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Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
She Knew Better Anyhow.

A certain small town, seven miles
from somewhere else, as the crow flies,
boasted only two physicians. Doctor
Smith and Doctor Brown. There was
considerable rivalry between the two
knights Of the pill and powder and
when Doctor Smith received a very
urgent call from young farmer about
four miles in the country, he left an
Office full Of patients, cranked up what
has to be cranked up and was off.
When he arrived at the farmers
house he found that three-year-old
farmer" had cut his finger. The doc
tor was chagrined when he saw the
"serious" nature Of the accident. He
thought Of the office full Of patients he
had left and had visions of them walk
ing in single file to the office of Doctor
Brown.
1T was very, very silly Of you to call
me on this case," he said, somewhat
testify, to the farmers wife.
II know it was, but Doctor Brown
was out"
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
FIND VALUE IN sUNFL0WERs
In Regions Where Corn Does Not
Thrive Crop May Be Used ~
Substitute for SIlAae.

prepared by the United States Depart
inent OF Agriculture)
Experiments with sunflowers to de-
rermine their suitability for silage are
being conducted in the western United
States by the bureau Of plant indus
try, in cooperation with state expert
ment stations. There are Indications
that this crop may be specially useful
in regions where the growing season
Is too cool for the production Of large
Yields Of silage corn. The experiments
were begun in 1917 at Huntley, Mon
tana, and Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and
the first years results led the investi-
gators to extend the work to other
points this year. In 1917 the yields Of
sunfiower silage exceeded those Of
corn silage in the same fields from so
to 100 per cent. Yields Of more than
20 tons per acre were obtained under
irrigation. Preliminary feeding tests
have indicated that the sunnower Sd
lage may be substituted satisfactorily
for corn Eilage, but directly COM
parable results have not yet been OBJ
tained in sufficient volume to justify
q full statement rs to the comparative
values Of the two feeds.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
PLAN OUTLINED FOR
HAYING OPERATIONS
Keep the Crew Busy and Save
Maximum Amount Of Crop.
Fair Days Work for Loading, Haul.
Ing and Putting Into Barn With
Horse Fork 10 About Five Tons
per Man-HauI All Day.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of AgricultureJ
The haying season for tame hay
lasts about ten days. Sometimes
when the weather is unfavorable or
the acreage is large 1t takes longer
to get the hay made. The hay grower
should plan to get his hay made with
in two weeks at most, If possible. II
the amount of hay each machine will
handle per hour or per day and the
amount of labor required per ton is
known, plans can be made to make
certain amount Of hay per day.
1t has been found that, under aver
age conditions, mowers, tedders and
sulky rakes will cover two acres per
foot in width Of the machine per
ten-hour day. That is, a five-foot
mower will cut ten acres per day, a
ten-foot sulky rake will rake 20 acres
per day, etc. One man can cock
about five or six acres per day. A
fair days work for loading, hauling
and putting into the barn with horse
fork is about FIVE tons per man.
When the haying season comes an
effort should be made to make as
much hay per day as possible. On
many farms in the East the best re-
suits are not obtained. because hay is
hauled only in the afternoon. This
practice lengthens the haying season
and thus increases the chances of
damage to the hay from rain and
causes hay to lose its natural "tea
green" color. The hauling crew
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
A CATHOLIC PASTORS OPINION
OF THE SALOON.

"The modern American saloon, with
its gambling den, wine room, and back
parlors, is nothing more or less than
a living part Of hell. 1t is the hang
out for all loafers, toughs, sapheads,
and would-be sports in town. The po-
Hceman in every town will tell you
that murders, suicides, robberies,
thefts, and all crimes, originate at the
saloon bar, and any lawyer can tell you
that the bought perjurers who crowd
courts and make justice impossible, can
be secured from any nearby saloon.
The up-to-date barroom, whether we
like to admit it or not, saps the vitality
of our manhood, steals the blood mon
ey from the laboring man, starves the
innocent, drives women to despair,
makes beasts out Of men, and sends
countless souls to eternal perdition."-
Father Henry Mcclure, Joliet, Ill.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15

dough at once and place In loaf pan.
Brush top of loaf with melted fat. Let
rise to double the bulk and bake in hot
oven for 1K hours.
Housekeepers have been serving
wheatless bread for months In the
form Of quick breads. Many house
wives as well as many hotel-keepers
pledged themselves to serve no wheat
until next harvest. The need for
wheatless bread that could be kept in
hand and be used for toast or for
sandwiches was felt by all who took
the pledge.
This 1O0per-cent bread will help
meet this need:
100-Per-Cent Bread.
~ cupfuls liquid. 2A cupfuls ground
/ tablespoonful corn rolled oats
sirup. and
Y cake yeast. 2h cupfuls rice hour
teaspoonfuls salt. or
1 egg. ~ cupfuls corn flour.
3x cupfuls barley or
Make sponge Of first four ingredi-
ents and one-half of mixture of sub
stitutes. Follow the directions for the
75-per-cent loaf.
These breads are real victory
breads. Use them for the cause of lib
erty.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15

Curing Hay In suneh-Hay viii Cure
Out Better When Loosely Bunched
Than When In swath or WIndrow
but Heavy Rain viii Wet II Clear
Through.
should work all day, or at least start
as soon as the dew is OF, unless there
is other more important farm work to
be done.
Scarcity of labor will sometimes pre-
vent the hauling crew from working
in the morning, If the moving, tedding
and raking are done in the forenoon.
When a crew is kept at the barn for
unloading and putting the hay in the
NOV, the men should be kept busy all
Of the time. If possible. II crew can
not stay at the barn without con.
siderable loss of time, the men should
all work in the field, pitching, loading
or hauling, two or three coming In
with each load to help unload.
It is good practice to have only one
days moving ahead OF the crew haul.
ing or cooking. Mowers, tedders and
sulky rakes should either be used all
day or full half day, whenever they
work. In many methods Of making
hay, one or more of these machines
will finish in the middle Of the fore
noon, and there will be place for the
men operating the machines to work
at haying the remainder of the hall
day.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
Strained His Telescope.

The Oldest inhabitant of Little
Cockleton possesses a telescope which
he never uses.
"Why don't you make use Of it some
times, James?" neighbor asked.
1T used to be a good 'n," James
said sorrowfully, "but it's broke now."
"Broken?" the neighbor asked.
FLOWS that?"
"Well," James replied, ut was such
a good'n that could see the old church
steeple five miles away quite plain,
but Joseph, the scoundrel, got the
lend Of it and tried to make out the
steeple Of the Methody chapel norm
ten miles away. He tried and tried
and couldn't, SO that he strained my
glass and it's never been right since.
Drat Joseph"
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
REALLY NO SECRET
Power to Charm Lies In Forget
fuIness of Self.
Women Who Faselnate Have Simply
Developed tho Art or Power Of
Putting Others "on Good
Terms With Themselves"

A vivacious woman writer seeking
the secret Of feminine fascination,
finds 1t in the art or power some wom-
en- have of charming others by putting
them, as 4 bluff Britisher phrased 1t,
ION ripping good terms with them
selves" Is not this characteristic
of almost all those persons, men and
women, whom we like the best and en-
Joy the most2 Do they not. either by
artifice or by instinct, endeavor to
make the people they meet feel that
they amount to something, know some
thing, have some excellence, attrac-
tiveness or interesting qualities. and
thus put them on pleasant terms with
themselves. The persons who are
least adept at this or least inclined to
try 1t are the self-centered, self-impor-
tant people completely absorbed in
their own affairs and not wise or we'll
bred In little worlds Of which they are
the centers, and may be said in GER
tain sense to revolve about them
selves.
This is characteristic brought up
from lower forms Of life from which
we are ancestrally derived and only In
part outgrown. For most animals the
only concerns of the least importance
are those which directly affect them
selves. They are egocentric. The
things that touch them make up their
world and they have no interests out
side of that. More than any other AMI
NAL the dog can sink his personality
30 to speak, subordinate himself and
make his masters interests his own.
Only infrequent individuals of other
species can or will do this. Hence dogs
as a rule are more companionable for
man than any other living creatures
below him in the evolutionary scale.
But to return to human beings, Jo-
sephine was the most beloved ana
charming woman in France because
she took genuine and kindly interest
in the affairs OF all with whom she
came in touch. She was outgoing, in
elusive in her sympathies and thus
counteracted antagonism created by
Napoleon, who was self-centered to TN
extraordinary degree. Not to multiply
examples, does not experience teach
all observant people that in selfless-
ness lies the secret of charm? Are not
the lovable people those whose love
goes out spontaneously, or appears to?
Is not egocentricity, entire absorption
in themselves, characteristic held In
common by most Of the people who
get on ones nerves? Kind hearts are
more than coronets. said Tennyson.
More attractive, therefore. than
beauty or the brilliancy and glitter Of
Intellectually Is the drawing power of
kindly consideration for others. Fas-
cination is born of the heart, not of the
mind; and whether instructive or ac-
quired, would seem to be the art of
entering into the lives Of others and
putting them, as the Englishman said.
on good terms with themselves.-Roch-
ester Post-Express.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15

traps, sometimes called "guillotine"
traps, are of many designs. but the
more simply constructed are prefer
able. Probably those made entirely
of metal are the best, as they are
more durable. Traps with tin or sheet
iron metal bases are not recon-
mended.
Guillotine traps Of the type shown
should be baited with small pieces of
Vienna sausage (Wienerwurst) or
fried bacon. A small section Of an
ear of corn is an excellent bait If
other grain is not present. The rig-
ger wire should be bent inward to
bring the bait into proper position
for the fall to strike the rat in the
neck.
Other Excellent Bats.
Other excellent bats for rats and
mice are oatmeal, toasted cheese,
toasted bread (buttered), fish, fish
offal, fresh liver. raw meat, pine nuts,
apples, carrots and corn, and sum
flower, squash or pumpkin seeds.
Broken fresh eggs are good bait at
all seasons and ripe tomatoes, green
cucumbers and other fresh vegetables
are very tempting to the animals in
winter. When seed, grain or meal Is
used with a guillotine trap, 1t is put
on the trigger plate or the trigger
wire may be bent outward and the
bait placed directly under 1t.
Oatmeal (rolled oats) is recon-
mended as q bait for guiflotine traps
made with wooden base and trigger
plate. These traps are especially con-
venient to use ON lodges or other mar
dow rat runs or at the openings Of
rat burrows. They are often used
without bait.
A common mistake in trapping for
rats or mice is to use only one or two
traps when dozens are needed. For
q large establishment hundreds of
traps may be used to advantage and
a dozen Ii none too many for an
ordinary barn or dwelling infested
with rats. House mice are less sus-
picious than rats and are much more
easily trapped.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
Where Food Is Abundant It Is I'm.
possible to Clear Premises
Of All Rodents.
eUllo1lNE trap IN FAVOR
Other Devices More Simple In Con-
struction Are Preferabls-vlenna
Sausage or Fried Bacon Makes
Excellent Bait.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Owing to their cunning, 1t is not
always easy to clear rats from prem
lses by trapping; If food is abundant.
It Ii impossible. A few adults refuse
to enter the most innocent-looking
trap. And yet trapping. II persistent
ly followed, II one of the most effec-
tive ways Of destroying the animals.
0uiiIotlne Trap.
For general use the improved mod
ern traps with wire fall released by
baited trigger and driven by coiled
spring have marked advantages over
the old forms and many of them may
be used at the same time. These
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
Commander q "oood FeIlow.r

One Of the home-guard boys had on
a uniform that was too large for him.
While waiting on the station platform
for the train to come the commander
noticed this boy and coming up to him
turned him around and around, look
ing him over on every side. Finally
he said: young man, that suit does
not fit you"
The boy, not realizing to whom he
was talking, promptly retorted: "Well,
that is no reason why should be
made a windmill of, Is itr'
Luck favored him and the c0mman-
der lnushed.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
NATIONAL PROHIBITION WOULD
CONTRIBUTE TO CHILD VEL
FARE

In the interest of child welfare, Su-
perintendent Clarence II. Dempsey Of
the Haverhill, Mass, schools, thinks
national prohibition should prevail.
and the welfare Of the children would
Immediately contribute to the welfare
Of the nation. Professor Dempsey
says:
II believe there In nothing that
would contribute more to our national
welfare than precisely this thing. I
have found, In my experience, that the
presence of licensed saloons prevents
many children from getting as much
out Of school as they should on ac-
count Of the lack Of proper. food and
clothing. and the cases Of destitution
that come to my attention as direct
result Of the use of liquor in the homes
form one Of the most convincing argu-
ments to me for the abolition Of the
liquor trafac.
Further than this, many children,
rs soon az they are Of legal age to go
to work, are forced to lose all school
ing thereafter on account Of the use
Of liquor at home, and in many such
instances these children have the
further misfortune to have made poor
progress while they were in school.
Inherited weaknesses, feeble-minded-
ness, and poor food and clothing, are
very common Accomplishments to the
drink habit. have no doubt, futher-
more, that my own experiences would
be duplicated and corroborated by su-
perintendents and teachers the coun-
try over"
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
CHILDREN PROFIT BY DECREASE
IN HOURS OF DRINK TRADE.


The children in Great Britain have
gained. even under such measures Of
restriction Of the liquor traffic as have
been introduced by the board Of con-
troll. A recent book written by Henry
Carter, a member of the board, states
that the number of deaths of infants
from everything decreased by 40 per
cent in 1915 as compared with 1914.
The number steadily declined with the
decrease in arrests for drunkenness.
Cases of cruelty and neglect Of chill
dren due to drunkenness dealt with by
the National Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Children decreased
from 4O.2 per cent in 1914-15 to 31.2
per cent in 1867. With 1t went
general Improvement in the homes
and nutrition Of children, better rest
because the streets became quiet ear
lier due to the earlier closing hour of
the public house. The long evenings
in Great Britain. coupled with late
closing of the saloons, tended to keep
the children on the streets often until
midnight, while the streets would not
grow quiet until one o'clock or later.
Such conditions were, of course, detri-
mental to children's health and moral
welfare. SO much gain Great Britain
has won for her children merely by
diminishing the hours of the drink
trade.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
WHY HE OBJECTS TO THE SALOON

Recently well-known congressman
gave the following as reason why he
objected to the institution known as
u saloon: "A man and a dog will
go into a saloon together perfectly
sober, and in 20 minutes they will
come out. The man will be drunk he
will stagger and fall into the gutter
and lie there like a hog, while the dog
will walk away like gentleman. ]
object to an institution that works
such q difference in 20 minutes be-
tween q man and q dog"
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
BREAD WITHOUT WHEAT.

It was long thought by most
people that bread could not be
made light with yeast unless
large proportion of wheat flour
was used in 1t.
That has been found to be, in
large measure, erroneous.
Breads made of cereal ma
terials other than wheat flour
can be made light with yeast.
The discovery is one of the
necessary wartime achieve
ments of science.
It is available to the house
keeper and to the professional
baker.
No one who has to do with
bread making can perform his
full patriotic duty without apply
ing it to as great an extent as
possible.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
BEER norArEMPERANcE DRINK

Alcohol is alcohol, either in whisky
or beer. It Is nonsense to claim that
beer is hygienic drink. 1t is drunk
chiefly for It's alcoholic effect, and If
the alcoholic effect is produced, the
danger of alcohol exists. Any one who
doubts that beer can produce a certain
form of intoxication need only visit
the saloon and watch the beer-drinker
in various stages Of befuddlement or
excitement. II beer does not intoxi-
cate or produce any alcoholic effect,
what becomes of the "racial craving
Of stimulants" which 1t is said to sat
isfy? Furthermore, heavy beer-drink-
ing, as in the case Of brewery en-
ployees, adds the danger Of excessive
fluid intake, entirely apart from alco-
hol. The heavy mortality of brewery
employees is sufficient evidence that
beer, SO far as its effect on masses of
men is concerned, is not a hygienic
drink.-Eugene Lyman Fisk, M. D., in
Atlantic Monthly. eZ
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
CENTER OF PRODUCTION


The center Of agricultural pro-
duction of the United States.
according to the value Of crop
and animal products for 1917. is
in west central Illinois as shown
by q diagram just issued by the
department of agriculture. The
states Of greatest production
are: Iowa. $3.50. .000. 900; nli-
nois, $1,255. 900. 900; Texas, a.
045. 5.O0O. 900; Missouri. $947. .000.-
coo; Ohio. 1851. .000, 600; Nebras-
ka. $774.O0 900; Indiana. $685.
100000; Kansas, $735. 900, 900;
New York. 100000. 600; Mime
sofa, $e46, ,OO0, 600; Pennsylva-
mia. $636. 900, 900; Georgia. $685.
OOO,O 600; Wisconsin. $59S, ,OO0.-
600; California, $575. 600, 900;
Michigan. $534. .O00, 900. and Ken
tucky, $529. 100000.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
1urkex. Ihrlxe on ln.eets.

Because Of the Eliminating disposi.
ton Of the turkey some are led tc
believe that they do great deal Of
damage to growing crops. This is .
mistaken idea, as they live very large.
ly on flies. bugs. grasshoppers and th'
ike.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
Food Waste From Rats.


In all parts Of the country there Is
a serious economic drain in the de-
struction by rats and mice of mer-
only foodstuffs and forage, but tex
tiles, clothing and leather goods are
often ruined. This loss is due mainly
to the faulty buildings in which the
stores are kept. Often it would be a
measure Of economy to tear down the
old structures and replace them by
new ones. However, even the old
buildings may often be repaired so as
to make them practically rat-proof;
and foodstuffs, as flour, seeds, and
meats, may always be protected in
wire cages at slight expense. The
public should be protected from in
sanitary stores by system Of rigid
inspection. a'---''A 1
Similar care should be exercised in
the home to protect household sup
plies from mice and rats. Little prog
ress in Kidding the premises of these
animals can be made SO long as they
have access to supplies of food. Gel
lars, kitchens and pantries often fur
nish subsistence not only to rats that
inhabit the dwelling, but to many that
come from outside. Food supplies
may always be kept from rats and
mice If placed in inexpensive rat-proof
containers covered with wire netting.
Sometimes all that is needed to pre-
vent serious waste is the application
Of concrete to holes in the basement
wall or the slight repair of a defective
part Of the building.
The necessity of cooperation and
organization in the work Of rat de-
struction is Of the utmost importance.
To destroy all the animals on the
premises of single farmer in a COM
munity has little permanent value,
since they are soon replaced from
nearby farms. If. however, the farm
ers Of an entire township or county
unite in efforts to get rid of rats, much
more lasting results may be attained.
If continued from year to year, such
organized efforts are very effective.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15

If you sprinkle little salt on your
coffee before pouring on the boiling
water 1t will be wonderfully improved.
Always warm the cofRee pot before
making coffee.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15

To prevent cheese from molding
wrap In q cloth that has been dipped
In vinegar and wrung dry. Keep IN .
cool place.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15

e Ink spots may be removed by sat
urating the spot with lemon Juice and
rubbing plentifully with table salt.
Apply before washing, and In ordi-
nary cases no trace Of the spot will
remain after the wash.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15
s,klm Milk for PIos,

sjslm Milk for Pios.
Az soon as the pigs will eat. they
should have skim milk in shallow
pan.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-15

= Mites .

Conducted By the National WomAn's
Christian Temperance Union.)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-17
LAST HERON CASE
A PLEA OF GUILTY
Frank West Takes Ten Months of
Imprisonment as General SEES
sions Closes for the Term.

General Sessions for the MAY term came
To close yesterday afternoo1 with its
distinguishing feature a plea of guilty
entered hy the last of the defendants in
the heroin prosecutions lnaugIlratcd by
Attorney General Reinhardt and Deputy
Attorney General Green and the detective
bureau.
The prisoner was Frank West, a colorcd
man like the others involved in the cases.
There were SIX indictments against him,
tn all Of which originally entered plea
al not guilty Yesterday afternoon his
counsel James Salisbury. announced
that West would plead guilty 70 one of
the bills and within few minutes he was
under sentence by Judge Rice of ten
months in the workhousc and payment
vi the costs of prosecution The other
indictments nollc pressed on motion OF
Deputy Attorney General Green
At the same time Elsie Brown. also
colorcd. who was to have been the chief
witness for the State, having been held
~ the past IL days, WAS ordered freed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-17

committee on the.churches and the moral
aims 81 the war for the purpose q inspiring
churches to more effective pltroAc q
forts Ills health prevented him FROM
accepting the invitation and he sent ms
Message TO Americans instead
All religious and moral motives unite
to make Us the defenders 81 right, the
message reads. There Is neither excuse
nor escape, the man Of violence must be-
oyerthrown il we would agaiu lead q
quiet and free life Ii We offer peace he
viii be our master The world Wtll bow
before Goliath ii lie does not encounter
his David But that shall not he. The
spirit Ut David is making steady progress,
it is winning the nations They under
stand the only way to save the liberty 81
the worlds to say to violence, Halt!
1T appears more clearly every day
bg she acts Of our enemies that they
are cndeavorine to achieve a worldwide
domination They cover the talseness OF
their designs with the cloak Of piety. II
Is IN the name Of God shat they want
to impose their tyranny and make every
thug give way and bow before thcm
What we have to face nov IS a fearful
attempt to reduce mankind to slavery