The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-08

h. following domestic letter lrJdl
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.nia. "a n-r III ,;nrr. Al Ireland. Ia
M u.t. | ~iil h read with
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Italers, Rsjpulans. Indis,
MsTCh Is. 1903.
My DEAKEsT NA--lt has been
me time since wrpte, a my
AID he- been IN dr-ai.ui cnrdi'
ton, and | could not us- 4 At all
| burned nv hand by ~ llnz
phenvle over it. Al. - IN h"lsr'
o NV right hand w-Te buTnsd wlth
IA. ard | have had -uch time,
We have been IN the midst oi a
AZ f-Ick,.e---.we.y II cur gIris
Aese dpMn with pneumpris, AID
m = them - vers bad; some
had assesses on ta- lung, ani the
odor wss very bad, 20 used phen-
Vie as a dislnfectant, scattered "
bout freely in the hospital rooms
lOne day went 10 the store room In
haste to get some. 1t was In large
Tin can, and 10 my hurry to pour
some out into the bottle let 1t run
over on my hand. 1t turned white
+ ,stllke a carbolic acid blister, and
then II began to swell and was
dreadfully lntiamed, and tinally the
outside skin all came on | Kept
lii done up in ewevt oil and soda fo'
several DAYS, and after that put CO.
coanut oil on il daily. IL kept me
awake many a long hour. and y
was almost impossible for me to
dress or wait on myself at all.
I. Two Of our pneumonia cases died
but all the rest are getting better
, Four OF our girls have died In tn
last month, and two little chiljrel
one dear little baby only yea
. old. Her mother was olding be
in her lap when | went into ne
home and did not know that sh'
was diving. Her father came run
ming in, but by the time he arrived
she was gone. They Were aimos
heart broken: the little body wa
prepared for burial. and in TIT
beautiful moonlight she was iai'
i away in our little Christian GENE
{ terry. :,
They very seldom keep bod!
over night in this hot country Ou
mode of burial for the Christians !
very simple. Tue body Is slmpl.
wrapped rouud and round witt
cloth; some dry grass or straw !
put in the grave, then the body
and over that more grass or flower
(if they are to De had } The HIn
n dus always 5urn the bodies OF thel
: dead. but Mohanm- dams and Chris
tians bury
Ireally forgot how mech hay
told YOU OF the work here "
have two hundred and -lx'y thFe
girls in the schsal, besides the wc
men Of the Industrial Home. 10
may be sure ii keeps me busy !
look after all these girl. They al
orphan children, 20 are here VII
D. Us all The year ar0uud We have
AZ grea. many Little ones, - II cnut-, /,
y n / e big ones help to care f,r the u
al tie ones. The grain i aii gronn
here: they d. all the cookinI
sweeping. sewing and in fac all III
work. We have been repairlr
things. The girls clrrv the bullc
ing material. dig the foundation
and help in every way. They Al
such good children to work; n-v'
lcomulain. no matter how much "
give them to do.
We are ielchirg them how 70 sev
several giri> are learning 70 max
lace some make thread butt n.
10 hers are being trained 10 care I
1.-The sick. and yae girl takes char
lof the Kindergarten | have starte'
We have thirty intne Kindergarten
The little ones are 80 bright and
epioy them 20 much. think
told you that we have quite lar
~ here All the vegetables for u
n cirls are raised on the fsrm, we. q
- . have some grain under cnltiv
zion: have put out fruit trees 81
a,her plants. We have two fir
,d Iwells ard the fields are irrigats
~ from these wells. We have vol
NJ III oxen drawing water all the iirn
re- Ilt i very dry and sandy here, b.
a. liz well wa,ered the soil l. quite pr
nd Iductive.
We have about fifty chicken
-iy land some Of the women care \