Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 61, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 October 1918 — Page 3

STORIES

AMERIC

Staged Battle Royal Far Below Earth's Surface BROOKLYN. When Thomas O'Malley regained consciousness in the Williamsburg hospital, he hastened to reiterate the statement he had made just before they began to sew him up. It was a succinct statement In Mr. O'Mal ley's well-known manner. It

was to this effect: "I can lick him." In another part of the institution they were ministering tenderly to Andrew Peransky, who, however, after careful thought, declined to make any statement for publication. The surgeons believe that with complete rest, and if there be no complications, he will be able to leave the hospital within 60 days.

O'Malley and Peransky are, or were employees of the contractor who is tunneling the new subway tube in the vicinity of North Seventh street. The men employed there work in a caisson under high air pressure. O'Malley and Peransky, both registered for the draft and neither returned to work that day. They entered the air chamber in the same cage the other day, and c glance at him convinced O'Malley's gaugrnates that it would be just as well not to cross him. Peransky, however, was in that state of exuberant Americanism which made him careless of who listened when he spoke up. In any event, after they had been in the air chamber less than 20 minutes somebody behind, but within earshot of O'Malley, gave utterance to the opinion that there was a man among them who had neglected to register for the draft because of anti-British prejudices of long standing. O'Malley turned and saw Peransky standing grinning at the jester and the jest. They had been fighting furiously for 20 minutes when Policeman Dalton, summoned by a foreman on the earth's surface who had received a distress signal from the earth's interior, arrived and stopped the fighting with a few well-aimed blows of his club. He had found the belligerents rolling on the floor of the air chamber, while their companions stood about terrified, in fear apparently that the fighters would do some damage to the walls of the air chamber and be the death of all hands. Dalton explained afterward that the two men had reached that point of fighting exhaustion where the task of separating them was not one to draw heavily on the resources of a trained policeman. Mr. O'Malley is undecided about returning to subway work. He says that, after a holiday especinlly, the high air pressure is apt to go to his head and make him insensible to logic and logical consequences.

Many Feline Aristocrats in Maine Coast Towns BANGOR, MB. Summer visitors to Maine coast towns marveled at the great number of handsome, long-haired cats to be seen in those place, even In the homes of the poorest people, and also at the number of old men

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5 !L - - - Tho Anra'" Slli1 0110 of ihose TB? breeders, "Is larger than the ordinary (JP""-'' cat, or at leust looks large because of the greater thickness of the fur. The 'coon' cat, so called, is a hybrid, an accident. The long-haired cat Is liable to skip for a generation or two and then come back with qualities superior to those of Its forebears. A white Angora with orange eyes Is a valuable animal, worth as much as $100 in some places. A 'coon,' or Angora male, with tiger stripes of black and gray, will bring .$25 to $50. "If you see a cat with odd eyes that Is, with one eye red or orange and the other blueyou can be sure it is deaf. Yet it will catch as many mice as any other. "The average life of a cat is about ten years, although I have ßome fourteen and fifteen years old. I feed my cats on fresh fish when I can get It. It is not as heavy as meat and the cat is not so liable to disease. Milk Is very good, but cats prefer fish to anything else, except beef. If you feed a cat oa beef once it will want it ever afterward. "Many cats have the habit of licking the hair on their breasts with their tongues. They get little mats of hair in their stomachs, and unless they get rid of it it will finally cause death."

just Needed $10,000, So He "Drew" It From Bank NEW YORK. A tall, well-dressed young man, carrying a small suitcase, entered the Atlantic National bank, Broadway and Warren street, by way of the employees' entrance, walked Into the paying teller's cage, opened his suitcase and nonchalantly proceeded

to pack it with money. When he had $10,000 tucked away, he closed the bag and walked out. Chief Clerk C. H. Smith and Joseph Bnumcl, another clerk, saw the young man as he emerged from the teller's cage. The young man, who, It was revealed later, was Melvln Klpford, twenty-six years old of Harrisburg, Pa., told the clerks that he was making a study of money and its ec

centric habits. Needing some specimens for his laboratory, he had just taken what he thought he would require. When the clerks attempted to hinder his exit, Kipford drew a revolver and started to run. The clasp on the suitcase became unfastened and $5,000 dropped In the corridor of the bank. Kipford ran down Barclay street to Greenwich, where ho was stopped by Traffic Policeman James Smith, who placed him under arrest. At the police station Kipford said ho had stopped at the bank earlier in the day to change a $5 bill, and seeing the money In the teller's cage went out and bought a small suitcase and returned for some cash. He declared New York was no town to be in without money. He said he had no registration card and never had heard of the draft.

Little Bride's Dream of Fine Home Faded Away CHICAGO. -It was a nlco farm Bert Manning picked out for his bride to see. The wheat and cornfields showed heavy yields. Fat cows grazed In the pastures. The house was commodious, sheltered by trees, and deep in vines and llowers. Louise Haug, tho

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dressmaker's brother-in-law. "Let's go to the farm now," said the bride. Manning agreed and packed the trunks In the automobile. Then he suggested that his wife draw her 1,000 saving and take it to Hammond, the town nearest the farm. She gave hlrn (he money for safe keeping. "Now we will go just as soon as I get the gas," said Manning. EJO stepped into the car and started after gas. He Is still going. Mrs. Manning told the police, and detectives are looking for Manning. He met ids bride seven weeks ago through an advertisement in a German newspaper, In which he posed as a "wealthy bachelor," und snld he wanted, u German girl for a wife.

and women who derive profit by breeding them. The progenitors of these feline aristocrats were brought to Maine many years ago by shipmasters trading up the Mediterranean, from Persian and African ports. Some highly successful breeders of Angora cats live In Penobscot bay towns, and they ship cats all over America. little Chicago dressmaker, was entranced. It was the place of her dreams. "I can't take you in now," said Manning, as they drove past In his automobile. "I don't want my housekeeper to know I am going to be married. But we will live here soon. This Is our nest, honey." They were married and lived happily for five days at the home of the

SPREAD OF WEED SEED ON FARMS Farmers Should Ever Be on the Alert for Appearance of New Pernicious Plants.

INTRODUCED IN MANY WAYS Important Point Regarding Control is to Destroy All Weeds Before They Have Gained Headway and Prevent Spread. (From tne United States Department of Agriculture.) No matter how careful a man may be in preventing weeds from going to seed on his land, most of his work will be for nothing if he permits seeds to be constantly brought to his farm from the outside. Another important point regarding weed control is to destroy pernicious weeds before they have gained sufficient headway to do serious damage. Farmers should ever be on the alert for the appearance of new weeds which are being introduced and for old weeds which are developing noxious tendencies. When a plant shows any tendency toward becoming a troublesome weed it should be called to the attention of someone in authority and every effort made to keep it under control. Weeds may be brought to the farm in various ways. The principal source of introduction is through seeds. Introducing Weed Seed in Crop Seeds. Many of the purchased grain, clover and grass seeds contain weed seeds as impurities. IIow can the farmer purchase clean seed? In no permanent way will the quality of seed offered for sale be greatly improved except by greater knowledge and alertness on the part of the consumer. First, the farmer should know what constitutes good seed; second, ho should know fairly closely what highgrade seed is worth; and, third, he should be willing to pay a fair price for it. Laxity on one or more of these points Is responsible for most of the farmer's trouble over poor seeds. Seedsmen say that they are forced to carry poor seeds In stock because many farmers will not pay for the better grades. Cheap seeds are really the most expensive kind that can be purchased. In Improving his knowledge of what constitutes good seeds, the farmer will find the advice of the state agricultural experiment stations and the United States department of agriculture of great assistance. These institutions gladly test samples of seeds for farmers free of charge. That test will show whether there are any weed seeds or other impurities present and tho percentage of germination of the crop seed. In purchasing seed of alfalfa and clover the most important point to consider is the presence of dodder seed. Clover seed should also be examined for seeds of the plantains. Introducing Weed Seeds In Stock Feeds. Some kinds of stock feed are free of weed seeds, while others are not. Cottonseed meal, oil meal, brewers' and distillers' grains, corn bran, middlings and the gluten feeds are practically free of weed seeds ; but . moCharacteristic Root Growth of Canada Thistle, a Permanent Weed. lasses feeds, oat chop, wheat bran and the mixed feeds are apt to contain more or less seeds of various weeds. This is especially true of that class of mixed feeds made from mill by-products, for the reason that such byproducts are partly composed of screenings. These screenings contain weed seeds resulting from the cleaning of grain. Some firms grind or heat the screenings that go into mixed feeds, and In such cases the percentage of live weed seed is very low. Introducing Weed Seeds in Manure. Nearly all purchased manure Is full of weed seeds. If it Is hauled to the farm when fresh many thousands of weed seeds are Introduced, so that the farmer is storing up future trouble for himself. As this manure usually has to be removed from the town In the fresh state, tke only chance to compost it in order to make the weed seeds rot Is after It reaches the farm. It has been found that the weed seeds In man nre piles rot quickly under ordinary conditions, so that practically all of them have lost their vitality in two months. Whether the farmer should compost city manure bylen?!ng It In piles after he has drawn it to his farm is questionable. Don't Starve the Bees. Those having bees are warned by the ht)vernment against taking out too much of the honey.

PORK CAN BE GROWN AND CURED AT HOME

Custom of Farmers in Purchasing Heats Is on Increase. Little Difficulty Experienced in Established Trade for Country ArticleGood Flavor Is Most Desirable. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Too many farmers buy a part or all of their supply of meat from local stores and hucksters. Meat especially pork, can be grown and cured at home for njfuch less than the cost of the purchased meat, to say nothing of a ready market for good country-cured haras, shoulders and sides. In spite of this the custom of farmers purchasing cured meats is increasing. It may not be practicable for every farmer to butcher and cure his own meat, but in nearly every community a few farmers could do this and make good profits. Farmers who sell country-cured meats have experienced very little difficulty in establishing a permanent trade. To accomplish this one must understand tho kind of cured meat his trade demands, and also how it is made. Coun-trj'-cured meat often carries too much fat and undesirable odors, and it is generally too salty. A well-marbled, juicy, savory piece of meat showing the proper admixture of fat and lean and possessing a good flavor is the kind the consumer desires. In selecting hogs for butchering, health should have first consideration. Even though the hog has been properly fed and carries a prime finish, the best quality of meat cannot lie obtained if Convenient Arrangement for Scalding. the animal is unhealthy; there is always some danger that disease may be transmitted to the person who eats tho meat. The keeping Quality of the meat is always Impaired by fever or other derangements. A hog In medium condition, gaining rapidly in weight, yields the best quality of meat. Do not kill a hog that is losing flesh. A reasonable amount of fat gives juiciness and flavor to the meat, but large amounts of fat are not essential. The breeding of animals plays an important part in producing a carcass of high quality. Selection, long continued care and intelligent feeding will produce meat of desirable quality. Tho smooth, even and deeply fleshed hogs will yield the nicely marbled meat. The meat from very young hogs lacks flavor and is watery. Old meat is generally very tough. The meat of old hogs can be improved, however, if they are properly fattened before slaughter. Hogs can be killed for meat any time after eight weeks, but the most profitable age at which to slaughter is eight to twelve months. Hogs intended for slaughter should remain unfed for at least 24 hours, or better, 30 hours. Give them all the clean, fresh water they will drink. Tills will help to clear the system of food and will facilitate bleeding. Do not excite or whip a hog before killing. An excited hog never makes a good carcass, and whipping causes bruised hams, which are not fit to cure. An Injured hog may be used for food provided it is bled immediately. It is essential to have the proper equipment for rapid and skillful work at killing time. An eight-inch straight sticking knife, a cutting knife, a 14inch steel, a hog hook, a bell-shaped stick scraper, a gambrel and a meat saw. More than one of each of these tools may be necessary if many hogs are to be slaughtered and handled to best advantage. A barrel is a very convenient receptacle In which to scald hogs. The barrel should be placed at an angle of about 45 degrees at the end of a table or platform of proper height. The table and barrel should be securely fastened to prevent accident to the workmen due to slipping. A block and tackle will reduce labor. All the tools and apparatus should be In readiness before beginning. Early Plowing Is Desirable. Every acre of land turned before the fall and winter rains will be an aero more for producing the bread and meat supply next year. Feed and food are In great demand. Deep and early plowing is highly desirable. Have Your Cows Tested. If you haven't time to test your own cows, better get it done for you bj joining a cow-testing association.

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ADVENTURE'S WAY

By MAISIE BROPHY. (Copyright, 1915, Western Newspaper Union.) Susanah looked down the long Tillage street where stone pavements basked In hot sunshine, and up the long street where a green hill sloped invitingly ; then she paused in the gap of the hedge, wondering in which direction adventure lay. For Susanah was a child of adventure. Long ago, when she had visited at Aunt Jerusha's. In summer time, she had believed that fairies lurked In that hedge, that enchanting surprises were to be found all the way up hill. Now, when Susanah's dress reached the tops of her trim high shoes, when her soft hair was massed in wavy coils upon her head, she still believed in fairies, in a slightly different way, while light of promising adventure shone alluringly In her dark lashed eyes. "If," thought Sue, "you start out on the shortest journey, sure that lovely things are going to happen, why lovely things will happen." And always Sue was right. She found the lovely things herself ; an unusual flower, perhaps, in some hidden corner. Susanah had discarded both the town road and the hill road for one leading down mysteriously into a vast shady ravine ; In the very heart of tills solitude, as she went expectantly along she discovered a winding crystal stream. The stream was narrow, and some invader had bridged it across with stones placed wide apart. Immediately Susanah was possessed of a desire to reach the other side by way ; of the same tempting stones. They i were so broad and smooth; she tried ! the first one cautiously and it bore her weight, then at her daring leap to the second stone the adventurous light in her eyes deepened ; this really was better than sitting listlessly in aunt's sleepy garden. Here was an element of chance which sent a flush to her cheeks to be perched on a stone In midstream, with no one to come to her aid if the stone should slip, or if she should find herself unable to reach the third stone or return to the first Susanah laughed a merry laugh, which went echoing down stream to where a man sat fishing, just around the bend. The man drew up his line abruptly and peered around the corner; then, "Great Scott!" he muttered, for the stream was not shallow, as Sue had believed. "Of all the foolishness," the man grumbled ; be was exceedingly annoyed that his afternoon's sport would be Interrupted. ' By way of attracting her attention, lie began to whistle softly, and Susanah looked about. "Please remain where you aro for a moment," the man called, and made his way to her along the slaty beach. She stood quite still; this man, of course, was but part of her coming adVenture. "It will be dangerous for you to try to go farther," the man admonished, "and to move now might cause you a wetting. I will wade out In a moment and carry you back.n "Carry her back!" Susanah was about to indignantly protest, when tho stone swayed beneath her feet; Instead, she gave a startled cry. Tho man's strong arms caught her up just as she discovered that the soles of her shoes were growing uncomfortably wet. She wondered, as her deliverer's high boots splashed back through the water, at her own sense of perfect confidence. "That," he remarked severely, "was a needlessly reckless thing to do. One has no right to allow their whims to carry them into " Just then he paused, staring, for Susanah had, for the first time turned her wide eyes full upon him. Their glinting depths seemed to recall to him inexplicably certain joyous, care-free days of his boyhood. He smiled. Again he looked, and It was? as though he, too, had glimpsed the fairies. "I will not .try to scold you," the man told Susanah. She dimpled. "I am very grateful to you," she answered. "Billy," he called, "Billy." Then suddenly he raised his voice in a hallo ! Down through the opening a boy came racing toward them. He wore a khaki suit, this boy, and doffed his hat to Susanah. "Look after the boat and tackle, son," the man commanded. "I am going to walk up to the level." Susanah, moving quietly at his side, realized that in some strange manner her adventure had become unaccountably disappointing. "I am going to ask a return for saving your lifo," the man was saying, laughingly; "we are camping out down here, but Bill makes abominable coffee. It would be too much to ask today, o course, but if you could manage to slip down here some time around mealtime, and instruct him in the art of coffee-making; that is, If you do not live too far away " His voice was eager. "Couldn't your wife teah your son?" Sue stammered. "I have no wife. 'Son Is a pet name I give to my boy scouts. I'm their scout master; we are all camping here together." Susanah looked up the path to the opening, then down to the way of charmed adventure. "I will go back with you and show Billy about that coffee now," she said.

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For more than 200 years. Haarlem Oil, the famous national remedy of Holland, has been recognized aa an infallible relief from all forms of kidney and bladder dis orders. Its very age is proof that it must have unusual merit. If you are troubled with pains or ach in tne back, feel tired in the morning, headaches, indigestion, insomniat painfal or too freguent passage of urine, irritation or stone in the bladder, you will almost certainly find relief in GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. This is the good old remedy that haa stood the teat for hundreds of years, prepared in the proper quantity and convenient form to talce. It is imported direct from Holland laboratories, and you can get it at any drug store. It is a standard, old-time home remedy and needs no introduction. Each capsule contains one dose of five drop and is pleasant and easy to take. They will quickly relieve those stiffened joints, that backache, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, gall stones, gravel, "brick dust," etc. Your money promptly refunded if they do not relieve you. But be sure to cet the genuine GOLD MEDAL brand. In boxes, three sizes. Adv. RARE COIN GIVEN TO MUSEUM New York Institution Has Confederate Half Dollar, Only Four of Which Were Made. The museum of the Numismatic soslety of New York has received a gift of probably its rarest coin. This Is the famous Confederate half-dollar, of which but four were made, and two only are known to exist. In the early days of the Civil war the Confederates, when they took New Orleans, seized all government propeerty, which Included the United States mint. What coins there were on hand, of course, were used. The silver bullion was also minted into United States coins with the dies then there. The question then came up of a distinctive coinage for the Confederacy. A die was made for trie reverse of tho 50-eent piece, showing a Confederate shield and the legend, 'Confederate States of America." The obverse side of the old United States half-dollar, showing a seated figure of Liberty surrounded by 13 stars, dated 1861, was to be used in conjunction with Uie new die. Four pieces only were struck, probably to submit to the high ofllclals In Richmond. No more pieces were ever struck, as the supply of bullion had run out, and during the life of the Confederacy no sufficient amount of bullion was ever obtained to strike any silver coins. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for infanta and children, and see that It Bears the Signature of i In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castorf Poor Foresight Good Hindsight. He I spent my honeymoon here at this resort. She That Is the happiest time ot one's life, I suppose? He Oh, yes, one is so ignorant of the future. A Poor Memory. Monk Now what did my wife tie that knot in my tail for to make me remember? Some foolish people play with flra Just to see whether it will burn them. Jroves Tastelesa chill Tonk: restores vitality and energy by pari f ring ad rlchlng the blood. Ton can coon feel Its Btreoglfcenlng, Inylgoratlng Hffuct, Price füo. This Is a wide world, but a lot of people In It live on a narrow margin. WOMAN WORKS 15 HOURSA DAY Marvelous Story of Woman's Change from Weakness to Strength by Taking Druggist's Advice. Peru, Ind." I Buffered from a displacement with backache and dragging down p a I n go i badly that at times 'I could not bo on my feet and It did notiecm as though I could stand it. I tried different imedlcina without any Denen t ana several doctors tnM m nntlnncr JyilHHv'l Dut an operation Eist told mo of vdia E. PinkI i ham's Vecretabla ASm IW Compound. I took V A vR1'! it with the result ( x x V that I am now well x H and strong. I get op in thomorningatfouro'clock, do my housework, then go to a factory and worlc all day, come homo and get supper and feel Ood. I don't know how many of my frier. !s I have told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has. done for me. Mru. Anna Metzlriano, 86 We3t lOih St, Peru, Ind. Women who suflr i.-ora any such ailments should not fail to try this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. START THE BILE Carlsted's Liver Powder OVER 25 YEARS Tor habitual constipation, blllousae. djspepsia, dlzztnrm and It Idar y and Hadder trouble. Hundreds ot UwtlmonlaU from lkM wham v have helped. Two slie, 25c and 11.00. If T.Br dealer haunt It, orUcrdlr:t from u, Mti. J" uaxu nimm cwffjwT. matm. mm. Acetrku Dry Rttlfaa Cm

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