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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-04-28

the magazines and daily newspapers are
nothing more nor less than insults to
the feminine sex, although we scarcely
ever think of them in that light. But
let US stop to consider what sort of read
ing matter we find on the usual woman's
page of the monthly periodical and the
metropolitan daily. First we get nice
little dash of fashion, the newest sleeve
and the latest cut of bodice; then some
beauty hints, how to make straight hair
curly and the recipe for keeping the
elbows soft and round; next some cook
ing connections are dished up for us,
the newly discovered method to use up
cabbage scraps, or how to prepare prunes
so that they will taste like candied cher
ries; a column or two of advice on how
to make the home pleasanter for the
husband, or in what manner we should
cultivate our womanliness. Then if
there is any space left it is filed with
remarks anent the latest crochet stitch,
or some touching little tale about how
one faithful wife helped to pay off the
mortgage. The whole thing is labeled
"Woman's Page, but it might just as
well read For the Inferior Intellect"
The general public, or in other words
the American press, seems to harbor an
idea that women cannot, will not, and
should not be interested in anything
outside of their own small field of labor.
Now we all know that men have their
trade journals. The merchant, his ad-
visor; the garage man, his motor mag
azine; the physician, his medical jour-
nal; the printer, his manual; the farm
er, his agricultural paper. But do the
men confine their reading to these par
ticu1ar things? Certainly not The
men read their trade journals for help
in their work, but for their periods of
recreation, they are sure to turn to
something entirely outside the field of
their labors, something refreshing and
new and inspiring But the woman of
the house is constantly reading the
same old round of things, because ev
cry paper and every magazine that goes
into her home is stuffed with "women's
pages or sections for Mothers and
ninety women out of every hundred will
read the things under such a head be-
cause she feels that she ought to be in
terested in the matter. Why have
special literature for women at all?
Women have the same amount of brains
with which men are endowed, If they
would only get busy and use them.
They should be just interested in ma
tional affairs, in politics, in science, in
religion, as the men, If only they might
be made to wake up to the fact But the
women in the small towns and on the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-04-28

farms are absolutely held down men,
tally by the floods of cheap fictional mag
azines which are published in their
names, and which are filled with
needless advice about their daily
round of work. Instead of a mag
azine or paper dealing exclusively
with household matters which could
be used the trade journal for the
housewife, we have scores and hun
dreds of them, cluttered up with a little
bit of everything, a little advice about
medicine in the home, now and then an
article on electricity in the home, but
mostly a constant cry of how to cook
and how to sew and how to make over.
1t is no wonder that women are no fur
Their along Intellectually, because they
have been feeding their brains upon such
trash for generations. They are not
able to get away from themselves and
forget that they women, for one
instant. What blissful rest for their
bodies and souls if they could do So
When the mother of the house gets
through with her days labor, she should
read something that will make her for
get entirely the tireless round of her
upon something completely foreign to
her work, something which will make
her forget the dishwashing, the baking
and the scrubbing; something which will
be food for her brain, and give it a
chance to get its work in. But the
chances are that, in the evening, that
restful time of the long, hard day, she
will pick up some sort of periodical,
published for women, or turn to the
woman's page of the daily paper, and
there read about what she has been do
ing all her life long.
For this state of affairs women are
largely to blame, because they show such
a Discrimination to break away from the
old habits of study, and because they
cannot seem to forget their labors for
an instant This is one of the many
reasons why they grow old so much
more quickly than their husbands, and
why the woman on the farm is tired
out before she is middle-aged. 1t is be
cause she cannot put aside for a little
her soul expand and grow under the
stimulus of new thoughts.
All good housewives and mothers are
bound to be more or less interested in
new ideas for their work, just as good
farmers are interested in reading
and learning about new methods of
sowing and reaping, but the good
farmer is also the man who takes
an interest in his community, in
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-04-28
FIG PASTE

Boil one pound of pulled figs until
soft in just enough water to cover them;
take from tie fire and drain, saving the
water in which they are stewed; chop
the figs fine and return to the water in
which they are stewed; there should be
about one cup of this substance; if more,
boil it down until it makes a cupful;
stir in three cups of sugar and cook
slowly until you have a thick paste.
Turn into a buttered pan and cut in
squares.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-04-28

LITERATURE FOR WOMEN.
After all. these "woman's pages in
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
Atlanta Live Stock

Corrected by W. H. White. Jr., of the
White Provision Company
food to choice steers 500 to 900 lbs, $3.50
Good steers, 200 to 500 lbs, $5.25@5.5o.
Medium to good steers. 200 to 800 lbs. $500
Good to choice beef cows, $50 to $50 lbs;
Medium to good cows, $50 to $50 lbs. $4.25
Good to choice helfers. 600 to 700 lbs, $500
The above represents the ruling prices of good
quality cattle. Inferior grades and dairy types
Medium to good steers. $50 to $50 lbs. So 90
Medium to good cows. $50 to $50 Ihs.. $500
Mixed. common. $S25Q3;75.
Good fat oxen, $4.75g5UO.
Medium oxen, $400@4.50.
Good butcher bulls, S3.50@4.25.
tT rPt b hSgs' lGS to 2sS Ss so&sqO
Heavy pigs 10 TO I4O IDS, $7.50Ds.0O.
light pigs, 90 to 10 lbs, 81 .OO@7.5O.
Above quotations apply to cornfed hogs; Mast
Good beef ca tile are scarce Tennessee cOntin-
uing TO supply most of the desirable beef cattle
coming to this market ct present. Good beef
Good many plain cattle coming, quality COM
mon, and in poor flesh. Market on this class
irregular and draggy-
LIVE STOCK BY WIRE
(By Associated Press.)
KANSAS CITY, Dee. 2l-Hogs-Receipts,
6,OOO higher; bulk. 50. 500 10 80; heavy. 5000
GLOSS; light, 50 .6OM1O. 20; pigs, IS 25@9 90;
steers $40 5Oall 80; dressed beef steers, 500
a 10. -; southern steers, S6.OQq 90; cows
S.. 25dS. 30; Loifers, So. 50Q so; stockers.
50. OO@S.50; bulls, S5.5O41 20; calves So 500
Sheep-Receipts, 5000, higher; lambs, $l2.25
ais 10; vsarlings, $40. 50411.5 so; wethers
SIS. 50d9.j0; ewes, IS. 00a9 90.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 21.-nOgs Receipts, 5000;
higher; lights, $4,000 1875; pigs, SS25q9.5O;
mixed and butchers, $9.5j@10.50; good heavy,
SIC. 100 O.50;u blk, $1O.05QB10.45
Cattle: Receipts. $500; steady; native beef
steers, $1,000 1885, yearling steers and heifers,
Ss5Om1 80: cows, $500 $50; stockers and
feeders, $5.30d7.75; calves, SO. O0dl2O0. =
=. Sheep: Receipts, 1,0Od: steady: lambs, $500
m13.0O; ewes, 5000 $40; yearlings $4,000
CHICAGO. Dee. 21-Hogs: Receipts es, 200;
slow, sc to To- higher than yesterday' aver
age. Bulk. $9.SOGt 1870; Hght, $9.@q1Ol0;
mixed, S9.65d 1925; heavy. $9.sOd10.3O; rough,
50. SOm09O; pigs, S7.G0@9.S0.
. Cattle-Receipts 5000; steady. Native beef
cattle 81 OOi II go: western steers 81 00d 10 90;
stockers and feeders, $5.00GS.10; cows and
heifers, $3.S5G1O.OO: calves, $S00011.5O.
Shecp-Receirts 1900; steady. Wethers,
$3.50 $50; lambs, $1,000 1916.
NAVAL STORES
rRy Associated Press.)
SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. 21.-Turpentine firm,
52hc; sales meme: receipts 800.
Rosn firm; sales none; receipts 1861. Quote:
B. d, Z; and G, $6.1I12; II, $e.22h; l. $9.2S;
$7.05 water white. $3.50.
FINANCIAL BUREAU ON STOCKS
NEW YORK, Dec 21.-To avoid msunder-
landing Of our attitude on the market at this
standard rails, but believe industrials should
he sold ON rallies; because loans still indicate
an overbought condition now that the under
lying trend is apparently toward peace. Whcth-
er CORRECT or not, il is reported that western
liquidation is pending in American Locomotive,
Lackawanna Steel, Crucible and Marine.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
NAVAL STORES
EMERGENCY BILL
PASSED THE HOUSE
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-The emery
ency appropriation bill providing $4,-
1000 for dependent families of
guardsmen and refugees, passed the
house today and was taken up immedi-
ately in the senate.
1t carries $4,000 for the Philadel-
phia mint to care for extra work on ac-
count of the unusual demand for coins.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
Cotton


1&&9CAANe4
NEW Y0Rk. Dec. @l.-There was an al
vance Of about 50 per bale In the cotton market
here early today. The Washington news seemed
70 strengthen the hope q peace. while the mar
set vas also influenced By higher cables accom-
panied By reports Of q sharp advance in Egyp-
tian. First prices were . 20 - points higher
and active months sold 10 % IS points above last
NIGHTS closing figures during the first few min
utes with January touching l5.3e and May ltef.
RumOrs that German steamship line expected
20 resume sailing By February 1 served TO en-
phasi.e the peace tsik. but the advance OF over
20 points from yesterdays low level met heavy
realizing and prices showed reactions OF or
10 points toward the middle o. the morning.
The market showed increasing activity and
sensational weakness during the early afternoon.
March contracts broke 20 1890. while Nay sold
off TO 1854. fully AGENT a pound below the
higA level Of the morning and some 50 20 q
points below last nights close Prom 1880
March rallied 20 1921 on remarkably few trades
Just after O'Clock Wall street was 'consid-
erpd the heaviest seller on the decline.
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the sailing prices in the
sNrhange to-day.
TOas. Irregular; middling, 1e, roc. quiet
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22

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Nervous, Chronic and Special
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how any man can be success
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your case or how discouraged
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this book will be a revelation
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
REPORT OF COTTON GINNED
BY COUNTIES I'M GEORGIA
Cotton Ginned Prior to Deem
Der First From This Years
Crop and Last Year

Director: sam. l. Rogers. Of the bureau OF
the census, department Of commerce, announces
the preliminary report OF cotton ginned by
counties in Georgia, for the crops Of 1915 and
1915. The report was made public FOR the state
at 10 q. m.,. on Friday, December s.
Quantities IL running bales, counting
round ns half bales. Iinters are not included.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
Grain
my Associated press.N

CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-Presdent wilson'L
peace note slashed prices today in the
wheat pit 20 &c a bushel The biggest cut
came when trading began. There was whirl-
wind of Offers TO sell. and il seemed if re-
cent 1O-cent smashes in prices were about to he
surpassed, but the fact soon, became evident
that strong forces were more than ready 20
take all the supplies that could be thrown on
the market at any unreasonable sacrifice. The
rt>rIt was. ft.;i- le .tr~N Idltt 'sner Tan
recent experiences had led many dealers to ex-
pect, and recOVeries Of about cents from tho
early bottom figures were quickly scored. Open
ing prices wheat ranged from ~ TO &c down
from yesterdays close, with May at $1.55 TO
$l.5S, and July at $1.30 TO S1.31. When COM
Iarative steadiness restored the leading OPP
tiOns May and July, were respectively at about
$1.57H and S1.51A.
Corn, oats and provision, unlike wheat. were
not affected 70 r1dl rai extent by The DreSi-
dents note and trading not much If any
greater than usual. Corn started u to 2hc
lower, bat recovered &c within u 10 lie OF
yesterdays finish.
The exreme drop in oats 1&c.
Provisions gained in value on the better peace
prospects, tut the furthest rise was confined
to 271c, and that was by no means general
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices in the
exchange today:
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22

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Send right NOW for your copy. Book sent free
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
MEDICAL
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treat yourself with positive success Any
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ROYAL REMEDY CO., Dept. 40. Kansas City,
Missouri.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
METAL MARKET
Nv Associated Press,

NEW YORK. Dec. 2f.-The metal exchange
quotes lead ST.62MT.75. Spelter weak and I'm
settled. Spot East st. Louis delivery offered
az $1,000
At London-Lead 80 pounds los; spelter "a
pounds IS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22

CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO Dec. 21.-Wheat: No. red, NOM
inal; No. red nominal; No, hard, nominal;
No. 3 hard, nominal.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, 92d921hc; No. 4 yellow
SS3l m91c; No. white, 90M91c.
Oats-No. white, 49RG5Ohe; standard,
JOh aisle.
Rye-No. 2, nominal
Barley, S5cdS1.20
Timothy, So 50d5.5O. ...
Clover So. O0d17.00-
Pork, $3.50. '. "'
Lard, s10.30616.35.
Ribs IL 05n136o
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
ny Associated Prsss.)

NEW ORLEANS, Dec 2I.-President VII
ou,ss appeal 70 the belligerents 70 discuss peace
aaa very good Liverpool market caused heavy
buyfng of Gotten here today on which prices
rose IS % As points In the first half hour OF
business The market was officially toned
stronw On rhe opening ana the undertone was
better thaz for some tine past
The r4se continued until the active months
were 20 to IS points up. Late In the morn
ing the market broke violently on Secretary
LSnsfnx.s statement conserving the reasons for
President wilson's note. At noon prices were
4 to potts over yesterdays close
Near panicky conditions and excited selling
featured the early afternoon, widening the loss
on the old crop months TO 80 70 10 points.
compared to the highest levels OF the day. -
NEW ORLEANS COTTON 81
The following were the ruling prices in the
exchange today: -.
Tone. denoralired; middling. 17-2oe. steady.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
FACT s FOR M EN-
Tells All About
M EMS DIS "a s ES
And How 10 Be
CURED AT n O M e

Every afflicted man suffering from any
man disease, should write today for his
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22

NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-Raw sugar unsettled;
centrifugal. 5.14; mOlssses. 4.27; refined quiet;
fine granulated, T.OOd 7.O5.
The more favorable peace news, and a slight
IL easier tone 20 the spot market led TO further
selling Of sugar futures. At noon prices were
3 to I points lower.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET

CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO. Dec. 21.-Butter: Receipts 3,9lI
tubs. Market unchanged.
EgCS-Re~eipts :. 2G3 cars: market unchanged.
POtatOes-Reccipts is cars; unchanged.
Cheese and poultry. unchanged.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22

SELECTED cotton seed, King. Cleveland, Slmp-
kins; bushel, 50. 0akhurst Farm, College Park,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22

PLANTS-Cabbage, 1000 $1.25; st'berry, 1000
81; 100 Soc; 0akhurst Farm, College PIX, Ca.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
KANSAS CITY CASH QUOTATIONS

KANSAS CITY, Dee. 2l.--Cash: Wheat-No
. hard S1.5S0 Log; No. . red, 81. $50 162.
Ccrn-No. . mixed, S76lS7hc; No. white
SS@SS1sc; No. yellow, SSGIS9c.
oats--No. white, 54954Ac; No. mixed
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
ADVE RTHSEMENTs
SEEDS AND PLANTS

BERMUDA grass seed; raised in Yuma valley.
Pure. new crop. free samples and planting
instructions. Thousands of satisfied customers.
The south's best pasture grass. Prices, SIC In
100 pounds; 40c in smaller lots Delivered your
station. r. G. Stitt & Son, Drawer J, Yuma,
Arizona.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
COTTON SEED PRODUCTS MARKET
a9rros oIL NARKE-.
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL COTTON
The following were the ruling prices on the
exchange today:
Tone, barely steady; sales. 1900; middling.
10 .a2d-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
FARM LANDS

SMALL Missouri farm. $40 cash and S. month
ly no interest taxes; highly productive
land; close to big markets; write for pho
t0graphs and full information. Manger, C-lS6
y. Y. Life Bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-03-23
CARE FOR ALFALFA
DURING FALL SEASON
Growth of From Four to Six
Inches Necessary to HoId.
Snow and Protect Plants.

(By A. c. Army, University Farm, St
Paul, Mimi
A growth of from four to six inches
Is necessary to hold the snow and to
protect the crowns of alfalfa plants.
A higher growth is not often neces.
sary. II alfalfa sewn early in the
spring has become sixteen or twenty
inches high it may be cut for hay not
later than the first week of Septem-
Der. This will allow time for a new
growth before freezing weather. Fields
a year old or may in ordinary
seasons be cut as late Is September
Is. =
New seedlings of alfalfa should not
be pastured. The ground in these
fields is not firm and considerable
damage is done by the trampling Of the
plants, especially during wet weather.
Fields established a year or more may
be pastured lightly in the fall, but
should never be eaten down close. +,
II the growth of alfalfa is not very
strong the field may be ~top-dressed
any time during the fall. preferably
Just after the third cutting has been
removed. New seedlings may be top
dressed at any time except during wet
weather when the ground is soft.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-03-23
SELECT SEED CORN FROM STALK IN FIELD

or long between Joints, whether the
ear is located too high or too low, and
whether 1t is vigorous or spindling
and has a good leaf development.
In other words it is of paramount
importance that the a have plenty
of feed, light and range upon which
to draw for its supply Of plant food.
When we find a stalk that, under av-
erage conditions, bears an ear of ex-
ceptional quality above the average
in the field, we snap it and carry it
to the corn house and hang it up to
dry SO thoroughly that the first hard
freeze will not in5ure it's terminating
qualities.
Practical experience, as we'll as the
testimony of many of the best corn
growers, shows that an ear taken
from the stalk as soo as it is glazed
or eve before, shows a great vigor
after planting, as do the ears that are
left on the stalk until the entire crop
is fit to husk.
Such experiments and testimony
seem to justify us in taking advantage
of the early maturing ears and those
that are less mature, if they possess
many of the more desirable character
istics.
Some authorities seem to favor
marking the desirable ears and leav-
ing them on the stalk Which is right
l am not able to affirm, although I
have never noted any i'll effects from
selecting my seed corn from the field
early in the season.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-03-23
SET ADRIFT BY ILLUSIONS
Young Mortal Allows Himself to Be
swayed by Conditions That Sur.
round Him.

There is no chance and no anarchy
In the universe. Every god Is there
sitting in his sphere. The young NOR
tai enters the hall of the armament;
there he is alone with them alone;
they pouring on him benedictions and
gifts, and reckoning up to their
thrones. On the instant. and inces-
sanity. fall snowstorms of illusions.
He fancies himself in a vast crowd,
which sways this way and that. and
whose movements and doings he must
obey; he fancies himself poor, or.
phaned, insignificant. The mad crowd
drives him hither and thither. 10Y fu.
riously commanding this thing to be
done, now that. What is he that he
should resist their will and think on
himself? Every moment new changes
and new showers Of receptions to baf-
tie and distract him. And when, by
and by, for an instant, the air clears
and the cloud lifts a little, there are
the gods still sitting around him on
their thrones-they alone with him
alOne.-EmersOn.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-03-23

(By w. NJ. kELLYO
Selecting seed corn from the stalk
in the field is the only way l know
of to have seed that possesses the
characteristics we desire represented
in the seed ear.
It is possible to select from the
wagon at husking time as large and
perfect ears as from the fields, but it
is clear that II we are to understand
the type and character of the leaf and
stalk, and early or later maturity, we
must study the a and the stalk be-
fore the ear is removed. from the
parent plant.
For a number of years l have prac-
ticed the various ways of selecting
and storing seed corn from the
wagons at husking time when unload.
ing at the crib, from the stalk when
husking and from the field soon after
the corr is matured, and the most
thoroughly ripened ears have dry
husks.
Early seed selection from the field
is the ideal time for us to take advan-
tage of the great law of like producing
like, so far as it holds good. By care
fully studying the whole plant it is
possible to select ears that embody
the most desirable features we wish
to breed in Jul corn.
It is not only important that we
have good ears Of uniform size, form
and color and so on, but we want
a vigorous stalk for them to grow on.
We want to know whether it is short
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-03-23
DRENCHING DROVE OF HOGS
Best Way Is to Drive Animals into
Pen Where They Will Have But
Little Room to Move In.

The quickest and easiest way IT,
drench a drove of hogs is to drive
them into q small pen where they will
have but little room to move about.
To hold the animal while drenching
it a moose of sash cord or quarter.
inch rope can be placed around the
upper jaw. we'll back toward the
angles Of the lips. and the medicine
thrown into the back part Of the
mouth with q dose syringe. AS there
is danger Of a hog breaking a syringe
It Is best to use a metal one. Some
times when the drench is bulky and
the hog hard to hold, it is necessary
to elevate the head and raise the fore
feet of the ground. For this purpose
a pulley and rope wire stretcher is
recommended. 1t should be hung In
the most convenient part Of the pen
and the animal secured in the usual
way by placing a moose around the
Jaw. The end Of the rope is thrown
over the hook in the lower pulley and
the hog drawn up until it is almost
OF the floor. 1t is best to wait till
the hog has become quiet. we'll under
control. before giving it the drench,
as there is some danger Of the medi-
cine getting into the air passages and
doing harm.