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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

Hens aud Causes hem % atos
laying ksgs.
an amateur breeder Of poultry VA,
taking Of his pet in our Office. md ~,
pressing bis surprise AZ their not LAYING
winter, Notwithstanding his good
houses and abundant food. Askino
MN how and what he fed. We were no,
= hlt'c surprised 70 learn that il wa
ms habit 70 feed them whole corn. and
Al % u they would eat; and took occa-
SION 70 say that IL was too bad. after All
mat has been said and written respcct-
w corn a. too fattrning for laying
lows and The injurious effects of civ,
'mg them too much. he. a constant and
di'gcnt reader. should BE- guilty Of such
an error. II but illustrates nj, oft-re-
peatesi axiom, however. that IN need
: upon line. prccept upon precenf
mere . little and there a little. and ~
have II repeated often.
Chemistry enables as 10 tell exactlv
what y wanted 10 produce an egg. Al
most any ordinary food that Il MOI too
iatfening will keep q rock IN God
health and condition. but unless we
give our hens the right kind OF food
The supply II eggs viii grow less. II
We iced our hens nothing bit corn they
become too fat and cgs-layinp ceases
Liz All other domcsticated stock hens
need = variety Of food, and if they are
supplied with these in proper qnuanti-
ties we are much more sure of getting
what we want. We may give them any
scraps from the table. either cooked or
n~ncooked. such as flesh, vegetables or
bread Cracked bones or oyster shells
are excellent, SO is wheat. cotton-seed
cake and sorghum seed. in limited
quantities. Grass. clover. onions. cab
bage. etc. are rclished and heallhful.
hough sand and gravel should be 4
part Of the supplies as well. hens having
no teeth.
Too many amateurs feed too much.
should never have more than
VIII eat up clean. and cry for
more. II is natural for all growing
and breeding stock 10 be hungry. The
breeder using his Intelligence will soon
discover what is enough. They must
be kept scratching. however.
hunting. not gorged and sleepy
ana idle. IL must not be understood
hat in what VIZ have said we entirely |
circumference the use Of corn. * +!
'eed at nights we always prefer. but il |
possible only then. Ii the houses are |
but at the same time well VEN
Mated they will grind up and utilize
good feed Of corn before morning
md then Justify call for breakfast. J
Eggs are eggs nowadays. and we do
seii 70 see 70 il. that we so keep our !,
as that they shall give rs them
nst when others don't Know how 10
'ct them a lady said 10 us this week:
MY two Brown Lcghorns arc laying
along. and want more. simply
Or eggs keep the Plymouth Rocks
Pr meat and eating fowis."-Cofman's
rural Worid.
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not get too much.
Never pick a blister with . MIN. 4
needle Is the only suitable thing.
When putting glycrrine on chappeo
nnnds i'rst wash them thoroughly in
soap and water. and when not quite
dry rub IN the glyccrinc. This process
Will be found much better than the old
one.
Seed Jumblcs: A quarter "a 4
pound Of lard. six ounces Of sugar. two
eggs. q quarter of a pint u milk. half
an ounce u seeds. either carawav ~
pounded cor'andcr, and nearly a pound
OF hour. Cincinnati Times.
For sweet milk gems beat one egg
Wen, add u pint % new milk, a little
Salt m graham Hour niilit will drop
on The spoon nicely. Have ready your
gem pans, well creased and heated.
Bake IN a quick oven and send 10 .nble
hot.-BostoH BuIgef.
-Winterpasture Is the best for horses
where the legs are 10 be improved.
while spring or summer pasture is best
Tor the renovation Of the general health.
The ~barrenncss Of pasture IN The win
Ter Keeps the carcass light. and the
GOODNESS OF the atmosphere fines and
improves the lcgs.-N. Y. Times.
a farmers garden. planted in row
clear across the patch. and cultivated
as lar as possible by horsepower and
given as good cultivation as tho best
farmers give their corn fields. will re-
qnirc only half an acre to supplv half
the living Of the average family and
add largely TO the health Of is mem,
bers.-clsreiaud Leadcr.
Testing and marking sheep. 70 AID
the focAmaster in grading his flock. 80
rs To enable him to know which nncs
should be sold first. Is not sufficiently
practiced among ilockma~icrs. Yet Il
Is a system which would work great
good 10 the sheep interest. By this
method the owner always knows the
value Of each sheep. and This is q great
advantage to him in culling and sorting
his Hooks National SfDckvaan.
- novel plum pudding is made
with one pound mashed boiled carrots |
potatoes Carrots are b~cttcr), n
pound beef snct chopped fine, n ,
pound Of flour mixed Wit, molasses.
one pound Of dried currants. one F.,
f~caspoonfnl Of ground clover, one tea
spoonful ground cinnamon, one tea ,
spoonful Of ground all~ricc. one tea !
spoonful Of grated nutmeg and 4 little
salt. Boil for three and one-half hours.
-Tt cook.
In order to utilize in the
the waste from the house
At the least expense saws rick's
put into 4 barrel a LAYER
soil or ashes. and then the waste
rom the house. Keep this decayin4
vegetable matter covered with an inch
4 soil or ashes. using wood or coal
'shes. Once a week in winter. or
'ftener in summer cover with half an
nch Of lime The lime will be slack
ne, Of course, and should be kept drv.
in spring empty the contents Of
ne barrel over the garden beds and
padc it in"
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k~test experiments - to tae Vitality
Of seeds In the Earth.
The yet unsettled question 5 70 the
length Of time seeds will retain vitality
in the earth receives new interest from
a paper BY Prof. Beal, the we'll known
botanist Of Michigan. In 1879 lie de-
termined TO test BY experiment the
length Of time some common plants
would have their seeds remain dor
mant in the soil. He took twenty
three kinds. and fifty seeds OF each.
Zach lot Of seeds was mixed with earth
taken from three feet beneath The sur-
face Of land that had never been
plowed. The seeds and mixed earth
were placed in bottles uncorked. with
the mouth slanting downward to keep
out The rain. They We're buried twenty
inches below the surface. Three years
aftcrward the bottles containing acorns
were examined, and the acorns found
All d~ecayed. In July. 1884. some bot
ties were cmptied into shallow. porous
saucers. set in . little water in
a south window. In the middle
u November the earth was again
dried, and not disturbed till the
25th Of June following. when
h earth was again moistcncd. and ex-
posed o. lest plates. Thirty-six Of the
Lepiasnm Tuyin5cani. or pepper grass.
Q Q grew; nineteen Of the Imn,nnfus
refexus or pig-wced. grew, and OF the
following: CapseiLa Jursa-postoy4s. 30:
AntieDis Cotuia, maywced. IA:
usnonera-biennis. evening primrose.
40; Porfniaca oieyucea. 10: Eumcr
crispns. dock, al; Sefaria giaHca. o <
tail grass. III; Sfciforia mstiia. chick
weed. Be-: iridium rcpcns. white
clover. 2: Tsrtascnm Thapsus. mullen.
-. In most cases the balance Of tho
90. or nearly so. grew the following
year. and IN y few eases did the seeds
sprout simultancously--a fact which
Prof. Beal regards as exhibiting a wise |
provision in nature 10 guard the seed |
lingS against the evcr-yarying chapter
Of accidents. In the following eases no
seeds grew: Ragwccd, Anibrosia ar
fenfsiotoha; black mustard. Brassica
niyra; cheat. BroniuS s~ccdiians; fire
weed. Erccfhttes hierocyohd; Lychnis
Guhago. the corn cookie; Maica
common mallow, |
one only grew; pi0nsdgo
mayor. plantaln; f0fyg0nnm HYDRO
smart-wccd; 1nnja Credentials.
Arbor-vitm. and only the two white
already noted. Some Of these
appeared to have tried TO grow and
dried. The great question is. will
retain their vitality ..for ages in
earth: and. when conditions
.hange, sprout and make q forest. or
produce q wholly new growth different
rom TINT within the memory az the
oldest inhabitant." Il q already
that many seeds will remain in
'lsc ground several years before gcr-
ninating. under some conditions. and
hat seeds kept in drawers. dry, will
slso grow often some years of such
rcatmcnt. These facts Prof. Beal con-
irms. But the greater fact involved In
ne ages remains untouched. II Is
furious TO note that q number of kinds
agriculturists note A. coming ND
Ifter many years. failed 70. appear
4 all here; and this shows that The
Method pursued by Prof. Bcal was not
n full accord with the preventative
'owcr Of unaided naturc.-N y. KdS
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A Trait Whose Beauty and Power Can Not
he Ovef-EsfImated.

a Trait Whose Beauty and Power Can Not
BE OvefEstimated
Who does not admire the power and
beauty Of this trait! To my mind, il
more than any other gives honor and
dignity to its posscssor. Witness two
cases Of behavior under p~rovocation.
Abuse borne in quiet patience awakens
for the sufferer our ready sympathy;
while one who RACES and vows vcnge-
ance or his prosecutor loses part of our
pity, in the scorn which he provokes.
There Is greatness in the one who holds
himself in submission. II it is 'better
TO rule ones own spirit, than to take a
city," how much better than
to WELD, through selfshness, the
wills of our friends. There are
those who, il fearful Of losing
their own way, will indulge in a fit 81
passion. even to bringing on illness,
making all the other members Of the
family feel obliged to lay aside their W
feelings and walk with the greatest fear
OF exciting such consequences. Cases
have been known where this person was
a child but the wife and mother Of q
grown-up family. Father and children
may develop m unusual amount Of kind
thoughtfulness, rendering them very
pleasing; but, alas! it can not prevent
the contempt they must feel for the self
ish and passionate wilfulncss which has
wrought in them this result. Dear read
crs! You can not Afford to grow into
such a character. Commence carly to
practice self-control.- Christian al Work.
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The List shansy Of Fsogtows. Maryland,

-" - 9meoty % Frogtowns MaryIaoo
q Tetterias.
They were talking about dead mining
camps. ~ have secn dead camps,''
said the man from the east shore Of
Maryland, land l have seen dead oil
towns. but the deadest town / sver saw
was the remains Of the once prosperous
Frogtown down on Delaware Bay. Il
was OMEGA station on one Of the first
railroads built in this country, q line six
miles in length. Ipasscd through tho
place last week. The engine stopped
for water or something. and saw .
gaunt, hun~gry-looking girl. clothed in !
greasy calico wrapper. reaching out Of
the door Of n howell and tearing on 4
clapboard. II was the last board. All
the rest had been pulled on before for
fircwood. and all the other houses In the
town had gone the same way. This was
the last house and the last inhabitant.
As soon as the gaunf. hungry woman
completes her work Of destruction she,
too, will 90.
They used 10 have accidents on the
roads in those old days" continued the
Ntl Inc CARS
were wheeled over wooden rails Gov.
cred with thin iron strips nailed down
to the wood. The ends OF these rails
used to curl up and run through the
floors Of the cars and out through the
roof. Usually there would he a mar on
the end Of 'em. And il sometimes
took several hours to pick him OIL.
''rhey make all sorts Of fun Of East
shore people," he continued. after Z
pause, land somc Of the inhabitants are
queer specimens. They grow on trees,
you know; somc drop OH before they
are ripe, and that accounts for the vari-
ETY. Of the fruit. You will meet men
with one cheek bone two inches higher
than the other. others with one side q
their mouths turning down and tho
other side turning up; some without
any chins. others with chins extending
out like horns; some with feet and
hands like hams. others misshapcn and
bent and warped and twisted out Of all
semblance 10 humanity. A new gem
Grafton is springing up. however. and
the latest born are very like other NOR
tails. Soon nothing will be left Of the
East.shore men but tradition. "-U Chicago
News.
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What is your busincssp" q passenger
on 4 railway train asked Of a chance AZ
quaintance.
- am . writer Of popular novels
What is your namc?"
mick Smith,
well / don't believe that ! ever read
any q your novels. But perhaps you
employ q nom de plumce"
Yes
What is your pen namcP"
\ change i very frequently"
''Why SOP"
well. you see, I am employed BY a
publishing house to continue the works
OF men who die in the zenith Of their
fame. l have finished Hugh Conway
and am now waiting for Wilkie Collins
to die. -ArkGnsaw Tarsier.
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biographies and biographies. .Oi
course, am glad" he said to q recent
visitor, ITO have thee tell my friends
anything about me they care 10 know;
put such fame rs a man gets from books
written about him after he Is dead GEMS
y me worth very little. have '
thought Of myself AZ . poet in the sense
~ which we use the word when We
sptsk % the great poets. have lust
ss'a from tune 10 time the things I
nsa % my. and Il has been 4 series
- surprises to me that people should
KY 81 much attention 20 them and re-
member them 80 lon~.-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

-''J4adies," says one Of the Grundy
gossips. ''are beginning TO use scented
wax Tor sealing their precious little let
ters. There is now imported from Paris
. costly kind Of wax for this purpose.
the perfume Of which when burning will
al a room and llnger for hours about
the envelope."--N. y. Post.
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In one year the people OF this coun-
try use about 10000. 900 Of steel pens.
II placed in line the pens would reach
from New York to Liverpool. - Chris.
tim Union.
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In the Hospitals.

baltimore and Philadelphia hospital ply
sicians are prescribing tho new proprietary
medicine, Red Star Cough Cure. 1t contains
neither morphia, opium, norany other inju-
riousingrcdients. The price is only Is scents.
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An ~octogcnarian named Bohannon.
= omiihion. Mo-. died the other day,
sa'cr having tasted. il Is claimed, for
sA'y-onc days. His abstinence We
sAuscd By sickness.-SI Louis F6sk.
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WEES trains are telescoped the poor pas
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LOVE- Is : little confidence game, in which
both parties arc taken Indy the Clergy.
man.-Dstroa Free Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

BRoScHrrrs Is cured nv frequent small
doses OF Piso's Cure for Consumption.
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COOP for boils-The tea-kettls.-Boson
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

a DEsiRABLE thing in gloves-A warm
lining -Boston Couri0'.
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IL afflicted with Sore Eyes use Or. Isaac
Ihcmpson'sE Eye Water. Druggists sellit. &c.
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People We must put up with-Hotsl
kcepers.-Loxeu Citizen.
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A particle il applied intoeach nosfrf: Il agreeable 10
use. Price - cents BY mail OF ~ Druggi<fs- Send foP
circular. l. BROTHERS. Druggists. owego. n x
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PIKE'sTooTHAcHE DRoPs cure IN I minute, &c
G1<nn's sulphur ~Sodphcals and beauties. sc.
, 1886-02-24

All men and women should rejoice to
remain part child all through life, however
long Its course may run. The games, the
dance, the n%necdote, the assembly of
friends, the feast, are as much n part OF
humanity as its natural power to laugh
or to perceive the points OF wit. Amuse-
ment is one OF the forms of human hap
piness.
This happiness, like old Thebes, has q
hundred gates for its coming and going
the gate Of tears, for man weeps when he
Is happy, amid music or when revisiting
his mothers home. the gate OF pensive-
ness, for he is happy when he reads
"Gray's Elegy,' or walks In the rustling
autumn leaves; the gate Of admiration,
for mar Is happy amid the beauty Of ma
ture and Of art; the gate Of friendship,
when heart 1nd its companion heart; tho
gate OF hope, for man Is happy when the
coming days are pictured with these angel
figures Of expectation. OF these hundred
gates Of happiness amusement makes one
planned by the Builder of human life.
IL must open before us and we may all
pass in and out as long ms the heart shall
remain unbrokcn by death or gricf.-Rev.
David Swing.
, 1886-02-24

The time has come when something
must be lone to distinguish guests from
walters at fashionable gatherings. Col
ored servants are out of style, and have
been replaced In swell houses by French
men who wear n lordly air that causes
them to be mistaken for the nobility. A
loud call for n reform in this direction
comes from n lady who gave a large re-
ception and innocently mistook n guest
for one of the swell walters. She is n
handsome. bright woman, with n keen
sense of the ludierous, and told the story
on herself, laughing, though much morti-
fed mt the affair.
~ thought l should sink through the
floor she said. ~ met the gentleman in
the hall upstairs as | was coming down
to receive. II was early, and when he
bowed with so much manners, l thought
it was odd, coming from one OF Demonet's
men, whom my husband had engaged to
a k charge OF the supper-room and the
cloak-rooms. But, Of course, | said good
evening, and remarked that | hoped the
tables would be all right and the guests
well served. He did not respond, and
looked queer, so | continued, oh, You are
looking after the rooms up here Then
he put out his hand, and like n flash
his name same to me, and knew | had
called Mr.. Blank, my husbands friend, a
waiter" what did you say asked the
excited group around her. ~Oh. | thought
I'd faint, and | really wished could drop
through the floor put of sight; but he
looked so amused that l rallied and said,
oh, Mr.. Blank, you know Demonct's
men are so fine looking and such gentle
men in manner Then l begged him to
give me his arm. and he escorted me down
to the drawing-room; but I assure yon /
shall never look at n dress-coat again
without a shudder William T.. Curtis
In Inter Ocean.
, 1886-02-24

A singular trial has just taken place be-
fore the criminal tribunal of Colmar.
There is a traditional usage In Alsace, ev-
identity a relic OF ruder times, that at the
close Of n marriage feast the bride gives
one of her garters to the bridegroom's
best man, who forthwith divides it into
pieces, which are divided among the
guests. Thu niece of the burgomaster Of
Orschweiler, near Schlettstadt, was la tely
married TO a resident Of Uttenheim. The
chief public authorities of all three places
were present at the festivities, and the
traditional ceremony was observed. The
garter happened to be Of silk ribbon,
stripped red, white int blue.
Following the usual custom, the gen
tlemen wore their fragments of the garter
pinned at the coat ~buttonhole. One OF
the guests, the proprietor of n hotel at
Schlettstadt, happening to be at the rail
way station Of that town next morning,
was upbraided by the guard of the train
for his d~isloyalty in Haunting the French
t~ricolor in n German town, and so endan-
gcring the public peace. The public pros
ecutor heard of the affair, and at once
issued criminal proceedings against all
the male guests, including the three burg
omasters, for publicly displaying frag-
ments OF the offending garter.
He based his proceedings on an ordi-
nance passed by the French provisional
government in the revolutionary period
of 1913, forbidding the display Of emblems
calculated to disturb the public peace; but
the Colmar tribunal acquitted the accused
on the ground that all the circumstance
negatived the suggestion hat they in
tended to make a political demonstration
or to irritate German feeling by display
ing n French emblem. Much ridicule has
been heaped on the public prosecutor for
falling back on M obsolete French ordi-
nance TO punish n supposed display OF
affection toward France.-Boston Tran
scriDt-
, 1886-02-24
Prus-Ian pipe-ciay Army Rules.

In the streets OF the federal fortress of
Mayence two corporals Of the garrison in
fantry recently met n dozen prlvates of
the garrison artillery. According to Prus-
sian lre-clay regulations non-commis-
stoned officers are entitled to a salute, and,
according TO the opinion of the majestic
co~rporals, the artillerists refused TO salute
with sufficient respect. They promptly
ordered them TO turn back and pass by in
single file, to salute in succession. In
stead of complying with that behest tho
artillerists too to their heels and ran to-
ward their barracks, closely followed by
the raging dignitaries.
The aghast sentry of the artillery bar
racks failed to stop the invaders, but the
gates once passed, the artillerymen availed
themselves OF their superior typographical
knowledge. and, turning upon their pur-
suers, flattened their bumps Of self-esteem
with n convenient broomstick, and cast
their bowling remains out Of the window.
Instead OF laughing the thing down and
getting n new broom, the responsible
officers are preparing general court-mar-
tial on n scale that will cost the nation
the equivalent Of ton train-loads Of broom
sticks.-Fclix l.. Oswald's Berlin Letter.
, 1886-02-24

You take n basin Of water, place your
finger In 10 for twenty-five or thirty sec
onds, take IL out and look at the hole hat
Is left. The size OF the hole represents
about the impression advice makes on n
young mans mind.
Don't depend too much on YOU family
the dead part | mean. The world wants
live men; 1t has no use for dead ones.
Queen Victoria can trace her ancestors
back in q direct line to William the Con-
queror. II you can not get further back
than your father, you are better on. Your
father was a better man than old Will
lam, he had better clothes to wear, better
food to eat, and was better housed.
II you are a diamond, be sure that you
win be found. Cheek, brass or gall never
gets ahead OF merit.
/ love.a young man who Is straightfor-
ward. Ask toy what you want. II you
want to marry a rich mans daughter, or
borrow 500 from him, ask him for il, il
mounts to the same thing in the end II
Is always better TO astonish a man than to
bore him.
Remember that in the morning Of life
come the hard working days. Hard work
never killed a man. It's fun, recreation,
relaxation, holidays that kill. The fun
that results in a head Tho next morning
40 big that a hat could hardly cover IL is
what kills. Hard work never does,
Those who come after ms have 10 work
Just as hard as we do. WhenI shovel the
snow Of my sidewalk, II perchance l take
n three quarter piece on my neighbours
walk, | put It back, because II | don't l
should be doing him an injustice,
You can't afford 10 do anything but
what is good. You are on a dress parade
all the time.
Don't be afraid Of pounding persistently
at one thing. Don't be afraid OF being
called n one-ideR man or n crank.-Bob
Burdettc.