Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 November 1913 — Page 1

--iTt-'.T4 ' vVol. 56. JlsiEK, Indiana, Friday, NOVEEMBR 14, 1913. No 4. DUMAS' AUDACITY.

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A Unique Littrary fohtm tf

Great French Writr. American readers are accustomed to surprises in their newspapers, bw-t imagine their astonishment should some favorite journal publish in good faith, in daily installments and adapted according to the notions of some staff writer, a classic such as, for example Dante's 'Inferno I" Yet the astonishment so excited would not be

j without a parallel in the anriaia f newspaper managememt; inaamtich Ina TTnmor rmrA "ficrnrnrl am m.

toniste for a Parisian newspaper. When Dumas the elder was !fct-

ing his journal, Le Mousquetair, TJrbain Ta;es one of his assistants, who v.a an exceptionally fina Greek scholar, was one day enthusiastically expatintimr upon the beautia 'of tho klli:vr4' ::nd th "Odysaey Dunias grew nio-t interesttjg

"If-only yoa coidd read ifirm the orHnnL" sighed Fagü. "Why not?" asked Dumas. "But,w exclaimed Fage, 'my dear-fellow, you don't know alpha from omega I" "Will you translate for me?" asked Dumas eagerly. Accordingly Fages undertook tha task. Beginning with the fint book of the "Iliad he would read

line of the Greek and tiien give &

literal translation. Dumas qiucJdj caught the spirit of the epic. As Fages read he wrote a translation. ancteigned it. "In the name of all the aacjtents, XL Dumas' exclaimed Fagea 'Kit you are signing your nama to the Iliad!' w "Certainly' responded Dumas, "that is, to my Ttrsieja it -It will appear äs a feuiUeton bx Le Mousquetaire.' Fagaa, was- fUld withifmaypeaahe afterward related,' but Mrorr such audacitf and narrate he iRT helpless. How was he to conTrmot

a writer accustomed to every triumph that he-ras too bold ? . ""-1 A 1

And bo tne next aay an insta

ment of the "Iliad' as rendered' in

half an hour or so by a manwno could not read the Greek alphabet, appeared at the bottom of the peg of Le Mousquataire, w.ith the note,

"Continued m our next.

This enterprising, bit of journal

ism raised such a storm of criticism

that Dumas was persuaded to discontinue it after the third installment, though it was doubted that he quite understood what was the

trouble. St. Paul Fioneer Press.

GULLS AS WEATHER PROPHET

Another storm is coming, predict the seagulls. Hundreds of these birds have been roming inland and hovered over the Milwaukee river in the heart of the city. Most of the time they flaw high, but occasionally swooped down and splashed the icy waters with their wings. Old residents who have noted the

flight of the gulls for many years

dl'clft. Remember yOU get; declare that when they come inland

them all one full year.

The Clever Weaver Bird. An interesting bird is the "wea?tr.w It seems to be fond of making enormous nests merely for the purpose of exercise in the art of construction. Supply these birds with strings and straw, and thev

will use them up rapidly, and their ;

fabric is woven with a perfectnes that is astonishing. In some countries it is the custom of the weaver

birds to colonize and build one big!

fRt topped platform, two or three yards across, which is so admirably

put together as to shed the rain, aa! . i - n -i-r i i

well as any rqot could do. unaer thi ro- f they make individual pocket shaped nests, bringing up under this unique structure a large and interesting family of little weavers. There is another bird, called the "tailor," which, instead of weaving its nest, incloses it in big leaves and stitches the latter together with plant fibers, just as one would saw a piece of cloth.

from their harbor hau ts it invari

ably indicates an approaching storm. Their presence over the river waa noticed by many persons a few days ago and may have betokened the storm that arrived on Sunday. Milwaukee Sentinel.

No flay So Good at" Alfalfa. There is no other hay so good as ai falfafor all kinds of live stock, and

jfor horses and hogs alfalfa is invalu

able, either as a hay, a soiling crop, or a pasture. It excels as a hog pasture, and, with hogs, makes one of the most profitable farm combinations. An alfalfa field is said to be a hog's idea of heaven.

In root growth alfalfa resembles red clover, but sends down a stronger tap root. When properly handled it produces three or four cuttings each year and remains productive for many years. Land which is adapted to red clover usually grows alfalfa when any lack of inoculation and of lime is supplied.

When Ohio Failed. In the midst of C. B. Galbreath'i (ecture on "Lafayette" the other Lazy Bird., night at the Young Men's Christian The "mound fowls" of Australia association he spent quite a little and New Guinea construct mounds time on the incident of the princely ! 0f decayed leaves for their nests, sum of $140,000 which he brought jn these the eggs are laid and covwith him to this country and gave ered over with the same material, to congress. ; The warmth engendered by the de-

"When Lafayette return cd to tho composition of the leaves cause the

United States about forty-two years : errrS to hatch, and the vounc: m, due

Alfalfa does best when sown alone. Many failures are due to sowing it with oats or barloyr. These take so much water from the 1 soil that the alfalfa dies.

Alfalfa growing marks the highest development in our modern agriculture.

"Alfalfa is the richest inown." J. W. Spillman.

hay food

"Maud's hair is what you would call Titian, im't it!" -Wtll, Titian or imi-TitUn."

"The Center of Grain Production. The figures of the last census, when compared with those of the previous census reports back in 1S50, indicate that the movement of the production of grain under natural conditions has reached its western limit Since 1850 the "median point" (center) of production of the six 'great cropscorn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, and buckwheat was about 20 miles westsouthwest of Burlington, Iowa; but its western movement In the last ten years was comparatively very small. It remains to be seen what effect the great Irrigation work now planned by the government will have upon th location of tho great arain fields pi the country.

later congress voted, him $200,000 ' time burrow their way fc't W life in return for the $140.000 which he , ana the onen air. ThcÄ'biril are

gave to us in that time of great regarded as the laziest all the need. When the vote was taken ev- : featherv kingdom. Kerr to them

lery state in the Union voted for it come the common, blackbirds of

with let us mention it softly the America fur laziness. These black

exception of Ohio." Columbu birds ntfver build nests o their own,

Dispatch. : av ner e&gs m nrsta of other birds and leave them t$ be

Cured by Funny Stories. hatched by foster mothe Tl is TTninno- vainlv tried manr and an unfortunate imposition on the

various remedies to restore to health smaller birds, as the blackbird's a business man whom I know and ': young is so largo when first hatched who had fallen into a morbid con- that he soon crowds the .smaller dition owing: to 'ears of overwork. . bards out of the nest and has it all

a famous Baltimore physician ai ; hun&edi last -persuaded his patient to ifxVj ' Exasperating.

a course, of funny slories, one ai From the dark kitchen there

each meal, with an extra two at ' -ofi RnTiftg 0f thumns and anm

dinner. The patient, a solemn and exclamations. Jones was looking gloomy fellow, at first rebelled, but. ; or Q ca

finally laiung m witn me idea pa, called üie gon from tha

adopted the course recommended stairway.

and was m the endrestored ic Qo o bed and let me Ä0ner health, the effect of laughter being xted Jones Tve jnst Darked entirely to change his mental and my ghjng w bodily Condition. "'Ta!w' insisted Tommy" after a Laughter in M is one of oment's silence, cheapest and aijpst -effective of .raed:. ell, what is il? Didn't I tell icines, breaking up stagnation ol you to keep quiet ?w mind and bodv and sending u 1 ct t A;Lf vnil- Mnm

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flelphia Pre. Strenuous Fatalism. Did Abe Cruger livedin iNew

England in the days of Indian'warfare. He was a fatalist of a pronounced type. Keverthelöss he

would not venture forth without his

blunderbuss. One day ha had an

important errand, but the Wunder bnss when he came to get it, was

missing from the rack made of. antlers: where if alwa) hung. Some one of hi8.family had taken it. -Ate sat down to wait till it was brought' back. "But, Abe, I thought you were a fatalist ?" said a friend. "So I am' the old man answered. . Then V7hy bother about yon blunderbuss ?" taunted ' tke ' friend. Ton are in no danger "fraaaHhe Indians, since you can't possibly dietill your time comes.'' "Yes," said the old man, 'fbut suppose I was to 'paeet- an Imdiaa and his tima igsL come. It wouMn't do for me "mfm hare my blunderbdasjrould ikf D!snohantcd 08' she Emitted, iüi ßtiä little sih,. "thers waa e.iäMüu I thougnt him the graadeat ms?is' de world when I faniad-'that

nothing could ever make mar cease to love bim.M ' "Well," her friend 9tpKejL; iuppce we ax all doomad4o disenchanting experience, lf bare only to become acfuaioittd, irith v man to discover tbat4he Isot the

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