Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 64, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 August 1921 — Page 7

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Bankers Weep Because a Safe Is Safe

EVANSTON, ILL. Prof. W. Leo 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 a bank 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 tiie shock of an explosion is calculated to drop the tubes, break them nnd by mixing the chemicals produce u quantity of poisonous as. The device was demonstrated recently on the campus at Northwestern university. Fifty representative business men and bankers of Chicago were

"What's the Matter With Kansas?"

TOPKKA, 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 his 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. L Putnam, decided on an appeal from Miami county. The Putnanis were married in ISS'J. The husband believed in the complete subordination of the wife. lie refused to tell her of his business transactions, ami compelled her to iraetlce the most rlffld economics in the household. After more than thirty-five jenrs 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 $700. At the time the divorce action was begun the total accumulations of the Putnam family amounted to $17G.O00 in cash and property and six fine children. Much of this property had been sequestrated by the husband in order to prevent Ids wife obtaining possession of It. For instance: he went to n Bible house in Chicago and deliberately signed a promissory note for Bridging the "Big Y.XKTON'. S. I). The Meridian highway bridge was built to music across the stage of a theater at Yankton college in the "Masque of Yankton IJridge," The dramatic idea of the production, which Included in the cast such characters as Dakota, Nebraska, the Missouri Uiver and Yankton, portrayed Dakota and Nebraska, sister commonwealths, bound together by ties of common interest, seeking to progress and go forward together, but held asunder and thwarted by the mighty Missouri, which ilowed 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 proier reverence to the memory of her dead child, her husband said. He shot nnd killet! her and then took his own life. Another woman yearned for the babies her husband did not want. She shot ldm and he may die. Albert K. Beardsley, twenty-eight, a Chicago & Northwestern railway employee and his eighteen-year-old wife Mrs. Alice Fowler Heardsley, had been separated for two months. "Beardsley told me his wife promised to take care of the child's jrrave," said Guy Kvecett a friend of the husband. "He carne back from a visit to the grave fairly raving. He said ii -as overgrown with weeds nnd there wen no flowers on I: no irr nothing." Mrs. Beardsley wus returning to the home of her parents from the Oak Park telephone) exchange, where she worked as a night operator. Her husband accosted her at Lake street and Dth avenue and shot her as she fled Into a saloon to escape him. Then he hot himself.

present to witness the cracking of th sample safe. They were keen about It, heraus usually hankers are not Invited to such experiments. "The whole mob got as close to the ropes as the j could," sah a spectator. "I'll say this for the new Lewis safe: It works. The torch was cuttmg 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 flops on his bay window and goes out for the count. The whole mob starts to' cry. 1 never knew that !ankers would weep when another man's safe got cracked. Hut they all npiared to he sympathetic. I couldn't run with all that mob of hankers In front of me. First time Iever 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 that n gas mask would be no protection airainst the j:as with which the new vaults are to be charged. The gas penetrates the ordinary mask. Thence by carriages to Kosehill cemetery. $100,000. Then he negan selling his property to pay off the note. The lower court nnd 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 I'utnani 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 and may hold nnd own property nnd engage in business as freely as her husband may do." Muddy" at Yankton there appeared on the Dakota side of the stage the beautiful figure of Yankton, accompanied by her group of builders. Then, in a ringing speech, Yankton declared her determination to bridge the mighty Missouri nnd forever "bless the sister states and the regions far beyond to the north and south." A bevy of little workers, representing Yanktonians nnd 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 1023. 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." This was the explanation Mrs. Barbara Grinshaw, twenty-one, of lfiSS North Central Park avenue gave the Shakespeare avenue police. Mrs. Grinshaw and her husband, Louis, a taxlcnb driver, had been separated for several weeks, she said, because of their disagreement. She waited for him at North nnd Montlcello avenues to secure reyeng for a black eye he had given her In their last 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 Bs Obtained by Careful Study and Strict Attention to Various Little Details. (I'repared by the United States 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, and the New England gardens are just getting well started. It seems to be a foregone conclusion n the part of most persons throughout the Southern states that southern gardens can be grown only in the spring and in the fall, with a few hance 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 worn:u. In tin New England states and parts of the Northwest where the growing season is quite short only one crop of most vegetables can be grown. In the middle section, however, two crops can often be grown on the same land, and, more important still, a continuous supply of peas, beans, sweet corn, and a numWr 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 proCompanion 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 u number of crops that lend themselves to companion cropping. For example, where onion sets are planted in rows, say 18 Inches between the rows, a row of radishes, spinach, or lettuce can be drilled between the rows of onions and be off the ground before 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 Mates southward. Plantings of practically all the early spring vegetab'es may be madefroni 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 by a careful study and attention to the matter of companion cropping and successive plantings of certain vegetables. MOST TURKEYS ARE OVERFED Good Plan to Follow Is to Feed Very Licht Grain at Start Give Poults Milk. Turkeys on most farms are overfed. The best p!an to follow Is to feed very light grain at the start and glw all the mil!: that the young poult can drink. Experienced turkey raisers tell us that the abundant use ot milk Is the best method of feeding poults.

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CONSERVING MANURE HELPS CROP YIELDS

Efficient Method Used By Pennsylvania Farmers. Walled Enclosures Adjacent to Stables, Often Paved With Flagstones, Save Valuable Elements Needed by Soil. (Prepared by the United Suites Department of Agriculture.) Farmers in some parts of eastern Pennsylvania,, notably in Chester county, have been saving barnyard manure In walled enclosures adjacent to the stables, often paved with Hagstones, for more than a eentury. ' The value of this efficiency lias been shown 4! Hiling Manure in This Manner Permita 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, nnd the results are embodied in Farmers' Bulletin 07S, 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 the ten selected farms it Is 85.50 bushels; the average wheat yield for the statt is 18 bushels and for the ten farms LJ9.75 ; hay average for the state !s 1.43 tons an acre and for the ten farms 2.C5 tons; while the three farms that grew oats' produced an average of 45 bushels an acre as compared with the state average of lb bushels. A survey of 378 farms in Chester county on which exceptionally high standards of management are main tained, including close attention to handling of barnyard manure, showed an average corn yield of G5.3 bushels ; wheat 24.8, and oats 41.G. 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, hut special attention to manure and Its conservation has been an outstanding feature of tha 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. IJecause 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 4SI farms studied by the specialists last year was $2.51, but more than 50 per cent of the farmers concerned produced wheat at a cost above this figure, ranging up to an extreme of $8.20 per bushel. Similarly the average cost of cotton for the S12 farms studied was approximately 23 cents per pound, yet almost GO per cent ot the growers had costs above this aver age. The department now gives the results of cost studies in the form of frequency tables in order to show the proportion of a product that is pro duced at or below a given cost and to call attention to the importance o$ a bulk-line cost rather than average cost in relation to price. DISINFECTION OF HENHOUSE Wccdwork and Rocsls 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 liqule lice killer (which can be bought fron poultry supply dealers) or with kero sene. to kill the little mites which Uv there during the day and at night tor ment the fowls. MAKING PROFIT WITH GEESE Cheap Shed Is All Shelter Necessar) and Feed Need Not Be of Expensive Variety. Almost any fanner might raise a dock of geese with profit. A cheap shed is all the shelter needed by the "reeders. K' en In winter they are not costly to feed, as they do well on en silnge. clover and cboptetl vegeta'dw with some grain.

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WHAT TREY MIGHT HAVE SAID

Some Possible Expressions of the Mothers of Shakespeare's Immortal Heroines. Hamlet's Mother Why don't yon run around like other boys, instead of moping here, muttering to yourself and looking like a graveyard? You make my tlesh creep. Ophelia's Mother One would think you were Insane to see you rolling your eyes and throwing those old Mowers around. Tick them all up, Phe, before somebody steps on them and stains the carpet! Katherine's Mother You've been scratching your sister's face, aain. 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 1 find you doing It again. Komeo's Mother (calls) Uomey, come in out of the night air! ou can see the moon without climbing on the chicken house! I never saw such a Silly Hilly! Portia's Mother Was there ever a more conceited child? Always laying down the law to your elders as If you knew It all ! Kosalind's Mother For the love of heaven, IJosie, where did you find those boy's togs? Take them ofT at once and don't let me see any more tomboy tricks I Lady Macbeth Mother When I put you in bed I 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 the house afire! (ioorgiana Cheesman in the New York Sun. WOMAN CRITICIZES HER SEX Australian Writer Seems to Hold the Opinion That VVomen as a Whole Are Unreasonable. "Women," says the average man In his moments of irritation, "are unreasonable. They drive a fellow mad." 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 modern 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 an unbalanced creature, with no mind of tier 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. ' He makes way for us; he gives us our chance to rival him In ail that he does; 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 Knglteh 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 tof the goldsmith's art. Not ouly 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 just beginning to assert Itself. The figures all have a political significance to convey. Alan Wyon, one of the most careful writers on the Great Seals of England, discovers In the work the desire of impressing upon the people the claim of IJenry 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 nof 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 horizon and above It the luminous, mauve haze, which is pecuUar 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 slghL 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 been 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 the dog. or sugar for tlie bird. Why not? Maltbie D. Habcock.

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 hi own home Is pretty sun; to find himself in embarrassments similar to thoe of a state-mau who trie to ! bigger than his party.' t, To Occupy Chair of Music. "My boy ltennio is lazy, but I must say he Is smart," der'ared tin musician. , "Is he going to follow in his father' footsteps?" "No, I learned to play tlu tnmibon and I've got to march about eight miles every time there's a parade. Kennte Is learning the harp, so they will have to let him sit down." The Wages of Sin. v "Urethren I" exclaimed the preacher as lie came across a portion of his flock engaged in pursuing the goddess of chance. "Do yo' all know if wrong to sluKjt craps?" "Ynsf pahson," admitted one parishioner sadly, "an b'lieve me. All's payin' fo mah sins." The American Legion Weekly. Evening Well Spent. "Did you find the lerture informing?" "Yes," aid Mr. Crippins. "I don't know yet what the lecturer was driving at, hut he cleared up one important point for me." "What was that?" "I learned how to pronounce Czechoslovakia." MEAN Spiteful old cat! She spreads It around that I make up my face. Never mind, dear; nobody believes iL They know if you did you'd make a better Job of it. Father Gander Rhymes. Jack and Jill ran up ; 1)111 At father's corner Karate. But pa got pur anI said, "No more; You'll have to take a carriage " A Long-Distance Worrier. "Is Mr. Yawping a public-plrite1 citizen?" "I don't know about thsit," said Mr. Gadspur. "lie can overlook mom evils here at home and express more indignation in a 'letter to the editor about conditions In central Kit rope. China, Yap and the South seas than any other man 1 ever knew." Soft Melodies. Why are angels always represent! ns 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 Hat." Expensive Water Power. "Yes," said the defendant In a criminal case, "my lawyer certainly inaoVs a strong plea for me. He even wepL" "What was his bill?" asked the other man. "Well, as nearly as I can figure it out, he charged about $100 a tear." Sarcastic Spouse. Hub (during quarrel) You dont have to tell me; I know alt my shortcomings, nnd my weaknesses and ofects. Wife Then you know a great deal. In Unison. "What's a congressional committee ror?" "If you've got a lot of time to kill It's pleasanter to do It on a committee." Or a Juno. First Girl I'm sure you can't call him handsome. His nose is too big. Idj eyes the wrong color, and he has a weak chin. Second Girl Goodness! You expl a man to be a regular Venu. Knew the Effect. Green Don't you ever take your wife home a bouquet or a box rf cundy? Gayboy Heavens, no! There'a no snse in voluntarily arousing her u.v plclons.

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