The Curtis Courier. (Curtis, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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THE CHILDREN ROMP UNO PLAY
WHILE PARENTS SEE THE f AIR
The Day Nursery and Kindergarten
■re features of the Oklahoma State
kalr and Exposition, Oklahoma City.
September 24 to Orlober 5, that hare
received more atfenllon from the offi |
cers and direttora than any other
single department. They have pro-1
vided one big building solely for the I
over the 160 meres of education and
amusement to be found in the suly
odd big buildings and barns at the
Stale Fair, the little ones spend ITielr
time at play as shown In the pleura
made from an actual photograph
taken last year.
Kvery precaution Is taken with the
little ones and nothing but the purser
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smiic mu m siitctsifiiL tiirtm
PREPARATION OF SOIL-TIME AND METHOD OF
SOWING-CHOICE OF SMP
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By Cksrlss E. Heks. Asa't Africaltariat. U. S. Dept ml Africaltars
r
Interior View of Day Nursery, Kindergarten and Women's Res* Cottage,
Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition, Oklahoma City, September 24 to
October 5, 1912.
a omen j.nd children of Oklahoma. It
Is situated In a magnificent grove and
the little mica left there are ronatwnt-
ly under the watchful eyes of the la
dlea In charge. Sanitary toilets, wash
rooms, beds for children, electric
lights, gas heat nnd plastered walla
make the building as anng aa any
modern home.
The Hay Nursery will again he un-
der the supervision of the Federated
Kindergarten Mothers' Club thia year.
milk la used. The same rare Is taken
with regards to the water used and all
sorts of ganus are Indulged In.
While the tiny lots are being looked
after in the Hay Nursery the older chil-
dren will he allowed to play In tha
pretty grove. Work of preparing an
outdoor playground Is now In progress.
The Women's Rest Department »lil
be in charge of a competent niatroi,
who will minister to the needs of
those w ho seek rest In these comfort-
While proud mothers wend their way laldo quarters.
TO RESTORE OLD PAINTINGS HOW TO BEAUTIFY YOUR LAWN
Marvelous Results Obtained by
Frenchman in Experiments With
Electrical Currents
A strange ease has been going on
for some time in the Paris law courts
concerning a process for restoring old
paintings, claimed to have been In-
vented by n prisoner who is being
prosecuted on the charge of having
obtained money on the pretext of the
success of the method. Tills method
Is a mysterious kind of application of
eleotrlc currents to the pictures In
question.
The prosecution seemed to havo
strong arguments at first, but now the
Btate of the ease has suddenly
changed, sIiicp the well-known paint-
er. M. Tony Robert-Fleury, a former
president of the Soeiete des Artistes
Francais. has come forward and given
evidence in favor of the prisoner. M.
Fobert-Fleury said that the prisoner
had long been a pupil of his and he
had witnessed some experiments. The
results were really marvelous.
"They seemed to me extraordinary,”
said M. Robrt Fleury. "He sent cer-
tain currents through the picture,
which caused an exudation. He ab-
sorbed this with cotton waste. The
painting is restored to a virgin slate
without being In the least deteriorated.
All the black, oily grease is eliminat-
ed and the painting is revarnlehed
with astonishing rapidity. I gave him
an old portrait of my father out of
my studio. It was in a terrible state
of grease, accumulated by age. In
half an hour it was cleaned of all oily
matter and restored to freshness.
The leaden salts were eliminated and
the color came hack to the picutre,
which Is now saved.”
Profeasor Major of University of Mi»
■ouri Gives Home Landscape
Hints In a Lecture
Emigrants Prove Ungrateful
The members of the emigration sub
committee of the Birmingham distress
committee report that they experience
difficulty in securing repayment of the
amounts advanced to emigrants, al-
though many of the persons assisted
are now well able to repay. Since
1906 the committee have expended
$10,000 in assisting emigration, and
the repayments amount to $100 only,
lu each case the emigrant had entered
into a bond to repay the loan.
New Pyrometer
A new pyrometer for measuring
high temperatures consists of strips of
two metals, rolled together Into a spi-
ral. As heat rays strike it the spiral
gradually unrolls, owing to the differ-
ence between the two metals' coeffi
clints of expansion.
Phonographs as "Centrals"
The Berlin telephone department Is
making tests with phonographs is or
der to notify subscribers that the line
Is not free, so as to relieve the opera
tors of this duty. The results are said
to be very good.
Home landscape gardening—which
is nothing more than making your
house and yard look so homelike and
inviting that your friends Instinctively
will want to drop In as they pass the
Bate—is not so difficult a matter as It
sounds. That at least, was the Im-
pression gained by 500 fathers and
mothers and children, too, who at-
tended the lecture given at Kansas
t ity, Mo., by H. F. Major, Instructor
in landscape gardening at the Univer-
sity of Missouri.
“A well arranged homo is very much
like a correctly composed picture."
Mr. Major said. “The sky is the back-
ground. The house, placed well back
In the middle distance Is the focal
point—the natural resting point for
the eye.
"The lawn, spreading out from the
house. Is like the mat to the picture
and, like a picture mat. should be kept
simple and unbroken. Driveways and
walks are quite necessary, but as they
are not decorative they should be kept
to one side and not too wide.
“Then conies the frame for the pic-
ture. Trees and shurbs-plenty of
them—down the driveways and about
the house, covering up the founda-
tions and the sharp corners. These
are the settings that hold the picture
together.
“Then, the Important thing Is to
keep the place cleaned up. Grounds
need grooming as well ns horses, and
show the effects Just as much. Clean-
ing up around a house is like keeping
your clothes brushed—It gets to be a
habit.”
Thorough preparation of the seed-
bed and at the right time is the most
Important point to be observed In the
■owing of alfalfa. All successful al-
falfa growers say that a good seed-
bed is essential to successful alfalfa
culture. The ground should be brak-
es several montha before the planting
la to be done, eo as to allow l\ to
become firm and full of moisture. A
liberal supply of moisture la abso-
lutely essential to a perfect stand,
and not only must enough moisture be
present to bring up the seed, but
there must be enough to eupport the
young plants until more rain falls.
If the alfalfa Is to follow an oat crap
In the fall, which is a very good prac-
tice, the land should be broken Just
ea soon as the oat crop ta off; and
after each rain the field should be har-
rowed to retain all the moisture pos-
sible for the young plants. Whatever
crop the alfalfa follows, and whether
•own in the fall or spring, the prac-
tice of plowing the ground several
dates one cannot be successful, but
that it la the best time. After Octo-
ber 1, the farmer Is taking a risk
which he can 111 afford with alfalfa
seed at Its present high price.
When sown in the spring, the soon-
er the sowing Is done after all danger
of freezing la over, the better. Some
sow aa early as February 15, but this
Is usually too early for best results.
The best time Is from March 1 to
April 15. Spring sowing has many
drawbacks, but on the whole is prob-
ably aa much to be preferred as fall
sowing. The worst trouble with fall
sowing is that there Is usually a de-
ficiency of moisture, and this Is det-
rimental to the young plants. In case
this condition can be offset, most al-
falfa growers prefer to sow in the
thll.
The manner of sowing differs with
almost every farmer. Most of the
■owing la done with wheat drills
which can be regulated to sow the
right amount of seed, or with other
BACKACHE AND
ACHING JOINTS
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'h-m n-tmrt
It lit a SittrtT
iMSlifr T«lt at
Bad XUrnap
Much pain that
masks as rheu-
matism Is due to
weak kidneys—
to their failure
to drive off uric
acid thoroughly.
When you suf-
fer achy, bad
Joints, back-
ache, too; w ith «|« P
some kidney | [
disorders, get ‘L'l
Doan's Kidney J
Fills, which
have cured
thousands.
Am Oklahoma Cam*
John T Jon.i, IIS I. Pin* St., Paula
Valltjr. Okie . save *'I wa« confined to
b for with eclattu rheumatism
• nd kidney trouble. 1 vm weak and
d**bllltMtr<1 and tormented almost to
d< Rth Not Improving under the doc-
tor's treatment, I began using !>oan‘g
Kidney Mils Rod was entirely cured. I
have had no trouble since.**
Get Doaa'i at any Drug Store, 50c. a Boa
Doan’s
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Cutting alfalfa on Western Oklahoma farm with McCormick Reaper,
Antiquity of Tobacco
The idea that tobacco has only been
known to Europe since the discovery
of America Is incorrect. In fact, the
Medes and Persians a long time be-
fore our era smoked narghiles as an
clent scriptures prove. A philologist
has suggested that the Greeks and
Romans smoked tobacco at least in
(heir colonies. In the Malay archipel-
ago the use of cigars and cigarettes is
said to date much further back than
tho discovery of America. The word
"eignr” seems to show tJiRt man's
solace and comfort did not originals
in the West Indies, but Is most likely
derived from "saknra.” an Arab word
meaning smoke.
months In advance of sowing should
be followed wherever possible. The
plowing should be deep and thorough
and the surface put in good condition
before the teed 1b sown.
So far as present practices show,
no liming of soils for alfalfa ia neces-
sary in Oklahoma, although thia
claim baa been made by non-residents
of the state in lectures delivered in
Oklahoma. Innoculatlon ia alto un-
necessary, aa has been shown time
after time In the successful growing
of alfalfa without it.
The amount of seed uaed to aow an
acre of alfalfa varies greatly. Some
farmers use only about ten pounds,
while others say to use not leaa than
twenty to twenty-five. The average
amount sown is approximately seven-
teen pounds. For the Inexperienced I
man, it Is probably best not to aow
less than fifteen pounds, and prefer-
ably eighteen to twenty. The amount
of seed required to an acre varies j
with the condition of the soil, the,
season, the soil itself, the quality of
the seed, the method of sowing, etc. I
Poor land will require a greater;
amount of seed than rtch land be-
cause the stalks will be smaller, and
more required to the acre to get the
same or approximate yield.
The time of sowing also varies to
quite a large extent. If sown in the
fall, the best time to sow Is from
August 20 to October 1. This does
not mean that before or after these j
seeders of various kinds. It is best
to use some sort of a seeder rather
than to sow broadcast by band, as
the seed are so small that it is diffi-
cult to get an even distribution of tha
seed In this manner, and an even seed
distribution ia very essential. Don't
aow the seed too deep. Moisture con-
ditions in the soil determine this to
a large extent. If the surface soil Is
dry, the seed will have to be planted
deeper in order to reach the moisture
supply; but under normal conditions
and if the soil ia in the right condi-
tion aa regards moisture, an inch of
covering is sufficient. Particular care
should be exercised If the land la
sandy, as It ia a common mistake to
get the seed too deep on such soils,
and get a poor stand In consequence.
Sow only good strong seed, free
from noxious weeds such as dodder,
Russian thistle, and others equally aa
bad. Send a sample of your seed to
the Experiment Station at Stillwater
where it will be examined for bad
weed seed and tested as to germinat-
ing qualities. They will do the work
free of charge, ao don’t hesitate on
account of the cost.
If you have alfalfa land, sow at least
half of it to alfalfa. There should ba
at least 2,000,000 acres of this crop
In the state. Make of Oklahoma ths
leading alfaffa state In the union. Al-
falfa means more livestock, and more
livestock means greater prosperity to
Oklahoma farmers.
Which Is Correct?
The Only T. R.
or
The only Tea Is
LIP TON’S
TEA
SYMPATHY, BUT NO.APOLOGY
Lawyer’s Tart Remarks Not Greatly
Softened by Hie Rejoinder
When "Called Down." -
Andrew Lipscomb, who practices
law before the courts of Maryland,
was trying ills first case before a
judge named Merrick Lipscomb, wish-
ing to impress the judge, was. In the
language of the bar, right llppy In his
remarks to the eminent gentleman.
Finally. Merrick lost patience and ex-
claimed:
“Sit down! Sit down, sir! If you
.don’t sit down I'll fine you for con-
tempt of court."
Lipscomb sat down, but turned to a
young lawyer beside him, and re-
marked, In an undertone:
"That’s the crustiest, most opinion-
ated old judge I ever saw. I’ll show
him where he gets off. He’s an old
fool ’’
"If you talk like that, I'll beat you
up!" replied the young lawyer. "He's
my father!"
“How sad!" said Lipscomb, smooth--
ly. "How sad ”—Popular Magazine.
An Oversight.
"There haa certainly been a serious
miscalculation about this year."
"What’s that?”
“So many dreadful things are hap-
pening, and they forgot all about pre-
saging them by a comet.”
Work, that Is the great physician.
He heals most of the wounds of man-
kind.—Marjorie Benton Cooke.
STEEL TRACK FOR WAGON ROAD
Wireless Telegraphy
Wireless telegraphy having been ef
fected between Canada and Italy, reg
ular service between the latter coun-
try and Argentina will be attempted.
Test For the Purity of Sugar
A simple test for the prity of sugai
Is to burn It. If pure fire will en
tirely consume It; if adulterated. It
will leavs an ash.
Mr. J. F. Wood, Bromide, Oklahoma.
Your recent suggestion concerning
the use of steel tracks for wagon
roads has been : ferred to me.
At first glance, the Idea of using
a smooth steel track for wagon traf-
fic seems to have some things to rec-
ommend It. Experiment with this
type of roadway has developed a num-
ber of practical difficulties, however.
Let us consider first some of the sup-
posed advantages. It Is said that
one team could do the work of many.
This would be true only on a level
track. It ia true that a team can pull
about five times as much on a per-
fectly level steel track as on a per-
fectly level earth road. When the
team comes to a 5 per cent grade.
er is the stiffness or rigidity of the
track. A light steel bar would be of
little use unless placed on a rigid
foundation. The cost of making a
firm and unyielding track, like a rail-
road or street railway, would be pro-
hibitive under present conditions in
any part of this state. The difficulty
of turning out from the track when
one team has to pass another has
been found considerable.
Your prophecy that within fifty
years the v«Tilrles on our highways
will be propelled by electricity is an
interesting and suggestive one. Last
year two electric omnibus lines wera
opened in Bremen. Germany. Each
of these Is about two miles long. Ths
power is supplied by two overhead
however, It can not pull more than wires. There ls no track The
twice as much, and on a 10 per cent hlcle on the pavp(, Btreet
grade, if the track is not kept per-
fectly clean, the difference does not
amount to much. So. in order to
ditlons may be favorable for such a
construction as this in some parts of
this country. It would not be a wise
profit to any large extent from the investment, however, to lay steel
_ A ^ «1 a!, nr a A K a «* a 4 a a a a .a
steel track, we would have to place
It on a level or nearly so. This would
require expensive grading.
tracks on our highways now, with ths
Idea of using them for electrically
driven vehicles thirty years from now.
, — ------- • t Ulll UUV1.
Another difficulty Is that of keeping!They would be rusted and worn out
the track clean and free from mud long before we could make the best
or sand. Unless it Is kept In this con- use of them.—Alfred Boyd, Depart
dltlon It ta but little better than an ment of Engineering. Oklahoma A *
earth road. Another point to oonsld-jM. College. Stillwater.
THIRTEEN YEARS
Unlucky Number for Dakota Woman,
The question whether the number
”13” ls really more unlucky than any
other number has never been entirely
settled.
A So. Dak. woman, after thirteen
years of misery from drinking coffee,
found a way to break the "unlucky
spell.” Tea ls Just as Injurious as cof-
fee because It contains caffeine, ths
drug In coffee. She writes:
"For thirteen years I have been a
nervous wreck from drinking coffee.
My liver, stomach, heart—in fact, my
whole system being actually poisoned
by It.
"Last year I was confined to my bed
for six months. Finally It dawned on
me that coffee caused the trouble.
Then I began using Postum instead of
coffee, but with little faith, as my
mind was In such a condition that I
hardly knewr what to do next.
"Extreme nervousnes and falling
eyesight caused me to lose all courage.
In about two weeks after I quit coffee
and began to use Postum I was able
to read and my head felt clear. I am
Improving all the time and I will be a
strong, well woman yet.
"I have fooled more than one person
with a delicious cup of Postum. Mre.
S. wanted to know where I bought my
fine coffee. I told her my grocer had
It and when she found out it was Pos-
tum she has used It ever since, and
her nerves are building up fine.
My brain is strong, my nerves
steady, my appetite good, and best of
all, I enjoy such sound, pleasant sleep.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Get the little book In
I'Ngs., “The Road to Wellvllle."
"There’s a reason.”
Kver read the above letter? A tew
eae appears from time ta time. They
*7 tree, a.t feu ef hernia
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