Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 64, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 July 1921 — Page 7

Bankers Weep Because a Safe Is Safe

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EVANSTON, ILL. I'rof. W. Lee Lewis, inventor of the deadly Lewisite gas, which might have changed the entire process of modern warfare iad the war lasted long enough, has been working with n Lank vault builder, on a burglar-proof safe. Recently the safe was completed a manganese steel affair, with three glass tubes of chemicals In the door. The heat of an acetylene torch or the shock of an explosion Is calculated to drop the tubes, break them and by mixing the chemicals produce a quantity of pols.mous gas. The device wes demonstrated recently on the campus at Northwestern university. Fifty representative business men and bankers of Chicago were

"What's the Matter With Kansas?"

TOI'EKA, KAN. A woman in Kansas has equal rights with the man and when a woman is married the husband cannot give away their property In order to prevent Ids wife securing her rightful share. This Is a decision of the Kansas Supreme court. The order was entered In the suit of Mrs. Ida M. Putnam against C. K. Putnam, decided on an appeal from Miami county. The Putnams were married in 1S82. The husband believed In the Complete subordination of the wife. lie refused to tell her of his business transactions, and compiled her to practice the most rigid economies in the household. After more than thirty-five years of this sort of life, mixed with what the courts found to be an almost continuous religious brawl between them, the wife sued for a divorce and her share of the property. When the two were married they had the sum total of S7)0. At the time the divorce action was begun the total accumulations of the Putnam family amounted to $170.H in cash and property and six fine children. Much of this property bad been sequestrated by the husband in order to prevent his wife obtaining possession of it For instance: he went to a Bible house in Chicago and deliberately signed a promissory note for Bridging the "Big rA.KTO.V. S. I). The .Meridian highway !riige was built t music aens the stage of a theater at Yankton college In the "Masque of Yankton Iiriilge." The dramatic idea of the production, which included in ihe cat such characters as Takota, Nebniska, the Missouri Uiver and Yankton, portrayed lakota and Nebraska, sifter commons enltlis, bound together by ties of common interest, seeking to progress and go forward together, but held asunder and thwarted by the mighty Missouri, which Unwed between them. The action, increasing in intensity, reached Its crisis when. In response to the cry of the two states for some benevolent power to come to their aid Babies! They Bring CHICAGO. Haides! They brought tragedy into two families in one day. One mother failed to show the proper reverence to the memory of her dead child, her husband said. He shot and killed her and then took ids own life. Another woman yearned for the babies her husband did not want. She shot him and he may die. Albert It. Henrdsley, twenty-eight, a Chicago & Northwestern railway employee and his eighteen-year-old wife Mrs. Alice Fowler lleardsley. hail been separated for two months. "Beard ley told me his wife promised to take care of the child's Krave," said Guy Everett a friend of the husband. "He came back from a visit to the grave fairly raving. He said u as overgrown with weeds and there were no llowers on it no care nothing." Mrs. Heardsiey was returning to the home of her parents from the Oak Park telephone exchange, where she worked as a night operator. Her husband accost itl her at Lake street and Dth avenue and shot her as she fled Into a saloon to escape him. Then he hot hlmelf.

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present to witness the cracking of the sample safe. They were keen about It, because usually hankers are not Invited to such experiments. The whole mob got as close to the ropes as they could," said a spectator. "I'll say this for the new Lewis safe: It works. The torch was cutting through the door like a knife through cheese. Then all of a sudden. Whoosh ! out comes the gas also like cheese. "A dignified gent In the front row puts his foot through his hat getting away. Another Hops on his bay window and gos out for the count. The whole mob starts to cry. 1 never knew that hankers would weep when another man's safe got cracked. But they all appeared to he ympathetlc. I couldn't run with all that mob of hankers In front of me. First time I ever saw a gang like that cluttering up a battle field. Well, anyway I got a lung full." The sad news for burglars was completed by Prof. Lewis' announcement thaj a gas mask would be no protection against the gas with which the new vaults are to bo charged. The gas penetrates the ordinary mask. Thence by carriages to Kosehill cemetery. $100,000. Then he began selling his property to pay off the note. The lower court and the Supreme court refused to grant a divorce, but they divided the property as nearly equal as it was possible to do so and compelled Putnam to pay all of the costs of the litigation. The court held that the wife had been just as helpful in accumulating the property as had Putnam himself and was entitled to just as much of it as he was. "Nothing remains In Kansas jurisprudence of the old notion that a married woman is subordinate to her husband," said the Supreme court. "The wife is not under legal disabilities of any sort. She is the equal of her husband in the marriage relation ami may hold and own property and engage in business as freely as her busband may do." Muddy" at Yankton there appeared on the Dakota side of the stage the beautiful ligure of Yankton, accompanied by her group of builders. Then, in a ringing speech, Yankton declared her determination to bridge the mighty Missouri and forever "bless the sister states and the regions far beyond to the north and south." A bevy of little workers, representing Yanktonians and those in the 'wide region on both sides of the river among which were Sioux Falls, Omaha. Norfolk and other cities, came thronging in with their bags of gold, laying them at Yankton's feet. The Missouri recognized the Invincible spirit that had arisen at last to. curb her power and retired from the stage chanting a song of submission. The building- -of the bridge then went forward, figures In Greek costumes representing the piers. Upon completion of the structure there began the grand finals, which consisted of the triumphant processional across the bridge. The actual bridging of the Missouri at Yankton, which already has started, is scheduled to be finished by About Two Shootings "I have always wanted a baby, but my husband said he could not tolerate one. He would beat me when I mentioned a baby. So I shot him.M This was the explanation Mrs. Barbara Grinshaw, twenty-one, of likS North Central Park avenue gave the Shakespeare avcRue police. Mrs. Grinshaw and her husband, Louis, a taslcah driver, had been separated for several weeks, she said, because of their disagreement. She waited for him at North and Montlcello avenues to secure revenge for a black eye he had given her In their Inst encounter. As he swung from a street car, she shot him In the left side and In the right thigh. H was taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital

RAISE ONE CROP AFTER ANOTHER

Garden Plot Should Be Kept Busy by Successive Plantings of Different Vegetables. COMPANION CROPPING URGED Maximum Production Can Only Be Obtained by Careful Study and Strict Attention to Various Little Details. (Prepared by the United State3 Department of Agriculture.) Southern gardens begin to look seedy about June 10, gardens in the Middle states section are in the height of their glory, und the New England gardens are Just getting well started. It seems to be a foregone conclusion on the part of most persons throughout the Southern states that southern gardens can be grown only In tbe spring and in the fall, with a few hanee hardy crops during the winter. The fanner of the middle section plants his spring garden, then gets busy. with farm crops, and very little further attention is given the garden, unless the work is done by the wora.n. In the New England states and parts of the Northwest where the growing season Is quite short only one crop 'f most vegetables can be grown. In the middle section, however, two crops can often be grown on the same land, and, more imiortant still, a continuous supply of peas, beans, sweet corn, and a number of other vegetables can be had by making successive plantings. Grow One Crop After Another. The garden is generally the richest spot of ground on the farm, and for that reason should be' expected to pro1 Companion Cropping Peas and Potatoes in the Home Garden duce more than any other similar area. To get maximum production, however, it is necessary to keep the land busy all the time. This can be done two ways; first by companion cropping, and, second, by following one crop with another or successive planting. There are n number of crops that lend themselves to companion cropping. For example, where onion sets are planted in rows, say IS inches between the rows,' a row of radishes, spinach, or lettuce can be drilled between the rows of onions and be off the ground beTore the onions need the space. Spinach, radishes, early beets, or turnips can be planted between carrots, parsnips, and salsify. A crop of snap beans can frequently be grown between the rows of tomatoes. Radish seeds may often be planted alongside a row of peas, the radishes being pulled and out of the way before the peas begin to climb the trellis or brush provided for their support or to spread over the ground. A little later in the season sweet corn or late cabbage can be planted between the rows of early Irish potatoes and make considerable of a start before the Irish potatoes are dug. In the middle section, early peas may be followed by late cabbage, late potatoes, late snap beans, beets, or turnips. Early Irish potatoes may be followed by turnips, late snap beans, or by late sweet corn. Plan Fall Gardens. Fall gardens should in no case be overlooked, especially from the Middle states southward. Plantings of practically all the early spring vegetables may be made from July to September, according to locality, and be brought to maturity before early autumn frosts. By proper attention to the garden, fresh vegetables may be had through a period of about 10 months of the year in the extreme south and for about 7 months in the middle section. The season for the New England and northwestern sections Is necessarily much more limited, but even here the efficiency of a garden can be greatly increased bv a careful stuiii" and attentlm to the matter of companion cropping and successive plantings of certain vegetables MOST TURKEYS ARE OVERFED Good Plan to Follow Is to Fd Very Light Grain Start Give PculU Milk. 1 Turkeys on inot farms are overfed. The best plan to follow Is to feed very light grain at the start and 4ie all the mil!; that the young poults can drink. Experienced turkey raisers tell us thtit the abundant us? of inlH: Is tie Lest method of feeding poults.

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CONSERVING MANURE HELPS CROP YIELDS

Efficient Method Used By Permsylvania Farmers. Vallcd Enclosures Adjacent to Sta. bles. Often Paved With Fla stones, Save Valuaole Ele-' ments Needed by Soil. (Prepared Ly the United States Department of Agriculture.) Farmers in some part of eastern Pennsylvania, notably In Chester county, have been saving barnyard manure in walled enclosures adjacent to the stables, often paved with flagstones, for more than a century. The value of this efficiency lias been shown , 1 W - 2.'v--"u ' li Kling Manure in This Manner Permits the Rain to Wash Out Its Fertilizing Elements. in an investigation embracing the standards of management on ten farms selected by specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture In the region mentioned, and the results are embodied in Farmers' Bulletin 978, which may be had free upon application to the division of publications. The bulletin shows that the average yield of corn for the state is 42.50 bushels an acre, while on tbe ten selected farms it Is S5.50 bushels; the average wheat yield for the statt is IS bushels and for the ten farms 19.75; hay average for the state is 1.43 tons an acre and for the ten farms 2.G3 tons; while the three farms that grew oats produced an average of 43 bushels an acve as compared with the state average of .'i3.10 bushels. A survey of 378 farms' In Chester countj on which exceptionally high standards of management are main tained, Including close attention to handling of barnyard manure, showed an average corn yield of C5.3 bushels; wheat 24.8, and oats 41.6. The com paratively high yields in Chester county, the specialists say, cannot be credited entirely to the way in which manure is handled, because the soil In that county Is much better than the state's average soil, but special attention to manure and Its conservation has been an outstanding feature of that county's farming. COST OF PRODUCTION VARIES Specialists Point Out Fallacy of Considering Average as Basis for Figuring. The fact that there Is a wide variation on Individual farms in the cost of producing any product has been substantiated by recent cost surveys conducted by specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture, because of this variation, the specialits point out, it is a fallacy to consider the average as representing the cost of production. For example, the average cost of wheat per bushel on the 481 farms studied by the specialists last year was $2.51, but more than o0 per cent of the farmers concerned produced wheat at a cost above this figure, ranging up to an extreme of $8.20 per bushel. Similarly the average cost of cotton for the 842 farms studied was approximately 23 cents per pound, yet almost GO per cent ol the growers had costs above this aver age. The department now gives the results of cost studies in the form of frequency tables In order to show the proportion of a product that is produced, at or below a given cost and to call attention to the importance o a bulk-line cost, rather than average cost In relation to price. DISINFECTION OF HENHOUSE Vcodwork and Roosts Should Be Gone Over Occasionally With Some Good Lice Killer. The roosts and nearby woodwork of the poultry house should be painted occasionally with some good Iiqule lice killer (which can be bought frön poultry supply dealers) or with kero sene, to kill the little mites which Iiv there during the day and at night tor m en t the fowls. MAKING PROFIT WITH GEESE Cheap Shed Is AI! Shelter Necessar and Feed Ned Not Be cf Expensive Variety. Almost any farmer might raife a flock of geese with prolif. A cheap shed is all the shelter needed by the ireilers. en In winter they are not cr.stly to fevMl. as they do well on en sUae. clover and chopped ve&etu'de with jonie grain.

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WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE SAID

Some Possible Expressions of the Mothers of Shakespeare's Immortal Heroines. Hamlet's .Mother Why lon't yon run around like other boys. Instead of moping here, muttering to yourself and looking like a graveyard? You make my flesh creep. Ophelia's Mother One would think you were insane to see you rolling your eyes and throwing those old (lowers around. Pick them all up. Phe, before somebody steps on them and stains the carpet! Katberlne's Mother You've been scratching your sister's face again, and you shook your list and stuck your tongue out at the new minister Just now. March right to bed without your supper! Juliet's Mother You were kissing a strange little boy through the fence today. You'll get a good spanking if I find you doing it again. Itomeo's Mother (calls) Homey, come In out of the night air! You can see the moon without climbing on the chicken house! I never saw such a Silly Billy! Portia's Mother Was there ever a more conceited child? Always laying down the law to your elders as if you knew It all ! Rosalind's Mother For the love ot heaven, Kosie, where did you tind those boy's togs? Take them off at once and don't let me see any more tomboy tricks! Lady Macbcth's Mother When I put you In bed 1 want you to stay there and not go prowling through the hall In your nightie with a candle. You'll get your death o' cold and set tbe house alire! (ieorglana Cheesman In the New York Sun. WOMAN CRITICIZES HER SEX Australian Writer Seems to Hold the Opinion That Women as a Whole Are Unreasonable. "Women," says the average man In his moments of irritation, "are unreasonable. They drive a fellow mad." t And the same man is Instantly swept by such a hurricane of abuse as to make him sorry once more that he has spoken. There is no charge which the modem woman resents more than that of unreasonableness. She prides herself on her cool head and capable judgment. She expresses contempt of her sister of other times ah unbalanced creature, with no mind of her own about anything, nor desire to develop one. Yet, despite her professed common sense, one wonders now and then whether the modern woman is actually as reasonable as she imagines. We stand up for our rights nowadays. We claim complete equality with man; freedom to enter all his empires, and even to govern them if we feel disposed. Yet we aren't content with what we get. lie makes way for us; he gives us our chance to rival him In all that he docs; he mostly manages to curb his tongue when It would cry out follies too bitterly. All this we consider our due and give no thanks for it. Magnificent English Seal. The high-water mark for Knglih official seals was reached in the magnificent seal of Henry IV, which was also used by his two successors. The matrix is of gold and is a marvel of the goldsmith's art. Nut only does this seal take pre-eminence amongst seals, but it is also often pointed to as illustrating the zenith of English art of this period. It was made in 140S. A Gothic framework on the obverse side divides with niches and canopies the space into numerous sections enshrining no less than 21 figures, besides the charges on the shields and banners. Herein is reflected the perpendicular style of architecture jut beginning to assert itself. The figures all have a political significance to convey. Alan Wyon, one of the most careful writers on the Cleat Seals of England, discovers in the work the desire of Impressing upon the people the claim of Henry V to the English throne. After Sunset in the Tropics. Apropos of the stars In the tropics, one is always told that there is no twilight in these regions. This Is not quite an accurate way of 'expressing it. What Is accurate. Is Coleridge's line in "The Ancient Mariner," when he says: "The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out." He adds: "At one stride comes the dark." The moment the sun goes down, you do see the stars at once; but the darkness that comes is not dark ; the red afterglow down on the horizn and above it the luminous, mauve haze, which is peculiar to the tropics, lingers a long time, and against this the great shapes of the clouds stand out inky and black. It Is a wonderful sight. Maurice Baring. Cheerful Word Means Much. Have you ever had your day suddenly turn sunshiny because of a cheerful word? Have you ever wondered If this could be the same world, because someone had Leen unexpectedly kind to vou? You can make today ,the same for somebody. It is only a question of a little imagination, a little time and a little trouble. Think now. "What can 1 do today to make someone happy?" old persons, chil dren. servants even a bone for tbe dog. or sugar for tle bird. Why not? Maltble D. Uabcock.

BOSSES. "Do you think. inquired Mr. Meekton, "that a man ought to undertake to be a boss in bis own home?" "Certainly not," replied Senator Sorghum. "A man who undertakes to be an uncompromising boss in hl own home is pretty sure to find himself in embarrassments similar to those of a statesman who tries to be bigger than his party." To Occupy Chair of Music ".My boy lSennio is lazy, but I must say he is smart," declared the musician. "Is he going to follow in bis father's footsteps?" "No, I learned to play the trombone and I've got to march about eight miles every time there's a parade, llennle is learning the harp, no they will have to let him sit down." The Wages of Sin. "Brethren!" exclaimed the preacher us he came across a portion of Iii flock engaged in pursuing the goddesx of chance. "Do yo' all know it's wrong to shoot craps?" "Yas, pahson,' admitted one parishloner sadly, "an b'lieve me, Ah's pay in' fo' mah sins." The American I'giou Weekly. Evening Well Spent. "Did you find the lecture Informing?" "Yes," -ald Mr. Crippins. "I don't know yet what the lecturer was driving at, but he cleared up one Important point for me." "What was that?" "I learned how to pronounce (eebv Slovakia." j MEAN Spiteful old cat! She spreads It around that I make up my face. Never mind, dear; nobody believes it. They know if you did you'd mak a better Job of it. Father Gander Rhymes. Jack and Jill ran 'up a Mil At father's corner garage. But pa got pore and said, "No mote; You'll have to take a carriage." A Long-Distance Worrier. "Is Mr. Gawping a public-spirited citizen?" "I don't know about that," said Mr. Gadspur. "He can overlook more evils here at home and express more indignation in a 'letter to the editor about conditions In central Europe, China, Yap and the South seas than any other man I ever knew." Soft Melodies. "Why are angels always represented as playing on harps?" "Probably" replied Miss Cayenne, "to keep our minds as far as possible from thoughts of the customary music provided by a phonograph In an adjacent flat."Expensive Water Power. "Yes," Kahl the defendant In a eTiuv lnal case, "my lawyer certainly made n strong plea for me. He even wept" "What was his bill?" asked the other man. "Well, as nearly as I can figure It out, he charged about 5100 a tear. Sarcastic Spouse. Hub (during quarrel) You rtont have to tell me; I know alt my shortcomings, and my weaknesses and defects. Wife Then you know a great dal. In Unison. "What's a congressional cominitlee for?" "If you've got a lot of time to kill lt'o pleasarrter to do It on n committee." Or a Juno. First Girl I'm sure you can't rail him handsome. His nose Is too big, hi eyes the wrong color, and he has a weak chin. Second Girl Goodness! You expert a man to be a regular Venus. Knew the Effect. Green Don't you ever tuke' jour wife home a bouquet or a box of candy? Gayboy- Heavens, no! There's no snse In voluntarily arousing her mj.v pIcIonK."