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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23

JARED AND MARTIN
BY CHARLES FRAZER BAILEY.

Old Jared Bliss sat out in the back
yard OF the place he called home. the
tears streaming down his wrinkled
face.
It's killing me-" he sobbed desc
lately. Il don't care for myself. but
little Martin-oh how can those peo-
pie who have wrested from me all |
had in the world treat the poor child
as they do?7
Tenderly the old man passed his
suspended from triangular conjunc-
ton Of three iron rods, forming a tri-
pod. Beneath there were the ashes of
a fire Jared had rugged up the con-
trivance so that his little favorite
might play camping out" Mrs. Henry
Porter had soon put an angry ter
mination ito that nonsense
Little Martin had been chided by
his stepmother for wasting his time
while he should have been carrying
in fuel from the woodpile. Then she
had ordered him up to his room under
the roof rafters. She had locked him
in, and there accompanied the act
by the threat that he would have a diet
of bread and water until he learned
to obey orders.
No orders, in fact, had little Martin
disobeyed. 1t was the nagging dis
position Of Mrs. Porter to find fault
with everything when she. was out OF
humor. Just now she had been par
ticularly crossed by her husband. He
was usually meek and afraid of her
brawling, unwomanly ways. but a
chance had come up to go with some
fellow lodge members on a junket to
another town. This time, instead OF
asking her permission to CO. which
would have been refused. he waited
till they were comfortably aboard OF
the train and sent a verbal message
as to his action.
Always Mrs. Porter cowed down her
husband, always she took high hand
IN scolding and sometimes Furnishing
little Martin. Henry Porter had at
least a vestige left of fatherly feeling
for the little fellow. but gradually he
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
New Conundrum.

Here is a conundrum which your
greatgrandfathers asked each. other
when they were little boys:
How many legs has a dog il you
call his tail Leg"
"Five.' shouted the little great
granddad of Mr. A.
Wrong" corrected the dirninutive
greatgranddad of Mr.. h. Because
calling his tail leg doesn't make il
leg"
| am reminded OF this venerable
brain twister of youth by the follow
ing lines in the Clayton anti-business
bill:
The District of Columbia shall be
deemed a state within the meaning OF
this law"
So | shall modernize that ancient
query by propounding the following:
How many states in the United States
if you call the District OF Columbia O.
state?" = Girard in Philadelphia
Ledger
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
WHITE GRUBS IN 1916
Among the Most Serious Pests
to Farm Crops.
conse rvati1e Estimate Of Damage to
Corn, Timothy and Potatoes Placed
at Over 100000 in Three
Infested States.
,Rx !. DAvIs.)

The common white grubs or grub
worms. as they are often called. have
for years been recognized as among
the most serious pests to farm crops,
notably corn and timothy, while
strawberries. potatoes and nursery
paintings have all been frequently and
seriously affected. Probably the most
serious outbreak of white grubs oc-
cured II 1912. following an abundance
of beetles In 1911. In the worst infest-
ed districts it was not unusual to find
from 40 to go grubs in single hill OF
corn. Indeed. in a corn field in Iowa,
devoted 10 timothy In 1911, the writer
found II grubs in. an area 212 feet
square and five inches deep This
really represented less than a single
hill OF corn. for the hills in this field
were 314 feet apart. From personal
survey of the infested territory made
in 1912 in three states. rs well as from
reports of farmers and others. we have
a very conservative estimate of the
damage TO corn, timothy and potatoes
in these states aggresating not less
than s7.000.0n0. Available records
show that May beetles were numerous
in 1914. hence we may Dc reasonably
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
OIL MEAL is A GOOD FEED
Product of LInseed-Oii Mills Can BE
Used in Cattle Feeding With Ex-
celIent Results.
CBv s. c. PLUMB

Oil meal can be used in cattle feed
ing with excellent results. 1t is
product of the linseed-oil mills, being
the residue of ground faxseed. from
which. the oil has been mostly re-
moved.
This is at first taken from compress
sors in the mill in the shape OF cakes
about two by one feet and three
fourths of an inch or so thick .
One may buy the oil cake or get il
in broken pieces, of which the. mills
sell several sizes. as, for example, nut
or pea size, or else ground fine. Where
purchased in cake or broken in small
pieces adulteration is not usually pos
sible.
When sold as meal it is sometimes
adulterated with cheaper feeding stuff.
The oil cake or meal is very pleas
ant to taste, is exceedingly rich in
protein and is highly relished by all
animals on the farm. This is q very
common feed and any elevator man or
grain dealer should be able to supply
ii in large or small quantities.
Oil meal is not usually fed excepting
as a part of the grain ration, and it
meets with much favor with those who
have used it. Unquestionably two or
four pounds a day fed to steers, with
corn and oats, would give good results,
for oil meal supplies much valuable
protein, and not only that but this
food puts finish and quality to skin
and hair that almost nothing else will.
The writer has found many success
full steer raisers using it on a liberal
scale, and when the cost is not too
great profit is sure to follow it's use
with good feeders Where the cost is
not much outside cent a pound its
use is to be advocated
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
ORIGIN OF AMERICAN INDIANS
Theory That They Came From Asia Is
the One That Is Most Generally
Entertained.

There has been revival of inter
Indians, and the way in which the
western continent was peopled.
Our great-grandfathers were salts
fed to lay the achievements to those
mysterious lost tribes" of Israel; but
the scientific spirit of today demands
more plausible theories These are
many and varied, but the old belief
that the ancestors of the Indians
crossed the straits and narrow seas
from northern Asia to Alaska remains
the most probable OF all
The Eskimos of America are almost
identical with some tribes of eastern
Siberia The straight, uncompromis-
ing black hair of the Indian is found
elsewhere only in Asia, and his broad
skull is likewise an Asiatic trade
mark
AS for means of getting across, the
voyage is often made over Bering
straits today, and in the mild climate
before the last glacial period the
trip would have been easier still. Only
the other day two sampans, or native
boats, arrived on the coast of Cali
fornia whose occupants claimed to
have made the passage from Japan.
Without doubt there was certain
European alloy in the Indian blood.
even before the days of Columbus. The
blond Eskimos found in the far north
who reached the New England coast
in the tenth century must have fused
In some measure with the natives.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23

had accepted the iron rule Of his Sec
ond wife as settled law and no longer
dared to rebel
Henry Porter felt mean over it all,
but he had put himself and the boy as
we'll completely in the power of the
household tyro. 1t had come about
through a small estate left by Mar
tins dead mother. Her husband had
promised to conserve the estate for the
benefit of the lad There was a shrewd
lawyer in the service of Mrs. Porter,
however. BY some legal hocus pocus
she managed it so that the little prop
erty came into the possession of her
husband Then there were some
dubious transfers and the title now
reposed securely in her name.
After that she domineered over all
hands. Each day she treated Martin
more and more cruelty. while her
craven better half accepted the situa-
ton, not daring to say word
Old Jared Bliss was the father of
the first Mrs Porter and therefore
grandfather of Martin. He had come
to visit his bereaved son-in-law From
the first his tender heart went out to
the forlorn half orphan. He had no
other relative in the world. he had a
thousand dollars in bank. Speciously
the avaricious second Mrs Porter
her hands In return for the. acquisi.
ton it was agreed that Mr. Bliss should
have a permanent home with them
At the present time, however, all sense
OF gratitude or Justice had departed
from the mind Of the scheming Mrs
Porter She grudgingly doled out to
her pensioner the sparsest OF meals
She made him feel that he was a
burden and unwelcome.
OF all this Jared Bliss was thinking
as he sat watching the dying embers
OF the play camp fire Then he would
glance up at the narrow attic window
catch sight OF pale. tear stained face
beyond II and sigh dolorously
There's a way out of this" sudden
ly spoke old Jared I've waited pa
tiently and hoped. but it's no earthly
use. That woman gets worse ant
worse. could stand 1t. but poor lit
tie Martini" and The tears choked hin
and he walked away from the spot.
II was an hour later when he re
turned There was new look OF de
termination on his old bronzed face
There was 4 certain excitement ant
eagerness In his eye rs he skirmishe,
about the place He tried front. sid,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
White Grub Working in Potato.

certain that in 1915 the grubs will
again be destructive and exceedingly
abundant, unless their numbers are
materially reduced by natural enc
mics. by artificial means, or by ad-
verse climatic conditions.
White grubs and May beetles are
preyed upon by numerous birds,
mammals and insects. all of which are
useful in reducing their numbers. The
most important Of these enemies are
the birds. especially crows and crow
blackb;rds. Domestic fowls may
properly be cIassed as natural enc
mics of white grubs. All farm poultry
are fond of these insects, and where
possible should be given the run of
infested fields at blowing time. Tur
keys are especially valuable in this
capacity. Among the mammals which
feed on the grubs the skunk ia most
valuable, and. indeed, some farmers
attribute the increase in these insects
10 the decrease in numbers of skunks,
which are being killed off by trappers.
An infested field may be cleared of
grubs by pasturing it with hogs, which
are fond of the insects and will root
to a depth of foot or more in search
of them.
Where is is impracticable to pasture
hogs in an infested field much good
can be accomplished by fall blowing
The blowing should be done late, but
should not be delayed until the ground
becomes chilly and frosty, for then the
grubs will have gone down beyond the
reach of the pillow.
Since the beetles usually deposit
their eggs In fields of grass. timothy
and small grains, the crops planted
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
Modern SinuIe-1ruck Cars.

A few years ago the single-truck
car seemed doomed to die a natural
death except in cities which were too
small to use the large double-truck
cars which were becoming more and
more popular. No one would have
ventured to foretell that the time
would come when a large city COM
pany would actually discard double
truck cars in excellent operating con-
dition for any kind of single-truck de-
sign. Yet this is precisely what the
Third avenue railway system, New
York, has done during the current
year in ordering total of so single
truck cars. The one thing worth
pointing out at this time is that the
operator of a modern single-truck car
has nothing to apologize for so long
as that type makes ample service an
economic possibility. The public must
be educated to the fact that il would
be as absurd for it to expect metro
politan car in low-traffic service as to
demand big-city standards in theaters
and public buildings.-Electric Rail-
way Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23

Largest Daily Gains in Nebraska Ex-
pertinent Were Made on Corn and
Cut Alfalfa Hay.

In Nebraska last winter an expert
for corn in feeding pigs showed that
the largest daily gains were male on
three-fourths corn and one fourth
shorts, but a gain practically equiva-
lent was made at a lower cost where
either cut or ground alfalfa was sub
stituted for shorts in the ration. The
cheapest gains were made on corn and
cut alfalfa.
Bran does not prove equal TO either
shorts or alfalfa when fed as one
quarter of the ration to pigs.
A ration three-fourths corn and one
fourth alfalfa produces greater gains
than when one-half is fed
Where alfalfa is raise on the farm
and when there is no particular need
to hasten growth in pigs ration one
half alfalfa hay and one-half corn may
give cheaper gains than when heav-
Ter corn ration is fed.
Hogs which have been raised largely
on alfalfa pasture will learn to eat
hay in winter without cutting with a
machine and to depend largely upon it
where only a limited grain ration is
fed. but ration wholly alfalfa does
not seem to give economical results.
This experiment shows that cut or
ground alfalfa can be substituted for
shorts at the same price in fattening
pigs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
FOUND OUT
A Trained Nurse Discovered Its Effect.

No one is in better position 20 know
the value of food and drink than
trained nurse.
Speaking OF coffee. nurse in Pa.
writes: Il used to drink strong cof-
fee myself, and suffered greatly from
headaches and indigestion.
while on a visit to my brothers l
had a good chance to try Postum. for
they drank it altogether in place or
coffee. After using Postum two weeks
/ found l was much benefited and
finally my headaches disappeared and
also the indigestion.
Naturally have since used Postum
among my patients, and have noticed
a marked benefit where coffee has
been left of and Postum used.
II observe curious fact about
Postum when used by mothers. IL
greatly helps the flow OF milk in cases
where coffee is inclined e dry IL
up. and where tea causes nervousness.
II find trouble in getting servants
to make Postum properly. But when
It is prepared according to directions
on package and served hot with
cream. 1t is certainly a delicious bev-
erage."
Name given by Postum Co. Baltic
Creek, Mich. Read The Road TO
Wellville." in pkgs.
Postum comes IN two forms:
Regular Postum-must be .weC
boiled. l5c and zoe packages.
Instant Postum-is n soluble powder.
A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In a
cup OF hot water and. with cream ana
sugar. made delicious beverage In
stantiy. soc and soc tins.
The cost per cup OF both kinds Is
about the same.
There's q Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocera
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
How Norman Kings Raised Money.

The Norman kings had way OF
their own of making money from their
warlike preparations. William Rufus.
In the sixth year of his reign, caused
twenty thousand foot TO be lifted in
England 10 rendezvous in Normandy;
but when they were come to the sea
coast in order TO be transported he
sent them all home again, after ex-
acting ten shillings from each of them
for their diet" Years afterwards
Richard I. according to the old chron-
icle. Ordained that there should be
jousts and tournaments throughout
England. for the better exercise OF
men In martial affairs: yet so that
all persons should pay for their IL
censes TO bear a part in these exer-
cises, after the following rates: Ey-
cry earl 20 marks. every baron ten
marks. and such AZ had no land. two
marks"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
Feet Is an Exciting Expe-
rierce.

To prove that lion hunting isn't at
all pink tea" witness Stewart Ed
ward Whites experience as told in
Outing:
Suddenly | heard a tearing scram-
bic in the bush. Forty yards down
could see game trail coming up. and
about the same distance back an
other. The bank in front was precipi.
tous. / hurried for that strategic
point. If the bluff held the donga bot.
tom / could shoot him from above;
, il he came out either trail I'd get a
good chance.
Instead Of that a big-maned lion
scrambled up the wall of the ravinc
right at my face. and stopped for an
instant four PAGES away. Just step off
four PAGES.
HE looked like a lion angry about
something. 1t was somewhat startling
for l was not expecting him; but
had to get busy before he did The
first shot from the .405 did not knock
him off his feet but at that range il
literally blew him sidewise as though
the gust of tornado should catch a
man off balance. Working the lever
as fast as | could throw it. put in
another (they proved to be three
inches apart. This blew him back
wards again. literally over the edge
of the barranca. He roared and
growled and leaped. The third shot
broke his foreleg. Another raked him
from stem to stern. He rolled on his
side and died roaring. Fine little
scrap with lots of excitement.
Found Memba Sasa next me with
five more Winchester cartridges
spread out fanwise in one hand and
the Springfield cooked and ready in
the other That fellow is all right"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
FISH THAT SURVIVE FREEZING
Swiss Scientist Has Made a Discovery
That May Be Of Much CONNER
ciaI Importance.

The ordinary cold storage of fish is
put out of date by Mr.. r. Pictet, the
brilliant Swiss scientist, noted for his
experiments with cold. He has just
succeeded in freezing live fish and re-
viving them several weeks or months
later, an achievement which recalls
Edmond About's fanciful tale Of The
Man With the Broken Ear" He re-
Gently placed % fish in a box contain
ing water rich in oxygen, and in which
several pieces of ice were floating. He
then very slowly reduced the tempera-
ture of the contents. At the end of
about two months the resultant cake
of ice was gradually thawed and the
fish were all found to be alive. Ac-
cordng to the report Of the expert
ment given in ILLUSTRATION (Paris)
it is essential that the water be very
gradually frozen and that it shall have
contained pieces of ice for from fifteen
to eighteen hours before the whole
mass is frozen. The process Of thaw-
ing must also be very slow. 1t is stat
ed that Alaskan salmon and Siberian
sturgeon may thus be brought alive to
Paris. Methods of making the process
commercially successful are now be-
ing sought.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
A NURSE TAKES
DOCTORS ADVICE
And is Restored to Health by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.

Euphemia, Ohio" Because of total
ignorance of how to care for myself
when verging into womanhood, and from
taking cold when going to school, suf-
fered from a displacement, and each
month i had severe pains and nausea
which always meant a lay-off from work
for two to four days from the time |
was 10 years old.
Invent to Kansas to live with my sis
the Pinkham remedies but did not use
them then as my faith in patent medi-
cines was limited. After my sister died
came home to Ohio TO live and that
has been my home for the last is years.
"Tne Change of Life came when was
AZ years old and about this time saw
my physical condition plainly described
in one of your advertisements. Then |
began using Lydia +. Pinkham's Veg
etabie Compound and I cannot tell you
or any one the relief it gave me in the
first three months. 1t put me right
where need not lay off every month
and during the last Is years l have not
paid out two dollars to doctor, and have
been blest with excellenthealthf for wo-
woman of my age and can thank Lydia
E.Pinkham' sVegetable Compoundforit-
"Since the Change of Life is over l
have been q maternity nurse and being
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have now earned comfortable little
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have recommended the Compound to
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23
Eortv-Six Years a Deputy.

French political life bears the repu-
tation of being so full of vicissitudes
that it is somewhat surprising to find
among the deputies returned at the
general election one with longer rec-
ord of parliamentary service than any
member of the house OF commons.
This distinction belongs TO NJ. de
Mackau, who is eighty-two years of
age, and has sat for the department
OF Orne since 1866. first in the corps
legislatif Of the second empire, and
subsequently in every chamber of dep
uties elected under the third republic.
None of the present members of the
house of commons was elected before
1868.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23

The adoption of Mr.. Filson Young's
suggestion to speak OF the Germans
as Prussians rather than Germans
would really be a step toward accu.
racy. Strictly speaking. there Is no
German army. The force commonly
so termed is composed of the units OF
Prussia. Bavaria, Wurttemburg. Sax
ony. ETC., all of which wear the dis.
tinctive uniforms of their states. and
have kind of independence. The
officers. too. take the oath OF allie
glance. not to the kaiser. but to their
respective sovereign princes. With
the navy II is different. That Is I'm.
perial. and the officers take their oath
direct to the kaiser.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-23

and back doors In turn cautiously He
found them locked. Then he went
around and faced the attic window in
the gathering dusk with the mysteri-l
Gus hail.
"S-st,"
Il see you," called down a thin. pip
ing voice What is it, grandpa?"
Mrs. Porter"
shes gone to a neighbors who
called for her. l heard her say she
was going TO sit up all night, if she
had to, SO Is to be on hand to give
father piece of her mind when he
got back"
"U-um, unused Jared, gazing thought
fully about him. Then he spoke
aloud: There's ladder here?"
Yes, grandpa nodded Martin.
I'm going to raise it-just as the
runaways do in the story books. Then
we'll loosen window and get into
the home and make up a bundle of
our clothes and-run away"
'Oh, grandpa" fiuttered Martin in
an ecstasy of glorious anticipation
Good riddance," shifted Mrs. Por-
ter, when that night later she guessed
what had come about
Its terrible lonesome" said Henry
a week later, and began to upbraid his
wife for her evil work, took to drink.
lost his position, and the downward
path began for those two.
The refugees led an ideal life for
month, wandering from town to town,
living mostly in the woods like the
birds about them. Then the ready
money of the old man gave out. Mar
tin broke his ankle in jumping among
some rocks They had got down to
actual beggary when the old man ar
rived at a serious decision.
Il am too old and you too young
to learn true gypsy ways, Martin"
he told the lad. Il hoped never to go
back TO my ungrateful relatives again,
but We can't starve."
"Oh, grandpa. not to Mrs. Porters ?"
"No. You see, there is brother of
mine, William. We quarreied and
ud'Cu cpOhCH iOI ySdlS OulSiy !,
though, he must by this time have
forgotten his old animosity toward me-
Yes, we will try brother William
1t was long tramp and Martin with
his homemade crutch made slow prog
ress. One evening they lined the
grounds of a grand cid country place
that Jared had not seen for many
years.
What lovely home." cried little
Martin.
1T belongs to my brother William
explained old Jared and he was anx-
ious faced and tremulous as he stood
bell
why, sir exclaimed the servant
who answered the summons, staring in
seeming gladness at the visitor, you
have come at last"
Il want to see your master, Peter,
said Jared.
why-aren't you here?" fus-
tered the puzzled servant. ooh, sir,
is it possible you hadn't heard that
Mr. William is dead? And we have
been trying to find you for long
time, for he left everything to YOU"
And to dear Martin whispered
old Jared fervently to himself, wind
Ing his arm about the dear little com.
panion he so loved.
Copyright. 1914. by W. G. Chapman)