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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15
THE HORSE NETTLE.
4 Weed That IL Common In tho West
and Southwest.

4 weed That IL Common In tho West
and Southwest.
The horse nettlc (Solanum Caroli-
nense) is weIl-anown Troublesome
weed in Illinois, Missouri. Kansas,
southern Iowa, Arkansas and south to
northern Texas II is "A perennial and
produces long and deep roots, some
times more than three feet Ordinary
blowing will not kill them. they must
be dug up. but the best plan for their
destruction is 70 cut the plant of sew
eral inches below the ground In no
case allow any leaves To appear above
the surface. The leaves are the organs
Of the plant in which food is made and
this is stored away abundantly in the
root-stock and roots This accounts
for some Of the extraordinary vitality
Of the underground parts This weed
Is close kin of the potato, having vic
let or white flowers and yellow berries.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15
THE POTATO HARVEST.
Reasonable Advice ~ to Digging and
Hea ping tho Tubcrs.


One can easily select time when the
soil is in the right condition to- fall right
away from the potatoes when turned up
either with the plow, potato digger or
fork. by having clean crop ia this
way the labor Of harvesting is greatly
lcsscned. Potatoes should not be
washed. a rule. Yet they must II
we dig them with the soil adhering 70
them. A dirty crop Of potatoes will
not keep well.
Sometimes. however, potatoes will get
muddy from necessity and then some
place 10 keep them while they are
washed should be provided. Il Is not
such an easy job 10 wash potatoes. for
the mud is only loosened and not
washed off by throwing water over
them. II they are piled up in a heap
and then washed with a hose for some
time. the tops will be as clean as
whistle. but down toward the bottom
the mud has accumulated.
The easiest way to wash item is to
make Temporary lattice work on The
top of four barrels. Lay bean poles
across the four rails. so close that the
potatoes cannot slide through On top
Of this place one bushel of potatoes al "A
time. and then turn the hose on them.
The water and dirt will drip through
the lattice work To the ground and
leave the potatoes bright and clean. As
fast as cleaned the potatoes should be-
spread out on canvas or boards 10 dry
before s.c-iEg. They will dry in very
short tine in harvesting seasons They
must MT be stored away in a damp.
cold place while wet or the rot will
surely set in
good drying and storing place for
potatoes should be provided beforehand
in the barn. lattice floor should he
made somewhere on the north side OF
the BAN. and either stretched from
NOW to now or constructed on cheap
framework The floor can be made OF
bean poles or cheap scantlng- The
spaces between the Stats should only be
about an inch. If such a storage place
is provided the potatoes can be placed
there even when they are wet, for the
dry air circulating through them soon
carries away the moisture All through
the rest of the summer and the early
fall the potatoes can be kept in this
cool place in the best Of condition. IL
potatoes are to be kept until later in
the winter for sale they will turn out
80 per cent. better II cared for in the
summer in this way. All Of the mois-
ture is dried out Of their. and heat has
no chance to rot them. --Colman's Ru'
raj World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15
SUMMER BEDDING



the He'd Clothing.
Summer is season Of the year when
the bedding should be very carefully
aired. Not only is il subject to excess
sive exhalat ION, through perspiration
from the human body. but il can not
be subject To the disinfectinr powers
of the cold. as il can in winter.
The best substitute for the cold is
the sunshine. which is almost as power
full purifier a. frost itself At least
once week. besides the morning air
ing of the beds. tire summer blankets
or comforts should hang where the sun
ana air will strike full upon them.
Housckeepers sometimes arrange a
temporary line in a room To hang the
bed clothing on while ii is airing but
this does not serve as well in summer
as line in the open air. The very
best Summer mattress is undoubtedly
one of horsehair. Next TO this "A mat
tress of wool is to Ice preferred. though
il is vcry uncommon in this country.
Where frugalitv is necessary husks
make good bed. though hard one.
There is an immense choice in husk
mattresses. When the corn husks have
been properly dried. and all the hard
pieces Of the stalk and cob picked out.
they make a very comfortable bed. but
If they are roughly put together. rs a
good many of the cheap ones are. they
form too Spartan n couch to he con.
ducive TO restful slumbcrs.--N Y. Trib-
me
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
PUBLIC ROADS IN IOWA.
The Subject Discussed by tho Governor -
the Hawkcye state.

The subject Discussed by the Governor ~
the Hawkcye State.
Compared with the number Of our
people and their ability 10 pay taxes
we have a very large mileage Of public
highways. no part Of which can be en-
tire.y neglected, and our road taxes
collected and expended "a they hereto
fore have been are barely sufficient To
keep most OF these highways. which
must be used. in a passablc condition.
II is doubtful whether our people are
yet ready To submit TO additional bur.
dcns in the shape OF highway taxes
What then can be done?
This is the practical question.
All will concede that IL our road
taxes were paid in money. and judi
ciously expended under the direction
OF experts skilled in the art of making
roads. much more could be accom-
plished than is now: but it is doubtful
whether there would be general assent
to plan which would require the pay
ment Of all road taxes in money.
Still it is apparent that any system
which will result in the permanent i'm
provcment Of our highways absolutely
requires a cash fund with which to be-
gin and the oversight Of persons skilled
in the art Of making roads. Such per
sons cannot usually be found within
the road districts, and il found could
not afford to spend their time for the
compensation allowed road supervisor.
But upon smooth dry land, devoid Of
engineering difficulties of all kinds.
anyone can construct highway that
will be reasonably passable at any sea-
son Of the year. and this part OF the
work, covering much the greater part
of the mileage, could in my judgment
be left in charge of local supervisors
and worked out as is now done.
1t is perhaps reasonable to assume
that this would absorb one-half of the
road taxes now levied. and this share
could be paid in work if so desired.
The remainder Of the road tax and all
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15
Poor. Overw Women.

Half the ills that women are heir to
come. SO say doctors. from the fright
fully high pressure at which they live
nowadays. sick headache or migranc.
as the call il abroad. is universal
complaint and arises chiefly from ever
strain. Nervous irritabiliiy. insomnia.
and hys.eria are all on the Increase in
the uppcrclasses. There is a mania to
see and be seen-to learn verythiug.
from political economy TO clear starch
ing. In short. women OF the upper
classes do too much. Perhaps they
can not help themselves. owing to the
exigencies Of society. Look ut the
women one meets who have been doing
the season. Arc they not pale. worn,
anxious. highly strung? According to
a great medical authority IL women
would once in every ten days take a
whole days complete rest in bed they
would retain their health. spirit. and
energies mach longer than they do.
or course. this advice is only meant for
really Woodworking women Of fashion
who are Obliged 10 keep late hours
Chicago Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15
TO PREVENT HORNS.
A Method Suggested by the Department
OF Agriculture.


Of Agriculture.
Many shrink from the practice Of de-
hornng who would gladly adopt some
way of preventing the growth Of horns.
This can be done with little. if any. suf-
fcring to the animal The department
Of agriculture suggests a method as
follows: Mix ffty parts eaustic soda,
twenty-five parts Of kerosene oil and
twenty-five parts of water. An EMU
sion is made Of the kerosene and soda
by heating and vigorously stirring. and
this i then dissolved in water. The
mixture should then be placed in .
bottle with solid rubber cork. In
applying. the calf should not he over
three weeks old. five to twenty days
being the proper age. With pair OF
scissors clip the hair around the embryo
horn. exposing "A spot about the size OF
a nickel Hold the calf securely and
drop two or three drops q the mixture
upon the horn. and with the end OF the
rubber cork rub II in thoroughly over
the bare spot Apply the fluid first TO
one horn and then the other. until each
horn has been gone over three or four
times. The rubbing should bc contin-
ued until tho caustic has softened and
removed the hair and surface skin i'm
mediatcly around the horn. Care
should bc taken that the fluid Toes not
spread over a large surface or run down
the sides Of the face. The mixture must
be carefully and thoroughly applied;
II used carelessly the embryo horn may
not only be killed. but the face OF the
calf may be disfgursd This method
il not only less cruel 70 the animal but,
II is said. leaves the head in better form
than when dehorning y praciiced IN
The old way.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement aD0
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life mor, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced II the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence is due TO its presenting
in the form most acceptable and plcss-
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
alive; cfIectually cleansing the system
dispelling colds, headaches and feveD-
and permanently curing constipatsos,:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medic.s
profession, because it acts on the hid
news Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free fron
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale nv all drug
rists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured BY the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of kigs
and being we'll informed, You will nee
accept any substitute if offered
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15
German
Syrup"

Mr.. Albert Hartley of Hudson,
N. c., was taken with Pneumonia.
His brother had just died from it.
When he found his doctor could not
rally him he took one bottle Of Ger
man Syrup and came out sound and
we'll. Mr.. S. B. Gardiner, Clerk
with Druggist ]. Z. Barr, Aurora,
Texas, prevented bad attack OF
pneumonia by taking &c nan Syrup
in time. He was i'll the business
and knew the danger. He used the
great remedy oschce's German
Syrup-for lung diseases. Q
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15

God is the great writer Of history.
Tie writes acrcss the ages by tho foot
tread .cf loval. Christian nan. ne vho
realizes t.,is fact. going about doing
GOOD. walking IN the footprints ~ the
Master. viii leave on earth the i'm
press Of hero. and carve glorious
record for eternity. Interior
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15

The Flizabe,han RUIZ will be IN vogue &c
the fail, and the fellow Who attempts -
kiss "A fashionable girl Will 'ge. II ~ ths
neck. Philadelphia Record.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15
Don't Blame the Cook

Ifa baking powder is not uniform in strength.
SO that the same quantity will always do the same
work, no one can know how to use it, and uni
formly good light food cannot be produced whit
All baking powders except Royal, because
improperly compounded and made from inferior
materials, lose their strength quickly when the
is opened for USE At subsequent bakings there
will be noticed falling off in strength. The food
is heavy, and the -four, eggs and butter wasted.
1t is always the case that the consumer suffers
in pocket, if not in health, by accepting any sub
stitute for the Royal Baking Powder. The Royal
is the embodiment Of all the excellence that it is
possible to attain in absolutely pure powder.
1t is always stri-.y reliable. 1t is not only more
economical because Of its greater strength, but
will retain its full leavening power, which no
other powder will, until used and make more
wholesome food
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15

IL the second grade grammar.-Te Teaches
-"Bobby Smart. give me the feminine cy
frar.'' BOBBY (briskyl-"Tne feminine of
fr,ar is cook"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15

Christian peace Is uncioudcd azure
in lake Of glass. 1t II the seal which
Christ has IaciGcd. spread out III 81
renity and simple faith. and the lord
God. aerciinl and gracious. smiling
over it.--I,ariltor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15

Faith Is The sacrifice Of the under
standing 70 God; repentance the sacri.
Gcs Of the will.--Jereny Taylor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-15

God has made us 10 feel. that we
may GO on 10 act. II. then, we allow
our feelings TO be excited. without act-
ing from them. we do mischief 20 the
moral system within us.--J. II. New
MAN
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-09
ALI SORTS.

DR.. Schott, of Germany, has been
making some interesting investiga-
tions OF ocean currents, tue height of
waves and the rapidity of their pro.
gress. H. explOdes the idea OF waves
'mountsin highn and says that in the
worst storms they do not rise higher
than from 80 to 40 feet
The most extensive and celebrated
salt mine in the world is ut Wieicz
ka, nine miles from Cracow, in
Galloia, a province OF Austria Hun.
gary. 1t has been worked oontinI-
Ously for 800 years The mass of salt
is calculated to be 500 miles long, 20
miles broad and 200 feet thick.
A curious will is to be placed on
record in Louisville. 1t was written
by a young lady who, IN the last
agOnies of death, scrawled her part
ing injunctiOns to her friends in this
world on the pillow with a dull
pencil. This pillow case is to be
regularly recorded and filed.
In England 10000 bicycles are
turned OUT annually. In Coventry
$4,000 workmen are employed in the
business. In France, where the ma.
chine first appeared, its use was
limited through prejudice; people
laughed at it. Now there is an army
OF 100000 wheelmen.-New York
Sun.
Ten miles south of the Sabine Riv-
er and mile off shore is q natural
phenomenon known to sailors as
Tine Oil Spot" No visible boundary
divides it from the open sea around,
but even during storm, though the
waters become red and turbid, they
remain comparatively calm.
Wood Tor ten mis- rscquets requires
at least five ye ars' seasoning that il
to say, it req uires to lie kept five
years in a rOu gh timber state before
cutting up for use. Wood for pianos
is kept, as arule, for 40 years before
1t is consider ed sufficiently in con.
ditiOn to be used.
"a middle-sged young lady wants
6 situation" ia an advertisement that
recently appeared in one of the Bos.
ton papers
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-09
For perfect digestion use TUFTS pius.l
GENERAL NEWS.

Last week, an immigrant from the
Azones Islands, p. S. Lunas, who had
lived In California for nine years, and
had at least acquired sufficient means
to justify sending for his sweetheart
to come and marry him, lost hi-
mind, Just when he was about to
realize the hopes OF his life. HIS
sweetheart reached San Francisco
and was at his brothers. house. The
lovers who had been parted for nine
years were to be united; the wedding
was TO take place in the afternoon,
ami they were then to go back to
COntra Costa County. He walked on
air from the time he left his Contra
Costa home. The railroad WAS too
slow, and when he reached Oakland
he could not hurry enough to leach
his brothers. home. Tue door w,s
opened. He rushed iutO the HOUSE,
aud to his fisnce. There was q cry Of
joy, q wild shrek OF dslirium, and
LsmoS became a raving maniac, and
was taken TO the asylum.
A man in OIL City, Pa, called
Rattlesnake Pete, has had = suit Of
clothes made, to wear TO the Worlds
Fair, entirely out OF Tattlesnake
skins. 1t took l25 SKINS, hone less
than four feet long. In making the
selection Pete took the most healthy
and brilliant specimens, killing them
by severing the backbone close 10 the
heal and then skinning them eel
fashion. The skins were then tanned
with salt water and alum and finished
with linssed oil, making them a.
pliable rs kid, retaining their natural
brlllancy and their waterproof
quality. The eight buttons OF the
coat are made OF rsttlesnake heads,
filled with plaster OF paris, fitted with
artificial eyes and mounted with
gold. The tailor has been working
on the suit since last November,
some delay having been caused 10
securing skins OF the proper color for
the sleeves to match the remainder
of the coat.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-09
W1THERSP0oN & =.UTLEDGE,
General Insurance Fire and Life 20
Real Estate Agents.
Farms and City Property Timber Lands, Sheep Lands
Mineral Lands Improved and UnimprOyed
City Property for sale on Easy Ter MS.
We Request Careful Reading of the SubOned Descriptive List
of Farms City PrOperty and also Keques that Addi
tOnS may be made thereto by Parties desiring to Sell

| fruit of all kinds. Price, $4.G5 per acre.
No pa farm OF ~ acres, one mile from
Hampshire pike and y miles from Column
ba; there is 30 acres in cultivation, the re.
mainder is in timber; n dwelling of four
rooms on the place, and there is a stable and
plenty of room for stock TO shelter: plenty
Of stock water; ferces in good repair. Price,
$l5 per acre, or will exchange Tor desirable
| CITY property.
No a. \ small parcel OF land located az
Goodwin station and containing II acres IL
is sown in clover, and has n kOod cottage
| with four rooms, and II has also a store
house On The property facing the pike. There
is good Cistern on the place and possession
| can be given at any time. Price Of this place
twelve hundred dollars.
No. q. A farm - miles east Of Columbia,
| containing 100 acres, on the bank of Duck
| River, aud reached by the iron ridge road:
sixty acres of this place is in cultivation, is
now s1wn in clover and grass; there are ten
acres In garden and orchard, thirty acres in
timber on which there is a good turf for
grazing. There are a great many fruit trees,
such As apples, pears, peaches, sixty grape
vines of the very finest variety a I'd one acre
In strawberries. There is n good - story
dwellingon the place containing 8 rooms,
good barns, two goo springs, one near
the house; they never dry up. This is an
excellent place and is Vero cheap at $3.50.
We will take desirable city property as part
payment loi this place.
These farms will be sold on the usual
terms of one-third cash and the remain
der in one and two years. In some
cases we can give longer time in which
to make the payments; four, and even
five years granted in some instances.
For further particulars address us at Co.
lumbia, Tenn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-09
STATE NEWS.

MODEsTY.-The Pulaski maiden
who is 80 modest that she will not go
TO bed while the Christian Oh.
server isou her table, has been out
done by the bashful Fayetteville
belle who declines to walk up q steep
hill because it makes her breath
come in short pants.-HOw about
the Columbia girl who won't cross
potato field because the potatoes
have eyes and might look at her
ankles.-Exchange.
The great murder t, ial that has oc-
cupieo the Federal Court at Nash
vile for several weeks, has ended
and as result Andrew Pat
rick, James Epps and Morgan Petty
walked out Of the court room free
men. Last October a party of reve-
nue. men were decOyed into Lincoln
County by an anonymous letter and
were fired or from ambush. Deputy
Collector L. d. Mather was instantly
killed, Deputy Collector Creed +
Caldwell died in a few hours, and
Jos. l. Spurrier died after several
days. illus Patrick, one OF the as
sassins, was killed by one OF the reve-
nue. msn. Andrew Patrick, Morgan
Petty and JAS. Epps were charged
with the murder, but the trial, AZ
stated above, resulted in their ac-
quittal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-09
BI-CHLORIDE OF GOLD CURE
A Strong Endorsement of the Insti.
tute at Huntsville, Alabama.
1T Has Cured Every Drunkard in the
Town Except One, and lie Won't
Give it IA Chance.
Especial to the HERALD. /

This Institute, in its ADVERTISE
ments, offers sure cure for the
liquor, opium, morphine, cocaine and
tobacco diseases" Being afflicted
with one Of these, the liquor disease
or habit II you will, l believed it my
duty to test the offer made here. A
silly fear Of criticism deferred me for
a while, but duty and the tiudness OF
friends who urged me to come. at last
prevailed; and Thursday morning,
May 18th, | put myself under the
treatment. Now it would be worse
than cOwardly not to tell what have
seen and daily see. 1t would be I'M
Just to others, who ought to come
here, as well as ungrateful to the
Institute, to fail to do 20.
The "cla-s" now being treated, con-
sists OF members OF all ranks OF So
ciety, and Of many professions and
trades. In the treatment office we
meet as brothers, whom fellow
feeling makes wOndrou5 kind.n The
lawyer, doctor, rail road man, drum
mer, editor, shoemaker aud tailor are
all here; and All promptly assembled
four times day to CAT what they are
sure will soon make them free men
free from alcOhOl's or Opium's grin.
Besides these, saver4l ladies are uu-
der treatment, and in every case, a
single week shows a positive change
for the better. There are, at nv
ooardlng-hOuse, five of these patients
Two came to be treated for both
2iquor and morphine, two for llquor
alone and one for morphine. The
hrst two OF these say that when
Hhey came here, two add four weeks
ago, they could barely walk-were,
iR fact, all that il meant by whiskey
and morphine wrecks; and the third
was nearly as far gone from the use
OF whiskey alone. These are some of
the worst cases, but they have volun-
tarily given up the whlskey, and ii
they ever use mOrphiHe, it is ad-
ministered by the physician without
their knowledge. Their health il
greatly improved, the bloated cOun
tenanee is gone, aud they have a
Wlgor which they say was unknown
for years before. A shoemaker, who
entered the In7titute three weeks
age, b GATED fipry-raced drinker, left
10y WIN loNN NJ ldti ~ IL tN ct was,
and in the vigor of perfectly restored
manhood
Inqnirlng about town | anu told
that this Institute has cured every
habitual drunkard the town had
when the institute was opened, ex-
cept one, and this ons has no. taken
treatment About seventy patients
have been turued away cured, aud
not one of these is known to have re-
turned to the old habits.
The Institute has, rs it should
have, the warmest praise on every
hand. Skeptics may scoh, but here
are stubborn facts that will not down
for soothing.
This is written voluntarily, not for
reward, nor at anyone's request.
T. B KELLY:
Huntsville, Ala, June 6, 1893.