Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 October 1909 — Page 1

x'üL. 52. Jasu', Indiana,1 Friday, October 8, 1906. NO. 2.

DUMAS AUDACITY.

Literary Scheme of ths Greet French Writor. :,.r...ni readers are accustomed 4 .... jl.nir tu'u'rtnnnura. imaii" thfir astonishment tavorilrt journal iuut.. ,! faith, in daily installI u.l.ifitoil according to the ,,; HM.u stair writer, a i a. for example, Lift mo!" Yet the astonin-: 1 D'' ;ithllt a parallel in the annals of news!"'' management, inasmuch a. Hmnor ouco figured as a fcuillc-tönw-f-r a Parisian newspaper. hn Dunns the elder was editing in, .irnal, Lo Mousquetuire, of his assistants, who ua nr exceptionally fine Greek fch-.'ir. one day cnthusiastica;h .pat:ating upon the beauties 0f 'the "lhaj" and the "Odyssey, llama Kri W inost interested. I; mm sou could read them in the ..n.'s'iaC ihe4 Fages. h. not?" asked Dumas. -IJ, t." exclaimed Fages, "my dear i 'ü-'V.. you don't know alpha from mfa !" "Wi.! ou translate for me?" aske-1 l'-iiaas eagerly. Au ) nsrly Fages undertook the .L- r.i-nnninp wit n tnc nrsi book vt tue "Iliad," he would read a'rj line of the UreeK ana tnen give a literal translation. Dumas quickly J ca'iL'i ' i'c .upH ui tu L-jiit. fa;e r-al he wrote a translation and cificd it. "In the name of all the ancients,

M Duma.," exclaimed Fages, "but!amj pome P,npPrnr!i Ii.enme tyrants

you are Mgiung your name to tne hecui'se of that fear Domitian was. 'Iliad'" ja martvr to it. though n pood man "IVrtainlj," responded Dumas, 0f uus'inej!? If he were a stock"that i. to my version of it. It 0f today no doubt he would W.: appear as a feuillcton in Le worrY himself incessantly about the !.; inaire." Istateof the markets, und everyone Fag" was filled with dismay, as woujj pjtv him for his nervousness. he uft.rward related, but before . j10 w,s n Koman emperor, wc such nu.lanty nnd naivete he Mt. I think of him as a sinister villain, helpless. How was he to convince1 i, C( mcn for the pleasure of t writer accustomed to every tri-,j mnpli that he was too bold? j we often henr talk of that terri.nd so the next day an install- h0 tacdium vitue from which Roment of the 4Hiad," as rendered in man noi,jt.a suITered. We should half an hour or so by a man who njj jf n(irVt.3 now. nntl our doctors could rot read the Greek alphabet, " .0Mit prescribe n s'riet diet and a ap;earfl at the bottom of the page ooureiof golf nr gardening for it of Musquetaire, with tho note, jut te ;nman noble did not know 'Tonuiued in our next." j10W (0 tr0;,t it. He made a feast This enterprising bit of journal-Jamj ,'t.t.p and fust and crownism raised such a storm of criticism 'e(j jum?cf vvith (lowers and the

that Dumas was persuaded to uisront.nue it after the third installment, though it was doubted that

i'ui, inviuii iv U3 uwuin-u .... IJOi'lU'l POM'O 111' I" U 1 UIIIUU "o he quite understood whnt was the 'uro lrt ,t ar j t a mere sufTerer trouble. St. Paul Pioneer Press. fT,tm our modern dineaso of over-

Childhood Up to Date. Little Harriet had broken the lid of the box in which her blocks had come. Calling her to account for it, her mother said: "How did tho box lid got broken?" "I satted down on it when I wasn't lookin'." "Oh, then you didn't mean to do it?" "Xo, I didn't." "Then mother will excuse you "Muwer can savo hewelf tho bower of scusin' me," replied Harnet "I'll scuse myself if I need fcusm'. That's my own play toy I broked." Chicago News. It Didn't Matter. Among the isitors to nn art exmillion in lulinhurgh were two old hihe from the country. They ex7 : ry.Fr L k vnung ureuK, uuuuineath which wero inscribed the word, "Executed In Terra Cotta." "Where is Terra Cotta?" asked tho elder of the two, turning to her '"innanion. "I haven't fho lnnst idon.." ronliod the other. "Ah. well," observed the first fpnker ns they passed on, "it does nt much matter. The poor man li was executed is not the less to Y pitied, wherever it may be."London fnil Enterprise. 1 öd je a ulco air cushion cheap.'-

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VILLAINY AND NERVES.

Th Rest Cure Might Have Mode Nero a Harmless Faddist. Mnnv overwrought villains of the oust, if tJiPV U'iM- nliw now. u'liulil Le subjected to a wl eure, which, though it could not turn them mto ?ood men. might make their vil.atnv lews irr:it: and dangerous. riu worst tyrants of the middle ige and the renitii.aii'. the worst Roman "tnjwjrMr. oi'in to us iucom-liehe:.:-l.'f inuM-ton l' iniquity, men who did eil for the love of it. We sihould undfiM.ind them hotter if we eon-idero.l t.v hL-'v their way of h n u;i t .ho-.ler their nerve. Nn doubt NVro. euMi if he had Leon rod t p in the most modern wuv. tainr!it from a eh fid to take Ii interest in nature ami to eat only the most wlmle-ome things, would never have been a ory useful or pleasant person. Hut he might have been n harmless umdist or an innocent if undistinguished minor ,:oet. As it wan, he was the master of the world, with no one lo prevent him from eating and drinking what he chose or. from taking whatever other unwholesome pleasure he was inclined to. Xo doubt he exceeded ;n everything and suffered from ex--Ml; nfortunntelv he could indulge his irritability without restraint, li wjien i,0 ft.jt cvos3 0f a morning he ordered a -enator io oie. wio tvuutor did die, and he heard no more f if Nfnrenvpr. there WB8 always ''nur in work tiron n tvrant s nerves. next morning must nave ieu u Hut since he was f-ii . l !a Konan pöble he h a romantic figitram. london I unes. Hollo! Hollo! Hello! Hrown (after a Into night ... tllO Of . -.....-.sov.!!! - forty - sev eu Ge- ! d , Mx ,sketeh. , ' 1 Difficult to Catch. .-... f,,iiur (who desires to be clubbable, to old nicmbefl-Do you Üsh 1 Old Member (who iiubii i nced--Vhat for?-Sketcb. Old Member (who hasn t uccu uuu-

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.I 'CMS Bar r-' 3t: iv S!Vm: . r' f A BUDDING GENIUS. Ambitions and Hard Work of the Boy Saint Gaudens. Immediately on being apprenticed to Avet 1 applied for admission to the drawing school of the UooDor institute, and every even ing after my return from work at u o ciocK and a nasty tea 1 weni down there, where my artistic odu-' T ran reeall there the kindly im-

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prctsiou produoed on me by Abram of coire, is needed. 'Hie cxplo-j "Di-eipline! Why, of course she thcee apartments and asked pcrmisS. Hewitt as he glanced at me dur- fijon is enough. The apple i ol-' pHVS jrrcat deal of attention to sion to sleep in one of them, but ing some function. Fathor at that reat'y prepar.-d. having Von cut j a.t.rtpd Ed Dorter hastily. was refnFe!. I had to make the

time was making shoes for ttie uooper uimiiy, auu 1 buppu&u uuu that is why ho looked at mo. The frtiinfl frrnf.ltmiO for i ....... u. .1. . . b... the help which J have nad trom, . . w. ... i that institution abides witn me to this day. J It was during the next two ori throe years that my first aspirations , l!i? I ....,! and ambition? made themselves felt. I became a terrific worker, toiling everv night until 11 o'clock after the Cooper institute was over, in the coin iction that in me another heaven bom genius had been given to the world. I can recall thinking in public conveyances that if the men standing on the platform around me could realize how great a genius was rubbinc elbows with them in the quiet looking boy by tneir sine they would be profoundly impressed." As a result, I was so exhausted lv flu pi. n fin in p work of cameo Ml WS s, ...... 1rutting bv day and by drawing at nMit tlmt in the morning 1" was literally dragged out of bed by mother, pushed over to the washstand, where I gave myself n cat's lick somehow or other, driven to the seat at the table, administered my breakfast, which consisted of tea and large quantities of the long French loaves of bread with butter, and tumbled downstairs, out into tho street, where I awoke. "Reminiscences of Augustus Saint Gaudens" in Century. A Seller. 'Mailt? "What kind of Is that, my ioyY' "Us n setter Can't you see bits The Disturbing Telephone. "The telephone has destroyed all the privacy of society," said the society girl.' "It breaks in on everything. Nothing is sacred to it. l ou may be saying your prayers, lho telephone. Or in tho midst of your bath. The toiopnonu. ui uvi v your back hair or, worse of all, a delightful man may be making love to you, when k-ling, k-ling, k-hng The telephone breaks off the thread of his theme and ho fails to resume it." New York Press.

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A Solace of the Season. The happy summer-time is gone, The autumn days are here, And winter with its chilling winds And killing frosts is near. A drowsy stillness fills the pi ace, The summer guests have flownThey've sougt the city's gaiety And I am left alone.

II 1 elad My ; TRICK SHOOTING. Tho Way Some of tho Stage Feats Art Accomplished. Whnn n nlmtmiinn riflft shot firOS ....... ......... J blindfolded at a wedding ring or a pennv held between his wife's thumb" and finger or seated back tos ner snoots, w means oi a mirror, ut, an apple upon her head or on a 1 .l1 in lior teeth, the danifCr fnrV l ,.lil in liir tooth, the danifCr of u iu-i a bullet is obvious. None,' into pieces an l stuck togetner wiuii nn auuesive siiHsunu-i-, u u uni with a knot t the end, pulled. 4Vttiiit1i it from flu WiniTS.' SO UUA.'MIk.. . . - - - - 7 50 mm is. . . .v . .... . Tthat it ilies to bits when tne gnn is. firi, is "how it is done. Genorally the more dangerous a fCat appears the more carefully is aU danger guarded against. In the ifllT!!l!l riltJ I- 11. ll.n.l i William 1 " act the tiircnd is often tied to the assistant's foot. When, again, the ash is shot off a cigar which the assistant is smoking a piece of wire is pushed by his tongue through a hollow parage in the cigar, thus thrusting off tho ah at the moment ot ltnng. nother nonular trick is that of "-m I f cnumnir out lighted candle. . I . . . 1. ril nan f n n dozen are nlaocd in front screen, in which as many mum.1, holes are !ored, one again.-t ea-'h candle wick. At the niniuciiL of firing a confederate behind tin j screen pharplv blows out eai h can I die with a pair of bellows. i In mot instancoH whore a hall nr ; . . i : other object ha to bo broken on ti living pertou's head blank oar tridgo is used nnd the effect jr diiowl bv othar moans. A sptiia." wig with a spring concealed in v worked by a wire under ine r mo is generally ued, tho unM rate manipulating Hie spring simultnneouslv fh the firing of tho riilo. As the ball is of extremely thin glass, a mere touch suffices lo shatter it. In those oxhibiüon some of the rifle "experts" invite gentlemen from the audience to testify that the weapon is indeed loaded. The cartridge shown looks very well, but it is a shell of thin wax blackened to re?emble a leaden bullet. It would not hurt a fly .London TitBits. Wisdom of the Young. 'I never saw sueh n child! You don't scorn to know onorsh to com homo!" "Well, ilnt'i Just wot ma anys aboul jou!" New York or.J

A favorite but simple trie is tno . i MMWlt shooting from some distance at an 1 f$MJgjffe ? orange held in a lady's hand. Croat U f Vjflm ß&T applause is invariably forthcoming ffifi.a when the 1 diet dropf out on her M V catting open the fruit. It is insert- BM hi od bv hand earlier in the evening. 1 ftSM WMdW&JMvi

But why repine in winter time There still are joys in life, Here in the quiet country-side Remote from worthly strife Since all my summer friends have sought Now nlpasnrfis for themselves,

l' - - V greet my Other friendsfriends upon the shelves. MAPvY C. PRENTICE. rt . A Disciplinarian. .--.f-. Mis- llobfun was most popular with the two young arid unmarried 1 f ri...,:ll' c-nlinnl mnnihor, of Opilterville's School TU AiA tnf Tirninn fo UUUiU. I Ul I lave aIiy change o trict No. 3. UUUi U 1 11 v 1. 1 .awb . . i . - f teRchers in dis"j)0 von think Miss Hobson pays qe. enough attention to uiscipline:" -uggwted one of the elderly ,--;, wl .rtmmittoompn one wi nmmit rnompn one ,w j)PVer had anybody ele be1 Z 1 11 i,Knc. "Vhvf ono afternoon 1 was in there at No. 3, and Mis uobson .v,rtir Hmn .tvnrv mintUam ni 'n Ü nnrl Aliwi lTonSOll ... L I it: 1 . . .lb i . V ' . w. . . " : .. . . I Rl'VlIb H1U ... J ..... . j utc 0f jt preserving order m that Znbv7iv?xL- touu9 "C"rPT.:z. m Meant Well. linrol.l Xl joti lake my seat, lady III 1'lrti. n,-. n't to Hkc a man who had fnsi,.:..r three days." Ap. -arances Is npsii me. lady; but, nli, If von ouly kuowwl bow many pairs of pants I got oii."-Plilladelpala Press, Bur,crmt't5ter What ground foruplcioii have yon that the prisoner Is the murderer? Constable- IV t Ip tlh Ks denial It, sir. That' evu .. visplclous cb cutiiStauce,- Fliegende flatter.

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A NARROW ESCAPE. Presence of Mind In the Fac of a

Terrible Danger. One of the strangest incidents of Ihe senov rebellion is told by Wib lliam Korbe Mitchell in his "Rem iniscences of the Great Mutiny. Mr. Mitchell, who was seriieaut of a highland regiment, had the misfor tune during a battle to lose tno ereatooat which everv soldier carriod foldotl in what was known as a "Crimeiin roll" and strapped to tho shoulders in such a manner that It croised the breast: Many a man owed his life to the fact that bullets became spent in . . . 4 . II Tl V pacing tlirougn tnese rons. j-tnap- : poned that in the neat ot tnc ugnc I my roll was cut right through where .the two ends were fastened together by the stroke of a keen edged tulwar, which was intended to'eut me. U1V. As the day was warm, I was rathyjg aTght there w a differ0nce in temperature, and when I was relieved from patrol duty and wanted to lie down to sleep I felt Min pohl. wet crass anything but comfortable, for a kilt is not the UUUUttfli'U - most suitable article of dress on n oohl November night in upper In.1:.. flin. AT. Atnnnnv wns onenmneil m 41. . ' j' nnd about the tomb of the first king of Uudh. A large mciosure ßurÄ i rounded the building of the tomb itsoil, and were small cmnmorlflfir on t he inside ot tins . . ll rooms built for the aconmmoflfttion of nilirrims. When I entered the inclosure I noticed best ot my position, out was too unr 1. 1 n n,it Jt struck me that Rome of the sepoys migiit nave uroppeu uieu lilnnkets in their hurried denarturo nOVS miüllt liaVO ClrODPOd UlCir I .! n c. ,.- i 4 . With this hrpc I went into ono of the rooms where a lamp was mirninr. took it off the Fhelf and walked to the door of the great domed mosque or tomb. I peered into the dark, but could see nothing, so I advanced slowly, holding the lamp over my head, looking cautiously around until I wn in the center of the great vault, where my progress was obstructed bv a big black heap about four or five feet high, which felt to my feet like loose sand. I lowered my lamp and discovered I was standing ankle deep in loose gunpowder. About forty hundredweight of it lay under my nose, nnd n liasty glance around showed me twenty or thirty barrels of the Eame substance, over a hundred eight-inch shells, all loaded and with'fuees flxed, and a profusion of spare fuses and slow matches lying about. I took in my danger at n glance. There I was, up to my knees nearly in gunpowder, with a naked light m my hand. My hair literally stood on end, and my knees knocked together. Cold perspiration broke out all over me. I had neither cloth nor handkerchief in my pocket with which to extinguish my light, and the next moment might be my hint, for the overhanging wick already threatened to send tho smoldering "red top to my feet, with consequences too dreadful to contemplate. Quick as thought I put my left hand under tho down dropping fiame and. clasping it firmly, slowly turned to the door. Fear so overcame all othef sensation that I felt no pain of the burn until I was outside. Then it hJT enough. 1 poured the oil front tho lamp into my burned hand. Then 1 knelt down nnd thanked God. , Xext I staggered to Captain Dawson and told him. lie did not nelievo mo nnd told me I had waked up from a dream. I showed him the powder still sticking on my wet feet. He instantly roused the sleeping men ind quenched every spark of fire on the promises. Consolation. J 1 ' j Kind Hearted Mojorlst (to vlctlm)i Them's a doctor In that car befeindeSrownlatf a Majcaxln.

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