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39th Year
Lampasas, Texas, Friday, December 10,1926
Number 7
HOW TO PREVENT LOCKJAW
Lockjaw or tetanus is caused by a
germ. This is a disease largely con-
fined to the country districts. There-
fore, cause and prevention should be
of special interest to country people.
The germs of lockjaw or tetanus are
found in the intestines of at least half
of all horses. They do no harm to tb/e
horse but the' germs are passed out
in the bowel movements of thfe"horse,
so the germs are found in^Cables, lots,
fields, on the publicj^ids, and in fact,
everywhere thgjir horse manure is
founds—5kg"spores of the tetanus
germ can live for years.
Now the danger is this: a person is
wounded and the filth of the stable,
lot or barnyard, containing lockjaw
germs, is ground into the wound. The
more ragged or the deeper the wound,
the more harder it is to clean, there-
fore the greater chance one has to
have lockjaw.
In our last war thousands would
have died from lockjaw but for the
use of preventative tetanus serum, be-
cause the battles fought in France
and Belgium were most frequently
fought on highly contaminated soil.
There is a popular idea that if a
person is wounded with a rusty in-
strument, it will cause lockjaw. The
lockjaw is not due to the rusty instru-
ment, but to the tetanus germs that
are pushed into the wound, and are
not washed out when the wound is
cleansed. You can get lockjaw just
as well by a wound from a bright,
new nail, provided the tetanus germs
are there. The lockjaw depends en-
tirely upon tetanus germs, and not on
the condition of the instrument that
makes the wound.
Symptoms: The symptoms ars
usually, first a stiffness o ftne jaws,
finally becoming so stiff that they
cannot be opened. The head is drawn
back and head and heels drawn al-
most together, (which resembles
strychnine poisoning).
Prevention of Lockjaw: Cleanse the
wound thoroughly and apply tincture
of iodine. Do not put “New Skin” on
fresh wound. Use gauze next to the
wound. If there is the least doubt
that horse manure could have gotten
into the wound in any way, then in-
sist1 that your doctor use anti-tetanus
serum. “It is better to be safe than
sorry.” There is no danger and no
pain in using tetanus serum—be on
the safe side.
^“An mince of prevention is worth
a pound of cure.”—Dr. Register, in
The Progressive Farmer.
CHAMP STEER BRINGS $3.60 A LB.
Chicago, Dec. 2.—The rapid raucous
call of the auctioneer and the crack
of his hammer resounded throughout
the grounds of the International Live
Stock Exhibition Thursday as pure-
bred cattle went to highest bidders.
All records were broken when the
grand champion steer, Rupert B., was
sold by the Oklahoma A. & M. College
to the Shelbourne Hotel of Atlantic
City, N. J., for $3.60 a pound. Weigh-
ing 965 pounds the steer will be sent
East at the close of the exposition to
provide meat for the Christmas holi-
days. Rupert B., is a Hereford.
The grand champion carload of 15
Angus yearlings from the farm of J.
Hubly of Mason City, 111., brought 55
cents a pound, being sold to the Penn-
sylvania Railroad for use in its dining-
cars. For a lower figure, Foster Bros,
of Earlham, Iowa, disopsed of a load
of second prize Angus yearlings to
the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago.
BILL NYE REBUKED
I have a little son, called Jim—just
Jim Nye, that’s all—and one day when
he was only 5 years old I requested
him to do some slight thing or other,
but he kept on playing and humming
a little song about the “sand man.” I
spoke to him again more firmly, for
as a general thing my children re-
garded me more as a source of amuse-
lent than anything else, and as he
did not stir I gave him a gentle spank
ith the dictionary. It did not hurt
im and he rather enjoyed it until he
ooked at my face and saw that I was
in earnest, and then his heart broke
with a large report.
At dinner he said nothing and ate
very little, and when it was over and
we were just about to leave the table
he got up in his mother’s lap and said:
‘Mamma, I wish you had married
Jesus. He loves little children.”
This episode did not make me feel
so frightfully proud of myself, but I
vas glad that the child at least re-
garded his mother as a very worthy
woman.—From “Bill Nye, His Own
Life Story,” by Frank Nye.
APPRENTICESHIP
The pending child labor amendment
Would give )' Congress the power to
keep Chilean out of industry until the
age of,«i8. At 18 a boy is physically
a grq;\vn. man, and a girl is physically
a Jgrown woman. Each is at a grave
disadvantage in learning accurate
work and with the hands as compared
with one who has be^un four or five
years younger. Even theoretical edu-
cators are- beginning to realize how
little this notion' of “schooling” and
of employment harmonizes with ac-
tual human nature, as practical per-
sons know it. There are hundreds of
thousands of boys who hate books and
love mechanics. As units in the in-
dustrial system, as prospective citi-
zens, they would be better off in shops
and factories than in dawdling over
the text-books and annoying con-
scientious teachers. Education by
symbols is all that the curricula give.
Education by real things is a lot more
useful in innumerable instances.—The
Brooklyn Eagle.
ADRIFT 3 MONTHS IN SOUTH
SEAS, SAILORS ARE RESCUED
Manila, Dec. 7.—After drifting in
a disabled motor boat for more than
three months in the South Seas, six
young sailors from Celebes Island, a
British possession south of here, were
brought to Manila Tuesday aboard
the steamer Shurruca, following their
rescue off the coast of Mindanao Is-
land.
Originally a party of twelve, they
left Celebes last July, for the neigh-
boring island of Siua^ to sell mer-
chandise and take gifts to a couple
about to be married there. On the
return trip the engine broke down
and a heavy gale blew them far* off
their course.
As time passed the food supply
dwindled until nothing was left but
rice. This diet failed to sustain six of
them, who died.
The engine had been repaired an
much as possible, but it was almost
useless. After drifting from July 25
to Nov. 16, the six were picked up
by an interisland steamer off the
coast of Mindanao and taken to Sur-
igao, the ^northernmost tip of the
island, from where they embarked
for Manila. The Philippine Govern-
ment probably will return them to
Celebes.
TEXAS RANGE STEER IS
GRAND CHAMPION NOW
Childress, Texas, Dec. 1.—A Texas
range steer, raised near Childress and
fed by a 17-year-old boy, has won the
grand championship over all breeds
in the junior feeding contest of the
International Live Stock Exposition
at Chicago.
Hereford baby beef steer bred by
Crews Bros., of Childress and fed
by Ray Greathouse of Coles county,
Illinois, has turned back the best high
brow offerings from the agricultural
colleges and the best feeders of the
Nation from Indiana, Kentucky, Illi-
nois and Iowa.
It is said that this is the fir'st time
that a range steer has won the junior
feeding contest. Crews Bros, stock
has won honors at the international
exposition for several years. The cat-
tle are raised in Childress and Col-
lingsworth counties.
S. M. U. DEAN FIRED 2 MONTHS
AGO PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES
Dallas, Dec. 7.—Peter B. Hamilton,
aged former classmate at Princeton
of former president Woodrow Wilson,
has been fired from the position of
dean of the Southern Methodist Uni-
versity law school, President Charles
C. Selecman announced today. Action
was taken two months ago, but was
kept secret.
Selecman refused to say why. Stu-
dents said Hamilton’s dismissal prob-
ably was because he had made several
anti-prohibition speeches soon after
he became dean, in September.
IS GIVEN 35 YEARS
FOR BANK ROBBERY
Dallas, Texas, Dec. 8.—I. Madison
Akers was given a sentence of 35
years in the penitentiary by a jury
which late Tuesday found him guilty
of robbing the Irving State Bank on
August 25, when $7,200 was taken.
Akers was identified by Fred Hoss-
er, assistant cashier of the bank; C.
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COOLIDGE FAVORS RADIO
INTERFERENCE LEGISLATION
Washington, Dec. 8.—Although he
rarely “listens in,” President Coolidge
upholds the radio fan in his view that
legislation is required to control the
present confused state of broadcast-
ing.
While the president usually works
in his library during the evening on
government affairs, Mrs. Coolidge em-
ploys the radio a great deal while
knitting, her favorite evening employ-
ment.
The presidential household is not
bothered by interference in its radio
receptibn, as its apparatus is tuned
in on a local station which is powerful
enough to overcome other broadcast-
ing. But the president, in support-
ing a legislative program to clarify
the broadcasting system, is believed
to take the viewpoint of rural radio
fans, whose entertainment comes from
dared in a statement Tuesday that he j ed to be the case it would be of in-
“had already drafted a resolution pro- [ estimable value to science,
viding that, until a general radio law j The shell and yolk of the egg are
is enacted, no licenses, other than re-, perfectly preserved and distinctly
D. Miller, drug clerk, and Mrs. O. LA distant stations.
Story, as one of the men taking part Another supporter of radio legis-
in the bank robbery. »iation, Rep. White (Rep.), Maine, de-
newals of existing licenses, shall be
issued for radio broadcasting stations
in the United States.” He said he
would introduce the resolution imme- j
diately upon the convening of
gress.
marked.
PETRIFIED EGG OF LIZARD
MAY AID SCIENTISTS
Fresno, Cal., Dec. 8.—Found two
years ago in an alfalfa field by K. C.
West, Fresno county rancher, used
as a plaything by the children and
finally broken open with a hammer,
a petrified egg about four inches long
and half as thick now is in the hands
of Dr. T. T. Waterman, professor of
geology at Fresno State college for
identification.
Dr. Waterman, after a preliminary
examination, expressed the belief that
it was an egg of a prehistoric lizard
of gigantic size and that if such prov-
A PROUD FATHER
Selected: Colonel—Rastus, I under-
con_ stand that you are the father of twins.
What have you named them?
“Well suh, the fust Ah named
Adiago Allegro, and Ah gonna name
the second one Encore.”
I know you’re musical, Rastus, but
why call the second^one Encore ?
Well Cunnel, suh, y’see, he wasn’t
on the program at all.
GENERALLY SPEAKING
The professor was asked to give his
definition of woman. He began in his
leisurely way, “Woman is, generally
speaking—”
“Stop right there, professor,” inter-
rupted a lowbrow. “If you talked a
thousand years you’d never get any
nearer to it than that.”—Southwest-
ern Ambassador.
NOTARIES MUST QUALIFY
NOT LATER THAN DEC. 11
All persons who are appointed
notaiies public at the last regular
session of the legislature, and who
have not yet qualified, must do so by
Satu rday of thus week. Attention is
called to the final date for qualifying
by County Clerk John W. Kaker.
Those who qualify as a notary pub-
lic must file a bond of $500 with the
county clerk, who records the names
of those qualifying after the names
are sent to the proper department in
Austin.—Waco Times-Herald.
ITALY’S BACHELORS TO
BE TAXED FOR BABIES
Rome, Dec. 7.—Italy’s bachelors are
going to find themselves taxed for the
support of the national charitable or-
ganizations for maternity and in-
fancy.
A bachelor’s tax was created by the
cabinet Monday on the proposal of
Premier Mussolini, men between the
ages of 25 and 65 being subject to
the measure.
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