations OF turpentine.
alcohol, vinegar. carbolic acid, irritat-
Ing oils, and even mineral acids are
animal wounds and then because the
patient recovers in spite OF barbarous
treatment, people enormously con
clude that the medicine cured
bleeding can usually be checked
quite easily, II the blood is from a
large number OF small vessels.
hemorrhage can be checked and hnal-
w stopped by the means OF ice aud
by very hot or very cold water. or
the wound may be packed In clean
cotton or oakum aud tightly bandaged.
In case a large blood vessel is sew.
cred the artery may be secured by
means OF small forceps or even a hook
made by bending pin or piece OF
wire
In some cases hemorrhage can be
easily controlled by tight bandage
placed above or below the wound II
the blood flows in a steady stream
the bandage should be on the side
farthest from the heart.
II II flows in Jets the bandage
should be tied between the wound
and the heart
Comparatively few wounds are ma
terIally benefited by sewinG band,
aging or washing except in profes.
sion hands
II the wound Is made lengthwise Of
the mpscle there may be considerable
advantage IN holding the sides to-
gether by sewing. No special form
of needle or thread is necessary ex.
cept that both should be clean and the
latter should be OF a reasonable size.
A darniug needle and ordinary cotton
thread will do very well in an emer.
gency.
IL the wound Is made across the
muscle and gapes widely II is usually
uHwise to sew, for the stitches will
cut out "a few days and make the
scar much worse thar II It had been
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16

Mrs. Stuyyesant Fish is known to
give the most sumptuous and the
most beautiful dinners In the world
She is also known as the possessor Of
a trenchant wit.
1t is said OF Mrs. Fish that the re-
markable success OF a rich but ill-fa-
yored New York girls marriage with
a spendthrift nobleman was recently
discussed in her presence. No one
could understand the happiness OF
this marriage, which had seemed to
bode so i'll. But Mrs. Fish shrugged
and said:
The girl won't let her husband
touch a penny OF her principal-and
that you see, keeps up the interest"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
THE WAY THE TRADE SEES 1T.

Three men talked together In one OF
ChIcRgo's big hotels a few days ago.
The eldest about siKty-fye years OF
age, had been in the liquor business
since he was boy OF eight the other
two had spent the larger part OF their
lives in II. Their conclusion was that
It's days are numbered. The older man,
a wholesale dealer OF some reputation.
at last gave II as his opinion that they
would all have to get out Of the bust.
ness by 1920.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
"CASCARETS' FOR
LIVER BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels. liver.
and stomach clean. pure and fresh
with Cascarets. or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash.day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg,
ulate the stomach. remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases.
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out OF the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning They work
while you sleep-neyer grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience. and cost
only 10 cents box from your store.
Millions OF men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue. Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
Zoos for Incubation.

When eggs are being selected for
incubation. diversified. dirty, washed
or thip-shelled eggs should be reject
ed. as well as all corrugated or other
wise abnormal eggs. Remember that
the larger the egg. II the size is nor
NAL. the larger will be the chick that
issues from it. and large chicks come
to broiler size soonest.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
IN KANSAS.

According to the figures for 1918
made public by the Kansas state board
Of control alcohol was the cause OF In.
sanity in only 10 OF the 655 patients
st the two state hospitals for the In,
sane. This means a percentage OF 2.3
due TO alcohol. In 1899 the percentage
was 90; in 1911. "a. In New York
Si.4 per cent. OF the insane patients
In the state hospitals are there as a
result OF using alcohol In Massa.
chusetts the latest statistics available
show 30.6 per cent
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
EnrtiIirnr for Orchards.

Barn yard manure is in general the
best fertilizer for the orchard. II
should be applied at the rate OF load
to from three to five trees at least
once In three years. This use OF com.
mercial fertilizers is hardly advisable,
except where careful experiment has
demonstrated Its value.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
Pay. Big Deb, After Year.

St Louis. Mo.-CharIes w. Cham
berlain, who failed In business in
Barry county. Missouri, 20 years ago.
has just finished paying more than
S25. 900 In debts that had been out.
lawed several years.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16

Your chickens require plenty OF air,
but not OF the drafty kind. 1t is much
better to have the whole side OF your
house open than to have the air
streaming in through a knothole
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
Essential for Eggs.

when the fowls cannot get bugs and
worms they need kitchen scraps, beef
scraps or other meat food and unless
meat food is supplied the egg yield
is likely to be short
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
Mhsre He Gets OF.

Bacon-Hes living on Easy street
now. isn't he?
Egbert-No; he's living on Get-Up-
In the Morning and Light-the Fire
street
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
snrax for Green AnhIx.

when the little green aphis attack
garden plants a spray OF rather strong
tobacco water or a thin emulsion OF
kerosene aud soap will be effective
But the spraying must be repeated.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
Blanket for Horses.

Blanket your horse carefully when
he stands, especially II he is at all hot.
Repeated slight chills stirfen and age
horse before his time.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
Corn in Orchard.

Corn can be grown in the young
orchard II the soil is sufficiently rich,
but ordinarily II casts too much shade
for very young trees.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
ealk Substitute for Lord,s Prayer.

West Warwick. ". Y-Becauss
their teacher proposed to introduce
substitute for the Lords Prayer. twen.
ty pupils Of the Phenix school went on
strike.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
Don, Overlook Value OF Lambs.

In counting the profts from your
flock do not fail to count the value OF
the fat lambs killed during the ~
months for the family use and the
high value OF all the manure.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
NEBRASKA ALFALFA ROTATION
Many Fields Arc Allowed to Become
So Hard That Wstsr Runs Of and
Never Sosks Into Soil.

Reports have been received fsom
i76 Nebraska farmers as TO the ef.
feet Of alfalfa on subsequent crops.
the state being divided into two halves
from north to south. at the point OF
2l.iuch rainfall
In the dry country not underlaid
with water crops after alfalfa break.
ing the first year especially II a dry
one. may be lessened. but almost all
farmers agree that subsequent re.
turns more than make up for this. and
that crops stand drought better. as
might be expected, FROM the subsoil.
ing by the roots Even In regard TO
the fFst season only 50 farmers re.
ported a decrease
Al Lincoln. Neb August q. 1912.
the following percentages Of water
were found in the first six feet Of
soil.
EaiIow and soil mulch .........s6
Aofn ......-. ................ .-f.-
Wheat stubble ..................2 .25.3
Alfalfa ........................1G.9
These figures point to the advantage
Of early breaking Corn grows rap.
idly on alfalfa land at the start and
subsequent rainfall is apt to be in.
adequate. 50 a small corn will be
advisable Many farmers reported
that they never plowed alfalfa
up and this is likely wise as long as
the stand is sufficient
think there is another point worth
considering The old plants. though
thin. may and likely are engaged In
trying to penetrate some hard subsoil
which may separate from a streak OF
moisture. and II they are allowed TO
do this at a depth beyond our reach
they are doing valuable work which
We are unable TO duplicate.
Keep the weeds down on top and
give them every encouragement The
hay crop may be coarse. but It is
pretty sure. Even n there Is no un-
derlying water the soil is being deep
ened to receive water from above and
take II I'm on a gradual manner.
Many alfalfa fields are allowed to
become so hard that the moisture runs
OF and never soaks down more than
a couple OF feet in summer Thin
stands OF alfalfa produce valuable
crops OF seed and in old fields there
has been a natural selection OF the
most drought-resistant plants prob
ably OF those with the greatest root &C.
tiyity.
II takes quite a bit OF corn 10 pay
as much net as alfalfa and though
reseeding an old field is seldom prac'
teal cultivation will cause the old
plants to spread out and cover the
ground fairly well unless they are very
thin
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16

Love Is bllnd--especislly II the girl
has more dollars than sense.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
she Didn't seream.

Patient-May | scream il you hurt?
Dentist-Yes, but We charge extra
for that.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
Lessons Profits.

The loss OF few sheep or lambs
will quickly knock OF all prontA
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16

Literal.
How did you happen TO come ia
this prison, my poor fellow"
In the Black Maria, Masm"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16

Every woman needs a pocket book
in which to carry her powder rag.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-04-16
IefnpeTa5lnl1acs al
60 ISS382(

tCondurteu ny the NatlDnsl Woman's
Chusuan Temperance Unl0nJ
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1914-09-24
Flohtino the White plaque.

Adequate hospital facilities for the
$4,000 residents OF Ohio who are suf
fering from tuberculosis has been de
cided upon by the prevention OF tuber-
culosis and officials OF the state board
OF health /, Is proposed 10 create
- hospital districts of from four to six
counties each, wherein campaigns will
be inaugurated for the erection of dis.
trict tuberculosis hospitals TO be main
tanned Jointly by the cooperating
counties.
Through the erection OF these u
district hospitals. experimenting the
present sanatoriums: anti-tuberculosis
workers believe that the $4,000 vie
tins will be adequately cared for. and
that the people OF the state Will be
so well protected through this hospi-
talization that eventually Ohio's death
rate OF 1000 per year will be reduced
materially.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1914-09-24
inventor of the Airbrake.

Who really invented the airbrake?
Certainly the automatic airbrake, the
one that has proved practicable and OF
permanent value in modern railroad
ing, was the product OF the late George
Westinghouse ingenuity. His patent
for the automatic brake was taken out
in 1872, superseding the non-automatic
or straight" Westinghouse airbrake
patented in 1869. and later the West
inghouse vacuum brake was invented
But. as in the case of most other in
Ventions. there are several claimants
for originality in this field. Thus
Nine. NJ. Drouanet, daughter OF Nj
Debruges OF Paris claims the distinc-
ton of priority for her father. The
New York Times has a letter from
State Senator William ?. Ffero Of
White Plains containing a patent office
declaration by his grandfather, Henry
Miller, of new and useful improve
ment in the application of steam and
compressed air to the purpose of OPP
Grating railroad brakes, recorded Jan
uary .. 1859. Mr.. Miller was doubt
less pioneer il the progress Of air
brake invention
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1914-09-24

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