Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 10, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 December 1914 — Page 2

THE ACCUSING WRAITH

By ADRIAN C. HOWARD. (Copyright. 1914, by W. O. Chapman. Crash thud! A crouching form had arisen HtealthUy from among the thick underbrush surrounding a lone log cabin. It held a light. In its flare, leaning over a table preparing his homely meal, the occupant could be plainly seen by the lurker, who, lifting his revolver, took steady aim. The window pane crashed to myriad splinters, the man at the table went over and down like a shot. "I never missed yet!" growled out the lurker. A savage glee was dominant In his strong swarthy face. He turned from the spot, momentarily satisfied that ho ha wrought a measure of Justice n;di exacting frontier law. I All day long Greg Davis had hung around the spot. All day long ho had nursed his fancied wrongs. The flask at his feet tilled with fiery fluid had fed the dread appetJte for blood. Now the deed was done. ' Dan Moffat will neve:- double-cross another partner," he muttered, and he tramped on, striving to place forever behind him an episode that strangely, he fancied, persisted In obscuring all oilier thoughts. With a growl he dashed the flask against a rock, its last drop exhausted. His eyes grew bloodshot as lie hurried on. As the effects of the liquor began to dissipate, it seemed "I Never Missed Yet " as if he could noi escape the tormenting fancies that came to him. Nature appeared to have a thousand voices: 'Coward murderer accursed ! " The chorus rang forth remorselessly. His fugitive course broko into a run, until at length, miles and miles away from the scene of his crime, Greg Davis eank to the ground and slept the sodden sleep of exhaustion. He awoke with a s'art and sprang up with a shudder. All nature f smiling, yet a red mist seemed to obscure it all. A dull horror t ravers- d the man's aoul as he recalled what he bad done. Oh, to take hack yesterday! The cursed drink, filling his mind with sophistry, driving him to slaughter in cold blood his friend, his chum, his partner. Then he 'ried to justify himself. Together they had found a famous claim. It was remote, and quick a3 they got back to civilization, it was agreed that together they should go and make good their pre-emption, meantime keeping its discovery a sacred secret. Moffat had returned to the cabin. Davis had gone away for a week to settle an old lawsuit, kteturning homewards, he had stopped to register the claim in his name and J hat of his partner. "Filed on a week ago." was the astounding report, and Davis had staggered away, concluding that his partner had played him false Who else knew of the claim? And now the climax the drinkdriven, hate burdened sin! And the reaction, remorse! Why had he done it What evil thing in robes of sorrow had assailed his mentality and Tired him to net the assassin? Two days later, making a clean-up if his claims. Greg Davis left for the Kast. In one towu he had picked up a newspaper. "Cowardly murder" only the headline he read, to drop the sheet as if it were red hot pitch. Of irse it alluded to his crime, although he was not inspected, for the dancing letters, "assassin unknown," had nut his shrlnkinr; vision. For a month Greg Divis tried the reckless career of a moneyed miner ' living the life." amid the white lights f this and that metropolis Through it all. however, there seemed to be an accusing wraUli at his side At times he swept his wtary hand across his brow as though to brush away a veritable brand of Cain. Ther. one day a great inspiration came to him. H- reckoned up his resources. They were substantial. He set his lips firmly as he formed a mighty resolution. He patched together stories his old partner had told him of an old father and mother i,i 1 i m-n r MHiiewh re in the Kast. "inally he recalled ev n the name of town. It was Hridgeton. Thither went. He made secret cautious inquiries. He located the family The old people were living in a state of semi-

destitution, their home mortgaged, their future hopeless. He learned that they had not heard from the son they had missed and mourned for over a year. A daughter supported them by working in a factory in a town some distance away. Hy careful stages Davis formed an acquaintanceship with the old people. He managed to arrange that they should give him room and board. He insisted on paying an extravagant price, "for a home." as he termed It. Then at the end of a month he offered to free the place from debt if they would accept him as a permanent g'i st. There was little solace for him in viewing the new comfort and joy of the old couple, for was he not the murderer of their missing son? Still, he persevered in what he called restitution. Dark and gloomy was his life. Then the daughter, Alma, came home, and then in a short while Greg Davis knew that fate had yet to award to hfm the severest blow of all. for love, strange to him before, intense, almost feverish, now possessed his lonely, longing soul. "What have you not done for us!H Alma said .to him more than once, gratitude flooding her eyes. "Why, I needed a home, friends, ' Davis would lamely explain, air fche time his heart jinking like lead Tt had occupied his time and thoughts to work around the place for the old folks. Alma, however, was a constant source of reproach and remorse to him. Every time his eyes fell upon her. full of love and longing, between them seemed to come her dead brother, waving him sternly back, pointing at him a menacing, accusing finger. "Heaven hut out because I plunged recklessly into that hell of sin and crime!" he groaned. "I cannot endure my i unishment. I will end it all " Davis got all his money together and placed it in the hands of a lawyer, with instructions to deliver it to old Mr. Moffat should anything happen to himself. Then one afternoon he proceeded to a retired spot in the home garden of the place, sat down on a bench and drew out a revolver. It was the same weapon that he had used that fateful night against his partner. "A life for a life!" he breathed, solemnly, but his suicidal hami was suddenly stayed. Through the garden Aang thf echoing voice of Alma! "Oh, Mr. Brown!" under this name she knew him "where are you? Such news, such glorious news! The letter just came. My brother, Dan he is coming home!" Astare, Greg Davis' eyes roved over the letter she placed before him. His dazed brain could scarcely take in its contents. It told of a partner mvsteriously disappeared, of vain search. It told how Moffat, in order to surprise him had pre-empted the new claim in Davis' name, and in his hot haste Davis had not paused to ascertain that fact. The writer feared that some eneniv had killed Davis, for his own life had been attempted, but the bullet had glanced from a bone, merely stunning him. So the headlines Davis had seen in the newspaper had alluded to some other crime. Amid his relief, his joy at learning that he was not a murderer, Greg Davis sank to his knees in grateful prayer. Then came a confession to the amazed girl at his side. "How you have suffered!" breathed th gentle-hearted Alma, pityingly, and out of that pity grew love, and when Dan Moffet came home it was to greet a prospective brother-in-law.

SOME TRUTH IN STATEMENT Auto Owner Was in Position to Believe Farmer's Information Was Correct. A party of motorists touring from Cornwall lost their way one night while proceeding to St. Mawes, and eventually found themselves stranded ith a burst tire on one of the hilliest, roughest, narrowest and most winding roads that even Cornwall produces. While the spare wheel was being fixed the rain came down in torrents, and language suitable to the occasion was d. Just then a farmer happened to come along. "Can you tell us where we are?" asked the owner-driver, calming himmelt with an effort. "We have missed our way." "You are on the road to Ruan." said the farmer, innocently. "It's a mile off." "Oh. I see!" exclaimed the perspiring motorist. "On the road to ruin, am I? Well." he continued, as the humor of the situation dawned upon him. "I may be. and it may lead to destruction but I always thought it was a Bigfct broader and easier going than this Centipede Routs Girls. A great big eight-inch centipede, an old fellow with black body and light brown claw s. invaded the French class at the high school here. When first noticed he was crawling up Mme. Muenier's dress. The French class of nine girls screeched simultaneously, but Miss Lucie Woorten was the heroin- or tne nour, knocking u :uipede from the teacher's clothing. 0"e would have thought a mouse was loose in the schoolroom by the way the young women hopped upon tho benches. Tho centipede escaped to its hole In Lfcc wall, but ir. a little while came out again. With the aid of the janitor and his broom and a boy who procured a bottle, the centipede was captun d Austin (Tex.) Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.

Cupid Is Making Very Poor Shots in Washington WASHINGTON. Cupid has neglected Washington. Either his accuracy with bow and arrow is deteriorating or he has passed over the capital of the United States to instill the germs of love in the hearts of old and young In other cities,, leaving the boys

Ifj'M GETTIN' TO &t AN AWful BUN SHOT i i&ti C W rf

allow them to get married and live in a cozy flat," the bureau of the census says more than one-third of the women fifteen years and over in Washington are single. Only three states lead Kb the number of unmarried women Massachusetts. Rhode Island and Minnesota. I'nmarried men, youn& and old, hdve greater opportunity, for finding a mate in Washington than in any other city. There are all kinds, all types, all ages. If a man likes brunettes, there are many. Blondes are in profusion. Mental quaMfications range from the tea dance "chicken" with "nobody home" to the calm, studious, sedate female lawyer, doctor and scientist.

Ruling on the Rhea Hits the Feather Duster

T HE United States government spent question: "What is whisky?" It to answer the question: "What is an swered by a declaration that "the ostrich is not a rhea." Therefore hereafter the plumes of the rhea cannot be imported into the United States. The rhea, which is an inhabitant of the Southern continent, has been loosely called the South American ostrich, and as ostriches breed in captivity their plumes are not considered as the plumes of wild fowl, and therefore under tho law which forbids the importation of the feathers of wild

birds, the rhea plume, under plea that it was an ostrich plume, was held to be exempt and so was allowed to come in. The rhea, however, it has finally been proved, is a wild bird, and as the demand for its plumes threatened its extinction, the bird protectors took hold of the matter and hereafter under a ruling just made by the treasury department no rhea plumes can be imported. It is said that the decision will be felt heavily by the manufacturers of feather dusters, who are said to be dependent on these plumes for a supply of proper material for the goods which they make. In the controversy over the rhea many scientists gave their evidence. Dr. Frank Iff. Chapman, who is the curator of ornithology in the American Museum of Natural History, New York city, turned the scale so as to save the rhea from extinction by telling the treasury officials that "the rhea is no more an ostrich than the duck is a chicken; and, in fact, the duck and chicken are more closely akin." George X. Cherrie and Leo E. Miller, who went to South America with Colonel Roosevelt, visited a warehouse in Buenos Aires, where they found 0 tons of rhea feathers, all of which were taken from birds which had been killed. The story that the rhea, like the ostrich, was domesticated and that its plumes were plucked from the living bird finally had been exploded.

Canes of the World Shawn in National Museum

AN UNUSUALLY fine collection of some forty-five foreign countries figures among the historical exhibits

sign, while others, designed for special purposes, include, an emergency cane, containing a whisky flask; a sketching handle; match safe canes; mountain climbing canes, with sharp spiked ferrules; an officers' "swagger stick," and sword and gun canes of various types. According to the belief of some anthropologists and ethnologists, the cane was an implement which found its way into the families of nearly every race before history was recorded, as a defensive weapon, or as a staff or other useful instrument. In some countries it was used to represent a rod for punishment, and measuring. One interesting theory is that the Roman cane derived its name from the fact that it was used to beat off the savage dogs of the street. There its general use was soon prohibited however, since the populace came to use it in their personal quarrels, with disastrous results, and because too many dead dogs littered the streets. An imperial edict, issued to relieve this state of affairs, forbade all except those of patrician rank from carrying canes, thus making it a privilege. The ladies of this time carried them also; their richly and artistically decorated canes serving as a rod for the punishment of their slaves.

Hardest Working Federal Court in the Country WASHINGTON' has one judicial body which Is said to be the hardestworked federal court m the United State?. It is the District of Columbia supreme court. In conversation with one of the justices the fact came out that a tabulation had been made

of the docket and an assignment made of the work among the six justices, working up to the fullest possible capacity that could be required of a man, and it was found that it would be impossible to clear the docket in the next year. There is one vacancy on the bench, but an additional judge was taken into the calculation. This is the only federal court, department of justice officials say. which works continuously nine months of the year

without interruption. The reason for the overloaded docket of this tribunal is that so many actions are brought here at the seat of the national government, and every one is of transcendent importance, involving great issues. When an action is brought it is usually directed against the cabinet officer heading a department, and must be heard &f the earliest possible moment. These cases take up days and weeks and sometimes months, thus deducting that much time from the regular program of the judge or judges hearing them, and the routine being thus interrupted the court falls behind in its docket. This oourt is presided over by J. Harry Covington of Maryland, who, as a member of tho interstate and foreign commerce committee of the house, had charge of the trade commission bill passed at the recent session of congress, and this was his reward. Chief Justice Covington is a young man, and was recognized as one of the bright lawyers of the Maryland bar before coming to congress He is an affable gentleman, who makes friends readily and is very popular.

and girls and the men and women to work out their own methods of heart attraction. There is no doubt that Cupid has failed us. because the bureau of census has tho nures to Prove i. and Although William Kroll, license clerk at the city hall, has been acquiring writer's cramp filling out blanks desired by heartsick swains which will a long time trying to answer the has been ostrich?" spending more time trying The question has been anYOUXL HfVf TO CET fMC iAkThOUT OIF canes or walking sticks, representing and twenty-one states of this country, of the United States National Museum at Washington. The greater portion of this series comprises a collection of 182 pieces bequeathed to the United States by the late Homer N. Lockwood of Washington, traveler, geographer, engineer and statesman. Forty different kinds of wooden canes are on exhibition, as well as canes made of ivory, bone, horn, skin, paper, tin. wire and other substances. Many of the specimens are very artistic, some are of curious shape and de

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HINTS FOR DAIRYMAN

Keep Cows Clean by Careful and Easy Brushing, Animals Bred to Come-in In Fall Are in Best Flow of Milk During Winter Keep a Record and Weed Out Weak Producers. Keep the old hair brushed off as fast as it becomes loose and do not allow the cow to get it mixed 1 ith her feed or get it in her mouth while licking herself when turned out in the yard. To some it may seem as an overrefinement to brush a cow, but there is no doubt of Its being: useful and beneficial when done in an easy and careful manner. If cows are bred so as to come-In Iti the fall they are In their best flow of milk during the winter. Hy spring, when they begin to fall off in milk the grass comes in to stimulate a larger flow and they keep it up until time to be dried off for the next calf. This gives the nonmilking period at a time In the year when butter and milk are the lowest. Don't be afraid to begin feeding early in the fall if the pastures are short, for it does not pay to have cows fail in their milk at this time in the year. The total solids in milk are largely dependent on the quality of the food given, while the richness of the ingredients depends on the breed. We know a little dairy of 15 cows which has brought in its owner jmt 1 A. anoui an even nunarea dollars a month all this season. The cows are selected milkers and the owner is a careful man in every way. This kind of dairying pays. The farmer should keep a record of his individual cows in order that he may weed out the poor producers. The value of the time required in the use of the scales, milk sheet, Babcock test and record book will be Strawberry, Prize-Winning Ayrshire Cow. more than repaid by the elimination of one unprofitable animal from the herd. Don't let the cows sleep out on cold, rainy nights when you need a fire to keep warm in the house. It takes feed to heat her body and you cannot get as good returns at the pail by this treatment What is each of 3rour cows costing you? It is a good plan to test the cows occasionally to see if there are any deadheads in the herd. Might be a good plan to watch the owner carefully, too. He is just as susceptible to deadheadedness as the cows. Before you rid the dairy herd of the "robber cow" make sure that she is having a fair show by being supplied with the proper rations, care and shelter. Keep the fall calf growing and you WIS have a good one to turn out on pasture in the spring. In the feeding of calv?s there is a splendid opportunity for a man to exercise patience and kindness. A large part of the danger from dirt in milk can be avoided by using a pail with a hood. MAKING RAINY DAYS USEFUL Many Little Odds and Ends to Be Attended to Instead of Lounging About and Napping. Cy WALTER B. LEUTZ.) Instead of spending the rainy day In lounging about and napping at interval?, the farmer may find it a day of profit to him. There are broken pieces of harness or machinery that need attention. The harness needs oiling, some sick stock may need doctoring. The rainy day is an opportunity for this work. 1 know a man who has built a tool house for rainy day work. Here he mends harness, makes new pans for machinery, manufactures new double and single trees to replace the broken ones. Often he makes some article convenient for the home. In fact, his work shop often consumes more of his time than the rainy days give him. What Should Have Been. When pigs are kept eisht months, when fully ns good weights could have been oütain3d at six months, the profit is anything but what it cbuuld nave been.

DISEASh OF FOOT AMD MOUTH

Trouble Caused by Virus or Germ That Passes Through Finest Filter Protect Meaithy Animals Foot-and-mouth d!e.asp has broken out in several middle West states. It is very contagious and Is caused by virus or germ that passes through the finest filter. Tho Krni has never been seen or cultivated. It is spread by persons who have handled infected animals, by all classes of live stock, hay nd straw from infected farms, green hides and fleeces, and by any transportation agency. Every outbreak that has occurred in this country has been traced to imported infection. The chief symptoms of foot antfmouth disease are small "water-blisters" or vesicles which develop on the membrane covering the lips an4 tongue, and upon the skin of the feel or the udder. Cattle are most mceptible to the disease, then follow hogrs. sheep and groats. Persons rarely become infected. Naturally infecte4 animals may show symptoms after two days but sometimes not until it days after having been exposed. A moderate fever develop in the first or second day. Cattle "slobber' when eating and dribble long, sticky threads of saliva from the comers of tha mouth. The animals get lame as a result of blisters appearing; between the toes. These blisters soon break, discharge a straw-colored fluid and leave raw sores which become infected with dirt, so that pus forms.? In the great majority of cases, recovery will occur if the disease is allowed to run its course. The mortality amounts to less than 1 ptr cent as a rule unless complications set in. However, on account of the serious consequences which would follow an uncontrolled outbreak, both federal and state live stock sanitary authorities exert every means to stamp out the disease. All cloven-footed animals on infected farms are killed and buried in quicklime. The premises are thoroughly disinfected and quarantine rules strictly enforced. Treatment it out of the question. Healthy animals should be protected in every' way possible from coining In contact with infocted objects to prevent introduction of the disease. It is advisable to keup stock out of the highways and away from pastures bordering on main-trav led roads. Among tho reasons why every effort should be made to stamp out the disease at once are the following: It interferes "with the sale of animals both locally and with other states and countries: it brings about the closure of fairs and stock markets: it restricts the supply of milk and boef. It behooves every farmer to co-operate in the fullest way to prevent the further introduction of file disease into the state. GOOD PRUNING SUGGESTIONS Winter Cutting Increases Vigor of Plant Implement Illustrated for Culling Out Canes. Do not cut out large limbs. Never prune in frosty weather. Frost-bitten wounds are slow to hoal. Never leave the stubs in cutting off limbs. Prune annualry, but never heavily. Wounds heal most rapidly in spring. Heavy pruning conduces to wood growth. In transplanting rat back top and root. Keep the tree free of suckers. Summer pruning induces fmitfulness. Torn wounds are generally fatal. Paint over the larger wounds. A heavy pruning is always followed by a heavy growth of suckers. Winter pruning increases the vigor of the plant. The implement shown in the illnstration will be found quite handy in culling out brier canes. It has a sharp For Culling Out Brier Canes. edge (B) its entire length, and is cut away at the back of its butt-end. A socket is formed from sheet-iron, having edge-flanges attached to oppositesides of blade. ATTENTION TO COLT'S FEET Neglect Will Contribute Largely to Poor Set cf Legs, Influencing EfM. ciency of Animai. (By W. H. PALMER. Ohio College oA riculture.) Poor feet and legs found upon th large majority of horses are due directly to the lak of proper ysr of the colt's feet. Te neglect to see that the foot grows out evenly Is to contribute to a poor set of legs which influence directly the efficiency of the horse when used later. As the colt grows, it may throw more weight on one side of its feet than the other, causing that side to wear faster and producing an unbalanced condition. Nature, in her attempt to overcome this, causes the bones of the legs t adjust themselves to thia condition, resulting in poorly placed and developed legs. Then the added weight to on side may cause the uneven development of the hoof. The ideal foot is one chat is large and round. tth ths .all at the quarter sloping the time on the insido as the ouutde. aud tha bee la wide.