Talala Gazette (Talala, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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The Talala Gazette
Wm. U. ■UpUton, Editor u4 F«b.
OKU.
Are we to have the crook-worm dls-
fcase again this winter?
Many football players are now
(merging from the arnica stage.
In looking into the political future
the blind man is under no handicap.
Kindly note the few fatalities
imong the billiardists this season.
"S 5 S," the new wireless call for
lelp, may mean "Send five slmoleons."
In arranging uniform divorce laws
he whispering variety should be cut
•ut.
November broke a record, but wait
until we get the official returns from
December.
A load of tobacco slipped off a wag-
tn and killed two men in Virginia. A
,'atal weed.
The man who wears one weight of
anderwear the year round should not
orag about it.
A man of experience would say that
It depends on the barber whether he
is an artist or not.
King Ramesest the 3,000 year old
mummy, ought to create a furore Id
Philadelphia society.
When a man dies his expenses stop,
jut whether or not his experiences
(top is another question.
The high cost of living Is not re-
duced much.'probably, by the unpre-
cedented sales of automobiles.
Aeroplane height flying contests are
>11 right providing the contestants
jome down—of their own accord.
When aviation becomes general the
repair shops needed will have to befgs
spacious as a one-story cotton mill.
Extremely stout ladies should be ap
proached with caution when they are
to be invited to attend fat stoclf
shows.
In order to get the most satisfactory
thrill out of a series of football vie
tories it is best to ignore the fatall
ties altogether.
The taxi-balloon is due to arrive and
aviate next season. The rate will,
however, be higher than In the things
that cannot fly.
Because his baby distrubed him, a
college professor committed suicide.
What a selfish, narrow-minded individ-
ual he must have been.
The boy who hanged himself be-
cause he couldn't attend a football
game probably will be listed as aa
other victim of the "brutal sport."
The crying need of the times is the
Invention of an appliance which will
cause an automobile to stop automat-
ically before it hits a telegraph pole.
POULTRY NOTES.
Do not keep poultry on the same
ground year after year.
The best feed is whole corn, plen-
ty of milk and meat scrap.
Generally a hen should not be kept
on an egg farm after she is two years
old.
Don't let chicks squeeze through
slatted coops until their bodies are de-
formed.
Don't forget that wet and leaky
coops do not tend to produce healthy
chickens, but ettrly death.
The house Bhould be cleaned and
whitewashed in the fall and new
straw and filling put in the nests.
Ashes sprinkled in the nests first
and two or three moth balls put in
the nests will keep lice away.
VENTILATING POULTRY HOUSE
Door Frame with Two Panels of Oiled
Muslin and Hinged Window
Protected by Screen.
Nothing Is more essential for the
good health of poultry than proper ven-
tilation. The accompanying illustra-
tion gives a good method. The door
of the house consists of a frame with
two panels of oiled muslin and a
OLED MUSLIN
OILED MUSUN
Ventilating Door Open.
hinged window protected ' by wire
screen. It can thus be adjusted for
any kind of weather. Any convenient
size can be made.
Says a Chicago minister—"They
don't raise big men in flats." Mild
statement—they're not allowed even
to raise little babies there, nowadays.
New York is threatened with a
<hlrt-waist famine, but that does not
necessarily suggest a season of beau-
ty unadorned, for sealskin weather is
due.
Removing Stumps.
Around this time the farmer with
a stumpy field can put in some mighty
profitable days pulling out the stumps.
There are such efficient and inexpen-
sive devices for clearing fields now
that there is no excuse for suffering
the loss that a stumpy field repre-
sents. Many farmers blast the stumps
with dynamite, but this method has
not been very satisfactory. It breaks
the stump, but leaves the root in the
ground. The way out is to use a good
stump puller.
PREPARE FOWLS FOR MARKET
Method of Kilting Affects Both Pluck-
ing and Quality of the Flesh
ol a Fowl.
(BY. C. K. GRAHAM.)
The method of killing not only af-
fects the plucking of the fowl, but will
to a large degree affect the quality of
the flesh.
Chickens should not be chased or ex-
cited before killing, as this is thought
to have an unfavorable effect on the
flavor and texture of the flesh. To
avoid this It Is well'to have a catching
hook. The best method of killing Is
probably by bleeding, and Is described
as follows:
Hold the head of the bird with the
left hand, back of the head up, keep-
ing the hand on the back of the neck
to avoid cutting yourself should the
knife slip and pass through the top
of the head. Take the knife in the
right hand, the back of the blade to-
ward your body. Insert the blade in the
mouth, keeping the point to the right
side of the bird's neck and as near the
outer skin as possible until it Is well
past the neck bone. Then press the
edge toward the bone and slowly draw
the knife from the mouth, the hand
moving from your body, so that the
knife appears to pass across the neck
Repeaflhe process on the left side of
the neck. This should cause the bird
to bleed freely, but by holding tho
beak up the blood will remain in the
neck, giving you plenty of time to
pierce the brain. The latter is located
just above the eye and cau be easily
reached through the upper part of the
mouth by using a stiff steel blade, in-
serted in the mouth with the blade
Unless they are prepared to prove
themselves justified, Central Ameri-
can republics should execute Ameri-
can citizens only by the thought-wave
process.
All the history of the past and all
the conditions of the present are elo-
quent with the argument that a poet
Bhould always have some other occu-
pation on the side.
The Kansas baby crop numbers
2,000 less than last year, but as Kan-
sas generally has a bumper corn crop,
she can't expect to lead in every
household necessity.
A terrible mine disaster is report-
id from Japan. It would be a great
blessing to mankind if necessary heat
and power could be obtained from
something else than coal.
A minister In Chicago wants com-
pulsory marriage by the state just as
It enforces compulsory education. He
also advocates women's proposing
when the men hesitate. This is a rad
leal age, but not so radical as to turn
Iconoclastic concerning things toe
deeply ingrained in the best impulses
of human nature ever to go out of
fashion.
The United States is not the only
country in the world where the cost
of living has advanced In recent years
The complaint is so great in Austria
that a demand is being made that the
government take over, through an ag
rarian bank, the cattle and meat busi-
ness. It Is also proposed that a cen
Iral agency be established with
branches in foreign countries so as
(to facilitate Importation and dealing
In cattle and meat product*.
Protection of Birds.
Protection of our insect-eating birds,
whose destruction causes considerable
crop loss U> the country every year,
will be wade a campaign issue
throughout the nation. Hacked by the
granges, orchardists. ranchmen, and
planters in every section of the land,
the National Association of Audubon
societies Is preparing to obtain from
representatives of every state in the
union definite declarations as to their
stand on the conservation of the bird
resources of our country.
Care of Turkeys.
Freedom is one of the requisites for
the best results in fattening turkeys.
Ordinarily, a turkey in confinement
will fret and pine so that the full fat-
tening benefit of the food is offset.
However, young turkeys should not be
allowed to roam In fields or pastures
where they will get wet. The roosts
should be in a well ventilated house,
as the heavy plumage will become
moist from perspiration and drafts
may cause sickness and even death.
Have Plenty of Nests.
There must be plenty of nests for
the layers or they will break many
eggs when trying to crowd into each
other's nests." This is not only waste-
ful. but may lead to the egg-eating
habit.
Hook used at Connecticut experiment
station to hold birds for plucking—A.;
B. bar; C.-D, staff; E-F, arm. ,
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edge up and pointing slightly over the
eye. With young birds little trouble is
experienced in piercing the brain, but
with older birds a very stiff blade Is
required, as the bones are much harder.
When the point of the blade enters
the brain, give the knife a quick twist
to right or left to widen the aperture. If
the brain has been reached the bird
will attempt to squawk or will give a
nervous jerk as the blade touches the
spot, and this touching the brain or
nerves not only loosens the feathers of
the bird for dry plucking, but will
greatly improve the appearance of
scalded stock. \
A weight which may consist of an
old tomato can half filled with stones
and cement Is immediately attached
by means of a wire hook to the lower
mandible of the bird. Then by grasp-
ing the wings close to the back the
bird will not be able to flutter, and
can be easily and rapfdly plucked.
This, of course, should always be done
while the bird is bleeding. The can
catchos the blood, and by hanging the
bird over a barrel the feathers may
easily be saved. *
Since there is considerable difficulty
in scalding birds properly and it la
often improperly done, dealers usually
pay a little more for dry-plucked birds.
The breast should be plucked first,
starting near the crop. After the
breast the thighs, then the back near
the base of the tail, and last the wings.
As soon as the feathers "have been re-
moved *he wings should be twisted
over the back and the bird taken from
the hooks and the feet washed, after
which the thighs and legs should be
pressed to the body either by placing
a brick on the bird's breast or by tying
the body, the object of this being to
give the bird a plump or blocky ap-
pearance.
Winter House for Poultry.
Every poultry raiser who desires
eggs during the cold weather should
keep the house in tip-top shape. See
that all cracks are battened and other
needed repairs attended to. Fowls
I must have a warm place to roost in
or they will not lay. They do not need
artificial heat to do well, but they
must have good, tight houses or they
I will be chilled so much as to refuse
I to lay. Feed them grain in several
inches of litter and the exercise the
hens take in hunting for the grain
will keep them warm.
Early Hatched Pullet Best.
The early hatched pullet is the pay-
ing one. Don't let the huckster pick;
out the best of your early chickens'
for his wagons.
Raising Chicks.
The feeding and growing of little
chicks is an art which eveVyone must
learn before they can wish for suc-
cess In poultry raising. However, it's
worth the trouble.
Give plenty of warm water. A few
rusty Iron nails kept In the drinking
water la good to keep bens health/.
Don't try to force hens to lay by
feeding them red pepper or other egg
forcers. Their digestive organs are
liable to become inflamed.
Those hens with the best appetites
and the full crops, are usually the best
layers, but they shonld not be permit-
ted to get too fat
lASH/ON
KEEP EARS HIDDEN
PARISIAN ARTISTS HAVE SOLVED
THE PROBLEM.
Sad Fact It Is That Few Women
Have Really Beautiful Ears and
It Is Best They Should
Be Concealed.
" 'If I had no ears I would be so
happy!' one woman said to another
with a sigh.
" 'You needn't have ears If you
don't want them,' was the prompt re-
ply. 'I've been. In London and Paris
all summer, and I'ye seen fewer ears
than I ever saw before.'
"The trouble, a Paris artist ex-
plained to me, is that few women
have nice ears," writes Margaret
Lane. "Either they are too big or
they are too narrow. Either they
stand out from the head or they twist
downward. The right sort of ear at
the right sort of angle is almost un-
known.
"The Italian peasant woman owns
such an ear, and the Spanish girl
boasts the most exquisite brown ears,
well shaped and faultlessly set
against the side of her head. But the
lady of the blue book, the one who
makes her bow at court, has ears
which are either transparent from diet
or fat to bulkinesB.
"Well, there are remedies for poor
ears. In Paris they sell a head har-
ness which goea over the top of the
head and across the tips of the ears.
Again it goes around the head, this
time taking in the lobes of the ears.
The harness can easily be made at
home, but the Important thing is not
to cover the orifice In the ear as the
hearing suffers If the air be shut out.
"If the ear harness be well planned
it also lifts the chin. There is a
broad strap which goes under the
chin, supporting the flesh and keep-
ing the chin from growing more dou-
ble than It already Is. If worn con-
stantly at night this double chin will
disappear entirely, and so the ear
harness does double work.
"Strapping a strip of elastic around
the head so as to hold down the tips
of the ears is a good thing, but the
elastic must not be tight enough to
leave a mark. Its virtue Is that it ad-
Justs Itself to the movements of th«
head and Is less uncomfortable than
a linen harness, but If too tight 11
makes the head ache.
"The very newest thing In an ear
bandage Is the compress of moist cot-
ton. Over this wet cotton compress q
strip of cotton cloth is bound, and un*
der It the ear sweats and takes on 4
new shape.
"Feather pillowB are bad for th«
cars and that is why the Japanes*
woman seldom has ugly ears. She
does not sleep on a feather pillow and
her ears do not become turned and
twisted underneath her head."
CHARMING NEGLIGEE.
Here is a charming design for a
graceful and fascinating negligee. One
of the pretty soft materials which ail
the large shops are Belling at ridicu-
lously low prices would be admirable
and for trimming one can also find
an inexhaustible supply of most at
tractive braids and embroideries.
SHOWS OFF BEAUTY OF LACE
Lining of Black Chiffon Brings Out
the Delicate Web in Fine
Relief.
An excellent way to set off the
beauty of read lace, sUch as fine Irish
or Venetian point, is to place under it
a lining of black chiffon; for in this
way every line of the delicate web
Is brought out in relief. Such a scheme
was used in a handsome suit of sup-
ple, white corduroy. The trimming
consisted of heavy Irish lace, in an
unusual pattern, which formed the
cuffs, deep collar, and large false pock-
ets on either side of the coat, as well
as a pointed piece at the waist line
in back. The corduroy was cut out
from under the lace and two thick-
nesses of black chiffon were put in its
place, and the lace was bordered with
folds of white silk, dotted with tiny
square figures in pastel green. But-
tons, also square in shape, were cov-
erd with the figured silk, the same
style of silk being used for the coat
lining.
MADE UP OUT OF TRIFLES
Odds and Ends That May Be Utilized
for a Pretty Photograph
Frame.
A piece of Japanese embroidery,
printed crepe, brocade or painted silk,
may any of them be mounted effec-
tively as a frame for a photograph.
First, the size and shape of frame
must be decided on, then a piece of
■tout cardboard must be cat to It and
an opening for the photo cut in the
center; cover with a thin layer of
wadding, then stretch the covering
over, notch\the edges and fix at the
back of the card with fish glue or
8eccotlne; place a piece of clear glass
at back of opening, fix this also with
the glue.
Cover another piece of card the
same shape' as last, but without the
center hole, with sateen and sew the
edges to edge of front, leaving the
iower edge open for the photo to be
passed through; finish the edge with
cord.
For the support, cut card an Inch
smaller In width and two Inches la
depth; cover with sateen, fix to the
back of frame two Inches below top
with hinges of ribbon. A piece of
elastic about four inches long may be
fixed to the support and to back of
frame to prevent support slipping.
Pockets.
Not only are pockets for use, but
they are furnishing opportunity for deo<
oration, a possibility which designers
have seized and made much of during
this season.
The pockets of the Louis reigns are
greatly favored. Large and much
trimmed with buttons, cord or braid,
they give a dignity to an outdoor cos-
tume that Is very gratifying.
An eccentric application of the
pocket scheme is shown on some new
Paris coat models. They are fitted
with high, straight collars, and frogs
carry out the military idea. The ma-
terial of the fronts Is taken and turned
back upon the hips, forming pouchet
at each side.
To Freshen Leather.
It Is often difficult to know what to
do when leather-covered chairs begin
to look shabby and worn and one does
not want to go to the expense of bar*
ing them re-covered.
Try rubbing the leather with the
following polish: Equal parts of boiled
linseed oil and vinegar. The Unseed
oil can be bought all ready for use at
any oil shop. Shake the bottle well,
pour a very little on a soft flannel and
rub It thoroughly Into the leather.
Then rub with soft dusters until the
polish of the leather Is restored.
If you use too much of the mixture,
it will be very difficult to rcetore the
polish.—Home Chat
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Stapleton, William H. Talala Gazette (Talala, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1910, newspaper, January 6, 1910; Talala, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc184627/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.