Queen City Times. (Agra, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 10, 1910 Page: 2 of 10
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Queen City Times
AGRA.
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA HAPPENINGS
Dill City Is soon to have a new bank
with a capital stock of $20,000.
The proposed charter for the city
of El Reno carried by a vote of 381
to 100.
Farmers at Camp, Texas county,
have raised $1,000 to sink a well for
artesian water.
Prague is getting from 100 to 260
loads of cotton per clay. The crop will
be much larger than was expected.
Antlers cotton market has purchas-
ed over 1,400 bales, and during the
season will probably buy 2,800 bales.
Ardmore papers are claiming that
Ardmore will get twice the amount of
cotton this year it received last year.
A greenhouse costing $5,000 is being
built for the botanical department of
the agricultural and mechanical col-
lege at Stillwater.
Women of Muskogee will take an
active part in the present election.
They are working for two issues, pro-
hibition and woman suffrage.
It is reported by grain dealers that
Oklahoma farmers are holding back
about 6,000,000 bushels of wheat in
the expectation of higher prices.
Reports from all over Adair county (
are to the effect that the corn and
potato crop this year will exceed any
thing in the history of the county.
Four hundred and thirty-two tracts
of 160 acres each of unallotted Creek
county land will be put on the mar-
ket Dec. 19 to the highest bidder.
State Game Warden J. S. Askew of
Chickasha reports that during the
month of October there were 4,420 res-
ident and 29 non resident hunting li-
censes issued.
Ravia now has copper mining shaft*
going down on all sides of the town
and property is becoming active,
quite a number of sales being made
the past week.
A car containing 600 bushels of pure
alfalfa seed was shipped Thursday
from Cherokee to Chicago. The seed
was worth $7.50 per bushel making a
total of about $4,500.
The Oklahoma geological survey has
during the past two years made many
tests upon the different clays of thq
state and has found much valuable
material for the manufacture of the
different clay products.
The receipts of wagon cotton in
Durant have already exceeded the to-
tal receipts of last season by more
than 1,000 bales. At least 2,000 bales
more is expected before the close of
the season.
COUNTRY AWAKE TO DANGER
Increase of Sanatoria and Hospital*
for Consumptives Is Most
Gratifying.
The growth of the crusade against
tuberculosis in the United States is
shown to good advantage In the two
directories that have been issued by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis and
the one in preparation. The first tu-
berculosls directory published in 1904, ^
by the tuberculosis committee of the ;
New York Charity Organization Socie i
ty and the National Association listed
133 sanatoria and hospitals for con- j
sumptives in the United States, for
some of which preliminary provision ,
only has been made. The combined
capacity of these institutions was only i
8 000 beds. Thirty-two special dls- |
pensartes and thirty-nine anti-tubercu-
losis organizations summed up prac-
tically all of the fighting force enu-
merated in the first directory. The
Becond directory was prepared by the
National Association for the study and
Prevention of Tuberculosis and pub-
lished under the auspices of the Rus-
sell Sage Foundation in August, 1908.
This directory listed 240 sanatoria and
hospitals, an increase of 107 from the
former directory; 158 dispensaries, an
increase of 126; and 195 associations,
an Increase of 156. The number of
hospital beds listed in 1908 was 14,014.
The new directory that will be Is-
sued soon, will list over 400 sanatoria
and hospitals with a bed capacity of
nearly 25,000; more than 300 special
tuberculosis dispensaries; and fully
450 anti-tuberculosis associations and
committees. Since the first directory
was Issued In 1904, the Increase In
the number of agencies fighting con-
sumption aggregates nearly 500 per
cent.
The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
would like to get In touch with all
agencies engaged in the fight against
tuberculosis, in order that they may
be listed in the new directory.
SOME ODD BELIEFS
LUCK OR MISFORTUNE ASCRIBED
TO THE DIGITS.
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
Reporter In Luck.
City Editor (hurriedly)—Anything
Aew about that suicide in the St. Fash-
ion hotel?
Reporter—Not much. The man was
a stranger, about my size. Shot him-
self with a 32-caliber revolver. Had
on a dress suit at the time. The body
had been taken to the morgue.
City Editor—'Bout your size. That’s
lucky. I want you to -report a big so-
ciety wedding in an hour. Rush
around to the morgue and ask the
keeper to lend you that dress suit.
CURE THAT GOLD
TODAY
Second Numeral Acquired an Evil Rep-
utation Among Early Christian*
Because the Second Day
Hell Was Created.
The number 1 Is esteemed as very
lucky by the Japanese, who allot but
one day to each of the several opera
tions of husbandry, leaving that por
tlon of the crop that could not be
gathered In one day, an exchange says.
The second digit acquired an espe-
cially evil reputation among the early
Christians, because the second day hell
was created, along with heaven and
earth. It also seems to have been a
number unlucky in English dynasties.
Harold II. was slain In battle; William
II. and Edward II. were murdered;
Ethelred II., Richard II., and James II.
were forced to abdicate, and Henry II.
Charles II. and George II- were unfor-
tunate In manv ways.
The number 3 has an abundance of
superstitions connected with it. It
was the perfect number of the Py-
thagoreans, who said It represented
the beginning, middle and end.
Little mystery was attached to the
numbers 4 and 6. In folklore the four-
leaved clover Is considered especially
lucky.
The cabalists asserted that the num-
ber 6 was potent in mystical proper-
ties. The world was created In six
days, the Jewish servant served six
years.
The number 7 has been Invested
with more mystery than all the other
digits together, and to It were ascribed
magic and mystical qualities possessed
by no other number. Several learned
treatises have been written on this
number, and septenary combinations
have been sought everywhere. The
seven days of creation led to a sep-
tenary division of time to all ages. Sev-
eral of the Jewish feasts lasted seven
days. Elisha sent Naaman to wash
In the Jordan seven times, and Elijah
sent his servant from Mount Carmel
seven times to look for rain. For sev-
en days seven priests with seven
trumpets Invested Jericho, and on the
seventh day they encompassed it
seven times.
There were nine earths, according
to medieval cosmogony; nine heavens,
nine rivers of hell and nine orders or
angels. The number being perfection,
i since It represented divinity, was
1 often used to signify a great quantity,
as In the phrases, “A nine days’ won-
! der," “A cat has nine lives” and “Nine
tailors make a man.” In Scotland a
1 distempered cow was cured by wash-
ing her In nine surfs. To see nine
magpies is considered extremely lucky.
Nine knots made In a black woolen
thread served as a charm in the case
of a sprain. It was also believed and
Is still by some, that If a servant girl
finds nine green peas In one pod and
lays them on the window sill, the first
man that enters will be her beau.
Nine grains of wheat laid on a four-
leaved clover enables one. It is said,
to see the fairies.
“No. I don’t think Reggy will ever
learn to run his auto.”
"Why not?”
“He’s always trying to roll a cigar-
ette and guide the machine at the
same time.”
AN INTOLERABLE ITCHING
The State Board of Affairs which in
vesligated the recent charges of graft
against the Texas company, in build-
ing the state penitentiary at McAles-
ter, have reported and exhonerated
the company.
The last details of Henryetta's new
$80,000 waterworks have been finish-
ed.' The contractors have been re-
leased from their bond and the work
pronounced as satisfactory by the
council.
Coweta has a new band. Serenades
will be frequent these delightful win-
ter evenings and next summer Cow-
eta will have many concerts for the
entertainment of the townspeople and
the farmers.
*7 would rather preserve the health of •
nation than he Its mler. "-MUNYON.
Thousands of people who are suffering
with coIJb are about today. Tomorrow
they may be prostrated with pneumonia.
An ounce of prevention 13 worth a pound
of cure. Get a 25 cent bottle of Mun-
yon's Cold Cure at the nearest drug
store This bottle may be conveniently
carried in the vest pocket. If y»a »™
not satisfied with the effect* of the lem
edv, send us your empty bottle and we
will refund your money. Munyon s Cold
Cure will speedily break up all form* of
colds and prevent grippe and pneumonia.
It checks discharges of the nose and eyes,
stops sneezing, allays inflammation and
fever, and tones np the system.
If you need Medical Advice, write to
Munyon’s Doctors. They will carefully
diagnose your case and advise you by
mail, absolutely free. You are under no
^A^iiess Munyon’s Doctors. Munvori
laboratory, 53d and Jefferson streets. 1 hd
adelnhia Ps.
Clothespin Saves Life.
With a clothespin kept constantly
between his teeth for 15 days, to pre-
vent the Jaws from locking while suf-
fering from lockjaw, Renaldo Capilane,
18 year* old, Is now on the road to
recovery at Plains, Pa., successfully
responding to antitoxin treatment
Capilane is a miner. Recently In a
mine accident he had both arms crush-
ed, necessitating the amputation of
one. Subsequently he contracted lock-
jaw.
As soon as signs of the malady wer®
apparent Dr. A. A. Barton administer-
ed tetanus antitoxin and perslated in
the treatment for a period of 15 days
before success was guaranteed. Now
the swelling In the arm is reduced and
the tensiyn of the muscles In the Jaw
and other affected places has relaxed
“Just about two years ago, some
form of humor appeared on my scalp.
The beginning was a slight itching but
It grew steadily worse until, when I
combed my hair, the scalp became
raw and the ends of -the comb-teeth
would be wet with blood. Most of the
time there was an intolerable itching,
in a painful, burning way. very much
as a bad, raw burn, if deep, will itch
and smart when first beginning to
heal. Combing my hair was positive
torture. My hair was long and tan-
gled terribly because of the blood and
scabs. This continued growing worse
and over half my hair fell out. I was
in despair, really afraid of becoming
totally bald
"Sometimes the pain was so great
that, when partially awake, I wrould
scratch the worst places so that my
finger-tips would be bloody. I could
not sleep well and, after being asleep
a short time, that awful stinging pain
_would commence and then I would
wake up nearly wild with the torture.
A neighbor said it must be salt rheum.
Having used Cuticura Soap merely as
a toilet soap before, I now decided to
1 order a set of the Cuticura Remedies
—Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills.
I used them according to directions
for perhaps six weeks, then left off,
as the disease seemed to be eradi-
cated, but toward spring, eighteen
months ago, there was a slight re-
turn of the scalp humor. I com-
menced the Cuticura treatment at
once, so had very little trouble. On
my scalp I used about one half a cake
of Cuticura Soap and half a box of
Cuticura Ointment in all. The first
time I took six or seven bottles of Cu-
ticura Pills and the last time three
bottles—neither an expensive or te-
dious treatment. Since then I have
had no scalp trouble of any kind.
Standing up. with my hair unbound, it
comes to my knees and had it not been
for Cuticura I should doubtless be
wholly bald.
“This is a voluntary, unsolicited tes-
timonial and I take pleasure In writing
it, hoping my experience may help
someone else. Miss Lillian Brown,
R. F. D. 1, Liberty, Me., Oct. 29, 1909."
The Test of Time.
Benjamin Hapgood Burt and U. 3.
Epperson Of Kansas Cijy were motor-
ing in U>ng V.and the other day and
stopped at Evan's hotel in Douglaston.
They ordered large quantities of raw
oysters, some of which were thrown
aside by the oyster opener.
“How do you determine when an oy-
ster is bad?” asked Epperson.
“You w-alt a short time and If you
have ptomaine poisoning the oysters
were bad,” said Mr. Burt. "If you are
lot ill they were good. That’s the
inly safe way to tell good o; sters from
iad ones.”
Tbr worst deadbeat Is le who re
dses to pay a debt of gratitude.
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