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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
NewIyweds' Fortunes Are
Told With Oil in India

Among the Kherrias Of India. curl
Gus marriage ceremony * reported.
Taking a portion ~ the hair 81 the
bride and bridegroom in turn from the
center 81 the forehead. the priest
draws II down onto the bridge 81 the
nose. Then pouring oil on the head.
~ watches IL carefully as IL trickles
down the portion Of hair. II the oil
runs straight onto the top ~ their
noses their future will be fortunate.
but II II spreads over the forehead
or trickles OF on either side ~ the
nose, III luck Is sure to follow. Their
fortunes told. generally to their own
satisfaction. the final part Of the cerc-
rnony takes place. Standing side by
side. hut with faces strictly averted.
the bride and bridegroom mark each
other's forehead with "sindur'' Ever
Iivon).
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
HINTS FOR THE
POULTRY GROWER

Cholera and hlackhead. common
disease ~ which many kinds of do
nestle poultry die. but most commonly
chickens and turkeys. has no real
name in poultry annals. though on
making a diagnosis o. the dead birds
often II is called cholera. blackhead
and a few other names. when. after
all. IL Is merely acute Inflammation OF
the intestines caused by feeding con-
stipating food. says one person.
IL Is true that fowls after eating
drastic poisons. will show up with the
same intestinal Inflammation. but IL
is more commonly due 20 feeding
tOO-heavily concentrated ration II Is
the mysterious disease that 50 often
kills hogs. calves and sheep. In the
first IL is. as in poultry. too often at
tributed to cholera. and the owner
goes on feeding in the old way instead
~ giving the flock. or the herd. plenty
OF pure water at all hours 10 quickly
pass the concentrated food on TO quick
elimination. helped on by regular
doses Of Epson salts
This neglect i more apparent with
poultry than other stock. Corn is one
~ the feeds most sure To bring on
this condition. IL fed in large quanti-
ties 10 any Kind of stock. With poul-
try as with other stock. and especially
in spring when frost lies on the new
grass the trouble at times will bring
about great loss.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Windmill Drives Dynamo
for Forest Fire Alarm

The windmill Is a new addition 70
the forest rangers station on the
mountain peaks Of the West. says the
Popular Mechanics Magazine. Its
purpose is To drive the dynamo that
supplies current for a wireless tele-
phone. The telephone has long been
the chief aid Of the lookout in fight.
Ing fires In our great national forests.
Often. however when most needed.
the wires would be lying useless I'M
der a slide Of rocks or snow or a
fallen tree. so the rangers are TO have
wireless telephones. whose function
ing cannot be disturbed in these was.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Duets Are Common Between
Pairs OF Birds OF Various
Species Authorities Say

The singing Of birds is taken for
granted Yet there must nave been
beginning of bird-song and some
real reason for IL. Nothing merely
happens IL vas not beneath the con
sideration Of Darwin. who held that
the discovery Of the voice first came
from fear and pain. the agony com
pressing the muscles Of the chest and
forcing the air through the glottis 50
as TO create a sound What originated
in fear afterwards developed into an
art or accomplishment so that gradu-
ally during the ages. many birds de-
veloped calls" 10 others Of the oppo-
site sex.
which induces one binl Of species To
approach another W the same kind j.
a "call note" whether IL be- combat
cry or an alarm. which were the
earliest. to be followed later by the
love-caI.
At the beginning Of the breeding
season birds Of opposite sex call To
each other. and this vocal exercise is
especially performed by the males.
Songs were actually mere repetitions
Of call notes. and only later came the
development of pure song rs under
stood by men. When nightingalcs are
counting they utter a gentle. subdued
warbling. Duets are common between
pairs u birds Of various species. Real
song. however. does rot seem Ia de-
pend upon. the breeding season at all.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
HAND SPRAYER VERY USEFUL
Especially Handy in Applying Rem
edies for Control OF Garden
Insects and Diseases.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
Control Of insects and diseases af-
fecting garden crops has been made
so simple that II is little trouble now
adnys to apply the remedies. II IL
not necessary to have n lot of expen-
sive apparatus. A cheap hand spray
or or n sprinkllng can may be used to
apply all OF the remedies that are
used In liquid form. Poisons In
the dry or powdered form can be mp
piled by busting them upon the plants
BY means Of cheesecloth or gunny
sack. The entire cost fur equipment
with which to fight the common gar
den insects and diseases need not be
more than a dollar.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
FOR HOME GARDENERS

prepared by the United states De
partment OF Agriculture
Home gardeners Will find that
all of the most common insects
and diseases attacking vegeta-
bles are catalogued in the Unit
ed States Department Of Agri-
cultures Farmers Bulletin $50.
which will be sent free on re-
quest of the department. This
bulletin tells how To detect the
presence OF destructive insects
and diseases and how to prevent
and fight them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
PREVENT INJURY
BY ARMY WORMS
important That Pest Be Discov-
cred Before Crops Have Been
Seriously Damaged.
EXAMINE MEADOWS CLOSELY
Grass or Grain Should Be Carefully
Inspected 10 Detect Presence Of
caterpillars-Poisone Bats
May Be Used

prepared by the United States Depart
ment % Agricultural
WatchfulneSs is the key 10 success
in eases Of invasion by army worms,
which are young OF certain moths or
millers that fly only at might. The
cc-s from which the army worms
hatch are laid commonly on grasses
or grasslike grains and the tiny cater
pillars. upon Matching. feed for several
days near the ground. hidden by over
hanging grasses or grains and thus
may escape notice until nearly full
grown. by which time they have be-
come widely distributed over the in
Tested ields.
Upon the discovery Of the pest in it's
younger stages depends very largely
the possibility 81 stamping out infes-
tafsons before serious injury 20 crops
has occurred. Meadows therefore
should bc examined frequently. partic-
ular'y those planted 10 timothy. blue
grass. wheat. and especially millet. TO
discover the young worms.
II the infested spot be- small. the grass
or grain can be moved of and straw
scattered over the spot and burned.
thus destroying the worms. II the
caterpillars have become distributed
over considerable area. this can be
marked of by ssikes and the crop
sprayed heavily with solution ~
paris green AZ the rate Of one pound
20 20 gallons II water. or ~ arSenate
Of lead at the rate 81 two pounds
Of the paste or one pound Of the pow
der 20 - gallons 81 water.
Poisoned Bats for the Army Worm.
PoiSo;.ed haits have long been used
as n means III destroying the numer-
Gus species IF cutworinS and also the
army worm. An efficient bait Of this
kind may be- prepared and used a. fol-
lows: To 80 pounds II wheat bran
and one pound II paris green or two
pounds ~ powdered arsenate ~ lead;
add the juice Of one-haf dozen or
anr,s cor lemons. Then bring the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Use Cooking Box as a Refrigerator
BY u. S. Department Of Agriculture


cool them In this works much Ike
cooking and the cox constructed
on
made
with
heat
in
the quickly the Ice melts and the temporal
Fortunately this Is
han the loss 81 heatw a
to they be chile to
original temperature Ice cream
packed
Many prefer pack such half
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Did His Best.

The tramp touched his hat aNl
walked along beside the horSeman.
You wouldn't think. sor." he said
but ! once mad n happy home"
Then" said the rider. "why % in'i
you do something 90 keep IL happy
Il did. sir" said the tramp: Il ef'
it."-London Tit-Blts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Good Advice.

MY boy. get this In your head;
you don't need to go TO New York &"
make success"
mo. dadT'
"Sot by n long shot. IL you've so'
ANYTHING at all worth while. New YORK
will come 20 you for H..
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18

Il know a perfectly safe place for
your diamond rings mother"
"Wheref"
"On Buds fingers"
silly. ned be sure 10 lose them
NO he wouldn't You'd never Ne
i'm any danger Of Bud taking ihcm
of 10 wash his hands"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Aoree with Professor.

'The professor seems 10 be- a mao
Of rare gifts" remarked Mrs Mayor
''IIe is. agreed the professors wife.
"He hasn't given me one since We were
married London Tit-Biis.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
~ He Had Two Million.

II hate the rich. wouldn't join ?
mllIionaires' club. reckon ''A
wouldn't care about joining one
eithery"
well. I'd like 10 be eligible TO join
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
WISE AND OTHERWISE

The trouble with spending all
your energy now is that there's
no way 20 borrow any after
yours is all gone.
Many a man T. libe.al with adj
|, vice. but stingy with assistance.
Silence may be- -olden. hut
notwithstanding that every now
and then a creditor writes that
he would like 20 hear from you.
It's wise father who lets his
, own child know him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
A Ruthless MonopoIIst.

81 want my rights" shouted the so
cialIst orator
"Yes :" ventured the man VIM
speaks up very seldom; but you don |
wont anybody else To have any.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18


their getting cold
to
before BY chilling them and then
they without
a :
The the cooker me slowly and keeps the
{ pitcher
/ :
the
were 10 be
to a " a
packed the bottle dish
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Their Way.

Motorists are always speaking con
temptuously Of pedestrians"
Yes. | notice they have way ~
running them down"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Standing Room Appreciated.

This world r. but ileeting show.
Some say not worth a pin.
But just the same we feel that We
Were lucky 10 get In.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18

Il know a man who is az the turning
point Of his life every night"
'lIow can that beg"
lie tends the biz revolving light
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Poetry.

-Dancing is the poetry Of motion.
give me the regular kind oil poe'
~" commented the rugged ecohoin's. :.
~, doasn,t wear out SO many shoes
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Reversing II

Queer. wasn't II. those joust> -
chivalry:"
Nv hat was quecrf"
why. every knight made a day ~
H."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Contrary Dream.

What do you think is every Lon
doner's day dream"
II don't know: what Is its'
ITO become n knight mayor"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Naturally

My brothers business IS going a.
the WALL
Dear ne. how did thar happenf"
ale Is selling decorative vines
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
PereentlbIe Result.

"Confound the luck The iron door
has just been painted"
Yes. IL j. easy 10 see you have
been UP against H."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18

"why Is tint stupid attendant o"
the table always going up and dow"
from the Kitchen
1T must be because he Is uu'""
sni,er"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Nothinu Else.

"Yes. my wife always asks me II
like her newest gown"
Values your opinion chF
enc; it's merely a habit"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18
Every Great Life.

Every great life Is an incentive to
all other liyes.-George william Cur.
tbs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18

GRASP OF HUMAN NATURE
Manager-But this play IS too
hlgh-brow, 1t will never be a success
Author-That's where you are
mistaken. people always praise
things they don't understand.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of AgricultureD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
A Destroyer's FirerOOm

Ensign Charles ". kimbail, United
 States naval reserve force, in Lesl1e,s.
 Descend a manhole in the deck. The cover is closed and secured behind you.
 \ door, gasketea with rubber and locked with toggles, faces you at the foot of the ladder As it opens, comes a pressure on your drums like the air-lock of a caisson. It is the forced drausht. You thread your way amid pumps and feed water heaters and descend still further to the furnace level.
 Twenty-Five knots-2S land miles an hour is good going. You think of dust of heat the clatter of shovels, of grimy' sweaty firemen. Instead, water-ten- der stands calmly watching tine glow. of oil jets feeding the furnace fire. NOW and then he casts an eye to the gauge classes His two firemen give turn to A fuel cock-a shot of oil to pump. The vibration of the hull and the hum Of the blower are the only sounds. bresh cool air sweeps through in steady stream.
 You have purchased absolution from the services burden of coallng shlp-pu' you pay in oil. You smell oil in the
 smoke from the tunnels, you breathe II
 from the oil range in the galley. Your clothes gather it from stanchions and rails. The destroyer is not built whose bulkheads will stand oil-tight in th' weaving hull, and the watertanks are favored with the seepage from nelgh' boring fuel compartments. You drink pc troleum in the water and taste it in the soup. The curry in the lamb 'kllls II but the rice reeks of Mexican crude. Ihe l butter absorbing the vapors, tastes hk' some queer vaseline. At first your stom 1 ach reyolts. You starve yourself for | trip. grow used to it and come back wltf renewed appetite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
Hot Water for
 Sick Headaches
Tells why everyone should drink hot water with phosphate
 in it before breakfast.

Headache of any kind, is caused by auto-intoxica tion-which means self poisoning. Liver and bowel poisons called toxins, sucked into the blood. through the lymph ducts. excite the heart which pumps the blood so fast that it congests in the smaller arteries and veins and the head producing vio- lent. throbbing pain and distress called headache. You become nervous despondent sick, feverish and miser- able. your meals sour and almost nauseate you. Then you resort to ace tanilide, aspirin or the bromides whicf temporarily relieve but do not rid the blood of these irritating toxins.
 glass of hot water with tea spoonful of limestone phosphate in 1t drank before breakfast for awhile, vii not only wash these poisons from youl system and cure you of headache, bu will cleanse, purify and freshen tho entire alimentary canal.
 Ask your pharmacist for quarter pound of limestone phosphate. It il inexpensive, harmless as sugar.
 If your aren't feeling your best. 1 tongue is coated or you wake up witt bad taste. foul breath or have colds indigestion, biliousness, constipation or sour, acid stomach, begin the phos phated hot water cure to rid you system of toxins and poisons.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19

iron to be found Refining processes have removed the iron of Mother Earth from these impoverished foods. and silly methods of home cookery, by thro wing down the waste pipe the water in which our vegetables are cooked are responsl- ble for another great iron loss.
 Therefore, you should supply the iron deficiency in your food by using some form of organic iron, just as you would use salt when your food has not enough salt. I have used Nuxated Iron widely in my own practice in most SC we're aggravated conditions with unfail- ing results"
 Dr James Francis Sullivan, formerly physician of Bellevue Hospital (Out- door Dept), New York, and the. West chester County Hospital. was asked Tor an opinion. pr. Sullivan said: Modern methods of cooking and the rapid pace at which people of this country live has made such an alarming increase in iron deficiency in the blood of American men and women that I have often marveled at the large number of people who lack iron in the blood-and who never sus- pect the cause of their weak. nervous. rundown state But in my opinion, you can't make strong. sturdy men of blood and iron..-the kind that helped win the war-by feeding them on metallic iron. The old forms of metallic iron must go
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
LABOR FORCES INCREASE

Hundreds of men are arriving in Shelf field almost daily and are finding em- ploynent in the local nitrate plants and on the Muscle Shoals dam. Probably 800 or more men have been given employment during the past few days by the Oliver Construction company, the contractors who are building the railroad lines to the dam site. Work on the railroad lines is progressing rapidly, and as soon as completed. heavy machinery and neces- sary equipment will begin to arrive and transported to the dam site. At the nitrate plants increased activity is noted in all branches of the work.
 That actual construction work on the Muscle Shoals dam is being hastened is indicated by the extreme preparations that are being made to care for the hous- ing of the army of workmen who VIII be engaged in building the dam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
KNITTING DEPARTMENT

Mrs Lewis Underwood has been ap- | pointed chairman of the knitting depart ment, Mrs. Walker having been obliged to resign owing to stress of work. Mrs
 Walker, with Mrs. Robert Daniel as cap
 tain. made a wonderful success of this
 department which had been well in-
 augurated by Mrs T. O. Smith, it's first
 chairman.
 The knitting department is one or the
 finest in the Jefferson county chapter,
 and has accomplished an enormous
 amount of work, knitting thousands of
 mufflers and sweaters, wristlets and
 socks for the soldiers and sailors of
 America and for our allies. It's task is
 nearing completion. as it's present allot-
 ment of socks will be the last required of it. After this the Bnitters of Jefferson county can stack their needless and take we'll earned rest. There are still two thousand socks to be made, and every knitter is earnestly requested to make this one last effort The surgical dressings department has ended glcriously, accomplishing every l task allotted to it. Can the knitting de- partment fail at the last moment2 1 The following appeal has been issued | to every chairman of branch or unit 1 in the cha pter. If by any accident it does | not reach chairman she is requested to cut this from the paper and let every member of her unit read or hear it read. l 'To All Chairmen of Units and Branches of the Jefferson County Red Cross chap ter:
 Dear Madam: Will you kindly read | this letter to your members at the next meeting of your unit.
 There are still zoo pairs of socks to | be knitted by the Jefferson, county chap l ter and these must be finished and shipped by February 27.
 When these socks are finished the knitting of our chapter will be ended, and the knitters can take a well-earned | rest.
 Wool will now be given out in large quantities to units, and all chairmen are \ urged to come to the knitting department at headquarters, Loveman, Joseph X | Loeb, and take out as much wool as l their knitting members can make up For those who enjoy knitting heels and l weaving toes, the finished legs will be 1 furnished, and in this way the work can be speeded up.
 The knitters of Jefferson county have done such splendid work the chapter feels l it can count on them to make this final l effort. Will not every one who can knit take out at least two pairs of socks? If | this is done, the allotment can be finished | in two weeks time.
 1 "If the government did not need these
 socks for our soldiers, the orders would l have been cancelled. But it has counted 1 on this amount. and we must not fail our country. The gulf division is the only division of the Red Cross in Amer ica that is behind in this department,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19

through a digestive process to traHss form them into organic iron-Nuxated Iron--before they are ready to be taken up and assimilated by the human sys- tenn Notwithstanding all that has been said and written on this subject by well known physicians, thousands of people still insist in dosing, themselves ,it with it costs a few cents less. I strongly ad- wise readers in all cases to get physi- clans prescription for organic iron-- Nuxated .Iron-or if you don't want to go to this trouble, then purchase only Nuxated Iron in it's original package and see that this particular name (Nu1- ated Iron) appears on the package 1f you have. taken preparations such as Nux and Iron and other similar iron products and failed to get results, re- member that such products arc an en- tirely different thing from Nuxated Iron
 MANUFACTURERS NOTE: Nuxatsd Iron. which f. prescribed and recommended above by physicians s not \ secret remedy. but which Is vol known to druggists everywhere Unlike tho older inorganic iron products is easily assimated. does not injurc the teeth make them black nor upset the stomach Tho guarantee successful and entirely sats factory results purchaser. they will refund your money. It is dispensed in this dC W all good druggista
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
REPORT OF GREAT !
 lDIRIGIBLE ENDURANCE FLIGHTS IS ISSUED
av Assnniated Press

Washington, January R-Two remark abel endurance flights by the navy dlrl- gible A -236 from the naval air station at Key West. Fla, one lasting B hours anu covering 750 miles and the other 40 hours and 4S minutes, and covering about 8oo miles, constituting a service record, were described in official reports made pubic tonight.
 Rising winds and threatening storms stopped the first flight November Z4, al though sufficient fuel and oil remained for eight more hours.
 The second trip made December 24-2o, was under overcast skies with wind ranging from 20 to 36 miles an hour The propelling motor was stopped only twice, for three minutes each time, to fill the 9 reservoir.