Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1917 Page: 5 of 10
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
HOTEL PALACIOS
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PALACIOS, TEXAS
On The Beach'
Joseph Reynolds
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Fish and Oysters
in season
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Straight and sure—like an atrrow that Aim
from the bow and imbeds itself in the bull's-
So have the Maxwell builders fixed a price
for their product—$745—which makes it pos-
sible for them to say:
"Below this figure there must be something
lacking which we hare put into the Maxwell-
efficiency, durability, economy, comfort, beauty
or standard etfuipuieiit.
—and above this figure we could give you
no greater practical utility—only larger siae or
richer and fancier furnishings."
This is the scientific fact—proved and de-
monstrated by one of the of the motor
car industry in years of production on an im-
mense scale.
And we stand firm on this finding of tk«
Maxwell builders.
We believe the Maxwell to be the BEST
MOTOR CAR INVESTMENT possible today.
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Lone Star Hotel
"The Heart of the dtp*
Cool, Clean and Convenient
W. B. RAE, Prop., Palacios, Texas
CITY MEAT MARKET
A choice line of Fresh Ivieats and Packing
House Products always on hand and
subject to your orders. Prompt, Efficient,
Courteous Service, together with faultless
sanitary precautions, makes this the logi-
cal place from which to supply your table.
The pmiil is iiie mosi import-
ant structure in the world, the
synthetic chemist par execel-
lence. It has been the means of
fixing, that is placing in tangible
form, all the carbon we have.
Through it the activity of the
plant, coal, kerosene, natural;
gas, graphite, the diamond, be-
sides many other forms and com-
pounds of carbon were formed.
The black spots in marble are
from the same source.
It not only makes its own food
from the elements,but directly or
indirectly of all living beings.
Under the influence of sun-
light the leaf takes from the air
a noxious gas, carbon dioxide,
tears it apart, throws away the
oxygen and then uses Ihe carbon
in the formation of starch. The
only time its food approximates
organic matter is when it starts
as a single cell. This apparent-
ly simple structure has within its
cell wall a microscopic speck of
living matter called protoplasm,
defined by Professor Huxley as
the physieal basis of life.
cooling this delicate structure
and keeps it from injury. To do
this the cells must give up part
of their water and this takes off
the stress, the cells partially col-
lapse, causing ihe leaves to droop
or wiit.
With the permission of the
editor, in my next paper I will
endeavor to explain why trees
in nature die and why they rest
for a season to be followed by
the raising of the sap.
Respectfully,
N. M. Dewees M. D.,
Palacios Texas.
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00 YUU KNOW ANYBODY
LIVING IN THE YEAR 1500?
and moisture this protoplasm
splits up the starch of the seed
placed around it by its parent,
and forms cellulose to form the
w-alls of other cells, a!! of which
contain this living principle.
There is always enough food
placed with the cell for the de-
velopment of the first leaves.
The leaves are filled with small
granular bodies which turn
r green in the sunlight. These
' bodies are known as chlorophyl,
the color of which is to modify
the waves of light used in the
decomposition of the carbon
dioxode.
Having obtained the carbon
from the air as stated above,
three other elements are of ma-
jor importance. Oxygen, hydro-
gen, and for the propagation of
life, nitrogen. To obtain the
named the protolasm of the
cell takes a molecule of water
apart and thus obtaias the oxy-
gen and hydrogen, and with the
carbon obtained has all the
elements needed in the forma-
tion of starch, which compound
is transferable into sugar or
cellulose, one form of which is
cotton. The nitrogen is obtain-
ed from the soluble nitrates of
the soil.
What has been said above
partially explains the develop-
ment of the plant from seed to
ieax and ihe manufacture of
starch. But what about the de-
ciduous trees? Carbon being
indispensable to growth, the
trees in winter lose their foliage
and this important element can-
not be obtained1 from the soil.
This question is answered from
the fact that during the growing
season part of the starch is turn-
ed into sugar and stored in the
tree. This substance contains
the carbon which is used in the
development of the first leaf.
Will '•xra 4 a" r m *vwv4UJ3J? T* i .
fTiii vvatci i uii up mix,f what
means does water find its way"to
the main laboratory, the leaf?
This question has been a puzzle
for thousands of years and has
been answered in many ways,
but there can be but one right
answer. The protoplasm of the
cell has the power to force water
through its wall when available.
This it does to repletion, each
cell sharing with its neighbor.
When all the cells are full a
stress is put upon and this
causes the stem and leaf to stand
upright. During drought in hot
weather the leaf gives of? mois-
ture which is evaporated, thus
We were interested in reading
in Hayes' "Political and Social
History of Modern Europe" the
other day a description of how
the peasant farmers of Europe
lived in 1500—now getting on
toward 500 years ago. And yet
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that most impressed was that in
the midst of all the progress
made in the generations and
centuries since, there are untold
thousands of farmers and farm
workers still living in the year
1500; men who "sin against
light"; men who throw aside all
the wealth of knowledge, science
and invention with which Heaven
has blessed us in the last 500
years and more. There was
plenty of excuse for the men in
the dark ages of 1500 living as
the historian describes them,
but what possible excuse is there
for the man who now indeed sins
against light?
Let us see precisely how histo-
rian describes the life of the 1500
A. D. farm worker and see in
how many respects some men
we know are still living as then,
Says Prof. Hayes:
"Much time was wasted in go-
ing back and forth between the
scattered plots of land."
That is still true of men who
iflt thp soil ' 'wear out" and the
bushes grow up until they farm
in piddling "patches" instead of
symmetrical fields. Again:
"The individual peasant, more-
over, was bound by custom to
cultivate his land precisely as
his ancestors had done, without
attempting to introduce improve-
ments."
The farmer of today is not
"bound" to do this as then, but
many of them do it without be-
ing bound to, which is certainly
no better. Again:
Lnue was known about pre-
serving the fertility of the soil
by artificial manuring or by
rotation of crops; and the yield
per acre was hardly a fourth as
large as now."
A great deal is now known
about fertilizing and crop rota-
tion, but some farmers do not
use the knowledge and so make
crops hardly a fourth as large as
they might easily make with the
same labor. Again:
"Farm implements were of
usless to attempt to breed fine
cattle when all were herded to-
gether. The breed deteriorated;
and both cattle and sheep were
undersized and poor. A full-
grown ox was hardly larger
than a good-sized calf of the pre-
sent time. Moreover, there
were no potatoes and turnips,
arid few farmers grew clover or
other grasses for winter fodder.
It was impossible therefore to
keep many cattle through the
winter: most of the animals were
killed off in the autumn and salt-
ed down for the long winter
months when it was impossible
to secure fresh meat."
There are still people who
have no higher ambitions for
the livestock industry than are
set forth in this paragraph; men
who grow only measly little
scrub cows and pigs, provide no
winter pasture, and accept as
sires antyhing that comes along.
And finally, when the historian
speaks of "the winter diet of
salt meat, the lack of vege-
tables," etc., along with "the
sorry ignorance of all laws of
health opening the way to dis-
ease and contagion, he writes as
if he might have seen some
twentieth century folks who
have no winter gardens and who
let poor food, patent medicines,
whiskey and excessive tobacco
destroy the natural advantages
for healthfulness which country
life offers.
Each man passes through the
world but once. He has but one
life to live here. That one such
man should deprive himself and
his family of all the advantages
of modern life and live as he
might have lived in the dark
agei df 1500—is that not a trag-
edy? And if we know any such
persons in our communities, is it
not our duty to help them—or at
least aid ana encourage their
wives and children in the quest
of better things?—Farm and
Ranch.
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sickles did the work of mowing
machines; plows were made of
wood, occasionally shod with
iron; and threshing was done
with flails."
We have ample labor-saving
machinery now, but if a man re-
fuses to use it. as many do, isn't
he voluntarily putting himself
back in the dark ages of 1500?
Again hear the evidence as to
livestock:
"After the grain had been
harvested, cattle were turned
out inuiscrimately on the stubble,
on the supposition that the fields
were common property. It was
Neuralgia of the face, shoul-
der, hands, or feet requires a
powerful remedy that will pen-
etrate the flesh. BALLARD'S
SNOW LINIMENT possesses
that power. Rubbed in where
the pain is felt is all that is nec-
essary to relieve suffering and-
restore normal conditions. Price
25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle.
Sold by the Crescent Drue Store.
Elimination of speculation and
excessive profits in the whole-
sale rood handling trade is
secured by the Federal licensing
system put into effect November
1 under the LT. S. Food Admin-
istration. The regulations are
expected to protect not only the
consumer but also the producer
who sends his goods to market
on consignment.
Food for our Allies is ammuni-
tion for the first iinp of defense.
Straight furrows are straight
shots for liberty.
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Tucker, T. L. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1917, newspaper, November 9, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412155/m1/5/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.