Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 27, Number 32, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 May 1885 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIER. -,XXAXJC, PubUHhwr.

JASPKH. INDIANA, WOHKINQ-DAY1. a-weeta you mom with your ditteet votes, Your nmrmt no kHlKNlfy and debonair; mko would aet jtrouiHjr have Imr your WkMTAH weve hw Krlil bo rlok and rate? t WUM wail Mtimivk in tbAcourtiHff tlma Wh Mtir towue spoke only in tuneful 'WtMiTevewonU net to h silvern rhyme ; It M other now 111 the worklHR"lay. IShMlil avar aha areata, that tender idrl. " , Whon you pledged her th tenderest cure far lf Hurt yaer 'trow wouM knit sad your lip would cun . When niie. noorolillii, was your wedded wife? VnM Ike vraitr maid have been swift to yield. Caught In the toll of your winning ways, Bad h rift In tho future 8 veil revealed The gloom that should rtiadow the working "TU easy te carry the hardest load . whm two who share It In ml tie are one: TW pleasant to clamber the roughont road With a friend who in uhuery 'from auu to BUS.' But orusiiea the bunion with aching welKbt If mly tb wiaker that burden rahte, ad bleak the path In the frost of fate " When Jars tho muslo of working-days 0 helklay suitor, so brave and trim. So cray of mien and bo Mift of speech, ,, f?rs.v what Is your rlnir but a fetter urlm To the wife who ia learning what tyrants leaoh WmiM It eoat von mnoh her home to bless Wltk the love you promised, the lov that otava A strength and a sweetnww through all the Ami an the strain of life's working-days? Mmv4ret K, Sangnter, in Jarfw' lltuar. A, WW WAGES. "How Mrs. Jar-vis Secured Pay for Her Service. . The followiug sketch is wrought out of substantial materials, tho experience of many a woman m married life, and Hs vivid character, with the practica moral it carrio.-. is excttso enough for its appearance here: Well, Nettie, what do you want? said Mr. Jarvis to his wife, who stood looking rather anxiously at him, after he had paid tho factory hands their week's wages. Why, Donald," said sho, "I thought as I had. worked for you all the week. woulS come for my waxes, too. You pay Jane' two dollars a week, surely earn that, and I would like very much to have it as my own." 'Pshaw, Nettie, how ridiculous you talk. You know that all 1 have belongs to von and wio children and don't 1 furnish th' house and everything? What under the sun would you do with the monev if you had it?" "I know, Donald, that you buy the necessaries for us all, and I ant willing that you should do so still, but l should like a little money of my very own. We have been married fifteen yours, and in all that time I do not .scorn to have earned a dollar. As far as money Is concerned I might as well bo a slave. I can not buy a quart of terries, or a book, without asking you for the money, and I should like to bo a little more in dependent" Mr. Jarvis, proprietor of Jarvis' mills, 'worth thousands and thousnntls of dollars, laughed derisively. 'You're a line one to talk of independence," he said. "If you would start out to make your own living you'd fetch up at the poor-house soon enough, for what could you do to earn a living? Tho girls in the factory know how to do their work and they earn their wages. 'When I have paid them oft' my duty is done, but I have to board ami clothe .you, and take care of voti when you are Sick. Jf 1 had to do that for the girls 1 'would have precious little money left, I can tell you. ' "Donald, I gave up a good trade when I marriud vou. For live years Iliad supported myself by it, and many a time' since 1 nave envied myself the nurse of those days. As for my not earning anything now, I leave "it to you to say whether it would be Kssible to hire snother to take my place; and how much ,do yon supple tt would cost to do without mu ayear? I know tho girls have little after paying their expenses, but they enjoy that little so much. Allic Watson Mipports herself and mother with her wages, and they both dress better than I do. Jennie Hart is helping her father to nay the mortgage on the farm, and sho is happy that she can do so., Even Jane, the kitchen girl, has mora freedom than I, for out of her own money she is laying by presents for her relatives, and' will send them Christmas. Yesterday an Indian woman was at tho house with such .handsome bnadwork to sell, and, although I wanted some very much, I had Hot a dollar! I felt like crying when Jake bought half a dozen of the arti cles I wanted so much, lou often say that all you have is mine, but fivo dol lars would have given me more pleas ure yesterday than your hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property aid." "Ne doubt of that, Mrs, Jarvis. You have no idea of tho value of money, and would have enjoyed buying a lot of Dead trash that would not bo worth a cent to anybody. Jane noeds a guar dian if slw mow away her money like that Site will bo in the county poor hou-eyot if she don't look out. It's very lucky, indeed, that the men do hold the money, for there's not one woman in a hundred who knows how to uo itl" "ror shame, Donald Jarvis! You know better. Look at Jerry and Milly

reg, will you, and My that

XF ia" aa the bust use of hie money. She is at home with her parent every Might, making her wage go as far as noeeiMe . . v . luwsru making mem ochmioi uiwe, while he is carousing ia the village wasting his time and money, and'makng a brute of himself besides. Ami why does Mrs. Sartoa come to receive her husband's wages herself.' oimpiy because he can net get by tlie saloon with money in his pocket, and if she did not get the money they would all go hungry to bed alter hie wage were paid. And I believe that every woman who earns money here spends ft as widely as the average man, and I have yet to hear of one of them being in debt." Mr. Janis knew that he could not gainsay a word his wife had said, for thev were all true. Luckily he uiougm of Jane. Well, how much do you suppose Jane will have loft when New Year conies? If she got sick how long could she pay for such care as you have?" "It is not likolv she will lay up many dollars out of a Hundred a year; but she is laying up something better, I think. Last winter she ent her mother a warm shawl and a pwr of shoes, and to her brother and sister now school-books, and tho warm, loving letters they semi her do her more good than twicu the amouuLof monev hi the bank would. This year sho is laving away a number of iiM'ful ami iircttv thinsrs for them. and if any misfortuno should happen to Jane thev would onlv bo too srlad to he hi her." Well, who do vou sunnoso would help you if you needed help?" said Mr. Jams, for want of a better question. Mrs. Jams' eyes sparkled angrily as she answered: Nobody. If you should lose your tironertv to-dav. 1 should be a beegar, without a claim on any one ior, neip. Vmi liavM 9lvuv4 liclil Villi r lllirs(striugs so tightly that it has been hard enough to ask for my own nectsssitios. leaving others out altogether. Many j time a dollar or two would have en abled me to do some poor man or woman untold cood; but although you have always said that all your property was minel never could and can not now command a dollar of it" "Luckv vou couldn't if you wanted to spend it on beggars." "Donald, you know that I would spend money as wisely as you do. Who was it that ouly last week gave a poor, lame beggar live dollars to pay his fare to lltirtou and then saw him throw his crutches away and make for the nearest saloon? Your wife could not do worse if trusted with a few dollars. You say that the money is all mine, yet you spend as you please, while I can not spend a dollar without asking you for it and telling what I want it for. Any beggar can get it in the same way! Christmas, you bought presents for us and expected us to be grateful for them. A shawl for me, the vry color I cau not wear, a set of furs for Lucy that she did not need, a drum for Hobin that has been a nuisance ever since, and a lot of worthless toys that are brokori up in a week. There were forty dollars or fifty dollars of my monev just the same as thrown away. yet when l ask vou to trust mo with two dollars a week you can not imagine what use I have for it, and fear it will be wasted. I am sure I could not spend fifty dollars more foolishly if I tried to." "Well." snapped the proprietor, "I guess it is my own money, ana t spend it as I please I guess y can ton'M know it too, when vou another present." Oh, It is your money, then. I un derstood you to say it was all mine, and so pretended to 'protest against your spending it so foolishly. If it is your own, of course you nave a ngui tospetut it as vou please: but it seems tome that a woman who left purents and brothers j and sisters, and all her ir.ends to make a home for you among strangers, a woman who has given tier whole life to you tor Httcen years, may ihj looked upon with as much xavor a you give to beggars, who arc very likely to be impostors. I know that you seldom turn them oft without help. Perhaps I would be more successful if I appealed to you as a beggar. I might say: Kind sir, please allow me out of your abundant means a small pittance for my comfort. It is true I have enough to eat, and do not suft'er for clothing; but altltough I work for my master from morning till night, and if his ohildren happen to be sick, from night till morning again, yet he does not pay me a much as he does his cook, and I am often greatly distressed for want of a trifling sum which he would not mind Siving to a perfect stranger, ji he oilier ay while he was from home I had to f;o to the next station to see a uear rlend who was ill. and not having a dollar of my own, I was obliged to borrow tho money from his cook. I was so mortified! And not long since the berrywoman came with such nice berries to sell, and my little girl, who was not well, wanted some very badly, but I had not oven live cents to pay for a handful for her. Yesterday a friend came to ask me to assist in a work of charity. It was a worthy object, and I longed so much to givo a little money for so good a purpose, but though the, wife of so rich a man, I had no money. Of course, I might ask ray husband for money, and if I told him about what I wanted of it, and ho approved of my purpose and was in good humor, he would give it to me, but, sir, it is terribly slavish to have to do so, even if I could run to him every time I wanted anything. PeoFle say 1 am a fortunate woman because am rich; but I often envy the factorygirls their ability to earn and spend their own money. And sometimes I get so wild thinking of my helplessness that if it were not for my ohildren I

think I wetiM dree Sato the riv r and end it all." Nettie! NeUie Jarvis! What are yon saying?H cried the startled hue band at laet, for the far-away look in r eyes as if she did not see him, but

t as looking to some higher power te ulp her, touched his pride la a seine sort of way. He was proud to be able to support his family as well as he did. tie was proud that when his chiterea new shoes he could tell his wife to take them to Crispin's and get what they needed, lie did it with a noumh. lie was not one. pi the stingy kmw; he liked to spend money: and when Nettie, who was once the most spirited young lady of his acquaintance came meekly to him for a dress or cloak, he was sometimes tempted to refuse her money just to show her how helpless she was without him. Yes, lie was proud of hts family, and wauled them to feel how mnch tliev donendiHl tinon him. He would have felt aggravated if any one had left his wife a leaacy, thus allowing her to be free in her nurse. Jlie idea ot her oarning mouey, as his other work-folks did. never entered bis mind, lie "sup ported her." that was his idea of their relations! He never had happened U think that it was very good of her to take his monev and spend it lor ine good of himself and children. He never had thought that any other woman would have wanted big pay for doing it. lie had even thought himself very generous lor allowing her monej- to gei thins: to make the family .coraiortawc Things began to look differently to him lust now. uould it oe that he was net generous, not even just to his wife? Had he paid her so poorly for her liftecn years of faithful labor for him that if she had been obliged to begin the world for herself that day it would have been as a peani less woman r How fast ho thought, standing there at the office window, looking down at the little houses where the mill bands lived, t ould it be thathe was not as good a pian as he thought? He had felt deeply the wrongs of the slave, whose labors had been appropriated by their masters, and when a negro who had worked twenty years for his master be fore the cmanomatioa freed him came to Jarvis1 mills, friendless and penni loss, the heart of the proprietor swelled with indignation at such injustice. He was olonuent on the subject at home and abroad, about how any one could be so cruel and seliish to commit such an outrage against justice. He had called him a robber many a time, but now Donald Jarvis looked to himself vcrv much like the old slaveholder! Massa Drown had taken the proceeds of Cufteo's labor for his own without even a "thank you" for it True, when Cufl'ee ate he had given him food, when he was sick he had given him medicine, and be had clothed him, too, jut as ne Himself thought best Mr. Jarvis had mar ried a lovely. consckJHtious woman, and for fifteen years had appropriated her lalMirs. Her recompense had been lood a tut . t li no trittlt aa Ka t limi frli f luist frtf. her: a little better than Ctince's. tcr- i haps, but the similarity of the caes did , not please him. He had expected his wife to do very grateful for what he had dene for her, but now he wondered that sdie had not rebelled long ago. Had his life been a mistake? Had his wife no more money or lilwrty than Ciiftce had in bondage? Was Donald Jarvis no better than .Massa Drown? His brain seemed to be in a muddle, and he looked so strangely that his wife, anxious to break the spell, took his arm, saying: "Let us go home, dear; tea must lie waiting for tH." He put on his hat in a dreamy way and then walked liome in silence. The children ran joyously to meet them. The yard was so fresh and green and the flowers so many ami bright that he wondered that lie had never thanked Nettie for them all. Hitherto he had looked upon them as his, but now he felt that his interest,, ia them was only a few dollars, that would not have amounted to anything without his wife's care. His chtfdren were tidy ami sweet, and everything around and in the house had that cheery look that rested him so after the hard, dull day at the mill. Thev sat again at the table that had been a source of comfort and pleasure to him for so many years, and he wondered how lie could have enjoyed it so long without even thanking Hhe woman who had provided it True, she had his money in bringing it all alfout, Imt bow eke couhl his money be of use to him? Who else could have turned it into just what he needed for years? And he began to have an undefined feeling that it took more than money to make a home. He glanced at his wife's face as he lutlered his last slice of bread. It was not that of the fair, rosy bride whom he had brought to the mills years before, but at that moment he realised it was far more dear tehim, for he knew that she had given the bloom and freshnes of her youth to make Iter home what it was. His daughters had her rose-leaf ohecks, his sons her,, youthful beauty, all had her cheerful, winsome ways, and comforted him now as she had in those days when, hardly knowing what oare meant, she had lived for him alone. And a new thought came to him: Who was comforting her now when she had so much care?" Was not that what he had promised to do when he brought her front her od home? lie sighed as he thought how far he had drifted from her while in bondage equal to Cuffec's. Nay, he felt that her chains were far more binding than any which had ever held a negro, and that his obligations to her were so mack the neater. Semethtar called the children out of doors, and Mr. Jarvis took his easy ohair. His wife same and stood heskie

hhw. "I fearyeu anjaot wen, DenaM are you displeased with meT'

tie drew her mm mm arms a total . a i a lf her hew her worn mm soowea mm what wanner of maa he was, and there were words spoken that need net be written, hut from that day forth a dif ferent maa was preerieter of the Jarvis mills, and there was a brtjrhier Jtght m Mrs. Jarvfc' eyes, for at last she had something of her own, nor has she reSotted that she "aBptfed for wages." A MAN Of HIS WORD. Haw GeaeraJ rat grc4 the Nek el fl K. K. Lee. ffhe war was over. General Ie and .... m m . t his ball-starved txmieaerats e returned to their desolated homes uu their parok of honor. The vkterious Northera and Western armies, under com mand of Grant and Sherman, were en camped ia and around Washington City. Jefferson Davis was an inmate of a casement in Fortress Monroe and Edwin M. Stanton was the power be hind the throne who ran the Govern meet while Secretary ef War. Generals Grant and Kawftn were playing a game of billiards in the Na tioaat Hotel and two civilians were in dulging ia that pastime on an opposite lertMi me sosciotis nxnn in h nmn ni whinnered to Uetieral tirant. ie at ter laid hie cue on the table i-aying 'Rawlins, don't disturb the balk until I return," and hurried out Oae of the civilians said to the other: "Pay for the frame and hum out There is some thing up." Ueneral urant hau reacneu tae street. where, in front of the hotel, stood mounted sentinel. GraHt ordered the soldier to dismount ami springing into saddle put sours to the horie ami rode up the avenue o fast as to attract the attention 01 peuesirian. -i hk nrsv ex ilian questioned the sokiier as to tne cause of such sudden hate on the part of General GraHt, but was an.-wered with the sunwise of one who knew nothing. The second citizen appeared saving: "tthainas Become 01 uram.' Ua being tow ot the iieaerai s oreaKneck ride up Pennsylvasia avenue it was deckled to go to the War Department and learn the cause, if iRK-lble. Lolone IJarroll. of the Second Hegular infantry and husband of Sue Deuin. the actress, was disbursing oflicer in the Quartermaster's department, preside I over by General Rucker, and to the Colonel one of the civilians went for information. Asking him if lie knew the reason of General Grant's hasty action and if he had seen the hero of the hour around the department. Colonel ltarroll aaswered: "Yes," but was surprised at anybody's knowledge of the event When told of what transpired in the billiard room of the National Hotel the Colonel said: "Well, as you are aware of the coming of General Grant I will tell you all about Jt provwing yeu. promise not to repeat it." The promise being given. Colonel Hnrroll said: "Secretary Stanton seat for me in reference to the execution of certain orders, and while listening to his instructions General Grant came in. The Secretary greeted th General with a pleasant Good morning,' which the latter returned and in continuation, said: Mr. Secretary, 1 understand that you have issued orders for the arrest of General Lee and others and desire to know if such orders have been placed in the hands of aavomcerforeaecutton." 1 have issued writs for the" arrest of all the prominent rebels, and officers will lie dispatched on the mission pretty soon.' replied the Secretary." General Grant appeared cool, though ! lalmring under mental excitement, and quickly said: "Mr. Secretary, when General Lee surrendered to me at Appomattox: CourtHouse I rave him mv word ami honor that neither lie aor any of hi followers would be disturbed so long as ther obeyed their parok of honor. I have learned nothing to cause me to believe that anv of mv late adversaries have broken their promises, and have come liere to make Vmi aware ef that fact. and would also suggest that those orders be canoe led. Secretary Stanton became terribly an gry at being spoken to in such a maaner v hk meertor oncer, aim General Grant are you aware whom you are talking to? 1 am the Secretary of War." Ouick as a Hash Grant answered back: And I am General Grant issue those orders at your pent" .Tne a turning on his heel General Grant walked oat of the room as unconcerned aa if nothinr had harmeaed. "It U Medlcss to say," .continued Colonel BarrolL "that neither General Lee nor any of his soldiers were arrest ml. I was dismissed from the presence of the Secretary with the remark that mv services, in connection with the ar rest of the leading rebels would be dispensed with until he took time to conidr. and I now wait the result of his deofoion." Like some cases ia law. that decision of the great War Secretary was Wf served for all time, but whether the nna of billiards between Generals Grant ami Rawlins was ever played out to an end has never been definitely known, though it was surmised that With the aid of a consoling oigar the nse was finished. M K Cer. 2tedeipkia Time. Lemons will keep good formes tk by simply paing them into a jug ef buttermilk, changing the huttemkk about arfcrv three weeks. When Ifce lemons are resmked fer use they should be well dried with a cloth. IVWe

PCMOMAL ANO LITOHAKY.

Mrs. Bettie I)rilf, a ml otdZank Tavmr. Mm Fr rrujUont l the United mates, m Jtrmff at WmVa. Tennyson m mm te mv matters, ne nas n)MMuBed h4s publisher lire times 1st as presftWg each time by the y yewMf The ruling peeekm sironr in dmum was Mustrafed by Dan Maee, the vet eran driver, whs M repenea te nswn said jest before he died: "I have turned fete the heme stretch for the last heat ef my raee, and I am close to the Hue." wi J. owl. Lieutenant Greelv is said te he haunted day and night by vhrfeas of his loag period of starvation ia the Arena regions, and the physicians assert thai the onlv way he can preserve his saaiey . js to mingle freely with, ethers. OWeayo JttrniH. . Mr. James Kueeell Lowell is intensely American and will tolerate ne criticisms of bis own country. "Hawthorne insulted us all." said an English ladv. "by saying all English women were fat. but I dare net say in Mr. Lewell's presence that an American wemanr k thin." Ckicrng Trib. The Damn, the latest New Yerk daily paper, is designed as a morning newspaper-for young people, and while giving the news to note the world's progress, proposes to expurgate all obec4Kaftbie features, and cater te a high1 form of morality by recording the elevating and reining teadeeeies of literature and art Mr. Labouchere says he understands that the success of the Morning Xetet of Paris, started sometime sine iy two voung American journalists, ba U6tiftedr the formation of the property! a to a stock company, in order to esvJ arge both the paper and its field of operations. Theshares'of the company! have been all taken up privately ia Loadoa and Paris. Rev. Aaron Cleveland, who died in Dr. Franklin's house ia Philadelphia August 11, 1757, was buried in Chris Church graveyard. His grave has bee unnoticed for nearly one hundred and twentr-uight years, but it is now knew that he was the great-grandfather eC G rover Cleveland, now President of the United States. On the tombstone the name is spelled Cleavelaad. CMcaee Journal. Mrs. Marv Breneman, of Lafayette. led., claims to be the oldest human be ing in the land. According to her ac count and that of her relatives-, she was born at Lewiston, Del., on the 14th of March, 1778. In 1801 she and her first hasband. '.William Colter, moved te Cireleville. O., making the journey in wagon, tier youngest, sob rescue au Rensalaer, in Jasper County, lad., and is eigbty-eae years of age. HUMOROUS. Yes there is a difference between the bear and a dude. The former seeks its paw through the winter, but the latter juHe frequently lives on its paw all the year round. " She cried for succor, and I went to her aid," he said as he pulled out his empty pockets, "i es, and by the looks of things, I should think she found one," was all umj coraion ne got. lncmnf. I see they are serving refresh ments on roller skates in some of the restaurants," the husband said as he kid down his paper. "Good grsoious!" exclaimed his wife, "have they ne psates. Ltcngo unovne. "How did you contrive to cultivate such a beautiful black eye?" asks Brown. "Oh." replied Forg, who had been practicing upon roller skates, "I raised ft from a slip." mmm rmsenpf. A tramp applied for breakfast at a house on Michigan avenue, "n by don't you look for work?" asked the househelder roughly. "I never get time.' jwid the tramp. "Why, what are you. doing all day?" "Looking for breakfast," replied the tramp. Mrml jPVs lire. A stranger in Austin met Uncle Mose and asked him: "Where dees Cokmel Yergsr rekle?" "He libs eet dar on Austin avenue somewhars." "What is the number of the -heuser' "Huh! You Sails tie number oa de dors. Don't yer know how ter rend yk?"--Textu SijUttgt. Here," veiled a small boy who had been trading knives, sight unseen, that ain't fair.R "What ain't?" asked the other one, "Why, this knife's baokspring is gone, and 'taint got no snap." Course 'taint; I gave the snap away. What'd ye reckon I was trad in' fur." Merchant Traveler. Logic k logic: Storekeeper "Bsc your pardon, sir; I said ten dollars" "(displaying the one-dollar bill that has been handed him). Fogg "Well, sir, and is n't that all right ?w Storekeeper "Hardly; it wants a cipher oa the end here, vou know." Fogg "A wpher? Oh, timt's nothing." 2'reascripf. Teacher Now, what do you nnderstaad by brain work? Boy When man works with his head. TeacherCorrect. And what is manual labor? Boy When a man works with hi hands. Teacher That's right To which of these classes do I belong when, 1 teach you? What do I use most ia teaching you? Boy A strap. TeWsr Blade. He Took the Hint: " Yoe'te the heOe of the town," Th you imc ma M. , V On her qaeeali' he4. ..!- Heteek the Mat, th wagmaa jyhl. And murmur.! wtUy hi Wa ear: i f Wliat gees te a fee whheut a rhr yjj-ijtiiTtfL