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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Farm and Garden.
Fruit.wrappino Machine.

A frult-wrapping machine has been
put in operation in California. II re-.
qulres practically no attention and en-
tirely automatically wraps the fruit.
says Country Gentleman. The fruit
rolls down slight incline 20 the
operator, turning slowly over as IL APP
proaches him and giving him an op-
portunity 10 remove defective speci-
mems. The fruit is lifted and placed
stem up in rubber cups. which carry Il
TO a mechanism operating much as the
human hands IL is carried 10 the
paper being cut and printed from the
roll. The twist OF the paper Is made
over the stem end thus cnshloning
the stem and preventing puncture in
jury. II the machine becomes clogged.
II Is stopped by clutch operated by
electricity. A counting attachment
registers the number wrapped The
capacity of the machine is said 10
equal six good wrappers
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FoJ-DE-R oL.

Russian crochet is much sought
after.
Dull gold is favorite hue for ma
irons hats
The three-piece suit Is becoming
more and more popular
The hair ribbon fad has brought
forth The ribbon comb.
The better grades OF isle and silk
hosiery are striped.
Small brown buckles look neat on
the dark brown oxfords
Browns and yellows Of an tones are
much in vogue In millinery.
Tan shoes in twobutton STYLES are
worn with dresses Of ans color
Mohair IS developing into some very
smart coats for motoring wear.
Rhinestone initials in place of
buckles are new fad in footwear
White cotton ball fringe edges some
Of the smariest little linen and cotton
coats.
The front drapery Of the bodice Is
tied IN iichu style. the ends finished
with silk tassels.
The princess day gown of sheer ma.
terial has band OF embroldering lei
in at the waist line
VarJ the appearance OF your wolfe
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suit OF plain color by having a variety
OF slips 20 wear beneath IL.
The dinner robe in which milady re-
ceiyes her guests o. nights IL . thing
Of grace and beauty this year II never
before.
There are also oblong sachet pads
designed 10 III the sides OF the corset
under the arms. when such filling in
is required
The ane neck chain with a ,s. re
pink topaz or other semi-precious
stone as a pendant is one OF the most
popular necklaces
Ia the past the princess gown was
worn only for evening. and II surely
suits costumes for such seasons better
than daytime ones.
The new oxford tie made in black
calfskin has medium pointed toe.
Cuban heel and is characterized by
punched eyelets not worked
4 bevy Of bridesmaids az a smart
wedding wore pale blue silk skirts
yelled with chiffon and Louis coats OF
lowered silk with velvet lapels and
girdles
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The ingenious Saxons IN their -
forts 70 save their forests from deVas
fation have utilized the wei-known
fondness of moths Tor The light Two
powerful searChlirhfs we're mounted
on a pillar In one of the cities % SAY
only recently where the moths wee
most numerous The light was turned
on the forests half a mile away The
moths flew toward the light and when
near 81 were caught in a current ~ AIR
created by powerful exhaust fans and
drawn into bins prepared for them.
According TO the cable dispatches
three tons q moths were caught in
this way the first night The crop ~
leaf-eatinE caterpillars viii be much
smaller in that part 81 Germany next
year.-Youih's Companion.
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Nobody Knows But Mother.

How many buttons are missing today
Nobody knows but mother.
How many playthings are strewn in
her way
Nobody knows but mother.
How many thimbles and spools has
she missed?
How many burns on each fat little
fist?
How many bumps to be cuddled and
kissed?
Nobody knows but mother
How many hats has she hunted today +?
Nobody knows bur mother
Carelessly hiding themselves in the
hay?
Nobody knows but mother
How many handkerchiefs willfully
strayed,
How many ribbons for each little
maid9
How. for her care. can mother be
paid?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many lunches for Tommy and
sam?
Nobody knows but mother.
Cookies and apples and blackberry
JAM
Nobody knows but mother
Nourishing dainties for every sweet
tooth
Todding Dottie or dignifed Ruth.
How much love sweetens the labor.
fOrsOOth9
Nobody knows but mother
How many cares does mother heart
know? /
Nobody knows but mother
How many joys from her mother love
flow?
Nobody knows but mother
How many prayers by each little white
bed.
How many tears for her babes has she
shed.
How many kisses for each curly head?
Nobody knows but mother
Anon
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On the Stairs.

He said Goodnight" and he held heI
hand
In q hcsitatlng way.
And he hoped that her eyes would
understand
What his lips refused 10 say.
He held her hand and he murmured
low.
I'm sorry 10 go like this
Il seems 50 frigidly cold. YOU know.
This Mister OF ours. and Miss
Il thought-perhaps-" and he paused
10 note
II she seemed inclined 10 frown:
But the light in her eyes his heart
strings smote,
As she bllshingly looked down.
She said no word, but she picked a
speck
OF dust from his coat-lapel.
Such a small. such wee little tiny
fleck.
Twas wonder she saw 50 we'll
And it brought her face so very near.
In that dim. uncertain HIGHT.
That the thought. unspOken. was made
quite clear
And | know twas a sweet good
night"
-Edw Everett Nelson. in Smart Set.
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Breeding Sweet Corn.

Considerable tabular data are given
by the New Jersey experiment sta
ton. showing the effect. as indicated
by the composition. OF breeding sweet
corn by The ear 10 row method Three
pldts were selected from the FIRST
years planting aud analyses made Of
number oil ears from each row
These ears were allowed 70 ripen and
were planted in the season III 1907.
The result again Indicated The TEN
dency Of certain individual ears to
transmit Is high pcrcentas - of sl-ar
and that this tendency pres ais
throughout me entire row grown from
such an ear The Crosby variety was
found % be much sNeeter than the
Stowell Eycrsree
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Depending on others is like a cake
minus baking powder. you can always
count on a fall down.
The girl who does i herself need
never lose beauty sleep wondering If
be done
AS We'll put faith in the weather with
invitations out for a garden party as
feel dead certain OF Others doing that
promised task.
What YOU do Yourself may not be
we'll done but. al least. YOU are on
the anxious bench
AS well count on the unboned lace
collar 20 cling back OF the ears as get
the dependent habit
Knowing how to DO things yourself
and doing them makes you as indif-
ferent 20 the whims of others as a
deadbeat 20 debts.
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DEATH BY ELEcTRocUTIoN.
Startling Claim OF . Physician Ina.
Electricity Fails 20 Kill.

The attitude of Coroner George y
\ Shrady. son Of the most distinguish.
surgeon OF his time. toward the kllirs
Of criminals by electricity. is one thar
should have been taken long ts-for.
this time by men whose opinion
would carry weight
Or. Shrady prCnounces the presfr-
method OF executing murderers ia this
and several other States a. the most
brutal conceivable by human mind,
de goes much further and declare
that clause in the bill ordering -
Immediate autopsy is intended Ia
make death sure,
That is 20 SAY. h ass ms that rhe
attendant surgeons who carve uu th.
SUI warm body are the real eEprn
TONERS
Gould any charge D. more terrible.
II IS In effect. a dreadful huusila-5or
20 the profession Of surgery 20 cons
pei some q ifs members 10 dns ror
Signs ~ returning life by fakiu- or-
the heart and the brain ~ The SUI
posed dead man within ten minutes 0f
mo removal - The body from fh+ eiee
trio chair Indeed Or. Shrady make
he definite charge hat one murcere-.
named by him- was in a fair war n
revive and was given a poisonous
drug that finished him
Nothing more startling has been u
tered bE respols 1le man iu maar
wears Ills words would indicate rht
we are returning a. The DAYS ~ SIC
rates. when the dea- h penalty was i-
ficfpd by compelling The CONDEMNED
10 drink hemluck
After 4 long experience as rernrte-
and special corr pondenf. lurir-
which many executions have been ur
messed. the writer would vote for rh
guilo'ine. if Dr. were asked how he
had fo die as "A condemned man d
is completed There isn't any doubt
about the infection ~ fhe death pen
atty When man head Is OF 3
is dead That for the man who want
life 10 end beyond q doubt, An &C
Quaintance 81 ne writer. Edmund
Yates left a hundred pounds In an 20
velope for a friendly surgeon WhO
would sever his j1eliar vein after bis
death tie bad terrible fear Of be
ing buried alive
In the cases of criminals. especially
in this State. Dr. Shrady SAYS the CON
pulsorv autopsy guards against that
Most 81 us EXPECT. or hope. 10 escape
the electric chair Therefore. We arr
not especially concerned 10 kruV
whether the unfortunate chaps Wh1 Z
have 20 die As condemned men really
expire bv The shock OF by The knife
BROOKLYN EAGLE
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Now that fall housekeeping IS en-
crossing so much attention. il is well
TO know that when stretching curtains
especially those beginning to show a
little wear, a sheet should be put on
the floor and upon this tackled the
most worn curtain. using bank pins q
tack each scallOp Then hook the
other curtains on the same as on the
stretchers. This method takes much
less time The curtains will be
straight and OF uniform size. as -four
curtains can be put down az once and
they will wear twice as long
Tack them down do not pin them
because when pinning the pins must
be removed for each curtain and
pinned back. Bank pins are sold by
the pound in department stores. They
will not bend in lacking and can BE-
used a number of times
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Care OF Gamma Roots.

After the foliage of cannas has been
slightly frozen by the first frosts. cut
the tops OF within six 20 eight inches
az tho soil When lifting merely shake
OF the loose soil from The clump place
the clumps under the greenhouse
benches. first putting down some old
boards 50 the roots will not rest on
the damp soil which will start growth
action Under carnation benches Is
best if you have them. as they can be
kept more free from drip than under
benches with pot plants. and the TEN
peraturc Of a carnation house is about
right.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Some men can take ia all girl
wears, the average man sees II she
be the kind he likes-or the other
kind
II he cannot go into details he can,
however, see whether
Her shoes are run down at the heels
or any Of the buttons are gone
Her gloves have holes in the tips
and would be better for soap suds OF
gasoline.
she looks "bandboxy" or as il she
had never heard Of pressing.
She is spotty or slouchy or neat and
trim.
Men may be impressionists as 20
colors and materials they are etchers
when it comes 20 noticing little things
that bespeaks slovenliness
DO not forget girls. that il Is by
such little things that YOU are judged.
rather than by what you pay for your
clothes or how well you carry them.
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RATIoNS FOR HENS TO
INDUCE EARLY LAYING
Four Methods Described for Specs al
Feeding Of Puilets.

The poultry department Of the New
/ Ncrk experiment station has issued "A
/ bulletin on four methods Of feeding
! pullets for early egg production. and
/ the plan ~ experiments and the con
! illusions drawn from the results are
I here given.
! Pen l. Forced received grain mix
/ ture morning and night In the litter
and wet mash az noon
Pen ,. Forced. received The grain
mixture morning and night IN he lit
ter and dry mash in a hopper open az
all times.
Pen 3. Retarded. received grain
morning noon and night in litter and
beef scraps once day In a trough
Pen T. Retarded. received grain mix
iure and beef scrap In hopper open
az All times The pullets IN AN four
pens had grit oyster shell. and water
always before them. and were given
margel beets and cut green bone al
intervals during The period Of confne-
ment
The findings drawn from the data
Of this experiment are as follows.
l. Forced puIlets made better
profit than retarded pullets.
p Forced pullets ate less food
hen at less cost a hen than retarded
pullets
8 Forced pullets produced more
eggs during early winter than retarded
pullets.
4. Forced pullets produced more
eggs during early winter than retarded
pullefs
, Forced nullets give better hatch
ing results OF eggs that retarded pull
lets
Forced pullets made q greater
percentage of gain in weight than re-.
tarded pullets
:. Forced pullets showed less
broodiness than retarded pullets.
;. Forced pullets had less mortality
than retarded pullets.
9. Forced pullets showed better
visor than retarded pullets
~. Forced pullets showed the first
mature mott earlier than retarded pull
let's
II Retarded pulle's gave better fer
tility 81 eggs than forced pulets
II. Hopper fed dry mash gave bet
ter results Ia gain ~ weight. nroduc-
ton of eggs. Matching power of eggs.
days lost in m0lung mortality health
and profit a hen than wet mash.
l3- Wet mash ana rrain-fred bullets \
consumed slightly less food an less
cost. and produced eggs 40 slightly less
cost "A dozen than dry mash and grain
fed pullets
i4 Wet mash and grain fed pullets
Produced slightly larger eggs OF
slightly better fertility. and showed
less braodiness than dry mash and
grain fad pullefs
H. Dry mash and grain FED puIlets
laid eggs nj good size al an earlier
period than wet mash and grain fed
puilets
III. Hopper fed Duliets ate more
than hand fed puliefs
~. pIllefs having whole grain ate
more grit and she'll Than those having
portion Of ground grain
rs. Puieis fen on grain were more
inclined 20 develop bad habits than
those having a mash
~. Earliest producers Gid not give
as many eggs in early winter
~. Early LAYERS gained as rapidly
~ weight as those beginning later 10
Law
~ ProNfcacy made but slight diff
ference in weight Of hen and weight Of
egg
% The most proisn pullets did not
aiwag lay earliest.
% Pullefs did not as a rule Law
while noting
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Smoking Competitions.

Started in one or two small places
few years ago. Smokers Clubs =
have proved most popular institutions
in Germany are now 10 be found IN
nearly every village. The members
meet In the local tayerns once week.
and drink much beer and smoke many
pipes OF tobacco
The most interesting feature OF
these clubs. however. Is the annual
festival. 20 which mem bers Of neigh
boring clubs are invited 10 take part
in a smokers competition held under
precise and elaborate rules and con-
ditions. The contestants are divided
into TWO parties OF ten each and are
seated on platform at the end ~ the
room The president then weighs out
with great evactitute five grammes-
about one-slxth 81 an ounce-of to-
baccO for each man, who rams il into
a new pipe.
At given signal matches are
struck. pipes it, and an begin smok-
ing furiouslv. so that they are soon
hidden in clouds OF smoke Meanwhile
the judge counts aloud the seconds
and minutes as they fly. and before
three minutes have passed most OF The
pipes have been smoked out. Each
mans time is duly entered on a sheet
as he hands over his pipe and the to-
bacco ashes in il are carefully exam
ined 10 see that the pipe has really
been smoked out
The prizes consist for the most part
% beer "steins" and smokers articles.
such as pipes and tobacco Jars and
cases. Music PLAYS Q prominent part
in the entertainments which are be-
coming Increasingly numerous and
popuiar-Tit Bits.
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How 70 Measure a tiaystaek.

To measure hay in round stacl
measure around the stack and divide
by 3.l4 10 get the diameter. SAYS Den
Yer Field and Farm Square the diam
eter and multiply by IS Multiply the
product by the average height OF the
stack Suppose a stack is IS feet
around and 10 feet high. Seventy-hye
feet divided by 3Ii equals - feet
the diameter. Square the diameter
thus. Twenty-four multiplied by =
equals $40 multiplied by rs equals
449.2S square feet in the bottom. Null
tiply this by 10 the average height Of
the stack. and il gives 4.492.S0 cubic
feet in the stack Divide this By 3i3.
the number Of cubic feet in a ton Of
old hay. and the result Is a fraction
over thirteen tons in the stack.
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Wearing Five Buttons.

Girls have gone in for many Chinese
fashions. such as the mandarin jacket.
the kimono sleeve the chrysantne-
mum embroidery. but the wearing oi
five buttons on The coat OF jacket is a
new idea. unknown 20 the many.
The Chinese wear these five buttons
10 remind hem OF the five chief moral
virtues which We're recommended bv
Confucius These are: Humanity.
justice order. rectifuie and prudence.
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Club Stories

Two stories are told 81 the time
when the Athenaeum club. while its
clubhouse was undergoing renoratiun
was Hospitality taken il BY the United
Service club.
One was Of a distinguished Officer
who. after a vain hunt Tor his mr
brcila. was heard to mufter. TEaf
comes q letting those -- bishops
into the club"
The counterblasi is 10 the eject that
when an Aihenaeum man. while mss
club was still the guest Of the other
asked for the lihrar an. the answef
was. Please. sir. he is in the dining
room carving the roast beef
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Pasturlnn Winter Wheat.

Close late pasturing OF autumn
sown wheat fields reduces the yield.
The Oklahoma experiment station rec
ommeuds that stock be taken out Of
the wheat field by March / or Marcn
II al the latest If reasonable returns
are 70 bee expected The quality ~
grain deteriorates perctptibly with
late pasturing Pasturing wheat when
the ground is very wet will have a
tendency 20 lower the yield OF grain
and ar the same time injure the TEX
ture Of the soil Under favorable sea
son conditions wheat frequently makes
very heavy growth. and in these
cases it is advantageous TO pasture.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

a certain rough section in Pennsvl.
vania that has hitherto been regarded
as Of little value. for any purpose. has
been found 20 be well suited 10 the
production Of apples. and the farmers
there have been induced to engage in
orchard planting in q wholesale way.
being assured that the business viii
pay largely. We have much roughly
billy land in several OF our southern
counties that ought TO be used in the
same way.-lndiana Farmer
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rook Him =, His Mord.

Gradgrind ito his employees No.
body but me Is 30 touch that clock.
Nobody is to begin or leave on work
except as il indicates the time.
Foreman-Ies. sir
Grandgrind lthe mex, day. why.
the day Is one-iourth gone and no.
bod.s AZ work, What does this
mean
Foreman fmeeklyi You forgot 10
wind the clock sir.-L0ndOn Fun.
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The high stepping horse seldom has
a low head
Many horse is spoiled by the black
smith
Raising colt is one way to make
the money grow
Alfalfa hay should be FED TO horses
gradually az first
When feeding bran mashes do no,
have them too Thin
After all. there IS no grain better
than oats for horses.
Drag the roads for the teams sake
IL for no other reason.
Curryine after a hard days work
will increase The horses comfort. -
Kimlalls Dairy Farmer
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Charm Of Sincerity

Few attributes add so much 10 ones
personal power as the knowledge that
one Is absolutely genuine and sincere
If your life is a perpetual lie. If you
know that YOU are not what you pro.
tend 10 be. you cannot be strong
There Is a continuous struggle with
the truth going on inside you which
saps your energy and warps character.
II there Is a mote in your eye. re-
move II az once. Otherwise. you can.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

When making a circular skirt finish
all but the lower edge and hang up
for a few days After that length OF
time il can be safely turned up. as il
Will have stretched as much as IL ordi-
narily will In pressing all wool and
mohair dress goods care should be
taken 10 remove the pressing cloth
while the material is damp. allowing
ir 10 steam dry. II pressed until per
fectly dry the material receives a sort
OF polished glazed finish and is made
tender
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Quite the newest collar from Paris
to wear with any kind OF dress is a
band Of white satin, bordered at the
top and base with double-pleated
frill Of plcated white tulle This en-
circles the neck and makes the most
becoming framework for the face.
giving cachet and a charm OF great
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Memories of long past days sur
round The tiny parasols that are car
ried IN the automobile and horse car
riage alike edged with fringe that
hutters n the breeze Men who We're
Young dandies ia the fifties OF last
century viii recoliect them. and the
airs and graces they enabled q pretty
woman 10 reveal. for in truth they
are as useful as a fan in the hands
OF a coQuette.
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Medical Maxims.

1t is an 80 wind that blows the doc
tor good
To err IS normal. 70 cure divine.
4 patient in the Office is worth two
In the grave
Never operate during periods Of de-
preston particularly financial
IL is better 70 have operated and
lost. than never 70 have operated al
all
4 stitch in time saves cmbarrass-
ment.
An ounce az pretension is worth a
pound Of cure.
When patients relapse. it's natures
fault when they die. it's their own
Life
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Woman's Sphere.

not look the world straight in the face.
Further there will be a clondiness. a
haze. about your character which Will
be noticeable 10 those about you.
Strength lies In character Deceit
is weakness. sham and pretense are
,afeebliug Only the genuine and the
sincere are worth while.
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WOULD YOU PAY $500
FOR A BIG HAT?
Many Of the Mammoth Lids Worn
Now Cost More Than This.

The mammoth hat Is conquering
London. A fashionable woman pur-
chased 10 fewer than fourteen speci-
mems OF IL the other day in a we'll
known millinery establishment The
models We're gigantic and were vari-
ously trimmed though plumage pre-
dominated over flowers in their adorn.
ment
Though the present fashion in its
exaggerated form has come 10 us from
Paris. said an authority on hats.
London really taught Paris 70 appre-
ciate the picture hat
1T figured largely in the trosseau
of the young Queen of Spain. and set
the mode among the French. who ar
first scoffed at the shady brims and
softly plumed crowns of the mushroom
or cloche model bur afterward adopt
ed il whole heartedly. with noticeable
exaggeratons in size and trimming Z"
Far from rebelling against the size
of the mammoth hats | am selling ("
declared another purveyor Of fashion.
able headgear. my customers will
look at nothing small.
The reason that the sum Of 5000 is
by no means an uncommon price for
a single hat is that so much expensive
material and trimming are required
The most exclusive women, those
of the world of fashion. who are not
led by the vagaries OF any mode. are
not ordering mammoth millinery" said
one authority. i made numbers of
hats for Ascot that are very beautiful
but by no means exaggerated In
point OF fact. numbers OF the best
dressed women adhere 10 the same
style Of hat season after season, with
slight alterations"