Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 59, Number 39, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 June 1917 — Page 7

Washington Women's Idea of a "Simple Dinner" WASHINGTON. -More than a score of prominent women of Washington have signed a pledge which binds them to serve no meal of more than three courses, to have one meatless day a week, and to simplicity in dress and entertaining. One of the number re

viands is observing the letter while violating the spirit of the vow. After all, simplicity and economy never serve as synonyms each for the other, and every woman is aware that an "elegant simplicity" Is invariably appallingly costly. A deeper meaning may well be read Into the provisions of the pledge, and Economy made the handmaid of Simplicity. The intention of the women of the capital is most praiseworthy; women of other cities may emulate them, sure of the approbation of the nation. We cannot foretell the length of the struggle in which we have taken a hand ; we do know it will lay a heavy burden of taxation upon us and that there will be exceptional demands for self-restraint and sacrifice and labor. We should waste neither food nor money.

Boy Scout Gets Reptile as Trophy of Chase SCORE one for Young America ! The hands that once twisted the lion's tail, the hands that in '01 and '05 twisted the Adam's apple of the Copperhead, have worthy successors in the small but capable hands that gripped with a

red-tummled water snake, fighting for its life. A khakl-cluu youngster of twelve, bearing the name of Courtland Ogden and wearing the uniform of Boy Scout Troop seven did the trick. It was'tho bent "get" of the day for the Reptile Study ociety. The encounter took place in the marshy meadows adjacent to the quiet waters of the Potomac river. With his senior partner in the craft of serpent sniping, Director Allen S. Wil

liams of thu Reptile Study society, Ojjden was boating the bushes and leaving no Mtono unturned In the hope of uncovering one of the poasum-playlng wrigglers. Suddenly Mr, Williams let out a shout, "There's one now, Courtlnn " ho exclaimed. "Head him off I" Mr, Williams luiiKod at tin crawler, but the bushes wore In his way. Courtlund, who being built a hJc mmrer the ground was In better form for hiHtantaneouH action, dived under the bushes from the other side. One grab and the snako was his. The tvouturo, enraged, turned and wrapped Itself round Courtland's forearm, but with the dexterity of a professional, he clapped tho thumb and forefinger of his free hand over the head of his quarry and by the time re-enforcements eamo up he was nursing tenderly In his arm one of the finest specimens of a red and old-gold roptlle that ever Infested the JuukIuh f tho District.

Capital All Ready for Confederate Veterans TWO fieree "rebel yell," blending In cadence with tho Inspiring strains of Tho Star-Spangled Banner," will awaken the oehoos and arouse patriotic enthusiasm at the twenty-seventh annual reunion of tho ifnlted Confederate

"Stonewall" .Taekson and other Southern generals will bo an object lesson worth while. Tho venerable veterans of Dixie will be participants in the making of moving pictures of a past age on the nation's screen at Washington. Col. Robert N. Harper, chairman of the general committee of citizens In charge of the reunion, announces that plans for the great gathering are progressing notwithstanding the patriotic activities incident to the declaration of war against Germany. It has been definitely deckled that the big parade shall take place Thursday, June 7, at 11 o'clock a. m. By direction of Gen. George P. Harrison, commanding the United Confederate Veterans, the business sesstons of that organization, including the annual election of officers, will be held June 5, G and 7. Other events in tho same week will be tho conventions of tho Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Daughters of tho Confederacy and the Confederated Southern Memorial association, besides regimental reunions, and the social functions which always are elaborate features of the reunions. The citizens ot Washington are responding liberally to the call of H. F. Cary, chairman of the finance committee, for funds to entertain and care for their guests from the Sunny Southland.

Inspection Has No Terrors for Girl Rookies THERE was a sllckln and a shlnln' and a general tidylng-up nbout the camp of the girl rookies on Conduit road one morning last week. Tents were made plck-and-span, dusty boots were shined till they glistened In the sun, UhakI skirts and blouses were dusted

and shaken until every particle of Conduit road and drillfield was filing therefrom for It was Inspection day at the National Service school, second encampment. Commandant Elizabeth Poo and Lieut. Miriam nubbard, officer of tho day, made the rounds of the tents. The girl soldiers stood at attention outside their canvas homes as the inspecting officers, faces stevn and shoul

ders squared, made their tour. Here and there was a word of advice, commendation, or reprimand. For girl rookies, though very good soldiers, still have things to learn about camp life. A week ago they were just beginning. At the end of the Inspection tour the officers said they were pleased. The officer of the day, unofficially, of course, made the announcement that everything was perfectly lovely. Following inspection many of the girl soldiers obtained leave and visited relatives and friends back home in Washington. Discipline was relaxed and the girls roamed about the camp or received congratulating hosts of friends and relatives. Just outside the entrance to the camp there is a confectionery shop, which Bells ice cream cones, candy, popcorn, cake, and picture postcards, but no cigarettes. It's amazing, the amount of ice crearn a girl rookie, following a hard inarch, can consume. When the drill hour is. over in -the morning dusty rookies flöek to the ice cream cone dispensary, and the cones which are bought would come near weighing, in tho aggregate, as much as a six-Inch shell.

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wim". j . cently inaugurated the "simple-dinners" era by serving a three-course repast to 18 guests, with less elaborate adjuncts in the way of decorations, favors, etc. The menu, as published, could hardly be termed economical ; it included fillet of beef, one of the most expensive cuts, fresh asparagus, peas and strawberries. To defeat the purpose of a pledge to simplicity by serving fewer courses but of more costly Veterans to be held at Washington tho week beginning Juno !. As the men In gray parade over the wide stretches of Pennsylvania avenue, sometimes termed tho "national boulevard," the Impulse will come to sound their battle cry of more than 50 years ago, when this country was engaged In a great Internecine war. At this time when the United States Is at war with a great foreign power, the picture of tho parading units of the armies of Lee,

EGG-PRESERVING PLAN

Spring Is Best Time of Year to Put Them in Storage. Eggs Can Be Carried Över Until Season of High Prices at Cost of About Two Cent Dozen Water Glast Is Favored. During the spring months market eggs usually retail at anywhere from 20 to 30 cents a dozen, whereas six months hence many will undoubtedly be selling at 50 and GO cents a dozen. The eggs that are laid in spring can be kept over until the season of high prices under proper management at a cost of about 2 cents a dozen. From all appearances it is a good invest-, ment to preserve eggs in the spring and consume them in October, thus enabling the owner to sell at high prices the eggs his pullets produced in the spring. For home preservation of eggs, water glass seems to be the best preparation, writes Prof. W. F. Kirkpatrick Eggs In Water Glass. in Orange Judd and Farmer. It can be purchased at almost any drug Btore for about 25 cents a quart. One quart of water glass mixed with 12 quarts of water that has been boiled and then allowed to cool will mnlre enough mixture to preserve about 15 dozen eggs. If the eggs are to be held six or eight months, a stronger solution is better. The water glass and the water are stirred until thoroughly mixed, then the liquid put into a Htono Jar that has been thoroughly cleaned. Glean, wholesome eggs uro dropped Into this water glass Holutlon as gathered eacb day, In lining tbo Jar, at loaat two Inches of tho liquid should cover tho top layer of tbo oj?K to allow Cor evaporation of Homo of the solution. Tho oKgs uro placed small end down In tho water glass, The thin coating of paraAln effectually excludes air and makes replenishing tho water glass unnecessary. Tho Jar Js stored :ln a cool cellar. TO CONTROL POTATO BLIGHT Few Good Spraying With Bordeaux Mixture Will Help Formula for Making Solution. A few good sprayings with bordeaux mixture will help In controlling potato blight. The Urst spraying should bo made when the plants are about; six Inches high, and should bo repeated at Intervals of ten days to two weeks as new leaves appear. To make the bordeaux mixture, dissolve six pounds of sulphate of copper In 25 gallons of water. In another vessel slake six pounds of fresh stone lime and dilute to 25 gallons. Strain the lime solution and mix the two together when you are ready to spray. Do not attempt to keep from one spraying to another any of the unused mixture. STALK CUTTER VERY USEFUL Lodged Stalks Are Moved Into Line of Draft and Bladec Chop Them Into Short Lengths. When this machine is drawn over the Held, a set of prongs, attached to the tongue, moves the lodged stalks into the line of draft; then the cutStalk Cutter. ting blades, on tho drum, bend all the stalks to the ground and chop them into short lengths. It is stated that the machine does a finished job. Wisconsin Agriculturist. REMEDY FOR POULTRY MITES Paint Roosts and Nearby Woodwork With Liquid Lice-Killer Kerosene Also Can Be Used. For ordinary poultry lice the best remedy is lice-killing powder, which is used to fill the plumage of each fowl to the skin twice or three times at intervals of ten days. The little mites which cannot be seen except in large groups with the naked eye can be killed by painting the roosts and nearby woodwork with 'iquid liee-kiUer or with kerosene.

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X WMITPUAQU MIYTIIDd , in i uirnwii in i I u ml. 9 If your poultry house, stable or hog barn is infested with insects and you want to have jl clean, fresh, attractive interiors in your buildings, try the following mixture: Slake five quarts of lime with hot water to .the consistency of cream. To this add one pint of zenoleum or a coal tar product and one pint of kerosene. Dilute until it can be applied with a brush or spray pump. The coal tar nrndnef kills s 5 disease germs, the kerosene deg stroys mites and the lime 5whitens the walls. CORN IS BEST SILAGE CROP Provides Best Quality and Makes Greatest Yield Sorghum Good on Very Dry Soils. x The first service of a silo is to provide a means of storing and utilizing coarse feeds or by-products that otherwise would be lost. The department of 'farm crops of the Missouri College of Agriculture recommends corn as the best crop in general for ensilage. It provides the best quality silage and in addition makes the greatest yield in tons per acre. Corn two parts and soy beans one part make an excellent combination for silage. On very thin soils or in excessively dry years the grain sorghums are commonly better than corn in that they return a larger tonnage per acre. In general, however, corn is to be preferred. Crops which make a fair quality of forage when cured as hay should not be used in preference to corn, for filling silos. EGGS AND MEAT FOR FAMILY Every Farmer Should Keep Enough Chickens to Supply His Own Table Need Little Feed. Every farmer should keep enough chickens to supply eggs and meat for family use, in the opinion of T, S. Townsley, assistant In poultry husbandry In the Kansas State Agricultural college. "The average farm will suppout a considerable number of fowls on the waste products," said Mr. Townsley. "The lloclc Is the only available supply of fresh meat during the summer for the average farmer, especially If bo lives any dlstanco from town. On many farms tbo proceeds from tho salo of eggs during the laying aeason pay the grocery bill. "Chickens are oaslly cared for on a farm whero they have plenty of range. Little food need bo given except during bad weather when they cannot rustle. Thoy can be taken euro of by the farmer out of working hours or by tho children or old people," HARROW ATTACHED TO PLOWS Dovlce Shown In Illustration Require Little Effort, Yet Capable of Much Work. Harrowing sufilclently closo behind ihe plow when the work Is rushing and hands are scarce is a problem, says Farming Business. Here Is shown a harrow attachment for walking plows Harrow Attachment for Plows. and one that requires little extra effort, and yet capable of doing a great deal of work at a time when the work is most needed. It can bo drawn by one team or by the addition of a single extra horse. It will save the use of a man and team or at least half a team, according to its inventor.TESTING SOIL FOR ACIDITY Most Common Method Is by Means of Blue Litmus Paper Pink Color Indicates Acid. The most common test for determining If soil Is acid or sour is by means of blue litmus paper, which can be obtained at a very small cost from neanly every druggist. A small quantity of moist soil from the field Is compacted Into a ball, the ball broken into halves, a strip of litmus paper laid across one part and the parts pressed firmly together again. After an hour or so the ball of soil should be again broken apart and the paper removed. If the paper shows a decided pink color the sample of soil is acid. If a deeprooted crop such as alfalfa is to be grown it will be well to test samples taken from both the surface soil and the subsoil. SUCKERING TOBACCO IS BEST Result of Experiment Recently Conducted by Pennsylvania Station Practice Favored. An experiment was made recently by the Pennsylvania station on two plats to demonstrate the value of suckering tobacco. A difference of 330 pounds of cured leaf per acre in favor of the suckered plants was secured with a difference in quality in favor of suckering even greater than the difference in yield.

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Window-Box Gardens. Now that potatoes are scarce every bit of available space is being used in growing them. Already the women of the nation have worked out a scheme of growing seed potatoes in window boxes, thereby adding several dollars to the family income. When the housewife prepares her potatoes for the evening meal she cuts a piece from the "rose" end of the potato off before peeling and plants it in the sitting room window box, which contains either leaf mold, coconut fiber or sand. Each piece, says one potato planter, should weigh not less than one and a half ounces, and the box should be kept in the window of a cooibut not too coolroom until tho sprouts are from one-half to an inch high. Thus the housewife has a supply of seed potatoes, which are daily incerasing in value.

i YES! MAGICALLY I I CORNS LIFT OUT ! j WITH FINGERS You say to the drug store man, "Give me a small bottle of freezone." This will cost very little but will positively . remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one's feet. A few drops of this new ether compound applied directly upon a tender, aching corn relieves the soreness instantly, and soon the entire corn or callus, root and all, dries up and can be lifted off with the fingers. This new way to rid one's feet of corns was introduced by a Cincinnati man, who says that freezone dries in a moment, and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without irritating the surrounding skin. If your druggist hasn't any freezone tell him to order a small bottle from his wholesale drug house for you. adv. Some Objection. "I would like to run over In my automobile some Hue evening If you're willing." "Hold on a minute; not if you want to run over me." To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System i Tke tho Old Standard GKOVE'SI TASTELESS chill TONIC, You know 1 what you uro taklug, as the formula in printed on every label, showing it i VJUlnino and Iron in a tastoless form. Tho Quinino drives out malaria, tho Iron builds up tilt system. 50 emits. Forümntö Individual, Mix -Who la tho lucky umn 11t u woddlnK? Olx Tho ono who lovod mid lost. A troo that 1 100 fool, high 1 uhimI uh a window Htntlon miiHt In 11 Ontral American city. TTnpny Ih thn homo whoro "Red Cwhh Hnll lifuo iH UHcri. Sure to ploaso. All grocery Adv. It pays to ho ood, hut tho pay ofton conio8 an a (Weired dividend, Net Contents lSPluidPfaohi T'fYl'"' 'aflK'V '"'r" U,:"' Vl! m .ALGOHOL-3 PER Of. similatingüicFood byRciSuU; JiiniiicStwnadisawlBowtlstf t aw mwtmm r ray TfnnrphvPmmoünöiÖcsUoiiJ rwrfidnp andRcstCofltatnSi neither Optam,MorphlncnorJ CUnfatSfr I AhcIpfulRcmcdyfor Constipation and DiarrW and Fcvcrishncss od YrxccnpSLEEP I rac-Similc Si$natnrf jrim GoHPAK 1 Exact Copy of Wrapper. As Age Advances Small Pill, Small Dose, Small Price But Great in Carter's its Good Work ITTLE IVER PILLS.

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