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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12
STRAWBERRY TESTS.
rhe Varieties Most suitable for Prot.
stable General Cultivation.


At the recent meeting OF the Ontario
Experimental union, held at the Agri-
cultural college, Guelph, Ont. (Canada),
Prof. II. l.. HUT. the experimenting
horticulturist of the institution, gave
report on the results OF the recent
experiments with strawberries grown
on the college grounds. lie has OBJ
served an extra growth of plants as
result Of the careful removal of the
blossoms the first season. This only
confirms our old experience, that in or
der TO secure the heaviest crop the Sec
ond year (Which is the main and usual
v the only fruiting year, as strawber-
ries are handled by good growers), we
have to adopt the practice of preventing
all fruit setting the same season that
the bed is established. Then in order
10 have full crop, we must have full
matted rows. With varieties that are
good plant-malSers, like Wilson, Cres-
cent, Haverland, Bubach, Warfiold, etc.,
we have no difficulty in securing the full
stand of plants, in an average fair sea-
son, even if in starting the bed we put
the plants two feet apart. This is the
distance which Prof. HUT recommends
for planting such sorts, while IS inches
Is as much as poor plant-makers should
be spread apart in the row at the start.
Next. for heavy yield, we want the
heavy yielders. Among them, Wartield
was found to be ut the head. Alton is
much like it. Warfeld has a good leaf
and very firm berry. Haverland is
one of the best for home cultivation.
Pubach was the 18th, and Crescent the
Goth, in the order of best yielders.
Ilayerland was found at the head in
general health and power to resist rust.
Among the perfect Towering sorts
Chose named all being pistillates),
Saunders was found first in productive
ness and vigor. Prof. HUT prefers to
grow the imperfect and perfect bloom
ers in alternate rows in order to insure
full fruit setting und therefore best
yield. The question is what varieties
To plant together Haverland was the
first to show bloom. Van Deman, a
rerfect-flowering sort, is also an early
bloomer, and might be used to furnish
pollen for the other. Lovett's Early
aud Candy bloom soon after these, and,
in pinch, might be used for the same
purpose. Hayerland and Warfield are
among the earliest to give ripe fruit
Rio stands. second in the list, although
il stands ADD in the order of yield
Michcl's Early stands third for early
and gives a large yield for an early
sort, but the fruit is snail and soft
| Warfeld stands fourth for earliness
and is the great berry for the west. anc
FOR heavy land and plenty of moisture
but seems not so good for light, dry
soils. Among the latest varieties, Prof
HUT mentioned Edgar Queen, Equinox
and Mrs. Cleveland. = I. Greiner, II
American Gardening.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

A lady having made an appointment
70 meet her daughter In large drapery
establishment and arriving too soon. oc-
senpied her mind in pricing goods in the
blanket department. After half an
nour had elapsed and bale after bais
nad been turned out she said:
Don't trouble showing me any more.
only came In 70 meet a friend"
Madam. replied the shopman. in sol.
emn tones, IF you think there Is the
aishtest chance Of your friend being
among the blankets, I'll be happy 70
urn them over againi"-Scottish
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12
HUMOROUS.

che-"was the piece we'll doner'
Sob. yes; the critics roasted it,
youkers Statesman
villie-"Are you the nenrest rela-
,;,e i've got, mammal" Mother-"fes,
,a,e. and your pa is the closest relative
sou,ye got."-Tit-Dits.
.parling." said she, "do you love me
nuch as ever." "Ycs, dearie," said
~ with his nose buried In his news
ssner. That ought TO have satisfied her,
IN she had to ask: WHY" 70,
dunno. Habit, guess."-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
"Dishere am de time o yah" said
rrcle Eben, "whcn charity counts. Err
nan kin show de practical side Of is
nature by lcffin' de formometer alone,
an, nuttin' down err few measurements
:. a.. cold wedder in lis check book" y
Washington Star.
what made your future son-in-law
20 away just now with such disap-
rointed mien? Have yos quarreled?"
.Oh. no. We merely confessed TO each
other our debts. Flicngende Batter.
Miss Passey-"I think this talk
rbout appendicitis is all nonsense. Why.
when | was a child, | used to swallow
crane seeds and all sorts OF things with
out the slightest bad effect" Miss Rose
bud-"Yes. but you must remember
that appendicitis hadn't been invented
then."-Brooklyn Life.
My mither sent me to see il you
vad gle her calendar like the ane You
gied to Mrs. Mackay," said n boy to ID
grocer in the village. But my little
boy," replied the grocer. your mother
does not get her groceries here" no"
replied the boy, "but she borrows them
from Mrs. Mackay, and Mrs. MaclSay
gets them frae you."-Household
Words
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12
NO BOTTOMLESS LAKES.
The Deepest Are Lcss Than $500
Feet.


The deepest body Of fresh water in
America is Crater lake, Ore. Only one
lake in the world, Lake Baikal, exceeds
it in depth, and it is only 400 feet deeper
Until recently twas asserted Crater lake
was bottomless, but soundings have
shown its greatest depth to be 1900 feet.
1t is five miles in diameter, nearly cir
cular. and occupies the crater of an
extinct volcano. No fish have ever been
known to exist in Crater lake. Recently
a club Of mountain climbers. with head
quarters at Portland, sent to Washing
ton request that Crater lake be
stocked with trout, and the government
experts are going TO find out if such a
scheme is practicable. Ii is easy
enough to put trout into the water. but
the question is if there is sufficient
food in the water 10 nourish them after
they are there. The experts will tow
small gauze nets over The water at all
hours of the day. Animalculae will
catch in the gauze, and from its abund-
ance or lack it can he asccrtained if the
water contains nourshment.
An interesting series of experiments
will also be undertaken to ascertain the
temperature of the water Mt various
depths. No such observations have ever
been taken of fresh water so far down.
With this end in view full equipment
of self registering thermometers and
supplementary apparatus will be taken
along and let down with sounding lines.
There are very few places in the lake
where the depth is less than LOCO feet,
and no lake on the western hemisphere
approaches this.
1t is no wonder, then, that Crater
lake was supposed to be bottomless.
However, the truth is that all lakes over
$50 feet deep possess similar reputa
ton. ANY body of Water that is deeper
than the length Of the longest feeling
Inc is sure to lack bottom in the
popular belief. a first-rate example OF
this sort Of delusion is afforded by
Lafayette lake. in Idaho. 1t WA
formerly imagined to be bo:tDmless,
and later its depth was officially stated
70 be 1900 feet. Recent investigation
proves that its greatest depth is 305 feet
There is no data on which TO base 6
guess as to the bottom Of Crater lake
but the superstition is that IL will be
very little above the freezing. The
temperature of the ocean remains at
about 40 degrees Fahrenheit all the year
round. even in the tropics. Neverthe-
less. some volcanic heat may yet remain
10 warm the waters of Crater lake
Chicago News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. Cheney q Co, Props, Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known L. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot.
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12
Room for Dressing Poultry.

When one has a good deal of poultry
10 dress yearly it will be found of adj
vantage TO have a room for that pur-
pose. a lean-to to the henhouse will
naturally be most convenient. If this is
furnished with skylight all the bet
ter. 1t should be light and large enough
to give sufficient room for a stove to
warm the room. as well as to keep the
water hot for scalding or other pur-
poses. The floor should be smooth and
tight. A scantlng should be put
across the room at convenient height,
with a few spikes driven in on which TO
hang the birds while dressing: anoth-
er scantling or two along the sides to
hang up the dressed poultry to let cool
md to wash heads and mouths.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

To keep plants free from insects on.
Of the best remedies is tobacco. Take a
small package of strong tobacco and
pour over it boiling water. When cool
the plants should be set into the mix
ture and washed, leaves and all. besides
being thoroughly soaked with it. An
other remedy is strong soapsuds made
of carbolic soap and water. Plants
must be kept clean il they are to be
healthy. The leaves should be washed
occasionally in order that the dust may
be removed The leaves are the lungs
CT the plants, and Of course they can
not perform their work correctly II
pores are INSTRUCTED by dust.-Farm
and Home.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Hosts Of invalds tumble to destruction
simply because they will exercise no dis.
erection in the matters of eating, drinking
and the avoidance OF exciting causes, and,
above all, in the item of medication. They
persist in dosing themselves in season and
out OF season with drastic and violent rem.
edies, opiates and mineral poisons. The
best, the safest, the pleasantest substitute
for such hurtful no-remedies is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, potent for malarlal, rheu.
matte, dyspeptic, nervous and bilious com.
plants.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

10 pass through. Next procure some
fine copper wire and fasten to the but
ton. Twist the end of wire down firm
ly with pincers (see in the illustra-
ticn) so that it will not stick up; then
run through loops of leather, and fasten
ct other end in like manner. Draw the
wire us tight as it will stand and the
phone is ready for use. If the wire is
kept tight it will work well for about
&c rods in still. cold weather. Copper
wire costs about so cents per 100 feet.
The illustration shows the telephone
complete: /. ! are the tin cans; =. 2,
brass buttons; 3, 3. walls of buildings;
4. leather loop for support; 5. wire loor
at button.-Farm and Home.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Good roads facilitate busineas ano
make hauling economical. They are
needed. but they cost money, and the
great difficulty Ia to get the funds with
out burdening people who already feel
their burdens heavy. One way to i'm
prove roads without much cost II TO
Use wide-tired wagons; we do not mean
that everybody should change instant
ly, but the next time q wagon u to b
bought. zee that IL has wids tiress--
Farm and Home.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

The best place for the calves 10 q boa
stall In the barn. Have the stanchions
placed In one side of the stall and put
each calf in the same place every time
before feeding and they will soon learn
20 20 there themselves. Feed milk first,
then q small quantity Of Data. In this
way they will not suck each other.
When they have eaten the oats let them
out and scatter hay in front of them.
Always keep the stall well Uttered and
feed warm milk, and the calves will
keen clean and look sleek.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

In order to assist the thousands of I'M
employed men in Chicago, the Working
mems Home, at A. Custom House Place, has
established Free Labor Bureau, and is
prepared to furnish men to farmers and
others in all parts of the country without
expense to either. Employers applying
should state definitely as TO the kind OF
work, wages to be paid, and if railway fare
will be advanced. Address Labor Bureau,
Workingmen's Home, AZ Custom House
Place, Chicago, Ill.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12
they Impressed Him.

MI, Mr. y. Thoozer (soliloquizing)-
INKS INKS blubs. derks, shalluns, ploclSn,
,,les: freems. jooioos. rupti--
mrs. Ihoozer-What on earth are YOU
'a.xng about. Edward?
uIn"ozer--Oh. nothing. I was Just
Ing TO remember some words ! saw
o'cycis catalogue to-day that had
'r met with before.--N. y. Journal
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12
FARM TELEPHONE.

Good Results Can lie Obtained At an
Expense of n Few Cents.
For a cheap, short-distance tele-
phone, take tin can (oyster or fruit
and punch a hole in the bottom large
enough for the eye OF metallic button
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Explaining a Proverb.-"Papa, what does
this mean 1T is better TO give than TO re-
ceive'?" asked boy of his fond parent.
at means, my son, that your mother finds
more pleasure in lecturing me than do in
hearing her. "-Tit.Bits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

A man who will go block out of his way
to shake hands with everybody he sees is
no better friend than some who hardly take
time to speak. Washington Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Fits stepped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR. Kline 9
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 033 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

It Is impossible to discourage the man,
who has learned in whatsoever condition he
finds himself, Herewith to be content
Rams Horn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

1t takes hot fire to purify god.-Ram's
Horn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

We have noticed that most funny stories
are either on an lrishman or a man just
neutrality-suspicious. Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

A girl from big town always wears her
party dresses cut too low in the neck to
please the people in the smaller towns she
vista
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Piso's Cure for Consumption il an A
No | Asthma medicine.-W. X. Williams,
Antioch, Ills, April IL, 1894.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

When bilious or costive eat Cascaret,
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. l0c. 25c
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Cold breeds brood Of aches and pains
st. Jacobs Oil destroys them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

No man can become great unless the peo-
pie exaggerate his best points. - Atchison
(.loba
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Nobody gets as much and as protitabl
free advertising as prize fighter.-Atchi
son Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Icy pavements and bruises give aches and
pains. St. Jacobs Oil gives cure, comfort.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

The man whose cause is wrong is sure
to be the loser If he gains it.-Rains Horn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

lower and upper branches, while tho
Haring form of the trellis accommo.
dates the spreading top. A dozen Of
ouch trellises, strongly made, will
prove exceedingly satisfactory in the
garden. and will last many years II
carefully used. DO not wait till they
arr wanted next summer, but get .
sufficient number of them ready now,
when other work il not pressing, and
store them in barn or under . shed
-Oraugo Judd Farmes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Every home ought to be made so much
ike Heaven that the children Will not think
OF Heaven as being far away.-Rams Horn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Over s00,0O0cured. Why not let Mol -Bac
regulate or remove your desire Tor tobacco
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed, SOC and sl.00, all druggists.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

What men call failure may often be what
angel. call slccess.-Ram's Horn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Cold stiffens sprained muscle. st. ia
cobs Oil warns, soitcns and cures it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Don't give a tract where bread is needed
usost.-Ram's Horn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

With cold neuralgia increases. With st.
Jacobs Oil it decreases and Is cured.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12
GOOD TOMATO TRELLIS.

Get u Good supply Ready Now for Use
Next summer.
The sketch shows trellis for toma-
toes that completely "flls the bill"
The double side pieces hold up both
The Irish standard., 1897-09-04

the closing Of the Indian minis in 1893
the price Of the Indian wheat was an
ounce Of silver per bushel. and the price
of the cereal fell in the same proportion
with the falling price of silver. The In
dian minis are now closed to individual
coinage and the Indian rycts have no
wheat to sell. The intimate relation be-
tween the price Of wheat and silver Is
therefore destroyed and will continue In
that condition until the former equili-
brium Is restored. A scarcity of wheat
and surplus Of silver is the cause Of
the presnt variation. Nature Is respon-
sible for one and legislation for tho
other. Next year II crops are bounti-
full in the wheat growing countries, the
American farmers may find that they
will have to sell their wheat for the
price Of an ounce Of silver or less.
The Irish standard., 1897-09-04

The East Grand Forks Courier, one Of
the brightest and breeziest dailies in the
Northwest. undertakes to correct the
Fargo Argus In its mistaken views re-
garding the reception OF the duke Of
York and his wife In Ireland The
Courier truly says: MANLY courtesy to
two young persons for whom they do
not care as much as they would care for
two American tourists is the best the
Irish people can extend to York and his
duchess. That's all they have any right
to expect" Yes. and that's all they got.
The Irish people have no cause to treat
the young couple rudely. but they GER
tainly have cause to treat American
tourists most Hospitality, and they will
do so next year when celebrating the an
niversary OF glorious '9S.
The Irish standard., 1897-09-04

people of Great Britain and the United
States, however much at variance the
governments Of the two countries may
at times find themselves, that the six
tieth year of Queen Victoria's reign was
celebrated by the unwilling OF memo
rial window to the queen In New York"
There is nothing peculiar about it when
the thing" is properly understood. The
window was presented by the St.
Georges society and the Sons OF St.
George as a token of their appreciation
of the sentiments expressed by the
Welsh pastor of the Church Of ST. John
the Evangelist, who declared in his eu
logy on Victoria that Il monarchy was
preferable to presidency. There Is
nothing American about the affair at all.
The fellows are all Johnny Bulls.
The Irish standard., 1897-09-04

James H. Eckels. the comptroller of
the currency, was banquctel last Satur-
day night by the officers Of all the ma
tional banks in Minneapolis. Of course,
he made a speech, in which he congrat-
ulated his hosts upon the evidences Of
prosperity in "the great and glorious
Northwest" He referred to financial
heresy." and used the stereotyped clap
trap about "the East and long settled
and established countries" which the
West should initiate. He declared that
there is not strength enough In the
United States nor in all the nations Of
the earth combined to bring silver back
to its old value. "Silvar has lost its
value to finance" exclaimed the little
tool Of goldocracy. 1t is surprising that
while Mckinley has three ENJOYS in
Europe ito promote international bi1net-
allism." this relic of the Cleveland ad-
ministration is holding on to his job and
perambulating through the country as
the guest Of the bankers decrying silver
coinage and putting bank notes. He said
nothing of the greenback, but he thinks
little OF 1t in comparison with the darl-
ing bank note. The little fellow ought
to get hose turned on him to quench
his ardor for gold and the national
banking system.
The Irish standard., 1897-09-04
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THE DUKE OF, ,YORK'S VISIT.

So much has been tccgraphcd to this
country OF wharf.-the British Tory press
has said OF the Duke OF York's Visit to
Ireland that what the Irish Nationalist
press thinks of thr affair may be read
with interest. The following is what
the Dublin Frceman's Journal says ed
it0!aily Of the visit of the royal
stronger:
There WAS little enthusiasm in the
reception accorded to the representative
of royalty in the person of his Royal
Highncss the Duke CT York when he en-
tered the Irish metropolis in state on
Wednesday. AS he passed through the
two rows of soldiers standing shoulder
to shoulder along the route of q mile
from the station to the Castle. cannon
Eshind and before him and all arounl
Il display OF British sol,lery. ne must
have felt how hollow the presence was
The Irish standard., 1897-09-04

Says United Ireland: The lord lieu
tenant Of Ireland has the privilege of
comforting the honor Of l1nighthood, and
this power has been lavisnly exercised
by some Irish viceroys. The duke of Rut-
land during his lord lieurenancy show
cred knighthoods around with a lavish
hand. and it is told of him that having
one evening in his cups knighted an
innkeeper at Kilbeggan named Cuffe he
repented in the calm reaction Of the
following day. and having sent for CUTIE
told him that as the whole affair was
joke the sooner 1t was forgotten the
better. 81 should be we'll PLACED to OBJ
ledge your Ex-cil-lency," WAS the reply
of the new knight. "but unfortunately
mentioned the matter to Leedy Cuffe.
and she would part with her life before
she'd give 1t up" This incident occurred
on the property of the Lambarts of Beau
Pare, in whose family the story is pre-
served.
The Irish standard., 1897-09-04

Listen to Assistant Secretary Brigham
OF the agricultural department at Wash
ington, who evidently knows as much
about practical farming as did the late
Horace Greeley. "The price Of labor"
he says. did not decline with the price
Of farm products, and for some time the
farmer was forced to pay as much for
the service Of those who did his work
as ever. while his receipts were cut in
two. Inasmuch as wages did not decline,
l see no reason why they should be ex-
pected to rise to correspond with the
advance Of farm products which are now
bringing only fair prices. Still the labor
ing man will be benefited by this ad-
vance in prices" Any one of horse
sense" knows that the wages Of the
farm laborer were much reduced during
the hard times. and that he did not re-
ccive the same wages as in good times.
The wages OF the farm hand are regu-
lated by the law of supply and demand,
and the farmer knows 1t as we'll as any
other man. He therefore paid less wages
while his receipts were cut in two" and
a superabundance of help was in the la
Dor market. He also employed fewer la
borers and worked harder himself How
can the laboring man be benefited by
the advance in prices if his wages are
not increased? Will the philosophic
Brigham please answer?