Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 61, Number 7, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 October 1918 — Page 2

The Blue Goddess By LOUISE OLIVER

i (Copyright, 191S, by tho McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Peggy lay awake at night listening to the rain. Oh, if It would only stop ! She had planned so many things for the next day, the day Captain Pearson was to be in town and had asked her If he could come to see her. Come to see herl Peggy's heart had fluttered almont to suffocation when she read the lew lines on the heavy white paper. Come to see her ! She had closed her eyes and pressed the words to her heart in ecstacy. The tall, serious officer she had met at the Marstons, about whom all the girls had been completely mad, including herself I Then Peggy had done some officering herself, as Peggy could. Her little hands, which took only a five-and-a-half glove, could make Phil and little Chuckle step around more lively in one minute than father and mother combined could do in a week, and a word from her pretty red lips meant more to Susan in the kitchen than a whole regiment of orders from higher up. Lola, her twelve-year-old sister, adored her openly, as did Lola's girl friends, who met after school every day for Peggy to instruct in knitting. JThe officering Peggy did, on receipt of Captain Pearsons letter, consisted of disposing of the family for the day, beginning with Philip and Charles, and had gone on down the line until no one was left but her mother and father and herself. Captain Pearson was to stop to dinner, and Susan was to achieve the most delectable meal Peggy's busy brain could plan. In short, the program was to be as follows: Morning, house cleaned up, flowers arranged in bowls everywhere, best linen and silver hunted up, . porches cleaned and everything in or der. Afternoon The boys to go fishing after school and to Aunt Mary's for supper and to stay all night ; Lola and the club to go to Mabel Brown's and Lola to stop for dinner and all night, as Mabel had so often coaxed. Peggy planned to put on her new sport suit of army blue jersey and with lmr mvn lirrle car snarkliner clean was to take the captain for a ride out to Bowling Rocks to see the view, stop at the club and introduce him to a few friends, then bring him home to a quiet, delicious candle-lit dinner for four, Peggy in her new pink dress; a whole delightful evening alone on the . moonlit veranda (there was a moon, Peggy found from the calendar a whole week ahead), and then Peggy never tried to look past that. t But "The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft ngley." It rained, and it rained and rained and rained. The flowers would be ruined, the tulips had been almost ready to drop anyway. The road to Bowling Rocks was impassable now, even with a whole day's sun, and the boys couldn't go fishing. Mother wouldn't let them when it was damp. After a sleepless night Peggy was up at six. To her surprise, her mother was stirring in the hall. Peggy opened her door. "What is it, mother?" she asked. "It's Susan; she's sick. I've been up all night with her. I think she got overheated yesterday and then cooled off too quickly. I'll send for Doctor Boyce soon, now, but I think she'll be nil right in a day or two." "A day or two! But, mother, Captain Pearson's coming to dinner and there's so much to be done today." "I'm sorry, dear, but we can't help It. I'm almost too tired to get breakfast." . Peggy's face changed instantly. "Don't ycu worry, momsy, dear. I'll get breakfast. You telephone for the doctor, then go and He down. I'll get the kiddles off to school." After that there was no rest for Peggy. 5?he rain kept up and Susan got worse. The doctor came and stayed, and Peggy had to be everywhere at once In the kitchen one minute, filling hot water bottles the next answering the telephone, making beds, washing dishes, getting lunch, and a hundred other things. Limrh over, the boys had to be warned to come straight home from school, for It was tho kind of day when mother worried about them. And, as the Browns lived too far away, Lola was told to come homo also. Lola forgot about the company and at four o'clock the entire knitting club walked in. The boys had brought a few o-trn snirits alomr too. Never was there such a houseful. Peggy by this time had accepted the inevitable, changed to a blue linen dress with white collar and cuffs and apron, and decided to make the best of It. She was out swooping some extra large chunks of mud off the front steps when Captain Pearson arrived. Ppl'l'v did not run. nor hide tho - - broom. She stood smiling down at him from the top of tho steps a blue goddess with tho emblem oC woman's sphere in her hand. Tho humor of the situation lent an added sparkle to her smile. Tin, so glad to sec you, captain," she said, holding out her unoccupied hand to this splendidly caparisoned man. "It's a dreadful day, isn't it? I have some nunil brothers who won t

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. . ja . A wipe theirs. But just ejine in and see what I have on my hands today a combination day nursery and a hospital. I'm two kinds of nurse." "Lucky people!" said the captain, warmly holding her hand. "Also I'm not sure that you're go ing to get any dinner. If Susan sleeps, I can cook It. If not, I can't Mother has developed neuralgia, so the fam ily may have to eat crackers and cheese in the pantry." "But I can't stay anyway " said the captain. "I just came to tell you I can't come that is, not till Thursday. I'm on my way to New York on busi ness and stopped over a few minutes between trains." In fact, he did stay just long enough to meet the admiring friends of Lola and the boys. Then he had to go. "I'll be back on Thursday for all day, Miss Peggy, if it suits you," he said as he left. Thursday it didn't rain. Susan was better and able to cook the delectable meal. The boys went to Aunt Mary's, Lola to Mabel Brown's. The road to Bowling Rocks was good, the car perfect, and Peggy never prettier. More flowers had come out in the garden, and the house looked wonderfully sweet and attractive. The moon was full now, and the veranda that night a fairyland of lacewTork shadows. Delicious scents came from the garden, and Peggy breathed a sigh of ecstacy. It had all worked out so satisfactory just as she had planned. "Peggy, dear, I love you," said the captain suddenly. "Why why, captain!" said Peggy, breathlessly. Vr T n1 T mov nc txroll ol 1 you now. Why wait? I've known it all along, but I'll confess if I hadn't seen you Monday I should probably have waited. I can hardly tell you why. It's because, perhaps, I've always had a horror of useless women. I wish you could know how adorable you looked that day in your blue dress. Most girls would have been worried to death. Peggy, dear little Peggy, tell me you care a little, won't you?" "Y-yes, I do," said Peggy, happily. "I love you very much." But, womanlike, she knew it wasn't the blue dress and the broom at all that did it. It was the pink dress, and the shadows, and the garden scents, and the moon ! REALLY BEARER OF MESSAGE Pain Has Its Purposes and Should by No Means Be Looked Upon as an Enemy. Pain is a message sent to the brain to report that some part of the body is in trouble, and to ask for relief. It is, therefore, not an unmixed evil, but a bane or a blessing, according to the view that we take of it. Many per sons, especially those whose nervous organizations are acutely sensitive, dread pain, both for themselves and for others, to such a degree that their first instinct is to do something any thing if only the distress can be checked. They refuse to listen to the message, and think only of hushing it. If we adopt the view that pain is a faithful servant bringing us a message, we alter our whole attitude toward it. We learn to listen patiently and to organize relief wisely. But we must remember that there is pain that can and must be borne, and pain that cannot and should not be borne. In certain kinds of accident, such as extensive burns or lacerations, the physician always gives the speediest tem porary relief that is in his power and then removes the sufferer to a place where he can give him proper caro. In such cases the call for the morphine needle, or for some other anodyne, is a perfectly legitimate one. But there are certain kinds of intense pain that ought not to be immediately masked with an anodyne, because it is very necessary that the physician should bo able to incorporate their messages in his diagnosis. Sometimes, as, for example, when there is urgent need of an operation, quieting the patient wirli morphine might moan that when tho effect of the drug lud worn off and tho pain began to call attention again to the diseased condition it would be too late to save the patient Many of the pains wo suffer are coward pains. We know very well that a little courage would give us relief, but we are so much afraid of tho dentist's chair or of the surgeon's lance or probe that we temporize from day to day and so endure a great deal of unnecessary suffering. Pain is a good servant and a bad master. Wo should learn to heed its message and then dismiss It as quickly as possible. When it Is of the chronic type and cannot be dismissed, wo should always consult a trained physician, lie will do his best to render It bearable and he will save us from adding the blunders and penalties of selfdosing to our troubles. Youth's Companion. Changes In Hudson Bay. The trappers and others employed by the Iludson Bay company have no tlced that whore deep water was to be found In tho bay heretofore it is becoming so shallow that navigation is accomplished with dillicuity. Investigation has led to tho discovery that the shores of the great body of water are gradually being tipped as If an effort was being made to empty its waters Into the adjoining sea. The bay where Henry Hudson spent the winter of 1610 has entirely disappeared or has so changed that It cannot be now located, although there Is sufficlcnt data left by him to locate tho bay under conditions as ho jfouncl them.

SELECTING SEED CORN IN AUTUMN j ui i Tremendous Loss to Farmers and Country Due to Planting of Inferior Seed

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FIRST CLASS REQUIREMENTS Ears Taken From Highest-Yielding Rows Produce Better Than Those Taken From Poorer-Yielding Rows Test Each Ear. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) There is each spring a scarcity of good seed corn. This condition is all the more regrettable, because it need not exist ; and it is much more serious than commonly supposed, because many do not realize fully the tremendous loss to themselves and the country due to the planting of inferior seed. A full stand of plants may be obtained from inferior seed, but the yield will not be the best possible. The loss is due to delay or negligence. It can be prevented by the selection of seed com in the autumn. To be first class, seed must be: 1. Of a variety well adapted to the seasonal and soil conditions where it is to be xlanted. 2. ' Grown on productive plants of a productive variety, showing all the desirable characteristics. 3. Well matured, and preserved from ripening time till planting time in such a manner as to retain its full vigor. Three Important Requirements. The importance of the three requirements just enumerated has been dem-V-!0 .V.V7 '.'.V A Happy Corn Club Boy With a Bushe! of Selected Seed. nnstrated exnerimentally. The results of the tests, given briefly, are as fol lows : 1. For a series of five years, 12 varie ties were tested in ten Northern states, equivalent lots of seed being used In each state. Varieties that produced most in some states were among the poorest in others. 2. Seed ears taken from the highestyielding rows of ear-to-row breeding plats have repeatedly produced better than seed ears taken from pooreryielding rows. Seed ears from the bestproducing stalks found in a general field produced more than seed ears taken without considering the productiveness of the parent stalks. As the result of selection work of this kind, average acre yields on some farms have been increased 18 per cent in a decade. 3. Four bushels of ears were divided into two equal parts, one part being well taken care of and the other placed in a barn as corn is ordinarily cribbed. The well-proserved seed gave a yield on poor soil 12 per cent higher than the poorly-preserved and '27 per cent higher on fertile soli, notwithstanding the fact that both lots of seed germinated equally well. Prevention Is Best. Seed corn that matures normally and has been preserved properly will grow satisfactorily. It Is very poor management to neglect proper preservation and then spend time In the spring separating by germination tests those ears that have heen badly damaged from those that have been slightly damaged. Prevention Is better than cure, and in this case a cure Is Impossible. If it is found necessary to plant seed tho vitality of which is at all doubtful, each ear should be tested separately and only those planted which germinate perfectly. If the only seed available for planting is inferior In quality and vitality, It should be planted thick in order to counterbalance imperfect germination and to approximate perfect stands. Poor stands are a frequent source of poor yields. In nearly every locality good farmers usually agree regarding the stand that approximates the optimum for normal soil and seasonal conditions. Stands markedly Inferior to the optimum give an Increase In size of ears, but a decrease In total yield. Loss may be sustained from too thick a stand, which causes a decrease In bIzc of ears and In total yields. Prepare In Fall. Autumn Is the time to prepare for a profitable corn crop the following sen-

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corn-ripening time and selecting, drying and storing at least enough seed to meet the requirements of two years' planting will insure a seed supply for the second succeeding year in the event of crop failure the first year. Selectng seed corn requires the corn grow er's entire attention. If he will get the very best that is to be had and preserve it well, his increased yields will return him more profit than any other work he can do on his farm. In 13 years' investigations conducted upon bcioto river bottom soil near Piketon, 0., with Woodburn White Dent, United States selection 77, the yield was raised from an average of 63 bushels of dry shelled corn for the period from 1901 to 1907 to an average of 75 bushels for the period from 1907 to 1913. The principal influence pro ducing this increase in yield was the selection and care of seed corn. Ears to Select. As soon as the crop ripens, the first step is to go through the field with seed-picking bags, and husk the ears from the stalks that have produced the most corn without having had any special advantages as to space, mois ture or fertility. The large ears on stalks standing singly with an unusual amount of space around them should be avoided. Preference should be given the plants that have produced most heavily in competition wTith a full stand of less productive plants. In all localities the inherent tendency of the plant to produce heavily of sound, dry, shelled corn is of most impor tance. The same day seed corn is gathered the husked ears should be put in a dry place with a free circulation of air and placed in such position that the ears do not touch each other. This is the only safe procedure. Good seed is re peatedly ruined because of the belief that it is already dry enough when gathered and that the precaution mentioned above is unnecessary. In localities where weevils and grain moths injure stored grain, the thoroughly dry ears should be stored in very tight mouse-proof receptacles, with one pound of moth balls or naphthalene inclosed for each bushel of corn. This quantity tightly inclosed with the corn will prevent damage from these insects and will not injure the seed. SUITABLE TIME FOR HARVESTING PEANUTS Save Maximum Amount of Food by Gathering When Mature. Vines Should Be Stacked Before Leaves Become Dry and Have Fallen Off Use Care to Prevent Crop From Molding. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Harvesting peanuts before they are mature, as is often the case among inexperienced growers, is responsible for considerable loss in the yield of marketable peanuts. A few of the peanuts are very likely to mature and sprout during rainy weather before the crop is ready to be dug. The vines assume a yellowish appearance when the crop is mature, which is usually, but not always, a good indication as to the proper time for harvesting. This, together with the turning brown and falling off of the lower leaves, and the plump appearance of the pods should be the guide in determining tho maturity of the crop. After the crop has been dug tho vines should be stacked before the leaves become dry and have fallen oft?, and special care should be given to Building Stack of Peanut Vines. prevent tho peanuts from molding. The stacks should be small and placed around poles provided with two crosspieces nailed to tho polo ten to twelvo inches from the ground to support the vines. After curing In stacks for a few weeks peanuts can bo hauled to the barn and stored without danger of loss. Some growers who find it difficult to obtain poles rake the peanuts into windrows with a hay rake and then stack them like hay. This method requires a longer time for proper curing, and is successful only when small stacks are made and the peanuts are quite dry before being stacked. If the peanuts become wet they are seriously damaged for commercial purposes, as tho pods wH become discolored.

I THE PICTURES 1 I By COLLIN S. COLLINS. I

'Ton don't want to stay for the pictures, do your asked Laura in the tone of one who expects the answer to be "No." Beth blushed. She took a childish delight in motion pictures, but from the chatter about her, she gathered that it was considered childish to sit through the whole performance. Her cousin Laura seemed to regard the taste for vaudeville Itself rather indicative of elementary development. "Do you mind?" Beth asked timidly. "They're fire department pictures." With a shrug of her shoulder, her cousin settled back In the seat as the lights went out and the first picture was thrown on the screen. The property man and his fellows on the stage supplied the clanging of the bells and the screech of the whistles and to Beth it was all very real. Then the street with its engines vanished from the screen to be replaced by a contrasting picture of three firemen sitting in quarters engaged in a game of cards. Their faces were large enough to show the play of expression and the audience shrieked at the pantomimic humor. But Beth had leaned forward and was looking eagerly at the screen. Laura tugged at her skirt, but the girl did not realize it. There upon the screen was Thad Burnham. She was sure of it. The picture changed again and she sank back into her seat quivering in every muscle. Rapidly she explained to Laura how Thad had gone away from home, how his letters had stopped and his mother could find no trace of him. "His mother's heart is breaking for him," she declared. "I must find him and tell him to write home." She left her seat and with trembling limbs started up the aisle, Laura following her country cousin curiously. An usher directed her to the balcony where the machine was operated, and she waited until the operator had finished. He could give her little information other than to furnish her with the address of the firm which had taken the ?iictures. She could scarcely wait until he next morning to continue her search, and she started immediately after breakfast with a male cousin as an escort. The manager was courteous and seemed to take an interest in her quest. The pictures had been made in town, he explained, and he gave her the number and address of the engine company. It was far uptown, but she could not rest and in a short time she stood in front of the tiny desk beside the glittering engine. "Is Mr. Burnham, a fireman, here?" she asked with trembling voice. The man in blue shook his head. "Tommy Burnham is with seven truck," he explained. "I am looking for Thadwick Burnham," she explained. "He was photographed here for some motion pictures." "Wiekes, Hoe and Casey posed for that picture," he declared. "You mean this?" He took down from the wall a small framed photograph, evidently an enlargement of the picture flm. "That's Thad," she cried. "I'm sure of it." "Call Roe down," commanded a voice behind her. The fireman sprang to salute and Beth turned to face a kindly-faced man with gold instead of silver buttons, and crossed trumpets on his cap front. "Stand where you will be in the light," directed the newcomer, as he stepped into the background. Wonderingly she obeyed his directions as in answer to the call a man same sliding down the brass pole. Before she could speak he had turned around and came toward her. "Hello. Beth." he cried. "Where did you come from?" I "What is your name?" demanded the battalion chief. Instinctively the 1 man's hand went to salute, and he j gave a puzzled laugh. ! "It's Burnham," ho said, "yet I know I'm called Boo. What's the matter?" I "You remember the Jane street fire j In tho shop where you worked?" sug gested the chief. Thad nodded. "But you forgot that In jumping to the net you foil short and struck on your head. When you came out of the hospital you had forgotten who you wore." "I remember now," Thad exclaimed. "The boys were interested in me and kept me going until I could get In the department. You gave me Richard Roe for a name, eh?" "I saw you in the pictures at the theater," Beta explained. "I knew it was you." "Which Is more than I did," he laughed. "I've been some one else for nearly a year now. Is mother " Both nodded, as his voice faltered. "She is alive," she assured, "but very lonesome. She thinks you are dead." The chief stepped forward. "I'm going up to see the foreman," he said huskily. "Put in your application for leave and I'll see that headquarters grants it." Ho stamped up the stairs, and Thad turned to Beth. "And you?" ho asked. "Have you " "I've been waiting, too," she assured him as her hand stole Into his. "We can have a pretty good honey moon in 30 days," smiled Thad. "We'll cmwi tho nieture men some of the cake." "We must," she agreed, as ho kissed her right before the man on watch. found you In tho pictures." (Copyright, 191S, by the McClure Nowapft Dar Syndicate.)

IN MISERY TOR YEARS Mrs. Courtney Tells How Shm Was Cured by Lydia EL Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Oskaloosa, lows." For yean I wai imply in misery from a weakness and awful oains a n d

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