Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 27, Number 14, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 January 1885 — Page 7

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JASPER. INDIANA. T DEAR LITTLE HANDS, TMr Httl haitd. T love thm wl Ai how they wr lyjiur m inter the fMYf-" vmhr thfl hihiw. m uoM hiwI white. 1 OHH (Hit M UHMH, lr tMIIOh tltl-W tO HlffkU "They ure qulot satl ttClrl Ht Ut, sh w! Hew Puny ami rentes tlwy usl to b! Hut mtw tkwy omii Hvr iwuth uji thrown tke TDtsir mMk) hl, I UtvcA (HWih so! IXwr little lwHils. I ml Umhh so! All thMWKh tkft ly. vfherww 1 ffoAll IhWMijiH tint Haht, how kmly It For ho little liHiHlet waktf inn out or iy I wkw tkmn all tbrouxH the wtmry hours, I mis tlmm hh others ails huiwkiws ami I)y time, orWlit time, wherever I o, Umr tittle heads, I tnlw them so! Dear little hands, they have go He from ate Nevor wln will they rest on my brow now, tin BiMiiotH my Aorrowr 1U IHC, Kmvur IIIKI And how my forehead grows wrinkled with ThlukHwbr little hands, once resthiK there; Hut I kaow In h happier, HeHvenllor ell mo, Dear little lianuj, I will o1hj you roineUiae. Dear little haniU, wken the Master Bhalloal!, 111 wek'ome the vutnmons that come to us nilWhen my fiet touch the waters so dark and .And I eatoh my tint glimpse of the City of Gold. If 1 keep oiy eye fixed on the Heavenly jate, Over the tide where the white-robed one Shall 1 know you, I wonder, hirouk the bright band. Will you beokon me over, oh! dear little hands? Isnthvitk Cewkr-JovrmL CONQUERED AT LAST. A. gohool-Teaoher Who Whs Too Muoh for the Boys. I think tho woist set of boys lever hoard of wore tho Hickory Point hoys. Teacher after teaclier had endeavored to teadt the district school there, only to be either whipped or badgered so that each was ready to givo up before six months had passed. The boys fought or intimidated the male teachers, and annoyed the female teachers, until, unnerved and utterly broken down, they took their departure, shaking the dust of the Point from their feet. Tho day arrived when no teacher made application for the vacant school, and tiie Hickory Point parent were anxious and disturbed at the state of thing. "I dont know what wo are going to do with them boys of ourn," Deacon Jones said to Deacon Savage. "They aint bad boys for work, nor for playing, but the moment they get on them school benches, with books in their hands, the verv evil one seems to got inter 'cm. All the Point boys pattern after tlicm, and a very bad pattern it is, as you know, Brother Savage. They seem to be determined not to' be in any school, and I'm worn out punishing Zach. It don't seem to do mm any good." That is so, Brother Jones. I'm sorry for it, but it's so. Didn't I punish my Abe fur whipping young Winter, and did that make him any bettor? No. Just think what lie did to that last school-ma'am that old maid, Miss Brown!" Deacon Jones, if lie was a deacon, had a keen sense of the ludicrous, and he lammed aloud. "I declare, I can't help it!" he said. "I laugh every time I think of how that poor woman came into my house, with her false front all singed so you could sto bald spots underneath, and the hair behind crisped and smt'llinjr like burned foalhcrs. 44 Just look at me, Mr. Jones!' slie cried. 'Just see the work of that mis'able Abo Savage ami your son! They camo pretty nigh burning ma up, sir. Mv back hair was all in a blaze before I knew that it was on lire. And they just laughed, instead of putting it out. J demand satisfaction, sir, for the out rage!' " "Well, we did have to pav well for that frolic," Mr. Savage answered, dolefully. "But she was too high tempered and excitable to be a school teacher. Folks that aro always Hying mto pieces can't .manage boys, any wav." "We've had all kinds of teachers, Brother Savage. It isn't tho teachers, but the wickedness of the boys them selves. Why, vou know we've had good and bad-tempered teachers, young and old. mild and crbss. and how lonr did any of them stay? I'm discouraged' ami snail not try to get another teacher. Zach may go without an education, and I'll give film one behind a pldw, If lie uotri work, ru whip lum, tarn mat a 1 V HB a a an i can do." Most of tho parents lit tho Point adop'cd this plan. The lioys were set to wojk Jn 'the Holds, tho barns and tho stables, and kept, steadily at it. They wcro allowed no holidays 'and no recre ations, and before six weeks had passed, they began to look back with regret to thetr detested school-days, and to wish them back again. Even their ringlead ers tun not uestitato to confess this. "I don't have a moment for any kind ot run," Abe Savaeo crumbled, "jra s always at my heels; and when ho Isn't there, ma's just like a watch-dog. It's AIhj, do this,' or 'Abo, you do that,' until I fairly despise my own name. Why, oven Sunday, If I walk down the road, I'm called back." 44 They're treating us in this way just to pay us ror making it uncomfortable lor the teachers." Zaeh sakl. eloomilv. 41 1 know it's tli At, though they doa't say so. But I don't ears. I'm aot goIHg bftOK to SOHOOt."

"I'd rather have the teachers," Abe

said; 44 for if they kem thl up, I'm go ing to run away. Now, if you hadn't livaltHl Mr. J apt) la Urn way vou ilwi, he'd have ltceit here how; awl if twhool m hateful, wi did have Saturdays and holidays." 44 1 aid no teacher should stay here that couldn't lick wir."' Zach cried, frowning; 44 and I'm not going hack on my, word. No man shall K'old and ferule mo who iaii't stronger than J am, if 1 can help it. You can show the white feather if you choose, but I reckon 1 cat hold my own and drive 'em away, if all the boys do play coward." Zachariah Jones was the leader in the revolt of fJioboys against school authority. He was a stoutly-built, powerful lad, nearly eighteen years old, who rulod the scholars with a rod' of iron. Hardly a boy dared to oppose him, for lie was as ready with his hU as he was with Ids words. Yet he had some rather generous impulses. He was a staunch friend, and if he whipped the weaker boys himself, ho would allow no one else to touch them. In strength and boldness Abo Savage nearly matched him, so there was an offensive and defensive alliance botween tho two. Zach was unprepared for Abe's defection, and was indignant at it. 44 1 never thought you'd be tho one to give in," ho said. Did I say ru srlve int'" Abe an swered, shandy. 44 1 said I'd run away, and I reckon it will come to that at last. 44 I d as soon so to sea as an else," returned ach. "I don't lieve sailor lias to work harder than I do. Let's go, Abe." JNow Abo could not even sail over tne lake without being soa-.sick, and that plan did not meet his approval. Besides, he was a prudent boy, and though ho grumbled and threatened, had really no idea of running away. leaving his comfortable home and throwing himself upon the world. 44 Wo haven't a cent ol money now," le said, "and we'd better put off run ning away for awhile. The folks'll get tired of being so strict after awhile, I guess. lJesliles, a school-teacher may come, ami haun t we bettor let mm stay a spell?" 44 i ho can whip me, yev .acn saiu. 44If ho can't -no! I ain't fond of study, anyhow, and if work gets too hard", I'll run away." A few weeks alter that there was a meeting of the school directors at Hick ory Point. A young man with high recommendations, a college graduate, applied for the vacant iosition. Tho farmers of that neighborhood were wealthy enough to pay an excellent salary, so tho school was only nominally a public one, each head of a family con tributing to the fund. Mr. Allan Winters, the young man who wished to become teacher at Hick ory Point, was a thin, wirv-iooking young fellow, with very small hands, bright black eyes, and a month entirely concealed by a heavy black mustache. If Vou could have looked beneath it, you would have fceen that tho hjw wcro thin, and compressed and closed as if with an iron clamp. His address was von pleasant, both quiet and courteous. He was at once engaged, though ho noticed the directors looked at him in a inlying manner. 44W are willing and glad to givo you the place, Mr. Winters,11 said Deacon Jones. ,4but the quostion is, how long will you bo willing to keep it? I'll Imj frank, and tell you we've got a bad lot of boys at the Point. It will takj a plucky man to conquer them, and you don't 'look very strong. I'm afraid it will be 4How do you do?' and 4Goodbycl' with you before two weeks have passed." Mr. Winter.Vsmilo was an odd ouc, but he said, in a quiet voice: "Perhaps my looks deceive you. But I supposed brains were needed in a school moro than muscle." "You have not taught at tho Point, young man," Mr, Savage said, shaking his head. "My boy is, I am sorry to say, one of the worst; but it's our duty to tell vou that you have a hard 4row to hoe.' " Mf. Winters laughed, aim his bright eyes danced merrily. "I'm glad you warned me, though you mustn't think I'm a lamb lei to the sacrifice. The truth i I heard of the character of your boys before I applied for the situation. I k'now all alwut them, and am prepared for peace or war, as they may choose." "No weaKns, young man," said Deacon Jones, ncrvoudy. "We can't have any doings of that sort in our school. If you. conquer t lie boys and you don't look as if you could you must do it with the switch, or such agencies as nature hai given you. You can maku them obedient in that way if you can not in any other, and we will uphold you but no weapons, sir." "1 understand," laughing. "You need not be afraid I shall use any other agencies than those nature has given me. I feel quito sure I am the very man for this school. At any rate I seem to be your forlorn hope, and if you can not keep me, you will not be likely to have any ono else." "I like your pluck, young man," said Deacon Jones, approvingly. 4 4 Yet," with a sigh, "oao or two of tho teachers had pluck as woll as yourself. I wish you better luck, my young friend better luck." With his peculiar smile Mr. Winters made tho final- arrangements, and with the samo smile, presented himself to his assembled scholars the following dav. "He's got no More strength than a cat," Zach whispered to Abe, contemntuottslv. "Just look at those womaa's hands, will you? There wea't be My fan llekiag Mm, off iriviag him

away. I gueea I'll tot hhtt have hie own way for a day or two." "Boys," 'said Me, Winter, tapping hie de)k, "before we begin work, I wfcm to say a word or two. I have Iteard from good authority that you ara the most lawless, unmanageable set of hoys in the State. I am ony you have such a reputation, ami still more sorry to be obliged to believe that you deserve it. Now lot me my hero, at the start, that I am going to exact obedience from you in everything, oven in triHes, and the first act of insubordination I shall punish. I would much ratheV deal kindly with you if you will allow rae to do so, but if you prefer a different course, dejmnd upon it I shall maintain discipline no matter who suffers. "Whew! hear tins bantam orow!" muttered astonished Zach, his eyes blasting with angor. "Talking to us a if wo wcro niggers! I did intend to leave him a day or, two in peace, bitt 1 reckon 1 shall have to bring him down from his high' horse this very morning." "Zach, this is bettor than working In the Held," whispered Abo, anxiously. "Let him stay till the fodder is pulled; that's such hot; hateful work." "Then he's got to whip rae, that's

all," was the uncompromising reply, and looking at the teacher's spare limls, Abe felt that he could not do it easily. A spelling-class composed of tho entire school was called up. Mr. Winters said quietly: "Of course you have learned little or nothing, with tho school in the condition itlias been in. I'll begin with simple words spell Elephant." With a significant look down the claK which was perfectly understood, Zach, who was at tho head, spelled "E-l-o-f-a-n-t." Hie word passed on, each boy tran sposing a letter in a mot skillful man ner. The "Point" boys were adents at tills ;ramo, and the observant teacher with ids keen eyes lixocl upon each scholar as the word camo to him, saw that it was a trick that had evidently been played before. He retained his oilier, imperturbable demeanor and smiled, saying calmly: 44You arereallv irreater dunces than expected. Excuse my plain words, but beforo I ve done with you, you will con elude vou have seen the animal himself. Do you think you can manage to spill 'whip?' " 44 Oh!" screamed the bov next to Zach. 44 he's pinchin' mo, sir," point ing to the one below him. "'Twa'n't me, teacher, it wa him," pointing to his nearest neighbor. 44 'Twa'n't me, it was him," each boy shouted in turn, indicating the one next him, and this said by every boy until it reached the liottom of the class, each boy screaming and shouting at the very'top of his voice. In the midst of all the noise, Mr. Winters sat without moving a muscle- His bright eves had rather au amued look as lliey passed from face to face. Then when the noise abated a little, he spoke in his same quiet, even tones. 44 1 think you have all been pinchers, so I'll punish the whole class." He quietly took off his coat, and then took up a large switch that was on his desk. "YouT Zach Jones, oblige me by stepping here." Zach marched up with an insolent laugh and a defiant swagger. Mr. Winters raised the switch, his keon eyes fixed watchfully upon the boy. Beforo it descended, Zach aimed a blow at his face. He evaded it, and the next moment the young pugilist was seized in an iron grasp. When it relaxed, Zach, blinded by rage, struck out right and left; but what was his brute force against the trained skill of the most muscular athlete ot AKron uouegor Three times Zach went down liko a log. Tho fourth time, bruised and dixzy, he could not rise to his feet. 44 Ilava vou had enoiuriir ' Mr. Win ters asked'him, sternly:'4 aro yon will ing to obey?" "loifrethe best man," .ach said, faintly, 44 and I suppose I'm bound to give in." ics, i suppose you arc," said .Mr. Winters. "If not now, you soon will l. Help him up, some of you, and let him go to the well and wash his face. iow. yotmg gentlemen i n settle wnn you. ihe awc-slricken boys looKcti at mm, for once terrified into good behavior. There ho stood, .as cool and quiet as before the fljrht. He saw they were con ptcrcd. He punished each of thorn, but made the punishment as light as possible. They took it; as demurely as if the school 'had been always under strict discipline. Zach, sitting mournfully at an open window with his head buxxinsr. and fcclinar straneely con fused, pondered mournfully over dece'tnil appearances .ir. miners wniou him in and told him to remain after the school was dismissed. "You forced me to resort to such harsh measures tins morning; 1 was sorry todo so," hesa'd: "but j'ou know there was no help for it. I could not do anvthliijr oh, and remain teaclier of Uils school, as I promise to do. The skill and strength 1 acquired in thi cvmnaslum at college I am literally ashamed to use as a prize-ilshtcr would use them. No ccntloman would do it unless forced to in self-defense. This have done tday. Now let mo tako vou Into mv confidence. I heil of this school it offered a rood remuncra tion and I am a poor man and need tho salary I can honorably get here. As soon as I saw vou I know what was before mo. but f thouzht I saw, too, that after you had found that I had tho muscle to command your respect you would be mamianimous enough to cive me no more trouble. Indeed. I wish to be your friend if you will allow me to I e. Will vou?" and ha held out his hand. Zach took it frankly, for he liked

the spirit of the teacher. "I

not mean enough, Mr, Winters," 1m said, "not to aokftowlftdge wkwn I'm whipped, and I don't bear iU-will. Kttf what nuswlw me h how yew ean irive such hit with that little hand of yoara. It took me so by surprise that I went right under." Mr. Winters laughed and nulled up his sleeve. His ana, though not large, was a bundle of iron muscles." "It's exero'se and praetioe,Zach," he said. "But let me say to you that cul tivation of brute force alone is the meanest of ambitions. As T have already intimated. I should have preferred con quering this school by other and bettor means, but it is tho last time i nope," he said, smiling, "that I shall have to use the knoek-down argument." Mr. Winter's victory was thorough. The Hickory Point school lost its bad reputation from that day. The scholars soon learned thoroughly to respeci anu love their teacher for his kindness of heart and for his gentlemanly qualities. There was good material in the school, and Mr. Winters made the most of it. Youth Companion. WHEN TO EAT. Observe Regular Hour of KatlHgr If Yea Value Your Health. When to oat is quite as important as what to oat, though not gonorally so much discussed. Many who are particular to prepare their food according to some hygienic theory, cat at all hours of tho day without thought of Injuriug their stomachs. Women who live alone, or whose men folks are absent during the day, fall into tho habit of eating when they have time, or "when they feci liko it," and when there Is a pressure of work often delay their meals two or throe hours beyond the proper time. An occasional irregularity of tills kind may do no harm, but when continued awhile the digofction becomes disordered, and all sorts of stomach, lwwel and liver troubles follow as a consequence, to say nothing of frequent headaches. Whatever your work, require yourself to observe regular hours for eating if you value your health. The hours set apart for meals should suit the conveniences, business and living habits of those who eat. If the breakfast hour agrees with our hour for work and rest, it matters little whether it is 6, 7, a or v o'clock, provided we keep to the samo hour every morning. Tho same applies to the dinner hour, but at least live hours should elapse be tween meals to givo the stomach time to finish digestion and rest a little before beginning on a new supply oJ food. Emiallv if not more pernicious than irregular meals, Is the habit of eating lMstwccn meals. Many of tho ailtnenti to which children are subject can be readily traced to their continual "ptecinz" between meals. Indeed, children i,, ,i a.. rut are sometimes "piecou luumui. xuw frequent supplies of food disturb the process of digestion, prolonging it greatly.so that the stomach is constantly at work. The wholo digestive apjrnratusis weakened thereby, and the foun dations lakl for dyspepsia and other disorders. In addition to this injury, the child who "pieces" soon lo-es hU relish for wholesome, nutritious food. Having eaten bread and molasses, cake or pie, as may be an hour or two before dinner, he comes to the table without an appetite, rejects plain,substantial dishes, and waits for dessert. Tho frctfulness, skin crnption3, impoverishment of the body, and sickness from cake and pastry, need not be dwelt upon. II mothers would give mcir cninireu mat best of inheritance, good health, thev tnnot r.Minlnlnlv alinlwll tllO "nlBehlir" system. If a child refuses to eat at ono meal. let him wait until the no,t. Do not attempt to coax or compel him to eat. If he is not hungry, his stomach does not require food,' and is better without; if lie refuses from iiettishncss or obtinacv. waiting is irood discipline. Reg ular meah, plain, wholeome food, and nothing between times, sitouiu be tne nilo. It may seem hard to refuse a child when he complains of hunger, but his health snouui oe mo urst eousiueration, and afler regular habits aro once established, there will be na further trouble. The only allowable departure from this rule h where a child is really unwell in tho morning, and therefore has no indination to eat until some time after breakfast. A small amount ol easily digested footl may then lie given, sufficient to allay the pangs of hunger, but not enough to prevent the stomach from being ready for a moal at dinnertime. There is still another, though a minot objection to children eating between meals. It is troublesome to havo them running to a cupboard, scattering crumb and smearing themselves. It i annoying to have them whimpering and fussing at meal-time, pushing away the'r lmtato and crying for sugar; and nothing is more disagreeable than fot children who go calling with theh mothers to begin live minutes aftei Uieir anlval, "Ma, I want something tc oat;" "Ma, ma, I want a piece." Mothers, if you have no concern foi your children's health, pray have a little for their manner.. TribHm ani farmer. a m Our wonderful increase of population and marvelous growth of cit es and villages are developing thousands o) local markets, and giving great inducements to market gardening. As wc near the Millenium there are valid reasons for supposing that even farmers1 gardens will he improved by the smU oratiag iaMueaee i the gt.-CkUm4

PERSONAL AND LITEHAHY. A library tor wihmm, just lktlted at Cakutia, is aa eeerafif Afftt of the times ht India. One of the four living dweeadaate. of Oliver Cromwell, k now the wtte ef General Harney, of St Louis. "Anwrica" was written by JUr. Samuel Francis Smith in im, and wm first sung in Boston on the Fourth f July of that year. N. Y. Orphic. Jean Ipgelow is turning gray In tk prime of lire. Her London home, where she lives with her two brothers, U always full of flowers. She devote much UHie and money to charity. J. J. Stanow, the Boston patent lawyer engaged by the Bell party in Um late telephone litigation, gets $50,000 M hi fee. Half of it was contingent o his winning the uL Boston Jferatd. "lreneus," of the New York Observer, says in a recent jioetcript to e of his letters to that paper: "Taeirraadchildren of those who read the first of thee letters are now reading the last of them." U. S. Grant waa the youngest President. He was not forty-three when. first inaugurated. Franklin Pierce was only forty-seven, and G rover Cleveland will be in his forty-ninth year when in

augurated. N. Y. Graphic, It was Rev. A. M. Toplady, a clergyman of the English Church, whe wrote the "Hook of Ages" and public lied that hymn in the year 1778. la. attributing the authorship of the hymn, to a young woman now living in Main some one has blundered. Judge Tourgee testifies in court that he has been linaacially ruined by his magazine venture, the Qoniinrnt. He says he has given all the revenue of his new book to his creditors, and is willing to mortgage his brain-work for a year if the remaining oreditora will accept that compromise. N. Y. Tribune. M. S. R., of Pawtucket, R. I., writes to the Current relative to the discussion regarding the necessity of a new pronoun: "Has any one proposed the contractions hiJer and Aim'er (Ms or Acrand htm or her)t How would that do? It sounds almost familiar already. 'Let overy person decide in. IriSer own mind what is right, and then let Aim'er abide the issue.'" Current. Mr. Robert J. Burdette has severed his connection with the Burlington Jlawkeyc and taken up a permanont residence at. Ardmore, Pa. He says: "There is no quarrel; wc still speak a we pass by; but I have deckled to males mylionio in Montgomery County. The liuwkcyt can't come down here to be edited, and I won't go to Burlington to edit it; henoe, after twenty-one years of harmonious union, we separate amieably and I go out peaceably.'' HUMOROUS. We are surprised at the oapaoity for noise jjp tills town. Yea, and th capacity for endurance of it. Springfield (O.) Globc-ltepublic. For curiously named clergy Philadelphia takes the cake. The latest reported is Rev. John G. Tea. It looks as though his middle name might be Green. Burlington Free Frm. His master: "Did you take tkos boots of mine to be soled, Larry?" Iriak Valet : "I did, sor; and ace the thrlle the blag'yard gaye me, for'm! Said, they were'purty nigh wore through!" Punch, "Is a woman capable of filling aa office?" asks an exchange. She is. A woman has just been inquiring after some rejected manuscript in this office, and she filled it completely for the tin being. BoMon Trangcrijt. Alarmed Friend "What do yo mean by-taking paesage in a vessel commanded by such aa oftloer as Captaia S ?" Jones 44 Why, everybody says he is perfectly rcoklees and I don't want to be wrecked."- JJttroit i'res Press. A Western editor who was a little short of type and also rathorlasy, made an item in which he spoke of a new arrival at the hotel as "Mrs. Rawly, th ing vounsr widow from Plattville, and her brother," Colonel buok." Burlington Frn l'rc8, Wo do love poetry, and especially when it convoys to us such a startlinr truth as was recently given to the world in a poem beginning: 44 Darkness creeps o'er us as night comes on." A tmth like that, even though crushed to earth, would bob tip serenely ever aad anon. Oil CiVy Derrick. Boston school-class in history: Teacher "Johnnie, wliat was the moet notable ship that ever landed on the New England coast?" "The Mayilowcr, sir." "Right, my brbc little man. Now, Willie, what noble Idea was brought over in the Mayflower?" "Pork and beans, sir." liation Ttnm. "Did you ever try to train a miss?'" Hkfil the iNNlfKoiriio of Farmer Fur- ' row, with a view of perpetrating a pra- , historic pun. ""Nope," said the wilv granger with a twinkle in lus eye; but I've missed a train without trying. It was not until the farmer offered to swap almanacs that the teacher saw his "chestnut" was a withered one. Ar. Y". Journal. Thus muses a rural correspondent: When the frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder's in the shock, and you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey cock, and the clackin' of the guineas and the cluckin' of the hens, and tho rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence; oh, then's the time a feller is feeling at his best, with the risin' sun to greet him from a night of gracious rest, as he leaves the house bareheaded and goes out to feed the stock. when the frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder's in the shook. -Gate City.

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