Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 55, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 October 1912 — Page 3

Reckless Waste May Cause Extinction ofWhale.

WASHINGTON. Danger of the total extinction of the whale through "overfishing1 ig dealt with In the thirteenth annual report on fisheries, issued by the board of agriculture and fisheries. It ig unquestionable, says the report, thnt in the caso of ,a slow-growing and alow-reproducing animal like the whale, although, owing to its wide range, It will probably never be absolutely cxtermlnted, excessive hunting speedily results In a very marked depletion, of the stock. The practical extinction of the Basque and Greenland whale fisheries has abundantly proved this. It rauBt he remembered, too, that this result was brought about by means of the open and hand harpoon methods which are now obsolete. The Greenland whale was a comparatively sluggisti and timid animal, whose capture by the method referred to presented little difficulty, whereas the rorquals and other species were not only too swift, but too dangerous to be attacked in the same manner as the "right" whale. With the introduction, however, of Wild Man Flees to the Ul T," alias "Gingerbread," the wild 1 man from Borneo, escaped from his dugout at the Rockville fair the other day, and, coming to Washington, was locked up on a charge of disorderly conduct. The wild man, who lives on raw meat and "eats 'em alive," was approached the following night by Policeman Andes of the Fifth precinct while ioing a war dance in Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast. "Who do you think you are, anyway?" inquired Andes. "G-rrr! Woof!" responded tho wild man. Whereupon Policeman Andes called the wagon, and the wild man was taken to the station, put in a cell, and told to "sleep it off." It is supposed that the wild man got tired of staying in a cage and eating raw meat and sleeping in hay. So he pushed the door of his dugout open, and walked 16 miles to Washington to get something that would take the taste of the meat out of his mouth. When the news spread through Rockville that it probably had a wild man on its hands, a posse of vigilantes armed themselves with shotguns and pitchforks and raw meat, with which to appease his mean disposition.

Sparrows Annihilate Worm Army on Navy Green,

TAKE tiO PRl$0MKSl Si PERSONS passing the State, War and Navy building, on Pennsylvania avenue, the other day saw a "battle royal" between a corps of army worms and a battalion of sparrows. The unusual sight attracted a large crowd, and much expert opinion was passed on the outcorie of the battle, the problem facing the battalion of sparrows being the annihilation of the enemy before darkness set in. The battalion of sparrows moved eastward in two columns from the northwest corner of tho State, War and Navy lawn. One of the most interesting features of the "battle" was Claimed That Automobiles CTING is agents in the spread of tuberculosis, motor cars and highpowered automobiles are spreading disease and death in the Philippines, according to a report in the quarterly review of the bureau of public works of the islands. This is due to the great clouds of dust raised by the rapidly moving vehicles. The dust finds its way Into the houses, which aire built close on the edges of the narrow streets, and the hi.?h mortality among the Filipinos from tuberculosis is attributed in large measure to it. The spread and increase of the "whito plague" Is not confined to human beings, according to the report, but cattle and other live stock are (equal sufferers. The Philippine government is experimenting with native ollon the jroads, in the hope of remedying conditions. Electrical devices to handle the S6, $00,000 money orders returned an-

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the harpoon with explosive shell, disckarged from a cannon mounted in the bows of a steamer, the conditions were entirely changed, and the species formerly ImmuLe from attack could now be hunted with impunity. The result of this revolution in the conditions under which the fishing could bo prosecuted is seen in the enormous dimensions which the Industry has attained at the present day. It is estimated that In 1911 between 19,000 and 20,000 whales were captured in tho southern hemisphere alone (South Georgia, South Shetland, South America and Africa), to which has to be added the catch in North America, Japan, Faroe, Iceland, Spitzbergen and Greenland, and these Agues will probably be greatly exceeded in 1912, as numerous new companies have been formed to exploit Alaskan, Australasian and Sandwich island waters. This wholesale destruction muBt inevitably tell its tale within a few years, and, as a matter of fact, in Newfoundland and Iceland fears are already entertained that the fishing is on the decline. It would not, therefore, be a matter for surprise if, within a few years, it may be found necessary to establish something in the nature of international control, and the precedent of the Behring seal fishery shows how vexed a question whaling may ultimately become.

Capital; Cop Nabs Him When they could not find him, they went home and barred the front door. The wild man is no beauty. He is a hairy individual, six feet tall, with a sinister cast of countenance. He has bulging eyes and an ecliptical-shaped head, with an indentation on the top, covered by a patch of hair. When seen at the fair grounds, mothers would draw their children to them when the wild man grinned, and strong men would shudder. After spending a night at the Fifth Precinct station, the wild man was taken to Washington Asylum hospital for observation. Never having had a wild man from Borneo on their hands, the hospital officials were puzzled.' And, on the blotter of the Fifth Pre cinct station is inscribed: 41 'It " and opposite that, "crazy." the warlike precision with which the sparrows moved. It was estimated by onlookers that neither column of sparrows was over three feet wide. They worked in solid block formation and moved rapidly on the corps of army worms, which was solidly intrenched behind breastworks of grass. Owing to their intrenched position, it was impossible for onlookers to estimate the strength of the worms, but it was generally conceded that the attacking battalion of sparrows was 500 strong. Like Henry of Navarre at Ivry, the "commander" of the worms held his forces close to the "cannon of the

invading sparrows, but without avail, crew of the steamer managed to confor the "charge of the five hundred" trol the rest of the cattle, and as soon proved devastating to the intrenched as the huge land swells ceased all be-

worms. the day, and at night not a sparrow was reported dead on the field, while hundreds of the enemy had been slain. Spread Tuberculosis nually to Washington to be audited will save $200,000 a year for the government, according to estimates by Charles A. Kram, auditor for the postofllce department. The tabulations are accomplished through a system of punched cards and electrical counters somewhat similar to the machines used by the federal census bureau. Heretofore, the annual audit of the money order business of the country has taken nearly a year. With the electric card punching and counting system the final settlement of money order accounts can be made within three months of the end of the fiscal year.

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0j i SCDAP BOOK THE MUCH-TRANSLATED BIBLE. The Bible continues to break all records for translation into alien tongues. Another language has just been added by the American Bible society to its long list by the 'completion of the Ibanag New Testament in the Philippines. Tho Old Testament is being brought oit in the Panayan dialect, and the Pentateuch in Pampangar. and Cebuan is ready for the printer. The Kurdish New Testament is well under way, and revisions are being made in Tagalog, Portuguese, the Wenli and Mandarin in China, Siamese and Zulu. The total issues for 1911, the 96th year of the existence of the American Bible society, amounted to nearly 3,700,000 volumes, most of these being portions and not entire Bibles. Of the latter, however, there were more than 400,000. The total issues of the society during its ninety-six years reach the gigantic figure of ninety-four million volumes. GOOD USE FOR ISLAND. Kangaroo Island, which is situated some six hours' steaming from Adelaide, South Australia, is regarded as an ideal place in which to preserve permanently animal and botanical species distinctive of the Australian continent. At present 175 square miles on the island are utilized as a fauna and flora reserve, and it is suggested that the area should be considerably increased. Recently the attention of the South Australian Commissioner of Crown Lands was drawn to the desirableness of protecting the opossum. To prevent the wholesole destruction of the marsupial, and also to give power to the state government to protect other native animals, the commissioner has directed that a bill shall be prepared for introduction to parliament at an early date, to pro vide for the protection of wild an imals. WORK DONE BY WATCH. Tho work a watch will do in ten years is surprising. In that time, which includes two leap years, and consequently a total of 3,652 days, the hour hand has made 7,304, and the minute hand 87,648 revolutions. The end of an average minute hand travels over 1,820 yards over six miles. The second hand has made 5.25S.880 revolutions, and its extremity has traversed on the dial a distance of upwards of 123 miles. The escapewheel has made 52,5SS,S00 revolutions, and as it has 15 teeth, it has come 7SS,S23,000 times in contact with each pallet. The balance has made 1,577,844,000 vibrations, and any point on the outside of the rim has covered a distance of about 50,000 miles, and that is equal to twice the circumfer ence of the earth. CATTLE JUMPED INTO OCEAN. The unusual spectacle of a dozen or more frantic steers jumping into the sea from a steamer was witnessed at Santa Rcsa island, California, the oth er day, by several yachting parties. The cattle had been loaded at the island and the steamer was clearing the buoys for the mainland, when a heavy land swell was encountered. Tn an instant the cargo of steers was in a panic. Breaking their headstalls a dozen or more rushed to the open deck and leaped into the ocean The came cmlet. Hont woro i luncicu clUU after a delay of more than an hour all of the steers that made thp lpnn were headed ashore and safely locked in the cattle Dens. WHY HE STOLE BATHTUB. Buddy Johnson, colored, was fined $20 in the United States branch of the police court the other day for stealing a bathtub. The presiding judge was disposed to be lenient with Johnson for taking the tub until it was explained that he did not steal it to bathe in. "To what purpose did you put the bathtub?" asked the judge, running his eye up and down the defendant "To a drinking purpose, your hon or," was the reply. "You did not steal the tub to drink from?" responded the court. "No, suh; I sold it fur to buv gin with," the negro declared. Plenty of Evidence. "I wonder," said Slithers, stopping his car at the roadside and addressing an old man working in the fields, "if 1 can get any gasoline around here?" "I reckon ye kin," replied the old man. &tTÄiShte;-g up and leaning on his hoe. "Ye kin get it in yer system, anyhow. Them cars ahead o' ye seems to have left a few tons of It behind 'em, jedgin by the condition of tLe atmosphere." Judge.

MONEY IN OSTRICH RAISING.

Successful results have been obtained by ostrich farmers In the Transvaal; and the industry is likely to develop considerably. Tho administrator, the Hon. Johann RIssik. has been successfully farming with ostriches in the Waterberg for some years past. His birds are from the best Cape stock. From Mr. Rissik, some two and & half years ago, Mr. T. J. Kleinenberg, of Petersburg, obtained a number of chicks which he placed on his farm at OHfants river. These have been carefully fostered since and fed on lucerne grown on the farm. The result has been almost beyond expectation, for today these birds, at three years old, are bearing magnificent feathers, known in the trade as "primes' which fetch something like $100 a pound weight in the market A beautiful bunch of these feathers bearing a rich gloss, was exhibited in Pretoria by Mr. Kleinenberg. Of these an expert from Oudtihoorn expressed the opinion that had they been shown In the place It would be thought that they were produced there, so much in gloss and texture are they like the best Cape product. The feathers in question took the first prize at the recent agricultural Bhow at Peetersburg. HIGHLY PRIZED RING FOUND. Turned up by a plow from its burial place of 38 years, a litle gold band engagement ring is now back upon the finger on which it was first placed so long ago. To Mrs. William Blakely, a pioneer resident of Pendleton, Oregon, belongs the ring with this history. It was purchased by Blakely in 1863 and placed upon the finger of his betrothed, who was then Miss Margaret Baird. They were married the following year. For ten years Mrs. Blakely wore the ring, and then, one unlucky day, she lost it. A short time ago a nephew of Blakely turned up a glitetring object while plowing on the eld home place at Brownsville, which Ptill belongs to the Blakelys and is tenanted by their descendants. It proved to be the lost ring, being easily identified by the initials "W. M. B." engraved on its inner surface. Forthwith it was forwarded to its owner, who, a young wife when it disappeared, is now a great grandmother. COMPARATIVE ILLITERACY. Only three persons out of ten thousand in Germany are unable to read or write, while the proportion of illiteracy in Great Britain is 150 per 10,000 as against 770 per 10,000 in the United States. These figures are based on a comparison of illiteracy among some, of the leading nationg which has just been made and issued by the United States Bureau of Education. The United States figures include the entire population over ten years of age, while the German figures cover only the army recruits, and the British statistics are based on data drawn wholly from official marriage registers. Hence the German and British statistics deal only with adults, and generally speaking with physically and mentally normal adults, while the United States census includes without discrimination everyone above the ten-year-age limit, even colored folk. SHARKS ANNOY FISH. Fishermen along the Cornish (England) coast have been alarmed recently by the presence of sharks. These monsters are not unknown in western waters but never have they run to such sizes as those seen within the past few days. Lord St. Leven, with the sporting spirit characteristic of the family, for centuries, commissioned his yacht the St. Michael for the purpose of hunting the unwelcome visitors, and during a number of days his lordship had most exciting times. In spite of fierce gales and drenching rain, he and his crew scoured Mount's Bay from Land's End to the Lizard, and with gun and harpoon attacked the sharks. Many fell to gun and spear, but the largest of the school escaped the hunters. A harpoon was thrown and actually struck the body of the shark, but failed to penetrate the hide. EAT APPLES, GET RED CHEEKS. "Women, do you wan pink cheeks? Thenat plenty of red-skinned apples. They'll do the work." Wide advertisement of this health fact was proposed by U. S. Grant Border of Baltimore before the International Apple Shippers' association as a means of Increasing the sale of apples and keep pace with production. "Fruits not nearly so beautiful as the apple have reached enormous sales almost entirely through the use of judicious advertising," said Mr. Border. "We don't need to argue the benefits accruing to people from apple eating. We have merely to remind them." 1 BRITAIN'S RECORD COAL OUTPUT A blue book of mining statistics for last year shows that there were 1,067.213 persons employed in the coal mines of Great Britain, and that there was a record output of 271.S91.899 tons of coal, or 7.45S.871 tons more than in the preceding year. The average output per person employed underground was 331 iuv.z There were 1,265 lives lost in the mines during the year, or 510 fewer than In the previous year, which Included the Whitehaven and Hulton disasters. Of the persons killed last year, 7Ä irereunder sixteen yean of age.

Indiana Brevities Motorman Blamed for Wreck. Marion. Dr. V. V. Cameron, cor oner of Grant county, filed his official findings in the matter of tho collision of two interurban cars on the Marion, Bluflton & Eastern traction line, which occurred in this city on tho afternoon of Sunday, July 7. Wesley E. Draper of Bluffton, motorman, is held responsible for the wreck, which resulted in the deaths of four men and injuries to seventy others, by Coroner Cameron. Immediately after the coroner's findings had been placed on file an affidavit charging Draper with involuntary manslaughter was filed in the court of Justice J, L. Shearer here. Money Lost Three Years Found. South Bend. A purse containing $70 in bills, accidentally dropped Into the St. Joseph river three years ago by Mrs. Jennie Perkins while she was crossing a bridge, was recovered by pearl fishers, the pocketbook being brought up with a scoop of mud. The bills were in good condition, the water not having damaged the inside of the purse. Child Badly Gored by Cow. Wabash. The five-year-old child of Harry Barnes narrowly escaped being killed when it was attacked by an infuriated cow while walking through a field. A teamster driving along the road heard the child's screams and, investigating, found it was being gored. With difficulty he saved the child, but not until after it had been badly injured. Killed by Freight Train. Fort Wayne. John Mahoney, forty years old, a freight conductor on the Lake Erie & Western railroad, was instantly killed in the Bluffton yards when he was run down by a cut of cars. His head was severed as cleanly as though cut by a broad sword. Mahoney's body was brought to this city, where the widow resides. Cuts Throat With Blade. Winchester. Clint Jackson, a wellVnown resident of this city, at-! tempted to commit suicide at the home of his father, Isom Jackson, residing southwest of this city, by cutting his throat with a safety razor blade. He will recover. Failing health is said to be the cause for the attempted rash act. Evansville. The grand lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Honor in its first day's session decided to change the biennial meeting date from October to June, and also adopted a new rule making all grand lodge officers eligible as supreme lodge repre sentatives. Heretofore only past grand protectors could serve as supreme representatives. The grand lodge voted down a motion to make Indianapolis the fixed meeting point for all future sessions. Hammond. a seven-passenger automobile occupied by Henry L. Bates, C. L. Lose, W. E. Metcalf, Robert Gamier, J. V. Wilson and William Ward, all of Fort Wayne, skidded south of this city, and all of the men w ere thrown out. Bates' right leg was broken just above the knee and he will die. Metcalf suffered a broken collar bone and Lose and Garnier were badly cut and bruised about the legs, arms and back. Moores Hill. Edson K. Chew, twenty-five years old, a member of th6 junrbr class of Moores Hill college, is dead from heart failure. He walked two miles in twenty-five minutes to attend a meeting of the class at the home of Miss Elizabeth Brooks, and the exertion brought on the attack, to which he succumbed half an hour later. He was one of the best-known students in the college. Newcastle. Mrs. Ivan Warner, twenty-seven years old, is dead at her home in this city, following an operation. Coroner J. E. Heatt of Henry county, after an Investigation of the case, caused a warrant to iBSue for the arrest of Dr. Charles E. Campbell, who, according to a signed ante-mortem statement of the woman, performed the operation. Evansville. A note in a whisky bottle found floating down the Ohio river here discloses the probable suicide of H. E. Johnson. T am going to drown myself; to dear wife, goodby," the note reads. The man is not known here. It is believed the bottle floated down the river several hundred miles. Columbus. Samuel Wertz, principai öl ine nigu scnooi, nas a cherry tree which seems to have no regard for the season. The tree shed its leaves a short time ago, grew another set of foliage and is now in full bloom. Muncie. Although nearly 2,300 volts of electricity passed through his body, a sufficient voltage to kill an ordinary man, Jack Clark, an electrician, escaped death. Clark was working at the top of a pole re- '' pairing an electric light circuit when his bare .arm came in contacc with a ncuinsulated wire that burned the flesh to the bone. Clark dropped to the ground and tho fall would have been sufficient to kill an ordinary man. Hpspltal physicians think he will live and Clark says he ia iure tf it

IN LAI OF BEAUTY

Switzerland a Perpetual Delight! for the Tourist Charm of Ancient Timet to Be Met! With at Every Turn Country of Immense Views and Magnificent Sunsets. Geneva. "Switzerland for theSwiss' ig the occasional plaint that catches the eye of the reader of thei Swiss journals, the latest items ofj the kind being the little communing) of Rd in a recent Journal de Geneve., "The atrangers are here," it beglni. "with their porten, their guide, their auto, their funiculars, the panoramas and shops, and souvenirs bora of tho shops will they not presently make our country uninhabitable? But when the day does come," he continues in substance, "and we shall b obliged to abandon the Alpi, there will still remain to us the great Swiwr plateau." The Germans do not cease to boast? of flowery Lunebourg, the Black Forest, the Bords du Rhin, the Thuringlan hills and of the Saxon Switzerland, and perhaps some day, drawn by their persistent praise, we may get to see them, but then, they resemblo thescenery of the Swiss plateau. - "Do you know of it?" he continues. "The foot of the Jura, the Pribours; country, the Toggcnbourg, High Thurgovia, the outskirts of Schaffhauien, the banks of the Aar and the Reuss, the little lakes of Bienne, Hallwyl and the Greiffensee. And do you know that there .are little villages where there are still the good old Inns with their wrought iron swing-signs, just as In the days of the diligence? Do you realize the beauties of the hillocks here, the prealpes, from which the view Is immense and the sunsets are magnificent?" There used to be in this old Switzerland the ancient customs: Sundays, when fair, the forests were filled with the young girls in white, with bare arms and flowers in their hair, and troops of children loaded with the berries and blossoms of the country. Now thero are no troopslngs of tt:e children, no songful young men, no girls In white. You ramble in the woods it is hot below, but it is always cool and fragrant in groves of pine but there Is no one there. You stroll leisurely, you fill your handkerchief "with chantereilles and this is what you see. "A vast expanse of hills, the nearer green, the middle distance, blue. There are masses of forests, one behind another, the village is out there, crowned by Its lofty castle, the covered bridge below and the calm river flows without so much as a ruffle. Houses play at hide and seek with you, and their chimneys smoke in unison like cronies, for the In the Alpine Country. hour of supper is approaching. You hear the village bells, first the precentor telling the hour and in hii wake the others in solos, duets and trios. Far away the lake is a bfcrning spot in the vast expanse and the long line of the Jura is brown. See, the Alps are turning to roses." This is the Switzerland to which Rd would call the attention and appreciation of his countrymen, of which, indeed, they now know but little, "and when you gaze upon it," he concludes, "you cannot help but feel within you the sentiment, 'My Switzerland, my beautiful home" YANKEES STUDYING ENGLISH London School Does a Big Business Teaching Touring Americans "Correct" Accent. London. "English taught to foreigners, Americans, and English people. Accurate speech, perfect accent, and an elegant style of writing. Englishguaranteed in a few weeks." This advertisement appeared recently in the London newspapers. The "Lyceum School of Languages" Is responsible for it. "During the summer," said the manager, "we practically live by teaching English to American visitors. We find here that every American in his heart wants to speak English with ft, British. accent" To Have Big Air Fleet. London. England is to hare m mighty air fleet. Plans already under way will put this new arm of the service on a par with that of the other great powers. A great fleet ot fighting war planes will be orgamiaed immediately. This fleet will consist of two types of machines, one armed with quick-firing guns for engaging and destroying the enemy's aero planes and the other deelgm g COUUfig.