Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 60, Number 36, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 May 1918 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER BEN CD. DOANE, Publisher JA1PCR ... - INDIANA

Fewer pet .cIors arc dying from fatty degeneration these days. Roses will not holp to win the wnr ma much as will beans anil potatoes. Leave it to the theorists and the qufbhlers and we shall build no ships at all. The war will change the spendthrift, and put the accent on the last syllable. Germany's paper clothes may be all right except when one witiits to strike a match. We're not a brutal people, but we ought to get a little rougher with German spies. If you spot a German sympathizer you know he has no place in America. Report him. V. Again the American hen is doing her duty. For the present there is no fear of oggless days. This surely is a costly war. Food will win it, and we know what the price of food is. Intensified fighting and simplified eating will go a long way toward winning the war. Postpone partisanship until the war is won. And let the White House set the example. In a little while the tan and freckle temperaments will again clash on the sunny beaches. The pen may be mightier than the sword, but the sword has a way of getting there first. We don't know just what will win 'the war, but one thing we do know is, conversation won't. Maybe the iccmcu figure that by raising their prices they can get the consumer so hot he will take ice at any price. Turtle eggs are indeed savory and nutritious, but the trouble is in finding the nosst. The turtle should be taught to cackle. A certain retarding influence lies in the fact that an effort to get rid of red tape is likely to develop more of the game. Some people have an idea that if the rest of the people would save onethird of the sugar there'll be that much more for them. Doves of peace are eliminated from calculation at a time when attention Is largely centered on the production of common poultry. It becomes clearer all the time that there are no neutrals anywhere on earth, though some people and some nations think there are. And after the medical reserve ofli cers get back to their private practice following the war, it will not hurt business any to be a colonel instead of a mere doctor. "General Pershing is a man who thinks everything he says." observes one of the correspondents. But not a uv.m who says everything he thinks. It might be impolitic. No doubt the scarcity of soap meets with hearty approval from Germany's little boys; for boys are alike the world over when it comes to ablution of the cars and neck. Next to a raid on London in which women and children arc killed by bombs, a 'raid on Paris with a record of indiscriminate slaughter will cause the most gratification in Berlin. It i?5 reported that the German birth rate has decreased 50 per cent in the last two years. It's mighty wise of those German babies to refuse to be born. It is easier to garden with a soft pencil and a pad of paper than with the spade, hoo and rake, but the easy kind brings few vegetables to the table. The :owly hen is sometimes regarded as a pretty foolish bird, but she knows how to reduce the price of eggs, and that is a lot more than some of" the government's price investigators know. The government Is urging that more people keep bees. The bee is domesticated, productive of revenue, minds her own affairs, doesn't scratch up the neighbor's garden and knows enough to come home at night. What has become of the old-fashioned America that could sing "We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money, too?" Secretary Baker saw a hundred American aviators In the air at one time. By next fall he ought to be able to see a thousand or more. Ifor the benefit of the inexperienced It might be well to meutlon that there should be a substantial partition be tween the patriotic garden ana tm poultry lot.

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Rhinoceros Does Not lake Kindly to Pneumonia M EW YORK. Pneumonia is prevalent in the New York Zoological park In ' the Bronx. It Is particularly prevalent in the great Indian rhinoceros. Nobody knows how prevalent a disease can become In a rhinoceros, according to Dick Richards, the nurse In attend

ance, until he has a suffering rhinoceros on his hands. Other victims are Tddy, an Alaskan brown bear, and Louisa, a Himalayan black bear. All three have been taken to the Isolation ward of the hospital provided for such contingencies and strict precautions are being taken to feuuiu uuujal tuiwiei öijicuu ui epidemic. Every keeper carries a thermometer with which to take the temperature of his charges. The

giraffe' keeper carries a stepladder also, and the ostrich man carries a basket of thermometers. Teddy and Louisa are doing as well as could be expected, but the great Indian rhinoceros is very low Indeed. As soon as he was stricken Dick Richards ran out and got a dozen porous plasters to put on the small of his back, and when he returned the great Indian rhinoceros was lying flat on his back, denting the pillow with his horn and shaking the building with his breathing. It took Dick and a force of assistants with crowbars a good half hour to persuade the invalid to roll over, and when he did it took another fifteen minutes to discover where the small of his back was. When the spot was found It was evident that the supply of porous plasters was inadequate. Dick had to rush out and get a couple of dozen more, and while he was gone the rhinoceros roiled over on his back again. Yesterday, however, the plasters were in place, but Dick and the patient think there must be something wrong with them. They didn't seem to draw riht somehow. So Dick hustled out for some towels to dip in hot water to wrap his patient in. In the whole park he could find only three dozen towels, and the lot of them scarcely would make a handkerchief for the great Indian rhinoceros. The ever resourceful nurse obtained a dozen tablecloths, however, and succeeded in giving his patient the first Turkish bath he ever experienced. Dick hopes the tablecloths did the trick, but the great Indian rhinoceros undoubtedly is one of the sickest rhinoceroses that ever lay flat on its back and played that it was a steam piano.

Draft Boards Find 'Ways to Beai With Slackers CHICAGO. Although a majority of slackers have sought to evade military service by submitting sad stories of physical ailments or helpless dependents, more than a few classical excuses have been heard by local boards and medical examiners.

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Can you hear this?" asked the physician, in a low tone.

No response. "Can you hear me now?" This was spoken In an ordinary voice. No response. 1 "Now, put your hand over your left ear," said the doctor, in a faint voice. The order was promptly obeyed ; the candidate "saw the light" and meekly submitted to the rest of the exailiination. A sweet young woman, employed in one of the Detroit draft board offices, caught several slackers who were clever enough to foil the medical examiners. One instance, which was reported by a member of the local board, concerned a young man who insisted he was deaf and who evaded the tests and tricks of the examiners. As lie leffthe medical room the smile which the demure miss flashed at him caused him to forget war and home and country. "Were you accepted?" the young woman asked in a very low tone. "Naw; they turned me down, and gee, I wanted to " "Don't worry, my friend, we made a little mistake and you're accepted," Raid a drawling voice behind the slacker. The youth whirled and faced the medical officer. He blushed and stammered, but finally began to grin. "That's number six for me," said the girl in the case.

Seem Unable to Get "Hang" of Daylight Saving BALTIMORE There is in this city, a man who swears he can't get the hang of the "daylight saving" plan. He is a perfectly intelligent fellow, with a keen enough brain, and there is a strong opinion that his inability to

understand the "daylight saving scheme is largely due to an argumen tative disposition. But, however that may be, there Is something to what he says. There is going to be a lot of topsy-turvy business resulting from the double-quick of the clocks, unless people really do what they are being told to do: "Sot your clock forward an hour and forget it!" The trouble Is some of these birds nr determined not to forcet it.

There will be the sporty fellow, who,-thinking to slip one. over on, the government, will look at his watch, note that the hands register 1 o'clock, and will exclaim: "It's only midnight, boys we've got another hour yet." An Intelligent-looking man was heard to say: "I'm not going to be mixed up about this time business I'm going to carry two watches, one in my left vest pocket and one in my right vest pocket. When I want to do anything I'll look at the one in my right pocket, but when I want to really know what time it is, I'll look at the other one." Meets Her Baby Under Exceptional Circumstances DETROIT This introduces you to William Anderson. William Is thirteen months old and he met his mother, Mrs. Hazel Anderson, for the first time Friday. It was an unconventional sort of meeting, too, because William was in his

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üa. She said that she was a nervous wreck before her baby was born, through treatment alleged to have been accorded her by her husband. She was in the hospital for several weeks after William came. The baby was placed in the home of her husband's mother. Now Mr. Anderson always has yearned for her baby. She told Judge WebRter so. The judge gave her a decree and the custody of the child. But despite these legal aids she couldn't get possession of William untif Deputy John O'Brien stepped In the breach. "I didn't want to dress him," said the perspiring O'Brien. I was afraid to take time. That's why he's only got those night things oa." "Bless bi precious heart," said Mrs, Auderson.

1 1 1 1 Hi. I .,., J I S3 (O - The following little system caught more than one would-be" evader : A youth alleging defective hearing was taken into an examining room. "My hearing is- pretty bad," he told the medical officer. "That so? Let's see," said the doctor, as hp stepped close to the young man. "Put your hand over our right ear," said the doctor, loudly. 1 CAN'T FIGGEtn out TMS DAYLIGHT SAVIN' nightie and John O'Brien, a deputy sheriff, had charge of the Introduction. It was at the county building. Mrs. Anderson snatched the baby In an eager embrace. She cried over htm a bit as women will, and William cooed and gurgled and seemed to understand just what. It was all about. Then Mrs. Anderson told how it happened that she hadn't seen her own baby until after his first birth-

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CABBAGE FIELDS Plant Sanitation Will Prevent Many of Injurious Diseases of This Plant. CROP ROTATION IS FAVORED Seed Bed Is Often Source of Infection and Greatest Pains Should Bo Taken to Insure Healthy Plant . Use Lime Freely. (Prepared by the United States Department of Afrrlculture.) Cabbage diseases which have been known to destroy practically entire crops are preventable in the main by simple methods of plant sanitation. Crop rotation is one of the chief foes of these diseases. Rotations should be practiced, avoiding crops which belong to the cabbage family, such as cauliflower, turnips, Brussels sprouts, and, kale. Keep down mustard and weeds which harbor cabbage pests. Drainage water and refuse from diseased cabbage fields may carry infection, as will stable manure with which diseased material has been mingled. The seed bed is often a source of infection, and the greatest pains, therefore, should be taken to insure healthy plants. Locate the seed bed on new ground if possible, or sterilize by steam the soil that is used. Disinfect all cabbage seed before planting to prevent black-rot and black-leg. Clubroot is avoided by the free use of lime and by setting healthy plants. How Diseases Are Spread. Fungous and bacterial diseases are carried from one place to another by various means, such as insects, infected seed, transplanting from an infected seed bed to the field, drainage water, cabbage refuse and stable manure, farm animals and tools, and wind. In view of these facts the chief aim of the farmer should be to prevent, if possible, the introduction and distribution of destructive diseases on his farm. In order to accomplish this, several precautions should be observed, of which the more important are the disinfection of seed, the location and care of the seed bed, and crop rotation. To disinfect seed, use one ounce of formaldehyde (40 per cent) to two gallons of water, or one teaspoonful to a teacmpful of water. Soak the seed for 20 minutes In this solution, dip in clear water to wash off the formaldehyde, and then spread in thin layers to dry, stirring if needed. To Disinfect Soi!. To avoid danger of spreading the disease to noninfecte?d fields by means of the plants from the seed bed, the following recommendations are made for disinfecting the soil in which the plants are grown : Sterilization by m?nn" of drain tile laid in the bottom R?:ts of Cabbage Plant Infected With Root-Knot. of the beus, through which steam Is passed ; by means of an inverted pan under which steam is admitted; or by drenching the soli with a formalin solution consisting of 1 to 100, or 1 to 200 solution of formaldehyde. Crop rotation is an essential practice whether or not it is necessary In the control of any plant maladies. There are numerous fungous diseases which appear year after year on the same field. Some of them, such as clubroot of cabbage, are strictly soil parasites and cannot be controlled by any fungicide. About the only method left to get rid of the organisms is to starve them out, and this can be done only by a well-planned system of crop rotation. For ordinary practice, a rotation of four or five years Is sufficient to reduce greatly the loss from most parasites. Deep and frequent cultivation by means of which the organisms are exposed to air and sunshine assists in exterminating them. ENCOURAGE BOYS AND GIRLS Little Money Required and Current Expenditure May Be Reduced by Using Wastes. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Boys and girls should be encouraged to start In the poultry business. It requires little money to Invest, and the current expenditure may be reduced In part by utilizing farm and home wastes. If the project begins with a laying fiock, the return begins early, especially b supplementing the food rupply of the home.

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CAMPAIGN AGAINST INSECT CRIMINALS

Many Birds Carry on Active Warfare on Various Pests. Little Feathered Songsters Approximate Police Force as to Make Interesting Study Pewee Acts as Traffic Cop. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Maybe you have never thought of the birds as an organized police force. Maybe they have not but, under the marvelous and mysterious chief, the Balance of Nature, they approximate a police force so closely as to make an interesting study. You see a great number of blackbirds grackles, mostly literally covering the ground in some particular place. There has been an outbreak of insect criminals that the regular forces were not able to quell and the reserves have been called out. You see a pewee, u kingbird or a great crested flycatcher sitting per- -:. One of Policemen of Feathered Family. fectly still and silent on a dead branch or a mullen top or a bunch of leaves, then suddenly making a dart into the air, wheeling and returning to his perch. That Is the traffic cop. on duty at the crossing of busy insect thoroughfares. You see rather, you do not see unless you are very keen-eyed and patient, but he is there none the less the yellow-billed or the black-billed cuckoo slipping silently, like a sleuth In gum shoes, from branch to branch and from tree to tree. He is the plainclothes man, relentlessly hunting down the wily enemies of nature's social order. There are special, policemen, watch officers and the like, for various special duties. The woodpecker, with the brown creeper and the nuthatch to hel) him once in a while, stands guard over the tree trunks while the warbler and the vireo do duty on the leaves and little limbs. But most interesting of all, perhaps, are the patrolmen of the air. tirelessly going their rounds, frpm dawn to dusk and from dusk to dawn, policing every foot of "the space 'twixt the earth and the sky." At twilight, the night patrolman nighthawk and whlp-poor-will go on duty. In the gray dawn they are relieved by the day patrolmen swallow and swift. And these day patrolmen are of the greatest importance, not only in protecting man's property, but in making living conditions tolerable. If the mosquitoes, gnats and flies that swallows and swifts consume were per mitted to run riot, living would be Increasingly a thing of pain and sorrow. It follows, then, that swift and swallow, like all good policemen, are entitled to be kindly thought of by the people they protect. GREAT DEMAND FOR POPCORN Short Crop Last Year Has Almost Exhausted Reserve Supply In the United States. The enormous Increase in demand find a short crop last year has almost completely exhausted the reserve supply of popcorn In the United States. In previous years the reserve has always been maintained. In 1916 the popcorn raiser sold his 1915 crop. In 1915 he sold his 1914 crop, etc. But now that reserve is gone, and the 1917 crop is on the 1918 market months before it would be marketed normally. And popcorn that usually brought two cents per pound In the field two years ago Is now bringing five and six cents, and may double in price within the next year. The 1917 crop will be barely sufficient to supply the country's demand for this delicious confection until a new crop is harvested. But the price of corn In the field is bound to Increase materially. Until a few years ago the average man gave little thought to "the corn that pops." He looked upon popcorn as a business for street vendors. Here Is an opportunity that every farmer should investigate. The United States department of agriculture has Issued several bulletins on the produo tlon and marketing of popcorn. Wrltt for bullotini numbers 202, 551, Mi,

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