The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11
WILL ALWAYS BE A DESERT.


One-nftn Oh tne WHoie AiIicaii
continent is desert, the area being u
estimated at over 2, $50, 900 square u
miles, OF which all but small frac- p
ton is contained in the tract Of land L
popularity known as the Sahara, a
saws "McClure's Magazine. .
Except for some school children
who know better, and school teach
ers who are instrumental in that be- Q
ing so, the misconception of the Sa-
hara, which is widespread, would
be practically universal. The aver
age man pictures the Sahara as a
vast sea Of sand, for the most part
below the sea level across which the
camel speeds before the poison
blast of the simeon from oasis toI'
oasis. Schemes for flooding the
Sahara have come before the public
occasionally, and we have read ac-
counts Of the vast inland sea which
might be formed, rivaling the Med
iterranean in size giving a southern
coast to Morocco and Algeria, and
/, admitting steamers directly to the
7 wealthy states Of the Soudan.
: The Sahara, as known to the ge-
: ographer, corresponds badly with
this conception, for, in fact, there is
e no risk Of the "ship Of the desert :
: being supplanted by the ships OF the
sea. Few parts are below sea level,
I: and they are small and scattered.
' In the interior and desert is plain
IL high level above sea level, covered,
a with vast dunes Of red sand in many
!, parts, in Others it is an elevated
e plateau With lofty mountain ranges
y Of bare rocks intersected by stony
1t valleys. 1t is arid, save where q
l. spring bubbles up and gives rise tc
10 small oasis of grass and palm
y trees.
a The Sahara proper is unknown
except Tor few trade routes regu
IN larly traversed by Arabs and occa
'e sionally by adventurous Europeans
en These utilize the GASES as restin
,y places, stepping stones, as it were
e. and keep up communication bt
es tween the wealthy Mohammedal
We states round Lake Chad in the sout
ur and Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers or Nc
nd rocco on the Mediterranean. Be
ne tween the trade routes all is a ban
'se Of sand or barren rock. Explor'
We ton is only possible when water,
OF we'll as food, can be carried, an
he this condition has practically stol
I'D ped all attempts at discovery for Il
ce, present, on account OF the great e.
pense and the purely scientific n
no ture of the possible return. A raj
be- way running from the French po
ess sessions on the Mediterranei
,an across the desert to Timbuctoo, Il
ee, scarcely known trade center ne
to the Niger, is talked Of. Such
lndIline NAV be constructed in the I
ent ture, but the difficulties are enc
cry nous; much greater than tho
Of overcome by the Russians in I
Transcaspian line through the d.
erts Of central Asia.
-. -.
lest Some one has said that a r.
ut-Iteacher never fails to leave an
delible impression upon the pup
yir-lhe instructs. That is very tn
.nceIbut the impression is not always
the good, and that teacher is unfor
blicnate who leaves the impression
, bethe Students mind that the teacl
re- was interested, not in the boys
pco- in the girls welfare, but more in
matter Of sustaining his dignity
,rm- his reputation Of being strict al
con- taskmaster. Happy, on the OF
Of hand, is the teacher who impres
were his personality in such way NJ
Iicial his pupils as to lead them to
,at athat he is friend and intere'
nous not only in their present but als'
acci- their future welfare. Pupils 8
nee to love and follow the exampl
rum teachers whom they respect.
AXE" one, next to the mother, make
man firm an impression on the fu
and young men and women as does
thrift|teacher, and the duty becomes II
fore all the more imperative tina
fall character shall be such as to ln'
to a the pupils with all possible love
''turn respect.
t, an - -
liquor :, norforo,;ng hostage STAN
~ ~ die-plate is placed below the ne'
T" ia" Of machine carrying 300 nee
As about 1S0,0OO,OOO holes
punched a day, the wear on the
roe Of Iplate is excessive; brass plates
Father out in day, and even steel
are rapidly destroyed.