Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 28, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 July 1878 — Page 6

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A VMM- e WMa wmwry, Aa all ttat way w w earn ah m! h KiHt mi mr w2 Whn Iomk wo pr Wf, We sUrWi forth. wln yry W Wore i h rHn Ury o( lb? f prtHK. To jmMr Hwe wwiltl it o wots t Then life xlNHvt eternal 8hhI, Awl utuh m tlrwm mj vauely rtreauwd, That in tHe iWhw mhwm threw Tfcat rw b(trt) us tK(t Mid Iur, Clotafd Ih Ml iww ff nir, , IS. whtefc w ttwHt In time. ipwohk 1m or iDHiilKKKt's strength, l eliwh. Hawaii haaelwnicad! Years have gene by, Ami o( t Hut joymw company WHk whom Mir youth lirt jnrHeyed oh, , Who-wtto arkltl Ala, notoae! Love rl(t kWrf d a tHtr wav,, Th turncMl nl luce ami attn away; Ah H(tr lilm with foHU Hjfht Th Hkl Graea took tturir Hl(tlit. Ami all tk earehwjoya that tout Thoir revwlry ni mwrlnMHit , Grew MUtHtar, ami, ere kew, H1 mtted th4r last ami wd "ajltea," Hene fataM-iHg than wli aeabUal wind JtefMntototi-naiMllookbeMaa, Ami we, half qnttmMiifC wtra fain To fa low with tier baa aaln. But ft IM uraed iw oh our way AhiI wur W not let m jhuih or May. THn to cmr Mde with plalntlva eye, 1r plaw of Hope came Memory, , , And murmured of the past and told Hear stories of the days of old, Until its very tiros seeiiml gold, And PrMRdah'.p took the plaae of Leve, And rtrova In vain to us to prove That Lov was llht and Iwrfnoere Xot worth a uiaa'a regrtHl tear. Ah I all In valH-grant 'twas a cheat, Yet no voiee ever wae so Hweet 'o preeenoe like to Love's who threw Hnekantmentaver all we knew; And Mill we IkKen with a s4kr, And back, with fond teara in the eye, We trae to eaten a glimpse aaln Of that dear place hut all in vi.ln. Preaehnot, stern Phlkwophy! Xougtit we mh have, ad nowf lit we s, Will evtT twjse pure, so glad. So beaBtif ul, an what we had. Our step are sad our steps are slow KothtH U like the tome ae, Uoae in the keen, intenee denKHt The perfume faint and exqaUKe The glory and the effluence Twit haloed the rnrHptttred te, When Faith aad LoVe wre at oar side, And cmitiiK.n Life was deitied. CHtr akatlows tliat we wel to throw , Heal ml w, now before tw grow; Vor (iM? we walked toward theHH, Kat Llfe'ri full weeMian dR, , Thev ehHKe. and In thetcehlll we Hjfve, Kwrther away from Faith Hd Leve. A ehill in in the air no more Oar thought with Joyou imputee soar, Mat creep along the level way, Waiting the closing of the day. The f$nre hohht no woadmue prhee ThtsKhle DeaUt'a awful tnyateme ; Beyond, what wait for ns who knows? New Life, or lntlnlte i epoe? t t : hotspur ONor. "-" I did ilaar Hftiarlaoners: Wat I HWHimber, when the nght was don, When 1 w dr' with rage and extreme toll, And noHhiNr troner than raiawatr . WJH fnrty mtlee, oawe there a eertaln lord, Trimly Uwnmid, aohhy, in faet, wHh a eutaFhvhy neeir-'lne, and panta loutler Mmh the Jtaed wwgoM iK a eireae, tnehidtng the hand; He wa fri'sh m a bridegroom J To speak truly, he was a triite too fresh. Hfa ehia, whleh I adrfeed him to wipe off, Wm newly reaped , and showed like Stubble-land at liarvt-Mmf . He wae pconted like iee-eream Atahrehtatr w4th vnl)Ja,Mmk, Jto- water, cologne, halr-oll, etcetera, And I eatt not pretend what ehe. Twist hie linger and hi thumb he held A poHtwt Iwr (see Webster's Unabridged) Whleh, ever ami anon, he gave hie nee, And Hi II he miled and talked, and, an The eohMers bora dead bodle by, Heealted them untaaght knaveo.nnmftnnerly, To hrimr a slovenly unhandMome eorpae Between the wind and hU nobility. With many holiday and tmo)blh terme, Sneh aa " Aw, weally I" " IHil you evah 1 He addreeeeti me among the met Iemaadel my prisoner's in her Majesty's lit; Half. I then, all smarting with Mr woundi. being galled to be so pestered With asevenbynlne popinjay, Ont ef my grief and my lafpatienee, J HMed mm one aim! t the wheel-howe, And yfiu.Nit have lieanl hla little Coat'talfe erack a he paseed Over Into the next coanty. Thla bald, unjoin ted chat of his, my lord. Disturbed my Dutch, and I beseech yea Let net hie myetorioas disappearaaee Come between mykjveand your high majoety. -OUCH IkrricL I'm very sorry, Wm, but I'm only a poor woBMtm MiyU, and if yon caa't pay tb rent of this toom, I doh't m as j o ea a4brd Um raat of, ike mm up stain." liars the landlady rnbbad bar noM TMtoneJy foa her apron, aad stared sirajgkt t of tae very dirty window. As tfcte wae ivideiitfy a ckalliigc for bwIo reply, I said, as firmly ael eould, a tow words which brcHight ot the reason, for the woman's vUit that morning. "An I to underataad, taea, (hat you wmm mm to leave?" If yow ploaee, Miea, at the eed of the ,week, for there's the gent on the first ioor would like to have thU bed-room." "Very wall, Mrs. Ruddock," I said; "l wm Rita a room eieewnere." "Thankv. Mi." she said, sharply; and rivinsr her noee aitother viokme rub, she left nw to my thought ami my tears. For 1 wm weak, feint end heertekki and the oolne in bit tinrse had dwindled down, so that if I did not succeed in obtaiaise an engagement in a very few days I had no reeouroe but.tooreep back to tee ooHRtry ana avow my launrn. .leet three months since atra we were all so happy in the lltUe country Yfoar ace: and then, in riehing one of hie neople, my poor father caught a das geroHe fever, while in tending him my dear mother wae nnoken with the same complaint, and ere three weeks had weaned Minna and (satin the tittle study aleae, in neee hkek ; for the ttneggle had been brief, and thoee we1 kre lay together in the green church-yard, aed we were only intruders now in the Utile vieerage that had been our home. We were nearly penniless, too, but a brotber-olergy man of my father's, quite as poor, oatue forward and ofiWed us a

lajMeeracy owm Ml, m he sW, some oiMMiiHg skowld occur lor us. 1 gladly aeouptedit for Minna; but for niysulf, I was determined to try great London, nad, unaided, battle for myself. In two years John Murray wae to oome back from Australia to fetok ine for hU wife, and till then I would be independent. . So the day came at last when, with many tears, we two girls had to separate, and with soiling heart I left the old Lincolnshire houie, and reached the great dreary void of London early oae afternoon. I was not long in .finding a place where I could stv. in the shape of a

eeoond-uoor front room in one 6j I those j heart-aching streW near the Found-1 lingr-stroet! that echo from morning to , nlht with mournful orles uttered by venders whose goods it is impossible to surmUe, and with the) dismal echoing tones of the various organs. So painful were these last to me, that often of an evening, when I have returned from a noun, useuwawuiufc vu i VM Element, and sat alone and hungry, FeRrhig to spend my money in anything beyond tbe tea nnu oroau and outier upon which I existed, these doleful strains cheering, maybe, to sonio have had such an effect upon me that I have sat and sobbed till, utterly worn out, I have fallen asleep, to wake, perhaps, hours after, to find it very late, and crawl shivering; off to bed. As the weeks passed on and my advertisements and fees paid to the various registry offices had been without effect, I used to crawl back to my room, growing more and more disheartened. I was always a plain, sallow-looking girl, ana now in ray iasi-wonnug umun jl uugn to feel that I was day by day growing nior shabby and weary-looking, and that m fee ule chances of obtaining a post were growing less and less. A useu to sib arm hsk. tuyauu wuuiuci :i I l .!.! 1 I 1 T I. ...... T V.. I 11X11 ItliU UillU miu jiMiBffiunu uuii rTr- ""rrr" woniirum a rogjswj www w u w naW.gnnn.nxninii tn larlv ifwai al. ways the same. I noticed ujwiuiuiui, m swu rooni, for I was neither pretty nor f hril, .lnnHnr. ,1 mv monrafnl hlankI sfiould suit her, and "in blank disappointment 1 had to return And now it had come to this that my landlady had grown as tired of me as tho people at the registry offices, where I had more than once been told rudely that I was not likoly to get a place as governess or companion, had better look lower. That a'tcrnoon, evidenUy suspicious of my ability td i tUIUMOUIUU, MUM pay, and perhaps disgusted with my miserable way of living, and afraid I 11 1 - il 1 .1 quested me to leave nothing now but to sell a portion of my scanty wardrobe anu go nacK to beg lor aseietaace irom myiatacr s friend. What a change! and how soon had my hopes of independent action been blighted ! I was heartsore as I felt how Al 1 ... i.i t .ii tY.-l i u i It was with weary iteration I had said i I those words and wept till tears came no more, and a dull, stolid feeling of despair had come upon nic. I,had almost shrunk away in tbe streetis from the bri; at been iehed. I lay awake that nijeht for many hours, watchinsr tbe light from the street lamp playiscupon ray ceiling; and at last, towards morning, the reme'nibrance of words I had often heard oame to me with a sad sense of repose, trust and' reetfulness, and I believe I fell asleep at last with, a smile upon my nps, repeating a portion of that comforting sen tence ending, "Are you not mueh better than they?" It was a bright, sunshiny morning wbsa I awoke, to hear some one knocking at my door, and, hurrying on a few things, I answered. "An! l was just agoing loiaae-era tlnwn strain." said mv landlady harshlv. some folks can aaora to lay in oeai e. j. . t .. all day; I can't. Here's two letters ior you. And mmu tnis, miss t,aune; i never bargainea to oome tramping up to tbe top of the house with letters and messages lor you." "I am verv much oblieed. Mrs. Kuddook," I said gently, as I took tbe letters with trembling hands, while, mut tering and complaining, their bearer went down stairs. It seemed very hard thee, hut 1 believe it was the woman's habit, and that she was hot bad at heart, but warped and cankered by poverty, hard work, and ill-usage from a drunken husband, whom she entirely kept. One letter I saw from a glance was from Minna, the other was in a strange orabhed hand; and 1 longed to read them; but exercising my ' self-denial, I dressed, lit my fires, and prepared my very frugal breakfast before sitting down anddevourlng Minna's news. "WhatfrWht had I to murmur as I did last nisrht. I asked myself, when ahe was evidently so happy and contented? and then I opened with fluttering hand, the other letter, and wae intRKied by it at flrst; but at last I reoalled the fact that tarte weeks before i had answer u an adtertieemettt i the Tim, where a la dv wanted a oo is pan ion. Tbe note was very brief and curt and ran as follows ; M If Xkw Laurie U net esjraged ke can eall

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Park Village South, at 11 e'etoaK to-morrow (Tkumlay)." At last!" I said to myself joyfully, and with beating heart I prepared myself for my journey, for the appointment wsts for that morning. Tuet as I had pretty well timed myself for my walk a sudden squall oaiue en, the sky was darkened and snow fell heavily, ami in place of a morning in spring we seemed to have gone back into winter, for the snow lay thickly in a very short time, and the branches of the trees in the squares were whitened. SVeak as-1 was, this disheartened me, bnt I fouifht mv way bravely on, and 7tiA &dZonn jjjj" " rW HinKg su ihk" W.."? tTfa Z r. . ... - , . ... v man in drab livery, into a handsomely furnished room. Every thing in the place I noticed was rich and good ; heavy curtains hung by window and door, skins and Eastern nigs lay on the polished wood floor, and a tremendous , (i rfll KlaAii ?n a trrAAt bra rajMiVdiffi S lire biased in a great brass fire-place, were nsllocted from the encaustic tiles with which it was surrounded. PU take your note In," said the footman, as I handed it. ' Yon can sit down." I preferred to stand, and as soon as I was alono I shivered with fear and cold, as I caught a glance of my pale, sallow face in a great mirror. Every moment I expected to see tho owner of the place, but I remained standing wearily for an hour, and then I sighed and turned wistfully to look at the door, wondering whether the footman had taken in the note which I had given him as my passport. I started, for close behind me, having entered unheard, was a rather plump taU lady in black. She was dressed as if for going out, and well wrapped in iUia. 4, M,t vnn nra w.itiinr" olio aai.l .crossed hor face as she looked full at . dronimd ' Thorn Uie UU mJ "J.88 UlOppBU. A.UerO, Yoa vs- T kmur " shn said sharn- . . ,f .f ! v"'$!Xn lt 3 10 m not8' 1 whv m th. Fn bMn colPamon u' l be fore? "No, ma'am," I replied; and then, in answer to her auestions, all very sharply ariven, 1 toiu her so much as was necessary of my story. TilnnH tliltilr vnn will cmf mo "

wishe said; "I've had misery enough

IT ' i I f..l" 1 ..1 - R"" w X"u 7iZt ZXThn W m can who There, I'm sure there is not such a body in London, lor ttie way I've been mi I've had six in ' cations I have had nearly drove me out one since you whose sole idea ho will make me her first consideration. I don' mind what 1 nav. but i want some one tall and lady-like ; and you are not pret ty, you know." I shook, my hoad sadly. "Humph! Well!" she wont on ompanibns think about lou don't, 1 suppose I" 1 " .1 said, hanging down my hoad, " in a couple of years." Ho! Well, he mustn't come here, for I'm a very selfish, pragmatical old woman : and u l oneafireu you wincn shall do I should want Ho! That's better; and perhaps he'll settle there altogether without YOU." I looked at her indignantly, and she laughed. "Ah! I know, my good girl. I haven't is j a- i.i .1 i ... t.: li vou iu ngaii aim iuhj iui uutuiiig. How old are you?" "Twenty," I said, shivering, for her rough way repelled me, and L longed to ferine uie interview te. an end. "Why, the gkl's cold," shs said, rouzhly. "Ii'm, twenty! Here, go up to the fire, and have a good warm; it's dreadful weath er. There! pull oft - your bonnet and jacket. l'ut them on that chair, and go oloser to tbe fire: I've a deal to say to you yet, for I'm not going to to engage any young perseti and, have directly." change vaV it l oberea her, trembling the wnue for I was very weak : and she went on asking me questions ana making com m v.a meats. " I don't like your appearance at all you look pale and unhealthy. Not a bit like a girl from the country," " I ana very sorry," I said; "but, in deed, ma'am, I have excellent health,1 "Then your face tells stories about you. You play, of course?" " Yes, ma'am." 'You're warm now. Go and play something. t?an you sing?" " Yes. ma'am." "Then sing, too; and look here, Miss MissMiss " I was about to tell her my name, but remembering the last rebuff I was silent " Now look here, my good young lady, how ani I to remember your dreadful name? What is it?" Laurie, ma'am," I replied. Of course it is; I remember it quite well, Now go and play ami sing something, and mind, I don't want my ears dWetied with fireworks, and the drums split with parrot-shriek bravura. Sing something sweet and simple and oldfashioned, if you can," she added un graciously. I crossed the room and sat down to

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the magnificent piano, and for the next five minutes I aeetned to be far away, down in the old home, as I forgot where

was, in singing my poor dead father's favorite ballad, " ltohm Adair;" while, as I finished, I had hard work to keep back the tears. " Ho bin A dair," she sang, as I rose, in a not impleading' voice. ' Now et me hear you read, i always maKe my companion road to me a great deal ; and mind this, I hate to hear any drone ike a school-girl, (jo over there into the corner of the window aud standi there. Take that book; you'll find tho mark loft in where Miss Vellevillu ball ! believe her name wae Stubbs and her father a green-gro.cer loft oft'. Now then, begin." Sho pushed a loungo-cnair close up to tho window and sat down with her lands in her muff, while 1 stood thoro, feeling liko a school-girl and ready to drono, as I began to rend with faltering voice what happened to bo Thackeray's most bOHiitilul chapter the uoiita of poor old Colonel Nowcombo. I know my voice trembled at times, and a strange sense of choking camu upon mo as i went on oattung, on, so nam to road those piteous heait-stirring lines! but I was weak and suturing, I was faint with hunger and oxortion, sick with that despair of hope deferred, and at last tho room, with its costly lurntture, seemed to swim round before me. a cold perspiration bathed my face, and with a weary sight I caught feebly at the curtains and then fell heavily upon the polished iloor. I have some faint memory of being iftcd and wheeled in a ohair whose cas tors I heard chirrup to tho front of tho ire, and then, as my senses began to return, I seemed to fuel arms around me and a pleasant voico saying, half aloud : "And she just lost her poor father, too to set her to road such a tiling as that! I declare I'm about tho wicked est, most thoughtless nnu unfeeling woman under the sun." Then there was tho refreshing odor of a vinaigrette, and the sick feeling be gan to pass away. " li bog partion." i laueren, try ing to rise. "1 Dog yours, my ucur," sue said, tenderly. "Sit still, sit still. Now, then, try and drink that." some sherry was neiu to my lips, ana then I was almost forced to oat a hiscuit. They, however, rapidly revived mo. and I found Mrs. Porter had torn oft her bonnet and mantle and was kneel ing by my side. "That's better, my dear," she said, smiling at mo, as she passed her arm round me and drew mo nearer to her and kissed me in a gentle, motherly way. And now this was too ranch, for was weaK ana Hysterical, i couiu fight against harshness, but her tender words and ways unlocked the flood gates of my grief, and I laid my head down and sobbed as if my heart would break. An hour later, after she had literally forced me to partake of the breakfast that was ordered up; she sat beside mo, holding my hand, and more than once I saw the tears steal down her pleasant face as she won from me, bit by bit, the story of my troubles and my bitter strug gles hero in town. t lat l rose to go, trcnioiinganuex-1 pectant. Would she engage me? It was more man i uareu to iiopo. u Sit still, my child," she said tender-) ly. " It has pleased God to make mo a childless, widowed woman His, steward over much wealth, and if I did 1 not make this a homo for ono of His tempest-smitten lambs I should bo a worse woman than I think I am. Stay! with me: we shall be the best of friends." j 1 stayed stayed to know nor real worth and to win her motherly love stayed to find, when John Murray re turned, Mat lus ioto was grcaier.ior my sister than for me, and patiently resign-! ed my love to her, and then battled with a long illness when they had gone together to the far-off home. But every day gave me a new lesson on not lung ing too hastily. That is ten years since ; and 1 am still in my peaceiut nappy home, though only " as companion to a lady." GusseWs Magazine. The Sagacity ef Ants. Prof. Leidy, in a resent article, states that, in order to ascertain whether a house he had lust entered was (as he 'suspected) seriously infested with red ants, he placed a piece of sweet catce in every room. At noon every piece was found covered with anis. A cup of turpentine oil being provided, each piece was picked up with forceps, and the ants tapped into the oil. The cake was replaced, and in tho evening was again found covered with ants. The same process was gone through the following two days, morning, noon and night. The third day the number of ants had greatly diminished, and on tho fourth there were none. He at first supposed the ants had all been destroyed, but in the attic he observed a fuw feasting on some dead house-Hies, wnicu led mm to suspect that the remaining ants had become suspicious of the sweet cake. He accordingly distributed through the house pieces of bacon, which were afterwards found swarming with ants. This was repeated with the same result for several days, when, in like manner with tho cake, the ant ceased to visit the bacon. Pieces of cheese were next tried with the samo result, but with an undoubted thinning in the number of ants. When tbe cheese proved no longer attractive, dead grasshoppers were supplied from the garden. These again proved too much for the ants, but after a few days' trial neither grasshoppers nor any thing else attracted them ; nor has the house been infested with them since.

rAMMION NOTEM. Checked cotton braids are used for trimming linen dresses. The military jacket is one of tho latest styles for young ladies. Among the novelties for young girls are hats ornamented with hand painting. Garden-hats are of lightly-woven straw, trimmed with grasses aud wild flowers. Now styles in stationery are ornamented with grotesque old 'tinglish figures in color.

a recent extravagance among iasii ioniiblo ladios in New York is the wm of gold hair-pins. Pretty princusso dresses for tho little ones are made with square nock and short slccvos. Among tho absurdities for children aro the wide collars and cufls similar to those worn by their mothers. Double-meshed torchon Is a novelty in laces, and is used principally for trimming lingerie and dresses which can bo washed. Young ladios wear caps liko those of tho Itoman peasant women; little oblong nieces of Swiss or organdy decorated with laco and ribbons, and long gold-hoaded pins aro used to pin them on. Black gronadino drosses havo faint tints of yellow and old gold introduced in their trimmings; sometimes in tho shapo of pipings, sometimes in ribbons set under the nifties of French laco. Japanese pins with a fan, and a mouse watching a fly, or a silver bow, arrows and quiver, aro among tho newest paterns in sterling silver for long scarf-pins, und chatelaines havo the top of tho hook enameled with some pretty design or a painting iu enamel sot in glass. Thoro aro so many stylos now in wear that all tastes can bo gratified. Thoro is the princess dross, tho cuirass waist, and tho habit and polonaise. There arc waists cut out in points on tho borders, rounded barque waists, cither ;opon or imitating openings, with vests, ; or long, swallow-tail coats, with long i faillo vests in bright, contrasting colors. Pretty aprons aro to be worn this season by little girls up to tho ago of 15. Some of thoe aro in dotted bwiss ! Valenciennes or torchon insertions and laco set in tho bibs and bretollos. Some of tho mull and nainsook aprons have edges of colored lace, and bows of ribbon combining the two shades of tho lace. A great many specimens are found in all tho leading dry-goods houses. Black is to lie worn a groat deal this year; it is taking quite as prominent a part ns white in tho season's fashions. With this, silver jewolry is very effective ; silver band bracelets are now worn quite wide, with little polished knobs or balls set closely on the edgos. Large mcdallioh pendants and lockets, also sterling silver, are found at tho principal jewelers' ; and handsome pins and oar-rings; some of those in tho shapo of round platters with bcodiives on thorn in frosted work, others with Japanese pattern. Groat favor is shown this year for all the Scotch zephyr goods, or soft-finished ginghams, which resemble foulards. There is an endless variety of designs, from the plain goods in all tho shades of gray, boigo, and ecru, and in all plain designs up to tho gaily tinted Stuart tartan. Tho Knglish cheviots aro also much employed for ladies and children's seaside drosses, being thoroughly well adapted for all changes of tho weather, and much worn by Knglish ladies for this reason. Country hats for young girls are made of coarse straw, trimmed with a full wroath of wild flowers and wild strawberries with natural loaves and dark mosses. Another stylo shows tho black and rough-and-ready coarj-o straw hat drooping over tho face, with the back brim upturned ; placed inside is a large Alsatian bow of black volvet or Jacqueminot red ribbon, and a long ostrich feather curls over the crown. Tho Tyrolean shape for children is now, turned up on one side; the Alpine peak, sailor, jockey, and Scotch hats mako up the remainder of the stylos for tho little people. She Knew Her Business. When Collins went home to dinner Mondaj ho found the house tcnantless, the cook stove cold, and thoro was a lonesome look about that part of the Monday washing still left in the tubs in tho summer kitchen. Hurrying through to tho back yard he saw his wifo braced against the fence, holding to tho end of aTiroken olothos-liue to keep the nowly washed garments from tho ground. You've got here at last, havo you?" exclaimed tho wife as she caught sight of him. " Ye., I'm here what's tho matter?" ho repeated. "Hero I'vo been holding this broken lino for over an hour over a full hour. sir!" she snapped. "I was determined to die right here before I'd lot those clothes down!" " But why didn't you call somo ono?" he innocently inquired. "There's that n' w family next door tho woman would have conic over in one minute." " Woman next door, you big idiot, you! Hasn't she been peeking around and peeking around for two weeks to see my wash, and d'ye think I'd give her a chance to come over hore and see for herself whether the sleevs of ray nightgown were pieced down with unbleached cotton P You don't know any thing, sir, and you make traeks for a piece of rope, sir!" "Well, I swan! "growled Collins, ft he "tracked." Motion Tims.

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