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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-05

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stand
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Ana newer nrar-hsfu -Arr - <cr - CEh
True lsrerS tr-u krs~es m1E ~ reNrn
Acruss ne di-tAnce- >lnur harsh f1a< c&
marie.
Darhng. fkr~uci' VITA irarfli eycs ! 20.
Unknowlng wtrn tfe gAd rrt1ru sAAl os
But I oil nink-to matA<4r my sue
Hoe lovlnx zouis "a uEnc All U< are frc~s
And On. 10 greet fhne. 3c4fe=z- nice ! k1Qus
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-Sr-2~r~s yr M1y-
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Light. heat. beauty. ife-givin- South.
The artist seeks Il for IL GLORIOUS depths
Of color; the poet for IT. classic trAdi-
tons and dreamy influences; the Inva-
lid for its balmv breath and revfvirg
warmth, which stir the pulses that IN
Northern lands would cease 10 beat
Lionel Merton, half poet. half artist
and half invalid. sought IL for life both
of mind and body; and his delicate
frame-shaftered by the chill blasts Of
the North-wOke TO 4 nez being IN the
soft Aus0nian climate, whilst his artist
eve glanced with 4 pleased delight over
lxuriant plains and ol~ive-planted
slopes, with here and there > glimpse
of the yellow Tber flowing m2Iestc~lly
along
He was Just now standing in the door
way Of the inn gazing. lot AZ the land
scape OF the skies, but AZ = face that had
attracted his attention more than once
since his arrival II - He had seen
il first in the beautiful gardens Of the
villa not far from the inn, peering
through the parted branches Of amyr-
tie, whose dark glossy leaves seemed 20
form a fitting framework for the living
picture behind them But the branches
had closed hastily. As the girl met the
blue eyes If Lionel fixed s~teadf2s1iy
upon her
We must 20 home. Tina said she
10 the child. who was watching the
doves wash themselves In the basin Of
the fountain, and she swung Il up %
her shoulder. where il wound ifs tiny
hands in her dark hair, loosening some
of the coils that fell heavily down be-
low her waist. A flush came over the
pale olive skin
Thou = bad child. Tina" she
said, as she hastily twisted up the long
tresses under the folds Of her white
head-gear-
The large lustrOus eyes had but look
ed ~ Lionel for a moment, and vet they
seemed 10 have told him = long story
that he had been in the past trying 20
decipher.
Next he had seen her In the church.
k~neeling in ferveni prayer, and had
silently watched the changes Of cCEn-
tenance until again she perceived him.
and wiih \ startled look rose and fed
away
To-day Teresa stood leaning against
stone pillar, playing with the pink
blossom Of a catAlpa that stood near
her. when suddenly she found herself
once more face 10 face with the English
stranger
He had discovered her name-Tere-
81: daughter Of blind Tom2-o Cecchi
and his bed-ridden wife. She was =
good daughter. and worked hard to sup
port her parents To-day she seemed
10 he taking life easily-drinking in the
splendor Of the purple mists ard golden
sheets Of sunlight with true Italian in
dolence.
4" Dolce far nSen1 ~ thOggh- Lionel.
As he looked AZ the stafne-like figure,
and the head thrown back, partly with
WEAKNESS. partly with an intense APP
probation Of the beauty around her
But Teresa's rest was not TO be oi
long Duration The Merogaft Of the
Camparna had sent for lsb-orers %
gather in the harvest and men and
women were forming into bands to Join
in the work Teresa was going, = gOs-
sip had told Lionel, and 20 him IL seem
ed n sacrilege that the beautiful maiden
should toil and slave with the common
multitude. But what could be dor And
In the midst If bis meditafions the cir
raised her fsce. and again their eyes met.
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A Race with an Avalanche.


1t was four years y last winter. !
was coming down with a train loaded
with cattle. The weather bad been bad
for weeks and the now lay deep, but
was melting off fast inthe warm wealth
er that had lasted nearly a week. The
ground was saturated. and | noticed
that things looked shaky on the noun
tain. | was feeling my way along care
fully, thinking the track might spring,
as the bed was wet and sloppy, when
just a | got around the point 81 tins
ridge, | looked up, and il seemed 70 me
that the whole mountain above me had
broken loose. For hundreds of feet
wide the hillside was in motion, and
charging down on me. The slide start
ed one hundred yards above the track
and was coming right down on me Ike
lightning. Rocks, trees, and snow
drifts plunged down the face Of the
mountain with a laundering roar. and
seemed bent on overwhelming ~ and
burying Us in the canyon thousands 81
feet below. 1 was never so close 20
death before, although | have had my
share Of perils on the road. For Q mo-
ment | was stupciied, the danger was
so great and escape so hopeless, but
only for a moment. | determined not
To die without an effort, but clapped on
all steam, while the brakes were thrown
off at the same time. You can see for
yourself that the grade is heavy here,
and can believe that we made fast time.
The engine seemed to know her dan
ger, and 20 gather herself for an effort,
she leaning, %quivering and snoring
down the grade in the maddest race
ever saw. Down came the
avalanche like lightning directly upon
us, throwing up clouds of flying snow
and splinters and rock, and away flew
the old engine like a thing Of life and
beauty, as she was, dragging the cars
like the wind down the grade after her,
abreast the slide. But 1t seemed doom
ed TO he all in vain. The avalanche
came faster every moment. IL was al
most upon US. The rocks began TO
bound against the ears and over them,
and the train was hidden in n cloud OF
snow. But we were flying through the air
now the wheels seemed nevc 10 touch
the rail, and Just rs | was giving up
hope the engine rushed past that little
point of land Just back there where the
little ravine comes down. This turned
the current Of the slide, SO to speak, q
little, and was our salvation. The en-
CINE rushed past the point just as The
slide reached the track, and a big
pine, uprooted in the edge Of the ava
lanche, fell across the next car 10 the
last one, and crushed it. The track was
swept away like a cobweb in a gale, the
the couplings Of the ears broke, and
the cars fell into the chasm left in thc.
wake Of the slide, and were carried
down TO the river, a thousand yards be-
low. What there is left Of them lies
there yet. The jerk made the engine
and train jump the track, but she kept
on her feet, and got off with a few
bruises. That | account one of the
greatest dangers | ever met in my
twenty years Of railroading.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
A cotton mill is soon TO be built at
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THE Lonion Tunes, the Lancet, and
other English Journals appear TO be re-
ally alarmed about the continued APP
proach Of the plague. The disease has
been absent from England and the con-
tinent Of Europe for more than $50
years, and from its once favorite haunts
in Egypt, Syria, and Mesopotamia for
about 40 years. During the last two
years, the disease has appeared now
and again in villages on the lower Eu-
pirates, and it has now broken out at
Hillah, and several severe cases have
occrred at Bagdad. The recent out
breaks have shown no diminution Of
the old virulence, and in the opinion of
the Times there can be little doubt.
when the present state Of com mercial
communication Is considered, that the
malady may soon be conveyed from
Bagdad to the Levant. From the Lew
ant il might easily pass to Europe, and
even 70 the shore Of England. The
plague was last prevalent in Bagdad
in 1sSi-j6, and il Is believed that be-
tween the 18th Of March and the 10Th Of
April, 1881, not less than $1,000 persons
fell victims to the disease among a pop
ulation estimated AT a 10000.
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my life, my hope and here | al study
ART and make my self a home. Here can
be- happy, and yet YOU send me away"
Il have told the signore that ! am
not fitted for his wife. Besides, my
duty j. to my parents; must tend
them until they die"
=. Net you leave them now"
..Only for their benefit"
ia would benefit them more il you
were my wife"
But Teresa shook her head mourn
fully. "Non epossibile," she said, de-
cidedly.
.. Yet YOU love me, Teresa"
YES" said she with emotion but
[ must do my duty. | have made a VOW
not TO marry so long rs my parents live"
IL is a foolish vow," said Lionel.
lit Is nevertheless a VOW" she re-
piled firmly. "Signore, YOU must 60.
Adds0. addioi"
But as she spoke a sudden shivering
seized her-the fever that she had
dreaded for Lionel had fallen upon her
self
Teresa had but few friends among
the laborers in the Campagna; but n
woman, whom Lionel recognized as be-
longing to Frascati, was willing enough
70 undertake the Office of nurse in con-
sideration Of the lavish payment for it,
and TO accompany her home when she
was out of danger
Then Lionel turned his steps north
ward, seeking no interview, for he knew
that Teresa was firm in her resolution,
and that il would be an insult 10 her
piety AMI her sense of filial duty 10 at
tempt TO shake IL. So he fastened
away, hoping by constant change and
excitement 10 drive her image from his
heart.
He passed the frontiers, and then the
cold north winds began 10 blow, and ne
cound not face them, and Lionel Mer-
ton learned that his only hope Of life
was indeed in Italy. Ii seemed almost
a. though Fate were bidding him re-
turn, and so he passively resigned HIM
self. and retraced by slow stages the
way TO Frascati, delaying as he drew
nearer and nearer 10 il. and vet with
every intention Of seeing Teresa once
more.
He took up his residence at the inn
again. but saw nothing Of Teresa (:
neither did he hear Of her until, rpon
making inquiries from the innkeeper.
he found that Immediately upon her re-
turn from the Campagna her parents
had been taken i'll and were now in the
last stages of disease, and that they
were poorer than ever. But Lionel
shrank from intruding, although he and
the old Cecchi had been very friendly.
Still Teresa had 4 consciousness of
his presence in the constant supplies of
al needed for the sufferers AZ the hands
Of the innkeeper. and she did not re-
fuse them, for she was almost worn cut
with her vigil and perhaps regarded
this unexpected assistance as an answer
% her prayers, and therefore not to be
flung ungratefully aside.
And then came the end. The Death
Angel closed the old mans eyes, and
the mOUrner carried him to his grave
soon % be- followed by the wife who had
journeyed with him through the world.
And then Teresa was left IN orphan.
alone in the world. And then Lionel
Merton once more said
Teresa, YOU love me?"
And Teresa replied. as she had
done before. ssYes.r But this time she
added 1.-The vow that parted Us is ac-
complished, and | am no longer forbid
den 10 be yOsr wife---Jedn B0nc,rUr,i 1
CasseTs Famly Magazine.
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AFTER The RAIN.
NJ L.rHAx c. srknss.

-
TIE he~Ises slisEen VITA ne rain.
Tae thunder muriers in ne hall<.
The melisx slnli-ht 1re1s ne PLAIN.
Ifr iiue net woods nre hrlgkf a<MEn.
AMI swed thr I'm q ne r-As
hear Ire souDd Of irrie fees.
AnA catch a glad. exullzai CRY.
As en- TIE ~cur1Ain~i wlnoCw se2R
Two IKE ra-ut<h farce meet.
To - me rAlnbow IN lhe sky-
N scent &, rc-es Ells the Kr.
Tie frAgrArsce q Tie DeM @cUn hay
l. blown Acros- the meadows. where
r~ pAnenf oxen m<~kty sl2e.
And silence MARKS Ine ck@ q day
The rnmbling brock unceAsisx sw-s.
The rAinpSw fsdes ahn< ne skies.
And AZ 1 Gasp KY ike <1ras
I note f--nrAih tieir shining urfs
Two Lille r@-rs u 1rowsy eyes
Tne fresh Erccn raves II inss 11Nr,
And eafferinE hiris are carp.ng N~
Tbf viha-r tr44 sounds r2rzt and tE-.
And so.xiy POW rhr evening star
Above thc A1l hegins - gOs-
Two white-rohe1 hrt3c ones tS-niEAf
Together kneel hest3e Inc bed.
And a. TIE 1o.H1 wst1 1ngers hE11
IL pushing back TIE c1rz2lns wk1.E.
Two lite prayers are softly sad
The nighf y on wih mist anz zoon.
Ia falling w4Lrs so and sing
TIE crickets chMnG 4 measured fl-E.
And all thr strange sweet life q ne
BY dsy and nzEtf : wOrsAipng-
Two little dArlEnEs. fAS1 &sleep.
Together wAD1er An1 IN nA-1.
Tnraugh uconiif r1licEs sril ND icp.
And d0xn IN m~nsnlMlns dark All s1eeF
Into TIE re4lm q 2ryAD1-
Ard rzs-iing piliuns scc-n 81 glow.
And n the room ait pGrTaf Lgnf,
As II @1me 4nEel. hsf b 40.
la lln<-red frurn he resr telcw
To k1ss the like ores g~osd-nH<A1f
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Teresa was the one 20 break the 81
Ierce. She feared the presidential
breath that comes with the chill blasts
and heavy dews after the burning heat
Of the day might take effect on Lionel
Merton She noted q las=itude and
feverishness. which he imputed to his
state Of mind. and suddenly she APP
peared before him.
.Signore, you must flee from hence
or you viii die,"
sAnd you viii have killed me, Te-
reSa--
"No; il Is the poisonous mists Of the
CampagnA-"
What brought me hither Q breathe
itsrs asked Lionel abruptly.
"The signore forgets that I begged
him M, TO think Of 80 rash n scheme"
replied Teresa, evSiiaG the question.
.For me who am accustomed % the
changes IL il safe !; but for the siznorc il
is Geath. and he must 60"
Whifhersf
.B2ck TO Frascati, IL he 90 wills IL: or
better, perhaps. away froa Italy"
IL can not live away from Italy il Is
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"A cotton mill is soon to be built at
Beatrice, Neb.
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A large Touring mill is to be built
at Terrell, Texas.
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.TrrcSair The name burst inyol-
unfairly from his lips
She started and bluShed. bat this
time did not flee away. She looked up
AZ Lionel.
.>i, signore," Shc answered.
s.ThAt : = pretty flower" said Lion
81. :. Will yoa give il 10 mea"
She made no reply but put the bios
Som into his hand And 80 the aequaint-
aaee was made and the two chatted
away in the sunshine
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04
BITTER

As are the experiences of this life none are
without its silver lining. Troubles and cares
come; some abide with us; some pass away To.
day the body is vigorous, tomorrow it is dead
and gone life at best is short aud the great prob
lem how to perpetuate it is still unsolved. Life,
however, can be prolonged, the weak and feeble
body made strong, no matter from what cause in.
duced, and instead of being burden to dyspep.
tic and debilitated bodies, can be made an endur.
ing pleasure; but how? Simply by the daily and
moderate use ofDr. Green's Bitter tonic This
truly medicinal preparation is not cheap and
trashy article, intended only to stimulate and
then leave the second state of the body worse
than the first. but il gently relaxes the bowels.
stimulates the liver, making it work off the pois.
onous humors of the blood, controls and regu.
lates digestion, thereby removing the cause of
headaches and low spirits, relieves flatulency and
foul stomach, giving tone and stability to that or.
gan with an increased and healthy appetite; reg.
ulates female weakness, prevents fever and ma
larial diseases, protects the system from unwhol-
some air and impure water, and yitalizes and
tones the whole body against all attacks of dis.
ease. Try It and you viii find it pleasant to the
taste and healing to the body.
In sudden or severe cases Of Liver Complaint,
or In constipation of the bowels, a few doses of
DIR. Green's Liver Pills will assist the Tonic in
cure. and IL You are shaking with a0ue. DIR.
Green's Ague Pills win drive it away
Sold BY your druggist. II. w. Clifford
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AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
A HINT.

Muscatine Island in Muscatine county,
this State, is noted for its melons and po-
tatoes, and wherever these products are
put upon the market they command much
higher prices than the same products
from other localities. The reason is not
because this Island is specially favored
place, or its farmers ringsters, or any thing
of that kind, but the reason is that the
soil in which the above named products
are grown is a sandy loan. Muscatine
Island melons have very rich, spicy
flavor and deliciousness that cannot be
secured from growing them on black soil,
and this quality has created a demand all
over the country for them, and farmers there
think 40 acres of melons small patch. So
with their potatoes, especially sweet pota-
toes, they are far superior to any others,
so much so that the farmers of the neigh
boring uplands where the black soil pre-
dominates, do not pretend to grow them
but rely on supplying their tables with
this nutritious vegetable from their Island
neighbors. Thousands of barrels also
are shipped every year up the Mississippi
river to other points where they COM
mand excellent prices.
In this county there are very many
acres of land of the same character as
that mentioned above, and yet the owner
if he pretends to cultivate it at all, puts
it in corn and wheat year after year, and
is scarcely repaid for his labor, because
the soil is not adapted to the crop planted
you are asking too much of this land,
and your expectations from it will never
be realized so long as you treat it in that
way. But try it once with some crop for
which it is adapted and it will not disap-
point you. A large number of bushels
of sweet potatoes are every year sold in
Oskaloosa, most of them grown ON our
rich, black soil, and though they are large,
and fair to look upon, when cooked they
will be found more or less watery and
strong and are not in fact what they are
claimed to be s,ceet potatoes. Now let
some enterprising farmer put upon the
market a rich, sweet, dry sweet potatoe
in competition with the former, letting it
be known that they are such, and that
they had been grown with especial care to
produce such results, don't you think they
would have the preference over all others.
Certainly. The same applies to melon
culture. Of course, such a reputation
cannot be secured to begin with, but one
seasons sale will establish it, and after
that there will be no difficulty in retaining
it. Who will take the hint?
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OSkalooSa Branch.
Chicago, Rock Island { PaciifiieR, R,

*Ths train arrives in Chicago at 40 a. M.
G. F. WALKER. Asst Supt.
G.. H. WILLIAMS, Train Dispatcher.
HUGH RIDDLE, Genl Supt.
A. KIMBALL, Asst Genl Sup't.
HORACE FISHER, Agent, Oskaloosa.
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SORGHUM.

The time is near at hand when seed of
this valuable crop should be planted; and
everyone who has land to spare, ought to
plant and cultivate at least enough for
his own family, if not more. Quite re-
Gently we had occasion to use a very fine
article of refined syrup, which made sore
mouths and caused burning pain in the
stomach. Who knows but that many
are slowly poisoned by such stuff, without
anyone ever knowing what was the mat
ter? 1t is on this account that we so often
repeat the advice to farmers to plant the
above. 1t can be grown on any good soil
that will yield fair crop of corn, but for
the clearest and best syrup clay or
sandy soil is preferable. Plant the seed
about 2 inches deep, and sprout it before
planting. This can be done easily by
pouring quite warm water on it and allow
ing it to remain some hours therein. Be
sure you have pure seed, it does not pay
to be uncertain about the matter, for the
whole crop may be lest by any adultera-
ton with broom corn.
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FOR THE LADIES.

Proposing that the ladies too shall be
represented in the columns we give below
a number of recipes. Most of them are
from the Country Gentleman, a paper
which allows nothing spurious to enter
its columns. If as you read you think
you can give better send it in and bene-
fit some one else.
CREAM CANDY-Two pounds best
powdered sugar, just water enough to
dissolve Boil in clean covered kettle
! or sauce pan very briskly, without stir
ring. When it begins to thicken (which
will be SOON add as much cream of tar
tar, as may be heaped on five cent piece.
Be sure to watch that it does not burn.
Try often and speedily by taking small
round stick and dipping it into cold wa
ter. When it breaks short and crisp,
pour it out on large creased pan or
plate, and pour on the favoring, and when
cool enough to handle, work until white.
Cut into fat sticks. When hard, place
it in glass jar for week or ten days
when it will become creamy and delicious
CREAM CoCoANUT.-Boil the syrup as
above. When it begins to thicken add
the meat of one cocoanut coarsely grated,
and pour in fiat pans about an inch thick,
or less. While cooling cut into broad
strips This is very fine. Cream candy
is not soft until kent a week.
MoLAssEs CANDY.-Two cupsful of
melasses; one cupful sugar; piece of
butter the size of an egg. Flavor to suit
your taste.
VINEGAR CANDY.-Two cupfuls Of
sugar; one cupful of vinegar; one tea
spoonful of water; small piece of but
ter. Flavor to suit your taste.
COTTAGE PUDDING. One teaspoonfu
of sugar and half a cupful of butter
creamed together; yelks of three eggs
and white of one, after they have been
beaten; cup of milk, preserving out
enough to dissolve half teaspoonful OF
soda; one pint of sifted -four, with a tea
spoonful of cream tartar mixed through
it. At the last moment add the soda
thoroughly dissolved Bake in butter
ed cake-pan. Make frosting with the
whites of two eggs beaten to a stiff froth
with half large cup of -four stirred in
AS soon as baked, spread the frosting on
Set it on the ice, then serve with wine
sauce; made with two cups of brown sugar
one cup of butter, two eggs, and one cuE
of sherry wine. Let it steam, not boi
place it into tin pail, and place it in {
vessel of boiling water) stirring all the
time until it scalds and thickens. Put a;
teaspoonful of vanilla into the sauce-bowl
and pour the sauce over it.
CHOCOLATE CAKE-One cup of but
ter; two cups of sugar; the yelks Of five
eggs and whites of two; l cup of milk
81 cups of flour; J teaspoonful of soda
teaspoonful of cream tartar, sifted il
the -four Bake in jelly cake tins.
Mirtre for flling-Whites of 3 eggs
i cup of sugar; tablespoonfuls o:
grated chocolate; teaspoonful of vanilla
beat well together and spread between
the layers and on top of the cake.
| WHITE CAKE.-Two cups of suga
and half a cup of butter; three-fourth
of cup of milk the whites of six eggs
three cups of sifted -four, with tea
spoonful of cream tartar mixed through
it; half a teaspoonful of soda, thorough.
dissolved in little of the milk vanilla o.
almond extract.
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Two Good Rules.

By weighing and measuring, and with
careful accounts, ascertain just what every
crop and every animal costs you, and find
out just what is the market value of each
Employ then those crops and animals
which you find give you a good profit,
aud drop all else
You can thus have the satisfaction OF
knowing that you are carrying out Ricar.
dos two famous rules for acquiring
wealth, namely:
/. Cut short your losses.
2. Let your profits run on.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-04

Prof Tice, the weather seer, in a lee
ture at Leavenworth, Kansas, few days
since, predicted that the month of May
will be stormy and cloudy, with heavy
rainfalls from the sth to the 18th, l4tf
to 10th, DIST to 23rd, and Goth to Doth
There will be some cool, clear weather
previous to the 9Th. This is cheering
news after our long dry spell.