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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22
RAZOR-BACK CROSSES.
Experiments Now Being Conducted
May Increase the Profits Of the
swine Department.

The fecundity. vigor and digestive
propensities Of the or-back hog is
10 be utilized in the production Of good
hams and bacon. Experiments are be-
ing conducted at the Wisconsin expert
ment station in crossing the razor
hack boar. direct from the wilds Of
Arkansas. with Berkshire and Poland
China sows. The first cross is said 10
be a great improvement over the male
parent, both in looks and quality of
the same pork. Subsequent genera
tions are expected to accentuate the
most desirable porking qualities of
the dam. while retaining the keen APP
petite and natural fecundity Of the
wild hog. This is very interesting
as well as important experiment. At
one time the rough. wild hog Of the
forest was the only source Of pork that
our forefathers knew anything about.
Thousands of years were required to
improve such rough stock 10 it, pres
ent satisfactory condition. 1t is not
to be wondered at that during all the
necessary in breeding for special points,
the final progeny should lose some II
its original digestive and productive
vigor. II these desirable qualities can
now be extracted from the original
type Of wild boar and incorporated
into our present symmetrical breeds
by iudicious crossing. the profits from
the swine department OF the farm will
he still greater.-Agricultural Epiio-
mist
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22
GARDEN NOTES AND HINTS.

The sumach cones are showing vivid
scarlet Small trees are not expensive
and they yield unending delights The
early autumn is a good time 10 set
out
The young. sensitive plants started
from seed this summer need careful
attention. Only the raindrops should
sprinkle them. and insects must be
kept at bay. by early October they
should ice sire nc enough 10 withstand
indoor conditions.
4 colony 81 young oak trees. and
crimson. and perfect. We, only from
four to six inches nigh. is sight 10
gladden. an artist. Such sight NAV
be met with. On the edges Of the
woods, quite often Here j hint for
the amateur gardener.
The blue cornfower and the yellow
coreopsis are willing and cheerful com
panions. Planted together they pro-
duce a perfect harmony If color. and
being Of much the same habit. neither
crowd nor unduly shade one another
Let them seed the beds. later. fox an
other year together.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22
COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT THEM

New York City. Aug. 1sth.-Mr.
Charles Back, of ca Rue de la Victoire,
Paris, France, relates a most inter-
esting experience.
Ever since / was about three years
Of age ! have suffered severely with
Kidney Disease.
Last year i spent some time at the
baths at Carlsbad. (BoheTnia) but /
came back after five weeks treatment
with a severe pain still in my Kidneys.
my doctors in Paris and Hamburg
could do nothing for me.
~ was obliged TO start from Paris
TO Montreal. Canada. and when
arrived in the Canadian city was half
dead.
II read an advertisement Of Dodd's
Kidney Pills in newspaper there and
began to use this remedy. and after
two days treatment felt that my
pains We're leaving me and in a week
! had no pains a; ALL
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are the most
wonderful remedy in the world. keep
them always with me. for ! believe /
cnnld not i've without them"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22
PASTURE OR PADDOCK SHED.

afrording free entrance 10 air. hut
keepinc out rain. II such a building
were located near the other farm
buildings. il would make an admir-
able winter shed for sheep. the win
dows being closed. or winter stor-
age place for farm machinery. the
front being closed in with Tapped
boarding.
When such building is located IN
the pasture, the cattle can be taught
70 come to it AT night hy giving an
occasional feed Of grain there. In
this way they will have immediate
shelter If a sudden shower occurs in
the night. Moreover. much manure
will thus lie saved. which can be
drawn away 10 the fields or piled un.
rotted and spread evenly over the
pasture land. As the manure is
dropped hy cattle in the pasture. il
,s of hut little benefit 70 the soil. as
Il is ali in one spot. killing the grass.
and rendering unpalatable 10 cattle
the rank grass that grows about its
edges for several years thereafter.
sheen enrich the land they feed
upon. hut the manure dropped Ivy
cattle in a pasture is very largely
wasted. -Countr Gentleman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

Beef and mutton are high in England.
Beef and mutton are high in Aus ra liza.
Beef and mutton are high in France.
Germany and on the continent Cener.
ally. Beef and mutton are high in
this country. but not the highest Of
the worlds markets. Beef and mutton
are high almost everywhere. Civilized
man eats What has done all Of this
over the universe is human hunger and
the improved condition Of the masses.
Cold storage is at such an improved
stage that the congestion Of products
at certain far-away centers is relieved
by taking these cheaper meats 10 mar
kets where they are needed and can
ne used. Then droughts and stock
diseases have helped largely. The
world is meat hungry and is paying
the price for its food.--National rro.
sisioner.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

In Swedish towns the average mar.
rying age Of males is 30ls years and oi
females 27s..
Males preponderate in the popula.
tion OF Sheffield, England. 10 the ex.
tent OF l,007 10 ever, ! 1000 females.
Swiss ornithologisis declare that
cats have become 80 numerous in
Switzerland as 10 threaten the exter-
minaiion Of all the birds Of the coun-
try.
Between 1000 and 5000 packages Of
homegrown figs are now being dis
patched every week from Worthing,
which il the center Of the English fig
growing industry.
The governor general Of the Amur
territory is about TO organize an ex-
hioition al Kiln for the purpose Of in
teresiing the Manchus and Chinese in
Russian manufacturing products.
Cheong Chuk kwan. a Chinese WON
an Of wealth and education, is going
on tour Of the world and will be the
first Chinese woman who has ever at
tempted such venture. She has
progressive ideas and is going to see
what America and Europe are like.
Sven Hadin. the Scandinavian ex-
plorer who has just returned from a
tour Of Africa. travelled 10000 kilo-
meters over territory never before ex-
plored. He brought home more than
1000 photographs. 1t will take him
two years TO work up his literary ma
terial. first in "a book Of travel for the
general public. then in scientific treat
ises. In the meantime he has been
asked TO lecture before all the impor-
tant geographical societies in Europe.
After finishing his books he intends
to start at once on new voyage Of
discovery in central Asia.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22
RAISING BEEF CALVES.
~ the End of stu Months They shosI1
He Ready for the Market -
the Top Price.

I'm successfully growing calves !
prefer an April calf of good beef
stock" says "A correspondent Of the
Indiana Farmer. THE mother should
be we'll taken care of, fed ON plenty
of clover hay, ground corn and oats,
mixed half and half. Let the calf
have all the finest milk that il
wants; then take IL away from the
cow and put il in stable handy and
where the cow can see il. IL il is bad
weather. II the weather is nice put
the cow on good pasture Of rye,
with the calf just over the fence at
straw shed or stack. where il can
get the benefit az the sun. The calf
should be turned to the cow morn
weeks; then the calf will eat If il is
where IL can get something green.
There should be small lot Of rye
fenced of for the calf. and that.
with plenty OF milk morning and
night, will be all that is required for
the next two weeks. Then the calf
will he one month old. On May
there should re "A patch Of oats
ready for the calf, with box nailed
mp under shed where the calf can
60 out Of bad weather and eat a
quart of ground oats and corn. equal
parts. morning and night for the
next month. Feed just after turning
the cow out During the third
month. June. the calf should be
treated the same as the second. ex-
cept "A little more ground feed. say
one-half pint more. The fourth
month il should have "A patch Of peas
10 run in. and the feed should he cut
down 10 one quart morning and
night. The fifth month the calf
should have three pints of ground
oats and corn and one Of oil cake or
fax-seed meal given inst after being
turned 10 the COW. with the pasture
increased hy letting run on fresh
rye patch. ~ the end 81 August il
will he six months old and should he
ready for marke' at the top price for
calves. | should have said al the
end Of two weeks the calf should be
trimmed and dehorned If horned
calf. and during all this time the calf
should have fresh. clean water where
IL can go and drink AZ will"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22
HoG-FEEpING PLATFORM.

graped by the writer on one of the
large hog-raising farms in this com
munity. Ii Is. in my opinion. a
cheap, ideal platform for feeding
corn TO hogs. shelled or in the ear.
The platform is about 6x12 feet, suffi-
ciently large TO accommodate eigh.
or ten fair-sized hogs. The owner
Of this farm has several just such
platforms which he uses in feeding
his hogs. so that each litter is kept
separate from the others. The plat
form itself is made OF two-inch
plank II feet long. 1t is considered
best to use plank on account of the
wear and tear. ! have used both the
fwo-inch plank and inch boards; the
inch stuff will do. but will not last
as long.
In framing the platform the planks
should be mounted upon 2x4s set up
edgewise. The 2x4s should be Of
good pine or oak: either will last
well. The plank are securely nailed
TO the 2x4s. On one side of the plat
form is the trough. and this is good
place for il. II gives the hog good
place to stand while drinking and he
free from mud and slush in very bad
weather. At the other side and end
are nailed 2x4s to keep the corn
from working of of the platform
when the hogs are eating. The op-
posite end has no cleat but is left
open to give place 10 clean the
platform readily after each feeding.
When building the platform let il
incline toward the indicated end SO
that in rainy weather the water Will
wash and clean the platform.
The amount Of material required
20 build this platform Is less than goo
feet. and AT the price ~ hemlock
plank in this market about ST. per
NJ IL is so cheap that no farmer
should try to ret along without. The
platform viii pay for itself the first
wear and il will last many years
Leo c. Reynolds. in Ohio Farmer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22
PROTECT YOUR STOCK.
No Farm should he without n Well.
Constructed Pasture or Pad
dock she'd.

Where cattle or other animals are
kept in pasture both day and
night. there should be some protec-
tion provided against transforms and
heavy showers. 4 she'd well adapted
10 this purpose is shown in the ac-
complaining Illustration.
II i low. and has one side open.
This open side should face the quar-
ter from which cold rains are least
likely TO come. the direction varying
in different parts Of the country.
No floor is required thus saving
much lumber. The numerous win
dows are provided with drop shut
tiers. 10 be kept open as shown, thus
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22
WIVES OF GREAT MEN.

Fielding, the novelist. married .
maid servant
Sir Thomas More's wife scolded hiu
On the eve Of his execution.
Milton had troubles with both Of his
wives. Nor was his the monopoly Of
the martyrdom.
Coleridge left his wife and children
without apology or farewell and never
would see them again.
Catherine ii. Of Russia had her hus-
band assassinated. and from his death
90 her own ruled alone-very much
alone.
Ben" Jonson's wife went 10 the inn
after him IL he stayed TOO long and
brought him home, tongue flashing him
al the way.
Moliere. st the age OF 40, married an
actress aged IL summers. She ran
away, and IL showed and covered her
tracks.
Habits wife cared nothing for his
ability. Her temper was an intensity.
And the tragedy Of the unsympathetic
played itself TO the bitter end.
Napoleon conquered the world. ma
terial. But be often swore AT Joseph
inc "a woman who was once his wife),
and when she cried. said: Hush: il
makes your nose red" But he was Z
great man.
Robert Schumann fell In love with
the daughter of his piano teacher.
The inspiration she gave him was the
worlds gain. When the irste father
| refused a union with the daughter,
"Davidsbnndler." "Kreisierana" and
"Noveletten" were given TO the world
| IN tangible form. and the wife he GOV.
/ eted became his So much for adj
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

He advises women free of charge. II
you are suffering from any female de-
rangement write him . description OF
your symptoms and he Will give You
the benefit of his experience in the
treatment of women's diseased
II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once TO DIR. Hartman, giving .
full statement Of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valua BILE add
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
| The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

For the new Daily Limited train TO Cali
fornia 10 be placed in service November 1,
1902, by the Rock leland System and South
ern Pacific Com pany, via the II Paso Short
Line. The competition Is open 70 the pub
lie and conditions involve no fees of any
kind. For circular Of instructions. address
at once Jno Sebastian. Passenger Traffic
Manager. Rock Island system. Chicago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22
81 SUFFERED TERRIBLY
WITH FEMALE WEAKNESS;
81 Had the Headache Con.
tinualIy-.CouId Not Do My
Work.Pe.ru.na Cured"

Mrs. Esther NJ. Miner, De-
Graf, Ohio, writes:
Twas q terrible sufferrrir0m
female weakness and had the
headache continually. ! was
NOT able TO do my homework for
my husband and myself. iwr0fe
you and described my condition
- near ~ possible. You recon-
nsended Persns. took fourb0f-
ties and was completely cured.
think PeSuns . wonderful med.
icine and have recommended IL
10 my friends with best results.
..-Mrs. e. N. Miiner.
Miss Mamie Groth, Platteville,
Wis, writes: Accept . CRATE
full girls thanks for the won
derful help / have received !.
through the use of Peruua. Although
looked well and strong have for sc
eral years suffered with frequent bac
ache and would for several days ha'
splitting headaches. / did not wish
fill my system with poisonous drug
and SO when several Of my friends q
vised me TO take Peruna, l asked n
physician what he thought Of it. /
recommended il and SO took it and q
entirely without pain Of any kind now
Miss Mamie Groth.
Or. s. b. Hartman. President of It
Hartman Sanitarium, has had ov
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

Fowls do not run together in large
numbers. They will always divide into
Aocks OF small size and will select diff
ferent feeding grounds. always provid.
~ they have the opportunity.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating. feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold By all Druggists and Shoe stores.
Address A. S. Olmsied. lie Row. y. ".
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

Daughter-Papa seemed in an unusually
good humor tins morning when he started
down town
Motner-My goodness That reminds
me. forgot 10 ask MIN for money Toledo
Rec
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

Will Pay for Itself the Ftrst Year m
Any Farm Where Many HOES
Are Kept.

The time for feeding hogs will soon
be here again, and with grain at such
prices as now indicated. il will pay
TO arrange for feeding without
waste. There is a leak somewhere in
the management of most farmers
through which the profits steal away.
Most farmers feed corn in the ear.
10 hogs. and throw ii ON the ground.
When the ground Is frozen this meth
cd will do. but when the ground 10
soft or muddy there is lots Of waste.
The accompanying illustration
shows . feeding platform photo
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

1T may be taken as formal notification
that the camps On ~ en- said the large
wasted philosopher, when the canci-
dates begin 10 say: This is on me- In
cIanapolis News
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
nsed for all affections Of the throat and
lrngs-Wm. o. Endsley. Vanburen. Ind,
Feb. 10. 1900.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

Not 10 return a benefit il the greater
Gin. but not 10 confer 1T - the earlier
Seneca.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

and works of the cold. Laxative Bronze
Quinine Tablets Price - cents.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-22

To be found in bad company is often
equivalent to being los;.-Cnicago Daily
News
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24
Brain Food Nonsense.

Another ridiculous food fad has
been branded by the most competent
authorities. They have dispelled the
silly notion that one kind of food is
needed for brain, another for muscles
and still another for bones. A cor
rect diet will not only nourish par
ticulsr part CT the body, but it will
sustain every other part. Yet, how
ever good your food may be, its nut
riment is destroyed by indigestion or
dyspepsia. You must prepare for
their appearance or prevent their
coming by taking regular doses of
Green's August Flower, the faVorite
medicine of the healthy millions. A
few doses aids digestion, stimulates
the liver to healthy action, purifes
the blood, and makes you feel buoy
snt and vigorous. You can get this
reliable remedy at Kaufmann's Drug
Store. Get Green's Spe cial Almanac.
51-32
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24

The man on the stage who does the
trick of escaping from firmly tied ropes,
submits to the bonds with smile. He
knows he can get out of the ropes that
are being knotted. Put the same man in
the woods and let Indian captors bind
him to a tree for torture and he would
struggle to the last against the bonds.
When the stomach is diseased there
are bonds being woven every hour about
the organs dependent on the stomach
heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc. The
folly of mankind is to passively submit
to the fastening of these bonds with no
effort to escape until the pain they cause
arouses fear.
Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the stomach and other
organs of digestion and nutrition. It
cures diseases of heart, liver, lungs. kid
neys and other organs, when these dis
eases, as is often the case, have their
origin in the diseased stomach.
uFor a long time was suffering AID was
hardly able to get about writes NJ. Andrew J.
Jennings. of Thomas, Tucker Co., w. Va, Box
Ie4 oWas bothered with kidney trouble and
my whole system was out OF order; had no
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. did so
and the FIRST bottle restored my appetite. took
six bottles of Golden Medical Discovery and
some of the Pleasant Pellets and feel like
new person"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse
the clogged system from impurities.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24
AERIAL POLO.
A Queer Kind of Amusement on O
Pacific Ocean Island

Writing on Our Equatorial Islands
in the Century, James d. Hague says:
It became an amusing diversion to
overturn the large Hat stones beneath
which the rats were hiding in solid
masses and watch them as they scam
pered in all directions, pursued and
quickly snatched up by the man-o'-war
hawks. These crafty birds were apt to
learn that the appearance Of a man
walking on the island, especially with
a dog, meant rats for them, and any
one thus going forth was usually fol-
lowed by lowering flock, ready and
impatient for the sport they had
learned to expect. A rat brought to
hand by the dog was quickly tossed in
air. where the birds We're ready to
the wing for the disputed possession.
One form OF this sport, sort Of aerial
polo, which seemed to be as good fun
for the birds as for the observers, con-
sisted in tossing two rats into the air
at the same moment, not singly and
apart, but tied together with about
six feet of strong twine.
Instantly the birds made a dash for
the rats, and the successful winner Of
the first prize went sailing off with
one rat in his bill and the other swing
ing in the air beneath until snatched
by the second winner, when, after a
quick, sharp struggle and taut strain
on the cord, the bird with the weaker
hold was compelled to let go. This
then went on asa continuous perform
ance, with somewhat Jonah-like but
rapidly repeated disappearances and
reappearances Of the little rats, swal-
lowed and reluctantly disgorged by
the birds in quick succession until the
flock, thoroughly exhausted by their
impetuous fight and extraordinary
exercise, alighted on the ground for
short truce, when the two temporary
Stockholders would be found sitting
face to face, keenly eying each other
from opposite ends of the string still
connecting them, each anxiously on
the sharp lookout for sudden jerks and
unpleasant surprises, while all the 9TH
er pursuers gathered around in ring,
waiting for the two prize birds to. fly.
The general aspect Of all participants
seemed to verify the familiar adage
that the pleasure is not in the game,
but in the chase.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24
THE BIRTH OF JAPAN.

Curious Legend of the Creation
Handed Down by the Japanese.
The following is the curious legend
of the creation as it is told in Japan:
Clouds formed the bridge on which
once god Yzanaghi and his spouse
Yzanuma stood pondering on the rid
die Of existence, whether the begin
nings of worlds and the beginnings of
life lay slumbering in that sea Of
chaos. Yzanaghi. apparently more en-
terprising than philosophically in
clined, seized his shimmering spear
and plunged it into the black and
seething food. Pulling it up again, he
discovered seven salt drops on its dia-
mond point, which. dropping. con-
densed and formed the island Of Cuso-
korosima.
Thereupon Yzanaghi and his spouse
selected the spot Of earth which had
thus been created as their permanent
dwelling place and peopled it with in
Vulnerable genii Of animal and. plant
life and spirits Of the elements. And
around this palace Of immortality"
rose eight other islands-Awadsi. the
island Of foam: the mountainous Cho,
Yamato, blessed with fruit; Yyo. un-
surpassed in It's beauty; the quinquan-
gular Tsikousi. Sado. rich in copper
and gold; Yki. one Of the pillars Of
heaven, and Oko. surrounded by three
satellites
Such was the birth Of Japan. Of that
curious land Of Fusiyama, with it's
amiable population of artist artisans.
it's graceful teahouses, it's glistening
silks. it's grotesque dwarf trees. it's
white cranes and dreamy lotus ponds.
-Harper's Magazine.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24
WIN z OF CARDuL
A Cool Gamester.

Lady" said Meandering Mike, ode
greatest pleasure dat 1 could find in
life would be to chop some wood for
YOU
Il don't want any wood chopped"
"Or cary some water from de
spring.
1--WE got we'll right at the kitchen
door,"
"Or shoe de COWS in from de pas
ture'-
Il haven't any COWS. We buy our
milk"
"Well, lady, I've made three guesses
about what I could do to help you
along. Now it's your turn. An don't
mind givin' you a small hint dat Wet
uals an clothes'll be purity near de
answer. It's a nice game. lady. an I
t'ink you're goin' to be lucky."-Wash-
ington Star.