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The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-12

Raymond Still and Carl Seabree spent Sunday in New York city.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-12

Miss Jessie Edwards and Miss Edna city
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PERSONAL NOTES.

Frederick Lutz and son. grocers of Sylvan avenue, will leave to-day for trip to Mexico, stopping at Florida, Havana, Prosk7.so, Vera Cruz, New Orleans and tn City of Mexico. The Lutzs have tAb cwell wishes of their many friends saz wish them a pleas ant |ofirney and safe return.
 Charles F. Paden of Walingford, the genial salesman of Meigs & Co. will celebrate the first anniversary of his wedding by six weeks trip through Florida. accompanied by his wife. Mrs. Paden was formerly Mrs Susan A. Jones of New Haven Their many friends have been promised souvenirs from Palm Beach. Jackson vile, Key West. St. Augustine. and the other famous winter resorts, and It is expected that they will have many interesting stories to tell when they return to their home, l64 Edge wood avenue, New Haven.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
CURIOUS HOTEL CUSTOMS.
Where Every cuss Word Costs 4
Penny.

A curious custom prevails at an Ia
inburgh hotel. says Tit.Bits. when
ever a customer Is heard 10 swear he
is required 10 place a penny In a box
on the bar counter. IL Is not a matter
for surprise that the landlord hears
much less bad language than some OF
his fellow publicans in the capital OF
Scotland.
The following is a quaint idea for
providing funds for picnics and social
evenings. IL is carried on with much
success ar an AshtOn-on-Mersey inn:
A knocking club" is connected with
the inn, and when a customer calls
for refreshments he is expected 10
knock on the table or counter before
drinking. II he fails 10 do this he is
fined one penny. Anyone who wrong
fully accuses another OF breaking this
unique rule is also fined. The money
thus obtained provides funds for
many enjoyable outings and pleasant
evenings during the course of the year
AT another hotel. known as the Old
Hundred. customers are allowed only
one drink II one is not sufficient TO
quench their thirst they are obliged to
go out OF the hotel and take a walk be
fore they are allowed TO have another.
Till recently the proprietor OF an
old-time hotel in Warwickshire used 10
invite all his customers TO accompany
him and his wife 10 the service at the
parish church on Sunday mornings.
which was situated on the opposite Of
the road, the house being closed while
they were away. On returning each
customer was invited to partake OF re-
freshments offered by the hospitable
landlord free of charge.
Visitors To a certain hotel In Aber-
deenshire who wear brown boots must
remember TO keep them in their room
over night Otherwise the boots will
be blacked. regardless of the original
color OF the same. In one of the rooms
OF a Dumfries public house is an old
armchair which is said 10 have been
frequently used by the poet Burns.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
Rice in Place of Corn.

The farmers OF the corn belt States
may within a few years be able TO
raise enough rice 10 supply the mar
kets OF the world IL the new variety
OF upland rice which r. n. Meyer re-
Gently has discovered in Northern Chi
na does all that is expected OF IL.
Mr. Meyer is a special agent for the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. recently from China, where
he has spent three years searching
for varieties OF plants that would be
likely TO prove valuable IL introduced
into this country This upland rice
has been successfully grown in Man
churia for years The climate there
Is much the same as that OF the CEN
trail corn belt States, and there seems
10 be no reason why Il should not do
as well here.
The horticultural department at
Ames has a special plant introduction
garden where they are testing some
Of the plants introduced by Mr.. Meyer
and other explorers. Among these
are a number Of hardy varieties OF
apples and pears which will be valu-
able as foundation stock for breed
ing up varieties adapted TO the nor
thern part OF the State Another very
interesting plant which is growing
on the grounds there Is a species OF
dogwood.-New York Evening Pest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
A DRAGON HUNT.
II Took Place in Turkey and Was a
Great Success.

Yes. | wunst hunted dragons. and
the hunt was successful, too" said a
sailor.
1t was on Eyoub. the native quarter
OF old Constantinople. lived there
with my wife. Circassian gal. Fat.
nah by name. and comm home from
the calf one night"
Cafe"
sure. Calf Don't you know what
a calf is? Kind OF restaurant where
you eat and drink and smoke. But
where was H."
You were coming home"
We'll. as We come home from the
calf Fatmah grabbed my arm, pointed
TO the moon and gave loud yell. The
full moon behind the domes and min
arets was goin' into an eclipse. /
laughed. but Fatmah says:
"A dragon. o my beloved, she says.
is tryin' to devour the moon,' she
SAYS. II the faithful STAY ii not. there
will be no more moonlight says she
-'neverl'
Then. by tar, begun the biggest
racket ever hear. All Eyoub was on
a dragon hunt. From every housetop
the faithful fired bunderbusses at the
moon in the hope OF KILN the dragon.
When We got home | tried to ex-
plain TO Fatmah what an eclipse was,
but she thought ! was laughin' at her.
So gave up my explanations. and.
with a pistol, each of us joined in the
hunt. bangin' away at the dragon from
the winder turn and turn about.
BY crinus. we got him, The hunt
was a success The dead dragon
dropped of the moon, and she floated.
round and silvery wunst more, ABOVE
the palms and minarets standin' black
agin the pale sky.
"Fatmah claimed II was her shot
what landed him, but / was always
convinced 1t was my own."-New Or
leans Times-DemOcrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27

On most farms there are two or
three and often more kinds OF soil.
Crops which produce abundantly on
one soil do poorly on other soils. The
thinking farmer is the man who
knows the capabilities Of his various
soils as he does the capabilities and
adaptability of his machinery and
teams TO do certain kinds of work. A
study OF soils is one OF the most fasci-
mating and profitable studies 10 which
the farmer can turn his mind. IL not
infrequently happens that the farmer
can make a change in his fields and
methods OF farming which will result
in a very favorable surprise. - Farm
ers' Advocate.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27

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Thanksgiving Day Is nec,it.-
American, peculiarly our own NJ
other nation on earth has a HOLIDAY
Ike IL. probably no other nation wor,,
have ever conceived such a holidsw
IL Is American all the way thrours"
In spirit, and In tehe chief item ~ N.
Dill OF fare. to-wit. the noble Americas
turkey. an
Thanksgiving day was originally .,
agricultural festival and its colehr"
ton was confined 10 the particular IN
cality In which II originated. But to1ov
II Is national. Every true America
man. woman or child. loves this elaa
day. In which a people pours out M
thanks to the Almighty for the bonn
teous blessings vouchsafed during mo
preceding twelve month.
To-day our thanks are not merel,
for good crops. but for the peace q,
our country among the nations OF tbs
world. for the prosperity of every lima
OF business and industry. for the free
dom from pestilence. and the various
and sundry other blessings which A
generous Providence has poured unon
us. IL Is an inspiring thought, that o.
a great people, with common accord
Offering prayers OF thanks TO the Oliver
OF All Things. II is not a matter OF
creed. not a matter OF faith. but A
universal ground upon which al can
meet and participate. no matter what
the form OF worship may be Christian.
Jew, Mohammedan, whatsoever creed
man holds TO, he acknowledge the
sovereignty of Supreme Being. and
on this. our Thanksgiving day, he NJ.
ters his gratitude for all that which
the Omnipotent has done for him and
his fellows in this great, glorious land
OF ours
History records nothing so angus,
among the institutions Of men as this
festival. 1t is as though the people
with one impulse, sought communion
with the Divine at least once In each
year, that the whole nation may walk
with God" and not forget that there
is One mghtier than President and
political parties TO Whom thanks are
due and from Whom all things spring
And. surely. there have been Few
Thanksgiving days in our history when
the universal heart had more 20 in
spire IL with gratitude than this one
which is upon us. Let us. then OBJ
serve the day in its proper spirit and
show our appreciation of the infinite
good things that the Author OF AT hai
permitted us 10 enjoy Let us make y
from one end OF the country % tht
other, a real dag OF thanksgiying r.
The Sunny South.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
THANKSGIVING Favors.

Boxes in all kinds OF shapes approp-
rate for the day can be found in the
shops. Roast turkeys, fruits OF any
kind. plum puddings, baked beans,
pumpkins in every size, and all kinds
OF vegetables are modelled in papier-
mache, and are TO be filed with
small candies or sailed nuts.
Then. any ingenious woman may
plan her own favors and make them
herself. Doll-heads can be dressed as
demure Puritan maids or turned into
Pilgrim Fathers with peaked hats ana
stiff collars. Witches. most unhap
PLY associated with Puritan days. can
be manufactured: turkey feather
made into Indian head-dresses. and
necklaces of red and yellow corn-all
are suitable.
The hardest task is the hunting up
OF appropriate quotations. We may
look for these among the New England
poets and the speeches OF American
patriots.
One can make funny figures out OF
vegetables and fruits. transforming
an orange into jolly Chinese boy, a
lemon into a fat boy-or quaint things
can be made out OF dates and figs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
Animal Food for Hens

The hen seems 20 require more or
less animal food TO do her best I'm the
way OF laying eggs. The most sue
cessful poultry raisers are pretty well
agreed on this point. During recent
years. since a number OF experiment
stations have investigated questions
pertaining to successful poultry rails
ing. additional assurance has been fur
nished that a certain amount OF ami
NAL food is essential TO a large egg
production. A recent bulletin from
the Massachusetts, station SAYS on the
point: Judging from our own results
and from those obtained by Wheeler
OF the Maine experiment station. IL
seems safe TO conclude that animal
albuminOids as measured by produc-
ton possesses a much higher degree
OF efficiency than those derived from
vegetable origin"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
AROUND THE FARM.

That low. wet ground will do well in
Herds grass
Kill a sheep this fall and corn the
meat. II Is delicious.
Never feed more 10 the animals than
they will eat up clean.
often the pessimist needs a change
OF diet as much as anything else
Keep down the weeds In the fall
IL will tighten the work in the spring
Pig raising is most successful where
skim milk is a large part of the feed
ration.
Machinery all housed? You cannot
AFFORD to let the rust eat out the lining
of your pOcketbook.
Irregular feeding Is one contribu-
tory cause 10 horses acquiring the
habit OF boiling their feed.
Put a mulch OF strawy manure
around the berry bushes and the grape
vines. but don't put on too early.
Your first mistake is excusable. your
second. never; for no man has any
business making the same mistake
twice.
The dairyman's profits come In dur
ing all the year That is one reason
why that type Of farming is better
than any other.
A good herd OF cows OF one breed
and in thrifty condition Is the best
kind OF an index TO the character of
the farmer who owns them.
Colts will not raise themselves. Hit
and-miss methods never yet produced
the best horses. Remember that rails
ing colts pays IL you give them intel
ligent care.
Careful feeding can keep up the
milk flow. II does not pay TO let IL
run down. for once a smaller yield IS
established II cannot be increased un-
til after another calving.
The cold rains Of the fall prove a
great drain upon the vitality OF the
live stock. The farmer that does not
provide shelter for the animals Is
working against his own interests.
Not only place the farm machinery
under cover, but oil II up so that
atmospheric dampness will not rust
the exposed bright parts A little
time now will save days of trouble
next spring
A tidbit in the way OF a piece OF
sugar or an apple will prove ideal in
winning the confidence OF the colt.
Always have something for him. and
you will be proud and delighted at the
attention he will shower upon you.
Grade up your dairy cows by using
a pure bred bull. II may take a few
years TO do II. but each year saving
the best OF the heifer calves will give
you in time a herd Of sows that will
prove far more profitable than your
present herd.
Raise the best crops you can and
sell them at the best price you can.
but don't speculate. The farmer that
begins to deal on the grain market has
taken his first step to ruin. for moth.
Ing but failure and loss ever come 10
the farmer who tried his hand at the
game.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27

Not a sound the old leaves utter
As they swirl and swoop and hutter
From the branches 20 the gutter.
From their glory 10 their shame;
As they die before their fellow
Leaves have donned their red and vel
low.
Ere the autumn's fashions mellow
Into flame.
Yet they catch my spirit trying
To interpret their replying
To the sympathetic signing
or the breezes from the West
We have garnished London's lean
ness
With a tiny spot OF greenness.
We have touched mans sordid mean
ness
With Gods best
SO these leaves OF nightly musing
For stem my heart are using
Till they fail TO meet the bruising
or the traffic rushing by.
Yet perchance their shadows. waving
Ger the heartless city paving
Yield the hope some soul is craving
Ere they die.
London Daily News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
The Veterinarians.

The good veterinarian should be en-
couraged. for the country needs him.
The good veterinarian is almost al
ways the graduate of veterinary col
lege. There are great many I'M
skllful and unscientific men practic.
ing as veterinarians today. They have
not passed through the veterinary
schools and their information Is large.
" picked up. In picking up this in
formation they have gathered with II
good deal Of misinformation. The
latter makes the unqualified veterin-
arian a dangerous man. Many good
animal has been ruined by being
treated for a disease he did not have.
or by being given a medicine danger.
Gus in the hands Of man not under.
standing t.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
Grandps's THANKSGIVING.

While the autumn days are calling.
Calling. calling. sad and drear
From the trees the leaves are falling.
Falling, falling. brown and scar.
Other days | can recall
Many a bright and happy fall
But as memory brings them back again
with soft and hallowed charm.
There's perhaps no thought so
dear
At this season OF the year
AS the thought OF old Thanksgiving
days at
Grandpa's on the farm.
Even tho II might be showing.
Showing. showing. fast and long,
And November winds be blowing
Blowing. Neutrality-suspicious. song.
Safe at Grandpa s-from the
storm.
All was pleasant. bright ara
oh. how much there was for dina
more to eat when We
through
And so good-such chicken pies,
Lips were moist as well as eyes
AS | think Of old Thanksgiving days
with Grandpa and Aunt Lou.
And the songs we then were singing
Singing, singing. long ago.
Through the glad, sad past coming
ringing,
Ringing. ringing. sweet and low
These. with legends that Were told
On Thanksgiving days OF old,
As we gathered. bound together by
loves sweet and magic charm
These the heart still hold dear,
Tho the loved ones be not near
Who so much enjoyed Thanksgiving
day at Grandpa's on the farm.
Twentieth Century Farmer.
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VALUE AND USE OF
CROPS or 8UckWHEAT.
Some Points Concerning This Grain
Worth Remembering.

Buckwheat is a good crop TO grow
on weedy lands. il is a nitrogen gath
erer like clover. il may be sown late.
with safety. when the rush Of other
seeding Is over and il Is a good yield
er. Buckwheat -four made into cakes
becomes one Of the Injuries OF life
For the dairy COW there Is no better
feed than the middlings or shorts re-
sulting from the -four that delights
the humans OF the home.
Whole buckwheat has about the
feeding value of corn. but its mid
dlings has a high protein content. p
per cent, oil meal has % per cent.
and the manure from that feed is
rich In nitrogen. Ground buckwheat
made into thick slop is good for the
brood SOW. and its flavor soon induces
the little pigs TO learn to eat.
Horses eat whole buckwheat and
they seem to do well on il and well
come IL 10 break a mOnOtOnOus diet
Fowls like II. and relish ii for a long
time continuously. AS crop for
home consumption. as a weed killer
and nitrogen source to land buck
wheat deserves a recognition that IL
does not get. and more Of IL should
be grown. not in large quantity. IN
less TO be used as a weed destroyer
and TO pillow under as a fertilizer. but
moderately.
In the Eastern States. especially
New England. a patch OF buckwheat
will be found on nearly every farm,
and when in bloom II adorns the land
scape. delights the bees and gives
promise of delightful breakfasts dur
ing the coming winter. around the
family table and in the dairy cows
stable.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
Prevention OF BlackIeq.

To prevent blackleg vaccination is
the only remedy which the Oklahoma
experiment station can suggest. The
only instrument necessary to admin
lister the vaccine is a good. stout sy-
ringe. and with this anyone with a lit
tie care can administer vaccine. Young
cattle should be vaccinated once a
year, in March or April and again in
October. IL they are 10 be vaccinated
only once. the work should probably
be done in the spring. as the disease
is more prevalent then than at any
other season.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
Farm and Garden.

Their tanks are covered with the
dung that indicates the condition in
which they are compelled To lie every
night. II is revolving TO think that
from such cows is drawn some OF the
milk that Is sent 10 the cities for con
sumption in its whole state or that is
used for the production OF cream out
OF which butter is to be made. In this
day Of dairy education. IL Is no longer
necessary for a man TO have dirty
cows A proper arrangement Of the
stables will keep them clean.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
SiIaqe For Beef.

Everywhere the feeding OF silage 10
dairy cattle and beef cattle. horses and
hogs is attracting each year more and
more attention. The Ohio experiment
station has recently completed a test
in which IL was established that corn
silage under the conditions of the ex-
pertinent had a value of s463 per ton
in feeding for beef. In view OF this.
let any one not feeding silage consider
what he is losing when an acre OF corn
makes ten TO fifteen tons OF silage.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
Green Food for Poultry

The value Of green food for poultry
lies in the aid il renders the digestion
OF other foods and in the effect of dis
tending or adding bulk TO the ration.
besides affording various and valuable
nutrients. particularly protein. which
food constituent Is indispensable in
the growth OF any animal. Protein is
the element Of food which produces
bone and muscle. and any growing an
imal In order TO thrive must have the
required amount.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
PloW Fowl Yards.

The fowl yards should be plowed
up occasionally; this serves two pur.
poses. II gives the fowls a chance
to eat the worms and get rid Of the
trampled. unclean soil BE sure that
the pullets have plenty of good food
during the summer II you expect them
to develop and lay when eggs are
Home Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27

play safe game, so instead OF beard
ing the dear girls father in his lair
he wrote as follows: IL want your
daughter-the flower OF your family"
BY return mail came the old mans
reply: Your photography seems TO
have a fiat wheel. What you want Is
doubtless the -four In connection with
my dough. and II my girl wants you
suppose I'll have TO give up."-Chicago
News
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
A lonQ-Felt Want.

Il had a hair-raising experience this
morning" said the doctor.
wish / could bump up against
something like that" said the bald.
headed druggist-Chicago News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
Won $50. 900 at One sitting.

Mention of Lord Rosslyn and his 'fn-
fallible" system reminds one that Wis
count Villiers. who has just married
Lady Cynthia Needham, has shown a
foncness for Monte Carlo gambling
tables. And although he possesses no
particular system he has proved one
OF the biggest winners Of recent years
Some two years ago he made a most
sensational coup, and won $4,000
at one sitting.-Tit Bits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
Natural Supposition.

you saw that crazy man climb TO
the top OF a freight car in his pajam-
as. lather his face with a whitewash
brush. and try 10 shave himself with
a butchers cleaver. and you didn't re-
port him to the police?"
Certainly not. naturally pre-
sumed he was paying freak election
bet."-Chicago Tribune.
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Fresh Reporter.

Yes" said Stormington Barnes. ct
love the stage. am bound to II by
many ties, as II were"
Railroad ties?" queried the fresh
reporter.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
A Scream.

Song Writer-Heard my latest lin
gering tilt old man? It's making the
horridest kind OF hit with the girls.
audevillian--What's il surnamed?
Song Writer-"How'd You Like to
Be the Blarney Stone Puck.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
What Ma Said

Little Girl ito lady visitor) Please,
Miss Jawerer. let me see your tongue.
Miss ]. tsurprised)-Why. my dear?
Little Girl-Why. ma said you'd no
end of tongue.-London Sketch.
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Old Reliable.

Mrs. Oatbin-How'd them turkeys
We was raisin' fur Thanksgivin' turn
out 81?
Mr.. Corncrib-wall, the last one we
he'd died in July. but we're goin' {
hey some prime pork sausage.-Puck.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
Worse and More Of IL

Grumbell-Most women have but
one idea. and that's dress.
Jenks-Huh! My wife has about a
dozen ideas on all that suDject.-Hous-
ton Post.