Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 59, Number 40, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 June 1917 — Page 7

GUARD HOMELY TOAD

Little Fellow Is of Great Value to Gardener. Estimated by Department of Agriculture That He Will Eat $19 Worth of Worms and Insects in Course of One Summer. Few well-meaning creatures have been more generally misunderstood than the homely and retiring toad. Formerly the toad was considered a venomous reptile, yet modern medical research is extracting from toad skins remedies of greatest value and the beneficent possibilities of these secretions have by no means been exhausted, says a scientific journal. It also has been found out by careful observation that this homely little fellow is of great value to the gardener and farmer, writes Hoy O. Dawes In Wisconsin Agriculturist It has been estimated by the department of agriculture that a good able-bodied toad will eat $19 worth of worms and insects in one summer. In Europe toads are carried cO the cities, to the markets, and are purchased by the horticulturists, who by their aid are enabled to keep in check the multiplication of Insect tribes that prey on their fruits and flowers. The myth of the jewel In the head of the toad Is probably founded on the brightness of the eyes in which the Iris is flame colored. Toads are extremely tenacious of life and it has been reported that toads can exist centuries without food or air, but experiment shows that they cannot live two years without food and air. I have dug thorn out of a hill several feet below the surface, how they got there I do not know, but they were the color of the sand In which I found them. SEED MARKER IS EFFECTIVE Device Permits Some Dirt to Fall Back Into Furrow, Making Soft Place for Seed. Here Is a handy marker, which anyone can make In u short time, writes Herbert L. Uoltor of New Jersey In Farm and Home. The end pieces, a, which are the Important features, consist of two pieces of Iron, lapping over Effective Marker. and bolted to the two-Inch runner at b, and welded together at the other end, c, with u big cultivator shovel bolted through It. This device lets some dirt fall back Into the mark, making a soft place for planting the seeds. The other holes, f, are used by placing bolts through to keep the shovels from lifting and to regulate the depth of mark. RIGHT TIME FOR DEHORNING Operation Should Be Performed During Cool Weather When Flies Art Not to Be Contended With. Dehorning Is best done during cool weather, before the flies come out. It Is most easily done with dehorning shears or clippers. However, It is claimed tT.u the saw makes a cleaner wound Hi -in the clippers, and that It generali heals over quicker. Ordinarily, It is not necessary to apply anything after dehorning. In warm weather, however, it is well to smear some pine tar over the wound. We certainly do not recommend searing the wound with a hot Iron to stop the bleeding. An excellent bulletin on dehorning Is Farmers' Bulletin No. 350, which may be secured free from the United States department of agriculture, at Washington, D. C. WOOL PREPARED FOR MARKET Description of Method Employed by Pennsylvania Experiment Station , Use Paper Twine. The method used by the Pennsylvania State College experiment station Is (ö turn In the outer edges, roll the flcace Into Arm bundles and tie with a hard glazed twine, of not more than four or Ave strands. Paper twiuc will serve the purpose, but sisal or loose hemp Is not satisfactory for the reason, according to the Pennsylvania station, the flber gets Into the wool and causes Injury In the manufacture of the cloth. LOOK OUT FOR TUBERCULOSIS Only Way to Make Sure Cow Is Free From Disease Is to Have Her Tested by Veterinarian. Fortunately cows are subject to but few diseases that are dangerous to milk users. If a cow appears to bo in good health and has no Indications of udder Inflammation, she can be counted on to give wholesome milk provided she Is free from tuberculosis. The only way to be sure she is free from this disease Is to have her tested by a Gorapatcnt veterinarian.

FOR TIGHTENING WIRE GATE

Simple Wooden Lever for Drawing Barrier to Good Tension Is Described and Illustrated. The attached drawing shows a simple wooden lever for drawing a barbed wire gate to a good tension, says a writer In The Farmer. When the lever Is thrown up It gives three Inches of slack, so the eight-Inch wire To Tighten Wire Gate. loop can be released easily by anyone and, of course, as easily looped over the prong again. The lever multiplies the pdwer applied about six times, so that a child can easily draw the wires of the gate tight. The hole In the lever must be bored so that lever Is held down snug by a pastcenter pull. DON'T USE SCABBY POTATOES Farmer Will Not Make Profit If Di eased Seed It Planted Use Formaldehyde Treatment, Owing to the big prices now being received for potatoes, many persons are going to plant them this year who never thought them a crop worth bothering with before. Whether prices stay up or noj, you will not make much proflt from potatoes I you plant diseased seed. Potato scab is a serious disease and one that can bo carried on seed potatoes and spread rapidly. The spores of this disease can frequently be seen on the outside, even if the potato is only slightly affected. If there Is a sign of scab on the seed potatoes bo sure to use the formaldehyde treatment before planting them. Soak the potatoes two hours In a solution made of one pint of formaldehyde to 80 gallons of water. You can obtain the formaldehyde at the drug storo for a comparatively small cost. This treatment does not affect the germinating quality of the seed and it will protect your potato field from this disease. OIL FARM MACHINES FREELY Where Axle Grease Is Used Sparingly Draft or Load Is Increased at Least 20 Per Cent. (By D. IB. WISEMAN, Kansas Station.) It pays to use plenty of lubricating oil on farm machinery. Where the oil or axle grease Is used sparingly the draft or load of the machine Is Increased at least 20 per cent. Because of Its economy hard oil should be used In preference to ordinary machine oil wherever possible. The hard oil will not waste as easily and is cheaper than machine oil. A well-lubricated machine will last longer than one that Is not sufficiently well oiled. The dust-proof box on most axles of modern farm machinery has done much to lengthen the life of the machines and is saving the lubricant. Care must be taken to keep this box well oiled, or It will wear out. The cost of repairing machinery is high, but the time that is lost in replacing worn-out pieces may mean a loss of hundreds of dollars to the farmer. I IME OF BREEDING HEIFERS Period Should Be Largely Governed by Size and Development of Animal Rather Than Age. Numerous factors are responsible for complete and early development of breeding heifers. If properly fed and housed, nothing exerts greater influence upon the final size of the animals than time of breeding. Early breeding is quite often practiced to the disadvantage and detriment of the future herd. The most desirable type of milch cow has a large body 'capable -of consuming and digesting large quantities of feed. Early breeding prevents the desired growth and is not warranted under average conditions. The age of breeding should be largely governed by the size of the breeding heifers rather than their age. ENHANCED VALUE' OF GARDEN Increased Importance of Accurate Knowledge of Seeds Best to Make. Germination Tests. The enhanced value of garden products increases the importance tq the farmer of an accurate knowledge of the vitality of the seeds he uses in the production of these crops. Because of the large amount of hand labor given to the garden plot it is relatively more important to make certain that the garden seeds be tested than it is to try out the seed corn. However, both should be carefully done and during the days before actual field work starts It is a very wise farmer who not only secures his seeds and grades them, but who also makes germination tests of every kind he Is to plant or sow.

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Woman Makes Patriotic

ty ASHIN GTON. Washington's most patriotic woman has been discovered ft by Mrs. W. E. Harvey, chairman of the Eed Cross civilian relief committee. She has two sons in the Third regiment, N. G. D. C, who saw service on the border, a third "who, if the

"Dear Mrs. Harvey: I have been asking the women of the District to do j to do my part, be it ever so little. I 1 have a little eleven-month-old baby thing I could do.

"I am a seamstress using the power machine, also a very good nurse. If It was not for my baby, I would go tomorrow morning and enlist. I have two

boys in the Third regiment, who have been down on the border; also I have a third son, who, If the president demands, will go. Now, although with my

little baby, I may do my little bit for

it Is only to take my baby on one shoulder and our flag on the other and march down Pennsylvania avenue. If there is anything I can do I hope you will

call on me."

Mrs. Harvey announced that this was only one of many similar letters she has received, and If possible she would find a place for the writer. Mrs.

Harvey said :

"Children are, of all sufferers through war, perhaps the most pathetic.

The work of minimizing their suffering anyone can undertake for they are the

tremendous sacrifice if they be not preserved to benefit by It. A great organization will be required for this work, and the women who engage In It

will find themselves grappling with many onngs. "What wc want saved out of this

might to save. There is work In abundance for everyone of us and will be,

for long time to come,"

Speaker Clark Might Have Become a Millionaire

JEAHLY everyone can tell a story of II a time, to stepping on the high being offered stock on the ground floor since become one of tue financial rocks of the country some will toll of oil leases selling for a song and developing a veritable sea of the oozy fluid; while others will tell you how they sold a horse of the "Dobbin" class at a "guaranteed-to-be-gentle" price, which developed into a famous racer and captured all the big purses and blue ribbons in the country; all will tell of some bonanza which lay inviting but unopened at their feet. Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri Is no exception. When he was twenty

Bethany college of West Virginiathe youngest college president in historyhe was urged by a friend to invest his savings of $000 in coal lands in that neighborhood at SO cents an acre. Everyone knows that the coal lands of the West Virginia panhandle are now worth thousands of dollars an acre. But

young Clark had heard about Missouri,

deaf ear upon the pleadings ot his investor friend.

"But," he says, "I've got a piece

Daniel Boone ever built in Missouri, and a toddy' stick used by Colonel Benton." The speaker will have the walnut cut in two pieces and made Into penholders, one for his son, Bennett, and one for his daughter, Mrs. Thomson.

Girls Replace Marines 1HE Washington navy yard has the 1 station in the United States to change took elTect only a few days

through the switchboard, not having called central, could not understand why a feminine voice answered. With the mystery cleared, however, no trouble is being experienced, as the girls have come from various telephone exchanges throughout the city and are capable of filling the positions held so long by men. Cots have been placed in the room occupied by the exchange for the girls' use. It is thought probable that the change will become permanent, as excellent service is being given by the young women. Two are on duty at all times. These young women, who are enlisted in the Naval Reserve corps, will be uniformed. The uniforms are expected to arrive in the near future.

War Now Holds Center of Stage at Washington GRIM-VIS AGED war has the nation's capital in its grasp. The evolution of the United States from a peace to a war basis is manifested In many ways. Cabinet ofliclals and responsible bureau chiefs no longer adhvrc to any certain hours of work. Theoretically,

they are always on the job. Most of the members of the cabinet are steady church goers, but Sundays now find them in their offices instead of in their church pews. A deeply religious man is Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, but he fracture? the Sabbath regularly nowadays and congratulates himself that he is doing so in a good cause. Visitors at the capital are struck by the transformation of the citv at night. The canitol bulklinc Is bnrhnd in

cj - - . --ivw-.wi.i Kiiti uiiini o it, an object of general admiration and Instills patriotism in all who have the privilege of seeing the giant dome in a flood of light that makes it visible for many miles. Powerful searchlights were installed on the roofs of the senate and house wings of the capitol and at night these are trained on the dome, with very Inspiring effect. Of course, a tense situation like the present is conducive to all kinds of wild stories, and a day seldom passes when someone does not hear, or dream, of a plot to blow up the capitol. These reports travel with seven-league boots, gathering momentum as they travel. As a result the police deparment is kept constantly on the qui vlve. Secret service operatives and police In plain clothes are stationed at the various Important department and other buildings throughout the citv. while n

detachment of soldiers remains constantly on guard at the White residence. J

Offer to Serve Red Cross

president demands, will go," and an eleven-months old baby. Yet she has written to Mrs. Harvey offering to work for the committee, and to do her "little bit" for the country and the president, "even if it is only to take my baby on one shoulder and our flag on the other and march down Pennsylvania avenue." The name of this woman is withheld, but this is her letter to Mrs. Harvey : reading in the papers that you are their part. 1 wish to say I would like have no money I can give, and although to look after, still there may be some my country and our president, even if Is one of the most important that future, these bttle ones, and vain Is our of the most vital problems that war cataclysm wo must work with all our how near ho, or she, came once upon road to great wealth. Some will toU of of Some Infant Industry which has W KltOtf i HAD AHME" L GET RKh ONCE IF I'D ONLY 30UCHT- - three years old and president of the and to Missouri he went, turning a of walnut cut from the first log cabin as Telephone Operators distinction of being the first service employ girl telephone operators. This ago, and now six young women are occupying the positions formerly held , by marines. The change was a surprise to the many persons calling through the switchboard at the navy yard, and It was with difllculty at first that the operators explained to those who did not know of the change that girls are now operating the board. Familiar with a masculine voice answering their calls, a number of callers desiring connections with various lines operated wonderful illnmfnnH

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GET CREDIT FOR FARM WORK Purdue University Students Who Go Home to Help Raise Crops, Retain School Standing. A young man, a senior student &t Purdue university, entered the office of AV. E. Stone, president of the institution, and placed on the president's desk a telegram. It was from the young man's brother. It read thus : "You must return home at once. You will find the automobile in the garage at Thorn town. I have enlisted. Good-by." "What am I to do?" the young student asked. "The farm has been turned over to my two brothers and myself and we have to run it. If this brother has enlisted the only thing 1 can do is go back home and help with the farm." The student was to be graduated form Purdue in June, and he feared that he would lose his credits and his diploma. President Stone told him that his duty was there, and that he would not lose any of his credits, but that he would retain all of his rights in the university and would be graduated with his class in June, the same as if he remained in school. President Stone has announced that a similar policy will be adopted in favor of all Purdue students who are required to leave school and go home to help raise crops, provided proper verified showings are made that they are performing or have performed such work. Indianapolis News.

UNUSUAL BOATS ON ATLANTIC Demand for Tonnage for War Cargoes Brings Into Service Types That Are Rarely Seen. Many vessels of unusual type have appeared on the Atlantic In recent months because of tne demand for tonnage for war cargoes. Among them Is the American four-masted barkentine John Palmer, a type of sailing ship seen frequently on the Pacific, but seldom on the western, ocean. Like some other American sailing craft; the John Palmer had an encounter with a submarine. She was luckier than the Lyman W. Law, however, for she floated on her cargo and managed to make port. While carrying lumber from Galveston to Genoa the Palmer was torpedoed 200 miles west of the latter port. After the torpedoing the submarine was chased by a patrol boat, which afterward took the Yankee vessel in tow. As she showed no signs of sinking immediately the captain and crew remained on board. The Palmer eventually reached port and was able to deliver her cargo, although she had to be beached. The John Palmer Is now being repaired at Genoa, and It is expected she will be seaworthy In a short time and bring an Italian cargo to New York. Sne was built of wood at San Francisco in 1001. Days to Come. As vacation time brings one out to some quiet countryside of the United States there comes a painful sense of the contrast between what we see here and the scenes of desolation pictured In all our magazines. The vineyards about Lake Erie are full of September's promise, but those of Champagne are crisscrossed by Innumerable trench systems and tormented by ceaseless shell Are. The orchards of California and Virginia are ripening their burden In drowsy peace, but what of those fought through by armies of czar and kaiser? You can hear a woodpecker half a mile away In the pines of Cheyenne canyon, but there's a . different story to toll of the blasted and bloodstained woods of Ardennes. And yet this fever of war will pass. The guns will have had their day, however long and terrible, and in the end nature and the patient folk who serve her will come to their own again. Collier's. Mechanical Horse in War. Recently a "mechanical horse" was driven through the streets of Chicago to attract "fighting men" to the army recruiting stations. The powerful trac tor, to which a field gun and caisson were hitched, was controlled entirely j by two reins in the hands of a driver, i It was taken through the congested ' "loop district" thoroughfares with per feet ease. The plan was employed daily for a fortnight and apparently netted good results, for during the period large numbers of volunteers filed into the recruiting places. Although still little known, the machine is not a new type. Primarily it is intend.-1, for agricultural purposes. It is sui:. J eiently striking in appearance and op em rinn, hnwovpr. tn nrlrfc- rhn nvluwiti i of the street crowds, and in this caput ity it performed valuable work for th army. Popular Mechanics Magazine. American Woman Aids Wounded. The wife of Sir David Beatty, commander of the high fleer, who was formerly Miss Ethel Field of Chicago, has thrown open her large estate in England for the exclusive use of wounded British sailors. It is not generally kuown that Sir David Is a man of immense wealth, but a recent financial census of th" British kingdom showed that he is, with the possible exception of Sir John Jelllco, the richest man in the British navy. It also was developed during the j same census that Sir David has expended large sums from his personal account for the relief of the famllie of his sailors who lost their lives Ir the Jutland battle.

BROKEN DOWN

IN HEALTH Woman Tell How $5 Worth of Pinkham's Compound ; Made Her WeU. lima. Ohio. "I was all broken down In health from a displacement. One of my lady friends cam to see me and she advised me to commence taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and to use Lydia B. Pinkham's Sanative Wash. I began taking your remedies and took $5. 00 worth and in two months was a well woman after three doctors said I never would stand up straight again. I was a midwife for seven years and I recommended the Vegetable Compound to every woman to take before birth and afterwards, and they all got along so nicely that it surely is a godsend to suffering women. If women wish to write to me I will be delighted to answer them." Mrs. Jennie Moyer, 842 E.North St, lima, Ohio. Women who suffer from displacements, weakness, irregularities, nervousness, backache, or bearing-down pains, need the tonic properties of the roots and herbs contained in Lydia jrL Pinkham's Vcgctablo Compound. No Doubt About That, "What! Paid $50 for a hat? Woman, you are mad." "No, but It's plain to be seen you are." Kill the Flies Now and Prevent diBcaec. A DAISY FLY KILLER will do it. Kills thousands. Lasts nil Benson, All dealers or six eent exprcHH paid for $1. H. SOMERS, 150 Do Kalb Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Adv. Told Truth for 146 Years. On Lincoln's birthday, an agod man was brought Into the Jail at Butte, Mont., for drunkenness. When lie proved that he had voted and fought for Lincoln, Jailer Lavell sent him homo In a taxicab. Word of this got around town, and on Washington's birthday a drunk" announced that he had voted for Washington. "You must bo a pretty old man," the Jailer said. "Past eighty," ventured the drunk. "You'll have to come again," declared the Jailer. "1 didn't say how much past eighty," cautiously replied the alleged drunkard, "What's Washington famous for?" asked Lavell, as lie continued his work of writing the man's name down on the blotter. "Ho never told a lie," promptly answered the old fellow. 'And I suppose you arc following his example?" "You bet your life," said the drunk ard. "Bring this fellow to jail and we'll charge him with lying," instructed the Jailor to one of ids assistants. Butte Post. Preserve the Wild Flowers. An earnest appeal has been made for the preservation of one of the most beautiful of wild llowers, the colum bine, particularly along tourist routes. This appeal will find sympathetic sup port everywhere throughout the slates in which the columbine is a natural annual, but it should be broadened to include all wild Howering plants that are needlessly, and often wantonly, pulled up by the roots. The conser vation of wild flowers Is a patriotic duty. Christian Science iMonitor. A Careful Young Man. auii hui. iu inai i j jiij mujiiivri I'm not certain, but I'd like to take an option on her hand, sir." People given to self-love need fear no rivals.

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