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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
HOW CORN IS UTILIZED
Numerous Products Are Manufactured From
the Raw Material

In
manufacturing industries starch glucose OIL
production of
odun feed is of almost nesmabe finishing stock for
remarkable development the industry this country
feeding associated closely
with tie
small
feeding the yields by
used feeding is fed
To the grain is fed in the form of
products
Sage
in While
section where
other OF the
states.
the South hoecake
without salt cooked frying
gde with addition of baking powder
giddle
addition bread
dumpngs usually
Conmea puddngs waf
poultry and fish dishes
consumed extent
yellow although the
white breakfast cereal.
colonial
prepared from conmea milk and
aduncts
i'll
mled
as dnnerd replace vegetables
products manufactured These prod
suitable suitable food
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Luminous Paint Is Put to
Good Use in Present War,
Greatly Aiding the Soldiers

Many ingenious uses have been
found Of late for luminous paint
Watches with dials which glow in the
darkness are becoming common, and
only the other day an order was given
for 100000 marching cOmpasses with
luminous needles to be carried by sol
dierS at the front, says Boys Life. I'm
mense quantities of luminous cloth are
used by the soldiers who go over the
top. 1t is cut into small rectangles
about ten inches long and fastened to
the. collars of the uniforms. The sol
diers can thus recognize their own
men in an indiscriminate fight in the
dark. The luminous paint is also
smeared on the end of sharpened sticks
which when stuck into the ground
make a fairly clear beacon.
Luminous tape is also used by the
mile for a variety of purposes. In this
way the stretcher-bearers mark the
paths they are to follow. 1t has been
found that on a dark night the lumi-
nous paint is visible for only 60 feet.
A soldier can dip his hand in the paint
and signal by describing letters in the
air or by wigwagging, knowing that
the enemy cannot see him a hundred
feet away.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
i. s. Insurance
Tremendous Business Conducted
by the Government

AS an insurance company the United
States makes all other concerns in
the business seem puny.
On April 6 the total amount Of in
surance Uncle Sam had written was
over $14,OOO,OOO,0O0. That sum had
been put on the books in six months.
In the whole year of 1917 all other
concerns in the United States, includ-
ing fraternal organizations, mutual
companies and the like, wrote approx.
imately S6,O0G,OOOOOO worth Of insur'
ance.
Some difference.
And Uncle Sam was still on the job
The third week of April alone $780,
100000 worth of insurance was writ.
ten.
Uncle Sans customers are soldiers
and sailors. They number about 1900
900. The average policy runs close to
$500. The minimum is $1,000 and
the maximum is $4,000.
April II was the last day on which
men who Joined the government mill.
tary or naval forces before December
4, 1917, could secure government in
surance, but all new men joining either
army or navy can be insured and the
government urges them strongly tC
take the maximum sum.
In the meantime Uncle Sam has been
paying out a great deal of money or
salary allotments and for death and
disability compensation. Up to April
6 1,706,330 separate checks had beer
made out for such payments for sums
as follows: Salary allowances, $50,
4O3, 462; death and disability compen
sation, $60,95S; government insurance
payments, S177,51S.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
FOR THE POULTRY
GROWER

(By the United States Department of Agri-
culture.)

Owners of back yards in cities and
towns are asked to do everything in
their power to help the meat and egg
supply by raising small flocks of poul-
try in back yards. Farmers are re-
quested greatly to increase their farm
flocks of hens so that 100 on every
farm will be the average for the ma
ton.
The following statement regarding
the poultry needs is taken from the
official agricultural program for 1918
issued recently by the United States
department of agriculture:
Poultry production should be in
creased greatly, especially in back
yards and on farms, where waste ma
terial Is available and the purchase of
expensive grains and other material is
not required.
Increased poultry production may
be attained most economically by early
Matching; by combining mother hens al
least ten days after the chicks are
Matched; by reducing losses on &C.
count of rats, weasels and thieves, and
from cold, damp conditions; by thor.
ough sanitation; by discouraging the
marketing of early-hatched pullets as
broilers; by eliminating reproducing
hens and keeping good layers through
at least two laying seasons; and by
the poultryman raising his own fee6
as far as possible"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Cooks in the Army Learn
How to Economic on Food

Opportunities for the home eco
nomics demonstration workers Of the
United States department of agricul-
ture are not limited TO farm and town
homes. Cooks in American army
camps also have had an opportunity to
hear about conservation methods from
the department specialists. At one of
the army schools for bakers and cooks
in Mississippi demonstrations in food
savings were much appreciated by the
cooks in training, according TO re-
port of the officer in charge. who de-
scribed the demonstrations as "won-
derful success" The cooks are being
taught ways TO utilize the leftover
food, the use Of -four substitutes, and.
particularly, new and attractive ways
of serving cornmeal dishes Demon
STATIONS in the making and use of fire.
less cookers also have been conduct
ed in the field ambulance hospital di-
vision.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
King Cotton, Autocrat

King Cotton is threatening to be-
come the autocrat of the American
table. Not satisfied with having sup
planted wool in clothing. and prOvid-
ing the juice of his seed for olive oil,
he's the basis for fine lard, third part
of a new-fangled butter, and they're
putting up scores OF mills 70 grind his
seeds into flour that goes we'll in sew
eral delicious articles, sausage stuffine
among them. When he gets into the
soup tureen and the coffee pot, King
Cotton will have the incest, tightest
biggest kingdom that ever was. And
yet, only a few years ago his king
dom was largely confined to gunpowd-
er and nightshirts. What 4 mighty
leap to pie, butter and wieners =
Syracuse Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Take Tip From Old Mother
Nature When in Doubt About
Time to Plant Your Garden

CFrom the United States Department of
Agriculture.)
BY watching the processes of moth
er nature and taking q tip from her,
the home gardener who is not certain
when he should plant his seeds may get
some valuable information. Garden
specialists divide vegetables INTO two
classes = warm temperature" and
"cold temperature" vegetables. When
peach and plum trees are in blossom,
they say, it is time to sow in the open
. ground such seeds as lettuce, radish,
parsley, beets, turnips, cabbage, car
rOts, peas, and onions. The wrinkled
peas should not be planted until later,
as they are more likely to rot in cool
ground than are the smooth varieties.
When the apple blossoms fall it is
time to plant the heat-lOving vege-
tables, such as cucumbers, beans,
sweet corn, pumpkin, and squash.
This is said to be an old but excellent
rule.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
N1n. hlAf~esQ
Jews in KaiSerIand Unite
for Protection of Rights

German newspapers recently re-
ceived in London report the amalga-
nation of all the Jewish associations
of the empire for the protection OF
the illegal rights of German Jews"
The program adopted is described as
their ''irreducible minimum" The
president is James Simon. a Berlin
merchant prince contemptuOusly
known in Junker circles as the Court
Jew" because OF the kaiser's professed
personal friendship for him. The
main demands of the new organization,
as set forth In the Vossische Zeitung.
are illegal and genuine" equality Of
rights and opportunities with other
citizens sin all states" including the
unrestricted right or emigration into
the Turkish empire, especially Pales-
tine. Similar Capitalization Of Jewish
associations. IL is stated. Is imminent
in Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bull
garia.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Sudden Retreat of an Army
Is Often Reduced to Chaos
And the Resultant Disorder

Moving q great army is an affair
of timetables. There is room for only
a certain amount of men and mate
rial on the roads and railways at one
time, and every man and every
wagon above that maximum becomes
q factor of confusion and retards the
movement OF the whole mass TO a
dangerous degree" writes G. Ward
Price In the Century. 1.-The sudden
retreat of an army Is often reduced
to chaos, first, because a thoroughly
worked out plan of general retirement
exists but rarely in the strong-boxes
of any general staff, and, secondly,
because in the absence of timetable
drawn up in detail and strictly en-
forced, the elementary principle of
self-preservation leads every unit of
the army TO put itself on the road
just as quickly as it can get trans
portation. This is not to say that
confusion is an invariable indication
of personal panic; but it is very nat
ural, and even very proper, that every
battery commander, the director of
every military store and depot, and
the leader of every body of troops
which is not definitely ordered to re-
main, should have the individual de-
termination that his particular COM
mand Shall not fall into the hands of
the enemy.
"The artillery officer firmly resolves
that he will save his guns at all
costs; the heads of the supply depart-
ments are in charge of valuable stores
which their army needs for its very
existence and which would be OF great
aid to the enemy if captured, and the
troop leader naturally argues that it
would be futile to allow his men to
be cut off when q general retreat has
been ordered. So if the organization
of withdrawal is left to the discre~
ton of the people involved in it, as
1t has TO be when the whole thing has
not been deliberately arranged before
hand, confusion is almost inevitable"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21


many and many thousands of dollars
would wander away from the turn
stiles.
The faces" are the biggest assets the
magnates can boast of, and if you will
lamp the rosters of the sixteen major
league clubs you will find at least one
player on nearly every roster who fig
ures as the real drawing card of the
teamson the road.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb is the greatest
drawing card in the business. He is
worth more 10 Detroit on the road than
all the rest of her players put together,
for the fans in rival towns go out large
ly 70 see Cobb, unless the Tigers are
up there fighting for a pennant, and
the rabids in small towns within easy
riding distance of the big league cities
never miss a chance 10 be on the job
when Cobb is billed 10 cayOrt at the
bail park. So Cobb alone is worth
thousands of dollars 10 Detroit at the
turnstiles in the course OF season.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Fought in France at 73.

An American Civil war veteran who
faced the Germans in the trenches for
eight months before his age, seventy
three, was discovered, and he was dis
charged, is ]. w. Buscher, who
served In the Twenty-third Michi-
gan volunteers in the Civil war. He
enlisted recently In the Canadian rail-
way battalion. King George wishing
TO see the oldest soldier In khaki, sum-
moned Buscher 10 buckingham palace,
and praised him heartily for his cour-
age and determination.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Foch's Name Not Teutonic;;
Almost Rhymes With "Hush''

Numerous inquiries have been re-
ceived regarding the correct pronuncia-
ton of the name of the new generals
simo of the allied armies.
On paper Foch seems Teutonic, says
the Chicago Herald. and suggests
throaty gutturals of the kind that are
no longer popular in the civilized
world. But the name is pronounced
as if 1t were spelled Fosh, with short
co." like "uh," and almost rhymes with
"hush." This is on the authority of
lie Courier des Etats Unis, French
daily newspaper published in New
York.
General Foch is a Basque from the
Pyrenees, not an Alsatian. All Basque
names terminating in "ch" have the
soft Ssh" sound instead Of the Ger
manic cultural.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Restricting Walnut Exports.

The authorization Of exports OF wal
nuts from the French colonies Except
Tunis and Morocco) TO American and
allied countries has been Cancelled, ac-
cording to dispatch from Consul Gen.
eral Thaekara in Paris. Special IL
cense must now be obtained and from
the mother country as Well. Similar
action was taken regarding exports OF
animal hair from the colonies TO this
and other allied countries.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21

WHEN LITTLE ONE SINGS


When evening comes over the gray shad-
ows fall.
Softly my Little One sings;
Cuddles and COOS TO n little rag ooll'
And babbles OF wonderful things
Voice like a nnnet. and eyes Ike dove
Little One rocks in her chair.
And tenderly sings. while her motherly
love
Warns to her little one there.
I-vant to get down by the side of her.
And rock-a-by back through the years.
voyaging the Sunderland River OF blue,
Untroubled by doubtings or fears.
To drift TO a nest in the crook OF an arm
And lie in a cud6le OF dreams:
All. Little One, sing me the wonoertui
Up. up from the Lullaby streams
And sing while the heart OF you bursts
In song.
Cuddle your little one so.
For yours is a fieeting time. age Is so
long,
And you. little singer. will grow.
Age will lay hand on your curly, brown
hair,
Make you a grown-up too soon;
Hustle you out OF your little red chair
Sing. sing, while your heart is In tune!
Softly gray shadows come deeping down.
Little One journey away
Mother and Dolly to Sunderland Town
Drowsy-eyed dreamers astray,
Leaving me here where a mist or her
song
Falls on my heart like a dew.
And heaven. thank you. through age Is
so long,
Many the dreams that come true.
Jay B. Iden in the Kansas City Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Laundrymen and War Conditions.

Now IL is the laundrymen's turn
10 feel the pinch of war conditions.
They formerly used caustic potash in
combination with soap for bleaching
purposes. But now that potash is al
most unobtainable. a good substitute
has become necessary. The increase
In the price of soap has made the need
acute. And now comes satisfactory
domestic bleach. Three pounds of tri-
sodium phosphate 10 % pounds of
soap Is the formula.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Scientific Facts.

To enable photographers to
make portraits with artistic
backgrounds translucent shades
to be hung over windows have
been patented bearing pictures
of window castings and land
scapes.
That different classes of man
kind can be distinguished by
their hair is the theory of
French scientist who believes
there is some relation between
the hair and strength of body
and mind.
A form of detectaphOne small
enough to be worn under a mans
shirt front and record CONVERSE
tons on q cylinder attached 10
his belt has been patented by q
resident of Washington, d. c.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Brief and Breezy.

1t is usually the bottom dollar
that counts.
Strong butter is a poor apOl-
ogy for weak coffee.
Happiness Is often the price
of being commonplace.
To do right is easy when sin
ceases TO be pleasure.
Love is a word of four letters
except in a breach of promise
suit.
Without decision of character
no man or woman ever amounts
TO much.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Cornmeal Mullins.

Take two tablespOonfuls Of shorten
ing, half teaspoonful of salt, a half
cupful of corn meal apl five-eighths of
a cupful of wheat fioC-. a teaspOonful
of salt, two teaspOOnfuls of sugar,
the white of an egg and two-thirds of
a cupful of milk. Cream the shorten
ing and sugar, add salt, then milk, al
ternately with the dry ingredients.
Lastly fold in the white of egg beaten
stiff. Bake 20 minutes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
A Valuable Rooster.

According TO the London Times, a
cockerel owned by F. c. Tyson, which
has been sold 6.670 times and has
raised 1856 for the Red Cross and
kindred funds, was bought In for f145
at q gift sale at Maidstone on behalf
OF the Red Cross and the Kent Pris-
oners OF War Fund. This sale, with
subscriptions, realized nearly 10000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Nonsense to Her.

She failed to
laugh at one OF his
alleged jokes.
"My dear. l fear
you have no sense
OF humor."
ct h ere's no
sense to IT." de-
clared his wife.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Critics Opinion.

"How did the critics treat you,
dear?' asked the wife of the man who
had just had a play produced.
"Treat me? They didn't. I treated
them"
"What did you do, dear?"
acts and blew 'em to drinks and ci-
CARS"
That's good. And what did they
say then?"
''That my piece should have been
divided up into more acts"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Steamed Brown Bread.

Take two cupfuls each of barley
flour and corn meal, one and half
teaspoonfuls of soda, three-fourths cup
full of molasses, two cupfuls OF sour
milk, a teaspoonful of salt; mix well
and steam three hours.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Potato Flour SPONGE Cake.

Separate the yolks and whites Of
four eggs, beat yolks until thick, add
one cupful of sugar, beat well, add the
whites beaten stiff, pinch of salt. a
half cupful of potato flour and tea
spoonful of baking powder. Bake in a
moderate over so minutes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Honey Custard.

Cook q pint of milk, half cupful
of honey and grating of nutmeg, two
eggs, and pinch of salt, over hot wa
ter stirring constantly, or bake setting
the cups in hot water. Maple flavor
may be used for a change.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Cream Pie, Rice Crust

Cook cupful Of rice in milk or in
water until tender. Line well
creased pie tin with the rice, then bill
with the following cooked filling: A
pint of milk, yolks of two eggs, tea
spoonful of corn starch, a half cupful
of honey, and a teaspoonful of vanilla;
cook until smooth ard cover with a
meringue made with the whites; set
into the oven to brown.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Mothers Cook Book
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War Foods.

The new things that are being
thought out by our housewives today
will fill many recipe books and be
source of great comfort, because they
mean good things with no increase in
the foods we must save for our armies.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21

Rankin-If / ever have 10 fight in
the trenches hope / can have a per-
iscope.
Phyle-Yes, the things are mighty
handy TO look through and see If the
enemy is near.
"Are they only To look through?'
Eyes. What did you think they
were forT
"Gee, / thought you could stay
safely out Of sight and shoot through
the things"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Baseball "ACes" Magnets
When En- Route and Help to
Keep TurnstiIe Spinning

The ball club that has to worry along
without playing SAGE" is back num-
Der as drawing card on the road.
The outstanding stars are the "aces"
In the big show, for their names are
kept before the public, and the fans go
out to see them perform. Without
them in the lineups of big league clubs
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
Rsisin Drop Cakes.

Take third of a cupful Of shorten
ing, cupful of sugar, two eggs, two
cupfuls of corn -four, cupful of rails
ins, a teaspoonful of vanilla, a cupful
of milk. Mix as usual bake in a mod
crate oven.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
A Practical Orator.

II n a [ la S I
speech of yours
was a classic"
"I'm afraid So"
replied S e n a t or
Sorghum.
"You don't seem
gratifed."
81 feel compli-
mented, but APP
prehensive. As a
rule a classic is
something tn q t
people admire but
don't understand"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-21
FOR A LAUGH
,ssesssssesosesess Q

Twenty-One Meals, However.
Her Dad-Why, hang it, girl, the fell
low only earns fifteen a week.
HERSELF know, papa, but week
passes so quickly when you're fond Of
each other.
The sun., 1918-11-22
WILL KEEP CHECK ON
PROFITS OF PACKERS
Federal Trade Commission
Will Supervise Accounting
of the By-PrOducts.
Specid! Despatch TO TuE sux.

WASHINGTON Nov. 21.-The Food Ad-
ministration and tine Federal Trade Com
mission are to keep close supervision of
the profits made by the big meat packing
houses of the country. This was made
plain at conference to-day between the
Food Administration and representatives
OF the Swift. Armour. Morris, Wilson and
Cudahy companies.
The conference drafted a general re-
vision of the regulations under which the
packing companies have been operating
so as to make them correspond more
precisely with the law under VIII ch the
regulations were drawn. Changes were
MADE necessary by transfer OF fertilizer
supervision to the Department of Agri-
culture and OF hides to the War Indus
tries Board The new regulations make
no change In the percentage Of profit
which the packers are permitted to make
IL Is stated that care has been taken
10 assure correct value transfers on nom
edible items for the purpose Of assuring
close supervision of profits The book
keeping system has been simpified and
perfected and a uniform system Of ac-
counting is being applied. This work is
TO continue under the general supervi-
sion Of the Federal Trade Commission
The packers were represented at the
conference by L. F. Swift. president. and
q. F. Swift. Jr.. vice-presdent OF Swift
e Co. +. A. Cudahy, president, and G.
Q. Shepard. vice-president OF the Cudahy
Packing Company: Edward Morris, Jr.
president of Morris & Co. T. f. Wilson
president of Wilson & Co.. and Arthur
Meeker, vice-president OF Armour & Co