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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-10-21
What to Do
Before the
Doctor Come

There Is nc difference between a
home that has been fractured and one
that has been broken, although the
term fracture is sometimes used when
the bone has been only cracked or
split and not broken entirely apart
Fractures are usually caused by
some external force as blow with a
club or a fall. but sometimes. espe-
cially in elderly people. sudden mus
TO break.
A bone may be broken anywhere
throughout its length or Il may have
just little corner broken of one OF
its ends. The longer bones OF the ex-
tremities are OF course more often
fractured than the shorter and irregu-
lar bones.
Fractures often accompany sprains
and dislocations and II Is important
that such injuries should be seen Sy
a physician so as 10 learn whether or
not fracture also exists. as the prop
er treatment OF the case depends upon
this knowledge.
bdH9cFe.
Some of the dangers of fractured
bones are the injuries to the surround
ing structures, as rupture OF blood YES
sells. tearing of nerves, and puncture
of organs. as OF the lung In frac-
lures OF the ribs. In fractures OF the
skull the bleeding. although often
slight, may be within the skull and
cause death by pressing upon some
vital part Of the brain. The infection
following compound fractures may re-
suit in a general blood poisoning and
death.
AS a bone that has been fractured
Is weaker than normal for a number
OF months. even after the six TO eight
weeks usually considered necessary
for its healing. the part should be used
carefully in order to prevent a second
fracture.
The Diagnosis.
The diagnosis of fracture is some
times very easy. as when a long bone
is broken near its middle and the limb
bends at that point. When a long
bone Is broken near its end or when a
small Irregular bono Is broken. II IS
sometimes very diff. cult without the
assistance OF an X-rav photograph TO
tell whether or not the bone is frac-
tured Some of the other symptoms
which help to diagnose broken bone
are pain which Is rather acute and be-
comes very sharp on any attempt at
movement. This pain is little differ
ent from the more dull ache OF dis
location. When the ends of a broken
bone rub against each other there is a
peculiar grating sensation that can be
felt and sometimes heard This is
called bony crepitus. The broken frag-
ments should not be moved back and
forth in attempting to bring out this
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-10-21
Hold Times Blast Suspect.

Sacramento. Cal, Oct. 12.-George
Wallace was arrested at the Sacra-
mento post Office while receiving let
ters which II is declared connect him
with the Los Angeles Times dyna-
hitting. He lie supposed to be a miner.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-10-21
First Formed Societies.

Great Britain has the honor Of hav.
ing first formed societies for the pre-
vention OF cruelty to animslA
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
Farm Wagon Jack.

A simple and cheap form of wagon
jack is illustrated. The material reQuir-
ed is four pieces of wood and a few
bolts. 1t will serve quite well if made of
soft wood, but will not last SO long or
do so much heavy lifting as it would
made out of hard wood. Hickory is
the best, but white oak is almost as
good. A is t~hirty-six inches long, six
inches wide and one and one-half inch
es thick. B is thirty-siX inches long,
six inches wide, two inches thick. A
is bolted to B at right angles with five
three-eighths bolts. 1t also has a sue
cession of half-inch holes bored two
inches apart, towards the upper part.
G is 2X3 inches, of hard Woo and as
long as may be desired. 1t has a sue
cession OF half-inch holes an inch and
a half apart. D is three inches wide
and one inch thick, and about forty
four inches long. 1t is bolted to B
near II end, and has a number of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
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In anticipation of the needs of
Arbor Day the Oklahoma experiment
station has in press a bulletin on
"Tree Culture" by Professor Norris
of the horticultural department.
While the bulletin treatS of many fea-
lures, such as the best trees to plant
for shade or post and pole production,
perhaps the most timely and useful
advice is that relating to planting
which is as follows:
The trees should be set a little deep
er in the soil than they stood in the
nursery row., or where previously
grown. The soil must be worked in
underneath the large roots and lamp
ed firm about them. The top of the
tree should be leaned slightly to the
southwest.
This enables the tree to resist the
hard south winds and before the end
of the first season the tree will be
standing in an erect position. 1t is a
good plan to shake the tree several
times while tamping the dirt around
the roots and to pour water o
the tree in order to bring the soil in
contact with every bit of DOT surface.
After the water has been poured on,
another inch or two of dry soil aud
good, surface should be thrown about
the tree to prevent baking.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

Experiment station tests have shown
that nitrate of soda is the one f~ertiliz.
er most needed by meadows in the
spring. AS early in the spring, the
second year after wheat, if clover has
been grown, as new fresh growth
shows, make a mixture of equal weight
OF nitrate OF soda and fine dry earth,
and apply broadcast at the rate of 800
pounds per acre. 1t would be quite
useless to use any other form of fer
~tiljSer, for everything depends upon
immediate availability of the plaut
food. By this treatment not only will
wild grasses be kept back, but also
sporadic patches of clover. The young
timothy will develop very thick
growth, due to very extensive stooling.
The cost of fertilizer and its applica-
ton will be about 81 per acre if no fall
application was made, and $6.75 If It
was necessary to fall fertilize.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
New way to swear on Taxes.

The best way of not paying taxes
IN your personal property is to swear
them off. By swearing of" is meant
going to the tax assessor and making
a deposition that you really don't live
where you to live, that you real
ly don't own what you seem to own,
and that. while you appaer to be very
rich man, you are really overburdened
by G s which you have hitherto sue.
49, y concealed. Since personal
taxes began, so. many ways of swear
ing off have beer invented that the
tax authorities had come to believe
that there was no new tax dodge un-
der the sun.
But the AK authorities were mis-
taken. A few days ago a man came
to the New York tax commissioners
and asked to be relieved Of his per-
sonal taxes. II have only $5,O0O,' he
said, land that money is in city bonds
and is being held in trust"
For whom?" asked the tax COM
missioner.
The question was unexpected and at
first there was no answer, but the tax
commissioner insisted. Finally, in .
stage whisper, the swearer-of explain
ed:
The money is held in trust during
his lifettme-for my dog."-Success
Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

lation except for the front, II in a
case of a driving storm sheep would
be in a worse condition inside than
out. Sheep never thrive if confined in
sheds that are draughty, too close, or
badly ventilated, and it is surprising
that men who have raised sheep Cor
many years with Door results do not
seem to appreciate this fact. A shed
with an open side on the south and
with an allowance of about twelve feet
of floor space for each sheep, should
be provided. Every sheep farm should
have a dog-prOOf fence.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

1t will keep your stock thrifty and
growing all winter, produces fat beef
more cheaply than dry feed, enables
cows to produce milk and butter more
economically, is more conveniently han
died than dry fodder, prevents more
of corn stalks in the manure, fur
nishes a feed that the stock will relish
in the cold winter months, makes pa
latable food of stuff that would not
otherwise be eaten, enables the farmer
to preserve food which natures at a
rainy time of the year, when drying
would be next to impossible, and is
easily constructed and the expense of
building will be more than returned
the first year, and because it is the
most economical method of supplying
food for the stock during the hot, dry
periods in summer, when the pasture
is short-Missouri Experiment Sta
ton.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

A baby born amid the floods a
Moses.
Attached to a tombstone in a Har
lesden (England) undertaker's shop is
a card which reads: You may tele
phone from here"
A cents worth of electricity, at the
average price in this country, will.
raise ten tons twelve feet high with e
crane in less than a minute.
No coal is mined in this country
lower han a depth of 1900 feet, while
several English mines penetrate $500
feet down, and there are mines in
Belgium four thousand feet deep
Eight-inch seams of coal are mined
less than fourteen inches thick are
worked in this country.
A woman who likes to have flowers
in her window but finds it imprac.
ticable to do so in the city has arti.
fetal ones painted On the glass. The
windows are high up above the street
and the flowers are in bright colors to
SsS LII ~ w oSSA AlolO ool1
The apartment house in which the wo.
man lives is on Broadway, and the
effect of the art is very striking.-New
York Sun.
Montreal is said to be in a bad san
itary condition. The water supply has
been condemned in parliament, and the
method of sewage disposal is far from
coSicfonf0rv A r,a1ioal r,ar,bor &c
parliament declares that the Montreal
water furnished on the cars of the In.
tercolonial railway, where alcoholic
drinks are not allowed, Is a distinctly
dangerous beverage, containing dis.
ease and DEATH" Typhoid fever is
prevalent in the city.
The number of automobiles owned
by farmers is growing rapidly. Out
Of ten thousand autos in Iowa, five
thousand are owned by farmers. Kan
sas farmers spent $4,000, 900 for auto
mobiles during 1909, and $2,75O,O0O in
1908. In one Nebraska town of eight
hundred population, forty autos were
sold last year to farmers near the town
and retired farmers in the town. Care.
full estimate of the number IF auto.
mobiles owned by farmers in the entire
United States Is $4,000.
Corn grows in 100 days from its
planting time. Out in the great corn
belt, during 1909, the corn farmers
made the ground give up to them
$4,000, 900 every day Of those 800. In
other words, every day from the time
the corn farmers put the seed in the
ground, $4,000, 900 were poured into
their laps until a grand total Of $1,72O,-
100000 vas rolled up! All the gold
and silver in the whole United States
to-day isn't equal to this corn crop OF
last year.-Travel Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
HOE SIZES,
How the OF Measurement
Was Established.

1t is most difficult for many persons
ent articles of wearing apparel. Col
lars, shirts and gloves are easy
enough, because in the case of these it
Is a matter of actual inches. But the
hat and shoe numbers are what puzzle
most people, to say nothing of the
mystery why a No. II stocking goes
with a No. 8 shoe.
This last puzzle is, however, easily
explained. Stockings have always
been measured by the inch from heel
to toe, but the numbering of shoes was
fixed a long time ago by a French
man.
The Frenchman permanently fixed
the numbers of shoes for all Europe
and America. He arbitrarily decided
that no human foot could possibly be
smaller than three and seven-eighths
inches. So, calling this point zero, he
allowed one-third of an inch to a size
and accordingly built up his scale. 1t
follows the-efrom that a MAJ cannot
find out the number Of his own shoe
unless he be an expert arithmetician.
Even then he is likely to go wrong,
because all the shoe experts allow for
the weight of the individual and the
build Of his foot before they try to de-
termine what size shoe he ought to
wear.
AS far as women's shoes are con-
cerned the problem is still more diff
cult, because many of the manufac-
turers instead of keeping to the regu-
lar scale have marked down their num-
bers n or two sizes in order to cap
ture easily fattered customers. For
this reason most dealers ask out of
customers to send an old shoe
with their orders.
h system Of measuring hats is
much simpler Any man can tell what
size he wears simply by adding the
width and length of the inner brim
and then dividing by two. Orders can
also be sent to the shopkeeper by stat
ing the circumference of the head
Boston Globe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

The longer apples remain on the
tree, unless the weather becomes too
cold to permit their exposure, the bet
ter the flavor and the keeping quail
ties. The fruit that ome to perfec-
ton the farthest north, as that in the
Hood river region of Oregon, appears
to have the finest keeping qualities
without deterioration in flavor.
OF the varieties raised in the East
the winter russets keep longest with
out being put in cold storage and real
ly reach the full perfection of flavor
only late in the winter or the early
spring. 1t used to be considered a
marvellous and almost an impossible
thing to keep apples over from the
fall till the first summer apples APP
peared, but with methods of cold
storage so extensively used as they
are now this is easily achieved and
with far less deterioration in flavor
than might reasonably be expected.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
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We recently heard of a poultryman
who fastened several traps on posts
and stumps near his poultry yard for
the purpose of catching hawks. The
traps worked day and night, and it
was not long until he had caught five
hawks, an owl and a polecat. Hawks
have a habit of lighting On a post or
tree to survey the field before swooping
down on their prey.-Farmers' Mail
and Breeze.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

VIZ SNlh II
Il began to have az itching over my
whole body about seven years ago and
this settled in my limb, from the knee
to the toes. l went to see a great many
physicians, a matter which cost me a
fortune, and after | noticed that l did
not get any relief hat way, l went for
three years to the hospital. But they
were unable to help me there. I used
all the medicines that l could see but
became worse and worse. l had an
Inflammation which made me almost
crazy with pain. When l showed my
foot to my friends they would get
really frightened. l did not know
what to do, | was so sick and had be-
come so nervous that | positively lost
all hope.
Il had seen the advertisement of
the Cuticura Remedies a great many
times, but could not snake up my mine
to buy them, for | had already used SO
many medicines. Finally l did decide
to use the Cuticura Remedies and l
tell you that l was never so pleased as
when ! noticed that, after having used
two sets Of Cuticura Soap, Cuticurl
Ointment and Cuticura Pills, the en-
tire inflammation had gone. l was
completely cured. l should be only
too glad If people with similar disease
would come to me and find out the
truth. l would only recommend them
to use C%uticura. Mrs. Bertha Sachs,
1921 Second Ave, New York, N. Y,
Aug. 20, 1909"
Mrs. Bertha Sachs is my sister-in-
law and / know we'll how she suffered
and was cured by the Cuticura Rene.
dies after many other treatments
failed. Morris Sachs, 321 e. seth ST.,
New York, N. Y, Secretary CT
Deutsch-O strowoer Unt.-Verein, Kemp
ner Hebrew Benevolent Society, ETC."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
ABANDONED IT
For the Old Fashioned Coffee was
Killing.

For the Old Fashioned Coffee WEI
II always drank coffee with the rest
Of the family, for it seemed as If there
was nothing for breakfast If we did
not have 1t on the table.
Il had been troubled some time with
my heart. which did not feel right.
This trouble grew worse steadily.
"Sometir'"s it would beat fast and
at other tines very slowly, so that
l would hardly be able to do work
for an hour or two after breakfast,
and If 1 walked up a hill, it gave me
a severe pain.
Il had no idea of what the trouble
was until a friend suggested that per
haps it might be caused by coffee
drinking. 1 tried leaving off the coffee
and began drinking Postum. The
change came quickly. l am now glad
to say that l am entirely well Of the
heart trouble and attribute the relief
to leaving off coffee and the use of
Postum.
"A number of my friends have
abandoned the old fashioned coffee and
have taken up with Postum, which
they are using steadily. There are
some people that make Postum very
weak and %tasteless, but if it is boiled
long enough, according to directions.
it is a very delicious beverage. We
have never used any of the old fash
Toned coffee since Postum was first
started in our house."
Read the little book. "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's . Rea-
SON."
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and fell Of
human interest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
cuban S1ntisttcs.

In 1907 Cuba had a population ct
2,048,9sO. an increase of 80 per cent
from 1899. Havana, the most thickly
populated province, has 53S.01O people.
Over one-half of the islands popula.
ton lives in the rural districts, the
1874 towns and cities containing 9OO,-
900 inhabitants. or 1879 per cent OF the
total population. Havana, the largest
city, has 297,159 people. There are
1,074,SS2 males and 974,09S females;
the average number to a family is
slightly less than five, and an area Of
44,164 square miles allow of an aver.
age of asa PSF quare mile.
The sick list of the London police
force averages 500 men every day.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15


Il will ask you, Mr.. Arquebus," said
the lawyer. proceeding to cross exam
Inc, fl
"Arbogast, sir"
"Ah. yes, Arbegosh. Mr.. Arbegosh.
did you ever"
"Arbogast."
20, well, Well call it Arbogast. I
will ask you, Mr.-er-Arbogast, If you
ever served a full term in the peniten-
tiary?"
mo, sir!" said the witness, surprised
and indignant.
Were you pardoned out?"
mo, sir!"
"Ah! Then you escaped, did you?"
NO! l never was-"
Perhaps you were paroled, Mr.-er-
Arbogast?' -
Il wasn't paroled, either! I never in
20, well, is isn't important, anyway,
Mr.. Arbegash, how you got out. That's
all. Mr.. Argenbush; you may stand
aside.'-Chicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
HnW'S IhiS2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
tor any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. HENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. 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 his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials seri
free. Price 10 cents per bottle. Sold by
all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
KfIIfnr Wild Mu,tnrd,

Wild mustard plants are easily
killed without injury to the growing
cereal crop by spraying the grain fields
with a heavy 20 per n solution of
iron sulphate just before the mustard
plants have reached the poisoning
stage, according to the Wisconsin Ex-
pertinent Station.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
Zine Country butter.

A woman in Illinois who makes fine
butter writes that she skins the cream
of two or three days milk together,
letting it all sour at m time, and
churns as o. as it is sour. She
makes pound rolls, and her butter al
ways commands the highest price, her
customers preferring it to creamery
butter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

An insufficient supply of bees will
hinder the setting of fruit. While 9th
err insects may take a part in the car
rying of pollen, the fruit raiser must
rely chiefly upon honey bees. Expert
ence shows that, though bees may fly
two or three miles, hives should be
within half a mile of the orchard or
small fruit patch.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
Hard-worked Horses.

Many h~ard-worked horses suffer with
sore backs and the harness gals. One
of the best remedies for cooling and
healing those sores is two teaspoon
fuls of ground white oak bark, two
quarts of water. Pour this water (hot)
over the bark and let it stand until
cool. Then strain and bottle for use.
Battle sores IL this solution.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

Land and Those who Work 1t.
Ninety per cen of the land is owned
by the men who work it, and about
20 per cent of it is farmed by the
most intensive methods. The 80 per
cent in grass is not pastured. A seven
year rotation generally practiced is:
Clover and grass two years, rye, wheat,
roots. barley, oats. The land is well
MANFRED and produces heavy crops of
grass
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

Then the Overland gives DsEo ~
the money. than any other eA1 No.
istence. This Is due to so6rDaOs
production and our autnznA110 -
chinery.
For $1,000 you can get . 6AaDe-
power Overland with . 119-ADA
wheel base. No other car q -
sts n power sells nearly - No.
/ $3.50 you can get . loA90-
pc er Overland with 1141piA
wheel base. ALI prices isce1a1o 49,
lamps and magnetic. .&ss ttfnE sags
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
ACC Of

A good authority on horses says
that the gray will live the longest and
that the roans come next in order.
Blacks seldom live to be over 20. and
creams rarely live more than ten OK
fifteen years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means SO much
to me that for the sake OF other suffer-
ing women l am willing to make my
trouble public 50 you may publish
this letter. CHAs. BARCLAY
RED, Graniteville, VT.
No other medicine for wonan's ills
has received such widespread and u
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know of has such q record
of cures Of female ills as has Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years it has been
curing female complaints such as
Inflammation, liberation, local weak
nesses, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, indigestion
and nervous prostration, and it is
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period of change of life.
It costs but little to try Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and,
as Mrs. Barclaysays.it is worth noun
tains of gold"f suffering women.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
Poor Shelter for Sheen.

Often we see sheep housed in places
like hat shown in the picture. One
can imagine what the interior of this
hole would be after the winter rains.
1t is dark and entirely without venti-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

The Secretary of Agriculture is at
thoritatively quoted as saying that if
every distillery and brewery in the
United States were to close and never
use another bushel OF grain in the
manufacture of intoxicating liquors,
the American farmers, as a class,
would not know it, as far as the eff
feet would show itself on the markets
for grain.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

Following is the minimum or legal
weight in pounds per bushel for the
various commodities, by United States
standards:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

Latin-American countries and the
Orient were the chief contributors to
the 500, 000. 900 worth of hides and
skins imported by the United States
last wear.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

ance OF many a chick you can not az
count for.-It takes a pretty sharp eye
to catch them at it sometimes. The
only remedy we ever found effective
in such cases is to kill the cat. 1t is
impossible to break them of the habit
list.