Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 19, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 January 1877 — Page 6

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TMM OLD DXAQON'M LAMENT. An4 be any ewutUiM Wr: I'm wmm4 fee eMbtrM mwfa'np, Seen brewa tee nutria? ftmr, .Bat HTW mw Mod dota'a JHK As Mmm I've mm te-daf, TWa . wm batK by gwMy awa T gWrify w Lord, Ib H?wttw haadre Md iMr ; OMMM MHi MIMillff, a4 MM MM Tit tmU were Jit wd, 1b prayer we alia Meed. .And wtwi the hyiane we give et, I tail yea it km .rd Tt beat ear leader Mwrt the tae, H Mi tln' fork Ib haiwt ! Tbti ed eld " llblaa," 'MwlHMulll, Www heard m Sabbath days. Awl mm ami woateti. beys aad gkU, JlKn I ia the KS Ol IHTHtM. JlBt that old pulpit was y pr Weds esgbt lee tram the areaa They'd reared it up a Mtfer s44a A aarrer stairs WMt Oowi ; Tin treat aad eade were lWy eaxved VVitfi tfriiter atoriee aU Fladla' ot Moms, Jacob's dream, And sinful Adam's fall. Jest room laeide to pat a ebeer, The Bible on the ledge (I'll etrs I did get narveua whea He ahoved it to tbe edge). There week by week (fee parses steed, The Fcripter to expeaad; - There, man ami boy, l're set belew, Aad aot a fault was fettad. Of eearse l're sm great ohangee made, Aad fought against 'em, tee; at Srat a ehoir was tatredaeed, ThM etuhiags is eaea pew; 'ext, boagatea earpet for the Seer; Aad shea, that very year. We get our sew meiedeM, Aad tbe big shaadyleer. Well ,weill they tried to keep shwgs straightI wm: to eVry meetlB'. Aad voted "So" to all they said, Bat fottml my iatueoee fleetia'. At last the worst mietortia' fell I must blame Deaeoa Brews ; He helped the youBg folk whM they said The pulpit must oome down. They laughed at all these pieus seeaee . I'd found o edlfyia'; Said, " WhMtheparaMreeetopreaeh, He leaked a'most a f yla';" Said that " Elijah's clwiiet Jest half way ap had tarried: ABd Deaeoa Brows sot by aad laagbed Aad so the p'iBt waa earried. This was last week. The.earpeaters Hare nearly made aa ed, JSxeeeee my leeliBgs. Seems to me As ec I'd lot a traad. -"It made their seeka aehe, leokla Hp," Wae what the folks weald say : Mere leekia' up would help us aU la this degia'rate day. The ehureh woa't never seem the same (I'm half afeard) te me, Uader the prvaehia' of the truth I've beM so used to be. Aad aew to see our para etaad Like aay eommoa maa, . iWlth Jeet a railia' roaad his desk I dea't beHeve I eaa I

A BULGIRIIN EPISOBE. Picture to yourself a straggling village, with a massive ckurck for its most Srominent object, embosomed amongst IDs. Hich pasture-meadows dotted witk grazing herds, oultivated fields, aad orcbard-grovee, spread arooad on all side; but the arable land Is bare and tbe fruit-trees are stripped, for autumn is far advanced and the winter season approaching. Ou the outskirts of the village and bordering the rutty road whioh runs through it there is a large farm-yard, with plenty of poultry pecking about and oapacious out-buildings well stored with corn. Tbe farm-house, being raised on posts, is open on what would be the ground floor, where heavy clumsy wagons, and instruments of sgrioulture which the British farmer would consider very primitive, are visible; here, also, a pair of hardy horses are stabled. The dwelling-rooms are reached by an outside permanent ladder which politeness might call a stairAt the foot of this ladder there is staadiBg .a remarkably pretty girl, whose hands, though evidently used to harder work than playing the piano, are small and shapely : the beauty of whose feet, well displayed below the short skirt she wears, thick woolen stockings and stout shoes oaa not eonceal. Her figure to supple and graceful; her hair is twined in two long, thick, silken plaite which hang down her back ; she is looking rm the ground and twitching nervously at a coquettish little apron. Before her, rather close, there is a young maB, clean shaven as regards the face, with the exception of a black mustache, but wearing his hair leag. He is dressed in a sheepskin oapote, a white kilt, leather leggings; skullcap is set jauntily o one side of his thead, aad he is leaning dejectedly on a long staff which he graeps with both haade. Tiate, evening. "And is that your last word, Mane V ' .-said the youth, dejectedly. "Don't you remember the old days whea We west to school together and you always took ay hand bedauee you were younger aad smaller: and I carried you over the bad places in winter when it was wet? And that long frost when we met the wolf and I was too frightened for you to be frightened for myself, aad drove it off? Arid when Milosh wanted to take your new picture-book away aad I would not let him, and he drew a knife and stabbed me in the arm? 1 was always fond of you ever since loan remember, Marie, aad when I got to be old enough to think, about having a wife I never cared about ay girl but you. At ftUs and fairs ye always liked to dance with me, aad I hoped we were never to be separated aad I wae to be happy; ad mow all this has some to an end, aad I am to' be miserable all my life: but k shall not he a long one." I can not help it, Stephen," said Marie, crying. "A girl can only do what her father aad mother say to beet. I am sure I do aot want to make any one unhappy, aad I should have liked to remain a child always ; it wae very nice for you to be my little friend; hut

we have grown up, aad my father says I wuet marry some oae else, and I

dea't like it; but what is to be done? We eaa't always have what we wish." At this asoawat it seemed to Marie's pareate that the interview, whioh they had connived at rather than permitted. had lasted long enough, for the door above opeaeu, aau they both appeareu at the entrance. The mother, a buxow, middle-aged dame, ailed to the girl, who held out her baud to her lover, and then ran up the staircase, which her father immediately afterwards descended, pipe in hand. "Look here, Stepban," he said, leading the young man a little away from tbe house; "if ever you are a father vou will kaow that you must do the best you can for your children, to get them on, ana see wiem nappy ana prosperous. Now, your family has been unfortunate ; l do not say that it was their fault far from it. Your father was my very good friend, but he did not manaee, somehow", to keep on good terms with the pacha, and he lost . I f . I.. J!, I t - 1 ' - T " I 1 every taiag, inuiuuiHg ma me. x ns&eu something at the time by befriending you, a li tie child and an orphan; for be wae a vindictive man, that pacha, and if he had known it, would have owed me a grudge. Afterwards I helped, with others, to set you up iu the farm you cultivate. You have worked well ; you have paid back the cattle you were started with for stock; I know that. But you are in a small way, and Government takes a great deal from us, though we ought not to grudge that, so long as they leave us in peace; but still, when a man is poor and struggling it keeps him poor and struggling. Marie would have to work harder and live more roughly as your wife than she doe, now, and neither her mother nor myself would like that. Her children would have to be laborers of a lower olass than is suitable for our family. And our Marie can do better. I have a friendly feeling for you, and you will always be welcome under my roof, for your own sake as well as your father's; but I must take care of my own child first. Think no more of it, Stephan." He held out his hand, which the young man took, not very warmly, for his heart was full of bitterness. " I can join the insurgents and get killed, at any rate," he muttered. "That is the best thing for such a mean and unfortunate wretch as I am to do. And I shall be striking a blow in revenge for my father, at any rate." So saying he strode of! in tbe direction of the village, while the old man shrugged his shoulders with a pitying smile and retraced his steps to his comfortable fireside. It was the same eternal story, ever old yet fresh, no matter whether the scene is laid in a Bulgarian village or a Belgravian mansion-young love and old prudence in opposition. Likewise, there always seems to be some peculiar connection between disappointed affection and fighting, which leads the youth whose heart :s blighted to seek the remedy of a broken head. Hodge, betrayed, enlists; the jilted Jaquee courts the otherwise dreaded conscription. So Stephan, when he could not have the girl he wanted, determined to take it out of the Mohammedan oppressor. The insurrection had not spread to that immediate district. It wae a quiet, industrious village, and though the inhabitants bore no love to tbe Turks, none of them were inclined to take part in what they considered a hopeless struggle, which could only result in drawing swift vengeance upon their heads. But Stephan knew as well where to apply for information as the lovelorn British swain knows where the recruiting sergeant is to be found, and he went direct to the house of the papa, or priest. A girl of about tea came to tne door, and Ted the way into a small inner apartment, where Stephan opened his heart to the papa, concluding with an expression of his determination to de vote himself to the cause of his country, and asking for directions wnere tannd the headquarters of the insurgents. I oan not dissuade you, ray son," said the papa, " if you feel yourself called upon to take part in this effort to free the land from the heathen oppressor. It is a holy cause, and one aot so hopeless aa many deem it. Other countries are ready to join in it, ami a little success will embolden Servia to declare war against the Turk. And there u another aad stronger Power, wboi sympathy is with the Christian, and whose secret aid may be depended upon. Russia, the land to which our Church is dearest, will not stand quite idly by. And, above all, God will protect those who fight in His own cause. But it is necessary to be prudent, and let no one know of your intention, or else an excuse will be given to the Turk to work his wicked will upen this devoted village. Go home ; make some excuse for a long journey, and depart upon it openly." He then gave him minute directions what further steps to take, blessed and dismissed him. In obedience to the ' injunctions, Stephan gave out that he had received news from a relative at Widdin, who was carrying oa a prosperous trade in that town, and invited him to come and join him. So he sold off what little stock he had, took leave of his old friends, and prepared to start, though not ia the direction of the Danube. It was very early in the morning stilltdark, in fact that he strapped his knapsack, which was lighter than his heart, upon his back, and set out on his journey. His course at first was across a plateau, wild, covered with ranic herbage. A bitter north wind swept acrose the plain; above, black maeees

of aloud scudded swiftly Along, ever

aad anon scattering down white powdery Makes the first show of the winter. Whea he had stridden alonjf.with hto head beat to tbe blast, for about half au hour the sky grew lighter, and the first streaks of dawn were visible in the east. Almost at the same time lie saw, not SO yards from him, a figure wuiun uvhmmu aim hj uruuun uown among the louz grass. Unleee the uncertaiu light deceived him, a mounted soldier! The increasing dawn soon showed that he had done well to conceal himself, for the misty object resolved itself into a Bashi-haxouk vedette. There he sat, with tbe butt of his oarbine on the pommel of his saddle, and hto back to the blast, man and horse motionless as un equestrian statue; all the more alert and soldierlike, perhaps, because he would be soon called Iu, and his superior olticer might be expected to make his appearance every minute. What did it mean, these Turkish soldiers being iu the neighborhood, and taking the precautions of men ia presence of an enemy? Had the insurgents met with success? Had the insurrection spread? An officer and three men rode up, fortunately from live opposite side to where Stephan lay hid, and the solitary horseman joined them. " What nest of infidels lies yonder?" asked one, as they rode on. " Vissa." " When shall we teach those Giaours aleeson, Captain?" "We shall see; perhaps to-morrow or next day, if you behave yourselves. Trotl" It is impossible to describe the horror which seized Stephan when ho heard these words. When he roge from his place of concealment you would have thought that he had seen a ghost. The frionds, the playmates of his childhood, the priest he honored, the little toddling things who knew him and ran out for a frolic, lisping his name when he passed by above all, Marie at the mercy of those fiends! All idea of pursuing his journey vanished from his mind; his only thought was to save her he loved. Thodoraki Durban was much surprised that morning when he was interrupted iu the operation of breaking in a young colt by the apparition of Stephan, whom he had thought far away by that time, breathless and excited. When he heard the young man's story he looked very grave ; and indeed his mind was sorely perplexed. The risk of remaining he knew to be great, but then, on the other hand, to fly was ruin. He bad a store of hoarded cash which he could carry with him, it is true, but his chief possessions were his flocks, his herds, the contents of his granaries, and all these must be left behind. Stephan was doubtful what to do about warning the neighbors. A general stampede would at once bo observed, and the retreat of those he cared most for cut off without any good being done to any body. And yet he could not bear to leave them all to their fate without a word. So he sought' the papt aad confided what he had seen and heard to him, so shifting tbe responsibility. What use the papa made of the information, however, can never t)6 known At nightfall Thodoraki Durban and Stephan put the two best horses into the lightest cart, which they loaded with the most valued of such goods as they could carry with them. The mother and daughter then got in, and the fugitives set out, as quietly as might be, for the mountain track they knew of. They were fortunate enough to reach the Servian Territory without ad vesture. Marie and her mother were safely provided for, and the father and the lover both joined the Servian army. Here they soon learned that their flight had not been a rash and unnecessary act of pusillanimity. The village had beea sacked, and what that means every body must know pretty well by this time. It does not matter what the period is or what the nationality, unre strained military succesees are always the same. Whea there is any mitigation it is purely the result of discipline. The naps, a widower and childless, wae slain on the threshold of the desecrated churoh. Should Stephan survive the present troubles and renew his suit for the hand of Marie, be will not be objected on the trround of novertv. for Thodoraki Dur ban is much on a level with him so far as worldly possessions are concerned. " It is an ill wind that blows no one good." CamWs Magaum. A Tewa ef Dwarfc. A writer ia the London Times describes the effect of excessive intermarriage on the inhabitants of Protes, a little town in the province of Santander, Spain. Until 18 or 19 years ago, the village wae quite shut off from the rest of the world. Its inhabitants, from their ever recurring intermarriages, had become quite a race of dwarfs. Oa market days the priests might be seen, with long black coats and high black hats, riding to purchase the simple provision for the week's consumptionmen of little intelligence and no learning, sprung from the lowest ranks. About 18 years ago the Galioian labor era, or Gallegos, from the mines of Galicia, swarmed into the town for lodgings, etc., and since their colonization the population has increased in strength, stature, education, intellect, and morality. Their intellects, also, have improved intellects whioh had been stunted, dwarfed, aad ruined by their frequent intermarriages. e Ia some parts of Michigan cider is selling at a dollar a barrel.

an Aatertoaa at the Keyal Mef Braerel la Maaieh, la an ancient neighborhood in Munich, behiad the post, and best entered from Maximilian Street, to a little squ are rem arkable for its ugliness. All tbe houses are old, and one feels upon entering it as if one had suddenly walked back into the middle ages. On the east side stands a time-gray, low, irregular building, resembling iu architecture, or by its want of it, nothing of the present age. This is the royal Ilof Brauarei. After 10 a. m, a constant stream of thirsty souls flows along the streets and tUleys leading towards its dismal-looking portals. Its beer is celebrated as being the finest in the world, and is the standard by which all other beers are judged. It is the poetry of beer ; it is to all other brewings what Shakspeare is to tbo drama; what the Coliseum is to other antiquities. None of the beer is exported or sold ; it is all drunk on the spot, and when it gives out no other brewery can supply a drop comparable with it. The Parisians, who have heaped every luxury, from the poles to the tropics, in their capital of the world, have not enough money in the Bank of Franco to purchase a cask of it. It is said that Maximilian II. resolved that the best beer in the world should be made at the royal brewery in Munich. It has never been expecte'd that it would yield any reve

nue, but merely pay its expenses. It is now under the protection of the present kin?, and the ingredients are in spected by an officer of the royal house hold. For its dirt, its darkness, and its utter want of service, the Hof Brauoroi is uncqualed in the world, and nowhere else can be found such a mixed society. Entering the low-vaulted room, oach looks anxiously about for an empty mug. These are of graf stone, containing a mass, the price of which is seven and a half kreutzers. Spying one, he hastens to secure it from other competitors. The first who reaches it carries it oif in triumph to the spring in the ante-room, rinses it, and presents himself behind a queue of predecessors at the shank window, where several Iiairs ef hands are occupied all day ong in filling mugs from the casks within. This accomplished, he returns to the guest-room and searches for a seat. If found, it is certainly not luxuriousa wooden bench of pine, st iinod by time and continued use to a dark dirt color, behind an ancient table. The walls and ceiling are grim with age, and the atmosphere hazy with smoke. The scene bafiles description. All classes of society are represented. Side by side with the noble or learned professor, one sees the poorest artisan and the common soldier. Here and there the picturesque face of an artist in close proximity to a peasant, and through the smoky atmosphere one catches a gleam of the scarlet or sky-blue cap of a German student, or the glitter of an epaulette. The Catholic of the ultramontane stamp is there, as well as the Jew, the Protestant, and the freethinker. Here stands a pilgrim from far America, armed with a Badeker, and there aa Englishman with the inevitable Murray under his arm, too amazed or disdainful to search for a mass. Remarkable also are the steady habitues of tbe place, with Albert Durer-like features which look as if hastily hewn eut of ancient wood with two or three blows of a hatchet, or with smoke-dried physiognomies having a tint like that of a meerschaum pipe.acquired by years of exposure to the thick atmosphere of the smoky breweries. They are there morning, noon, and night, year in and year out. Some talk over the news of the day, but most sit in silence. Not a few few make a mual with bread and radishes, or a sausage brought from the 'nearest pork shop. January Qalaxy. A Lady AeeMeatally Sheets a Frtead t a Party. Last Thursday night J. Koehucke and wife, who have been married but three weeks, gave a party at their house, on the corner of Bush and Fillmore Streets. Among those present was the father of Mrs. Koehucke, who came from Oakland, bringing a revolver with him for the purpose of purchasing cartridges to fit it. At 11 o'clock Mrs. Koehucke picked up the weapon and asked her father whether it was loaded. He said it was not. She then in sport pointed it at her husband, and snapped it two or three times. A young man earned Otto A. Decker, one of the guests, then laughingly remarked to the lady that he would take the weapon. She said " If you try it I will shoot you," and pointed the weapon full cock at him. He advanced, when she pulled the trigger, an explosion followed, and Decker fell to the floor, wounded in the breast. The revolver had one cartridge in it, which fact the father did not know. The wounded man was taken into a room, where he stated tocx-Chief of Police Cockrill and Officer Doran that the shooting was purely accidental, and that he did not hold Mrs. Koehucke responsible. Officer Doran, however, placed the lady under arrest, and charged her with having made en assault with a deadly weapon. The lady was taken to the City Prison, where she was in hysterics nearly all night. Yesterday she was released on filing a bond of $2,000. The wound which Mr. Decker received is a very serious one. Son Francisco Call. A tourist describes the sale of snails in the town of Tivola, near Home, as a source of much profit to the peasants I of that district. The flavor is pro-1 nouuoed delioious, more so than acol-' lops or oysters.

The KbealveN Mnate-lisx. M. Samuel Troll, fiU, of this city, sayk the Geneva Continent, has just finished for theKhediveof Egypt certainly the biggest, aad finest, and, probably, the handsomest musical box ever made. It beautiful ebony oase is buffet-shaped, as large as a full-sied sideboard, and inlaid with zinc and brass-work, and ornamented with bronze chasings and plates. The interior of this remarkable box is a perfect marvel of ingenuity; it includes all the improvements for selecting tunes, a patent moderator, etc., and is finished with flute, flute-basso, drum-bulls, and castanets. The repertoire, consists of 12 tunes supplied by 11 cylinders, which can be exchanged at pleasure, each of thorn being 0 inches in diameter and 20 inches long. Notwithstanding its Brobdignagian dimensions, liko all others of its kind, it performs automatically whon tho Khedive dosiros to troat himself to a concert he needs only to touch a spring, and if his highness should grow weary of the monotony of his 132 tunos, lie has but to communicate with the Ingenious and enterprising manager of M. Troll's establishment Mr. Geo. Baker who can speedily supply him with tho materials for a fow additional hundreds. To complote our description wo ought to mention that tho price to ho paid for tho box is 20,000 francs. As this peculiar Swiss work of art will

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