Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 July 1879 — Page 6

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Nt4MHMMbMk; wwi wt,a ft bf - K l Uim taat rwaark ariwamtly ijwo- , wfck dfiatatic HttM ftMr. Anil Um alawMT bll nag TioUf. "WW you M mm wan joMr, lT? " ak4 IHck, pftTiaf ao aUcatioa Uj Um mibbobs ; bat mwn twi eoiW ohM ttfijt bwMMa, blw-yMl girl low into Um hop froat Um rear 2oort aaa a at, groAl, facT aairaU woaaa omm ia at Um oUmt. "Diek, wkj cm eartk float yo om te diawK?" almoat JIM. twj girl; aiMl, "Kti, r eWHa, wkat ar yoadoiaf lMW?ft erkd tMprcatywo"I fcMffct was my Uim lUkcV' said Um eUkl, niHnf at Um yoaac WorkatM a th dromd kk haad aa3 waat towrard ar oHc. 'Jfe" axelaiaMd Uw pretty wowaa, Martyr glaaeiag t kirn. "Wky.be" wHk alight iMtgk and a slight inlcctioa of Mont, or aoawthiag tocj like it, MEhorToioa "hsarrMr." Aa4 catohiag Um okitd U hor km, she diaaeaaarad aa saddwlr M sh had ar-

irfrod. "GoodaoM rraetoiu sum alive!" Diek's browx'lacod, rod-okeeked sutor, witk not aa inftectkm, bat a wkote toIbbm of soon in ker voice. "A carpator,iadod! Aad what is shef" " Wkat m she?" repeated Diok. "Ok, come along to diBaor, Diok, aad don't botkar. fw haagrj, if you aia't," ririBr him a by so atoaaa geatle pall. ' "Stop a momaat, Lib" jorkinju awaj from her "tkat's a good girl, aad tell m all about it." "All ahoat tc? Fakaw! yoe bmb are i all alike. All about Ar, you raeaa. Do joa tkink she's pretty?" "Well, all about her, then," j Diok, atterlr igaoriBg the qaaeUoa. I " hlotherllM hopfHog mad, aad the , viotuaU '11 be stone cold, bat I s'poee I'd better hurry and tell you wkat I kaow at obg. or voa'll be DceteriB? the

life out of me till f do. She's a widow be aaea&ged by a draught from the bnok Mrs. Leonard Denting, M. D.;' that cottage well, aad agata, pail ia hand, k, Mr. Leonard Denting was M. D. ke set oat, iMis time to reach the place ( aad she oaaae kere two days ago to lire of destination and begin slowly to reia the brick cottage round the coraer, torn. It waa 10 o'cIock. lathe cottage with her aaat, old Mrs. Paulding, who all wm silence and darkness. Dick k always talking of better days,' and ! paused aa he reached it, and leaned ihoatiag that there never has been a against the maple ia front of the door t BMohaaie ia her family. And yet she's and gaaed at the shutterlesa windows, aa poor as a eharee atoeee, aad no one , where the wax flowers and fire-works knows kow she naaaaras to live." entreated, " Come bay me." And as he

" Go on, Lib " as she stops to take 1 gsaed, smash went a pane of glass, and ' to yo ; but me and Ltb " 'breath. . a bloe -light shot past and fell with a "Mother!" from the parlor. "There goes Um hell again!" turn- .prolonged hiss upon the ground. Then) " Well, Richard?" . ia- mwftnl tk Arvru- f in auick succession came another and " I shall be only too clad to

i ym akall an, atir a aton natil vou ' ! nnieh your story," says Dick, detaining her with firm bat reatte force. t " "Ok, Riehard foster, wkat a leaee , ,yoa are! and only yesterday yoe was , . ceaiag ass a gossip, aaa saying sow ! woman's tongaes did ran on, and oh 1 ' ' (with a shrill scream), "wkat a pinoa, ven tormeetiB taint! Well, her hasbead was a doctor, aadweatofftosoane I ptaee or other when they'd been mar-1 ried a year or so, aad ceaght Um yellow fever, aad died, aad left her notking bet hk M. D.' And she's as poor as ) old ladv Pauldinr. find inst as oroud : aad, oh, Dick, the funniest thing she's filed one of her aunt's froat windows with wax flowers for sale, just as though any one ia thk place would bay wax flowers! Come along." T.ih. T taiak wn InaMn ira haiaM. fnl "be had sever thought of them in his life befor. s.ad ia ict knew nothiar aboat tkem aad I wka yea'd set Um

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otaer loias a goou example, ana buy a , on ronunaituy i was piBg tot of tkem from Mrs. Deming, for our Bat he got no farther, for the whiteparlor mantel;" aad he thrast a bill in- robed figure uttered a little shriek, aad

to her hand. " Dkk Foster, are yo craey ? Wax flowers, aad mother wanting a new eook-stove thk minete! tke old one's falling into pieces and I haven't" . . t m. 1 ,. TAT l a stnea ao roar peoar," mvs ltca, foiUiBfr. "You sever have. Bet buy I tke flowers, Lib dear, aad mother shall have a new stove aad a new drees he fore the week's oat. I'll work sights." aw niMV" Bat Dick had raehed awavat afoerth aad most ferioas riaging of the bell, aad she was feia to follow without aaother word. Day after day Diek Foster set hk shop door wide open, aad replenished the pretty boa bos box that was hidden away behind some tools oa a shelf ia the corner, ia hopes that he might some day again rake hk bead from hk work and see the fair-haired ehud standing before him. Bet day after day went by, aad Jane merged into July, aad she eame no more. The wax flowers had been bought a few days after Diek had so suddenly discovered how meek he adsnred them, and wonderful imitations of satare they proved to be, hat, alas, wanting aatare's woederful fragraaee; aad they stood betwoeB the eaiaa dog and eat, that Diek remembered from hk earliest boyhood, on the high old-faehioned wooden mantel in the low-eeiUaged sunny parlor. Lib had come beck from parokaeing thorn wkh a quick step aad a snap in her black eyes, aad had immediately as Dick knew she would tke moment he eanght sight of her rushed into the shop to as she was woat to express it "free her mind." " There, I hope you're aatisfod," she began, with a toss of ker head, petting t he rase of lUks aad roses into hk hand ; ' ' bet think, yea'd better saved jour money. Mot bnt what they're pretty onoaga, and I etoat see hew she makes 'em; eoeldnt. Bet of all the ateekne thisn ever saw, she's the worst. 'Tour mtto girl thiaks yoer brother aj vwMway vwi f wt rvam. v wake myself agreeabk; eoeshe?' 'I'm sure I don't kaow; I didn't took at kim. My brother k a very handsome man, , and an artist. W e were a family of arj tints, although my share of talent took a very lewiy lerm, says she, handing

ate the vae--k oil led it varse.' ' (kaod-afteraooa.' " To all of waiek Diok replied not a word, bet turned awav aad sawed like

mad. whioh so own4d Miss Elisabeth YnaMM tW: aha mw TmiArrmd to the pretty widow again until the afternoon of um yx ox uuiy, wnea, wiw a gwaaa of naisekief ia ker fees, she burst oat at the supper-table: "Ok, Dick, I're a meeoage for you. I met Miss Eva,' ae the litUe aervaat-girl calls her. They say that girl serves Mm. Dealing for lore; wish I could, get teople to serve me for that. Please tell the the sharing ataa,1 said Mies Era, ' that I wanted to come again, but mamma won't let bm.' And, ok. Dick, if they haven't put fire-works for sale in the other parlor window! Wax flowers and fireworks! Ain't it fanny?" But judging from Dick's doaded brow and closely set lipe, Diok thought it any thing bat fanny; and Lib, wisely dropping the subject, devoted herself to Bother's soft gingerbread with undivided attention. And the cloud still lingered on the young carpenter's brow ae he, pail in kand, just after sapper, bent his steps toward the old well that stood a few feet beyond the brick cottage. He had developed an extraordinary fondness for the water of this well ; it seemed as tkough nothing else could quench his thirst, albeit until a few weeks ago he had been perfectly satisfied with the cold-as-ice, clear-as-crystal water drawn from the well in hie mother's garden. As he drew near the isolated cottage be saw the fire-works in the window, aad his heart came up in hie throat. "So poor, so proud, so lovely," he thought. I'll bay them to-morrow." And at this moment the pretty woman stepped oat on the old-fashioned porch, and Dick turned and fled. Bat a few hours after Dick was again seised with a terrible thirst a thirst that he was Irmly convinced could only another. Then fixz! ban! pop! pop! fizz ! bang! and the pyrotechnic articws were snooting aeout in every mrectioa, and the white muslin curtains were ia flames. ' lb a aw mem me strong young fel- ' low had burst open the door, thrown I the pail of water upon the crackling i n re-works, torn sown the biasing our teina. aad stamped, out the fire. And in anomer moment some one m a ioag white robe, her golden hair silvered by the moonlight, came flying out of the room just beyond, and flinging ker arms about htm, cried: "Oh! dear brother Robert, you have ootae back at last. Bet but ' looking about her i n a bewildered manner" wkat has happened? " " I'm not brother Robert," said Dick ; but he didn't loosen the clinging arms. ; as it. behooved km todo, when he made i the declaration. "I'm the-the skavmrs man, ana your wmaow nas oeen eu win precipitancy as om ars. rauidinar entered the room from the other door, her best bonnet perched on her aeu,-ou winKBpuHmaj ujr iu struags arcmnd her neck, a silver tea - pot in one hand, and her favorite cat, grasped by the throat, in the other, on a qneer little ran, totally anlike her usual dignified tread. To ker did Dick explain the cause of tke wet carpet and the snoke-berrimed ' walls, and amid her profuse thanks for 1 I hk timely help, was taking his leave, j when Mrs. Deming, lamp in hand, again

r-TO Jt,..-i couia resemble an artist," said Dwk, abto eming -reee. , , , with a feeble attempt at sarcasm ; "but " Oh, aunt, what an escape! ' she he-. tbere tke resemblance must end. never gan, Ungthelarupcm the table ; "and couid have forgotten yon." tothunkl never awoke until the very And then thly are both silent for a few last, I was so tired; ami Eva has n Dick breaking tke silence at slept through it all. W e mght have ImU am Tery gurry for your dkapbeea burned in oar beds." And then, ' ,wMBr v, .A kAA ti u.- at-

tumisg to Dick, she sajdher sweet yosoe trembling in spite of ker great effort to maintain bar composure, "I beg -el your pardon for the absurd mistake made; bet I was so bewildered, and only half awake, and I'd been dreaming of my brother, whom you" looking aim rau m ise iaee reeeraoM very Binch." And breeiing off suddenly, ker voice trembling still more, " How can we ever thank yoe Mr.

uk. oeter, ise carpenaer, saia thing professional I'd ask you to try Diok, with as much dignity as though be , aad learn to love me, and stay here forbad said " doctor or " artist." ever." Mr. Foster," her lips quivering, "Try to learn to lore yon! Why, aad her fair cheeks flushing red, and - Dick, you dear, splendid, darXng old she held oat to him her dainty hand. goose, don't you kaow I've loved you Dkk flushed as rosy red ae she, but ever since the eight of Um impromtu made no movement toward her. His fire-works?" right kand hanging listlessly at hk side, J "My btoesed darling ! ' ' oried Diok, kk hat held in has left, he stood in catching her ia hk arms aad kissing silence as though uncertain what to do. her sweet lips.

aa) yoa. rwwe 10 saaae nanus wua me?" she asked a look of pained sur prise fittiBg across her lovely face. " Why, God bless as! he can't," screamed the oil lady; "his poor kand is dreadfully burned." And she hastened away in search of old linen and sweet-oil. And it was his working hand teri casra tv ww sscj e nut caaeav itnaraC7t riWy bemad; bat whea Dick went home that night he scarcely felt the pain for 1 the memory of two violet eves shining through tears, and a sweet voice saying, I " Oh, I'm so very, wry sorry so very, I vsry sorry !

The next Moraiag Mra. Foster had jet eleared away the breakfast things, aad gone into the sitting-room, where IKok gat, iaetalled ia Um only eaey-obair

the house poeeeseed, hie rigat aaaa en i TtJoned in baadaaree. a book in bm ten, ( and the yaee of wax Ho wars on the table before him, when there earn a gentle I kr.ook at the sweet door. Tee good mother, opening it, beheld a pretty blue-eyed woman, holding a pretty blue-eyed little girl, steading upon the threshold. " Oh, it's you, Mrs. Denting," seid the old lady, lirklling.and tlutteriag ker cap ribbons. "Good-morning, ma'am." Your soa," said the young widow, with a hesitation strangely foreign to her "is he better? Has he suffered much through the night?" " His sufferings can be of no consequence to you, ma'am," returned the old lady, sharply, in spite of a warning " Mother!" from the room she had just left. " He's only a mechanic, ma'am." "He's a noble fellow!" exclaimed Mrs. Darning, seizing the wrinkled, toilroughened hand that was raised ae though to wave her away; "and, oh! please don't be cross to me. I haven't slept alt night, thinking of him." Mrs. Foster's face beean to relax, and the stern look completely faded nway, when little- Era, looking up with pure, ' beautiful, beseeching eyes, entreated, Don't be cross to poor mamma." u Well, I suppose the fire warn't your fault," she said; "though how them fireworks exploded passes my compreVouoirvn TtiAra winaf hflvu fuun mma "VIU " i powerful carelessness somewhere ; and . it's my opinion that folks that doesn't iinrlaratanr) ttilnsra ahantrl 'am alnne ' and his hand's very bad, indeed; and he won't be able to work for a month. just as he had the most industrious tit I ever know'd him to have though a lazy boy he never was and was earning lots of money. And his hand '11 have to be dressed sight and morning, , and take about an hour eacsh time 11 . "Oh, then can be of use!" cried, the pretty widow, a bright smile breaking over her face. "I am a capital nurse. Let me come every day and drees the wounded hand. Yonr time, I ( know, is precious ; and it is the least 1 1 can do, for it was in my service I mean my aunt's that it wa3 wounded." " Well, that's olever,and I'rnobleeged ' accept Mrs. Demine's kind offer:" and Mrs. Deming went in. Three weeks had gone by, and the hand was nearly well. "I sever saw . anv tbinf heal so autoklv." solUoauised t 1 j), one pleasant, fraarraat saorninr, S in a tone that implied that ne wisned it . wouldn't. " She can't come here but a j day or two longer, God bless her! I don't really need her now, though I pretend I do and then I'll be nothing : to her but Dick the carpenter again." " Dick," chirped a bird-luce voice, I " mamma's got a letter from Uncle Robert. 1 run in to tell you," and little , Eva danced into the room. I "Good heavens!" thought Diok, turning pale, " he's coming to take her away;" and a moment after Mrs. Deming came in with the letter in her hand. .i ? , Mked axiously, looking at the young fiinwa nai " Are you worse mis raornuitrr sue . Yesmuck worse," be answered. dryly. " Eva tells me yon have a letter from your brother." " I have at last. And he's in Paris, and does not expect to return to this country for many years. He has mar- . fm a beautiful French girl, and, I fear, . hs &lQVMt forgotten D18." , .. Your brother married and forgotten you?" burst in Lib, poking her bead in .. at the door. " Well, that's nothing strange. Brothers will marry and forget sisters till the end of time;" and calling to Era to come and see the newi ly Batched, cmot-ess, away she went And personally I resemble him, that I U t gap Jose, M much as a mechanic humdrum place, wbVrcTherT is no w 1 you for.i "No one I could care for," she repeated, slowly. "I am not so sure of . 1. - . I i. T - - t .!! nt-i. iaa. , u-uir x aw sure ut use taiag, Ata- i ard, aad that k that I de not seed your sympathy. I have learned to love thk I . nrwtv nnw nluM "You have?" shouted Diek. "Oh, i t were not a poor carpenter-if I were aa artist, a pnysioiaB.a lawyer, any , " tioodnees gracious sake alive!" said Lib, appearing at the door again. "Jfy brother's going to he marzkd, too. ' ' mrpert Weekly. Scoteh Cakes: 3 pounds of Jour, S pounds of butter, U pounds of brown sugar, 2 tablespoons of oaraway seed, z oi cinnamon, ana a lKtie citron out in t . l aa a ' imU Pj08! ream the butter and . far! th nor mA 9ft(n5,H?' MK ia small oaices: " Stand up and tell the truth like a little bell-punch," is thj latest phrase-

ology of slang.

MIXTS rOK TME MOUSKHOLU.

THK TAKLR. Lemon Cheesecakes ; Grate Um rind of S lemons and squeeze their juice into a bowl ; add 4 pound of powdered sugar, 1 pound of fresh butter; beat up 3 eggs, mix all together, and they will be ready to make into tartlets or open tarts. To Drown Flour: Spread upon a thin plate and place upon the stove or in a very hot oven, and stir continually after it begins to color, uutil it is brown all through. Keep it always oh hand for gravies. Do it at odd moments, and keep in a glass jar, covered closely. Shake it up every few days to prevent lumping. Sweet Potato Tone: Take 4 large sweet potatoes, peel and grate them, then add 2 cups of water or milk, a lump of butter the size of an egg, melted, 3 eggs well beaten, a teaepoonful each of allspice and cinnamon, U teaspoonfuls of ginger, and half a nutmeg, grated; mix all the ingredients weU, butter a pudding-pan, pour in your pone and bake in a moderate oven. Made Mustard : 4 tablespoonfuls of English mustard, 2 teaspoon! uls of salt, the same quantity of salad oil and white sugar, 1 teaspoonf ul of pepper; vinegar to make a smooth paste that from celery or onion pickles, if you have it. Rub mustard, oil, sugar, pepper and salttoether, wet by degrees with vinegar, eating very hard at the last, when the proper consistency has been gained. Fine-apple Ice-cream: Slice 1 large pine-apple thin and scatter 1 pound of sugar between the slices; cover it and let the fruit steep 3 hours ; then out or chop fine in the sirup and strain through a sieve ; beat gradually into 1 quart of cream and f reeae rapidly. If you like, reserve a few slices of pine-apple unsugared, cnt into squares, and stir tnrough the cream when half frozen. Imperial Cake: 1 pound butter, and 1 of sugar, beaten to a cream; 1 pound flour, the grated rind and juice of a lemon, 9 eggs, U pounds almonds before they are cracked, J pound citron, J pound raisins; beat the yelks light, add sugar and butter, then the whites beaten to a froth, and the floar, reserving a part for the fruit, and lastly the nuts blanched, cut fine, and mixed with fruit and the rest of the flour. This is very delicious and will keep for months. Orange Jelly: Grate the peel of 5 fine orangee and 2 lemons into a bow, squeeze the juice of them into it; boil 1 pound of sugar in a quart of water, and, when quite boiling, pour it over 2 ounces of isinglass; stir until it is dissolved; add the juice to it, strain through coarse muslin, and let it stand until half cold; then pour gently into molds which have been wet with cold water. Before turning out put the molds into warm water; loosen the edges with a spoon. Cider Vinegar : There is no vinegar which wears, or which we can use without distaste, like good old cider vinegar. If any of our readers have cider which they wish to change into vinegar, it can be easily done by filling a cask partly full, and setting it at the south side of a building or fence, where it will keep warm ; putting a junk bottle in the bung-hole, neck downwards, to keep out dirt ana insects, and letting it stand through the heat of summer. Once a week draw out a few gallons and pour back slowly. Thk will hasten the process, and by fall very fair vinegar will be had, which will be greatly improved by keeping through another year without freezing. The air will circulate around the neck of the bottle, and the occasional drawing out and pouring back gives more air, thus tending to hasten the process. A warm temperature, with plenty of air, is all that is needful in making vinegar always provided you have good pure cider to begin with, put up in clean, sweet MISCELLANEOUS. To Destroy Rata: Cut a number of corks dowa as thin as a sixpense, roast or stew them in grease, and plaee in the way of the rats ; they will greedily devour them and die of indigestion. Knives, after using, should be wiped with soft paper, removing tlie grease, placed in a deep can or vessel, keeping the handles above water, lukewarm, until washed clean, then thoroughly dried. Excellent Furniture Polish: i of spirits of wine, i of vinegar and i of sweet oil rather more of the last. Shake the bottle daily for three weeks; it is then fit for use. Use every three or four months. For dining tables and side boards use every week ; it makes them beautifully bright. To Remove Warts: Warts may be safely aad effectually removed by applying nitric acid to the surface of the wart. A single drop is all that is needed for a small one. If by chance mere is applied and likely to make a sore,, bathing the part with a solution of soda in water will counteract ill effects. If one application of the acid does not result in a removal within tke week make succeeding ones. Drying Flowers : There are several methods of drying flowers so as to preserve their color to some degree. The most common way k to spread the flowers in a pan of dry sand and then sift sand upon them, keeping them, when thus covered, in a warm, dry place for some days, and until free from moisture. From Mrs. Wilson of Center Feint, Iowa, we reeeived several varieties that had been dried between thin sheets of wadding, plaeed between two pieces of glass. Most of the varieties had retained their color almost perfectly. The pressing, of course, had injured the form, but this is more or lees unavoidable br any process. I'ict'i Monthly.