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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
WILL AEROPLANES STOP WAR
OrviIIe Wright is Moved to Say He
Likes to Think SO,
Anyhow.

Did you ever stop to think that
there is a very definite reason why the
present war in Europe has dragged
along for a year with neither side
gaining much advantage over the
other? The reason, as | figure il out,
is aeroplanes, Orville Wright writes
in Golfers. In consequence of the
scouting work done by the flying ma
chimes, each side knows exactly what
the opposition forces are doing.
There is little chance for one army
to take another by surprise. Napoleon
won wars by massing his troops at un-
expected places. The aeroplane has
made that impossible 1t has equal
lied information. Each side has such
complete knowledge of the others
movements that both sides are Obliged
to crawl into trenches and fight by
means of slow, tedious routine rather
than by quick, spectacular dashes.
My impression is that before the
present war started the army experts
expected it to be a matter of a few
weeks or, at most, a few months. To
day it looks as il it might run into
years before one side can dictate
terms. Now, nation that may be
willing to undertake a war lasting a
few months may well hesitate about
engaging in one that will occupy years.
The daily cost of great war is of
course stupendous. When this cost
runs on for years the total is likely to
be- SO great that the side which wins
nevertheless loses. War will become
prphibitively expensive. And the
scouting work in flying machines will
be the predominating factor, as it
seems to me, in bringing this about
| like to think so, anyhow.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
BIG WILDERNESS OF CANADA
Nobody Thinks Of Going Into Region
Northeast CT Lake. ST. john
Approach by Big Peribonka.

The region northeast of Lake St
John is off at one side where nobody
thinks of going except few trappers.
The mining and timber have not
seemed rich enough to draw the white
man.
The main avenue OF approach is the
Big Peribonka, the largest OF the Lake
st. John rivers The real wilderness
begins in The neighborhood Of Lake
Tchotogoma. so miles up the river.
Beyond that stretches vast region.
as fresh and wild. As natural and
primitive as anything discovered by
Columbus and with fewer human ten
ants. In the last fifty miles OF its
course the Big Peribonka comes down
from its high plateau roaring through
defiles of ragged rock and making
necessary ten or more porlages, sew
eral of them in the perpendicular
style Of architecture. OF late years
a rude wagon road has been extended
through the burnt-over country be-
tween the village of Mistook, near
Lake st. John and the Shute Mcleod.
the last but one Of these Peribonka
falls. The necessity Of climbing up
a steep river has thus been largely
eliminated Lake Tchotogoma may
be reached from the other direction
where the means Of access have also
been improved; and one coming up
from Quebec by the Saguenay boat
should go in from that quarter and
come out by the new route down the
PeribOnka.
The outfit is carried from Chi
countimi, at the head of steamboat
navigation, up to the foot of rough
water in the river distance of seven
miles. Then comes a wagon journey
of % miles northerly to the Lac des
Iles.-Outing
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
WHEN YOU HANG A HAMMOCK
Its Height Should Be Carefully Deter
mined-Must Be Swung Low
Enough for the Children.

A delicate point in the hanging OF a
hammock is the height. 1t must be
swung low enough that the children
can get into it without falling out
and breaking their worthless little
necks. 1t must not be so low that
father, who has to put two pennies
into the slot machine to get weighed,
will bump the ground in his swing.
To get the height right involves the
solution of the formula of the eaten
airy, go that the lowest point in the
curve shall not become tangent to the
plane beneath whatever the weight
and however it may be distributed.
For it is embarrassing to find too late
that the hammock is not fixed to car
ry double And if. on the other ha,d.
you hang it with that contingency in
view, he may not come at all that aft
ernoOn
The head of the hammock should
be IL degrees higher than the foot.
A c1inometer may be used to deter
mine the angle il necessary Within
reach of the higher end place a chair
with something cool to drink and a
magazine or two. Select for this pur-
pose a magazine with pretty girl on
the front cover. Then it won't matter
whether you read it or nOt.-New
York Independent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
DESTROY LITTLE RED MITES
Hen Is Powerlcss 10 Protect Herself
From Ravases Of vermin-Eso-
Laying Out Of Question.

There Is no poultry parasite that
our feathered friends are less power
less 10 combat than the common red
mite The body lice can be kept in
check by the hen If she has her lib
erty. because she will frequently find
a good busting place and proceed TO
cleanse herself and make things very
uncomfortable for the lice. But on &C
count of her attachment to her home,
no matter how poor it Is. she will go
back every night to infested roosts
and allow tho mites TO crawl upon her
and suck he; dfeblood- Poor biddy Is
powerless TO protect herself and un-
less friend man steps in and does
something for her she soon becomes
emaciated and detected, and egg-lay-
ing is entirely out of the question
The red mite is one OF the most COM
mon causes of no eggs when there
ought to be some eggs.
Cleanliness in the coop Is an Inn
portant factor in the control of the
mite. as it will hide under filth. drop
pings and litter, as well as in cracks
and crevices of the roosts and nests.
Clean coops, however, are not entirely
free from infestation and may even
become seriously infested il not given
treatment. Spraying is common
means of control, cresol sprays or ker-
osene emulsion being recommended.
On account OF being unable to accom-
plish thorough work by spraying it is
necessary to spray frequently in or
der to keep the mites in check.
Probably the most thorough method
of control Is Ivy fumigation. The
fumes will permeate every part of the
coop and kill all the mites. regardless
of whether they are in the litter or on
the roosts. AS all of the mites are
killed the treatment will be effective
for a long time, as it will be some
time before coop will become infest
ed again The fumigation method is
the easiest one to control the mites
All that is necessary is to place the
proper amount of fumigant in an open
kettle. light it and close the doors
tightly. When the doors are opened
several hours later the coop is entire
1y bugiess. In order to get good re-
suits 1t is necessary to use sufficient
amount of good fumigant The com
mcrcial article Is the most convenient
TO use and will assure good results II
the directions are followed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
QUALITY COUNTS WITH EGGS
Annual Loss Runs Into Millions
Through Marketing Poor Article
During Summer Months.

Quality counts, not sometimes, but
always" and is as true with market
eggs as with any other commodity.
The farmers annual loss through the
marketing of poor eggs during the
summer months mounts into the mil
lions in the aggregate and is wholly
unnecessary. Because of the presence
of so many spoiled eggs coming from
the farms the buyer is compelled to
pay lower prices as the poor eggs
are sorted out by him and must be
disposed of at figures far below the
market price Of good eggs.
Why should not the farm producer
first endeavor to produce good eggs
and then sort them himself and know
positively that he is selling only first
quality eggs? The Gambling of eggs
is the final test and can be easily done
by anyone. Arrange a common paste
board shoe box to stand on end over
n small lighted lamp. Make a hole
slightly smaller than an egg in one
side OF the box directly opposite
the lamp flame and give ventilation
to the lamp by removing the end of
the box over the lamp and you are
ready to candle eggs accurately.
To produce good first quality eggs
the essentials are healthy hens; good,
wholesome food; clean nests; daily
gathering of eggs and the removal
of all males from the laying flock.
After this the eggs must be kept
in a cool, moist temperature. Given
these conditions of production and
handling, with a careful Gambling be-
fore marketing, any farm poultryman
may be certain that he is Offering
only a first quality product that may
command the hest prices.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
GOOD ROADS HELP SCHOOLS
Improved Highways and SchooImaster
| Are Two Greatest Forces for
| = Advanced Civilization.

Women are keenly interested In the
schools. The country having good
roads nearly always has good schools.
They go together. Where children are
forced to cross fields to avoid mud
holes in the highways the school is
usually hardly worth keeping open. 1t
has been said that "the two greatest
forces for the advancement Of civil
cation are the schoolmaster and good
roads"
Bad roads in this country are said
10 be responsible for loss of bill
lion dollars year. This affects the
transportation. mercantile and indus
trial interests as well as the purely
agricultural interests. This loss in
Isolation that is caused by the same
reason
Many women in the country are
practically prisoners in their homes
for weeks at a time in winter because
of the condition of the roads. They
are unable to see to the marketing of
the farm products. They are unable
20 take advantage of market condi-
'tions. Eggs that are good price at
the time when they are gathered are
collected and held till the roads be-
come passable BY that time a change
In the market may have robbed them
of several dollars that would have
been theirs had they been able to get
the produce to market
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
DESERT AUTO IS NO CAMEL
These Men Forget to Provide Water
for Their Desert Ride and
One Dies.

Failure to think about evaporation
In an automobile radiator brought
death TO one man and frightful tor
lures to two others, who arrived in
Los Angeles from the desert and told
OF their sufferings. The trio-James
S. Roche and John II. Welsh. attor-
neys, end James G.. Clarke, a real es-
tate dealer-left here Sunday in an
automobile for Ell Centre, in the I'm
perial valley.
Monday morning the car stopped in
the sand. The radiator was~empty and
they had no water. Roche and Welsh
started after a mirage which they be-
lieved was the Salton sea. Clarke
waited day, and then. believing them
dead, made his way to Mineral Springs,
where he was resuscitated after fall
ing himself in a faint and organized
a rescue party. They found Roche un'
conscious and Welsh dead Roche said
they drank lubricating oil.-Philadel
phia Record.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
English Piano Trade Boon1s.

There is quite boom in the Eng
fish piano trade. Manufacturers have
been inundated with orders from
abroad and in some factories fully rs
per cent of the orders being executed
are for export.
In capturing German trade, the es-
sential is an adequate supply of high
ly skilled labor Since the war be-
gan the Pianoforte Manufacturers as
ISOLATION. in conjunction with the Lon
don county council, have formulated
an apprenticeship scheme combined
with technical training, and as soon
as conditions permit the council pro-
pose to establish polytechnic in
Kentish Town, one branch of which
will be devoted to pianoforte construc-
ton
Meantime half-time technical
school has been established at the
Camden School of Art, Camden road
to which apprentices are sent from
the factories for half-time each week
London Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
Books and BanQs.

John Kendrick Banks, author of "A
Household on the Styx," and Coffee
and Repartee," who is spending the
summer at his camp in Maine, said in
an interview last week: People
should own and read books just as
they should seek friendships, and try
to understand their friends. A book
that one has come to know, and to
love, is one of the truest Of friends.
In my library in Maine are not many
books, but none the less Lincoln walks
there with me; Emerson is my friend;
Balzac and Dumas are permanent
jewellers at my side; l froIic with O..
Henry, and | play boyish tricks with
Aldrich and Penrod; fence with Mon
taigne, and the great spirits of THE
Spectator
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
Sentinel Zoo WatchfuI.

The smooth face. soft voice and
hands, and the neat kid buttoned
shoes OF a French volunteer arousea
the suspicious of a sentinel in Yer
sailles and wrecked the plans of Miss
France Bourgeois of Neuilly TO be-
come a soldier The girl was already
In an automobile ready TO start 70
the front when found by an officer.
She was reprimanded gently and sent
back 10 an oiphanage.
Miss Bourgeois is fifteen years of
age and the daughter of the French
author OF that name. She declared
that she felt the country she loved
needed her more than the artists or.
phanage at Neuilly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27

sometimes covered with mucous or
blood and offensive in odor, though
this may not be true in all cases.
Discharge of pus from eyes and
nose; eyes may be glued shut.
A weak, wobbly gait, especially in
the hind legs. the animal often reel
ing as it tries to walk
Dark red, blue or purplish discolora-
ton of skin under the body, neck and
inside of thighs.
When the disease is acute, death
may come in four to seven DAYS.
Sometimes, however, the attack is so
virulent that hogs are found dead be-
fore the owner knows they are sick.
At other times the disease takes on a
chronic form, the animals dying at in
tervals through period of several
months.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
The Invitation.

Hello, Mabel"
"Oh. hello. George!"
How are you, Mabel?"
Just finel How're you. GEORGE"
Same. Say. Mabel. let's go through
the park this afternoon. What say?"
We'll = ah-ah ahem-I-I-ah-I'm
kind of-well. I'm kind of tired.
George"
Then yoC won't go?
I'm so sorry. but. George. you un-
derstand just how it is. don't you,
George. dear?"
Yes, guess so. suppose III have
to ride with someone else. then"
Rider
YES; my new eight-cylinder road
ster came this morning"
"Oh, George! Did il really? Isn't
that just splendid? Say-ah-George.
guess I'm not as tired as thought
was"
We'll. / wouldn't take any chances
if | were you, Mabel 1t doesn't pay.
I'll take someone else"
but really, dear, I'm not tired a
bit. Honestly"
Its sweet of you to say that. but
don't want to take advantage OF your
kindness Good-by, Mabel"
Mabel slammed the receiver vicious
ly on the hook. Darn it," she NUT
tered why didn't he say so in the
first place ?"-Michigan Gargoyle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
SYMPTOMS OF HOG CHOLERA
Among Other Things Animal VIII Lose
Appetite, Have Gaunt, unthrifty
Appearance and Become Inactive.

IL the animal has cholera these
other symptoms will follow within a
few hours or few days, depending
upon whether the disease is acute or
chronic:
Loss of appetite, partial or COM
plete.
Inaction. the hog lying hidden IN
the tall grass or weeds in summer or
staying in the shed or house in win
ter
A gaunt, unthrifty appearance and
roughened hair
Labored breathing. commonly known
as "thumps,' IL the lungs are affect
ed; also cough.
Some diarrhea If the intestines
are affected, but in many herds con-
stipation with lumpy, hard excretions,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
The Bonnie Conductor Lassic.

Edinburgh, Scotland, has two dozen
women street car conductors who are
thorough success in the new line of
work Other tramways are already
recruiting girls and training them to-
be conductors. 1t is said that girls
working in the English cartridge fac
tories are so fired with patriotism
that some of them work thirty hours
in stretch without any rest. Miss
Elizabeth Lister has been appointed a
stationmaster in South Wales, the first
woman to act in that capacity. In
the north of England and in Scotland
and Wales the men workers are being
supplanted in the fields by women,
who can be seen following the har-
row or digging and hoeing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
KEEPING DOWN POTATO BUGS
Spraying Vines With Arsenate OF
Lead or Paris Green Will Prove
Entirely Satisfactory.

Potato bugs are very easily con-
trolled by spraying your vines with
arsenate OF lead or paris green. You
can obtain either of the % materials
from the store in your toy, n. in which
spraying materials are handled.
Mix the poison according to the di-
rections on the package, or If a very
small quantity is wanted. use about
a teaspoonful OF the poison 10 large
bucket of water.
Apply it with a sprayer OF some
sort. but il your patch is small and
you do not have a sprayer, sprinkle
the poisoned water over the foliage OF
your potatoes with a sprinkling can.
or even a broom
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
Family DAYS.

Family occasions ought to be ceie-
brated frequently, even il the celebra-
ton is the simplest form Of little fes-
tival. Bringing the family together
helps to promote affection. Whatever
the event, birthday or wedding ami
versary or a welcome home from a
Journey, it ought to mean something
to every member of the family, and
can be made an occasion that will re-
main bright in memory when the fam
lily circle is broken
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
United States Has 1900 Libraries

United States Has 1900 Libraries.
There are in the United States 49,.
600 regularly established Libraries, &C
cording TO the recent report of the
bureau Of education in Washington
In these are 75,OO0.000 volumes. an in
crease of 2O.OOO.OOO since 1908.
OF 2,S49 libraries containing 5000
volumes or more 1,s44 are classified
as public and society libraries and
1,005 as school and college Libraries.
OF these LAG are free 20 the public.
Libraries reporting 1000 to 5000
volumes number 5.453. Another group
of still smaller Libraries contains from
800 to 1000 books. A grand total OF
10000. 600 borrowers cards are report.
ed in all Libraries of the country.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
Saves lime ard Labor.

BY having a stout pole lying right
under the hay rack on the upper tim
bers in the barn for the hay to drop
on when it is tripped FROM sings or
forks, it saves a man in NOW. 1t
also saves the hay from pounding
down in the center which sometimes
causes il 10 mold. AS the hay drops
on the poles it rolls 10 either side and
spreads. The sings are a great labor
and time saver.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
A Colt Ratnn.

A grain ration consisting OF six
pounds of oats or corn. three pounds
OF bran. and one pound OF oilmeal is
recommended FOR colts by the Ohio
agricultural college. One pound of
the grain mixture should Oe fed for
each 100 pounds OF colts. in connection
with all the alfalfa or clover hay they
will eat
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
SELF SHAMPOOING
With Cuticura Soap Is Most Comfort
ing and Beneficial. Trial Free.

Especially If preceded by touches
of Cuticura Ointment to spots of dan
druff and itching on the scalp skin.
These supercreamy emollients meet
every skin want as well as every
toilet and nursery want in caring for
the skin, scalp. hair and hands.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
These United States.

The United States has 100000
square miles of territory, 1,903,000,000
acres of land. There are S7S,000.00o
acres of land in the farms OF the coun-
try, but 100000 acres of this area
are unimproved and unproductive.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
VENTILATING A SHEEP SHED
Manner of Arrangement Shown in
Illustration Gives Ample Supply
=. Of Fresh Air for Animals.

The manner of arranging sheep
shed as shown IN the illustration. fur
nishes the desired fresh air and pre-
vents the storm. rains. etc. from get
ting inside, where ordinary door ar
rangements are not always sure. fly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
Shed ventilators.

Ing open with force frequently. The
top OF this shed may be left open the
greater part of the time without harm
ing the flock at all.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
Regularity is Urged.

Regularity OF work AMI regularity OF
feeding make long years OF usefulness
OF the work horse.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
Sympathetic Turn.

THE first time Cholly took his auto
out it turned turtle"
NO wonder; he's such lobster"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
Weaken Birds Vitality.

Unwholesome feed and unhealthful
surroundings quickly weaken bird 5
vitality.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27

A deaf-mute is always ready to- take
a hand in an argument.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27

The best throw one can make with
dice is to throw them away.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
Sure Death 10 Chickens.

Don't let the chickens eat maggots
they are sure death To them
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-12-23
ENGLAND IS TO
PLACE A MILLION
MORE MEN IN FIELD
House of Commons SO Voted
After a Session Lasting
All Night.
ROBERTSON TO BE CHIEF
He Has Been Recalled and Will
Head Imperial Staff-Said
That BIunders Have Caused
Useless Waste of Lives.

LONDON, Dec. 22.-The debate in
the house of commons on the supple
ment estimate of the government pro
viding for the raising of 100000 e.s.
ira men for the army continued until
$50 o'clock this morning at which
hour the vote for additional men was
agreed to and the house adjourned,
The debate was carried on mostly bv
the opponents of cOnScriptiOn and
those members who have been con
spicuous for criticising the govern
ment on the conduct of the war Out
OF the small number of members pres
ent to preserve a quorum many were
asleep before 4 o'clock, the speeches
being punctuated by loud snoring. Sir
Anthony Markham complained humor-
ously of Interruptions, asking at one
point whether a nationalist member
was snoring at him.
Sir Henry DalZil in the course of a
speech declared that it had been dem
Onstrated throughout the debate that
there had been unnecessary wasteage
in the lives Of the men by blunders
at headquarters.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-12-23
Be No PARDON
FOR STRIPPING
GOVERNOR HARRIS WILL NOT
EXERCISE ANY CLEMENCY
FOR AWHILE.

ATLANTA, Dec. 22.-Thomas Ed
gar STRIPPING, who was sentenced to
life Imprisonment in 1897, escaped
from Jail and during his fourteen
years of freedom became chief of po-
lice of Danvlle, Va, probably will not
received a pardon from Gov. Nat e.
Harris as a Christmas present as had
been expected. Te has been in prison
in Georgia since his identity was dis
covered in 1911.
Gov. Harris said last July that he
would free Stripping and has intimated
he would do it before this Christmas
The records in the case are in the
hands of tn prison commission and il
is understood strong influence against
"a pardon or parole have been brought
to members Of the commission The
records have not been turned over tC
Gov. Harris in time for him to act
before Christmas.