Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 59, Number 35, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 May 1917 — Page 7

"GASCARETS" ACT MSIIINQTEÄ? ON LIVER; BOWELS rksTT JOfe

No sick headache, biliousness, bad taste or constipation by morning. 4 ' Get a 10-cent box. Are you keeping your bowels, liver, and stomach clean, pure and fresh with Cascarets, or merely forcing a passageway every few days with Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or Purgative Waters? Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and regulate the stomach, remove the sour and fermenting food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the constipated waste matter and poisons in the bowels. A. Cascaret to-night will make you feel great by morning. They work while you sleep never gripe, sicken or cause any inconvenience, and cost only 10 cents a box from your store. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never have Headache, Biliousness, Coated Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or Constipation. Adv. White Elephant No Jinx. W. H. Boyd of Cleveland, O., received a letter from a friend in India saying, he had sent him a white elephant as a gift, and to make preparations to receive it "My worry lest I have an elephant on my hands was relieved only when the gift came," says Boyd. It was an Ivory carving made to wear as a ;vatch charm." GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER Used All Over the Civilized World for More Than 50 Years. Stomach troubles seem to be almost universal the last few years; I mean Indigestion In many forms, internal nervousness, caused by incompatible food fermentation, coinjng up of food, sour stomach, headache, apparent palpitation of the heart, habitual constipation, Intestinal indigestion, caused by a torpid liver, and a general breakdown with low spirits and depressed feeling. Green's August Flower was introduced in this and foreign countries fifty years ago with wonderful success In relieving the above complaints. Sold by dealers everywhere at 25c trial bottles or 75c family size. Sole manufacturer, G. G. Green, Woodbury, N. X, U. S. A., Australia and Toronto, Canada. Adv. .Usurping All Pleasures. Vexation and grief struggled for mastery fn Gertrude's soul. "Mother, do come out and speak to Freddy," she said. "He's treading .on all the ants in the garden." "How very unkind!" said mother. "Yes, that's what I've told him," said Gertrude, "but he won't let me tread on a single one." LIFT YOUR CORNS OFF WITH FINGERS How to loosen a tender corn or callus so it lifts out without pain. .1 Let folks step on your feet hereafter; wear shoes a size smaller if you like, for corns will never again send electric sparks of pain through you, according to this Cincinnati authority. lie says that a few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon a tender, aching corn, instantly relieves soreness, and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. This drug dries at once and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without even irritating the surrounding skin. A small bottle of freezone obtained at any drug store will cost very little but will positively remove avery hard r soft corn or callus from one's feet. mxi your druggist hasn't stocked this new drug yet, tell him to get a small bottle of freezone for you from his wholesale drug house. adv. Office Repartee. Woman Editor Where did you get your black eye been fighting again? Muscular Reporter Oh, no; I don't get black eyes when I light. The other fellow gets thorn. Woman Editor Well, I thought perhaps you had been lighting with, my husband. FRECKLES Now Im the Time to Get Kid of Theae Lgiy Spoti. There's no longer the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the prescription othine double strength Is guaranteed to remove these homely spots. Simply tret an ounce of othine double trength from your druggist, and apply a little of It night and mornlnc and you should loon see that even the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the lighter ones have vanished entirely. It Is seldom that more th&n one ounce Is needed to completely clear the skin and gain a beautiful clear complexion. Be ,ur to aak for the double strength othlnr, as this Is sold under guarantee of money back if It falls to remove freckles. Adv. The debtor of Slam after three months may be seized and compelled to work out his indebtedness.

Protecting Uncle Sam's Mai! While in Transit I T TAKES over a million locks to protect Uncle Sam's letters while in transit, and the post office department makes and keeps in repair not alone all of these locks, but also all fastening devices used in the mail service. Previous to 1SS9 everything of this na

ments, as it was believed that it would be an advantage to the department to have its own shop, where orders could be filled more promptly and with less danger of keys getting into the hands of those not entitled to them. From a small room equipped with one drill press and one stamping press and employing a half dozen workmen, the shop has grown to a complete factory. It is equipped with tools and machinery, including a tool and die department, where all tools, dies, jigs,- etc., necessary for the converting of sheet steel and brass and other material into locks and keys and other attachments are made; a pressroom with 14 stamping presses, a lock finishing and assembling room, a miscellaneous room, where cord fasteners are assembled and other equipment made, also where hundreds of postal scales are repaired and made as good or better than new each year; ä tinning plant, where all mail-bag attachments are tinned to prevent rusting.

Generous Response to Appeal for Red Cross PRESIDENT WILSON'S appeal to the people of the United States to strengthen the American Red Cross is meeting with enthusiastic response, in Pittsburgh notably. In his plea for rapid mobilization of the nation's resources, the president asked for

1,000,000 new members of the Red Cross. For'the first time in the history of the United States the children of the nation are being called upon to aid in measures taken in preparation for war. The distinction has fallen to the schoolchildren of Pittsburgh to be the first in the country to receive this call. Arrangements were made between Superintendent of Schools Davidson and the executive committee of the Pitts

burgh Chapter American Red Cross to enlist the services of every child in the public schools. Superintendent Davidson informed all school principals that membership blanks for enrollment in the Red Cross would be delivered at the various public schools at once. Each pupil was given two application blanks, with instructions to take tbem borne and enlist at least two members of the family. Many churches throughout the country, regardless of denomination, have their own Red CrQSS organization. Besides working for membership, the churches are doing active work in the matter of preparing bandages, bedding, underwear and other Red Cross necessities. Employers in stores, mills, factories, etc., are directing the membership work in their establishments. Motion picture theaters have arranged to show Red Cross- slides.

Overalls Temporarily Replaced Dress Uniform ANYONE who thinks the job of aid to the secretary of the navy is a continuous gold-lace dress parade sort of job will be disillusioned by paying a visit to the navy department and watching Lieutenant Commander Byron McCandless in action. Instead of gold

war records. As a result of negotiations between Secretary Daniels and Secretary Baker, the navy got the record rooms. The lloors were in need of planing and polishing before the new offices could bo occupied. Secretary Daniels was about to employ a carpenter, when he discovered that there was no money available for the work required. It is a penal offense for an officer of the government to spend money for purposes for which there has been no specific appropriation. Mr. Daniels was about to dig down into his own pocket to defray the expense of making the offices habitable when his aid, true to his title, came to his assistance. McCandless, who is a young, stalwart, handsome chap, volunteered his services. He explained that among other things taught him at Annapolis was carpentry and other branches of the mechanic arts. For a week McCandless and his crew have been humping over electric fioorplaners at odd moments. His soiled overalls attest the fact that he has not been merely bossing the job, but has been doing his full share of the work. The general navy board was so pleased with McCnudioss' action that it recommended him for immediate promotion. Secretary Daniels acquiesced and one of the last acts of the senate before the adjournment of the regular session was to approve the nomination, which boosted Lieutenant McCandless to lieutenant commander.

Many Seek Information About Divining Rod CAN underground water be located by the use of a forked twig? Such is the inquiry made, by hundreds of persons every year from every part of this country, of the geological survey. This idea that a forked twig, or so-called

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absolute lack of positive results. It Is difficult to see, they say, how, for practical purposes, the entire matter could be more thoroughly discredited. It is by no means true that all persons using a forked twig or some other device for locating water or other minerals are intentional deceivers. However, the experts say. as anything that can be deeply veiled in mystery affords a good opportunity for swindlers, there can be no reasonable doubt that many of the large group of professional finders of water, oil or other minerals who take pay for their "services" or for the sale of their "instruments" are deliberately defrauding the people, and that the total amount of money they obtain Is large. The survey, therefore, when it receives these inquiries, advises against the purchase of any of these services or instruments. In tracing the history of the subject, it has been found that divining rods have been used to locate ore deposits; to discover buried or hidden treasure; to find lost landmarks and re-establish property boundaries; to detect criminals; to analyze personal character, to cure diseases; to trace lost or strayed domestic animals; to insure immunity against ill fortune; to locate well sites; to trace the courses of underground streams; to determine the amount of water available by drilling at a given spot, and such like.

ture was furnished and repaired at a great expense by contract and not always to the complete satisfaction of the department. In that year it was decided to repair the locks, and a small shop was installed in Washington. It was found that the department could do the work not only cheaper but better, and the following year it was decided to enter into the manufacture of locks, keys and mail-bag attach

lace and dress uniform, which he wears on public occasions as Secretary Daniels' aid, Lieutenant Commander McCandless will be found in a wellworn pair of overalls. Thereby hangs a tale. Recently it was found necessary to increase the office space of the navy department by some 13 rooms. The only available quarters were used by the war department to store Civil

divining rod, is useful in locating minI wottDER erals, finding hidden treasure or de-

IF nr SOtt tectlng criminals is a curious superl KIN BP stition ihat has been a subject of dis-

cussiou since the middle of the sixleentn century, and apparently sua has a strong hold on the popular mind, even in the United States. Geologists of the survey say, in connection with this subject, that it is doubtful whether so much investigation and discussion have been de- , stowed on any other subject with such

UNIFORMITY OF EGGS

Necessary to Have Them of Same Color and Large in Sizö. Keep All Broody and Sitting Hens Away From Layers Clean and Fresh Product Will Always Command Highest Prices. (North Carolina Experiment Station.) It is necessary to produce uniform colored eggs and to produce eggs of large siz.e. To do this it is necessary to keep one breed and that breed pure. Do not cross the breeds as it does not produce a uniform product and is disastrous. Do not send eggs to market that are dirty, too small, thin-shelled, from stolen nests or that have been set on. Keep your broody and sitting hens away from layers. If you do not want to set the hen when she becomes broody, make a coop 2 feet by 3 feet of slats or scrap lumber and put her in this coop till she no longer wants to set. If you want to set her, move her to a vacant room or a combination sitting and brooding coop. Establish a Trade. Remember saying a product is good does not make it so. If you send to market only eggs known to be absolutely fresh, your eggs will soon be called for. On the other hand, if you place among these eggs those from stolen nests, that have been under broody hens, eggs that are dirty and eggs kept on hand for a long time, Flock of White Leghorns. your eggs will not command the highest prices, consequently, your returns will not be what they should be. Eggs should be gathered once a day in the fall and winter and twice a day in the warmer part of the year. The eggs should be kept in a cool, dry room away from bad odors and dust. Reject Dirty Eggs. Eggs too small, checks and weak shell, dirty eggs or eggs from stolen nests or that have been set on should be rejected. These eggs should be used on the farm as they are sure to injure the trade, You cannot build up a first-class trade and accept this grade of eggs. Eggs received by the cream route wagon should be graded into whites and browns. One case may be used for the whiter, and one for the browns or one end of the case may be used for white and the other end for browns. These eggs may be placed in cartons holding 12 eggs each. PRUNE BEFORE BUDS SWELL Trees Can Be Put In Fairly Good Shape by Careful Work Cut Out Dead or Injured Wood. (By W. G. BRTERLV, Minnesota Experiment Station.) The orchard trees should be pruned before the buds begin to swell. Trees can be put into fairly good shape by careful work, but this must not be done all at once if it means the removal of a considerable quantity of wood. If properly done there will be no evil results and the work of spraying, thinning and harvesting will be made easier. Make all cuts close up so that no stubs are left to die and start decay in the heart of the tree. After the wound Is made, If it is more than threequarters of an inch across, be sure to give it a good coat of paint, or of melted grafting wax. Cut all dead or injured wood for a start and then remove some of the tangled crossing branches in the center. This will open up the center and give fruit of better color on the shady side of the tree. Some heading-back may be needed, but it will be best to leave that for another year if much wood has been removed. Following this plan will give moderate pruning, which will give best results. EVERGREEN TREES IN FAVOR Useful, Both for Shelter Purposes and Landscape Effect Spruces Best for Farmstead. By LE ROY CADY. Horticulturist, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.) The average farmstead can well afford a good planting of evergreen trees, both for shelter purposes and for landscape effect. Large or small trees may be planted and if properly cultivated and cared for soon make good shelter. The spruces are perhaps best for general planting. By using several kinds variety of color may be had, although often the best effect is secured by a solid planting. If these are set rather thick when small they may be : thinned for planting in other places or j for Christmas trees, to advantage.

GRADUAL CHANGE IN FEEDING

WhenTurning Cows on Fresh Pasture Grain Supply Should Be Continued for Short Period. The practical dairyman has learned that any radical change in the winter feed of his cows should be made gradually if the milk flowT is not to suffer. He is most likely to overlook the effects of turning his cows out to the fresh spring pastures. Experiments which the Missouri college of agriculture has conducted have shown that a sudden change to pasture in the spring is likely to cause the cows to be underfed for several days. These fresh pastures are succulent, their water content is very high, and the cows are not accustomed to depend on their own activity for the food necessary for their milk. One of the results of this underfeeding, which is practically likely to occur with heavy or moderately heavy producers, will be a drop in the milk flow. It is difficult to raise this flow after it has once dropped, especially if it has been some time since the animals have freshened. This underfeeding will also affect the composition of the butterfat. It is important that all changes of feed of dairy cows, including the change to fresh pasture should be made gradually, and good milk-producing animals should be fed some grain in addition to the pasture. This will prevent the possibility of underfeeding. The grain feeding should be continued at least until the pastures become mature and the cows become accustomed to graze for their food. DISEASE OF IRISH POTATOES Scab, Most Common Trouble, Can Be Almost Eliminated by Soaking Seed in Formaldehyde. One of the most common diseases of any field crop is the scab of the Irish potato. This disease can be almost eliminated by soaking the planting seed in formaldehyde, and planting in ground that is free from the disease. The formaldehyde may be obtained at any drug store. Mix one pint of the substance 40 per cent with 30 gallons water. Before cutting the potato and just before you are ready to plant soak them in this solution for one and onehalf to two hours. Do not let potatoes come in contact with sacks which have contained diseased potatoes. All of the potatoes should, be soaked immediately as the solution loses strength if allowed to stand several days. It is so little trouble to soak potatoes .in this solution that it is utterly foolish to plant them without soaking. FATTENING FEED FOR STEERS Result of Experiment Conducted by lova State College Increased Gains by Using Silage. Silage lias cheapened the fattening ration for steers. In an experiment conducted by the Iowa State college, one lot, receiving each per day 17 pounds shelled corn, 29 pounds silage, two pounds oil meal and one and a half pounds alfalfa, made gains at a cost of .$9.57 while another lot recelvThis Typo Always in Demand. ing eight and a half pounds corn, 51 pounds silage, two pounds oil meal and one and a half pounds alfalfa, made gains at a cost of $7.G7. The first lot averaged 2.94 pounds gain per day while the second lot averaged 3.04 pounds. Reducing the corn and in- ; creasing the ensilage increased the ! gains and cut down the cost of making the gains. t PIGEON IS NOT DESTRUCTIVE Beaks Are Not Made to Dig With and j Feet Are Not Fit for Scratching Pick Up Weeds. Pigeons are not destructive to gardens, as is commonly believed. Their beaks are not like that of the crow, to enable them to dig with, nor have they feet like chickens to scratch with. Pigeons simply walk over the surface of the ground and pick up what is in plain sight, which consists principally of weed seeds. ORCHARDS CLOSE TO HOUSES Receive Better Care and Attention From Owner Than Those at Some Distance Away.

Orchards close to the 'house receive better care and attention, for their needs are before the owner all of the time. They are protected from prowlers, which is an important consideration o those living close to towns or cities.

WHAT IS LAX-FOS LAX-FOS IS AN IMPftOVEO CASCAIA A Digestive Laxative CATHARTIC AMD UVEK TQJttC Lax-Fos is not a Secret or Patent Medicine but is composed of the follor't old-fashioned roots and herbs: CASCARA BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT RHUBARB ROOT BLACK ROOT MAY APPLE ROOT SENNA LEAVES AND PEPSIN In Lax-Fos the Cascaäa is improved br the addition of these digestive ingredients making it better than ordinary CasCARA, and thus the combination acta not only as a stimulating laxative and cathartic but also as a digestive and liver took:. Syrup laxatives are weak, but Lax-Fos combines strength with palatable, aromatic taste and does not gripe or disturb the stomach. One bottle will proTo Lax-Fos is invaluable for Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c

One Drop Baurfcon Poultry Remdy, Mown cnicV wtndplp A few drop In the drinkfar vrtrr , UtiCS w u nil. r w rat . uu. hi & ct and ethr chick d !. On Oe bottla make 12raUkna of Bitdn. vlTlftt At drunwta, er or mail poatMttf. mMm Yfttaabi poultry book ent fro. Bourbon 5emdy Co., Max 30, Lexington. Kjr ECZEMA Money back without question If HUNT'S CURE fails Jn the treatment of ITCH, ECZEMA, RING WORM.TETTER or other itching skin diseases. Price 50c at drufjgistSjOr direct from L I. Rlckirt's MediciM C.,ShannaiJei. SEND MK 50c nnd I will ship you postpaJd a growing Florida Palm. "Makes beautiful decoration and nice Easter gifts. Palm Nurseries, Rural Route A, South, care or I,. O. Ramsey, St. Petersburg, Fla. DR. LAKE'S PRESCRIPTION "A Goo Medicine for Bnd Rheumatism." The LittU Co.. P. O. Box 15C2. Pittsburgh. Pa. RICH IN SPITE OF HIMSELF Sea Captain Makes a Million Dollars Because He Was Delayed In Selling Cargo by a Lawsuit. Human history is full of instances of where men have made fortunes through no efforts of their own, but there is no instance on record more interesting than that of the captain of the sailing vessel Indra. Those who boll ovo in hick should remember it tor if there was ever a case In I which luck figured it is this one, says the Dayton (O.) News. The Indra is a wooden affair, belonging to a citizen of Germany. She was half way across the ocean witli a cargo of nitrates, which she was taking from Chile to Franco, when she encountered another and faster vessel and communicated to her the information that Germany and France were at war. So she turned about and made for New York, where she landed safely. The captain tried to sell the cargo at once to New York parties, claiming that the war had prevented his delivering it to the consignees, but a suit was brought against him to prevent his doing so. The case dragged along In court until the other day, when it wasr decided in the captain's favor and he was allowed to sell the nitrates. It brought $1,000,000 cash that Is the point. It was worth $100,000 when he started across the ocean with iL He tried to sell it for $75,000 when he reached New York and when he wan stopped by the lawsuit. So the captain finds himself more than $900,000 ahead of the game, through no efforts of his own, or despite his efforts. Ho Knew. "What is so rare as a day in .Tuner she quoted. "Well, the twenty-ninth of February's got one beat a thousand ways, said the fellow who knows. Several London (England) papert may be compelled to suspend owlnfl to paper shortage. hhIMAuI Scientific fact prove the drug, caffeine, in coffee is harmful to many, while the pure food-drink POSTUM I it not on ly fr ee om drugs, but is economical. delicious and nourishing. Made of wheat and a bit of wholesome molasses, Postum is highly recommended by physicians for those with whom coffee disagrees. Postum is especially suitable for children. "There's a Reason" Soli, by Grocer.

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