Garber Sentinel. (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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I.L adjectives and ills have
three degrees—save one
Seasick and seasickness
are always in the superla-
tive. Even a "light touch"
is agony to the victim, and
to him is just as bad as the
worst case ever suffered by
mortal.
NEED CF GOOD FERTILIZERS
And yet, in itself, seasickness Is no
more dangerous than a stubbed toe,
and not nearly as terrible in its pos-
sible effects as a severe bump of the
knee. For the knee is one of the
most sensitive portions of the an-
atomy, while the much-abused, yet
patient, stomach can stand a lot of
bad treatment.
Just wnat the percentage of av-
erage travelers is who succumb to
seasickness savants have neglected to
figure, but a conservative may place
it at about 90 per
cent. So, when
statistical steam-
ship agents tell
you that probably
400,000 persons
travel by boat on
the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans
and the great
lakes each year,
you can easily
compute the num-
ber of seasick
sufferers at 360,-
000 persons. And
seasickness Is no
respecter of per-
sons—prince and
pauper, young
and old, man and
woman, all alike
suffer from Its pangs. Even animals
eel and feel it sorely, while some
persons never outgrow it, no matter
how often they go to sea.
Sailing out of port on regular trips
are more than half a dozen well-
known navigators who "pay tribute to
Neptune," as it is euphemistically ex-
pressed, every time they strike deep
water. The attack does not last long
with these victims, but it Is doubly
conspicuous because of their position.
As every one knows, seasickness is
caused by the motion of a vessel at
sea, but just how the motion acts on
the bodily organism is still an open
question.
According to some authorities, the
violent and unaccustomed movements
of the stomach produce gastric dis-
turbances, and these disturbances
cause vomiting. By others the theory
is advanced that the center of disturb-
ance is the central nervous system,
which becomes demoralized by the
strange impressions striking the eyes.
Circulation in the medulla oblongata
Is impeded, say still others, with the
result that a sort of storm develops in
the nerve controlling the stomach.
Finally, others aver that the Imagina-
tion is much to blame, or that the
brain Itself is shocked, or that muscu-
lar fatigue, caused by efforts to main-
tain one's balance, is the real cause
of the trouble.
On the whole, probably all of these
things help. At all events, it makes
no difference to the Bufferer, and you
may select your own cause when you
next travel on the briny.
But the first symptoms are some-
what alarming. Comes a faint sense
of giddiness; a creepy, chilly feeling
of light headedness. Ofttimes a per-
spiration breaks out on hands and fore-
head; your stomach seems sinking—
and then comes nausea.
Regardless of the direction of the
wind, the victim rushes to the side
of the ship and gives up his last meal.
Tears fill his eyes and his face grows
white and his whole l^ody becomes
cold and clammy.
Hanging painfully to a stanchion,
the sufferer wots not the passage of
time nor cares for the coming of
eternity. He is paralyzed, overcome
by the pangs of a nameless, unearthly
terror Then kind hands lay hold
on him and lead him to his cabin,
where he lies in most abject misery
for periods varying from 24 hours to
the length of the voyage, be It six
days or sixteen.
Sometimes, however, nausea does
not develop, and this kind of sickness
Is described by its victims as even
worse than' that in which one gives
up all within him. As the neuseated
sufferers say that their form is the
worse, the question is still open for
discussion.
At all events, no pang known to ter-
ra firma equals In sheer terror and
misery the despairing, lost sensation
of the seasick. First, say those who
know whereof they speak, the victim
harbors a horrible fear that he is go-
ing to die. In the next stage he be-
comes apathetic and doesn t care a
picayune whether he dies or not; in
the third stage he hopes that he will
die, and prays for surcease from suf-
fering.
"Please throw me overboard, is the
plea frequently urged upon sea cap-
tains by unhappy sufferers, and &t the
time they really mean it.
Finally, the victim fears that he will
not die, and longs for strength to en-
able him to rush to the side and hurl
himself into the depthless ocean.
Far from being a dangerous afflic-
tion. however, seasickness is beneficial
in many cases, and a large majority
of travelers are Improved in health,
rather than harmed, by the complete
rest and total abstinence it enforces.
People who never are seasick in-
variably eat too much at sea, the salt,
crisp air whetting their appetites and
the ruxurious bills of fare tempting
their palates and stomachs to over-
indulgence in good things. But the
victim of seasickness cannot eat, and
an occasional fast is a mighty good
thing for tlj.e system.
As far as is known, no one ever died
of seasickness, although frequency
this cause is ascribed in reports of
the death of travelers. In practically
all such cases, however, some organic
disease has been the real cause, and
not the simple seasickness itself.
For example, a woman last summer
was carried ashore from an Atlantic
liner, unconscious and dying, after
suffering from seasickness for the two
weeks of the voyage. When the end
came, her death was ascribed to ex-
haustion, following mal-de-mer, but the
truth soon was demonstrated that she
had been hopelessly 111 with a heart
malady when she had set sail.
Some veteran traveler once counted
one thousand and one alleged reme-
dies for seasickness, but as the end
was not in sight he stopped counting
and roughly guessed that there must
be ten thousand and ten. And each is
as good as the other—or as useless.
Still, each satisfies the patient's wild
yearning to take something for it, and
so eases his mind and contributes
for it, and so eases his mand ondsOea
ir some degree to a sort of faith cure.
A glass of water given to a nervous
woman relieves her immensely, if she
is led to believe it contains in solu-
tion some subtle and powerful spe-
cific.
- So, too, with preventive measures;
they are as numerous as the vain
imaginings of man. Some are absurd
and ethers may really be useful. As a
general rule, a landsman preparing
for a voyage should prepare by taking,
for two or three days before sailing,
some mild aperient, preferably one
of the less ardent bitter waters. The
sea air has the peculiar effect of im-
peding the intestinal functions of most
persons, and the aperient serves to
counteract this tendency.
As soon as the first symptom of dis-
comfort strikes you, retire to your
cabin and lie down—stretching at full
length on the couch. Lie on your side,
with your face to the wall and close
your eyes. If you use any pillow, let
1* be a flat one, so that your head
may not be elevated. Then try to
sleep
Should this treatment ease you and
relieve you, give reverent thanks, and
fervent. If however, nausen develops,
prepare yourself for the worst of suf-
fering and console yourself with the
thought that "you are not the only
one."
While the bromides, chloral, cocaine,
chloroform and other drugs are useful
In combating some of the more vio-
lent symptoms of seasickness, none
should be taken without the advice
of the ship's surgeon. Various wines
and liquors also are recommended by
certain authorities, but to be effective
they must be taken in large quanti-
ties. And the relief is only tempor-
ary, the patient becoming gloriously
drunk and sleeping off 'als "bun," only
to wake up to renewed iliness and
nausea
In some cases, however, champagne
Is really effective in relieving violent
nausea, the effect being due to its car-
bonic acid gas, and practically the
same result may be obtained by the
use of soda water.
Best of all, say some Eurgeons of
vast experience, is the plan of permit-
ting the initial vomiting to continue
"Leave the patient alone in his mis-
ery for a couple of hours," said one
veteran to the writer. "By that time
his stomach will be empty Then give
him a goblet of warm water, which
will at once be ejected. After that
administer half a dram of bromide of
potassium in as large a quantity of
water as he can swallow. If the bro-
mide solution Is concentrated, It will
make him vomit again while if it >s
sufficiently diluted he will retain it-
Put him to bed and an hour or so later
give him another dose Nine times
out of ten he will drop off to sleep and
will awaken well and hungry."
By other good authorities this treat-
ment Is said to be good in smooth
water, but ineffective in stress of
storm, when they aver, nature must
take its course, and the seasick vic-
tims can only endure in what patience
they may be able to muster
The growing custom of taking sed-
atives and sleeping powders on ship-
board cannot be too strongly con
demned. Cocaine, morphine and
similar depressants are contained in
most of these elixirs, and, while ef-
fective enough when administered by
a regular physician, such things are
extremely risky when employed in an
unscientific, haphazard manner. While
morphine may make a person sleep,
Its other effects are often dissipation,
and iu many persons it excites vomit-
ing rather than abates it In conse-
quence, the prudent voyager will
steer clear of al' "bracers" that con-
tain it.
So, too, are cocaine, chloral and
chloroform and similar "remedies"
opea to largely the samo objection,
albeit it is the theory of those who
recommend them that they deaden the
abnormal sensitiveness of the stom-
ach lining and thus stop the vomiting
This may be all very true, but also it
is true that their effects art not lim-
ited to the stomach, while, further
than this, with healthy persons the
vomiting of seasickness is by no
meanj alarming. Indeed, severe
"fetching' without vomiting, is often
mors painful and harmf.ii than the
vomiting, and fully as disagreeable.
"Hot water for mine when I'm sea-
Elck," says one man, and, "Hot,
black coffee for mine," says another,
and there you are
A dst of all remedies tor seasick-
ness would fill a large book, and
wouid Include all the bromides, ano
dynes, narcotics, opiates and anesthet
les, to say nothing of a thousand and
one other fearsome things. Besides
there is a long list of mechanical de-
vices for the prevention or cure of sea-
sickness. Some persons use tight
belts and others are addicted to ice
bags on their backs, while another
relies upon massage. Yet none of
these measures has a sound theory
to back It, and none has been found
generally efficacious.
Some persons are alwavs seasick,
no matter how many voyages they
*make, others have never been seasick
and never will be, no matter how
stormy the weather. May you be one
of the latter number.
Application of Commercial Product
Enhances Wheat Grower's
Chances for Big Yields.
j With the majority of farmers the
use of commercial fertilizers in wheat
J seeding has become quite the rule.
] While tney do not use particularly
large quantities per acre, they have
found fiom experience that 200 to 400
lbs. per acre annually is a good in-
vestment
In many sections wheat has become
rather an uncertain crop, and those
who raise it year after year, appre-
ciate the necessity of furnishing com-
plete cultural conditions and seeing
to It that the soli contains sufficient
plant food to feed the crop through to
maturity. In other words, taking every
precaution that will reasonably as-
sure fairly good yields and profits.
The season just past iiaa demon-
strated that even In good wheat years
when fields without special treatment
proved profitable, the application of
commercial fertilizers pays, the ad-
vantage of applying fertilizers is read-
ily apparent When fertilizers pay In
good years, the results from its use is
all the more striking in off years
when the general crop proves a fail-
ure.
The growing of wheat, in fact any
crop, is surrounded with enough un-
certainties without trying to make
good yields on poor soils which have
shown their gradual impoverishment
by the decreasing yield each succeed-
ing season. «
By applying commercial fertilizers
the wheat grower's chances for good
yields are materially enhanced, and as
no one can foretell whether the sea-
Bon will prove unfavorable. It Is econ-
omy to use fertilizers on every seed-
ing. One of the chief functions of
commercial fertilizers with wheat. Is
to furnish the young plant with plenty
of available plant food right from the
start, enabling them to make rapid
and vigorous growth at a time when
It will mean most to the later develop-
ment of the plant. With such a start
the roots soon reach down into the
soil wher they gather food from the
less available sources. This keeps
the plant growing steadily all through
the season. With the use of fertilizers
i ther Is no standing still, which is oft-
en the case where no fertilizer is
' used. The most perfectly prepared
Beed bed will not present a condition
Bultable for rapid growth unless there
Is plenty of available plant food near
' the surface where the first formed
rootlets can readily find it
SELF-CLEANING LAWN RAKE
AH cb«d ♦ R«la«
wood, % In. thick, 1V4 In. wide, and
as long as the rake bar, and bored
holes iu it to match the teeth of the
rake. Attached to this piece of wood
were two pins which passed through
the back of the rake. Two compres-
sion springs placed on these pins be-
tween their heads and the rake back
kept the strip of wood at the ba*e if
the rake teeth. If the grass or leaves
would stick to the rake teeth after
drawing of the rake, all that was nec-
essary to do to clean them was to turn
the rake over and strike the heads of
the pins on the ground. The teeth
would be cleaned instantly.
IRONING DAY HINTS
FIRST OF ALL DRESS COMFORT-
ABLY FOR HOT DAY'S WORK.
ARRANGEMENT OF AN APIARY
Simple Wooden Attachment so Ar-
ranged That Implement Will
Thow Off Accumulations.
When cleaning a lawn of dead grass
leaves, etc., with a garden rake much
time is lost in removing the trash
I fo |-Tf f
!^oftWood 1 m w.d* J! ,ntW-. ttnjtliof
Cleans the Rake Teeth.
clogged between the teeth. I was us-
ing a wood back rake for this purpose
and decided to make an attachment
for self-cleaning, writes John Blake of
Franklin, Mass., In Popular Mechanics.
1 procured a soft and light piece of
Philanthropy should be every rich
man's hobby.
It Is almost Impossible to prevent
swarming when producing comb
honey.
The honey extractor saves the bees
much time in comb building, and thus
the beekeeper can secure more honey.
Improve your bees by always rear-
ing queens and increasing from col-
onies that have gathered the most
honey.
Never mix sun-slaked lime with ma-
nure, as It will cause the escape of
the ammonia, one of its most valuable
elements.
Salsify Is a common vegetable oy-
ster and, properly prepared, It is one
of the most delicious vegetables the
garden produces.
Never extract honey before at least
two-thirds of the comb Is sealed or
capped over. Otherwise the honey Is
not ripe enough and will ferment.
There Is no month in the year when
Straight Line to Honey House
From Each Hive.
Some Suggestions to Lighten the Bur*'
dens of This Most Strenuous of
the Housekeeper's Days —
Cushion for the Feet.
First, dress comfortably. A loos®
and thinner blouse than usually worn
is of much advantage in keeping cool.
When the work is completed don the
usual apparel, and the chilly, uncom-
fortable feeling so common after a
System of Locating Whereby There Is day's ironing may be avoided.
If there is a big day's work, have
an old cushion upon which to stand.
| No one knows how much It will rest
My plan of locating hives Is such 1 the tired feet, unless they have tried it.
that a hand-cart may • be wheeled The irons should be clean and
straight from any hive to the honey- | smooth. The board should be covered
house. The rows of hives extend in , with a cloth In which there are no
every direction from the honey house, j seams or patches, as these make shiny
the plan being like a huge wheel with j streaks or creases in any garment
the rows of hives for (he spokes and pressed over them, which is especially
the honey-house for the hub. The undesirable in fine flannel or wool
diagram shows the system that I fol- goods. An old flannel sheet Is a very
low for numbering the stands, writes nice covering to tack to the board.
Carey W. Rees, in Gleanings in Bee and a light cotton one for a removable
Culture. Some object to the hives t cover, as it can be washed easily.
A piece of beeswax tied up In a rag,
o rub quickly over the bottom of the
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Arrangement of Apiary.
hot flatlron. will keep it smooth, and
the iron will glide over the clothes
much more readily, especially if they
are starched ones.
In pressing any goods or clothes
| where It Is customary to place a cloth
over them before ironing, use a news-
paper instead; it gives a gloss to rib-
bon or silk, leaves no lint, stiffens
cambric, if It be slightly damped, and
when scorched can be thrown away at
no loss and a fresh one procured.
If seams are pressed over a broom-
stick or any rounded edge, with care
In keeping them straight, there will
be no shining streak to mark their
length, as Is often the case when the
pressing is done upon a flat surface,
being so far apart, for the reason thU as notIlinK can stl.,ke the wood but the
it takes too much time to go from one ! point of the Ream
to another; but for convenience I like A bosom board for fine shirts should
plenty of room. Of all unpleasant b0 very £mooth and 1)l|t ,hlnly coy_
places to work it is an apiary where j t.re(j. some advise a marble slab, but
the hives are crowded together, or we caDnot a„ afford „mt
where they are under trees. If hives |
must be set under trees, the limbs j Fond of Tripe? Try This.
should he trimmed high, so ns In t 11 a 11 it n s are extremely fond of tripe
avoid catching the veil. Since I have nru| pri,pare n |n a variety of apretlz-
no trees or bushes in my yard 1 us* | lng ways u ls most diKestible and Is
the ventilated covers and shade-boards j uguany served with Parmesan cheese,
over them. During the hottest wenth wash In cold water two pounds of the
er 1 draw the hives back beyond the honeycomb tripe and put It In a sauce
end of the bottom-board so as to give ])all wllh two qllart8 of boUinK salt(,d
more air. j water. Simmer gently for ten minutes,
drain and dry with a clewi cloth. Cut
Plow Lands Well. In fine strips about an inch in length.
I want soli plowed fairly deep, and i'ut in a saucepan three tablespoons-
Insist on having every Inch turned ! fuls of olive oil, and when hot add two
over, realizing the truth of the old tablespoonfuls of white onions cut in
adage: "Land well plowed is half i
hoed." . I use the disk harrow, going
over the piece about once In two
thin slices and cook until a golden
color. Add the tripe, cook slowly for
15 minutes, season with salt, pepper,
weeks until the ground freezes, thus I a dash of cayenne, a tablespoonful of
securing a sod bed that is in the best parsley and a tablespoonful of tomato
possible condition for the following
crop, says a writer In Baltimore Amer-
ican. I have taken a field that was
badly infested with witch grass and
by following this method have en-
tirely eradicated It, and I believe that
I have Increased the crop fully 25
per cent by bo doing.
Knowledge In Beekeeping.
With the numerous popular works
on bees and beekeeping no one need
be so ignorant of the subject as to be
deterred from engaging to a reason-
able extent in it, and it is best to be-
gin in a small way and increase the
number of colonies as knowledge In-
creases.
Egg Plant.
The Early Long Purgle egg plant
makes it possible to grow this vege-
table in the cooler regions. The fruits
are not so largo as Black Pekln and
New York Improved, but they are very
satisfactory for the home table, and
some gardeners find this variety quite
profitable.
manure cannot be hauled and scat-
tered on the fields to advantage. It is
better on the land than in the stables
and lots.
Plan to plant all the land to some
crop. Green crops prevent the ground
from burning out from the hot sun,
and the roots of the plants help to
loosen up the soil.
If a half barrel ls sunk at one cor-
ner of the box and connected by a
spout the liquid from the manure will
In this manner all be saved and can
be applied to the plants as needed.
The disk harrow is a good tool for
loosening up packed plowed ground.
Disking both ways will put the ground
in fine shape for seeding, the disk to
be followed by a smoothing harrow.
Let the grass grow along fence
rows. You do not need to make it
grow, for it will come of itself and
make a good sod if the other growth
is cut off i wo or three times during
the summer. Grasj will not grow
under dense shade or brush and weeds.
A farm of 220 acres sold at auction
recently In Livingston county, Illinois,
at $248 per acre.
conserve. Serve with grated cheese.
Both the cheese and the conserve can
be purchased In any Italian store
much more reasonably than can be
procured elsewhere. The conserve
comes in little tin cans, five cents
a can, and last indefinitely, since a
spoonful ls quite sufficient for season-
ing. >
Boiled Fish.
"If you always fry fish try boiling
them for a change. Cut three pounds
of fish into thin slices and sprinkle
with salt. One quart of water, one-
fourth whole pepper, one tablespoon
chopped onion, one tablespoon chopped
celery and one tablespoon chopped
carrot will be required. Clean the fish
and let it stand in salt for an hour.
Put the vegetables in the water and
boll until the water is well flavored,
then add the fish and let It simmer un-
til the fish leaves the bones. Place on
a platter and serve with slices of lemon
and parsley. A white sauce may be
used. Flavor the sauce strongly with
lemon.
Scallops and Fried Onions.
To prepare a fine dish of scallops
and onions slice as many onions as
desired and put over the fire in a
sauce pan with melted butter. When
they begin to soften add scallops that
have been washed, drained, wiped dry
and dredged with salt, pepper and
cracker dust and cook until scallops
and onions are a golden brown. Have
ready finger pieces of buttered toast
and arrange In parallel rows on each
side of a hot platter, letting one piece
everlap another. Place scallops and
onions between them and serve.
Broiled Ham.
Cut thin Blices from center of the
ham, cover with some milk and let
Btand over night. Sweet milk ujay be
used, but sour is better. Rinse in the
morning and broil very quickly. The
hara should be only heated through,
and you have a delicious dish.
Escalloped Dishes.
Escalloped dishes are much nicer
when made with a good white sauce
poured over them than with the more
usual combination of bits of butt«r
and milk and water.
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