Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 58, Number 10, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 November 1915 — Page 7

I NOVEL SCRAP BASKET

USEFUL RECEPTACLE THAT CAN BE EASILY MADE.

Strong Cardboard and Creamy Linen Are the Materials to Be Employed Many Other Styles May Be Put to Use.

MAGNIFICENT COAT

There is no home that contains too many scrap baskets. In fact, if such a receptacle were found in every room, to say nothing of halls and stairways, I am confident they would, by their use, save very much of the constant picking up necessary in the average household. So if in doubt as to what to give for a holiday gift, s'end a scrap basket.

Some of the prettiest and daintiest

designs in these receptacles can be

carried out at home, as, for instance,

the' one pictured. As seen, it is stovepipe fashion, made from a strip of

strong cardboard and covered with a

creamy linen. The decoration is a large spray of flowers, embroidered in

silks the natural colors of the flowers

The finish is lace edging at the top,

one ana one-quarter mcnes wiut;, standing .up quite plain, not frilled. A plain, coarse linen lace should be used.

Then it will not fall. To make the basket take a piece of cardboard about IS by 22 inchesPaste the longer length together to make the pipe. Embroider the linen and sew on the lace. Stitch the edges together on the wrong side and hem the bottom. Line the inside of the basket with a bit of sateen or thin silk. Draw the outer covering over the cardboard, and for the bottom cut a round of cardboard the size to fit. Glue or paste the edge and then push it into the pipe, resting half an inch or so inside of it. Of course, any outer covering could be used, the selection depending upon the room where it would be placed. The crashes in gray, tan or ecru tints are always in good taste for living rooms generally, cretonne for bedrooms, tapestry for the library and the dining room and lace over a dainty color for

a boudoir or a girl's room. A light

decoration in dainty colorings will be prettiest for white and cream linens.

The ecrus can take a heavier design.

also more vivid colorings, as a spray

of asters, and should hand embroidery

be beyond the skill of the house dec orator a spray of flowers cut from ere

tonne and carefully applied with a

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Farmer's Wife Asked Uncle Sam for Only $1,000 WASHINGTON. Confiding one's needs to Uncle Sam has been a popular pastime with many citizens, ana tne benevolent old gentleman nas nad many requests for aid, ranging from weird to pathetic. It remained, however, for an Oklahoma farmer's wife to put

over the last word of trust in national benevolence. Not long ago newspapers and press associations spread to the world word that the treasury department had received a $10,000 contribution to the "conscience" fund, the largest on record. A few days later Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo received a letter from the Oklahoma farmer's wife asking that she be given $1,000 of this fund. She explained that with this

share she could purchase two cows, ä much-needed set of false teeth, and one automobile. She confided that she needed the money a great deal more than Uncle Sam does and expressed the earnest conviction that it could not be put to better use than where it is needed on the farm. Therefore she asked that the thousand be sent by return mail. Secretary McAdoo has received several letters suggesting useful purposes to which the conscience fund might be applied, but none so confidingly trustful as this one.

INSECTS HARM APPLES ST0RE SEED C0RN PR0PERLY

Many Orchardists Who Fail , to Guard Against Pests. -

Three Things to Rtmtm&tr ury

flace, Fairly Low Ttmpratura and Wei! Ventilated Room.

In Many Cases There Is No Excuse for inferior Fruit Except Neglect of Persons to Carry Out Plans of Spraying.

CBy II. C. HACKLEMAN, Missouri Col-

lego of Agriculture.) Tn storing seed corn three things

should be kept in mind, according to

J. C. Hackleman of the Missouri Col

lege of Agriculture. They are (4) a

dry room or building, (2) a fairly low,

even temperature without hard

freezes, and (3) a well ventilated room

(By E. P. Taylor.) from which moisture from the sweat-

There are comparatively few or- may eaaily escape. Seed

chardists at the present time wtio corn mav De injured If stored above doubt the value of spraying apples sweating' grain from which it receives

ror tne curcuno ana me wuhub moisture. moth. On the other hand, there are Theso 'essentais are most perfectly

many who are, in reality, not protect- secure(i w kroner storage in an at-

ing their orchards from these two car- tic as caref ul tests nave . shown that

dinal apple pests as much as is possi- better results were obtained from such Die or, indeed, practicable. storage than from any other. Cellars

It is unnecessary to go into de- in Wujcn tuerQ arQ furnaces are ex-

tail in explaining all the reasons why Cellent; others are likely to be too

fruit, stung trom tne coming muui damD if it is impossible to use any

or stung and deformed by the curculio, of the house in this way. suitable

is permitted. Suffice to say that in places can probably bo found in tool

many cases there is no reasonable ex- sneas or other farm buildings.

cuse, except the failure of persons to carry out plans of spraying which are

already well known to be effective. There is a strong tendency, how

ever, noted recently among many fruit growers to do more careful and

intelligent spraying so that a higher

A frame of two by fours may be

built from two to six feet square and strongly braced. If chicken netting is

then stretched over both the sides in such a way that the holes match, the ears may be thrust through and stored

very cheaply. They may be swung

percentage of first-class apples may from the roof in strings, held by baling

be produced. A few years of par- wire or binding twine, or may be

tial fruit failures from adverse and stlirk nn nans driven into an UDright

Sable coat that has been valued

$30,000.

in shape, so I chose the round model for illustration because it was so miifh easier to make than the square.

It was of dull old rose, green and In- department that one of the chief hopes

dian yellow tapestry lined with lighter of the industry s future lies in the du

old rose silk and all edges finished

Government May Move to Conserve the Lobster ALARMED at the decrease in the source of supply of lobsters that has followed increasing demand for this sea food, and the consequent careless methods of fishermen bent only on easy exploitation, leaders among those engaged in the lobster industry in the

United States have recently informed the bureau of fisheries of the commerce

uncontrollable weather conditions

makes it even more necessary that in

the other year3 we save our crops

with the gilt gimp. If one feels equal to the attempt the result will be a very beautiful bit of handiwork. The cost of the ordinary basket will be: Cardboard, ten cents; half a yard of linen, twenty cents; a transfer design, five or ten cents; lining, ten cents, and silks for working, probably fifteen cents. Boston Globe.

SAY lobsters

STRONG COLORS IN FAVOR

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All Shades of Purple Employed Varieties of Blue Would Appear to Be Almost Innumerable.

Scrap Basket. simple outline stitch will ho equally effective and save lots of time. A narrow upholstery gimp is used as a trimming for cretonne baskets

and the French gilt for those covered in tanostrv. I saw a lovely basket on

this order recently, but it was square tity brightens up an entire costume.

All shades of purple are smart, including royal purple, amethyst, eggplant, reddish plum and mauve. Such reddish shades as mulberry, mahogany, garnet, dregs of wine, bordeaux, burgundy, rose, flesh, begonia, light iagenta and deep old rose are all to

be found in velvet, satin, chiffon, crepe, ribbons, etc. Among evening silks are such shades as white, cream, silver, ciel blue, maize, nile, flesh, mauve and moss-rose pink. Among the novelties are a gray duller than battleship, almost a black, Egyptian purple, dark castor and a slate that is almost blue. Belgian blue is seen in velvet, ribbons, feathers, broadcloth, taffeta, satin, crepe, silk voile, etc., belonging to the afternoon list of colors which are lighter than those used for tailor-made suits. Grenadier is a dark blue of grayish cast. Submarine blue is bluer than navy, having a trace of purple. Hermit brown has an earthy shade. Castor, beige, tan, sand, African and tobacco are among the favored brown shades. Among grays only dark and semi-dark shades are seen, such as taupe, battleship gray, fawn, mouse and various black and white mixtures, forming a pepper and salt gray. Green shades are of the grayish cast, such as Russian, bottle green and bluish myrtle. Flag green is the vivid shade in Italy's flag, and a small quan-

reau's hands. These representatives of

the lobster industry have at the same time begun a campaign for adequate appropriations by congress to enable the bureau to carry on special work toward lobster conservation. Because oysters have been so well

known as a sea food, there has already been placed on the statute books of the nation and the states legislation that proves a great protection to the industry, but there has been little legislation of this character to protect lobsters. If the lobster men have their way the two industries will be placed on much the same legislative footing. Some of the principal steps that need to be taken for the protection of the lobster industry, in the opinion of its leaders, are the granting of greater appropriations by congress to the bureau of fisheries and the provision for state regulation of methods of capture and possession and federal regulation of interstate shipments. In order that the industry may be built up on a proper basis, the lobster men say, there should be regulation of fishing practices to bring about greater annual natural production of lobster eggs, the rearing of an increased number of young from the eggs and protection of adults above and below market size. Suitable places should be set aside, it is also suggested, for breeding purposes, and the fishing in such areas should be strictly regulated. The spokesmen for lobster protection also advocate the licensing of all lobster fishermen, the enforcement of specific rules for measuring the crustaceans and the enactment of legislation prescribing sanitary methods of handling and shipping lobster meat. Unless steps toward lobster conservation are taken quickly, dealers in this sea food say, the industry will be irreparably injured.

Great Guns Will Protect the Nation's Capital

NOVEL, USEFUL WORK CASE Especially Handy When It Is Found Necessary to Do Needlework Away From Home.

It often happens that a small quantity of needlework has to be done Rway from home, and a work case that can be easily carried is a very useful possession. The case we show here is carried out In dark brown silk, lined with palo pink: it folds together in the center and the sides are stiffened with pieces of card cut to fit and sewn in between the cover and the lining. At tho point

where the case folds there is an unstiffened space of three-fourths of an inch left so that the case will fold comfortably togethpr when filled. On the left-hand side there is a loop of broad elastic into which a pair of scissors may be slipped and held in place, and below this there are three small pockets for packets of needles. On the opposite side of the case there are two larger pockets for cards, one with white, the other with

black cotton wound upon it. The remaining space is occupied with tape, darning wool, needles, etc., held in place by loops of elastic. Tho case is secured when closed with a tab and a press stud as shown in sketch on the right of tho illustration. The handles by which tho caso is carried are composed of strong silk cord.

Popular Frocks. Marquisette and silk grenadine are both making a big bid for favor this season. A charming frock seen this season is of black marquisette, tho skirt almost concealed by horizontal linos of broad white silk military braid of such fino and elastic quality that tho lower and unstitched edge of each has been obviously lightly stretched between finger and thumb to allow of it standing slightly away.

Shaded Silk Hose. Shaded silk stockings are among tho importations this season, with fancy embroidered stripes, tho embroidery carrying out the dominant color of the stocking. A variant from the stripes running round and round is the vertically striped stocking of white silk, with vertical stripes embroidered in black or a color.

Beauty Tea. Camomile tea is a refreshing drink. To make it one has only to buy ten cents worth of camomile flowers, pour a big coffee cupful of boiling water over half of them, and steep them well. You can flavor the tea with a little sugar and perhaps lemon juice if it seems insipid. From the Delineator.

HIS country's most modern fortifications, with 16-inch, 45-caliber guns sweeping the entrance waters of Chesapeake bay, are to be erected at

Cape Henry, Virginia, to protect Washington, Baltimore, and contiguous territory from possible attack by a hostile

fleet. The initial appropriation for the Cape Henry fortifications will be considered at the forthcoming session of congress. The expected allowance at this session is $1,500,000 to $2,000,000, indications being that eventually nearly $S,000,000 will be spent at Cape Henry. Experts of the war department are now at work on plans for the fortifications, these plans consisting of a

revision of schemes suggested several years ago, and the ultimate limit of cost will depend upon nature ot the revision. The government already nas acquired title to the necessary land at Cape Henry at a cost of $1S1,000. The fortitying of Cape Henry, which carries with it protection against the invasion of Washington in the event of war, has been under consideration for a number of years. In 1906 the so-called Taft board ot army experts recommended an outlay of $6,102,871 for the fortifications. Two years ago the subcommittee on fortifications of the house appropriations committee authorized the purchase of the fortifications site at Cape Henry. This appropriation was fathered by Congressman Swager Sherley of Kentucky, chairman of the subcommittee 'No army of Europe has gone up against such fortifications as will be found there,'' says Mr. Sherley. "The Cape Henry fortifications will be the final word in coast defenses. They will constitute an adequate defense of the Chesapeake bay and the national capital, and I am not afraid they will bö overcome by any fleet."

Codling Moth on Apple.

from destruction by insects an ac

complishment quite within our power.

Among the many insects damaging

the apple crop there are two which

stand out pre-eminently as the most destructive. These are the curculio, the old offender commonly known as

the plum curculio, and the well

known codling moth. The damage

done to apples alone in the state of

Missouri by these two insects in a year when an average crop is borne

runs into millions of dollars.

In controlling these and other in

sects, apple growers should apply their arsenical sprays at times when they will be of the greatest possible service. There is a limit to the number of sprays which can be profitably applied, especially since in many cases it is also necessary to give separate spraying fungicides at times when an insecticide is required, or vice versa. Spraying is the chief method of control of curculio and codling moth in apple orchards, but there are a number of other natural or artificial checks against both insects which de

serve mention. Banding of the trees to capture the descending worms of codling moths as they search for a place for pupation was a practice even before spraying for codling moth was begun. It has been shown that they will sometimes capture as high as 40 per cent of the worms upon the tree, but it cannot be considered a practical operation when such far better results can be accomplished by spraying. When bands are used they must be looked after every ten days and the 1 . J i. J 1 A

wnrms fiestroveu. to nreveiiL iuu

four by four post from which the cor

ners have been trimmed so as to make room for eight rows of nails

instead of only four. Mice may be

kept from this seed corn tree by nail

ing tin around the bottom Just above the base or by inserting a hook in the

top by means of which the tree with

its load may be hung with a wire from the roof.

A study of your own conditions will perhaps show you better methods than any of these which will meet the requirements of good storage.

FEED RACK FOR LIVE STOCK Often Happens That There 1$ More Feed Wasted Than Eaten by Animals Device for Lambs.

To get the best results from feed stock should have feed-sp.ving and convenient racks and box&s. Sometimes there is more feed wasted than eaten by the stock, especially when the corn is thrown out in mud eight or ten inches deep for the hogs

to muss over, or when sheaf oats and clover hay are piled out by a post or against the side of the shed to be trampled under foot by the cattle and

horses.

A good size is as follows: For the body of feed rack make a box 4 by 10 feet, with sides 6 inches high, the top

Handy Removable Feed Rack.

rails 6 by 12 feet; at each corner the slats should be of 2 by 4-inch stuff,

the other slats 1 by 3-inch.

The slats should be 3 or 4 feet

long and wide enough apart for the lambs to reach through and eat meal

or grain from the box. Any material at hand may be used to make the rack.

Permanent feed racks may be made on

moth from maturing and making its is Principle out of heavy material

noMnn IV tViics ie nnf flnilP. MieV will

only offer safer hiding places and do to horsos and cattle-

mnrft harm than eood. They are

sometimes useful in trapping the first SELECTING GOOD DAIRY COW

emerging worms in the summer in order to forecast the date of appearance of second generation worms. Cultivation of orchards is one of the best of procedures for curciuMo destruction. It keeps the orchard free from many of the desirable hibernation places for tho adult, and it un-

Profcscor Haecker Makes Interesting

Statement Before Eastern Convention Some Good Records.

Here is a statement made by Prof. T. X. Haecker at an eastern con

vention that will bear re-reading: "I

questionably destroys a high per cent am going to tell you how to know

of tho insects in the ground. a good cow. It's a simple matter.

There are many useful natural in- One or two signs tell a good cow,

sect parasites and other enemies of as well as twenty. In a poor cow both curculio and codling moth which the thigh runs down straight, so

attack them in practically all their

stages and assist very materially in

preventing the damage from them being far greater than it is.

there is no place between the thigh and tho udder on one side and the tail on tho other. There should be plenty of daylight between the udder and

the tail. One of the best ways to tell

r residents No Longer Use Lincoln s bummer House pontrol the apple borers what ldnd oC a cow you havo 18 by vumnuu inc her temperament. A good dairy typo

NE ot the most interesting buildings in tho Soldiers' Home grounds in Washington is tho picturesque cottage adjoining the main building that

is known to visitors as the Anderson house, often mentioned as suitable for a summer White House. In former

years it served as a summer White House and Presidents Lincoln, Buchanan, Arthur and Hayes passed tho heated days of their terms at the quiet retreat. In fact, the custom of the country's rulers to have a special home for the summer months at a mountain or seaside resort is a comparatively new one. At the time when the Anderson house was used for this purpose the

various methods of alleviating the heat , ot the capital's season were not as perfect as they are now. The management of the Soldiers' home, which is an institution ot the regular army, thought it fitting for the president, by reason of his office as commander in chiet or the army, to accept the hospitality of this delightful place, and it was in many instances accepted and appreciated. The building is particularly associated with Lincoln, for it was under its protecting shade that he spent the trying days of his administration and worked with endless patience for the preservation of the Union. In the corner room with the big gray gable he prepared his famous proclamation or emancipation. The Anderson cottage was known as the president's cottage and the Mansion house until 1S88, when it was given its present title in honor of Brig. Gen. Robert Anderson, who, during his life, worked zealously in behalt ot tho home's establishment

rjAnnrtment of Aarlculture Recom-

mends "Worming" and Painting Trees as Effective Method.

"Worming" and painting the trunks

of tho trees are recommended to owners of apple orchards as efficient meth

ods of dealing with the roundheaded apple-tree borer in a new Farmers'

Bulletin, No. 675, of the United States

department of agriculture. A heavy

application of some paint that will not

injure the trees but will remain in an

unbroken coat on the bark for two or

three months, is effective in prevent

ing the female from laying her eggs

has a sharp spine, strongly developed nervous system and sharp hip bones. A good cow has a large wedge shaped stomach, for she must have a large and powerful digestive system to use up her food quickly, and make tho best returns for it. Somo of the animals the first year made but little over 200 pounds per cow, while others gave ovor 399 pounds. We havo kept this record every year and the last year our cows averaged 399 pounds per cow, and at a cost of only 4.2 cents per pound of butter for feed. One cow gave us 512 pounds during the year. These were not picked, high priced dairy cows, but the com-

t Vi fron nnrl PTPflflv reduces the

amount of worming, or the removal ot mon run of dairy stock.

fVm inkpots with a wire and knife

that must be done.

Selecting Best Seed Corn.

The agronomy department of the-

Nebraska experiment station says:

Well-matured corn of the new crop

makes the best seed.

Well-preserved seed corn a year old

makes good seed.

Get Last Drop of Milk. Do not slight the milking, but get the last drop. There is no quicker way to decrease the flow of milk than to leave a little each timt.

Work of Experiment Stations. The experiment stations of the several states are doing better work eack

Pnrn selected in the stiff-douch-ear succeeding year; the scientists are ma-

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.tar makes rood seed. türm ana tne peopi arc pprociau