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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-12-29

what spirits we might. IL wasn't more
than two hours after he left that
Uncle Jink. a dliap.dxted old oolored
man. appeared with yoke Of steers.
which he left ia the lane while he
came Flooding thro Oh the snow 20
the house
-Heerd VAIL was out o wood" he
grinned, so | lowed Ia come an
snake up a few logs n split fer de
fiplace m whack up some fer de
cook'R' stove"
Its very kind OF you. indeed" said
Aunt Laura, for we are in great need
OF wood-only I'm afraid l can't pay
you for IL to-day. Uncle"
"Dass all right-dass all right" in
terrupted Uncle Jink; don't y'all
boddah bout dat-dass all right" and
he scuffed away. leaving US a little
myStified, for il was not quite like
Uncle Jink TO be so indifferent about
compensation for his good deeds
.Of course Mr.. Melton went and told
him 20 come, and either paid him or
agreed TO IL we didn't" expounded
Dora. and looked as II she were ready
to fall in heap
1T was very good of him If he did"
said Aunt Laura
"Good-yes; but who wants TO be an
object of charity" groaned Dora. "es-
pecially-"
"Oh. well. / don't suppose he'll
preach about il next Sunday" said
consolingly: but Dora wouldn't cheer
up very much. stilL il was very com
Portable 10 have plenty Of wood. and
/ felt grateful 10 the good man fol
instigating Uncle Jink TO come TO our
assistance
OF all the s65 days OF that year the
three hundred and siNty-tifth was The
most dismal al Maple Knoll IL opened
with drilling. soaking rain. muci
more depressing than the blizzard
from which il evoluted; the Kind tha
dampens your spirits in spite Of al
the philosophy You can bring to bea
against il. The sky was dismal graz
waste without a slit Of light Aun
Laura had a racking neuralgia IN he
face. Dora had been dreaming abou
charity and wood all night. As 70
me. / had a little trouble Of my owl
which popped UP just cow more az
rressively than ever. / never had Ou
one lover E never wanted but onel
and he was a poor young man VIII
had gone 10 the frozen Alaskan re
rious with the avowed intention o
making his fortune and coming bacl
10 share IL with me, rebuild the oil
house into a stately mansion and TAX
care Of Aunt Laura and Dora. whicl
was quite proper; for. you see. ha'
been gathered into the family "hei
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bag OF oats for his horse, and had
come up through the side lane and
taken the liberty TO put the animal
in our barn TO eat his oats. while he
himself ran in 10 see how we all Jared
this inclement day. etc. etc. slid
out while he was thus discoursing and
rushed to the parlor with a very for
lorn hope OF finding stray stick OF
two left over there, making a fire
and getting him into the parlor while
we finished the dinner. The hope died
as / poked my head into the arctic des-
olation OF our best room IL was on
the east side. where the spiteful wind
had been battering at IL all night,
searching out hundred creNices
about windows and door 20 hurl the
fine. powdery snow through. There
were drifts. varying in size. on the pi-
ano. on the chairs. and a dainty white
powdering all over the carpet. which
the wind had pulled in under the door.
You could fairly feel the gale whisk-
ing about your ears There wasn't
scrap OF wood nor a chip in the
wood box. Relinquishing n wild idea
of chopping up parlor chair or two
TO make a fire OF. i scooted back to
the sitting-room chilled to the bone.
Dora. putting rs bold face upon
the situation as possible. was bringing
ir dishes from the dining-room and
setting the table right under the eyes
Of the minister. who was chatting
away as serenely as il he hadn't
driven us all frantic by his ill-timed
call. Aunt Laura had levied on her
cellar goodies and produced preserved
ounces. apple jelly. picked peaches
ard chow-chow. so the dinner WASH;
so frightful. The only thing ! was
ashamed Of was the corn cakes: they
were 50 big and clumsy, and Dora had
crumbIed the edges in turning them
But that good man seemed 70 think
we had banquet. and even the corr
cakes didn't 60 begging so FAR as h'
was concerned.
We all made merry over our predic
ament as we told him how IL hap
pcned. and he joked about II. too, bu
shook his head little, and said I
orghtn't TO 20 on that way. lie pro
eeeced upon his errand soon after din
ner. and we went about our work will
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Unsuitable monster. Yet we couldn't
make up our minds TO close il up and
put up a stove instead. because OF its
radiant cheerfuiness. How jolly il was.
Just when the first touch OF q winters
twilight stole on. TO pile fresh hickory
logs on the old andirons and watch the'
flames dash up the chimney's throat
and light the whole room with mellow
crimson flame.
Llt the wood. OF course. we three
women couldn't very well go out and
chop and haul it, and our funds did
not always warran; hiring large quanti-
lies laid In. besides which the neigh
boring help we could get was not very
Cependa ble on at al times.
Maple Knoll was a lovely place. but
didn't bring in much revenue. worked.
Is we were Obliged to have IL done. by
any Tom. Dick or Harry we could pick
up; and the old house was picturesque
hut lcaky as a sieve. Still. we man
aged very well about everything else.
but for fuel we were obliged to depend
on getting a load hauled now and then
when some neichbor had the time and
inclination to undertake il.
December though il was, we had lad
= streak OF regular Indian-summery
weather. mild atmosphere inter
woven with a soft smokinesS- Our stove
wood had run out. and the neighbors
had all been too busy hauling cordwood
10 attend to our needs. Our chip yard
was in good condition. however. and
we had been levying on il for cooking
purposes. using what little wood we
had for she fireplace. as we didn't need
much. and had gone jogging along in
an easy grasshoppery way. as il the
pleasant weather we're going to last all
winter.
WewolSe up the morning Of December
80 70 find the world nearly lost in a
most beautiful blizzard of whirling
snow. Not only was the outward world
white desolation, but there were lit
tie drifts all over the inside OF the
house.
Dora" / shouted. bouncing out OF
bed and landing with one foot in a
snow bank. .how many chips did we
bring in last night?"
About enough to cook breakfast
with" Dora answered. with the calm.
ness Of despair. as she shook little puff
Of snow out of her shoe. / hoped out
or my drift and rushed TO the window.
Meantime. let's go down and make
fire and get a good warm-up If we
do perish afterward.''
Wed better save the sitimg-roon
wood until after breakfast" counseleC
Dora. 'and just have fire in the cook
stove till then. and eat in the kitchen
Sure" said ]. "that'll be lark
IN spite OF the dismal outlook we ha,
cheerful fire and a coy kitchen whei
AUNT Laura came down, and then while
she began 20 prepare breakfast Dor:
and did ourselves up Ike Laplander
and plunged out into the blizzard q
Feed and milk the cows. after which w
brayed the winters blast lo-g enough
70 tran sport my treasure stump TO th
house. which we did partly BY luggin,
and partly by rolling II over and ovs
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stopped falling now. and the air feis
crispy and bracing. The sun wasn't
shining vet. but there was a mellow
look N the sky. as II II meant TO pol
on. any minute.
New Years calling was not much in
vogue in our rural district. still. il was
Aunt I.aura's way % make q red-lctter
day q the opening one 81 the year. and
always 10 be prepared for any stray
eaecr who might chance 70 appear. She
had cheerful fire IN the parlor, plen-
tiful supply Of coffee and cake on hand
and we all put on our pretty house
dresses and prepared to be happy
whether anyone came or not
At half past nine pleasant melody
OF sleigh bells jingled along. and the
cutest lit.le cutter stopped al our gate,
and here came Rev. Cyrus Melton smil-
ing up tie walk We were mighty
thankful for the contrast between this
cali and his last one. but such is the
peryersiiy Of man. imagined he
looked a little disappointed al not be-
! ing ushered into the cooking regions
again. Still. he smiled very gOoc-na-
turedly, with those jolly brown eyes OF
his. as he fshcd something out Of his
pocket and handed IL TO me-
Miss Ne;t.e." he said, Il felt itin my
bones that you couldn't get any mail
up here on the hill all yesterday. and
dropped in at the post Office as came
by this morning. and found you this"
Maybe l didn't know what il was
even before saw the handwriting or il.
and perhaps / didn't fly 10 get il and
scamper out to ihe big fireplace and
eur! down beside il on a little wooden
stool 70 read my letter all alone. Frank
hadn't made a fortune. he wrote me.
and he d.dn't know as we could have a
big mansion built, but he had dug
enough gold 10 repair the old house and
make Us all comfortable. and he was on
his way home that blessed minute 10
rnetamorphose Maple Knoll into the
finest ktile farm in the county. take
care OF aunta and Dora and Incidentally
marry me.
When j got hack 20 earth again Mr..
Melton had taken Dora or in his sleigh
for ride. 80 aunt.e and ] had a little
t.A A+A htf tAsA- ava rs -
about lunch time. X didn't matter,
though. FOR when the sieirhiHg couple
came back they didn't seem % know
much q anything. ] fell on Dora in The
hall ald told all about Franks letter
and she Lur-ed me black il the face
and aait She was tremendously please.
but he vouidn' I have 10 take care 81 her
because that was going 70 BE- aitende,
10 by Rev Cyrus. who was the deares'
man III the world. but crazy as loon
because lie confessed that lie had fallcT
more in love with her than ever the ca1
he came and found her baking hoecak'
Il the fireplace
We celebrated that nig.-. by havin.
the biggest fire Of the season in the ols
fireplace. which behaved splenCicly
and we sat mp till al kind Of Aours
Aunt Laura. Dora and !. with no ligh
but the mellow crimson and gold bill
lance OF that big old black cavern
roasting nuts and red apples. talking
about the new paths opening before Us
and telling each other how grateful an
thankful We ought 10 be for this happ
opening Gag u the new year Haiti
| Nhituey. in Farm ard Fircside.
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a-a the world looks caEk ano
-, mort OF breath. so i pant ALo
Ard SILVER and shake. anu So
49,, 49, e-eak nlourrfully In the breeze
FOR i am the poor o'd feAr
rx.lve months ago was young anu iAi'
MED the world with a regal ar.
And every one
xy,,hout a frown or tear.
--.. hsvs and girls hurrahed Tor me:
"a - Vas as happy as happy could De-
Tire world around was TAR 70 sec
For was the glad New Year
-. Merry thrush ard the bold cuckoo
GO me a song ard welcome true.
TIE white pucc0on ard the Vio'e' o'-e
P.eued slyiy into my face
re- fulip gave her rich perfume.
rrs iarks.lur waved her azure plume.
re- red rose opened her velvet bloom.
Ny royal court 70 grace
-. hroollet burst its icy bond.
80 sern ,1rcoiled her greenest frond.
~. daisy waved her yellow WAND.
TO give me welcome meet
- summer brought her lowing days.
~ bearded wheat ard golden maze
The Wild bee humnei a song q pFAAe'
A-a slipped the cl0yer's sweet
Then autumn poured her rudy wine'
a. shoohx the cluster from tie vine.
80 srar-ed the reelles from the pine.
TO scatter IN my path.
re- weed burst her silky pod.
TIE partridge piped from the iurfy sSd.
"a ave- -of-the meadow and eoider-E5c
1gloomez gay il the aftermath
rs,,. row. alas, my time has come
T- weak ard weary, and cold and nlmo
A-s sour and sad. ard cross ard gum
ar4 the world = dark and lrear.
\, blossoms spring as ! pass along
No warbler SINS me welcome Sons.
Isrf the bells rig out merry rihs-ooAs
-ro welcome another year
Helen whitney Clark. "a Golden Days
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Here is an object lesson which will
not fail to interest a very considerable
number OF American people:
Nails in 1s9s--si.50.
Nails in is99-s435
Increase in wages-lo per cent
Increase in trust profits-ls0 per
cent.
Increase in cost 10 consumer-1eo per
cent.--Los Angeles Herald.
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The power o: the barons OF the mid
Gle szes vas slight in comparison TO
that which the trust barons will WELD
In this country soon IL they are not
evertArown.--National Waterman.
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The money supply from gold Aone
this year is greater than i wou.a nave
been In 1896 II all tine gold and siise,
mined that year were coined on eqaM
terms at the old rs. tio,-Natiopsi Ws'e"'
nan.
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lament ofTHf
SoLDMAR~

LAS my. Cine has
nearly come.
I'm weak and weary.
ard cold = n q
numb.
And sad and sour.
and cross . q q
Elnm.
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
MISSISSIPPI STATE NEWS
More Railroad Tax suits.

M.ssrs Calhoon Il Green, attorneys
for the State revenue agent, have hled
suits against the Natchez. jackson 4
Columbus railroad and the Yazoo y
Mississippi Valley railroad for the taxes
for the year 1895, aggregating SITS, 5,OOo.
The suit against the NJ, j. 4 c. is for
5O,OOO, and the other for s125.O0O, these
being in full OF the claims for State,
county and municipal taxes assessed
against the railroad companies for the
year 1898. These suits are part and
parcel of the back tux litigation against
the Illinois Central company and its
branches. Under the recent decisions
holding the railroads liable to pay taxes
the sheriffs of the various counties
through which the railroads run re-
fused to make out and deliver to the
companies receipts for all taxes as has
been heretofore the custom OF the
sheriffs, and in accordance with the
terms of the exemption act under which
the road claims exemption. This $780,
900 goes to swell the enormous sum for
which the revenue agent has been
suing. ,Na
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
HARD TO GET.
The Girls Were Learning to Make
Hair Flowers and They
Wanted White.

A venerable white.haired clergyman re.
Gently preached in the church Of friend.
He had hardly got back to the vicarage
from the church when the door bell rang
and a young lady asked to see him. He re-
ceived her. They talked about the sermon
and other things, until finally she asked,
ditidently:
"Oh, won't you please give me lock of
your hair?'
Certainly, my child" said the old gentle.
man, aattered at the request. "Ill send it
to you tomorrow" And he did.
On his return to his own home he had
Eve more requests of the same kind, and
he proudly boasted to his wife that he was
glad to see that be had not yet lost his
power to please. All went well until his
wife received this note:
Dear Mrs. Fourthly: Won't you please
ask your husband to send me just little
lock of his hair? We have all been taking
lessons in making hair flowers. So many Of
the other girls asked him, and he sent it to
them, that I thought would rather ask
you to get it for me. Won't you please do
this for me. 1t is so hard to get white hair
for lilies of the valley"
This was terrible blow and the less
now said about locks Of hair in that old
gentleman's presence the -Cincin.
natl Enquirer.
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
The Frances willard Hospital, Chicago, iii.

Miss Georginna Dean was for three
years missionary in Liberia under the
NJ. Z. Church from the training school
in Chicago. After her return she stud
led nursing, graduating from the pres
ent Frances E. Willard National Tenn
perance Hospital of Chicago. She is an
enthusiastic friend Of Pe-ru-na, as IL
evident from the following letter: "F
Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 20, 1899.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentlemen-You will be glad to know
Of the happy results obtained from the
use of Pe.ru-na among the patients un-
der my care whenever prescribed by the
physician. l have seen some very re-
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
The English of II,

"You Americans call things by such ou..,
names," said the Englishman. '''
Whats wrong now?" asked the New
Yorker. A'"
''Why call these things elevators, when
they take people down as often as they take
"Well, what do you call them in your
country"
eve call them lifts"
"Well, I can't see that the word lift e..
presses their use any better than elevator"
"Oh, yes, it does. Don't you know you can
lift persons down as well as lift them up?"
-Yonkers Statesman,
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
Burglary In the Future.

Course me luck!" hissed the burglar, and
fled into the night. Bear in mind, if you
please, that all crime was now disease, mere
", and all diseases the work of germs Tho
burglar perceived, in the cellar window
where he tried to enter, one of the latest
electric automatic spraying devices, and en-.
deavored to avoid it. But fortune was
against him. A click in the dark, and al.
most before he knew it he was drenched
with germicide and cured Of his malady.-
Detroit journal.
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
Two Valued Opinions.

A prominent western railway man, IN
speaking of the passenger service Of the
New York Central, says: "It begins right,
ends right, and is right in the middle"
An officer of one of the transpacifc steam.
ship lines says: "There is no train service
in the world comparable with that Of the
New York Central's Lake Shore Limited"
The best is the cheapest, and the best
is always best. The New York Central
stands at the head Of the passenger lines
of this country and has fairly earned the
title of "America's Greatest Railroad."-
Buffalo Commercial, February II, 1890.
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06

msrkable cures of cases OF very oosu'
nate catarrh of the stomach, where re,
ru-na was the only medicine used'
consider 1t reliable medicine.
Georgiana Dean
The symptoms Of catarrhal dyspeps!,.
are: Coated tongue, pain or heavy lee.'
ing in the stomach, .belching OF eas'
dizzy head, sometimes headache os
spondent feelings, loss of appetite pss
pitation Of the heart and irregulaF'''" J"
the bowels. 49,. s.,
Send for a free book written y!
DR.. Hartman, entitled "Health an1 M
Beauty" Address Dr.. Hartman w
tumbus, O.
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
Simple Addition.

A teacher at Garden City said to her
primary class the other day: If your fa-
ther gave your mother seven dollars to-day
and eight dollars tomorrow, what would
she have?" And the small boy over in the
corner replied: "She would have it,
Kansas City Journal.
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06

No Serious Damage Done.
Awkward Miss with an umbrella)-BeS
pardon!
Polite Gentleman-Don't mention it. ]
have another eye left.-Stray Stories.
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06

and WELL helped through the change Of life period
am ffty-fve years DID,
The Of advanced who healthy and happy
are invariably those who have known how secure helm
when they needed it. Mrs. Pinkham will advise any woman
free Of charge who writes about her health Her address
Lynn Mass
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06

She-"Does he call her peach now" He
mo; he says she's his box of Strawberries,
because she's the dearest little thing he ever
saw,-Yonkers Statesman.
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
Novel Da mage Suit.

A most unusual damage suit was tried
in the circuit court at Walden last week,
tae jury failing to agree. resulting in
mistrial. On April s, 1898, D. W. Bacon
and his brother, J. A. Bacon, and the
latter's son, Willie. got into an alterca'
tion with young German named Sui
BREEDER. After a fsticuff fight re-
volvers were resorted to, resulting in
the death of Sulbrieder and the wound
ing of Willie Bacon. April II Mrs.
Sulbrieder fled suit for herself and
three little boys, demanding of the Ba.
cons $50, 900 damages for the loss of the
husband and father. In few days
court convened and D. W. Bacon was
indicted for murder and Willie for
manslaughter. At the January special
term these indictments were quashed
because of alleged improper conduct
by an outsider who voluntarily ap-
peared before the grand jury and in
sisted upon indictment.
The civil suit of Mrs. Sulbrieder came
on for trial last week, but the jury
failed to agree, and was discharged.
The counsel for the defendants took
the ground that the common law did
not countenance such action and that
the statute on the subject was intended
for accidental killings as by railroad
negligence, and did not cover felonious
homicides. Judge Stevens ruled that
the statute was broad enough, but ad.
mitted that there was grave doubt
about it. The hung jury disappointed
both sides, who seemed anxious to have
the supreme court rule on the question
as to whether the statute covered the
case.
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Towns are seldom Assfed .as'iheS u,
painted Chicago Daily Now. 4 "
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
Mississippi Press Associa tion.

Secretary Mcclure has perfected all
arrangements for what promises to be
one of the most delightful meetings in
the history OF the Mississippi Press
Association. All the members are to
meet in Vichsburg on May 18th, leav-
ing there at p m., making a stop of
two hours at Baton Rouge ON Wednes-
day, from to 8 p.m., the time to be
occupied in a reception BY State and
city officials and drive over the city.
The boat schedule will not admit of q
stop at Natchez. Arrive in New Or.
leans Thursday morning. A visit to
Port Chalmette, to the Louisiana Elk.
position and Peace Jubilee, and other
courtesies, will be extended. The bus.
mess sessions and usual literary exer.
cises will be on the steamer This will
be the thirty.fourth annual session Of
the association.
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
A Fugitive Twenty-Three Years.

A Fugitive TWenty-Three Years.
A convict was returned to the peni-
tentiary walls last week who has been
q fugitive for twenty-three years, and
although he has not been out of the
State and has lived during that time
within 100 miles of the State peni-
tertiary. he has maintained an in.
cognlto and enjoyed the blessings Of
liberty. He is negro life prisoner,
named Van Wilson, and was sent up
from Holmes county in September,
1876. He made his escape three months
later, and was never heard from by the
prison authorities until last week, when
he walked into the penitentiary Office
handcuffed and in charge of Marshal
Bob Wilmington, Of Tchula, who cap.
tured him. Wilson's crime was the
murder of another negro in 1876.
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
To Bore for Gas and OIL.

4 A development company has been or.
ganized at Meridian to bore for natural
gas and oil. Experts have expressed
the opinion that oil and possibly gas
can be obtained, as outcroppings Of
petroleum have been found in several
places in the mountains Of that section.
Machinery has been ordered to go 5000
feet deep If necessary. The company
is backed by one of the largest manu-
featuring ablishments in Meridian.
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
Asks Big Damages.

A damage suit has been fled at Jack.
son against the Alabama & vicksburg
railroad for $4,000 by Thomas e. Hill
for the loss Of an eye, Disagreement Of
face and manning Of hand. The bill
OF complaint sets up that Hill was going
from jackson to vicksburg last March,
and that when on the route he went
back to get drink Of water at the
cooler while the train was At q stand.
still at some station. Hill alleges that
the. train gave . sudden jerk, which
threw him over against . stove and
caused the injuries for which he claims
damages. VI t.tt
The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-06
soldiers, Dead.

The re are 71s soldiers buried in the
city cemetery at jackson, nineteen Of
whom were Federals. The Confederate
dead are from nearly every Southern
State as follows: Alabama, 81; Arkan.
sas, 80; Tennessee, 93; Mississippi, 91;
Georgia, 50; Florida, II; Kentucky, 20;
South Carolina, 16; Texas, 10; Louisiana,
70; Missouri, ~; Virginia, 8; States un.
known, 1913. NF