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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-06
COMPANY IS coMINol"

Bend your knees at worry's shrine
M intense devotion.
-, the house from cellar 70
Attic IN commotion.
c,am Inc engine, get up steam.
81 the wheels a.humming.
Make them whirl. and whir u whiA
company Is coming"
Raise 4 dust in every room,
set the atoms flying.
eenld the children. rout the cas-
In the corner lying.
pan those restless baby hands
On the window drumming,
ryery window must be clean.
company Is coming
reaye no object N the house
Ia condition normal
Make the very cradle look
Prim, and stin, and formal.
Al the oven scorch your face.
Have the stove just booming"
-Fix up something good TO eat"
company is coming.'
Cram the engine. keep up steam,
Keep the wheels a-humming.
scrub and scour. aud bake and stew.
company Is coming"
Iabor til a nervous" pulse
In your head Is drumming,
TIL you ache from head 70 foot,
company Is coming"
when ycur guests arrive IL will
Make their pleasure double
r. perceive you put yourself
10 q world Of trouble.
Then. although you feel you've done
More thar o were able.
Fail not 10 apologize
For your house and table.
THIS Is hospitality
That the wheels be humming.
Rest and comfort banished when
company is coming"
,ariha @. sperbeck. In Good Housekeepir
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v~er-colored We
netian cloths
will be m n
n sc a together
for new walk
i~ng-dresses- for
example: with
the bodice and
part Of the skirt
OF gray or light
tiger clot h.
what represents
the unders kirt
will be Of white
cloth with arab
esque braiding
Of the color.
The vest. with
its decorations,
win match this
skirt, and the
sleeves, with
very long close
lower parts, and
mutton-leg up
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-06
HIS FEMALE RELATIVES.
How Jim Was Cured Of Scattering
His Affections.

ELL. that's all
right said the
akeman, as
he took q large
chew from a
slab Of black
plug tobacco.
''Ifa man wants
to monkey with
that kind of
thing he can do
il. but for me ]
amt in It. See?
Ever since Jim
Rittlcr got SO
b d u p
through havin'
toomany of'em,
I've considered
that l was let
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spring cloak
dresses will fit
the figure even
m ore snugly
than those of
the winter, be-
ing fitted and
worn very fire.
quently over a
plain silk dress
bodice. IN de
with but little
trimming a n d
fitted like a
glove e 5 {
tailor a q e
dresses are ex-
tremely elegant
in appearance
and prefera-
bly, made in the
fawn. tan. sill
yer and biscuit
shades. Bra aid.
ing in deep
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Especial New York correspondence
Notwithstanding the wondrous AZ
ray ~ fancy wool fabrics novelties in
curled quadrille, splintered- checked.
plaided, striped and shot fabrics, inn
porters maintain that their largest
spring sales will b. made among the
finer woolens. the Henriettas. Nigog-
mes. India and French cashmeres. and
light. smooth-faced cloths. A favorite
combination will be very fine ladies
cloth and drip Dc sois. the cloth for the
round skirt, and the silk for the bodice
and skirt-breadths attached 10 il al the
back. Ribbons are used on many eos
TUNES where these breadths meet, in
stead Of rcvers or panels: the ribbons.
starting from the beh. are carried
down the skirt terminating at unequal
lengths in bows without ends, in the
shape Of cocards or rosettes. The
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-06

ou,, entirely. Bein' as Jim was my
side partner. you might say. at the time,
OF course l had the whole story straight
from him. You've heard it often
enough. I reckon, so l don't need ter"
The dispatcher and the agent said
that they knew Jim Ritter. but they
had never heard the story.
SAY. that's funny. i thought every
body about the road knew il. The gem
eral superintendent heard il. and Jim
was expecting every day foralong time
~ have a dance on the carpet. You
ought y get Jim himself to tell it, and
ifhe ever gets transferred back TO this
division You Jest ask him how all his
female relatives is gettin' along. He'll
keich right on and probably give you
the whole story.
well. ifyou know Jim. there isn't no
use n my sayin' much about him. He
was as popular and as well-likcd as any
81 the boys that was brakin' on this
division at that time. But you prob
ably couldn't tell, no more m / can,
why the girls was so struck on him, FOR
he want particularly g~ood-lookin', and
he didn't put on any great amount OF
dog. either. However, he vas a pretty
good singlc-hand talker. and probably
that was what counted. My, but he
was alightning-strikcr with the women
Why. sir, ! have seen him cut right in
and jest naturally walk off with the
coniiding affections Of some young
creature before you or ! or any other
man would have managed to get intro.
ioosd 70 her. And for the number Of
em' Well. hope TO croak, II there
wasn't one at every stop along the line
and in the big places, two or three
and in the city, oh Lord! there they
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pers, will show a combination Of tic
two fabrics. the braiding nearly cover
ing the tight portion Of the sleeve. Vel
vet sleeves on silk or wool gowns are
still very fashionable.
Some Of the tailor gowns for the
spring are in rather pronounced colors.
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deep Venetian
red, brilliant
Roman blue and
green made up
W I h Spanish
yellow ladies
cloth being
a IN Q & I h z
IN odcls. The
yellow portions
in the last-mcn
toned gowns n
overlaid with
green and gold
passe IN enteric
bands. Dahlia-
colored costumes
have sleeves Of
black passcmcn-
terie over dahlia
silk foundations,
with PASSENGER
ltcrie rcvcrs and
Mcdici collar.
Wanna r1nfb
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~as thick! The boys was all onto Il,
snd they used to say that II we laid up
N q siding right out IN the desert, all
'he Indian squaws would be around
asxin' for Jim Rittler. Everybody
seemed 70 think that he was q very
lucky fellow. but l always suspicioncd
,na' things would yet balled up some
aay' II you keep putting on more
us'ns' you have 70 keep changin' the
~ssneduic, and the first you know the
.ulng IS too complicated tomanagc, and
.1en there are wrecks. Now, that's
ne way Il was with Jim.
DO you remember about two years
80 when Thirteen was ditchcd Jest
~ SIDE Of White's5 Well, Jim got
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A Missouri farmer figures il out thas
when corn Is so cents a bushcl. II costs
81 cents Of corr value 20 make . three
cent pound Of hog-for which under Re-
publicanism there Is no market but
s.the Home Market 50 II Il in dno
sarcasm Of the Home Market advice.
''feed your spare corr 70 fattcn your
pork that he says: "~Fifty-ccnt corr
and ~threc-cent hogs y equal - IL
Louisiana Lottery
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WAY NtA ~ III 49, ~ N
| nailin' fine lot Of female relatives on
| such short notice.
"Well. as | was sayin', the scheme
| that Tom put up was this; As each giri
| came down. after scein' Jim, he would
| stop EN-. and. takin' EN- to one side,
| would tell how Jim had said a lot 81
| nice things about them. and how nc
| had been hoping they would come ana
| all that. Then he would ask If they ex-
| pectcd to call again-for Jim would be
very lonesome. OF ours they all NJ
lowed they would. Then he told them
that there was a new rule, and visiting
relatives could only come on certain
DAYS and at certain hours. One way
and another he fixed it up, 50 they was
All agreed 10 come back 70 see Jim az
exactly the same time on the same DAY.
sAnd Jim. Of course. he was never
suspicioning nothing no more'n o man
comm round a curve In a cut with .
wild train bearin' down on him.
"well. come the day that Tom Q
set. the girls began 10 arrivc-some 81
'em ahead Of the schedule. The butcher
takes EN- into the waitin' room, grin
min like only a butcher can grin, ana
tells 'em that Jim will be ready 70 see
'em in a minute. When he thinks they
are all in-some dozen or fifteen there
was altogethcr-Tom calls out; step
this way. ladies', plcasc.' and leads EN-
on all in a line upstairs.
Snow il jest 20 happened that there
was quite . crowd around Jim's oed,
There was . couple Of the Sisters q
Hosr and the assistant surgeon Of ths
line. Doc what's-his-N ame?-I forget
and several patients that was able y
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mo, l won't, "
said Jack; ''all Ill
think bout by
that time IL be
h ow grand pa
scOlded 'bont his
old glasses, and
said when he was
a boy CHI il re n
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l turned it over and over in utter
amazcment. In one of the corners l
found the evidence of grief-two little
blistered spots. What can this mean? 1
said to myself. At last the thought
dawned upon me that the nurse might
have placed it there to crafty some
childish whim of my little daughter.
Debating what to do I finally decided
to open the package before mailing it
intending to close it again-for saw
it had been properly stamped and
sealed. This is what l read aloud to
myself: and what more read between
the lines is too sacred for me to repeat:
DEAR GoD:-I am . little girl and live in
Philadelphia Nursie says everybody knows
where Philadelphia is, so of course you do. I'm
too little to write very we'll, and Nursie says it
has been long time since she went to school,
but she thought you wouldn't have much
trouble in reading her writing so she is going
to do it for me. She says she will write Just
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You used to tell me such pretty stories about
Heaven and the angels Are you an angel now
How funny 1t must be to float around in the
or. You used to tell me not to cry when you
were sick SO long, because you would be very
happy where you were going.
Il wonder why people look at me so funny.
They always look sod when they see me- Some
times ask Nursie to tell me Why but she don't
seem to know. You looked so pretty, mamma,
when saw you before you went away. Ihave
little pansy you gave me yet. Papa has one,
too. He takes 1t out and kisses it every little
while. wonder what makes papa so still now.
He doesn't have much time to play with me,
either, like you.
sometimes want to put my arms around
your neck and kiss you just before 60 to Sleep
And then look out Of my window, way up to
the stars, and wonder II you are up there.
Nursie Is real good to me and CLUES my dolly's
head when crack it.
I'm so sleepy now, mamma, have to hold
my eyes open with my fingers
Good night, dear little mamma
From your little darling.
"P. Sod Tabby has some more kittens
Two are white and two are black"
The letter dropped from my hand.
While reading these loving words
lived my whole life over again. How
selfish and sordid it all seemed to me
now. The picture stood out in bold re-
lief-the artists hand was that of q
child. How long sat do not know
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~ Qua AMNwAl SUPPLEMENT-. *

wouldn't romp, but would play quietly,
they might amuse themselves in the IL
brary for awhile. Grandpa Wyman,
behind the thick curtain, was about to
order them out, when Jack said:
''Oh, tell you, Bertha, let's play 1
was grandpa and you was me, and play
talked to you just like grandpa does;
that'll be a good, quiet play"
Bertha laughed and said: well, wait
till l get papa's old dressing gown and
a pair of grandpa's specs; there's a pair
lynn around loose in his room.''
You better not let him catch you in
his room," warned Jack.
20, know better than that" said
Bertha as she scampered off.
In few minutes she returned and
laughed merrily at the figure little Jack
cut in his papas dressing gown and
grandpa's spectacles.
Nov you must be doin' somethin',"
began Jack; 1T doesn't make much
difference what, and Ill make my voice
awful growly, just like grandpa's."
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Bertha took a book and began look
WHEN l WAS A BOY"

Bertha took book and began look
ing at some pictures.
Bertha! Bcrtha!" said Jack, putting
himself out in his efforts to make his
voice 'growly;' don't you think you
better 60 be helpin' your mother std O.
lookin' at foolish pictures? When l
was a boy there was always somethin'
useful to be did by children"
Mamma doesn't want me-" whined
Bertha.
"Why don't you sit up straight?''
again quoted little Jack; you'll get the
round shoulders the first thing you
know; when I was boy it was the
fashion to sit up propily, not in that
crooky STYLE"
Bertha giggled at Jacks voice and
'crooky" expression.
you laugh at me, miss!'' he cried,
dropping his growly voice for a little
scream of pretended anger. "Why, l
never did see such disrespec' in all my
life, never! When I was a boy my
mother'd a took my head off my shoul'
ers il laughed in anybody's face; but,
there! chil'ren isn't what they used to
been!"
Bertha giggled again.
faint fair to keep laughlng," COM
planned Jack.
''Well, you do talk so 'xactly like
grandpa" said Bertha, land act like
him, too; but Ill try not to laugh any
more"
She put down the book and began
looking at Jack, swinging one foot as
she sat in the great library chair.
sis it Necessary for you to keep that
foot a-wagglin'?' asked Jack. "'Tain' t
mannerly for a child to sit a-swingin'
her foot right before my eyes. When
Twas Il boy foots were made to walk
on, not to swing about"
"Please, l never was boy,' said
Bertha.
Jacks face grew awful with sudden
wrath.
did hear my own ears?'' he ex-
claimed: II shall go imegitly to your
mother and ask her does she low you
to speak sarsy to me? When was a
| boy, anyone who spoke that way ia
grandfather got put to bed and Ike pit
there for a weekv'
Jack started on prodigious stride
toward the door, but had taken but a
step or two, when he tripped on the
long dressing gown and fell headlong.
At this, both broke into loud laugh,
but Grandpa Wyman, behind the cur
tain, made never a sign. When Jack
got up he threw aside the dressing
gown, but the spectacles, to his real
distress, had lost one of the glasses.
''Oh, dear me! here's one O. the glasses
out O. the Specs" he walled; "what
ever shall do?''
*Never mind" said Bertha, cheerily,
tell grandpa the truth about it-that's
all"
'Oh, but he'll scold until my head'l]
ache" said little Jack. II say, Bertha, ~
he added, soberly, what do you sup
pose makes grandpa so cross?''
Il guess grandpas always are," re.
turned Bertha.
mo they aint," said Jack. "Harry
Swans got grandpa that lives with
him, and he says he's just elegant; tells
him stories and takes him to walk, and
EXPLAINS things beautifully as they 60
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along. I'd love Grandpa Wyman if he
was like that
'Well, he never will be-" said Bertha,
in discouraging tone, because when
he was boy the children never did
anything wrong; they were all just like
grown-up people, and never did the
least thing out the way"
Ibet they did, said Jack, promptly.
''Why, jack" replied Bertha, what
makes you say that?'
But Jack was in decidedly defiant
state just then. The thought of having
to confess about the glasses seemed to
have soured the good-natured little fell
low.
Il bet he acted just like any other
boy" persisted Jack. Il wouldn't won
der a speck if he was just a horrid kid
when he was little. only he's forgot all
about it all now. Only think how old
he is!''
Il don't think you talk pretty at all,
Jack" began Bertha, seriously; latter
you go to bed you'll think about it,
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but before went to my room I had
written this letter from mamma to Mary:

but before went to my room I had
written this letter from mamma to Mary:
my DEAR LITTLE DARL1NG:-Ih have just fin
ished reading your sweet letter and not very
little one either. And how do you think did
it! Looking over your shoulder as Nursie
wrote it for you. This will seem very queer to
you and cannot make you understand it now,
but you will some day. So papa did not need
to send your letter to me, and he wanted so
much to keep it told him he might. 1 think
it will do papa good, too. whenever he reads it.
After you went to sleep last night I kissed
you in your little bed, just as used to. think
you must have felt it, for you smiled very
sweetly. I saw papa 60 to your room and kneel
down by your side for q long, long time, and
he kissed you very gently.
He had his pansy and your letter with him,
so knew he was thinking OF me, too. You
wish to know all about Heaven, my little ole
You shall, by and BY better than I can tell you.
But III tell this much, that it is more beautiful
| than al the pretty stories I used to tell you
Don't think about it too much, my little one,
but play you have pretty Heaven where you
are.
Il am always 50 happy and you must not be
sad for me. 1t will not be long before we are
all together again. I think papa will have
more time to play with you in q few days.
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BY H. G. Dodge.

II was so glad to know that Nurse is so good
to you. Give her q kiss for me. Pet your little
Kittens for me. too. I told all this to papa last
night in his dreams and he will write it out for
me. Pleasant dreams aud happy days and q
merry Christmas to my precious darling. Your
loving angel MAMMA"
The world looked strangely different
to me the next day. I seemed to find
sunshine in unexpected places. Faces
which before were blank now lighted
up with meaning.
1 handed my crippled newsboy quar-
ter for my evening paper and forgot to
stop for the change. hurried home at
night with lighter heart, for I carried
in my pocket mammals letter to Mary.
After dinner I gathered my household
together in the library. With Mary in
my lap 1 read to her the letter from
mamma. A breath from Heaven filed
our hearts and home that night. It was
Christmas eve, and our home has seemed
more like Heaven to all of us ever since.
y. II: MacKendree, in Phila- Press.
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NY CHRISTMAS RIVAL.

Somehow, just then the drowsy smile Ger
came
The restless dimple midway Of her chin;
And sleeps moist finger quenched the hazel
flame
Her curling lashes jealousy hedge in.
How sweet her slumber is, my thoughts di
vine;
I'm sure yellow love lock strays athwart
The coverlet, as il it sought to shine
Close to the happy beating OF her heart.
She DIRE ams-but not Of me. Towel know
Whose image sways her sordid little soul;
A stalwart gentleman, this favored beau,
Not young, and rather stout upon the whole.
His head hath white OF many winters frost,
His beard Is hoar, his brow is marked OF
time;
But, in good stead Of graces he has lost,
The beauty of his treasure Is sublime.
In fact, 1 had some worthy gifts Of him
Myself. in days not passed beyond my mind
Tis true his kindness now looks somewhat
dim,
AS bygone favors often do, find
Yet on this Christmas eve they give me pause,
And lend me grace his triumph to survive.
Reign over her In peace. friend Santa Claus,
She'll fout your claims next year when she
is five.
Eva Wilder McGlasson.
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CHRISTMAS coNFlDENcEs.

What a lot of things Santa Claus
brings into the house," unused little
fellow, ''since father failed in business"
Christmas fattens out many fat
wallet.
Santa Claus forgets all the bad things
we do.
1t is bad boy who ties his new tin
rattle to the dogs tail.
The destructive boy who pol<es a hole
in his drum won't annoy his neighbors.
The bad boy who doesn't grow good
at Christmas is beyond all hope in this
world.
The cute boy always looks to see if
there is hole in his stocking before
hanging it up.
1T was very kind of Mr.. Lavish to
take my two girls out for a sleigh ride"
philosophical the butcher, but wish
he had given me the ten dollars the
sleigh cost on account of his meat bill
Christmas Judge.
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never touched anythin' b'longin' to their

never touched anythin' b'longin' to their
grandfathers; now you Sect with which
knowing observation Jack marched out
of the library, followed by Bertha.
But after supper something remar<a
BILE happened; oh, something very re-
markable indeed! Jack, like the manly
little fellow he was, went up to Grand
pa Wyman and said:
"Grandpa, I'm very sorry, but Bertha
and took your spectacles to play with
this afternoon, and broke one Of the
glasses out. think papa III have it
mended if ask him to-"
Grandpa Wyman swallowed hard,
then said, comfortingly:
Never mind, my little dear, acct
dents will happen. 1 remember doing
much the same thing once when was
little boy; so no matter, grandpa
doesn't care 1T ALL
Jacks look of utter wonder almost
made grandpa forget himself, and ask
the child what on earth he was staring
at, but he checked the impulse in time,
and the next moment Jacks hearty, re-
lieved: "Oh, thank you, grandpa"
made him feel very comfortable.
That night Grandpa Wyman laid
awake long time making resolves,
and there came day before the win
ter was over when, on passing the
nursery door, he overheard few re-
marks, which made him feel very
thankful he had made the resolves for
the new year, and had kept them, too.
Jack was talking, and, just as grandpa
was opposite the door, he caught these
words:
''Ho! I really love Grandpa Wyman
now; hope he'll live forever! but
didn't use to wish So"
II wonder what changed him sop
came in Bertha's voice ''he seems like
a new grandpa. What nice little story
that was he told US last night about the
way they coasted when he was boy"
Its jolly to hear bout when he was
a little boy nowadays" said Jack: Then
he repeated Bertha's remark: II won
der what changed grandpa SOP" II
Think" he added, in his droll, little way,
''that the old Grandpa Wyman run out
the door when the new year came in,
and a new Grandpa Wyman run in!''
Out in the hall the new Grandpa Wy
man said softly to himself:
''That's just about 1t, my own little
Jack! You and Bertha made the old
grandpa so ashamed of himself that he
did bid himself good-by as the old year
| went out, and when the new year came
in really believe new Grandpa Wy
man came with it-one who has sense
enough to remember that when he was
a little boy he was very much the same
as little boys are nowadays"
And Grandpa Wyman deserves CON-
pliment, for it is very wise old man
who learns so we'll plain, simple les
son.-Mrs. Harriet A. Cheever, in Chris
tian at Work.
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what I tell her to, and this is what want to
The Christmas Tree.

what tell her to- and this is what want to
say:
my mamma died last year and want to
talk with her SO much that thought you could
find her and give her this letter from me.
Il hope it won't trouble you much, and If you
will do It will try to be very good little girl
and say my prayers every night Good-by.
MARY"
my DEAR LITTLE MAMMA:-I wonder IL you
know how very, very much miss your Some
times think I hear you calling me, and run
to your room to see, but everything there
is still. Then 1 come back to my little room
and have a cry all by myself. told Nurste to-
day how much wanted to see you and talk to
you. guess she had something in her eye for
she wiped it q long time with the corner Of her
apron, and when she was through she asked
me If it wouldn't be nice to write you letter,
30 this is the way she fixed it.
''She said must write little letter to God
and ask Him to ind you and give you this let
ter from me. 40 told God I would DO q very
good little girl and say my prayers every night,
and 20 guess you'll get this. It seems 20 long
since saw you, mamma. Everybody told me
1would get used to it. by and by, but 1'don't.