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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15

vID was an ancient poet of
great wisdom. He knew many
things about the health as well
as the feelings Of mankind. His
remedies, however, were often worse
than the ailments he aimed to cure.
The tissues Of crocodiles, said he,
are excellent to take freckles or
spots from the face and to whiten
the skin. Ovid particularly advised
those who are called "freckled faced"
to go to Pharos, an Island in the
mouth of the Nile, because crocodiles
abounded there. "If swarthy, to the
Pharlan varnish fly" sang he.
Ovid, however, had never been to
Florida, where crocodiles and their
colored cronies abound. So far no
one has ever seen either the tears,
5ae skin or the tripe of the Florida
creatures change either the leopard's
spots or the Ethiopian's skin.
Freckles, it has been very recently
determined, are the weathervanes
and loveknots of health. Each and
every freckle on your face, science
now finds, is an autograph and
voucner for good vermilion blood
and physically fortnight tissues.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15

ganically sound, the Princes doctors ex-
pected that he would soon be able to re-
Join his regiment. Then came reports of
a more serious condition, and the Prince
was removed to Hamburg, where his
young wife could be at his side. From
Hamburg he wrote to the widow of one
of his slain officers letter containing
these paragraphs about his own expert
ence:
1.-TWO minutes before his death I was
with your husband in the front line of
defense. Both of us had, by Gods grace,
come through hellish fire, which lasted
all day. We were speaking together in
the full fire of shells. Then your hus-
band left to try to force an advance in
order to have view over the hostile bat
teries, which he wished to storm.
ut was then he received the fatal shot
and was called into the Great Army. l
was not able to follow further what hap
pened, as then l required to be assisted
by two of my men on account of a heart
attack, which | am endeavoring to re-
cover from here at Hamburg under the
care of my dear wife,
But not even with such care did the
Princes health improve. The heart at
tack took on a more and more serious as
pect At length came the discovery that
the cause of persistent heart weakness
was partial paralysis OIL me Nd5uo uoAVo
the nerve whose sensory fibres control
and regulate lung and heart action II
the Princes heart had been sound to be-
gin with, the controlling power OF
healthy yagus nerve would have caused
the shock symptoms to disappear very
shortly But when that same experience
with the fierce Turcos of the French
army caused partial paralysis OF the va
gus, the Princes condition becomes grave
indeed.
Such a condition is so rare in medical
practice that it naturally excites wide in
terest. There Is also much popular curl
osity about the mysteries which surround
the heart, and the tireless labor which it
performs from birth to death and the
perils of injury and disease which hearts,
like every other vital organ, are sub
ject to.
And now comes the added mystery OF
the vagus nerve, with its overload attl-
tude which the Heart seems to fully rec
ognize What is the vagus nerve, and
how does 1t carry on this overlordship OF
the heart?
Stripped as much as possible of techni-
cal yerbiage here is what the authorities
say:
1.-THE pneumogastric or vagus nerve has
an extraordinarily wide distribution and
diversity of function. 1t rises from both
a motor and sensory nucleus located
deep in the brain. Emerging from the
skull, it passes down the side of the neck
and thence to the interior spaces OF the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15

The disappearance of freckles Is
usually harbinger of i'll health, de-
bility, weakness or approaching age
In soothe, these imperial decorations
of vitality, red blood and power tend
to fade away as old age appears.
Rarely, on the other hand, freckies
begin not at ten years of age. but in
grown-up life and in the instances OF
unusual stamina, even In far-ad-
vanced years.
The demand, however, Tor ways
and means medicines and methods to
he rid of freckles seems never to
lessen. OF several thousand letters
of inquiry about health and happi-
ness, inquiries as to how to be rid
OF freckles same next to the. highest
in number.
It is a great mistake to try to
eliminate these semaphores Of physi-
cal supremacy. Moreover, to elimi-
nate freckles is almost a hopeless
task.
A death-dealing indoor life, tuber
culosis- breeding rooms, poor food Of
bad quality, smallpox or any severe
distemper, injuries or anything which
might destroy and undermine the
health will rid you of your freckles.
Anything, in truth, which u not q
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15
(A) of Batteries" Brain Stuff
the Heart with the Brain

shock through the medium of any of the
senses, or is deeply disturbed by emo
tions of anxiety, anger or fright. But it
is an axiom of medical science that no
mental shock or disturbing emotion is
capable of creating persistent abnormal
heart conditions The heart that is or.
ganically sound is not permanently in
jured by any such means-not while the
vagus nerve properly performs is 'inhibi-
tory" function.
This comforting dictum is so much an
article of faith with heart specialists that
when there is persistent weakness. or
when organic heart disease ensues after
a mental shock, they assume that organic
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15

trouble was already present, latent but
ready to show itself in response to some
more than normal strain.
It is admitted that injury to the yagus
nerve sufficient to rob it of its inhibitory
power would eventually create organic
disturbance in the heart, as well as in
other vital organs which it keeps from
overwoSsing themselves. Its pulsations
would be too rapid and lacking in regu-
larity. The patients own anxiety would
exaggerate this condition Under the
strain the heart muscle would dilate and
grow steadily weaker. The circulation
would go from bad to worse-in fact, II
the vagus were not restored 70 health the
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Jon

"HE latest cable bulletins of the con-
dition OF Prince Oscar give the i'm
l preston that the Kaisers fifth son
is not likely ever to resume his duties at
the German battle front. Partial paraly-
sis of the vagus nerve, one of whose
functions is to regulate the hearts action.
is stated to be the final diagnosis of the
young princes malady.
This, the medical authorities explain,
is why the Prince did not speedily re-
cover from the mental shock and heart
weakness which left him unconscious
among his slain officers on the battle
field. His condition is described as so
grave that recovery is more than doubt
full
The mishap to the young German prince
is of interest to the medical profession.
It is unusual in some respects because it
exhibits the complicated and far-reaching
and perhaps permanent effects of a great
shock. 1t is now apparently evident that
he was literally overcome and his nerves
paralyzed by terror at the onrush of the
black-faced Turcos when they had slain
all the other officers of his regiment. He
fell unconscious in faint, and that was
all that saved him from Turco bayonets,
as they believed him to be dead. The
medical history of this case explains how
a person may actually be scared almost
to death"
1t was on September "a at Verdun that
Prince Oscar was with his regiment in
desperate charge upon the enemy. The
Prince, much excited, was with the ad.
vancng column, shouting at the top of
his voice. This particular charge was
successful, but not until Turco sharp
shooters hidden in tree-tops had picked
off every officer of the regiment except
the Prince himself.
Right at this critical moment, when the
young Prince saw that he alone among
the officers still lived, the murderous-
looking Africans charged. Prince Oscar
who is only twenty-six years old-had
reached the limit of his endurance of such
horrors He dropped, fainting, among his
slain comrades.
When the Prince was discovered to be
still alive he was rushed to hospital in
Metz, where heart-weakness, induced by
excitement and overexertion on the bat
tlefeld. was the diagnosis. The Kaiser
forthwith bestowed upon him the Iron
Cross, and in a telegram of congratula-
lions for the Prince and his regiment
wrote:
III we have put the enemy to fight in
all directions, we owe it to that good old
God of ours above"
As mental shock rarely. If ever, per-
manently disables heart that was or
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15

Diagram of
the Human
Heart
Showing the
Interior of
the Right
Auricle and
and Right
Ventricle.
The Circles
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-02-01

Sunday, January 18th, which should
have wide reading among fruit grow
ers. Mr.. Gilbert has recently return
ed from a worldwide trip for the
purpose of studying the fruit situa-
ton, and being man of broad mind
and close observation, his advice is
we'll worth needing. He thinks there
is wonderful market for Northwest
apples in the Orient but realizes that
there must be an entire charge In
distributing methods. He finds that
there are practically no apples pro-
dnced in China and japan, countries
containing 500, 900, 900 people. He
finds too. that comparatively few ap-
Piles are produced in Europe; few
in Northern Italy; few in Spain,
and fair amount in the British
Isles Mr.. Gilbert speaks most en-
couragingly of the Panama Canal.
He believes it will be the means of
placing large quantities of Pacific
Northwest apples in European mark
cts. He takes direct exception to
President Wilson's policy in the
Philippines, and thinks that the
islands should be made the dis
tributing point for the Orient. AL
together Mr.. Gilbert points out the
methods which should be followed by
the government, which if done would
make it impossible for an over supply
of good fruit to ever be produced in
the Pacific Northwest.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-02-01

Along with this went the offer to
furnish seed corn to those who were
unable to procure the home grown
seed. It is rather gratifying to learn
that wherever a man had been grow
ing corn for even a few years and
saving his own seed, it is making a
better crop than any selected seed
from another district.
If you are not growing any corn
this year, and your neighbor has a
good crop, ask him to let you select
100 ears from the field. Pay him any
price within reason, for you will
find much better seed for your farm
than any you could buy elsewhere.
If the corn is slow in maturing. it
may be cut and shocked at any time
after it has reached the glazing stage.
1t will mature better and quicker
than If left standing in the field. AS
soon as it is we'll matured, husk,
hang up and fire dry.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-02-01

and careful cultivation, will make a
profitable crop of corn.
In the spring of 1913 we sent out a
circular with some direction for corn
growing, in which we said: "Get
the best seed available; this would be
an early maturing variety that had
been grown in the locality for num-
Der of years. When this is not pos
sible, then get the best Northern
grown early maturing variety avail
able"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-02-01
NORTHWEST APPLES In THE ORIENT

Mr.. Fl. M. Gilbert, for many years
one of the principal fruit growers
and fruit shippers of North Yakima,
published an article in the P.-I. of
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-02-01
GROWING GOOD CORN In THE
NORTHWEST.
By G. L. Smith.

1StlC or adapClng lCSelI TO SOIL anu
climatic conditions to greater degree
than any other cultivated plant.
There is also wider variation in size
and quality of grains, under average
conditions, than is to be found with
other cereals. For this reason, seed
selection becomes a very important
factor in successful corn growing.
Experiments have demonstrated
that with fertile soil. carefully pre-
pared, planting and cultivation we'll
done, the difference In seed has made
a difference in the yield varying from
two to 100 bushels per acre. Even
when good ears have been selected
and tested, the variation has been re-
markable. In one experiment 100
ears planted in 100 rows side by side
in the same field, some of the rows
produced at the rate of 90 bushels
per acre, while others produced less
than 40 bushels per acre. Some had
ten times as many barren stalks and
a dozen times as many suckers as the
others.
The place to select seed corn is in
the field. The time to select is before
the harvesting of the crop. One of
the most successful growers, who has
in 20 years increased his crop from
Is bushels per acre of rather poor
corn to 100 bushels per acre of No. 1
corn. begins his seed collection by
cutting out all weak or barren stalks
before blUssoming. The latter part
of August he goes over the field,
marking with colored strings those
stalks that are strong, free from
suckers, with two or more good ears
on stalk. A special mark is put on
those that indicate early maturity.
Just before the harvesting of the
main crop the marked ears are gath
cred, marked according to the strings,
and dried as quickly and as dry as
possible, by hanging in well ven
tilated room that is we'll heated every
day.
The corn when dry is stored in &
dry, we'll ventilated room. In March
the heaviest, most perfect shaped
ears are selected for the seed plat.
Six kernels from each ear are tested
for termination. Any ears that
show poor termination or weak yell
low plants are discarded.
In marking the stalks to be saved
for seed the general appearance of
the stalk should be considered. 1t
should be of medium height for the
variety, thick at the butt. and grad
ually tapering, close jointed, thick
heavy dark green leaves, and heavy
tassel. The ears should have short.
strong stem and be placed on the
lower half of the stalk.
The seed ears should be husked and
dried as soon as possible after gath
ering.
The ears should be hung separately.
not in lunches.
The fire dried seed not only germi-
mates better, but will produce strong
er plants.
Test each ear separately. One poor
ear to the acre may make a differ
ence of $40 per acre in the value of
the crop
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-02-01
ranteed estimate with each plan

If you plan you like, tell whether the cost
keeping with your ideas Isn't that finer All prices based
Seattle These probably higher than yours,
excepting the item of lumber. On lumber can sen you
very much cheaper than your local dealers Read about
this saving the left Then fill out the coupon, send
with it 10 in postage slip dime into the envelope
wrapped in couple thcknesses of paper) and mail today
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-11-14
UTAH LEGISLATURE REPUBLICAN
viii Have Working Majority al
Next Session.

Salt Lake City The Republicans
will not only control the state offices
except superintendent OF public In
struction, as result OF the recent
election but the legislature will also
be In control OF the Republicans.
Though the Republicans will be II
control of both branches OF the state
legislature, there will be new presi
dent of the senate and new speaker
of the house. President Henry Gard
ner, who has been at the head Of the
senate for the past three sessions, was
defeated for reelection In Utah coun
ty. Speaker W. J. Seely OF Emery
county was not candidate for re
election to the house and his place
was taken by a Democrat.
Nine members OF the senate retire
ON the first OF the year ard Senator
Funk is the only one Of the nine who
was reelected.
In the house two prominent Demo
cratic leaders are missing. They are
Milton H. Welling OF Box Elder and
Samuel L.. Page OF Piute, both veteran
legislators Mr. yelling was defeated
for reelection and Mr. Page Is now
registrar of the United States land OF
flee at Nernal.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-11-14
FOOD SUPPLIES
TO Be GUT OFF
GERMANS SAID TO HAVE THREAT
ENED TO STOP THE RELIEF
SERVICE IN BELGIUM.
6eislans Ordered to Immediately Re
sumo Former Activities, Under
Penalty Of Having All Chart
able Organizations Closed.

Brussels.--A proclamation issued
by the German governor of Brussels
on November threatens that unless
the Belgian people return immediately
and resume their former activities
Germany will c 'ose all charitable or
CARNATIONS which now feed the idle
populace
Well informed Brussels residents
claim the German contention the. the
Belgian people are unwilling to re-
sumo their activities is unfounded
The Belgians, they say. are willing
enough to work, but this is impossible
since all their automobiles and horses
have been taken by the German army
making 1t impossible for them to haul
coal and raw material for the fac
tories.
The Belgians. it is declared fished
the miserable, half blinded horses out
Of the mines, fed them and set them
to work, but no sooner We're these
horses strong enough to pull carta
than the Germans ccnfscated them
for the army. Now the factories are
without coal and iron or raw mater
ials. The industry. which was enor
nous in many parts OF Belgium, has
been ruined Tne farmers have mil
lions OF beets rotting in the store
houses through inability to transpor
them to the factories.
The workmen, Belgians maintain
are willing to WORK for one-fourth Q
their ordinary wages, hat the factor
owners, unable to provide the neccs
sary material, have been obliged to dis
miss the men
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-11-14
CARRIES WAR INTO GERMANY.
Russian Army Establishes Itself FL.
teen Miles West Of Frontier.

Petrograd.-W What Is described here
as continued and irresistible often
sive of the Russian army, resulting
in the evacuation of Poland by the
Germans, Is reported Monday as sue
cessfully establishing itself In Ger
man territory at Pleischen, fifteen
miles west OF the Russian-German
frontier
In addition, the Germans are said
to be generally relinquishing their
stand across the Warthe river. This
advance was accomplished, 1t Is stat
ed, by the Russian cavalry movement
in outfinking the German left.
Russian penetration Of German ter
ritory to P.eischen. Prussia, northwest
OF Ka,isz, upon which latter point the
Germans appear to be withdrawing,
threatens the German line OF COM
munication.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-11-14
SHOBER j. ROGERS
Register.
Statement Of Ownership, Etc.


OF the Phoebe Record, published week.
~ at Phoebe, Nevada, required by the
Act of August "a 1912
Editor, Lewis H. Beason, Phoebe, Ne
vada
Manager, Lewis H. Beason, Phoebe,
Nevada
Owner and Publisher. Phoebe Record
Publishing Co., Phoebe Nevada.
Owner Of more than one per cent OF
the capital stock:
Lewis H. Beason, Phoebe, Nevada.
Con. Nevada Utah Corp, New York
Jew York.
Known bondholders, mortgages ant
ther security holders, holding more thai
l per cent of the total amount Q!
bonds. mortgages or other securities
None
LEWIS Fl. BEASON, Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before m,
this 18th day of Nov, 1914.
, (SEAL) A. w. THOMAS
Notary public In and for the Count!
of Lincoln, State of Nevada.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-11-14

inches in diameter, set in mound OF
earth and stone scribed NJ.
THENCE WEST 1104.3 FEET to the
NV corner. cedar post feet long.
4 inches in diameter, set in mound Of
earth and stone. scribed M-3
THENCE SOUTH ITO FEET to the
SW corner, cedar post feet long,
4 iches in diameter, seti mound of
earth and stone. scribed MA.
THENCE EAST 11O43 feet to the Sc
corner, the place Of beginning. Con-
tanning IS acres. This tract will be
a portion Of the N. 1-2 of Sc ID, Sec.
80 7. 5 n, R. 65 E M. D. M. when
surveyed.
MELOY LOCATING monument is
butt Of stone and cement, feet in
/ a eter at base and feet high, CHS
eed L. NJ. NJ.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the lands described, or desir-
ing to object, because of mineral char
acter of the land, or for any other
reason to the disposal to applicant
hould file their affidavits Of protests
in this office, on or before the 18th
ny of November 1914.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-11-14
REPUBLICANS CONTROL IN IDAHO
viii Have Democratic Governor, But
Republicans in Majority in
Legislature.

Boise, Idaho.-As result Of the re
cent election this state will have q
Democratic governor, Moses Alexan
der, while the balance of the state OF
fees and the legislature will be in
control OF the Republicans.
Republicans will be in control OF
ture at the session this. winter. Re-
turns now at hand show that they
will have Is members Of the SO in the
senate and 33 Of the 60 III the house
The Democrats will have II in the
senate and rs in ..the house. The Pro
gressive party will have one senator
and one member of the house and the
Socialists have elected one senator.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-11-14
RUSSIANS BoMBARD BosPHoRus.
Turkish Fleet Retires After Brief En-
counter With Enemy.

Paris-The protected cruiser Kagul
and Pamiat Merkooria OF the Russian
Black sea feet bombarded the Straits
OF Bosphorous and the coal depots OIL
Eregli Saturday, according to an an.
nouncement made at Constantinople
and forwarded by the correspondent
OF the Temps at Athens.
The Turkish feet went out to meet
the Russian warships, but soon re-
turned A number of vessels at the
port of Eregli, 12S miles northeast of
Constantinople, were destroyed dur.
ing the bombardment by the Rus.
slams.
The Russians also have bombarded
Kohlu and Suglu, on the coast OF Asia
Minor.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-11-14
ENGLAND BENT ON
CRUSHING GERMANY
LEADERS DECLARE COUNTRY
is PREPARED TO CARRY WAR
TO SUCCESSFUL END.
Lord Kitchener Says the War VIII
be Long One and He Will Re-
qure More Men Until the
Enemy is Crushed.

London England Is pre-
pared to carry ON the war indefinitely
with every confidence in the result
was the tenor Of the speeches at the
annual banquet inaugurating the new
iord mayor OF London at Guildhall
Monday night. delivered by the men
who are responsible for the conduct
OF the war
Notable speeches were made by
Prime Minister Asquith, Field Mar
shall Earl Kitchener, secretary for
war, and Winston Spencer Churchill.
first lord OF the admiralty
Lord Kitchener, whose massive
figure, clad in service khaki, lowered
above the audience of thousand men
and women in the historic building,
while expressing satisfaction at the
response to his call for men and the
progress of their military training,
impressed upon the nation that the
war; would require more men. and
still more, until the enemy is crush
ed He also made quiet reference
to Englands army, which, he said,
| has proved itself to be not so con-
| temptible an engine of war as some
were disposed to consider it, and re-
minded his hearers that the enemy
would, besides the army In the field
have to reckon with the forces OF the
great dominions, the vanguard oil
which had arrived in England, in ad
dition to the million and a quarter
men now training in this country.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-11-14
GOVERNORS CONFERENCE OPENS
Governor spry Of Utah Favors Back
to the Farm Movement.

Madison, Wis.-Governor Spry OF
Utah came to the front in the first SEES
sion of the national conference OF gov
e-nors Tuesday in the discussion on
rural credits. The discussion fol-
owed the reading of the report of a
committee which has been at work on
this problem for fifteen months. Gov
ernor Spry was enthusiastic in his
support Of the plan to aid the move
ment Back to the Farm by the ar.
ranging of some method of extending
rural credits, SO that the farmer can
operate his business ON as scientific
a sea as the city business man.
Governor Spry said that only by
making the farmer business man
could farming be made really success
full.