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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-13


would freeze. His benumbed hands
seemed freezing TO the bridIe-rein and
the child was crying in shriIl tones Of
suffering that were whirled away by
the icy hurricane
Then as the child ceased her cries
and only moaned and little Jim felt
as il he should fall helpless and freez-
ing to the ground. the animal stopped
50 suddenly that the riders were al
most unseated. There vas a dark. in
distinct mass just before the pony's
nose. and as little Jim uttered a yell
1t cDened a trifle and revealed the door
oft..e shack. and about the mans head
that was thrust out for an instant, the
snow whirled and Kissed. as if to punish
him iSr his temerity in facing its
wrath ever q little. With q bound
the pony sprang forward. throwing
the door open. almost knocking the
man down. and as little Jim bent low
over the limp child before him. nearly
sweeping the two from hrs back as he
forced his way 70 the welcome heat
| within.
The man closed the door and sprang
to where the pony was, almost caress-
ing with his cold nose the stove, within
which cracked . cheerful fire that a
portion Of the pine table had been sac
rifced to kindle- As he strcve to dis
mount, little Jim's benumoed body
seemed to collapse. and he tumbled 4
the floor with the half-unconsciou'
child in his arms
An hour later. in spite Of the bliz
zard that Kissed without, there wa
4 cheerful scene within the humbl'
shack on Josh Hydon's claim Tn
Government land inspector sat clos
to the stove and in his arms sler
his small daughter whom littl
) jim had 90 heroically rescue
: from = terrible death in Il
blizzard. Near At hand sat II
e tie Jim himself. now completed
l thawed out. and r1sting the story
. sans ague. Josh's accident and n
own endeavor 70 hold the claim. q
the opposite side Of the stove and ;
near as he could get without burnin,
: stood the pony with the steam risin
from his wet sides and his countensns
showing rs complete satisfaction As
; horses Is capable OF e.
e pressing
e When. after the blizzard was don
the story was told the Hydcn brothc'
e by the inspector. Sam turned TO Jos
: IVA. Tllbe dad-gummedr' he sai'
Me. tool answered Josh.
wal he held hitl'' the latter sal
d presently
!. You betr' Sam answered. with en-
phasis-
I'll sam and Josh. each cured Of his !
e trinity. are growing daily more pro
porous ou their claims. to which, Il
required time having elapsed the Go
n eminent has given them deeds In
/ certain Government land Office. i
4 Young clerk whom the present II
spector is sure will soon receive = Pr
l. motion TO an inspectorship. Whe
ever he visits them. - he frequent
does. the Hydom brothers still call hi
little Jim and he addresses them
i Uncle sam and Uncle JOSH
I'll TON r. MORGAN.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-13

some curious notes on the etiquette
Of the East are published in . recent
issue Of the Gazette dc France. For
instance a Turkish Effcndi. when
speaking 10 another about himself.
always says: .'your servant" ''your
valet" or "your slave = and 70 tho
other he says "your high" or '.your
eminent personality" Instead Of
saving II saw you ct the theater
the other night" he would always
say: AT the theater the other
night l saw the dust Of your
shoes" after all. a rather doubtful
sort u compliment. But here . the
Turkish form Of an invitation % din
per: NY Generous Master. Ny e.
,pccted Lord: This evening iii pleases
Allah, when the great king o. the
army Of stars. the sun Of worlds aP.
p~roaching the kingdom Of shadeA shall
mt his loot into the stirrup Of speed.
YOU are invited 70 enlighten u with
The luminous rays Of your lace which
rivals the sun. Your arrival. like thu
zephyr Of spring. will drive away from
Is tho sombcr night d solitude md
isolation"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-13

The two Indians Won going 20 show
" their method Of catching trout and
salmon The stream runs between
rteep mountains. Is very rocky and the
current quite swift The water was
icy-cold aud clear as crystal. Il was
alive with small trout and the big holes
were well filled with saim n. or sal
mon-trout. ranging from live 20 twelve
pounlA How did ache for my split
bamboo. which ! had fooii-hly left
down in the valley. These fish. from
the smallest 10 the largest, would take
the ~. or any kind Of bait readily.
Steig y proved this BY losing fy hooks
to two Of the big fellows. but he cap
tured a nice lot OF the smaller ones.
ranging from half . pound down. He
stopped when be had enough, but
verify believe 1--WE hundred could easily
be taken in . day BY the industrious
and interruptions trout-hog. The In.
dians were fishing for themselves and
Of course we could not prevent them
from using their regular methods of
taking all the fish in their power.
when tEey SAT- ana ory 'or .u'u'e uso'
While no. sportsmaniiks' " wa ~
cidedly interesting.
iney nrst select = su'.aoie no,e WIN
fish enough 60 be an object In this
case u was about ~ nnnurea yar"s
long. thirty iees Woe mo varying -
oeptn 20 zen iee'' ~ inc oo''on. 'a1"y
swimming rouna were > umne "
bls nsn- FROM Z sack So,nnie Pso-
duceu Two iisn' gu ne's' "nien ~e.o
stretched across the stream ABOUT lofty
yards apart lnen ne producea INC
tips OF q spear whicn were oounu -
strong willow pole ihese UPS wnen
thrust INTO 2 nsn come on Inc Po'e' p's
are held py Duckskin str'Ps. 70" W.
are really Tor business noes az.
thrown into the water ana Inc s'ar''eu
flsh dart about ans IN 2 ONE ne
noats OF 2 net are !erkea s'o'ea'ly ~,
Ger Inc water Inc nsn virtues anu
twists tanghng himself up noP,es,'y
and - soon taken OUT oy ~ "us.y
captor% Sometimes . heavy nsn wou'o
break the net ana escape. Dut no'
often After a number nan Deen
caught this way the frightened nsn n'u
under the rocks ana suiked- men the
spear came INTO play severai oe'nl
taken On receiving the parps tneS
would struggle violently ana De'na
hauled out by main Strength ana a"A
wardness would make = good ngn-
= Siost u me VIZ ns'' - = -
refuge under large rocks n 'ne uesp
: est part. and were clear ou. % s,sns
. Then one Of the Indians str'pPeu ~
: and with a small net eisn.een 'ncne
in diameter in the mou-n WING
was bent q willow po'e' maA'hs 4
semble the ordinary ianaing ne- !
e slipped quietly into tne Amos l'ee'
ing cold water anu d'sappeareu unas }:
. large rock neid my prea'n !
smszement. md AFTER ne mao oee
le under nearly q minute : conciuae :
"a had drowned put no. away NV. ,
ne dark mass came slowly ou., anu qu'c'
L. y rose 70 the surface W"n = s"o
" his head popped up wni'e = .ne !
Of under his arm = "e''e-Pouna
il struggling ne craw'eu GU y
IN and ate : sun pam va 10y )
another plunge. Along 'ne o.nA !
A hIHH AA# W1A n AZ IHN III 0uAx
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HOLDING HI CLAIM.


E proPped him
self up On his e.
bow and turned a
thin face. unshorn
andyellow. toward
the door a. his
brother and = Lad
entered
Nv ar'' Sam
drawIed. question
ingly. as he settled
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-13

Baptist missionaries in Assam m
Iaboring among peoples speaking
seven different languages. three Of
which had never been acquired BY :
foreigner until the missionaries went
there. One station 4 sixty miles from
svcn : cart-road.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-13

PoLssu - not p,cty; refinement = not -
lirion: manners aro NOT morals, elso Paris
would Be ! uaradisa.-Dr. lj<xosdU WAaoA
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-07-20

regarded as important characteristics IN
small seed grain. In very rich soil this
NAV not make so much din erence, but
plump, full weight oats and barley viii,
if other conditions are equal, give better
results than that which is somewhat
shriveled The latter shows a lack of
the material which nature stores in all
seed for nourishing the germ until the
root gets hold Of the soil. 1t has not
been generally thought that this was i'm
portant in selecting grains of corn. let
1t may be, and some experiments show
that it probably is. A few years ago at
the New York Experimental Station a
trial was made of corn from various
parts Of the ear. Rather curiously, that
from the tip end produced the strongest
and best plants, that from the butt the
next, and that from the middle of the
ear the poorest. All were equally sound
and dry. The explanation seemed to be
that the tip end grains had room to eX-
pand into the round, full proportions
that this grain naturally produces i
given room. The grains at the butt end
were somewhat compressed, but not so
much so as those in the middle of the
ear. where they set so closely as to crowd
each other. We have often seen the tips
and butts of corn broken off, and only
the middle used for seed. In fact, we
have done this ourselves, but this ex-
pertinent by DR.. Sturtevant taught us a
lesson on this subject. In most corn
with poorly fertilized blossoms there are
many ears impertectly filed out. In
these the grains stand widely apart and
grow in fine shape This corn, if it has
been thoroughly dried before freezing,
makes retter seed than the handsome
ears that are generally selected. Boston
CuItiUut0T.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-07-20

Ordinary buttermilk is valuable ood
not only for pigs but for the family. 1t
contains ) per cent. of N TX sugar near
" l per cent. Of mineral salts, as well as
heterogeneous materials and a proportion
of butter fat.
Soaking seed corn in tar water is
claimed to be an excellent remedy for
protecting the plants against the ravages
of both worms and crows Some believe
it to be quite as effective as soaking in
copperas water.
Examine the collars and the horses
shoulders if the weather is warm. Cold
water is a preventive of shoulder gals if
used properly and in season. A strong
decoction of 'tkill lamb is good for
healing gals and sores.
DR.. Salmon says there are two con-
tagious diseases known as hog cholera,
one Iecting the bowels, the other the
lungs The one is the genuine hog
cholera, the other the swine plague. 1t
is possible for an animal to have both
diseases at the same time.
The report of the National Department
of Agriculture says the condition of
sheep is unusually good, and shows a
marked degree of uniformity throughout
the country. the exceptions being of
merely a local character. The status in
regard to healthfulness, in particular, is
far above the average.
Foo the purposes of fodder you should
sow two and one half bushels oats and
one and one-half bushels of peas to the
acre. The land should be narrowed well :;
the seed is then sCwn and worked in with
a shovel -toothed cultivator or an Acme
harrow; common sEike-tooth harrow
will not cover the peas well. They need
to be covered at least three inches deep.
W. D. Hoard, the Wisconsin dairy
editor, writes: Under no circumstances
would we run the risk of dehornihg a
male or female in whom we placed any
reliance for breeding or butter purposes.
We believe farmers have gone into this
business, and especially dairymen, with
out sufficient knowledge Of its physio-
logical effects. Not one farmer in hun
dred has ever made any study of the
machinery of butter production. How
should they know whether it is safe TO
dehorn dairy or butter COW? Yet they
drive ahead just as if they knew all
about the future of its effects.
The best time for killing a weed is
when the seed has just terminated. 1t
is comparatively innocent then. 1t has
done no harm as yet, and if destroyed in
its helpless infancy, all the good it is
capable of doing by fertilizing the soil
will be utilized. There is no more
dangerous heresy in farming than the
idea that it is better to let the weeds
grow large, so as to have more green
manure to pillow under. The extra growth
of annual weeds takes from the surface
soil where it is most needed, and is less
available in the weed than it was in the
soil before the weed took it.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-07-20
The ExecutiOner Was Unpopular

The office of public executioner at
Vienna is not very desirable position.
A few days since this official, &C
companied by two assistants, went to
Trieste to polish of some poor wretch
who was under sentence of death.
While slipping bear in a ''brasserie" they
were recognized, and the place was i'm
medately turned into battlefield. They
were mobbed and narrowly escaped with
their lives to the nearest police station.
The proprietor of the "brasserie" then
broke the glssses out of which they had
been drinking, and after chopping up
the chairs upon which they mad been sit
ting he made bonfire of them in the
street. The principal barber in Trieste
was obliged to publish a card in all the
local papers denying rumor that the
executioner had been shaved in his shop,
as in consequence of the story getting
abroad every one of his regular customers
refused to continue their patronage.
LO7adOn TRUTH
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-07-20
Farm and Garden Notes.

Nothing pays as we'll on the farm as a
good garden.
A Minnesota farmer believes that no
fodder is equal to green amber cane for
producing butter.
The curculio should be watched for
and the plum trees Jared daily, if fine
plums are wanted.
The more cattle the more manure, the
more manure the more grain, the more
grain the more cattle.
With the many excellent insecticides
now known, insects should not be al
lowed to get the lions share of crops.
AS the farmer sees the wealth of bios
SONS in his fruit orchard, he should be
reminded that it reqires an enormous
amount of plant food of various kinds to
make the fruit mature.
The onion bed should only be cult
waited shallow. AS far as possible the
weeds should he kept down and the sur
face of the soil mellow They grow very
near the top of the ground and not in it.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-07-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
Trimming Roses.

In regard to trimming roses, an ex-
perienced cult1vator advises the readers
of the New York World, that when the
buds have swelled sufficiently to show
their condition, the plants should be cut
back to the Dlumpest bud, cutting In the
weakest growers to within four or six
buds above the ground, particularly if
growing for exhibition purposes; if large
blooms are not required, the shoots may
be left longer. The strong growers must
be left as long as sound buds and wood
will admit Intersecting shoots should
also be cut out so as to leave the centre
of the plant with a free exposure to the
air and sun, for it is among these short
stems that the red spider and other pests
harbor in the summer. Another impor-
taut point to remember few weeks later
in the season is that for growing large
flowers a certain amount Of disbudding
must be practised. Around the central
flower bud will be noticed two or three
smaller buds, which must be removed to
throw the entire strength into the central
bud; then, if properly cultivated, the
single stem will carry a splendid flower.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-07-20
Rustic Pursuit of an Eccentric Poet

The Alta California; tells that not long
ago some tourist from the East called to
man digging in the garden of joaquin
Miller, the poet of the Sierras, near
Fruit Vale, Cal, and desired to be
shown over the place The man dropped
his pick and very patiently showed
the garrulous party the crematory,
the waterworks, the wolf den, and
all they desired to see. But they ex-
pressed dreadful disappointment at not
finding the poet at home. ''Now, look
here, old fellow" said the leader of the
party, as they were going, to the man
who was about to resume his pick,
''what sort Of looking man is Joaquin
Miller, anyhow % "WeIl, he looks like
me- was the quiet answer. "Like you?
Looks like you 2" eyes; I am Joaquin
Miller"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-07-20
Making HaV.

The best quality of hay, everything
considered, is made in dry but sunless
weather, with little dew, and as little
handling over as is practicable. Too
long exposure to burning sun renders
the hay brittle, and consequently some
of it will be lost in the handling.
Glover hay, it is generally conceded, is
best when the clover was only fairly
wilted before being put in the cock,
there to remain few days, the cocks, in
the mean time, to be opened two OF three
times.
Experimental evidence largely favors
the idea that early cut forage is superior
to late cut, not only as regards it's
chemical composition but its diges
tibility. This is explained by the fact
that young plants, while in a state of
active growth, contain relatively more
protein and less fibre than do mature
plants.
Professor Armsby, of Wisconsin, says
on the subject: Three elements enter into
the problem of selecting the best time
for cutting the grasses, viz, the quality
of the fodder, its quantity and the
amount of labor expended upon it.
While any grass is ripening a large part
of the protein and starch passes from the
leaves and stem to the seeds, which are
so small that they are seldom masticated
or digested. Moreover, these are easily
lost in curing. The hay made from fully
ripe grass is essentially straw. II only
one crop is to be obtained, the best time
for cutting is usually when the plants
are just beginning to blossom. At this
time larger crop is obtained than if cut
earlier, while the digestibility of the hay
is not materially impaired. If cut early,
there is a great advantage to a second
crop. In deciding which IS the proper
stage Of growth for cutting grass for hay,
one ought not to forget that a late
growth of the plants nearly to seeding
impars their strength. In case of red
clover it greatly interferes with the crop
of seed which is obtained from the
second cutting.
Professor Sanborn's (of MissourD eX-
periments in feeding hay appear to in
dictate that the value of early cut hay
may have been over estimated. He says
results obtained make it appear that, not
only is the amount Of hay cut from a
given area larger when cut after bloom
than when cut in bloom, but the late cut
hay is most nutritious. Professor Beal,
Michigan, thinks it very doubtful
whether it is best to cut all forage plants
at the same stage of advancement. Most
dS a IulC1 PlCICA ~ CuC S1OFOA
wnen a few of the first heads begin to
turn brown. Common sense must be
used in the matter of deciding when
each special kind of grass should lie cut
Much will depend upon the weather. If
the weather be cloudy with a fall of rain
every few hours, the grass designed for
hay must be left standing until the
atmosphere becomes dry again, no matter
at what stage of growth it may be.
Timothy hay is easily cured, heavy for
its bulk, presents good appearance and
suffers less than many grasses when
allowed to 90 to seed before cutting.
Professor Sanborn believes that timothy
is worth 81 to 40 per cent. more per acre
for cutting when sufficiently out of
bloom in preference to cutting in bloom
or before blooming.-NeooY York World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-07-20
A Newsboy's Sagacious Helpfulness

There is a minute newsboy down
Wall street way says the New York Sun,
who stands likely chance of owning
the street before he dies. He stands close
be ;ide a corner lamp letter box, with his
stock of papers under his arm. The
busy merchants rush to the tox on their
way uptown, usually with the letters in
one hand and parcel, cane, or UNI
brella in the other. To lift the cover so
as to slip in the letter requires the use OF
the other hand, and this involves some
inconvenience But now steps up the
tiny philosopher and raises the cover,
the merchant slips the letter in, and ther
he can scarcely have the face not to buy
the paper modestly held out by the little
helper
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-07-20
Filling Out Orchards.

In almost every orchard are vacant
places caused by the death of trees first
set. If this happens the first year or
two, the vacant places may be filed, and
with little extra care the later-set tree
will be able to hold its own, and come
into bearing about as soon as its fellows.
But among oder trees vacant place
cannot so easily be filed. There seems
to be room enough, but there is not.
The tops may not intermingle by many
a yard, but close examination of the
soil shows that the roots of surrounding
Crees have interlaced throughout the
vacancy. Generally, if young tree is
set among lot of older ones, the farmer
does his'best to befriend it. He digs a
deep, wide hole, partly fills it with
manure, covers with dirt, and sets his
tree over it. If it lives, it is a sickly,
precarious existence. All around it are
rObber trees, whose roots started for this
rich fOraging ground as soon as it was
placed there. They establish themselves
firmly under the little tree. Perhaps the
latter, after a desperate struggle of a
few years, yields a little fruit. 1t is
natures effort to offset attempted de-
struction by an unnatural stimulation Of
the means Of reproduction. Much the
better course if a vacancy occurs in the
orchard is to fill the vacant place with
manure, and omit the tree planting. AL
most all orchards are too crowded, and
an occasional vacancy is really an adj
VantaOe II 3ne7jcnn CfLLZtigHtOp
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-07-20
Victims of EpIcurean Club Men,

At club dinner in New York the
centre piece was a large aquarium
filled with fine fish, which attracted the
attention of the company while they
were eating their bivalves. There,
gentlemen, said the host, "are your
fish" Sure enough, the tank was soor
removed, flower piece substituted, and
the guests began eating the fish that had
been swimming about.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-07-20
PIant-Lice and their Insect Enemies

PIant-Lice and their Insect Enemies
Two features in the life of plant-lice
are the enormous rate at which they
multiply, and the suddenness with
which they sometimes disappear. The
cherry-trees may be black with them in
May, and in a month hardly specimen
of them will be found. This welcome
radiance is due to their insect enemies.
A syphus maggot with pointed head,
says Mr. A. J. Cook, of the Agricultural
College, Michigan, just revels IN plant
lice 1t seems never satiated, and 1t is
hard to understand how so small an in
sect can make so large meal. The
lady birds, and especially their Larvae or
grubs, do signal service in the same di
rection. Several species of the genus
Aphidius of the ichneumon family, very
minute parasites, destroy the lice by the
thousands. Thus, plant-lice on outdoor
vegetation, which may threaten dire
mischief in the spring, are almost van
pushed before summer comes. In some
years, however, probably favored by
drought, the plant-lice live out of pro-
portion, and succeed in spite of their
enemies, when they do most serious in
jury. They are sometimes favored, too,
by misguided cultivators, who destroy
their enemies. installing them for mis-
chievous insects. The aphides may be
destroyed by the kerosene and-sOap
mixture, which consists of quarter of
pound of hard soap or a quart of soft
soap, and a quart Of water, heated till
the soap is dissolved, to which pint of
kerosene is added, and the whole agi-
tated till a permanent emulsion or MKT
ure is formed 1t is applied with a
force pump, of which some are made for
the purpose. -P0palar Stance Monthly.
The Shape of Seed Corn.
Plnmnness and weight are generally
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-07-20
A WORD OF WARNING

There the 'lvoi"
counte lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities
genuine "voy" Soap and insist upon getting it,
& Gamble